scholarly journals The Sphodrina of the southern Levant (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Sphodrini)

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Achille Casale ◽  
Thorsten Assmann
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Southern Levant ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Holotype Specimen ◽  
First Time ◽  
Subterranean Species

Here we present a synthesis on the current knowledge of sphodrine carabids of the southern Levant (Israel, areas under Palestinian control, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt east of Suez Channel: Sinai). A key for the identification of genera, subgenera and species is provided. Two new species are described: <em>Taphoxenus</em> (<em>Lychnifugus</em>) <em>ziegleri</em> sp. n. is described from Jordan (Type locality: Madaba), close to <em>T</em>. (<em>L</em>.) <em>meridionalis</em> Casale, 1988 (valid species), but markedly distinct for several characters both in external features and male genitalia. <em>Laemostenus</em> (<em>Laemostenus</em>) <em>sinaiticus</em> sp. n. is described from southern Sinai (Type locality: St. Catharina Monastery). This species belongs to the <em>L. quadricollis</em> species group (in the sense of Casale, 1988), and is close to <em>L. aegyptiacus</em> Schatzmayr, 1936. An updated key for the identification of the species of this group known so far in that area, which includes both epigean and subterranean species, is provided. The diagnostic features of all species newly described are illustrated, and their possible relationships are discussed. Furthermore, the features of male genitalia of <em>Laemostenus</em> (<em>Laemostenus</em>) <em>aegyptiacus</em> Schatzmayr, 1936 and <em>Laemostenus</em> (<em>Laemostenus</em>) <em>libanensis</em> (Piochard de la Brûlerie, 1876) are illustrated for the first time. The latter, known so far from the remains of the holotype specimen, is redescribed from material recently sampled in Lebanon.

scholarly journals Two new species of Roepkiella Yakovlev & Witt, 2009 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Indonesia and Thailand

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 102-106
Author(s):  
Roman V. Yakovlev
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Khon Kaen ◽  
First Time

The article describes two new species: Roepkiella jakli sp. nov. (type locality: Indonesia, Sangir Isl., Tahuna Distr., Bukit Bembalut Hill) and R. korshunovi sp. nov. (type locality: Thailand, Khon Kaen Prov., Phu Wiang Wat). The diagnostic features are given, the male genitalia of R. celebensis (Roepke, 1957) are described for the first time.

Polycentropus dinkinsorum (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae), a newly described caddisfly species from the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4853 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-132
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER B. ORFINGER ◽  
DAVID A. ETNIER
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Appalachian Mountains ◽  
The United States ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Canadian Province ◽  
Southern Appalachian Mountains ◽  
Southern Appalachian ◽  
First Time

We describe here a new caddisfly species of the genus Polycentropus (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) based on males from numerous localities throughout the southern Appalachian Mountains of the United States. Polycentropus dinkinsorum is a member of the P. confusus Species Group and is readily separated from its congeners based on aspects of the male genitalia. A diagnosis and illustrations of male genitalia are provided. In addition, P. pentus Ross 1941 is reported for the first time from the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. 

On the taxonomy of the genus Agrisius Walker, 1855, with descriptions of two new species from Vietnam and Laos (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4459 (1) ◽  
pp. 128 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN ◽  
VLADIMIR V. DUBATOLOV ◽  
YASUNORI KISHIDA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time

Two new species of the genus Agrisius Walker, 1855, A. orhanti Volynkin, Dubatolov & Kishida, sp. n. and A. leloii Volynkin, Dubatolov & Kishida, sp. n. are described from South Laos and Vietnam respectively. A. orhanti sp. n. belongs to the A. japonicus Leech, 1889 species-group. Whereas, the male genitalia structure of A. leloii sp. n. is intermediate between those of the A. japonicus and the A. guttivitta Walker, 1855 species-groups, therefore, it is assigned to a separated species-group (the A. leloii species-group). Agrisius dubatolovi Orhant, 2012 is downgraded as a subspecies of A. japonicus: Agrisius japonicus dubatolovi Orhant, 2012, stat. nov. Female genitalia of species of the A. japonicus and most of the A. guttivitta species-groups are illustrated for the first time. 

Systematics of the Boana semilineata species group (Anura: Hylidae), with a description of two new species from Amazonian Ecuador

2020 ◽  
Vol 190 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-180
Author(s):  
Marcel A Caminer ◽  
Santiago R Ron
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Phenotypic Characters ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
Candidate Species ◽  
Amazonian Ecuador ◽  
First Time

Abstract The combination of genetic and phenotypic characters for species delimitation has allowed the discovery of many undescribed species of Neotropical amphibians. In this study, we used DNA sequences (genes 12S, 16S, ND1 and COI) and morphologic, bioacoustic and environmental characters of the Boana semilineata group to evaluate their phylogenetic relationships and assess their species limits. In addition, we included DNA sequences of several species of Boana to explore cryptic diversity in other groups. We found three Confirmed Candidate Species (CCS) within the B. semilineata group. Holotype examination of Hyla appendiculata shows that it is a valid species that corresponds to one of the CCS, which is here transferred to Boana. We describe the two remaining CCS. Our phylogeny highlights a number of secondary but meaningful observations that deserve further investigation: (1) populations of B. pellucens from northern Ecuador are more closely related to B. rufitela from Panama than to other Ecuadorian populations of B. pellucens; (2) we report, for the first time, the phylogenetic relationships of B. rubracyla showing that it is closely related to B. rufitela and B. pellucens; and (3) B. cinerascens and B. punctata form two species complexes consisting of several unnamed highly divergent lineages. Each of these lineages likely represents an undescribed species.

The acasta conundrum: Polymorphism and taxonomic confusion within the parasitoid genus Melittobia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1854 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT W. MATTHEWS ◽  
JORGE M. GONZÁLEZ
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Laboratory Studies ◽  
Morphological Criteria ◽  
Taxonomic Confusion ◽  
Current Species ◽  
Group Species ◽  
Host Utilization

Seven of the 13 described species of this gregarious, polyphagous, polymorphic parasitoid have been placed in the acasta species group of Melittobia Westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) based on ethological and morphological criteria, but taxonomic confusion remains. Based on field and laboratory studies of variability and polymorphism, current species descriptors for this group are called into question and Melittobia femorata Dahms is synonymized under M. megachilis (Packard). Biologically, M. megachilis distinctly differs from other acasta group species in several aspects of life cycle and host utilization. Although M. acasta (Walker) and M. digitata Dahms are clearly valid species, three others (M. chalybii Ashmead, M. scapata Dahms, M. evansi Dahms) are more enigmatic and may be temporal, nutritional, or host-based variants of M. megachilis that will require additional study. The “Virginia” type locality for M. chalybii of authors is properly Bladensburg, Maryland, USA. One of the 13 female syntypes of Chrysocharis aeneus Brues (previously synonymized under M. megachilis) is designated as Lectotype.

The type material of Mordellidae described by Achille Costa (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4803 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-50
Author(s):  
DÁVID SELNEKOVIČ ◽  
ROBERTA IMPROTA
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Complete List ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
First Time

A complete list of the type material of Mordellidae described by Achille Costa is provided. Mordellistena picipes Costa, 1854 stat. restit. is restored as a valid species and a diagnostic description of the lectotype is given. Natirrica meridionalis Costa, 1854 is proposed as a new synonym of Mordellistena humeralis (Linnaeus, 1758). Lectotypes and paralectotypes are designated for the following taxa: Tomoxia bucephala Costa, 1854; Mordella coronata Costa, 1854 (= Variimorda villosa (Schrank, 1781)); M. interrupta Costa, 1854 (= Variimorda villosa (Schrank, 1781)); M. brevicauda Costa, 1854 (= M. brachyura Mulsant, 1856); M. perspicillata Costa, 1854 (= Mediimorda bipunctata Germar, 1827); M. viridescens Costa, 1859; Variimorda basalis (Costa, 1854); Mordellistena stricta Costa, 1854 (= M. pumila (Gyllenhal, 1810)); M. picipes Costa, 1854; M. confinis Costa, 1854; M. minima Costa, 1854; Natirrica meridionalis Costa, 1854 (= Mordellistena humeralis (Linnaeus, 1758)). The male genitalia of the Variimorda basalis lectotype are illustrated here for the first time. Photographs of the labels are provided for the type specimens. 

scholarly journals Revision of the “Lozopera” species group reveals peculiar structures on the male genitalia in moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Pérez Santa-Rita ◽  
Joaquin Baixeras Almela ◽  
Boyan Zlatkov
Keyword(s):  
Light Microscopy ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Group ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Palaearctic Region ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Genital Morphology ◽  
Similar Location

The “Lozopera” species group of the genus Aethes Billberg, 1820 comprises at least 26 described valid species distributed in the Palaearctic region. Most of them share similar external morphology and are identified mainly after their genitalia. The genitalia morphology of both sexes is comparatively complex and the taxa of the group are surrounded by numerous taxonomical problems. A thorough study of the genital morphology, aiming to solve some of the problems, revealed the existence of a microscopic seta on the vesica of the male phallus. SEM and light microscopy observations suggest that it is sensillum chaeticum and probably has a (mechano) receptive function. It is present in some species and absent in others, but always located near the gonopore. In some species a large acantha with similar location was found, instead. Apart from the “Lozopera” species group, such a sensillum was observed in other Aethes spp. and in other genera of the tribe Cochylini as well. Such a structure has never been reported on the vesica of a moth.

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of the genus Copelatus of Madagascar (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae): the non- erichsonii group species

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 869 ◽  
pp. 19-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tolotra Ranarilalatiana ◽  
Lala Harivelo Raveloson Ravaomanarivo ◽  
Johannes Bergsten
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Taxonomic Approach ◽  
First Time ◽  
Group Species

The genus Copelatus Erichson, 1832 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae) of Madagascar is revised in two parts. This review is restricted to the Copelatus species that have fewer than ten elytral + one submarginal stria, including all species except those of the erichsonii species group. Both morphological and molecular (mitochondrial COI) data are used in an integrative taxonomic approach. Thirteen species are recognised, of which five are described as new: Copelatus ankaratrasp. nov., Copelatus kelysp. nov., Copelatus pseudostriatussp. nov., Copelatus safiotrasp. nov. and Copelatus vokokasp. nov.Copelatus unguicularis Régimbart, 1903 and Copelatus apicalis Fairmaire, 1898 are both transferred to the genus Madaglymbus Shaverdo &amp; Balke, 2008 (comb. nov.). Copelatus mimetesGuignot 1957 is a junior synonym of the widespread Afrotropical–Arabian Copelatus pulchellus (Klug, 1834) (syn. nov.). Copelatus marginipennis (Laporte, 1835) is reinstated (stat. nov.) as a valid species with Copelatus aldabricus Balfour-Browne, 1950 and Copelatus aldabricus var. simplex Guignot, 1952 as junior synonyms (syn. nov.). We designate lectotypes for Colymbetes marginipennis Laporte, 1835 and Copelatus obtusus Boheman, 1848. Copelatus peridinus Guignot, 1955 is recorded for Madagascar for the first time and Copelatus nodieri Régimbart, 1895 is rejected as a species present in Madagascar.

Notes on the systematics of the Triaenonychinae from Madagascar with description of a new species of Acumontia Loman (Opiliones: Laniatores)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3593 (1) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMANDA C. MENDES ◽  
ADRIANO B. KURY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Acumontia succinea sp. nov. is described from the Parc national de la Montagne d'Ambre, in the former Antsiranana Pro-vince, Madagascar. Detailed illustrations from all views of the male genitalia of a species of Acumontia are provided forthe first time. Complementary illustrations are provided of the types of the five valid species of Acumontia described by Pocock in the beginning of the 20th century, two of which had never been illustrated before.

On further species of the spider genus Clubiona Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Clubionidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, southwestern China

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4679 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAO YU ◽  
SHUQIANG LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time

A further study of the spider genus Clubiona Latreille, 1804 from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China is presented. A total of ten species, eight of which new to science, are here addressed, raising from 18 to 27 the number of species of the genus known to the area. Clubiona didentata Zhang & Yin, 1998 is redescribed based on new specimens from type locality, with the first description of the female. C. kai Jäger & Dankittipakul, 2010 is newly recorded from China, and the female is reported for the first time. Seven of the new species here described belongs to four species groups: C. cochlearis sp. nov. (♂) and C. tiane sp. nov. (♂) from the C. corticalis species-group; C. tongi sp. nov. (♂♀) from the C. hystrix species-group; C. yueya sp. nov. (♂♀) and C. zhanggureni sp. nov. (♂) from the C. japonica species-group; and C. bicornis sp. nov. (♂) and C. subasrevida sp. nov. (♂♀) from the C. trivialis species-group. The eighth new species, C. jiandan sp. nov. (♂♀) is not readily assignable to any of the existing species groups. 

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