Noteridae, Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) du Gabon (8ème partie). Monts de Cristal

Noteridae, Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) from Gabon (eighth part). Monts de Cristal. This work concerns the Coleoptera Hydradephaga collected in eight localities of Monts de Cristal (Republic of Gabon) included locality of Tchimbélé into the National Park of Monts de Cristal in years 2006 - 2010; altogether 76 species are listed (3 Noteridae and 73 Dytiscidae) of which 51 species found in the Park. The authors describe two new species: Copelatus angouei (group consors, sensu Guignot, 1961, distinguishable from other species of group by small size, the robust conformation, the upper side clearly microreticulate covered by fine and thick punctuation which give it an opaque look and by characteristic penis), Copelatus nguemai (group irinus, subgroup assimilis, sensu Guignot, 1961, related to assimilis Régimbart, 1895, distinguishable by longer spine of metatibia clearly curved at third apical in both sexes and by characteristic penis) and one new subspecies: Copelatus lasckonyi tchimbelensis (group irinus, subgroup irinus, sensu Guignot, 1961, characterized by very small size, by narrowed profile of the body from shoulders in some specimens and by the upper side finely microreticulate, penis, very characteristic, is identical to typical form). The examination of two sintypes of Copelatus variegatus Régimbart, 1895 (group erichsoni, subgroup atrosulcatus, sensu Guignot, 1961) of Muséum Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle of Paris and of specimens of related species of the Museums of Tervuren and Bruxelles permitted the determination of the specimens of C. variegatus collected during research and the redescription of the species known till now by the two sintypes (here respectively designate lectotype and paralectotype); meanwhile a new species has been identified: Copelatus mendax, belonging to same group and subgroup of C. variegatus, misidentified with veritable C. variegatus. Some taxa of aquatic macroinvertebrates (Hexapoda, Malacostraca, Clitellata et Mollusca) in the zone collected and determined by a Researcher of IRAF (CENAREST, Gabon), Blaise Mboye Rollinat, who had participated in mission 2010, are furnished. Observations on some of the collected species and some ecological data of the biocenoses that populate the zone and some considerations on aquatic Coleoptera habitats are presented. The name of the species Copelatus efoutensis Bilardo & Rocchi, 1995 is amended in efotensis. Hydrovatus senegalensis Régimbart, 1895 and Uvarus barombicus Bilardo, 1982 are signalled for the first time of Gabon.

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Contribution to the knowledge of oribatid mites of the genus Austrocarabodes (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) of Madagascar

Acarologia ◽

10.24349/acarologia/20204373 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 60 (2) ◽

pp. 353-370

Author(s):

Sergey G. Ermilov ◽

Josef Starý

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Body Surface ◽

National Park ◽

Oribatid Mites ◽

The Body ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

This work includes taxonomic and faunistic data on carabodid mites (Oribatida, Carabodidae) collected from the Montagne d'Ambre National Park, North Madagascar. A new species of the genus Austrocarabodes is described; A. madagascarensis n. sp. differs from A. similis and A. spathulatus by the presence of foveolae on the body surface. Supplementary descriptions of Austrocarabodes parapustulatus Mahunka, 2009 and A. planisetus Mahunka and Mahunka-Papp, 2011 which were originally described from Madagascar, are presented. The species Austrocarabodes spathulatus Mahunka, 1978 is recorded in Madagascar for the first time.

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On the taxonomy of the subgenera Cyabarda Karisch, 2013, Idiovulpecula Karisch, 2013 and Paravulpeculella Karisch, 2013 of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854, with descriptions of three new species from africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4664.3.5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4664 (3) ◽

pp. 377-389

Author(s):

ANTON V. VOLYNKIN ◽

GYULA M. LÁSZLÓ

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Related Species ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Female Genitalia ◽

Female Adult ◽

Two New Species ◽

Republic Of The Congo ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The identification of the male of Cyana (Cyabarda) torrida (Holland, 1893) is corrected, the male is illustrated for the first time. Cyana suessmuthi Karisch, 2013 is transferred to the subgenus Cyabarda Karisch, 2013, its female adult and female genitalia are illustrated and diagnosed for the first time. A new species Cyana (Cyabarda) nambi sp. nov. similar to C. torrida is described from Uganda. Cyana torrida maculata Karisch, 2013 is upgraded to species rank and transferred to the subgenus Idiovulpecula Karisch, 2013: C. (Idiovulpecula) maculata Karisch, 2013, stat. nov. Two new species of the subgenus Idiovulpecula are described: C. (Idiovulpecula) lowa sp. nov. (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and C. (Idiovulpecula) foya sp. nov. (Liberia). Adults and genitalia of new and related species are illustrated.

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A new species of the subgenus Scheloribates (Topobates) (Acari: Oribatida: Scheloribatidae) from Panama

Zoosystematica Rossica ◽

10.31610/zsr/2020.29.2.278 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 278-283

Author(s):

S.G. Ermilov

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Body Size ◽

Leaf Litter ◽

Related Species ◽

Large Body ◽

Oribatid Mite ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Large Body Size ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The oribatid mite subgenus Scheloribates (Topobates) Grandjean, 1958, is recorded from the Neotropical region for the first time. A new species of this subgenus is described from the leaf litter collected in Cayo Agua Island, Panama. Scheloribates (Topobates) panamaensis sp. nov. differs from its related species by the very large body size and presence of a strong ventrodistal process on the leg femora II–IV.

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New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5048.4.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5048 (4) ◽

pp. 486-510

Author(s):

ALEXANDER L. MONASTYRSKII ◽

VU VAN LIEN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Taxa ◽

New Records ◽

Species Level ◽

New Subspecies ◽

The Status ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

A new species and eight new subspecies of Papilionoidea discovered in Vietnam between 2002 and 2020 are described and illustrated. The status of two taxa are revised. New taxa include Pieridae: Delias sanaca bidoupa Monastyrskii & Vu subspec. nov. and Talbotia naganum aurelia Monastyrskii & Vu subspec. nov.; Nymphalidae: Abrota ganga pulcheria Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov.; Bassarona recta consonensis Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov.; Pantoporia bieti aurantina Monastyrskii & To subspec. nov.; Ragadia latifasciata cristata Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov.; Ragadia latifasciata crystallina Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov.; Faunis indistincta luctus Monastyrskii & Vu subspec. nov. & Aemona gialaica Monastyrskii, K. Saito & Vu, spec. nov. The taxon infuscata Devyatkin & Monastyrskii, previously described as the subspecies Aemona tonkinensis infuscata, was elevated to the species level, while the taxon critias (Ragadia critias Riley & Godfrey) was reduced to a subspecies. Three Satyrinae species were recorded from Vietnam for the first time: Palaeonympha opalina Butler, 1871; Ypthima motschulskyi Bremer & Grey, 1853; and Ragadia latifasciata Leech, 1891.

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The Psychodidae (Diptera) of Jaú National Park (Amazonas, Brazil) with description of two new species of Psychodinae

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5032.2.8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5032 (2) ◽

pp. 275-282

Author(s):

DANILO PACHECO CORDEIRO ◽

KARINA KETHELEN SILVA DE AQUINO ◽

VERACILDA RIBEIRO ALVES

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

National Park ◽

Sand Fly ◽

Conservation Unit ◽

Insect Fauna ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

The Jaú National Park, located in the Amazon, is the largest National Park of Brazil and still its insect fauna is barely known. Herein we describe two new species of Psychodinae, Alepia iy sp. nov. and Parasetomima timmirima sp. nov., and report 19 other species of Psychodidae, subfamilies Phlebotominae, Psychodinae and Trichomyiinae collected from this Conservation Unit. Micrommatos Quate & Brown, represented by M. stephaniae Quate & Brown, and Platyplastinx culmosus Quate & Brown are recorded for the first time for Brazil. Among the collected phlebotomine sand fly species, three species have previously been implicated in transmission of Leishmania: Nyssomyia anduzei (Rozeboom), Psychodopygus ayrozai (Barretto & Coutinho) and Trichophoromyia ubiquitalis (Mangabeira).

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Epibionts on Hydraena species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) from high mountain rivers of Pyrenees (Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park), with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4317.1.3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4317 (1) ◽

pp. 79

Author(s):

GREGORIO FERNÁNDEZ-LEBORANS ◽

MARÍA VALLADOLID ◽

MERCEDES ARAUZO ◽

ANDRÉS MILLÁN ◽

REGINA GABILONDO ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

National Park ◽

High Mountain ◽

Mountain Rivers ◽

Ecological Characteristics ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

Macroinvertebrate samples collected during spring-summer 2013 in high mountain rivers of the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park (Pyrenees) contained several Hydraena species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) where we found two genera of suctorian ciliates as epibionts: Tokophrya and Discophrya. The individuals of the genus Tokophrya probably belong to species Tokophrya stenostyla, being the first time that this species is observed attached on arthropods. Suctorians of the genus Discophrya were identified as a new species called Discophrya ordesae sp. n. The presence and abundance of epibionts was discussed in the frame of the biological and ecological characteristics of the species of Hydraena where they were found.

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New species, records, and immature stages of Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from Campos Amazônicos National Park, northern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4500.2.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4500 (2) ◽

pp. 258

Author(s):

GLEISON ROBSON DESIDÉRIO ◽

PATRIK BARCELOS-SILVA ◽

NEUSA HAMADA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Aquatic Insects ◽

National Park ◽

Primary Objective ◽

Immature Stages ◽

Male Adult ◽

Northern Brazil ◽

Amazonas State ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

Campos Amazônicos National Park is a federal conservation unit that contains part of the largest Cerrado refuge in the southern part of Brazilian Amazonia. Recently, during a survey of aquatic insects in the park, specimens of the caddisfly genus Chimarra were collected. The primary objective of this paper, as a result of this effort, is to describe and illustrate the male adult of a new species in Chimarra (Chimarrita), Chimarra singularis sp. nov., and the immature stages of Chimarra usitatissima Flint 1971. Additionally, the distributions of C.(Chimarrita) akantha Blahnik 1997 and C. (Curgia) jugescens Flint 1998 are extended to the southern part of Amazonas state, and C. (Chimarrita) heppneri Blahnik 1997 is recorded for the first time in northern Brazil.

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A new fossil species of Euroleptochromus Jałoszyński (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Eocene Baltic amber

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4500.1.10 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4500 (1) ◽

pp. 146

Author(s):

ZI-WEI YIN ◽

CHEN-YANG CAI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

The Body ◽

Baltic Amber ◽

Body Parts ◽

Fossil Species ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

A new species of the extinct scydmaenine genus Euroleptochromus Jałoszyński (Mastigitae: Leptochromini), E. tuberculatus Yin & Cai, sp. nov., is described from Eocene Baltic amber. It can be separated from the two previously known congeners by the different proportions of the body parts and spination of the profemur, and more importantly, lack of an elongate postgenal process of the head. Our finding demonstrates for the first time a notable variability of the postgenal structures within Euroleptochromus.

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New and interesting species of the genera Galumna and Pergalumna (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae) from the Montagne d'Ambre National Park, Madagascar

Acarologia ◽

10.24349/acarologia/20204357 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

pp. 64-74

Author(s):

Sergey G. Ermilov ◽

Josef Starý

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Body Size ◽

National Park ◽

Similar Species ◽

Two New Species ◽

Ethiopian Region ◽

First Time ◽

Interesting Species ◽

Median Pore

This work includes taxonomic and faunistic data on galumnid mites (Oribatida, Galumnidae) belonging to the genera Galumna and Pergalumna collected from the Montagne d'Ambre National Park, North Madagascar. Two new species are described: Galumna sandormahunkai n. sp. differs from its closest species, Galumna sphagni by the larger body size, the presence of strongly protruding rostrum, lanceolate, pointed apically bothridial setae, the direction of lamellar lines, and the absence of median pore; Pergalumna janosbaloghi n. sp. differs from the most similar species, Pergalumna aegra, by the smaller body size and the presence of long lamellar setae and elongate, distinctly or slightly triangular porose areas Aa. Galumna granalata and Pergalumna amamiensis are recorded in the Ethiopian region for the first time; Pergalumna conspicua and P. frater are recorded in Madagascar for the first time.

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Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Tam Dao National Park (Northern Vietnam), with description of two new species

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.23.2.8 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 314 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sergey G. Ermilov ◽

Josef Stary

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Body Size ◽

National Park ◽

Oribatid Mite ◽

Oribatid Mites ◽

Oriental Region ◽

Northern Vietnam ◽

Two New Species ◽

Tam Dao National Park ◽

First Time

The present study is based on oribatid mite material (Acari, Oribatida) collected from Tam Dao National Park (Northern Vietnam) in 1988. A list of identified taxa, including 119 species from 80 genera and 47 families, is presented; of these, 13 species (Epilohmannoides rabori, Camisia spinifer, Sadocepheus undulatus, Eremobelba flexuosa, Hammerella excisa, Suctobelbella inenodabilis, Dolicheremaeus auritus, Eupelops acromios, Protoribates genitalis, Allogalumna machadoi, Carinogalumna philippinensis, Pergalumna magnipora capillaris, Galumnella nipponica) and five genera (Epilohmannoides, Camisia, Sadocepheus, Brassiella, Carinogalumna) are recorded in the Vietnamese fauna for the first time, and two species (Tokunocepheus mizusawai, Flagellozetes (Cosmogalumna) ornatus), one genus (Tokunocepheus) and one family (Tokunocepheidae) are recorded in the Oriental region for the first time. Two new species are described: Ramusella paraarcuata sp. nov. differs from Ramusella arcuata Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp, 2012 by the larger body size, lamellar setae similar in length and thickness to interlamellar setae, the presence of two or three branches on bothridial setae, and the absence of notogastral setae c. Neoribates paragracilis sp. nov. differs from Neoribates gracilis Travé, 1972 by the larger body size, and the presence of long apex (not shorter than head) on bothridial setae.

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