scholarly journals A novel form of wasp mimicry in a new species of praying mantis from the Amazon rainforest, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7886
Author(s):  
Gavin J. Svenson ◽  
Henrique M. Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Generic Level ◽  
Praying Mantis ◽  
Coloration Pattern ◽  
The Status ◽  
High Resolution Images ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Male Genital

A wasp mimicking praying mantis (Mantodea) of the early evolving Mantoididae family was discovered in 2013 at a research station near the Amazon River in Northern Peru. This adult specimen exhibited a striking bright red/orange and black coloration pattern that was undocumented in all known praying mantis species. We tested the status of this new specimen using external morphology, male genital dissections, and geographic distribution. Our findings demonstrate the specimen to represent a new species, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov., that is closely allied with a recently described species, Mantoida toulgoeti Roy, 2010, both of which are included within the newly erected genus. To support our actions, we present high resolution images of museum preserved and living specimens, morphological illustrations, a generic-level distribution map, and recorded video of the behavior of the holotype taken in the field at the time of collection. The bright red/orange coloration contrasted with black markings, the general appearance of a hymenopteran that includes a narrowed wasp waist, and the locomotory patterns and antennal movements mark this newly discovered species as unique among all hymenopteran mimicking Mantoididae as well as all other praying mantises.

Hippeastrum peruvianum (Amaryllidaceae), a New Species from Northern Peru, and Notes on a Naturalized Species of Crinum First Described as Hippeastrum

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-80
Author(s):  
Alan William Meerow ◽  
Antonio Campos-Rocha
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Floral Morphology ◽  
The Other ◽  
Type Collection ◽  
African Species ◽  
Coloration Pattern ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Hippeastrum Herb. (Amaryllidaceae) from the department of Amazonas, Peru, is described and illustrated here. Hippeastrum peruvianum Meerow & Campos-Rocha features floral morphology unique among the other species of the genus occurring in the country. It has similarities with H. miniatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb. and H. reginae (L.) Herb. but is distinguished readily by its larger flowers, distinct coloration pattern, and trifid stigma. The new species is known only from the type collection by Paul C. Hutchison in 1958. It was determined as H. miniatum in error and has apparently been widely cultivated, especially in California, either under that name or erroneously considered a hybrid. We additionally observe that H. ugentii Ochoa, described from Peru and later transferred to Crinum L., is the naturalized South African species C. moorei Hook. f.

A new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Amazonian lowlands of northern Peru (Region Loreto and San Martín)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1990 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDGAR LEHR ◽  
Alessandro Catenazzi ◽  
DANIEL RODRÍGUEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Coloration Pattern ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
San Martín ◽  
Amazonian Lowlands ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Pristimantis from the Amazonian lowlands of northern Peru (Regions of Loreto and San Martín) is described. The new species has a snout-vent length of 32.6–36.5 mm (n = 3) in adult females, and 20.0–25.1 mm (n = 4) in adult males. It differs from all Pristimantis of the Amazonian lowlands in having a contrasting life coloration pattern of black with white or whitish blue blotches in axilla, groin, anterior and posterior surfaces of the thighs and concealed surfaces of the tibia.

A new species and new records of Pachychernes Beier, 1932 from Colombia (Pseudoscorpiones, Chernetidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4999 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-376
Author(s):  
KARLA MARIMON ◽  
EDUARDO VILLARREAL-BLANCO ◽  
CATALINA ROMERO-ORTIZ ◽  
LUIS C. GUTIERREZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
New Records ◽  
Generic Level ◽  
Caribbean Coast ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species

In Colombia, the status of the Neotropical genus Pachychernes Beier, 1932 is unknown. The only available data in literature to support the presence of this genus is an adult of P. aff. subrobustus, possibly female, from copal resin without specific locality data, and a record at generic level from Northern Colombia. In this study, we extend the distribution of Pachychernes by describing a new species, P. florezi sp. n. and several reporting individuals of P. zehorum Muchmore, 1997 from Montes de María and the Caribbean coast of the country. These species are clearly differentiated from one another by the sexual dimorphism in the latter species, with a depression on the tarsus I in males. We also present an updated key for all species of the genus.

Una nueva especie de Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) en las Inflorescencias de Xanthosoma sagittifolium (Araceae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luz Marina Llangarí ◽  
Violeta Rafael
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Santo Domingo ◽  
Xanthosoma Sagittifolium ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Drosophila, Drosophila sagittifolii sp. nov. is described. Adult specimens of D. sagittifolii were aspirated from the inflorescences of Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott (camacho), from which they also emerged, at the Río Guajalito Research Station, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador.

Sedum hutchisonii a New Species from Northern Peru

2020 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Pino ◽  
Nelson Cieza Padilla
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Salvia celendina (Lamiaceae), a new species from Peru

Kew Bulletin ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. I. Wood ◽  
Rolando Uría
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

SummaryA new species of Salvia (S. celendina J.R.I.Wood & Uría) is described from the Marañón valley hotspot in northern Peru. The new species is illustrated with photographs and its distribution is mapped. Notes on its cultivation and distinctive characteristics are provided.

A New Species of Catallagia Rothschild from Arizona (Siphonaptera: Hystrichopsyllidae: Neopsyllinae)

1960 ◽  
Vol 92 (10) ◽  
pp. 768-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
George P. Holland
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Research Station ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
American Museum ◽  
The University ◽  
A New Species

In 1957 James R. Beer, Edwin F. Cook and Robert G. Schwab, of the University of Minnesota, conducted an investigation of mammals and their ectoparasites in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. The area studied included varied habitats in the general vicinity of the Southwestern Research Station of the American Museum of Natural History at Portal. An account of this investigation has now been published (Beer et al., 1959).

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

Zootaxa ◽  
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.  

Review of the status of the genus Phelene stat. resurr. (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Lophotettiginae) and description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4980 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-365
Author(s):  
OSCAR J. CADENA-CASTAÑEDA ◽  
CARLOS JULIO ARANGO DÍAZ ◽  
DANIELA SANTOS MARTINS SILVA ◽  
OSCAR BUITRAGO ◽  
ALEXANDER GARCÍA GARCÍA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Nomen Dubium ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species

The status of the genus Phelene stat. resurr., previously synonymized under Chiriquia is revalidated. The genus is redescribed and Phelene turgida stat. rev. a lectotype and paralectotypes are designated for this species. Tetrix laticeps is proposed as nomen dubium and its described a new additional species Phelene maroon n. sp. The diagnosis of the subfamily is adjusted with the characters of the new taxa included and an updated key of genera and species is provided. 

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