scholarly journals Revision of fossil Metretopodidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) in Baltic amber – Part 4: Description of two new species of Siphloplecton Clemens, 1915, with notes on the new S. jaegeri species group and with key to fossil male adults of Siphloplecton

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 898 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Roman J. Godunko ◽  
Christian Neumann ◽  
Arnold H. Staniczek
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Outer Margin ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Extinct Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Established Species

The Siphloplecton jaegeri species group is established here for three extinct species, namely for the earlier described Siphloplecton jaegeri Demoulin, 1968, and for two new species from Eocene Baltic amber, Siphloplecton landoltisp. nov. and Siphloplecton studemannaesp. nov. Based on the well-preserved specimens of these species, a diagnosis is provided for the newly established species group. Representatives of the S. jaegeri species group are characterized by the presence of large, medially contiguous eyes, stout pointed setae along the outer margin of the foretibia, three intercalaries in the cubital field of the forewing, and elongated penis lobes, which are apically triangular or rounded, medially contiguous, and with a V-shaped cleft apically. Further new specimens of the S. jaegeri species group are documented that cannot be attributed to species level due to their poor preservation. Finally, a key to male adults of fossil species of Siphloplecton is given.

A new fossil species of the genus Limodromus Motschulsky, 1850 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Platynini) from Baltic amber with remarks on its death process

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-408
Author(s):  
Sara Gamboa ◽  
Vicente M. Ortuño
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Death Process ◽  
Fossil Species

Limodromus emetikos sp. n. (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is described and illustrated from Baltic amber (Eocene). Based on its morphological features, the new species is considered a sister taxon of the extant Holarctic assimilis species group. Furthermore, the specimen described here could represent a case of stress-triggered regurgitation, which would represent the first fossil record of such a process in beetles.

scholarly journals Description of a new genus and two new species of Leiodidae (Coleoptera) from Baltic amber using phase contrast synchrotron X-ray microtomography

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3455 (1) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHEL PERREAU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Evolutionary Relationship ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Internal Morphology ◽  
Two New Species

A new genus and two new amber fossil species of Leiodidae are described: Catops perkovskyi sp. n. (CholevinaeCholevini) and Tafforeus cainosternus gen. n., sp. n. (Leiodinae Pseudoliodini); using virtual dissection by propagationphase contrast synchrotron X-ray microtomography, which allows for visualization of the genital structures in a non-invasive way. The external and internal morphology of the new species is compared to that of the extant related species.Putative evolutionary relationship between Tafforeus and the genus Cainosternum Notman, 1921, and their placement in the tribe Pseudoliodini are discussed.

Revision of the genus Cyphura. Part I: Introduction of the New Subgenus Xysterophora with Two New Species from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae: Uraniinae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 159 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-163
Author(s):  
Siep Sinnema ◽  
Jannie Sinnema-Bloemen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Species Level ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
Two New Species

A new subgenus, Xysterophora, is introduced for the albisecta species group of the genus Cyphura Warren, 1902 (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae). Two new species are described: Cyphura (Xysterophora) devosi and C.(X). femkeae. The subspecies Cyphura atramentaria extensa Rothschild, 1915 is raised to species level. New combinations are formed for the species albisecta Warren, 1907, atramentaria Warren, 1907, extensa Rothschild, 1915, semialba Warren, 1907, and urapteroides Joicey & Talbot, 1917. Lectotypes are designated for the species albisecta, atramentaria, semialba, and urapteroides. Xysterophora is restricted to New Guinea.

A new species of Dignomus Wollaston (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Eocene Baltic amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4486 (2) ◽  
pp. 195 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRIS BUKEJS ◽  
XAVIER BELLÉS ◽  
VITALII I. ALEKSEEV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Extinct Species ◽  
Fossil Records ◽  
A New Species

Dignomus francescovitalii sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on a well-preserved specimen from Eocene Baltic amber. This new extinct species is placed into D. irroratus species-group. The distribution of the genus Dignomus including fossil records is mapped. 

scholarly journals Two new species of the family Rhynchitidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from Eocene Baltic amber, with key to species and assumed trophic relationships

Fossil Record ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-127
Author(s):  
Andris Bukejs ◽  
Andrei A. Legalov
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
First Record ◽  
Trophic Relationships ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Weakly Convex ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

Abstract. Two new fossil species of Baltocar Kuschel, 1992 and Pseudomesauletes Legalov, 2001 (Curculionoidea: Rhynchitidae) are described from Eocene Baltic amber. Baltocar sontagae sp. nov. is similar to B. groehni Riedel, 2012 but differs in the shorter rostrum, tarsomere 1 shorter than tarsomere 5 and 1.4× as long as tarsomere 2, longer elytra, and shorter body. Pseudomesauletes lobanovi sp. nov. is similar to P. culex (Scudder, 1893) and P. ibis (Wickham, 1912): the new species differs from P. culex in the larger eyes, longer pronotum, being 0.44× shorter than elytra, and slightly smaller body size; from P. ibis it differs in the smaller body size, rostrum shorter than elytra, and weakly convex pronotum. This is the first record of Pseudomesauletes from Baltic amber and the sixth species of Baltocar. Keys to species of the genus Baltocar and to the Eocene species of the genus Pseudomesauletes are given. Assumed trophic relationships of these fossil taxa are discussed (urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:260EBE6E-DA6C-4D6D-A1D2-2C258224622F).

A taxonomic revision of the Meranoplus F. Smith of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) with keys to species and diagnosis of the males

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3635 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRENDON E. BOUDINOT ◽  
BRIAN L. FISHER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Biogeographic Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
First Diagnosis

The species-level taxonomy of the ant genus Meranoplus F. Smith from Madagascar is revised. Two new species, M. cryptomys sp. n. and sylvarius sp. n. are described from workers and queens; M. mayri Forel, 1910, and M. radamae Forel, 1891, are redescribed, and queens and males for these two species are described for the first time. The first diagnosis of Meranoplus males for any biogeographic region is provided based on Malagasy species. Illustrated keys to all known Malagasy castes and species are presented. Diagnoses are given for two species groups: the M. mayri group and the M. nanus group. The diagnosis of the M. nanus species group from Bolton (1981) is thereby expanded with six new characters. Two species are known from the M. mayri species group and seven described species are known for the M. nanus species group, including the two new species described herein. The mouthparts, genitalia, and all castes, where known, of Malagasy Meranoplus are illustrated.

scholarly journals Two new species of Cantharis Linnaeus, 1758 from Baltic amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4878 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-411
Author(s):  
FABRIZIO FANTI ◽  
MAXIMILIAN G. PANKOWSKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Concave Part ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Two new species of soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from the Priabonian deposits in Yantarny, Russia (Baltic amber) are described. Cantharis crisantha sp. nov. is characterized by its relatively small body size, laterally rounded prothorax, and simple claws with a small basal tooth. Of particular interest, this specimen has its aedeagus extruded—a feature described for the first time in a representative of the genus Cantharis found in amber, and something rarely seen in all known fossil species of the Cantharidae family. The second described species, Cantharis raeorum sp. nov., is characterized by a pronotum with straight sides and a transverse and concave part near the posterior margin. The species are compared with earlier reported fossil Cantharis.

Two new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Pakistan

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4820 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-185
Author(s):  
TIANQI LAN ◽  
ZHIYUAN YAO ◽  
ABID ALI ◽  
GUO ZHENG ◽  
SHUQIANG LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Type ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Gilgit Baltistan ◽  
First Time ◽  
Beijing China

The genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 is reported from Pakistan for the first time. Two new species of the Pholcus nenjukovi species-group are described: Pholcus hamuchal Yao & Li sp. nov. (Gilgit Baltistan, male and female) and Pholcus kalam Yao & Li sp. nov. (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, male and female). Type material is deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS) in Beijing, China.

Two new species and records of Olophrum laxum species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) from China and Nepal

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4399 (2) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Two new species of the genus Olophrum Erichson, 1839 of the laxum group are described and illustrated: O. lama Shavrin, sp.n. (Nepal: Rolwaling Himal) and O. schuelkei Shavrin, sp.n. (China: Shaanxi). Olophrum laxum Shavrin & Smetana, 2017 from Yunnan and O. pacei Shavrin & Smetana, 2017 from Shaanxi and Hubei provinces of China are recorded for the first time. A modified key of the laxum group is provided. 

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