scholarly journals Two new species of the Rhyacophila nigrocephala species group from China (Insecta, Trichoptera, Rhyacophilidae)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changhai Sun
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Distal Margin ◽  
Apical Segment ◽  
Dorsal Lobe ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of the Rhyacophila nigrocephala species group, R. voluta sp. nov. and R. linguiformis sp. nov., are described, diagnosed and illustrated. Rhyacophila voluta sp. nov. is similar to R. pentagona Malicky & Sun, 2002 in male genitalia, but can be diagnosed by the inferior appendages of the same length as the complex of preanal appendages and dorsal lobe of segment IX, fused base of the basal segments of inferior appendages, and slightly incised distal margin of apical segment of inferior appendage. Rhyacophila linguiformis sp. nov. is similar to R. rima Sun & Yang, 1995 and R. esorima Mey, 1996 in male genitalia, but can be diagnosed by the progressively narrowed complex of preanal appendages and the dorsal lobe of segment X, the short anal sclerites, and the small gap between the upper and lower lobes of apical segment of inferior appendages. An updated checklist of 23 species recorded from China is presented.

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. 

Descriptions of two new species of Hemileucinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from the region of Muzo in Colombia—evidence from morphology and DNA barcodes

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1944 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
THIBAUD DECAËNS ◽  
RODOLPHE ROUGERIE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Additional Support

Two new species of Hemileucinae are described from the region of Muzo (Boyaca department) in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia. Leucanella bonillensis, new species, is a small greyish species whose closest relatives are L. newmani (Lemaire) and L. acutissima (Walker). It can be distinguished from those two species by several subtle differences in wing pattern and coloration as well as a few characters of the male genitalia, which are overall very conserved within the genus. Cerodirphia zulemae, new species, belongs to the very uniform species-group of C. speciosa (Cramer), characterised by a pink ground colour and the presence of a “Y”-shaped discal mark on the forewing. Based on its male genitalia, the new species is related to C. brunnea (Draudt) and C. apunctata Dias & Lemaire. It may be distinguished from the former by its more vivid ground colour, but detailed examination of the male genitalia are necessary to differentiate it from C. apunctata. Colour pictures of the habitus of the new species and their relatives are provided, and their genital structures are figured as well, including both sexes for C. zulemae. We also provide additional support to these descriptions based on genetic data obtained in the context of a global DNA barcoding campaign recently initiated for saturniid moths. Both L. bonillensis and C. zulemae are unambiguously distinguished from closest relatives based on genetic distances (no intraspecific distances in either case; interspecific distance ranges 5.6–6.6% and 6.7–12.5%, respectively) and inference of phylogenetic hypotheses based on partial sequences of the COI mitochondrial gene. These results emphasize the potential of DNA barcoding to support taxonomic work in species-groups considered difficult to address through morphology.

scholarly journals Two new species of Desmopachria Babington, 1841 in the D. convexa species group (Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Hyphydrini)

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 923 ◽  
pp. 65-77
Author(s):  
Kelly B. Miller
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Lateral Lobe ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species are described in the Desmopachria convexa species group in the Neotropical genus Desmopachria Babington: D. mancosp. nov. (Guyana), and D. mortimersp. nov. (Costa Rica). Two subgroups, the D. convexa-convexa and the D. convexa-signata groups are defined. Desmopachria convexa-convexa species are from North and Central America and have a subapical articulable lobe on the male lateral lobe that is large and elongate and extends well beyond the slender, oblique apex of the lateral lobe. Desmopachria convexa-signata species are from South America and have a subapical articulable lobe on the male lateral lobe that is small and discrete and does not extend beyond the truncate apex of the lateral lobe. The male genitalia of all recognized species in the D. convexa group are redrawn from the literature. New species are illustrated from specimens and described species have morphological features redrawn from published illustrations.

scholarly journals Two new species of Agaporomorphus Guignot from Suriname (Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 923 ◽  
pp. 51-63
Author(s):  
Kelly B. Miller
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Median Lobe ◽  
Parsimony Analysis ◽  
Basal Surface ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
New Distribution

Two new species are described in the Neotropical genus Agaporomorphus Guignot from Suriname: A. hamatocolessp. nov. and A. tortussp. nov. The species are included in a phylogenetic parsimony analysis of 13 morphological characters and all 12 known species. Two equally parsimonious arrangements are found with the only difference a rearrangement among the A. knischi clade. Agaporomorphus tortus belongs to the A. dolichodactylus group based on presence of an elongate, club-like lobe on the dorsal, basal surface of the male median lobe and long, subsinuate male mesotarsal claws and a small lobe at the apex of male mesotarsomere V. Agaporomorphus hamatocoles does not belong to a known species group and is phylogenetically isolated lacking synapomorphies characterizing the other groups, so the species is placed in its own species group. Male genitalia are illustrated for the new species and redrawn for all the species of the A. dolichodactylus group, and male mesotarsal claws are illustrated for A. tortus and redrawn for other members of the A. dolichodactylus group. New distribution records are reported for Suriname for the species A. colberti Miller and Wheeler and A. pereirai Guignot.

Study of Laemostenus species across Zagros and Central zone of Iran, with the description of seven new cavernicolous species and notes on subgenus Iranosphodrus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4344 (1) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
MOHADESEH SADAT TAHAMI ◽  
JAN MUILWIJK ◽  
ROMAN LOHAJ ◽  
SABER SADEGHI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Central Zone ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Fars Province ◽  
Check List ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Species Groups

The species belonging to the Sphodrine genus Laemostenus Bonelli, 1810 from central and southern Zagros Mts. and central zones of Iran were studied. Two new species-groups of the subgenus Antisphodrus Schaufuss, 1865 are proposed, and seven new species belonging to subgenera Antisphodrus Schaufuss, 1865 and Iranosphodrus Lohaj & Casale, 2011 are described. Morphological characters of the habitus and shape of male genitalia were used to delimit the species. New species of subgenus Antisphodrus are: L. (A.) zagrosensis sp. nov. and L. (A.) speleophilus sp. nov. from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, and L. (A.) farsicus sp. nov. from Fars province (zagrosensis species-group); Laemostenus (A) zakariyiensis sp. nov. from Fars province (aequalis species-group), and L. (A.) shirazensis sp. nov. from Fars province (glasunowi species-group).  Based on the newly collected material, the subgenus Iranosphodrus is redefined and two new species from Yazd province are described: L.(I.) yazdensis sp. nov. and L.(I.) troglophilus sp. nov. An identification key for the Laemostenus species of the studied area is provided, and a check list for Iranian representatives of subgenera Antisphodrus and Iranosphodrus are given. 

The Protohermes latus species group (Megaloptera: Corydalidae), with description of two new species from India and Myanmar

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3609 (5) ◽  
pp. 513-519
Author(s):  
XINGYUE LIU ◽  
FUMIO HAYASHI ◽  
DING YANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Northeastern India ◽  
Peculiar Behaviour ◽  
Two New Species

The Protohermes latus species group is recognized by the sexual dimorphism of the adult pronotum and the male genitalia which possess a bilobed ectoproct. Protohermes sonus sp. nov. from northwestern Myanmar and Protohermes sublunatus sp. nov. from northeastern India are herein described as new species placed in the P. latus group. The potential for peculiar behaviour during courtship of the species in the P. latus group is also discussed based on some remarkable morphological features.

scholarly journals Taxonomic review of the bifenestratus species group of the genus Fulvius Stål with descriptions of two new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Cylapinae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 796 ◽  
pp. 107-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Wolski ◽  
Jacek Gorczyca ◽  
Tomohide Yasunaga ◽  
Zdeněk Jindra ◽  
Aleksander Herczek
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of the genus Fulvius Stål are described from the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. A taxonomic review of representatives of the F.bifenestratus species group, illustrations of the male genitalia, a color habitus image of each species, and a key to species of the group are provided.

scholarly journals Two new Neotropical species of Drosophila peruensis species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 310-316
Author(s):  
Jonas S. Döge ◽  
Marco S. Gottschalk ◽  
Vera Lúcia S. Valente
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Two New Species

The Drosophila peruensis species group was recently proposed and includes four taxa: D. atalaia Vilela & Sene, 1982, D. boraceia Vilela & Val, 2004, D. pauliceia Ratcov & Vilela, 2007, and D. peruensis Wheeler, 1959. All these species have most of setae or setulae of mesonotum arinsing from dark spots, wings with crossveins darker (except in D. atalaia) and hypandrium squared-shaped mostly fused to gonopods. Here, we describe two new species, Drosophila itacorubi sp. nov. and Drosophila paraitacorubi sp. nov., belonging to this species group. The male genitalia of these species are figured. An identification key to the D. peruensis species group is provided.

Definitions of two species groups of Stenothemus Bourgeois (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of three new species from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5047 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-152
Author(s):  
SHUJUAN GE ◽  
XINGKE YANG ◽  
HAOYU LIU ◽  
YUXIA YANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Spermathecal Duct ◽  
Body Coloration ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Internal Genitalia ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
A New Species

Two new species-groups of the cantharid genus Stenothmeus Bourgeois are defined, S. laterophysus species-group and S. notaticollis species-group. The S. laterophysus species-group is composed of two species, including S. laterophysus Švihla, 2004 and a new species, S. nigritibius Y. Yang et H. Liu, sp. nov., and characterized by the pitch black elytra and bicolored legs, the subrounded pronotum with widely rounded anterior angles and projecting posterior angles, male genitalia with slender ventral processes of parameres which are slightly bent inwards at apical parts, laterophyses tilting ventrally at an angle of more than 45° with dorsal plates, compressed at apical parts, as well as the slender spermathecal duct, extremely long spermatheca and diverticulum. The S. notaticollis species-group consists of five species, including S. notaticollis (Gorham, 1895), S. bourgeoisi Wittmer, 1974, S. tamil Švihla, 2011 and two new species, S. parameratus Y. Yang et S. Ge, sp. nov. and S. acutiapicis Y. Yang et X. Yang, sp. nov., which is differentiated from the S. laterophysus species-group by the more variable body coloration, elytra pitch black or black brown or pale-yellow, male genitalia with thick or flattened ventral processes of parameres which are diverging apically, laterophyses parallel to dorsal plates, expanded at apices, as well as the stout spermathecal duct, moderately long spermatheca and diverticulum. The above species are illustrated with photographs of habitus, male genitalia, abdominal sternites and internal genitalia of female. A key for the identification of these species is provided and a distribution map is presented.  

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