scholarly journals A century of waiting: description of a new Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) based on specimens housed for more than 100 years in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NMW)

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Koch ◽  
Angele Martins ◽  
Silke Schweiger
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Anterior Part ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Epictia based on eight specimens from Nicaragua collected and housed in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna for more than a century. The species differs from the congeners by the combination of external morphological characters: midtail scale rows 10; supralabials two, anterior one large and in broad contact with supraocular; infralabials four; subcaudals 14–19; middorsal scale rows 250–267; supraocular scales present; frontal scale distinct; striped dorsal color pattern with more or less triangular dark blotches on each scale; small white blotch in anterior part of dorsal surface of rostral present in five out of six specimens (two further specimens are lacking their heads); terminal spine and adjacent scales white. Eidonomic species separation from other Epictia spp. is also supported by a few qualitative and quantitative differences in vertebrae count and morphology. The new species is putatively assigned to the Epictia phenops species group based on external morphological characters and distribution.

A new species of Larinus Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from China

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (24) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Levent Gültekin ◽  
Christopher H. C. Lyal
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Digital Photographs ◽  
A New Species

Based on specimens in the Natural History Museum (London), a new species of the genus Larinus Dejan, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae), Larinus barclayi sp. nov., is described from China. The new species is assigned to the subgenus Phyllonomeus Gistel, 1856, compared with closely related species, and colour digital photographs of morphological characters are presented.

scholarly journals Salticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Thailand: new species and records of Epeus Peckham & Peckham, 1886 and Ptocasius Simon, 1885

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9352
Author(s):  
Barbara Maria Patoleta ◽  
Joanna Gardzińska ◽  
Marek Żabka
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
New Material ◽  
Hungarian Natural History Museum ◽  
Three New Species

The study is based on new material from the collections of the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre in Leiden (RNHM) and the Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM) and addresses issues in two genera: Epeus Peckham & Peckham, 1886 and Ptocasius Simon, 1885 from Thailand. Both genera are of Asian/Indomalayan origin, the latter with a diversity hotspot in the subtropical valleys of the Himalayas. Based on morphological data, we propose three new species of Epeus (Epeus daiqini sp. nov. (♂♀), Epeus pallidus sp. nov. (♀), Epeus szirakii sp. nov. (♀)) and two new species of Ptacasius (Ptocasius metzneri sp. nov. (♂♀) and Ptocasius sakaerat sp. nov. (♀)). Additionally, we redescribed E. tener (Simon, 1877) and added photographs of morphological characters. The genus Ptocasius is redefined due to the inclusion of 37 species, previously included in Yaginumaella Prószyński, 1979. Relationships and distribution of both genera are discussed in reference to molecular, morphological and distributional data, published by other authors in recent years.

scholarly journals Rharodesmus tabarkensis n. sp., a new pyrgodesmid from Tunisia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

Zootaxa ◽  
10.11646/6 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3195 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
NESRINE AKKARI ◽  
HENRIK ENGHOFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
The West ◽  
History Museum ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Recently, we (Akkari & Enghoff 2011) described a new species of the genus Rharodesmus Schubart, 1960, discussing the taxonomic state of the family Pyrgodesmidae and providing notes on the four genera occurring in the west Palaearctic area. However, we failed to present details on the holotype of the new species, which we now provide in this note in order to make the species name available. Thus, we describe here the new species Rharodesmus tabarkensis Akkari & Enghoff by reference to the full description given in Akkari & Enghoff (2011) with the following information on the type material: Holotype ♂, TUNISIA, NW, Jendouba Governorate, Tabarka, N36°57.8, E8°44.6, alt. < 40 m, coastal slope below the Genoese fort, under stones, 9.iii.2009, N. Akkari & H. Enghoff leg. (Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, ‒ ZMUC); Paratypes: 12 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, 14 juveniles, same locality and date as holotype, N. Akkari & H. Enghoff leg. (ZMUC).

A new species of Zoniopoda Stål (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Romaleidae) from Argentina and its phylogenetic position within the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2913 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTINA E. POCCO ◽  
GONZALO D. RUBIO ◽  
M. MARTA CIGLIANO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Body ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Median Carina ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the romaleid grasshopper genus Zoniopoda Stål (Romaleidae: Romaleini) is described and illustrated from the Sierras Chicas of Córdoba Province, central Argentina. A cladistic analysis based on morphological characters indicates that the genus Zoniopoda constitutes a monophyletic group and that Zoniopoda serrana n. sp. must be assigned to Iheringi species group based on synapomorphies of the pronotum and body color. The new species is similar to Z. similis Bruner from Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil, from which it can be distinguished by the color pattern of the body, shape of the pronotal dorso-median carina and characters of the male terminalia and epiphallus. This paper has been formatted with embedded links to images of the type specimen, maps based on georeferenced specimen data for the genus and an updated key to the species of Zoniopoda available on the Orthoptera Species File (OSF) online (http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org).

Studies on the genus Ripersiella Tinsley (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Rhizoecidae) in the Neotropical region, with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4851 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-582
Author(s):  
ÉVA SZITA ◽  
ZSUZSANNA KONCZNÉ BENEDICTY ◽  
TAKUMASA KONDO ◽  
ANDREA AMALIA RAMOS-PORTILLA ◽  
MEHMET BORA KAYDAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Hungarian Natural History Museum ◽  
A New Species

The Neotropical scale insect genus Ripersiella Tinsley (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Rhizoecidae) was investigated, based on soil samples deposited at the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Description and illustration of a new species, Ripersiella incarum Kaydan & Szita sp. n., and an identification key and new additional locality records for the currently known Ripersiella species in the Neotropical region, are provided and discussed. 

scholarly journals New water strider species of Eurymetra from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Zettel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Water Strider ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Definition Of

The Madagascan material of the halobatine genus Eurymetra Esaki, 1926 (Hemi­ptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae: Halobatinae), which is deposited at the Natural History Museum Vienna, is revised. A close examination of “Eurymetra madagascariensis Poisson, 1945” revealed two new species, Eurymetra santamariae sp. nov. and Eurymetra papaceki sp. nov. A definition of the newly established Eurymetra madagascariensis species group is provided as well as keys to the freshwater halobatine genera and to Eurymetra species known from Madagascar.

Notes on the morphology, taxonomy, and natural history of the genus Platycerus Geoffroy from China, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2087 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
HAO HUANG ◽  
CHANG-CHIN CHEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
History Of ◽  
Character Matrix ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Southern Shaanxi ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
A New Species

A checklist of the genus Platycerus Geoffroy is updated. A method for the observation of endophallus is introduced and used for the study of four species of Platycerus from China. The morphology of Chinese species of Platycerus is reviewed, and all the useful morphological characters are clarified. A character matrix is made to accumulate all the current information on morphology of Chinese species. Platycerus yingqii sp. nov. is described from the northern slope of Mount Taibaishan, southern Shaanxi, China. This new species is similar to Platycerus rugosus, but can be distinguished by male with a browner dorsal surface, remarkably shorter tarsi, lighter and redder ventrites, shorter gap between incisor teeth and mola, male genitalia with different endophallus, female with shorter metatarsi, and female genitalia with the inner apex of hemisternite not protruding beyond the outer apex. The morphological characters of the other three species from China are also studied. A key to the geographical species groups of Platycerus is presented. Keys to the Chinese species are provided for both males and females. Finally some natural history notes are given for some species of Platycerus from China.

Confirmation of the identity of the type host of the louse Halipeurus fallacis (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4407 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
RICARDO L. PALMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Natural History ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Descriptive Data ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Type Host ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
A New Species

Alexander (1954: 489) recorded a petrel (Aves: Procellariiformes) captured alive on board a ship in the Indian Ocean by Mr W.W.A. Phillips who, after removing some lice, liberated it the following morning. Alexander (1954) identified that petrel as the species “Pterodroma aterrima Bonaparte”, now placed in the genus Pseudobulweria. The lice were kept in the collection of the then British Museum (Natural History), now the Natural History Museum, London, England. Jouanin (1955) published a new species of petrel from the Indian Ocean as Bulweria fallax. Jouanin (1957: 19) discussed the identity of the petrel identified by Alexander (1954) as Pterodroma aterrima, stating that the descriptive data given by Alexander (1954) did not clearly fit either P. aterrima or B. fallax. However, considering the geographical coordinates where the bird was captured, Jouanin (1957) believed it was more likely Bulweria fallax. 

Ixodes heinrichi, sp.nov. from Angola

Parasitology ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 52 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 207-209
Author(s):  
Don R. Arthur
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Chicago Natural History Museum ◽  
A New Species

During an investigation into the tick fauna of Africa, Dr H. Hoogstraal sent me a specimen of a female Ixodes tick collected from Angola, which was deposited in the Chicago Natural History Museum. This is a new species which I describe below under the name of I. heinrichi.

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