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{"title":"Nomenclatural and faunistic notes on some Italian Dytiscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)","authors":"G. Nardi","doi":"10.18476/2022.827907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.827907","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Unusual Italian records witnessing the active flight of two predaceous diving beetles, Rhantus suturalis (W. S. Macleay, 1825) and Acilius (Acilius) sulcatus (Linnaeus, 1758), are provided. The second species is recorded from the Aosta Valley region (N Italy) and from three northern Italian provinces (Asti, Padua, Sondrio) for the first time. The conservation status in Italy of both species is updated. Deronectes silphoides (Ponza, 1805), from the environs of Saluzzo in the Piedmont region (N Italy), was in the past treated as a nomen dubium. Later it was placed, as a nomen oblitum, in synonymy with D. opatrinus (Germar, 1824) (nomen protectum). However, it is herein newly declared a nomen dubium and removed from the above synonymy, since its type specimen is lost and its type locality is outside the area of distribution of the D. opatrinus species-group. At the same time, the identity of Hydroporus silphoides Villa & Villa, 1833 (nomen nudum), previously referred to H. obscurus Sturm, 1835, is declared as uncertain.","PeriodicalId":141328,"journal":{"name":"Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131434414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rediscovery of the myrmecophilous larvae of Italochrysa italica (Insecta: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)","authors":"D. Badano","doi":"10.18476/2022.403432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.403432","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The larvae of Italochrysa italica (Rossi, 1790) were observed in nature for the first time since the original observations by Principi in the 1940s. Several larvae of this species were found in different nests of the arboreal ant Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in dead oaks in the Italian Apennines. The present observations agree with the few previous studies on the behaviour of Italochrysa Principi, 1946 species and confirm that the larvae of I. italica spend most of their time within ant nests. The chrysopid larvae were found in loose aggregations within the nest, sometimes just outside the brood chamber. Italochrysa larvae adopt a static behaviour, avoiding ants and using the packet of debris carried on the body to hide and protect themselves from them. The morphology of the larvae is also discussed.","PeriodicalId":141328,"journal":{"name":"Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133897686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reconciling morphological and molecular data in a highly convergent group: the Pyrenean radiation of hypogean Trechini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)","authors":"A. Faille, J. Fresneda, C. Bourdeau","doi":"10.18476/2023.609967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18476/2023.609967","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We provide the first molecular phylogeny based on a thorough taxonomic sampling of all Pyrenean species of the tribe Trechini occurring in the subterranean environment sensu lato (soil and cave), with a complete taxonomic inventory of all valid species. Based on this analysis and a careful morphological study, a new classification is proposed. All species of the genera Aphaenops Bonvouloir, 1862 and Geotrechus Jeannel, 1919 are included in a single genus, Aphaenops, which is split into eleven subgenera: subgenus Aphaenops sensu stricto (= Geaphaenops syn. n.), with type species Aphoenops leschenaulti Bonvouloir, 1862; subgenus Argonotrechus subgen. n., with type species Anophthalmus orpheus Dieck, 1869; subgenus Aurigerotrechus subgen. n., with type species Trechus (Anophthalmus) vulcanus Abeille de Perrin, 1904; subgenus Ceretotrechus subgen. n., with type species Geotrechus ubachi Español, 1965; subgenus Dupreaphaenops subgen. n., with type species Aphaenops vasconicus Jeannel, 1913; subgenus Geotrechidius sensu novo, with type species Anophthalmus gallicus Delarouzée, 1857; subgenus Geotrechus stat. n., with type species Anophthalmus discontignyi Fairmaire, 1863; subgenus Hydraphaenops sensu novo (= Pubaphaenops, Cerbaphaenops syn. n. and Simaphaenops syn. n.), with type species Anophtalmus ehlersi Abeille de Perrin, 1872; subgenus Nafarroaphaenops subgen. n., with type species Aphaenops (Hydraphaenops) giraudi Ochs, 1938; subgenus Pyreneotrechus subgen. n., with type species Geotrechus (Geotrechidius) aldensis Jeannel, 1955; subgenus Riberaphaenops subgen. n., with type species Geotrechus holcartensis Genest, 1977. Two of the subgenera are monospecific and were erected to place two morphologically and genetically divergent species, Aphaenops (Argonotrechus) orpheus and Aphaenops (Pyreneotrechus) aldensis. The former subgenera Cerbaphaenops and Simaphaenops are included in the large monophyletic subgenus Hydraphaenops, the paraphyletic subgenus Geaphaenops is included in the subgenus Aphaenops and the synonymy of Arachnaphaenops, Cephalaphaenops and Pubaphaenops with Aphaenops is confirmed. A full list of species, including 68 new combinations at the generic or subgeneric level, is presented. Zusammenfassung Die vorliegende Arbeit liefert die erste molekular Phylogenie der in den Pyrenäen vorkommenden Arten des Tribus Trechini. Diese basiert auf einer genauen taxonomischen Probennahme aller im weitesten Sinne in unterirdischen Umgebungen (Boden und Höhle) vorkommenden Arten und beinhaltet eine komplette taxonomische Liste aller validen Arten. Auf der Grundlage dieser Analyse und einer sorgfältigen morphologischen Untersuchung wird eine neue Klassifizierung vorgeschlagen. Alle Arten der Gattungen Aphaenops Bonvouloir, 1862 und Geotrechus Jeannel, 1919 werden in einer einzigen Gattung, Aphaenops, zusammengefasst, die in elf Untergattungen aufgeteilt wird: Untergattung Aphaenops sensu stricto (= Geaphaenops syn. n.), mit der Typusart Aph","PeriodicalId":141328,"journal":{"name":"Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122108153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The African members of the Platyja genus group, with description of a new species and comments on other taxa currently attributed to Megacephalomana (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)","authors":"A. Zilli, G. László","doi":"10.18476/2022.174887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.174887","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Following a review of the Afrotropical species of the Platyja genus group, the following generic synonymies are established: Platyja Hübner, [1823] = Facidia Walker, 1865 syn. n., = Megacephalomana Strand, 1943 syn. n., and at the same time Facidia (= Megacephalomana) is placed as a subgenus (stat. n., limitedly to such rank by application of ICZN Code art. 61.3.1). The assemblage is found to consist of at least eight species, one of which described herein, namely Platyja (Facidia) vacillans (Walker, 1858) comb. n. (= Facidia sassana Strand, 1918 syn. rev.), P. (F.) saalmuelleri (Viette, 1965) comb. n., P. (F.) semifimbria (Walker, [1858]), P. (F.) rivulosum (Saalmüller, 1880) comb. n., P. (F.) ennomoides sp. n., P. (F.) stygium (Saalmüller, 1881) comb. n., Platyja (“Facidia”) luteilinea (Hampson, 1926) comb. n., and Platyja (“Facidia”) remaudi (Laporte, 1972) comb. n., with the last two taxa tentatively retained in Facidia due to some extraordinary features of the wing venation and pattern, respectively, that will require refinement of the topology of their phylogenetic relationships with core Facidia. As regards luteilinea, whose hitherto unknown female is also described, an unorthodox and sexually dimorphic branching pattern of the veins from the lower part of the forewing cell has been found, while remaudi shows a reversal of the proximo-distal sequence of the antemedial line and orbicular stigma of the forewing. Other taxa currently attributed to Megacephalomana, namely divisa Walker, 1865, pilosum Pagenstecher, 1888 and laportei Berio, 1974, are briefly discussed, the first two being of uncertain identity, their names being therefore registered as “nomina dubia”, the last one of doubtful position in the Platyja assemblage and therefore provisionally positioned here [provisional comb. n.], albeit as “incertae sedis”. A specimen referable to but not fully matching vacillans is illustrated and briefly commented upon. Last but not least, phenotypic variation within vacillans, showing two male morphs in W Africa, is discussed.","PeriodicalId":141328,"journal":{"name":"Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A","volume":"302 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123661898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A revision of Albuna dybowskii Le Cerf, 1917, with the establishment of a new genus of Osminiini from Africa (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)","authors":"D. Bartsch, Dominic Wanke","doi":"10.18476/2022.740611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.740611","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A new genus of Afrotropical Osminiini, Spatenkana Bartsch, gen. n., is described based on the type species Albuna dybowskii Le Cerf, 1917, which was previously combined with the genus Synanthedon Hübner, [1819]. Moreover, a second species, Albuna africana Le Cerf, 1917, is assigned to the new genus (comb. n.). Both species were only known from the female holotypes. Recently, four specimens of S. dybowskii comb. n., one female each from Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique and one male from South Africa, were discovered. These specimens represent the first records for these countries. Furthermore, they allow a description of the male, the genitalia structure of the female and a classification of this species for the first time.","PeriodicalId":141328,"journal":{"name":"Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121369189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Presence of the Amazon sailfin catfish, Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau, 1855) (Pisces: Loricariidae), in the Shatt al-Arab River, Basrah, Iraq","authors":"Audai M. Qasim, L. Jawad","doi":"10.18476/2022.647187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.647187","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper documents the first record of the Amazon sailfin catfish, Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau, 1855) (Pisces: Loricariidae), in the natural waters of the Shatt al-Arab River, Basrah, Iraq, as a result of aquarium trade activities in the country. The length-weight relationships and condition factors of 175 specimens of P. pardalis, collected in 2017 in the Shatt al-Arab, were calculated. The studied population of P. pardalis showed an allometric growth, where the regression line slope b = 2.548±0.038 and the intercept a = 0.041±0.005. The average condition factor (K) was 8.802±4.208. All 175 specimens had mature gonads and the sample was dominated by females, which had eggs as large as 3.7 mm diameter in the ovaries. Fecundity varied from 2,400 to 19,245 eggs per brood. Fourty-one food items were recognised in the stomach contents, broadly categorised as follows: Algae, Crustacea, insect larvae and pupae, meiofauna, fish, fish eggs, and fish larvae. Suggestions for future studies are given, so as to correlate reproduction and diet with water level and seasonality.","PeriodicalId":141328,"journal":{"name":"Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122553589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) from Ivindo National Park in Gabon, Central Africa, with descriptions of four new species","authors":"W. Schawaller, Aron Bellersheim","doi":"10.18476/2022.740108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.740108","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Recently-collected Tenebrionidae material from Ivindo National Park in Gabon, Central Africa, is discussed. The 72 species collected altogether, which include four species new to science, represent four subfamilies. Species in the subfamily Alleculinae Laporte, 1840 and some species in the tribe Lagriini Latreille, 1825 are not treated. The four, newly-described species are: Enicmosoma ivindoense sp. n., Platydema telnovi sp. n., Diaclina gabonica sp. n., and Uloma gabonica sp. n. The identification of some taxa from Gabon remains tentative, since no comprehensive taxonomic revision of the corresponding genera is available.","PeriodicalId":141328,"journal":{"name":"Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126631208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Taxonomy and systematics of the enigmatic emerald moth Xenochlorodes graminaria (Kollar, 1850) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), and its assignment to a new genus","authors":"Dominic Wanke, Shamsi Feizpour, A. Hausmann, J. Viidalepp, H. Rajaei","doi":"10.18476/2022.857803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.857803","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A new genus, Sabzia Wanke & Rajaei, gen. n., is described based on the Iranian species Phorodesma graminaria Kollar, 1850, which in recent taxonomy was combined with the genus Xenochlorodes Warren, 1897. Moreover, Xenochlorodes albicostaria Brandt, 1938, syn. n. is synonymized with Sabzia graminaria (Kollar, 1850), comb. n. The new genus is established based on external and internal characters of the adult specimens. Morphological traits including wing pattern, wing venation and male and female genitalia are described and illustrated.","PeriodicalId":141328,"journal":{"name":"Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A","volume":"303 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134574529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Synopsis of global fresh and brackish water occurrences of the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes, 1839 (Pisces: Carcharhinidae), with comments on distribution and habitat use","authors":"Peter Gausmann","doi":"10.18476/2021.423083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18476/2021.423083","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes, 1839) is a large, primarily coastally distributed shark famous for its ability to penetrate far into freshwater bodies in tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate climates. It is a cosmopolitan species with a geographical range that includes the coastlines of all major ocean basins (Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean). As a consequence, freshwater occurrences of C. leucas are possible everywhere inside its geographic range. Carcharhinus leucas is a fully euryhaline, amphidromous species and possibly the widest-ranging of all freshwater tolerating elasmobranchs. This species is found not only in river systems with sea access that are not interrupted by human impediments but in hypersaline lakes as well. Rivers and estuaries are believed to be important nursery grounds for C. leucas, as suggested by observations of pregnant females in estuaries and neonates with umbilical scars in rivers and river mouths. Due to the physical capability of this species to enter riverine systems, the documentation of its occurrence in fresh and brackish water is essential for future conservation plans, fishery inspections, and scientific studies that focus on the link between low salinity habitats, shark nurseries, and feeding areas. The author's review of the available literature on C. leucas revealed the absence of a comprehensive overview of fresh and brackish water localities (rivers and associated lakes, estuaries) with C. leucas records. The purpose of this literature review is to provide a global list of rivers, river systems, lakes, estuaries, and lagoons with records and reports of this species, including a link to the used references as a base for regional, national, and international conservation strategies. Therefore, the objective of this work is to present lists of fresh and brackish water habitats with records of C. leucas as the result of an extensive literature review and analysis of databases. This survey also took into account estuaries and lagoons, regarding their function as important nursery grounds for C. leucas. The analysis of references included is not only from the scientific literature, but also includes semi-scientific references and the common press if reliable. The result of 415 global fresh and brackish water localities with evidence of C. leucas highlights the importance of these habitats for the reproduction of this species. Moreover, gaps in available distribution maps are critically discussed as well as interpretations and conclusions made regarding possible reasons for the distribution range of C. leucas, which can be interpreted as the result of geographic circumstances, but also as a result of the current state of knowledge about the distribution of this species. The results of the examination of available references were used to build a reliable and updated distribution map for C. leucas, which is also presented here.","PeriodicalId":141328,"journal":{"name":"Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131351105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New and little known species of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) from Borneo (9)","authors":"R. Grimm","doi":"10.18476/2021.524768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18476/2021.524768","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Nesocaedius borneensis sp. n. (Tenebrioninae Latreille, 1802: Opatrini Brullé, 1832) from Borneo is described. For some species already cited in a previously published checklist, exact data are given for Borneo for the first time. New locality data are provided for rarely found species.","PeriodicalId":141328,"journal":{"name":"Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121614007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}