scholarly journals Nine new species groups, 15 new species, and one new subspecies of New Guinea diving beetles of the genus Exocelina Broun, 1886 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 878 ◽  
pp. 73-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Shaverdo ◽  
Suriani Surbakti ◽  
Evie L. Warikar ◽  
Katayo Sagata ◽  
Michael Balke
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Diving Beetles ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species

Nine new species groups of Exocelina Broun, 1886 from New Guinea are introduced with keys to their representatives. Four groups are monotypic and include three new species: the E. aipomek group, the E. koroba group: E. korobasp. nov., the E. mekilensis group: E. mekilensissp. nov., and the E. morobensis group: E. morobensissp. nov. The remaining five species groups include 18 species with 12 new species and one new subspecies: the E. bacchusi group: E. akamekusp. nov., E. oiwasp. nov., E. oksibilensissp. nov., and E. bacchusi herzogensisssp. nov.; the E. jaseminae group: E. asekisp. nov., E. kailakisp. nov., and E. pseudojaseminaesp. nov.; the E. larsoni group: E. warahulenensissp. nov.; the E. takime group: E. mianminensissp. nov.; and the E. warasera group: E. haiasp. nov., E. kobausp. nov., E. pulchellasp. nov., and E. waraserasp. nov. Diagnoses of five already described species of these groups are provided, as well as comparatives notes on all species. Exocelina santimontis (Balke, 1998) syn. nov. is a junior synonym of E. aipomek (Balke, 1998). Data on the distribution of the species are given, showing that most of the species of these groups occur in the Papua New Guinea.

THREE NEW SPECIES AND A NEW SUBSPECIES OF BEGONIA (BEGONIACEAE) FROM ASIA

2004 ◽  
Vol 61 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 97-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. TEBBITT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Compound Leaf ◽  
History Of ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Palmately Compound Leaf

Four new Asian taxa are described and illustrated as part of a forthcoming taxonomic revision of the cultivated species of Begonia (Begoniaceae). The new species B. argenteomarginata (sect. Symbegonia) is described from Papua New Guinea. Two new species from section Petermannia are described: B. polilloensis from the Philippines and B. rachmatii from Sulawesi, Indonesia, both of which are unusual in having palmately compound leaf blades. A key is provided for these and a previously described species, B. oligandra, also with palmately compound leaf blades and in section Petermannia. The new subspecies B. brevirimosa subsp. exotica (sect. Petermannia) is described from the Central Range of Papua New Guinea and a brief history of its cultivation is presented.

Ten new species of Oreophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea

Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4195 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRED KRAUS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Type I ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Call Type ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species

Oreophryne presently represents the second-most-diverse genus of microhylid frogs, with 57 named species, most occurring on New Guinea and its satellite islands. Nonetheless, a diversity of species remains to be described. Using morphological, color-pattern, and advertisement-call data, I describe ten new species of Oreophryne from the Papuan Peninsula of New Guinea and adjacent islands, which together form the East Papuan Composite Terrane. All but two of these species can be placed into two species groups based on call type. I refer to these species groups as the O. anser group and the O. equus group, both being based on species described herein. Members of the O. anser group produce calls reminiscent of a goose honk, whereas members of the O. equus group produce calls reminiscent of a horse’s whinny. Description of three new species in the O. anser group requires me to first rediagnose O. loriae, which has previously been interpreted as including the frogs named herein as O. anser sp. nov. The honk call type has not previously been reported within Oreophryne, and the whinny call may be novel as well, although it is possibly derived from other New Guinean species having calls consisting of a slower series of peeps. Based on their unique call types, I hypothesize that both species groups are monophyletic. If true, each would appear endemic to the East Papuan Composite Terrane. Only five additional species of Oreophryne are known from this region that do not belong to one or the other of these two species groups; hence, these newly identified species groups represent the majority of diversity in Oreophryne from the Papuan Peninsula and its satellite islands. 

A review of the genus Iphimedia (Crustacea : Amphipoda) with descriptions of three new species from Australia, Papua New Guinea and Florida

1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 469 ◽  
Author(s):  
JD Thomas ◽  
JL Barnard
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Tropical Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
New Diagnosis

Iphimedia is reviewed and a new diagnosis based on 35 known species is given. Three new species, one each from Australia, Papua New Guinea and Florida, are described. This is the only genus, in a family otherwise confined to cold and deep oceans, that has tropical species.

Two new species of Eupholus Boisduval (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), with observations on coloured cuticular exudates in weevils

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2338 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER RIEDEL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Yellow Colour ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Colour Patterns ◽  
And Function

Two new species of Eupholus Boisduval from Papua New Guinea are described as new: Eupholus mimicus sp. n. and E. sedlaceki sp. n.. A key to the Eupholus species with yellow colour patterns is provided. E. sedlaceki is closely related to E. euphrosyne Porion but differs in coloration. Male and female terminalia of E. euphrosyne are illustrated for comparison. E. mimicus is superficially very similar to E. euphrosyne, but its yellow colour pattern is composed of scales whereas in the latter it is formed by loose particles. These two species belong to different species groups, and the conspicuous colour patterns have evidently evolved convergently. The occurrence and function of extracuticular pigments among species of Eupholini is discussed.

Three new species of Kerevata (Braconidae: Rogadinae: Clinocentrini) from mainland Papua New Guinea

Zootaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3811 (3) ◽  
pp. 338 ◽  
Author(s):  
BUNTIKA AREEKUL BUTCHER ◽  
DONALD L. J. QUICKE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Three New Species

NEW TAXA IN PAPHIA AND DIMORPHANTHERA (ERICACEAE) IN PAPUASIA AND THE PROBLEM OF GENERIC LIMITS IN VACCINIEAE

2003 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. STEVENS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Sw Pacific ◽  
The Status ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Made In

New species of Ericaceae recently collected in Papua New Guinea necessitate a re-evaluation of the status of Agapetes subgenus Paphia section Paphia. The combination of molecular and morphological data confirms that Agapetes, currently a genus of about 100 species from Fiji, New Caledonia and Queensland to mainland SE Asia, and most diverse in the latter area, cannot be maintained in its current circumscription. Various taxonomic solutions that do justice to our current knowledge of the morphology and relationships of the two main parts of the genus are discussed. The reinstatement of Paphia does least violence nomenclaturally. All 23 taxa recognized in Paphia are listed, 14 new combinations of Agapetes from the New Guinea–SW Pacific area are made in Paphia, three new species are described (P. megaphylla, P. vulcanicola and P. woodsii), and an incompletely known taxon is characterized. A key to all taxa is presented. In Dimorphanthera, five new species are described (D. angiliensis, D. anomala, D. antennifera, D. cratericola and D. inopinata), three reduced to synonymy, one reduced to a variety and one variety recognized as a species (D. continua). A key to the 87 taxa currently recognized in the genus is presented.

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