scholarly journals Revision of North American species of Clistopyga (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 146 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santiago Bordera ◽  
Alejandra González-Moreno ◽  
Andrey I. Khalaim ◽  
Ilari E. Sääksjärvi
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Distributional Range ◽  
Sampling Program ◽  
Nearctic Region

AbstractBased on a large number of specimens deposited in many collections, and on material collected in a sampling program in Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, 19 North American species of Clistopyga Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) are reported. Five species, C. aenigmatica, C. arizonica, C. juliana, C. maya, and C. oaxacana, are described as new. Clistopyga covarrubiasi Khalaim and Hernández, 2008 is synonymysed with C. recurva (Say, 1835) and C. sauberi Brauns, 1898 is once again re-synonymysed with C. canadensis Provancher, 1880. Data on diagnosis, variation, distribution, and hosts of all species are provided. All previously known species are re-described. The present revision extends the distributional range of the Neotropical species C. calixtoi Gauld, 1991, C. fernandezi Gauld, 1991, and C. henryi Gauld, Ugalde, and Hanson, 1998 to the southern part of the Nearctic Region (northern Mexico), and the area of the Nearctic species C. manni Cushman, 1922 to the northern part of the Neotropical region (southern Mexico). An illustrated identification key to all North American Clistopyga species is provided.

Insects found in birds’ nests from the Neotropical Region (except Argentina) and immigrant species of Neotropical origin in the Nearctic Region

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2187 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
OSVALDO DI IORIO ◽  
PAOLA TURIENZO
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Antarctic Region ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Neotropical Birds ◽  
The World ◽  
Immigrant Species ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Nearctic Region

Neotropical birds’ nests have received a great deal of attention because sylvatic species of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and parasitic flies of the genus Philornis (Diptera: Muscidae) were discovered inside them. Those insects known in birds’ nests from Argentina, the chacoan region of Bolivia, and the southern portion of Brazil and Uruguay were extensively but not completely summarized by Turienzo & Di Iorio (2007). The present contribution summarizes all insects known to occur in birds’ nests from the Neotropical Region (except for Argentina and the Antarctic Region of adjacent countries), updating Hicks’ catalogues for this part of the world. Regarding birds, the list comprises 172 taxa identified to species (in 38 families), 8 to genus (in 6 families), 6 to family (in 4 families), and 27 birds´nests not identified. Regarding insects of the Neotropical region, 123 were identified to species (13 Blattaria; 5 Coleoptera; 26 Diptera; 34 Hemiptera; 15 Hymenoptera; 23 Psocoptera; 6 Siphonaptera; 1 Thysanura), 96 to genus (5 Blattaria; 8 Coleoptera; 48 Diptera; 4 Hemiptera; 6 Hymenoptera; 25 Psocoptera), 63 to superfamily, family or subfamily (1 Blattaria; 21 Coleoptera; 10 Diptera; 7 Hemiptera; 14 Hymenoptera; 1 Isoptera; 3 Orthoptera; 5 Psocoptera; 1 Thysanoptera), and 34 to order (6 Blattaria [including 1 Mantodea]; 6 Coleoptera; 3 Diptera; 3 Embioptera; 2 Hemiptera; 3 Hymenoptera; 1 Thysanoptera; 2 Isoptera; 4 Lepidoptera; 1 Orthoptera; 1 Phthiraptera; 2 Psocoptera). Associations of Neotropical insects with birds´nests were extracted from 392 references including original and posterior citations. Some North American species of insects that are neotropical immigrants are discussed, while a few other had been accidentally introduced in both directions. Synonymies, old combinations, misidentifications, original localities, amounts of insects, and repositories when they were stated, are provided.

Review of the species of Ardistomina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini) in America north of Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1308 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
YVES BOUSQUET
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Habitat Requirements ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
First Instar ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nearctic Region

North American species of the genera Aspidoglossa Putzeys, Semiardistomis Kult and Ardistomis Putzeys, which constitute the subtribe Ardistomina in the tribe Clivinini, are reviewed. The five species are keyed, redescribed and notes are provided about their distribution and habitat requirements. Larval character states of the subtribe are described for the first time based on first instar of Semiardistomis viridis (Say). Illustrations of some of the most important morphological features as well as distribution maps are included. The species known as Ardistomis morio (Dejean) is redescribed from the holotype. Evidence is presented which establishes that this species does not belong to the genus Ardistomis, or to the subtribe Ardistomina, and that the sole specimen known was probably collected in the Neotropical Region, not in the Nearctic Region. The species is returned to the genus Clivina in which it was originally described.

FEMALE GENITALIA OF THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF THE CICINDELA MARITIMA GROUP (COLEOPTERA: CICINDELIDAE)

1972 ◽  
Vol 104 (8) ◽  
pp. 1277-1306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Freitag
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
The North

AbstractThe external and internal female genitalia of the North American species comprising the Cicindela maritima group are described and figured. An identification key based on these structures is provided. A phylogeny based on the female genitalia is postulated for the group.

Revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista I. The tetragonella group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae)

1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauri Kaila
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
The North ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nearctic Region ◽  
Holarctic Species

AbstractThe Elachista tetragonella group is redefined, its limits extended to include the genus Biselachista Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen, 1977. The North American species of the tetragonella group are described and illustrated, and a key is given to the males. 19 species are recognized in the Nearctic region, including 12 new species: Elachista pyrrha (Alberta), E. absaroka (Wyoming), E. calusella (Florida), E. beothucella (Newfoundland), E. glenni (Illinois), E. cerasella (Nebraska), E. serra (Labrador), E. huron (Quebec), E. vinlandica (Newfoundland), E. ciliiyera (Mississippi), E. lenape (New Jersey) and E. pelaena (California). The male of E. inaudita Braun and the female of E. leucosticta Braun are described for the first time. Elachista eleochariella Stainton and E. albidella Nylander (= E. tanyopis Meyrick, syn. n.) are recognized as Holarctic species.

A New Nearctic Species of Rhaphium, with Notes on Other Species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

1952 ◽  
Vol 84 (9) ◽  
pp. 276-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Vockeroth
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
The North ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nearctic Region

The species of Rhaphium Mg. (s.l.) may be divided, for convenience, into two group—those with white-faced males and those with black-faced males. Since the North American species of the genus were last revised (Curran, 1926, 1927), 13 species belonging to the former group have been described. In this paper one species with black-faced males is described as new, one is recorded from the Nearctic region and one from Canada for the first rime, and one species with white-faced males is also recorded from Canada for the first time.

Contribution to the knowledge of North-American species Hyperomyzus subgenus Neonasonovia (Aphididae, Aphidinae, Macrosiphini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4294 (2) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
JUAN M. NIETO NAFRÍA ◽  
NICOLÁS PÉREZ HIDALGO ◽  
SERGIO GARCÍA-TEJERO ◽  
SARA I. LÓPEZ CIRUELOS ◽  
M. PILAR MIER DURANTE
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Natural History ◽  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Biological Variability ◽  
History Museum ◽  
First Time

American specimens of the Hyperomyzus subgenus Neonasonovia conserved in the collections of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris, France) and the Natural History Museum (London, United Kingdom), have been studied. Data to complement previous descriptions of apterous and alate viviparous females of H. nabali and of apterous viviparae of H. nigricornis, H. inflatus, H. niger and H. pullatus, are presented. Apterous and alate virginogeniae females of H. nigricornis, alate viviparous females of H. inflatus, H. niger and H. pullatus, plus oviparous females of H. nabali, are described for the first time. The morphological and biological variability of H. pullatus is discussed. An identification key for viviparous females of the American species of Neonasonovia is presented for the first time. Microphotographs of apterous and alate viviparous females of H. nabali, H. nigricornis, H. inflatus and H. niger, alate viviparous females of H. pullatus, and oviparous female of H. nabali, are presented. 

scholarly journals Gonatopus jaliscanus sp. n., a new Pincer wasp from Jalisco, Mexico (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 818 ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Stefano Speranza ◽  
Massimo Olmi ◽  
Adalgisa Guglielmino ◽  
Mario Contarini
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Nearctic Region

A new species ofGonatopusLjungh, 1810,G.jaliscanussp. n., from Jalisco, Mexico, is described and illustrated. In the Neotropical region,G.jaliscanusis similar toG.forestalisOlmi, 1998, but it is distinguished by the black mesosoma (except prothorax, mesoscutum, and mesoscutellum that are yellow), and the metapostnotum being granulated and not rugose; inG.forestalisthe mesosoma is completely black and the metapostnotum is granulated and strongly rugose. In the Nearctic region, the new species is morphologically similar toG.currieiKrombein, 1962, but it is distinguished by the dull and granulated metapostonotum; inG.currieithe metapostnotum is shiny and unsculptured. The new species belongs toGonatopusgroup 7. The keys to the females of the Nearctic and Neotropical species of this group are modified to include the new taxon.

scholarly journals North American species of Agrostocynips Diaz (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), parasitoids of Agromyzidae (Diptera): bionomics and taxonomy

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1817 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTHEW L. BUFFINGTON ◽  
SONJA J. SCHEFFER
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Neotropical Species

The genus Agrostocynips Diaz is redescribed, as well as two species endemic to the Nearctic: Agrostocynips diastrophi (Ashmead) and A. robusta (Ashmead). Previous to this study, only Neotropical species of Agrostocynips were well diagnosed both taxonomically and biologically. Agrostocynips belongs to the Zaeucoila group of genera, which are Neotropical eucoilines that principally parasitize Agromyzidae (Diptera); among these genera, species of Agrostocynips are some of the few representatives that are found in the Nearctic. Detailed host records and biological notes are provided for the Nearctic species.

A new species of Anheteromeyenia (Porifera, Demospongiae) with an emended diagnosis of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4378 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
LUDIMILA CALHEIRA ◽  
ULISSES PINHEIRO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Nearctic Region ◽  
Emended Diagnosis

Anheteromeyenia Schröder, 1927 (Spongillidae) was erected to comprise species of Heteromeyenia Potts, 1881 without microscleres. Until now, only four species of Anheteromeyenia are known, three from the Neotropical Region (A. cheguevarai, A. ornata and A. vitrea) and A. argyrosperma from the Nearctic Region. In the present study, we describe a new species of Anheteromeyenia from the Neotropical Region, which differs from other congeners in having only one category of megascleres, exclusively smooth oxeas. An identification key to species of Anheteromeyenia and an emended diagnosis of the genus are provided. 

scholarly journals A taxonomic study of Costa Rican Leptodrepana with the description of twenty-four new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 750 ◽  
pp. 59-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samin D. Dadelahi ◽  
Scott R. Shaw ◽  
Helmuth Aguirre ◽  
Luis Felipe V. de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
North American ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Character State ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Female Antenna

The genus Leptodrepana Shaw was described in 1983, but prior to the current study only one Neotropical species had been described from Mexico and none were named from Costa Rica. In this paper twenty-four new species are described and named from Costa Rica: L.alexisae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.atalanta Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.conda Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.conleyae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.demeter Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.eckerti Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.gauldilox Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.hansoni Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.kimbrellae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.lorenae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.munjuanae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.ninae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.pamelabbas Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.ronnae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L. rosanadana Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.schuttei Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.scottshawi Dadelahi, sp. n., L.shriekae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.sohailae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.sorayae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.soussanae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.stasia Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.strategeri Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., and L.thema Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n. A key to Costa Rican species of Leptodrepana is provided. The flagellum of all female Leptodrepana described in this work is reduced to only 17 flagellomeres. This character state is also found in two North American species described by Shaw (1983), L.opuntiae Shaw and L.oriens Shaw. It is hypothesized that a female antenna with 17 flagellomeres is a synapomorphy for a species-group comprising all the Costa Rican Leptodrepana species as well as two of the Mexican and North American species, L.opuntiae and L.oriens.

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