A SYNOPSIS OF THE NEARCTIC BRACONINI, WITH REVISIONS OF NEARCTIC SPECIES OF COELOIDES AND MYOSOMA (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE)

AbstractThe 11 genera of Nearctic Braconini are keyed: two of them, Myosoma Brullé with a wide pantropical range and Alienoclypeus Shenefelt, new genus, are found chiefly in the Chihuahuan desert and shrub fauna of northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S.A. and are recorded as Nearctic for the first time. Four new species are described in Myosoma: eumystax, impexum, longius, and durango. R. D. Shenefelt describes a new genus and species, Alienoclypeus insolitus. The genus Atanycolimorpha Viereck, 1913 is synonymized with Ipobracon Thomson, 1892. The genus Coeloides is revised for the Nearctic Region; 12 species are described and illustrated. Five of these are new: mexicanus, durangensis, sympitys, tsugatorus, and sonora. One species, C. rossicus (Kokujev), is Holarctic, a new subspecies, betulae, is described from Canada. The following are new synonyms: C. rufovariegatus (Provancher) = (dendroctoni Cushman), C. vancouverensis (Dalla Torre) = (brunneri Viereck), C. crocator (Kirby) = (promontorii Dalla Torre).

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New Genus and Species of Gall Midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Porricondylinae, Holoneurini) from the Late Eocene Amber of Olevsk (Zhitomir Region, Ukraine)

Vestnik Zoologii ◽

10.1515/vzoo-2017-0004 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 23-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Z. A. Fedotova ◽

E. E. Perkovsky

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Late Eocene ◽

Rovno Amber ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Gall Midges ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time ◽

Eocene Amber

Abstract Gall midges are reported for the first time in Late Eocene Rovno amber from the Olevsk, Zhitomir Region. This is the second amber locality to yield gall midges in the Zhitomir Region, after Gulyanka. Rovnoholoneurus gen. n. and two new species, Rovnoholoneurus davidi sp. n. and R. miyae sp. n. are described. Bryocrypta laqueata Fedotova, 2005 is transferred to the genus Rovnoholoneurus, and Rovnoholoneurus laqueatus (Fedotova, 2005), comb. n. is established. A key to the species of Rovnoholoneurus is provided.

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New and little-known cheilostomatous Bryozoa from the south and southeastern Brazilian continental shelf and slope

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2722.1.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2722 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

LEANDRO M. VIEIRA ◽

DENNIS P. GORDON ◽

FACELUCIA B.C. SOUZA ◽

MARIA ANGÉLICA HADDAD

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Continental Shelf ◽

New Genus ◽

Exclusive Economic Zone ◽

New Combination ◽

Brazilian Coast ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

The South ◽

Economic Zone ◽

First Time

The present paper reports on 22 species collected by the Brazilian Program of Living Resources in the Exclusive Economic Zone (REVIZEE). A new genus and species of Cribrilinidae, Corbuliporina crepida n. gen. et sp., is described, along with seventeen other new species: Chaperia brasiliensis n. sp., Amastigia aviculifera n. sp., Isosecuriflustra pinniformis n. sp., Cellaria subtropicalis n. sp., Melicerita brasiliensis n. sp., Arachnopusia haywardi n. sp., Smittina migottoi n. sp., Hippomenella amaralae n. sp., Rogicka joannae n. sp., Malakosaria atlantica n. sp., Turbicellepora winstonae n. sp., Rhynchozoon coalitum n. sp., Stephanollona angusta n. sp., Stephanollona arborescens n. sp., Aulopocella americana n. sp., Conescharellina cookae n. sp. and Conescharellina bocki n. sp. Chorizopora brongniartii (Audouin, 1826) is recorded for the first time in Brazilian waters and a new combination for Rhynchozoon arborescens Canu & Bassler, 1928 is established. New illustrations and taxonomic remarks are included for two little-known species from Brazil, Rogicka scopae (Canu & Bassler, 1928) and Fenestrulina ampla Canu & Bassler, 1928. A compilation of species recorded from deeper waters of the Brazilian coast is included.

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Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea V: New taxa and new nomenclatures of the subfamilies Necrosciinae (Diapheromeridae) and Lonchodinae (Phasmatidae) from the Phasmatodea of China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4368.1.1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4368 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

GEORGE WAI-CHUN HO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Taxa ◽

New Genus ◽

New Combinations ◽

New Subspecies ◽

First Time

This study provides descriptions of one new genus, 24 new species and four new subspecies from the Necrosciinae and Lonchodinae of China. They are, Dianphasma sparsigranulatum sp. nov., D. yui sp. nov., Micadina songxiaobini sp. nov., Necroscia dianica sp. nov., Neohirasea fenshuilingensis sp. nov., N. hujiayaoi hujiayaoi sp. nov. & subsp. nov., N. h. shengtangshanensis subsp. nov., N. nanlingensis sp. nov., N. pengzhongi sp. nov., N. unispina unispina sp. nov. & subsp. nov., N. unispina parvula subsp. nov., N. wangpengi sp. nov., Oxyartes jinpingensis sp. nov., O. rubris sp. nov., Planososibia brevialata sp. nov., P. liui sp. nov., Pseudososibia cristata gen. nov. & sp. nov., P. undulatomarginata sp. nov., Sipyloidea tuberculata sp. nov., Carausius bicornis sp. nov., C. huanglianshanensis sp. nov., C. luchunensis sp. nov., C. novus sp. nov., C. yingjiangensis sp. nov., C. yunnanensis sp. nov. and Pericentrus biwenxuani sp. nov.; suggests seven new combinations for Neohirasea asper (Redtenbacher, 1908) comb. nov. from Paramenexenus Redtenbacher, 1908, Planososibia qiongensis (Ho, 2013) comb. nov. from Sosibia Stål, 1875, Pseudososibia brachyptera (Chen & He, 2004) comb. nov. from Sosibia with the first description of the female, Phraortes albopictus (Chen & He, 2008) comb. nov. from Dixippus Stål, 1875, Lonchodes gracicercatus (Chen & He, 2008) comb. nov. from Dixippus, Lonchodes guangdongensis (Chen & He, 2008) comb. nov. from Dixippus and Lonchodes paucigranulatus (Chen & Xu, 2008) comb. nov. from Dixippus; records Pericentrus Redtenbacher, 1908 for the first time in China. Key to the species and list of the species of the studied genera including Dianphasma Chen & He, 1997, Micadina Redtenbacher, 1908, Necroscia Audinet-Serville, 1838, Neohirasea Rehn, 1904, Oxyartes Stål, 1875, Planososibia Seow-Choen, 2016, Pseudososibia gen. nov., Sipyloidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 and Carausius Stål, 1875 are provided.

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New species and a new genus of Philopotamidae from the Andes of Bolivia and Ecuador (Insecta, Trichoptera)

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.780.26977 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 780 ◽

pp. 89-108

Author(s):

Ralph W. Holzenthal ◽

Roger J. Blahnik ◽

Blanca Ríos-Touma

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Hind Wing ◽

First Record ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Bolivian Andes ◽

The Andes ◽

Segment Viii ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

A new genus and species of Philopotamidae (Philopotaminae),Aymaradellaboliviana, is described from the Bolivian Andes of South America. The new genus differs from other Philopotaminae by the loss of 2A vein in the hind wing and, in the male genitalia, the synscleritous tergum and sternum of segment VIII, and the elongate sclerotized dorsal processes of segment VIII. The first record ofHydrobiosella(Philopotaminae) in the New World is also provided with a new species from the Andes of Ecuador,Hydrobiosellaandina. In addition, a new species of the Neotropical genusChimarrhodella(Chimarrinae),Chimarrhodellachoco, is described from the Choco-Andean region of Ecuador, andChimarrhodellaperuviana(Ross) is recorded from Ecuador for the first time. Lastly,Wormaldiaimbrialis(Philopotaminae), new species, is described, also from the Ecuadorian Choco.

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Two new cirroidean genera (Vetigastropoda, Archaeogastropoda) from the Emsian (Late Early Devonian) of Alaska with notes on the early phylogeny of Cirroidea

Journal of Paleontology ◽

10.1017/s0022336000036271 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 72 (2) ◽

pp. 265-273 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Jiří Frýda ◽

Robert B. Blodgett

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Lower Devonian ◽

New Genus ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Early Devonian ◽

West Central ◽

The Family ◽

First Time ◽

Stratigraphic Range

Two new cirroidean gastropod genera, Alaskiella (family Porcelliidae) and Alaskacirrus (family Cirridae), from the Emsian (late Early Devonian) of west-central Alaska (Medfra B-4 quadrangle) are described. The shell of Alaskiella medfraensis new genus and species exhibits inclined heterostrophic coiling. This shell character is known among other members of the subclass Archaeogastropoda, but is recorded for the first time within members of the superfamily Cirroidea. Inclined heterostrophic coiling of the shell was probably developed independently in several different groups of the subclass Archaeogastropoda. The new genus Alaskacirrus, represented by Alaskacirrus bandeli new species, is the oldest and only known Paleozoic member of the family Cirridae. This suggests that the family Cirridae was separated from the family Porcelliidae since at least Early Devonian time and that it most probably developed from the subfamily Agnesiinae of the family Porcelliidae. Thus, the stratigraphic range of the family Cirridae is at least from Lower Devonian to Cretaceous, an interval of about 350 million years.

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Upper Carboniferous seed fern (Pteridospermophyta) pollen organs from Silesia (Poland) and related evolution considerations

Monographiae Botanicae ◽

10.5586/mb.2010.001 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 100 ◽

pp. 1-81 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Grzegorz Pacyna ◽

Danuta Zdebska

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Radial Symmetry ◽

Seed Plants ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Typical Species ◽

Reproductive Structures ◽

The North ◽

Compound Pollen ◽

First Time

Extinct seed ferns (Pteridospermophyta) fill a key position in the evolutionary tree of seed plants. Their reproductive structures enable to recognition of the interrelationship within seed ferns and other seed plants descending from them. Seed fern reproductive structures from Poland are very rarely found and very poorly known, especially the pollen organs to which this paper is dedicated. A new genus and species Silesiatheca formosa Pacyna & Zdebska, gen. et sp. nov. of lyginopteridalean aggregated synangia was recognized based on specimens preserved within sideritic nodules from Sosnowiec. The genus Codonotheca is recognized from European Carboniferous for the first time. The least evolutionarily advanced species of Codonotheca − Codonotheca silesiaca Pacyna & Zdebska sp. nov., is described based on specimens with weakly expressed radial symmetry and slight fusion of the sporangia. this species matches the hitherto hypothetical simplest species of Codonotheca very well, constituting the initial form for all the more compound pollen organs of Medullosales. For the first time in the European Carboniferous the North American species Aulacotheca campbellii (White, 1900) Halle, 1933 is recognized. A new emended diagnosis for the typical species Boulayatheca fertilis (Kidston, 1914) Taylor & Kurmann, 1985 is proposed, based on specimens from Poland. Two new species of genus Boulayatheca Taylor & Kurmann, 1985 are recognized. Boulayatheca ciliata Pacyna & Zdebska, sp. nov. with a synangium surface covered with hairs (a feature hitherto unknown in the Boulayatheca genus) and Boulayatheca saganii Pacyna & Zdebska, sp. nov. with a markedly elongated synangium. Occurrence of Whittleseya Newberry, 1853a emend. Halle, 1933 typical species − Whittleseya elegans Newberry, 1853a was confirmed in Lower Silesia based on new specimens. Some specimens referred to earlier in the literature as W. elegans were ascribed here to the new species W. silesiaca Pacyna & Zdebska, sp. nov., which differs from typical species in synangium shape and sporangia clustering into groups. The new species Whittleseya campanulata Pacyna & Zdebska, sp. nov. has a large synangium and sporangia clustering into groups. Heterogeneity within the genus Whittleseya is recognized, where some species, including those new described here, probably formed compound synangia. The aggregated synangia of Medullosales are recognized in thecompression state of preservation for the first time they are the base for establishing a new genus and species Kotasotheca annaeadamii Pacyna & Zdebska, gen. et sp. nov. The genus Dolerotheca Halle, 1933 was recognized in the Polish Carboniferous for the first time and a new species Dolerotheca migierii Pacyna & Zdebska, sp. nov. was described. T.N. Taylor’s model of evolution of medullosalean pollen organs was confirmed, and the new taxa described were included within it.

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A revision of the weevil genus Procas Stephens (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Erirhinidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1234.1.1 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1234 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

RICHARD T. THOMPSON

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Level ◽

Palaearctic Region ◽

New Combinations ◽

New Subspecies ◽

Western Palaearctic ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species ◽

Nearctic Region ◽

Made In

The Holarctic weevil genus Procas Stephens, 1831 is revised for the first time. Six species are recognized: four in the western Palaearctic Region, one in the eastern Palaearctic Region and one in the Nearctic Region. One new species, P. michaelis, sp. n. is described from Spain and one new subspecies, P. picipes levantinus, ssp. n. is described from the Levant. P. picipes (Marsham, 1802), sp. rev. and P. p. steveni (Gyllenhal, 1835), ssp. rev. are released from synonymy with P. armillatus (Fabricius, 1801). The species are separated using, among others, characters derived from sternite 8 of the male which is here used at species level for the first time. Related genera are discussed. Notodermus Desbrochers, 1875, gen. rev. and Apachiscelus Desbrochers, 1875, gen. rev. are released from synonymy with Procas. Pseudypera Voss, 1936, is returned to synonymy with Notodermus (stat. rev.). Syrdariellia Ter-Minassian, 1978 = Theanellus Reitter, 1912, syn. n. Hypera siccensis (Normand, 1951), comb. n. (ex Procas) = H. pollux (Fabricius, 1796), syn. n. Procas cottyi Perris, 1864 = P. armillatus (Fabricius, 1801), syn. rev. The following new combinations are made in Theanellus: T. alepensis (Pic), comb. n. (ex Procas); T. alternans (Faust, 1885), comb. n. (ex Procas); T. testaceus (Bajtenov, 1974), comb. n. (ex Procas); T. antoinei (Hustache, 1932), comb. n. (ex Procas); T. fastidiosus (Pic, 1904b), comb. n. (ex Procas). The relationships of the taxa are shown in a simple dendrogram, together with their habitats which vary from very wet to very dry.

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A new genus and species of Bruchinae, with a key to the genera from Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3599.6.3 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3599 (6) ◽

pp. 535-548 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chris A. M. REID ◽

M. BEATSON

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

High Altitude ◽

New Genus ◽

Single Site ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Australian Species ◽

First Time

A new genus of Bruchinae, Buburra Reid & Beatson, is erected for a single new species, B. jeanae Reid & Beatson. Buburra is endemic to Australia where it is known from a single site at high altitude in Victoria. The hostplant is unknown. Buburra is placed in the tribe Pachymerini. A key is provided for identification of the 12 genera of Bruchinae in Australia, including Caryotrypes Decelle, 1968, recorded from Australia for the first time. Five Australian species described in Bruchus Linneus, 1767, are newly transferred to Bruchidius Schilsky, 1905: Bruchidius diversipes (Lea, 1899) comb. nov.; B. maestus (Lea, 1899) comb. nov.; B. oodnadattae (Blackburn, 1900) comb. nov.; B. persimulans (Blackburn, 1900) comb. nov.; B. quornensis (Blackburn, 1900) comb. nov. A checklist is provided for the species of Bruchinae in Australia.

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African chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) in the collection of Alex Fain, with a description of a new genus and three new species

Acarologia ◽

10.24349/acarologia/20184240 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 265-286

Author(s):

Alexandr A. Stekolnikov

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Dr Congo ◽

Two New Species ◽

Elephant Shrew ◽

New Hosts ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time ◽

Subjective Synonym

A series of African chigger mites from the collection donated by Alex Fain (1912-2009) to the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences is revised. One new genus and species, Makwacarus petrodromi n. gen., n. sp. from an elephant shrew Petrodromus tetradactylus tordayi Thomas and two new species, Herpetacarus junkeri n. sp. from a snake Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie) and Microtrombicula livingstonei n. sp. from a lizard Holaspis guentheri Gray, are described from DR Congo. One new subjective synonym is proposed: Schoutedenichia musaranei Taufflieb, 1966 (= Schoutedenichia tanzaniaensis Goff, 1983, n. syn). Nineteen species have been recorded in new countries and/or on new hosts for the first time. Nine of them have been found outside their type localities for the first time. In total, the examined collection now includes 27 species belonging to 14 genera and collected from rodents, bats, tenrecs, elephant shrews, primates, birds, lizards and snakes of DR Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and South Africa

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A new genus and species of Brontinae from Borneo (Coleoptera, Silvanidae)

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.805.28757 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 805 ◽

pp. 45-57

Author(s):

Takahiro Yoshida ◽

Toshiya Hirowatari

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species ◽

Malaysian Borneo

A new silvanid genusBorneophanusgen. n.is described based on specimens collected from Malaysian Borneo. A new species,B.spinosussp. n., is described herein. Digitiform sensilla on the apical maxillary palpomere is reported in Silvanidae for the first time.

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