A TAXONOMIC CONSPECTUS OF THE BLONDELIINI OF NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES (DIPTERA: TACHINIDAE)

1985 ◽  
Vol 117 (S132) ◽  
pp. 3-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Wood

AbstractThe species of the tribe Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (including Trinidad) are grouped into 55 genera. Included is an illustrated key to the genera, a diagnosis of each genus, a list of all generic synonyms, and a taxonomic catalogue of all species recorded from these regions, including their New World synonyms. Type status, type locality, and depository of primary type material is given for each nominal species. One hundred and seventy-seven new generic-level synonyms, 67 new species-level synonyms, and 321 new combinations are proposed. Didyma fuliginipennis Wulp, belonging to the tribe Eryciini, was assigned to the genus Ametadoria (see under lectotype designation of Didyma volucris Wulp). Three new species are described: Ligeria latigena n. sp., from Yukon; Policheta crassisetosa n. sp., from Oregon; and Steleoneura novemmaculata n. sp., from Yukon, Banks Island, and Victoria Island. Lectotypes are designated for 93 nominal species.

1969 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
José A. Mari Mutt

The new species Dicranocentrus paramoense, D. bidentatus, Heteromurus (Heteromurtrella) echinatus and H. (H.) pruinosus are described from specimens collected in the State of Mérida, Venezuela. A new species of each genus comes from a cloud forest near the city of Mérida and a new species of each taxon was collected in paramos northeast of Mérida. Congeneric species are phyletically very near and their closest relatives live in Central America and the West Indies. Dicranocentrus bidentatus is the sole species of its genus with only two teeth (the basal pair) along the inner margin of the unguis. Heteromurus (Heteromurtrella) echinatus is unique among members of its subgenus in possessing dental spines, although some individuals lack these structures. This is the first record of such intraspecific variation. Four tables detail variations of a number of characters and 41 figures complement the text.


1926 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. A. Hoffman

Examination of a limited number of specimens of Leptoconops occurring in America indicates that at least several undescribed species exist in North and Central America and the West Indies. Paucity of material, however, prevents any detailed study of the group for the regions mentioned. Two members of the genus have, through their biting tendencies, made themselves decidedly obnoxious in the sections where they occur.


Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2028 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS M. DÍAZ ◽  
S. BLAIR HEDGES

The genus Aristelliger comprises seven species of which six inhabit the West Indies, and one occurs in Central America and satellite islands. For the first time, the genus is reported from Cuba, and a new species (Aristelliger reyesi sp. n.) is described from that island. The new taxon has affinities with the smaller species of the genus (subgenus Aristelligella): A. expectatus, A. cochranae, and A. barbouri. It differs from them in color pattern and other morphological characters.


1969 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
Herbert L. Dozier

The purpose of this paper is to establish as clearly as possible the status of the genus Aneristus Howard, to assemble all the available information concerning the habits and host-relationships of its members, and to make known three new species from the West Indies. So far as known all the species of Aneristus are primary parasites of the non-diaspine Coccidae or soft scale insects and are of great economic importance.


1969 ◽  
Vol 101 (9) ◽  
pp. 921-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. D. Dondale ◽  
J. H. Redner

AbstractThe infuscatus group comprises 20 species and 2 subspecies. The group is wholly American, the main habitats occurring in the dry parts of the U.SA. and Mexico. Only Philodromus infuscatus Keyserling reaches Canada, while a few species are neotropical. P. droseroides Schick is divided into P. d. droseroides of California and P. d. arizonensis ssp. n. of Arizona. Similarly P. infuscatus is divided into P. i. infuscatus of eastern U.S.A. and P. i. utus Chamberlin of western U.S.A. The following are described as new species: P. pratarioides, P. harrietae, P. mississippianus, P. separatus, P. tortus, P. probolus, P. infectus, P. longiductus, P. breviductus, P. pseudanomalus, P. mexicanus, and P. cavatus. P. dispar Walckenaer, a species introduced from the Old World, is the sole American representative of the dispar group.


Author(s):  
Ulrich Irmler

The Neotropical species of the genus Lithocharodes were studied. A total of 26 new species were found. These are: L. aculeata spec. nov., L. ashei spec. nov., L. bierigi spec. nov., L. bicornis spec. nov., L. boliviana spec. nov., L. brooksi spec. nov., L. compacta spec. nov., L. curtipennis spec. nov., L. denticulata spec. nov., L. dubiosa spec. nov., L. ecuadoriensis spec. nov., L. elongata spec. nov., L. hanagarthi spec. nov., L. karinae spec. nov., L. katharinae spec. nov., L. lescheni spec. nov., L. nigerrima spec. nov., L. nigrita spec. nov., L. obscura spec. nov., L. pampana spec. nov., L. peruana spec. nov., L. silvicola spec. nov., L. somoleptoides spec. nov., L. surinamensis spec. nov., L. triangula spec. nov., and L. verhaaghi spec. nov. The following species described under Lithocharodes were transferred to the genus Somoleptus Sharp, 1885: S. cavicola (Blackwelder, 1943) (comb. nov.) and S. strigulata (Blackwelder 1943) (comb. nov.). The following four species described under the genus Somoleptus were transferred to Lithocharodes: L. bicolor (Sharp, 1885) (new combination) and S. gracilis Sharp, 1885 (new synonymy), which is conspecific with L. bicolor; L. clavicornis (Erichson, 1839) described as Leptacinus clavicornis and transferred to Somoleptus by Sharp (1885) (new combination); L. elegans (Sharp, 1885) (new combination); L. gracilis, L. rambouseki, L. cameroni (new synonymies) are conspecific with L. fusciventris Sharp, 1885. New records from the West Indies and Central America were given for L. floridanus (LeConte, 1880) and L. nigripennis (LeConte, 1863). Lectotypes were designated for L. fusciventris, L. gracilis, L. fuscula, and L. spinigera. Nomenclatural acts Lithocharodes aculeata spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A18023B2-0E8E-4094-A5ED-3DCF051C0185Lithocharodes ashei spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3464349F-B225-4FFB-A2DA-A9F5F286E872Lithocharodes bierigi spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:40819238-8854-4AA3-8080-FEA8778C77CELithocharodes boliviana spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:352DDE6B-383B-45B8-90B1-1D1689422F37Lithocharodes brooksi spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3903CAF2-1B67-4B6A-9979-72E6336CA165Lithocharodes compacta spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3253E356-C82F-425A-B034-8AD4AFFB91F7Lithocharodes curtipennis spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:49C417E3-A17C-4A28-9D32-950C09CDBD1DLithocharodes denticulata spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9B194FB8-EFFE-4301-9681-174E24B19557Lithocharodes dubiosa spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A9BFC64A-5AEA-499E-ABB9-94BE1F8F05B6Lithocharodes ecuadoriensis spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D5751DC8-DA8F-4F7E-A57E-3FCB3BE8A990Lithocharodes elongata spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E056AF32-00F8-4072-97F7-7FA40129C9BALithocharodes hanagarthi spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:CB47DB88-4D42-4FC9-AF39-A5ED1D1758A3Lithocharodes karinae spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:067347B8-B4E1-4B17-96D3-9ADBA83D340FLithocharodes katharinae spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B16D6F77-971F-4D61-9934-BAB22A68A1A9Lithocharodes lescheni spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:56C738F3-B7E8-48CD-8D89-549249716A46Lithocharodes nigerrima spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AC1C7A9C-0F22-4211-B88E-F95ACF767B38Lithocharodes nigrita spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:51DB16D4-FB55-4338-B12D-AFD4290322C0Lithocharodes obscura spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F520ED25-EB0D-4CFB-AD03-F8322592C96CLithocharodes pampana spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5EFDF07C-A8EE-42CB-B1E8-901599251C83Lithocharodes peruana spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:44E3E16F-6262-4A6B-8BF1-CE656372382ALithocharodes silvicola spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:307A352E-8017-4653-AB6C-530BB6694978Lithocharodes somoleptoides spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0FBFC297-E285-4637-853C-2DC467FE2E1CLithocharodes surinamensis spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AF3EE982-3573-4991-9AEF-A34345F2BA88Lithocharodes triangula spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8BCFB5FF-F6A3-4F93-A1CE-033F3898DE6BLithocharodes verhaaghi spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:37168761-B2E0-4845-94ED-83B48C45CF71  


1964 ◽  
Vol 96 (11) ◽  
pp. 1421-1433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard A. Kelton

AbstractThe genus Reuteroscopus is known from North America, Central America, and the West Indies. Lygus uvidus Distant considered a synonym of ornatus Reuter is a good species and the name must be revived. Psallus nicholi Knight is transferred to Reuteroscopus. Descriptions are given for the following 11 new species, making a total of 16 known species for the genus: antennatus, aztecus, chillcotti, complexus, digitatus, mexicanus, and similis from Mexico; diffusus from Mexico, Costa Rico, and Panama; femoralis from Arizona and Mexico; curacaoensis from Curacao Is.; and hamatus from Florida, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. Reuteroscopus sulphureus Reuter will be removed to another genus. Male genitalia of the 16 species are illustrated and a key to males is provided.


Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3280 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMAZONAS CHAGAS-JÚNIOR

Three new species of Otostigmus Porat, 1876 from Brazilian Atlantic Forest are described. Otostigmus beckeri sp. n. andO. lanceolatus sp. n. are described from the state of Bahia and O. giupponii sp. n. from the state of Espírito Santo. InBrazil, the otostigmine scolopendrid genus Otostigmus comprises 22 species. A summary of Brazilian Otostigmus speciesis presented with new distribution records, taxonomic remarks when appropriate and an identification key. Otostigmus sul-catus Meinert, 1886 is recorded for the first time from Brazil; the Andean Otostigmus silvestrii Kraepelin 1903, previouslyrecorded from Brazil, is here considered not to be present in this country. Eight nominal species are regarded here as newsynonyms. Five of them—Otostigmus pradoi Bücherl, 1939, O. longistigma Bücherl, 1939, O. longipes Bücherl, 1939,O. langei Bücherl, 1946 and O. dentifusus Bücherl, 1946—are based on females of O. tibialis Brölemann, 1902. O. latipesBücherl, 1954 is conspecific with and is considered a junior synonym of O. sulcatus Meinert, 1886; O. limbatus diminutusBücherl, 1946 is a junior synonym of O. limbatus Meinert, 1886 and O. fossulatus Attems, 1928 is a junior synonym of O. goeldii Brölemann, 1898. A lectotype is designated for O. goeldii.


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