TAXONOMIC MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS PITYOPHTHORUS EICHHOFF IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE)

1981 ◽  
Vol 113 (S118) ◽  
pp. 1-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald E. Bright
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
General Biology ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
New Synonymy

AbstractA revision of the species in the genus Pityophthorus Eichhoff in North and Central America is presented. The limits of Pityophthorus are expanded to include the species previously placed in Gnatholeptus Blackman. This unit is maintained as a subgenus. One additional subgenus is described, Hypopityophthorus, for P. debilis Wood and P. inops Wood. The genus contains 220 species in North and Central America. The principal subgenus Pityophthorus is divided into 47 species groups. New species are: micans (Mexico), sapineus (Mexico), miniatus (Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico), pubifrons (Mexico), and acceptus (British Columbia, Wyoming). New synonymy is proposed as follows: P. deletus LeConte (= P. dolus Wood); P. exquisitus (Blackman) n. comb. (= P. inceptis Wood); P. intextus (= P. ornatus Blackman and P. limatus Wood); P. balsameus Blackman (= P. angustus Blackman) and P. indigens Wood (= P. irritans Schedl). Five species are given new status as subspecies: P. tuberculatus Eichhoff as a subsp. of P. pulchellus Eichhoff; P. subopacus Blackman as a subsp. of P. segnis Blackman; P. bellus Blackman as a subsp. of P. confusus Blandford; P. agnatus Blackman as a subsp. of P. confertus Swaine, and P. aurulentus Bright as a subsp. of P. murrayanae Blackman.The monograph includes an historical review, a discussion of diagnostic characters, and a discussion of the general biology of species in the genus. Keys to subgenera, species groups, and species are provided. Each species is described and many are illustrated, and all known bionomic and distributional data are included. Distribution records of many species are mapped.

New Mexican and Central American species of Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) mimetic of flies

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3181 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
HENRY A. HESPENHEIDE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
Central American ◽  
Additional Specimen ◽  
New Mexican ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Central American Species

The genus Agrilus participates in a number of mimicry complexes. At least 23 species in México and Central America areconsidered to belong to one of the complexes that putatively have flies as models. In this complex, characterized by thecolor pattern of red-blue/black-pale, 11 new species are described —Agrilus updikei, new species; Agrilus marthae, newspecies; Agrilus dipterioides, new species; Agrilus opitzi, new species; Agrilus exquisitus, new species; Agrilus zumba-doi, new species; Agrilus coloradoensis, new species; Agrilus frankparkeri, new species; Agrilus cavei, new species;Agrilus alajuelensis, new species; and Agrilus percaroides, new species. Two species groups are recognized, based onAgrilus basalis Chevrolat and A. percarus Kerremans. Previously described species are provided with a diagnosis or redescribed, and additional specimen records are given. All species are illustrated.

Revision in part of the genus Nebrioporus Régimbart, 1906, with emphasis on the N. laeviventris-group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2040 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIO TOLEDO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Distributional Analysis ◽  
Character Analysis ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Identification Keys ◽  
Male Characters ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Previous Identification

The genus Nebrioporus Régimbart, 1906 is reviewed and partially revised. The historical subgeneric divisions have not been subscribed to here because they fail to reflect the natural grouping within the genus. Instead, Nebrioporus has been divided into eight species-groups recognised and described with character analysis and keys for their identification. The N. laeviventris-group, comprising 4 subgroups and 13 species, has been revised. The N. depressus-group, the most speciose within the genus, is redefined and dealt with in detail with keys for the identification of the species and morphological illustrations accompanying the taxonomic discussion for selected species. The N. sansii-group, as here defined, is also keyed and illustrated and the species N. lynesi (J. Balfour-Browne, 1947) is revised and inserted into this group. Revisional notes are provided also for the following species: Nebrioporus canariensis (Bedel, 1881), N. capensis (Omer-Cooper, 1953), N. dubius (Aubé, 1838b), N. kiliani (Peyerimhoff, 1929), N. kilimandjarensis (Régimbart, 1906), N. seriatus (Sharp, 1882), N. simplicipes (Sharp, 1884), N. solivagus (Omer-Cooper, 1965), N. vagrans (Omer-Cooper, 1953). All revised species are provided with a short redescription, illustration of diagnostic characters and distributional analysis. For several species new distributional records are given. Illustrations of habitus and male characters are provided also for species not discussed in the text. A comprehensive checklist of the genus Nebrioporus is given, with synonyms. Two new species are described: N. amicorum sp.n. from Crete and N. sagartus sp.n. from Iran, both belonging to the N. laeviventris-group, the former described from material previously determined as Nebrioporus stearinus (Kolenati, 1854). Nebrioporus seriatus (Sharp, 1882) is found to be a member of the abyssinicus-group and inserted into previous identification keys. Nebrioporus suavis (Sharp, 1882) is here considered as a western subspecies of N. stearinus (new status as Nebrioporus stearinus suavis (Sharp)). New synonyms: Zimmermannius Guignot, 1941 = Nebrioporus Régimbart, 1906; Hydroporus walkeri Branden, 1885 = Hydroporus crotchi Preudhomme de Borre, 1871; Hydroporus variegatus Aubé, 1838a = Hydroporus stearinus Kolenati, 1845; Deronectes turca Seidlitz, 1887 = Hydroporus stearinus Kolenati, 1845; Potamonectes sulphuricola Zaitzev, 1951 = Hydroporus airumlus Kolenati, 1845. Lectotypes are designated for: Hydroporus clarkii Wollaston, 1862; Deronectes simplicipes Sharp, 1884; Deronectes anchoralis Sharp, 1884; Hydroporus kiliani Peyerimhoff, 1929; Deronectes seriatus Sharp, 1882; Deronectes arabicus Sharp, 1882; Deronectes islamiticus Sharp, 1882; Deronectes princeps Sharp, 1882; Hydroporus stearinus Kolenati, 1845; Deronectes suavis Sharp, 1882; Hydroporus crotchi Preudhomme de Borre, 1871; Hydroporus insignis Klug, 1833; Hydroporus semiclusus Walker, 1871; Deronectes hostilis Sharp, 1884; and Hydroporus melanogrammus Régimbart, 1899.

A review of of the Holarctic Sepedon fuscipennis and S. spinipes groups with description of a new species (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2288 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAUPO ELBERG ◽  
RUDOLF ROZKOŠNÝ ◽  
LLOYD KNUTSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

Two holarctically distributed species groups of Sepedon, S. fuscipennis (5 spp.) and spinipes (2 spp.) are reviewed. The diagnostic characters of all species are compared and the distinguishing structures of the male terminalia are illustrated. The Palaearctic Sepedon hecate sp. nov. is described and compared with the Nearctic species of the S. fuscipennis group. The new species is distributed mainly in the East Palaearctic but apparently penetrates to Central Europe. A detailed study of the male terminalia of the Palaearctic S. spinipes spinipes (Scopoli, 1763) and the Nearctic S. spinipes americana Steyskal, 1951 shows that the Nearctic taxon actually represents a well distinguished species, S. americana Steyskal, 1951, stat. nov.

Revision of the Amphibolips species of the ‘nassa’ complex from Mexico and central America (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4877 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-50
Author(s):  
VÍCTOR CUESTA-PORTA ◽  
ARMANDO EQUIHUA-MARTÍNEZ ◽  
EDITH G. ESTRADA-VENEGAS ◽  
DAVID CIBRIÁN-TOVAR ◽  
URIEL M. BARRERA-RUÍZ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Central America ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Gall Wasp ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Complex Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
New Distribution

The cynipid gall wasp species of Amphibolips (Cynipidae: Cynipini) belonging to the “nassa” complex are reviewed for Mexico and Central America. Five new species are described: A. bassae Cuesta-Porta & Pujade-Villar n. sp., A. bromus Pujade-Villar & Cuesta-Porta n. sp., A. kinseyi Cuesta-Porta & Pujade-Villar n. sp., A. rulli Pujade-Villar & Cuesta-Porta n. sp., and A. turulli Pujade-Villar & Cuesta-Porta n. sp. Amphibolips quercuspomiformis (Bassett) comb. nov. is redescribed and Amphibolips malinche Nieves-Aldrey & Maldonado is proposed as a new synonym of A. hidalgoensis Pujade-Villar & Melika. The validity of A. dampfi is discussed. Diagnostic characters, distribution, host-plant relationships, and biology are provided. Also new diagnostic characters and new distribution data for earlier described species are given. Keys to adults and galls for all known “nassa” complex species from Mexico and Central America are presented. 

A new species of Phylloicus Müller, 1880 (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae), from southeastern Brazil, including descriptions of larval and pupal stages

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2748 (1) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
FABIO B. QUINTEIRO ◽  
ADOLFO R. CALOR ◽  
CLAUDIO G. FROEHLICH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species

The cosmopolitan family Calamoceratidae Ulmer, 1906, has 8 living genera, among them Phylloicus Müller, 1880, with species distributed from South to Central America. This genus is characterized by its dark-colored adults (brown to black) with diurnal to crepuscular habits. In this paper, the adults, pupae, and larvae of Phylloicus camargoi n. sp. are described and illustrated. The new species is easily diagnosed by male tergum X bearing a short, digitate, setose, basodorsal process; 2 short, digitate, hairless, lateral processes; and 2 pairs of very short processes on the posterior margin: a pair of digitate, hairless, posterolateral processes, and a pair of posteromesal processes. Additional diagnostic characters are the presence of 3 color bands on the forewings, 2 golden longitudinal bands and a white transversal one.

Species-group concepts and biogeography of the genus Crotonia (Acari: Oribatida: Crotoniidae), with new species from South and Central America

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2081 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTHEW J. COLLOFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Similar Distribution ◽  
Full Complement ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
St Helena

Five new species of oribatid mite belonging to the Gondwanan genus Crotonia are described from South and Central America: C. macfadyeni sp. nov. from the Falkland Islands, C. carioca sp. nov. from Brazil, C. valdivia sp. nov. and C. wallworki sp. nov. both from Chile, and C. aculeata sp. nov. from Guatemala. The nymphal stages of C. macfadyeni are also described. The species-groups of Crotonia delineated by Luxton (1982) are redefined in relation to these new species and a re-evaluation of characters. Previously, the primary character for defining species-groups was the arrangement of the caudal apophyses. Greater emphasis is placed herein on the fusion of the dorsal shield with the rest of the notogaster and the presence or absence of a lateral hyaline region. The Nukuhivae group is merged into the Unguifera group (containing C. carioca sp. nov., C. cervicornia, C. melanesiae, C. nukuhivae and C. unguifera) and the Caudalis group into the Obtecta group (containing C. blaszaki, C. obtecta, C. pulchra, C. caudalis, C. cupulata, C. longibulba and C. tuberculata). The biogeography of Crotonia is re-assessed based on 43 recognised species. The redefined Obtecta group has a disjunct trans-Pacific distribution. The Unguifera group, present in the Neotropics, is also found in an arc from New Zealand to the Philippines and has also dispersed to the mid-Pacific Marquesas Islands. Three new speciesgroups are established. The Flagellata group, containing C. flagellata and C. reticulata, also has a disjunct trans-Pacific distribution. The Lanceolata group is dominated by species from oceanic islands and contains C. brassicae, C. lanceolata and C. perforata from St. Helena, C. brevicornuta from Campbell Island, and C. ovata from Tasmania. The Capistrata group contains those species which possess the full complement of setae in the c series (C. alluaudi, C. americana, C. ardala, C. borbora, C. capistrata, C. dicella, C. ecphyla, C. pauropelor, C. tasmaniana and C. tryjanowskii). It has a disjunct continental distribution represented in the Neotropical, Afrotropical and Australasian regions. The Cophinaria group (C. aculeata sp. nov., C. brachyrostrum, C. chiloensis, C. cophinaria, C. jethurmerae, C. lyrata, C. macfadyeni sp. nov., C. marlenae, C. pyemaireneri, C. ramus, C. rothschildi, C. valdivia sp. nov. and C. wallworki sp. nov.) has a similar distribution to the Capistrata group. The Afrotropical region has lowest diversity (two species-groups, six

REVISION OF NEARCTIC SPECIES OF CEROMYA ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY (DIPTERA: TACHINIDAE)

1994 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 775-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. O’Hara
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Old World ◽  
Palearctic Region ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Nearctic Region ◽  
Holarctic Species

AbstractNine species of Ceromya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae: Siphonini) are recognized in the Nearctic region, including four new species, and one described species known previously only from the Palearctic region. The species are arranged into three species groups, with each group hypothesized to be monophyletic and each containing extralimital members. The three species groups and nine Nearctic species are as follows: the bicolor-group with C. bicolor (Meigen) (a Holarctic species newly recorded from the Nearctic region); the flaviseta-group with C. Ontario (Curran) and C. palloris (Coquillett); and the americana-group with C. americana (Townsend), C. balli sp.nov. (type-locality Masham Township, Quebec, Canada), C. elyii (Walton), C. flava sp.nov. (type-locality Masham Township, Quebec, Canada), C. oriens sp.nov. (type-locality Masham Township, Quebec, Canada), and C. occidentalis sp.nov. (type-locality Lakelse Lake, British Columbia, Canada). The bicolor-group has an Old World – Nearctic distribution, the flaviseta-group has an European–Nearctic distribution, and the americana-group has a Neotropical–Nearctic distribution. Adults of the nine Nearctic species of Ceromya are keyed and described, known hosts are listed (including corrections to published records), distributions are mapped, and taxonomically useful features are illustrated.

A REVIEW OF THE NEW WORLD SPECIES OF PISON: I. THE SUBGENUS KROMBEINIELLUM (HYMENOPTERA: SPHECIDAE)

1968 ◽  
Vol 100 (10) ◽  
pp. 1100-1107
Author(s):  
A. S. Menke
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
New World ◽  
World Species ◽  
Species Groups

AbstractFive new species of Pison, subgenus Krombeiniellum, are described: stangei from Argentina; duckei, plaumanni, and neotropicum from Brazil; and krombeini from Central America. Pison duckei, plaumanni, and neotropicum are known by females only. A key is provided for the identification of the New World Krombeiniellum; the subgenus is divided into three species groups.

scholarly journals The European Phyllonorycter species feeding on the plants of the tribe Genisteae (Fabaceae), with descriptions of twelve new species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 65-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleš Laštůvka ◽  
Zdeněk Laštůvka
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
European Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Retama Sphaerocarpa ◽  
Genista Monspessulana ◽  
Species Groups

A review of 29 European species of the genus Phyllonorycter Hübner, 1822 developing on the plants of the tribe Genisteae with diagnostic characters, brief data on their biology and distribution is given. Twelve of them are new: Phyllonorycter estrela sp. n., probably from Genista cinerea (Vill.) DC., P. telinella sp. n. from Genista monspessulana (L.) L. A. S. Johnson, P. tridentatae sp. n. from Genista tridentata L., P. deschkanus sp. n. from Genista cinerea (Vill.) DC., P. andalusicus sp. n. probably from Retama sphaerocarpa (L.) Boiss., P. echinosparti sp. n. from Echinospartum lusitanicum (L.) Rothm., P. baetica sp. n. from Genista versicolor Boiss., P. vueltas sp. n. from Genista florida L. and G. cinerea (Vill.) DC., P. scorpius sp. n. from Genista scorpius (L.) DC., P. pumila sp. n. from Genista versicolor subsp. pumila (Hervier) Fern. Casas, P. eugregori sp. n. from Cytisus austriacus L. and C. ratisbonensis Schaeff., and P. etnensis sp. n. from Genista aetnensis (Biv.) DC. Phyllonorycter purgantella (Chrétien, 1915) is recognized as bona species. Phyllonorycter dalmatinella (Amsel, 1951) and P. picardi Buvat, 1995 are junior subjective synonyms of Phyllonorycter lapadiella (Krone, 1909). The lectotype of Phyllonorycter haasi (Rebel, 1901) is designated. The species are divided into three species groups, Phyllonorycter cerasinella (Reutti, 1853) standing apart from these groups. New country records of several species are given.

scholarly journals Rainforest and cloud forest Scolytodes (Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Hexacolini) from the Arthropods of La Selva inventory in Costa Rica: new species, new synonymy, new records

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 863 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Bjarte H. Jordal ◽  
Lawrence R. Kirkendall
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
First Record ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
La Selva ◽  
Neotropical Forest ◽  
New Synonymy

Quantitative collecting efforts over the last several decades in Costa Rica have resulted in many new species of insects. The Arthropods of La Selva projects included collecting from a typical lowland Neotropical forest and up an altitudinal transect, and has provided many valuable samples of insects, spiders and mites potentially new to science. We describe 18 new species in the bark beetle genusScolytodesFerrari, 1867, 14 of which were collected during this project:S.angulusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.sufflatusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.squamatifronsJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.comosusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.spatulatusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.seriatusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.profundusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.catinusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.fimbriatusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.sulcifronsJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.planifronsJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.porosusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.mundusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.callosusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.parvipilusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.plenusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.nigerJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov., andS.simplexJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.One species,ScolytodesminutissimusSchedl, 1952, is redescribed to match the holotype. We give new Costa Rica records forS.costabilisWood, 1974, which is the correct name forS.obesusWood, 1975 (syn. nov.). We report Costa Rica as a new country record for six species:ScolytodesclusiacolensWood, 1967,S.crinalisWood, 1978,S.culcitatus(Blandford, 1897),S.libidusWood, 1978,S.reticulatus(Wood, 1961), andS.spadix(Blackman, 1943). From a closely related genus, we provide the first record for Central America (and only the second collection) ofPycnarthrumfulgidumWood, 1977.

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