ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-05-21eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1239.150840
Rodrigo Brincalepe Salvador, Cedric d'Udekem d'Acoz, Maxim V Vinarski, Yves Samyn, Barbara Mizumo Tomotani
{"title":"François Roffiaen's terrestrial and freshwater gastropod types in the collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.","authors":"Rodrigo Brincalepe Salvador, Cedric d'Udekem d'Acoz, Maxim V Vinarski, Yves Samyn, Barbara Mizumo Tomotani","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1239.150840","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1239.150840","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Jean François Xavier Roffiaen (1820-1898) was a Belgian landscape painter with a profound interest in malacology. A founding member of the Société malacologique de Belgique, Roffiaen contributed several publications on molluscs. Among such studies, his 1868 paper on Swiss terrestrial and freshwater gastropods introduced 14 new taxa (species and varieties) belonging to the Clausiliidae, Discidae, Helicidae, Lymnaeidae, Valvatidae, and Viviparidae. However, Roffiaen's malacological contributions largely faded from recognition, primarily due to the unknown whereabouts of his type material. This study revisits his work by identifying and analysing specimens from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS). Of the 14 taxa described by Roffiaen, type specimens for nine (including the two full species) have been recovered, enabling a reassessment of their taxonomic status as synonyms of better-known and widespread species. The serendipitous finding of these type specimens reaffirms the importance of maintaining museum collections, and the implementation of digitization programs to uncover/recover such \"lost\" information, enabling it to be made available to the scientific community at large.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1239 ","pages":"103-121"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12120496/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144182985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-05-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1239.145869
Wenbin Liu, Yaning Tang, Jiaxin Nie, Ziming Shao, Wei Cao, Chuncai Yan
{"title":"Three new species of <i>Psectrocladius</i> Kieffer (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China.","authors":"Wenbin Liu, Yaning Tang, Jiaxin Nie, Ziming Shao, Wei Cao, Chuncai Yan","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1239.145869","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1239.145869","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Three new species within the genus <i>Psectrocladius</i> Kieffer, 1906, namely Psectrocladius (Mesopsectrocladius) wangi Liu, <b>sp. nov.</b>, Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) gracilis Liu, <b>sp. nov.</b>, and Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) malum Liu, <b>sp. nov.</b>, are described and illustrated based on morphological characteristics of adult male specimens. Furthermore, a comprehensive taxonomic key for the identification of adult males of all known <i>Psectrocladius</i> species recorded in China is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1239 ","pages":"33-50"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12117343/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144180309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-05-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1239.149111
Jawwad Hassan Mirza, Nasreldeen Ahmed Elgoni, Muhammad Kamran, Fahad Jaber Alatawi
{"title":"Mites of the genus <i>Bryobia</i> (Acari, Tetranychidae): taxonomic notes on some species and a diagnostic key to the world species.","authors":"Jawwad Hassan Mirza, Nasreldeen Ahmed Elgoni, Muhammad Kamran, Fahad Jaber Alatawi","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1239.149111","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1239.149111","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study aimed to develop taxonomic keys to the world species of the genus <i>Bryobia</i>, categorized into three subgenera: <i>Allobia</i> Livschits & Mitrofanov, <i>Bryobia</i> s. str. Koch, and <i>Lyobia</i> Livschits & Mitrofanov. Published descriptions, redescriptions, and illustrations of a total of 149 world species were thoroughly analyzed. The taxonomic notes on the status of the species in the species groups of each subgenus are discussed in detail. The variability of morphological characters found among different populations of a species is discussed. As a result, 116 species of the genus <i>Bryobia</i> were classified in three diagnostic keys, with 22, 43, and 51 species assigned to the three subgenera <i>Allobia</i>, <i>Bryobia</i>, and <i>Lyobia</i>, respectively. The population of <i>B.neoribis</i> Tuttle & Baker from Utah, USA, should be re-identified through type examination due to differences from the original description of the species. Additionally, taxonomic notes are provided on the status of the remaining 33 species, and arguments are provided on suggested synonyms among them.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1239 ","pages":"51-73"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12117346/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144181610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-05-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1239.147164
José Luis Yela, David Molina, Antonio S Ortiz
{"title":"<i>Agrotisvillenensis</i>-a new species of Noctuinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from the southeastern Iberian Peninsula.","authors":"José Luis Yela, David Molina, Antonio S Ortiz","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1239.147164","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1239.147164","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Agrotisvillenensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is described from the Iberian Peninsula. Differential superficial, genital and genetic (barcode) characters from its closest Iberian and European relative species, <i>Agrotisvestigialis</i> (Hufnagel, 1766), are presented. Morphologically, the new species is best characterized in the male genitalia by the shape of the basal vesica and the presence of a median diverticulum and in the female genitalia by its comparatively long appendix bursae. The barcode of <i>A.villenensis</i> differs from those of related species and is assigned a unique BIN.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1239 ","pages":"21-32"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12117342/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144180402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-05-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1239.144436
Giovanni Mussini, Yuuki J Niimi, Sahar Khodami, Terue C Kihara, Pedro Martinez Arbizu, Leocadio Blanco-Bercial
{"title":"A new species of <i>Tetragoniceps</i> Brady, 1880 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Tetragonicipitidae) from an anchialine cave in Bermuda, with an updated key to the species of the genus.","authors":"Giovanni Mussini, Yuuki J Niimi, Sahar Khodami, Terue C Kihara, Pedro Martinez Arbizu, Leocadio Blanco-Bercial","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1239.144436","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1239.144436","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Tetragonicepsbermudensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Tetragonicipitidae) is described based on an ovigerous female collected from Roadside Cave, a tidally influenced anchialine cavern in Bermuda. The new taxon represents the 16<sup>th</sup> recorded species of <i>Tetragoniceps</i> Brady, 1880. It can be distinguished from congeneric species by the length:width ratio of the caudal rami (approximately 10 times longer than wide), its cephalothorax with a smooth dorsal surface, and the diagnostic setal formula of its pereiopods 1-5. <i>Tetragonicepsbermudensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is the first record of <i>Tetragoniceps</i> from Bermuda and the first known anchialine species in the genus globally. Based on our description of the new species, we provide a revised key to the species of <i>Tetragoniceps</i>. In addition, we include an updated table of salient morphological characters for the females of the genus, providing grounds for a preliminary analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of its constituent species.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1239 ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12117344/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144182739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bees of subfamily Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Southern Punjab, Pakistan.","authors":"Huanhuan Chen, Waseem Akram, Muhammad Naeem, Nawaz Haider Bashir, Sabir Hussain, Maryam Riasat, Asif Sajjad, Ruilin Tian, Ammad Ahmad, Muhammad Khalid Rafique, Zamin Hussain Dahri","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.139993","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.139993","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To date, 26 species of the subfamily Nomiinae are known to occur in Pakistan. Among these, most of the species have been reported from the northern parts of Punjab, particularly the Pothwar region. In this study, sweat bees from the subfamily Nomiinae were collected from six districts of southern Punjab, Pakistan, to identify their taxonomic diversity. A total of nine species from four genera i.e., <i>Austronomia</i> Michener, 1965, <i>Lipotriches</i> Gerstaecker, 1858, <i>Nomia</i> Letreille, 1804, and <i>Pseudapis</i> Kirby, 1900 were identified. These species were <i>Austronomiapilipes</i> (Smith, 1875), Lipotriches (Armatriches) fervida (Smith, 1875), L. (Lipotriches) fulvinerva (Cameron, 1907), Nomia (Leuconomia) interstitialis Cameron, 1898, N. (Nomia) curvipes (Fabricius, 1793), N. (Hoplonomia) westwoodi (Gribodo, 1894), Pseudapis (Pseudapis) nilotica (Smith, 1875), P. (Pseudapis) oxybeloides (Smith, 1875), and P. (Nomiapis) bispinosa (Brulle, 1832). All the bee species except <i>P.oxybeloides</i> are reported for the first time from southern Punjab, Pakistan. A key to the genera of the subfamily Nomiinae, species, diagnoses, floral hosts, and distributions are provided. Moreover, habitus photographs and male genitalia illustrations are provided for each species except <i>L.fervida</i> and <i>L.fulvinerva</i>, as no male specimens were collected during the entire study period. This study will be helpful in the establishment of conservation strategies for native bees.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1238 ","pages":"269-296"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12107275/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144161198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-05-19eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1238.124535
Francesco Martoni, James M H Tweed, Mark J Blacket, Diana M Percy
{"title":"An annotated checklist of the psyllids (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) of Norfolk Island with keys to species, new records, and descriptions of two new endemic species.","authors":"Francesco Martoni, James M H Tweed, Mark J Blacket, Diana M Percy","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.124535","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.124535","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Norfolk Island is a small, isolated archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, 1400 km east of the Australian mainland. The history of human colonisation and land use on the island has resulted in a substantial reduction in the extent and quality of indigenous habitat. A quarantine survey of Norfolk Island in 2012-2014 provided the first records of psyllid species, reporting six taxa from the island. Additional collection records are provided that increase the number to 14 species, of which nine are regarded as adventive, four as native of which two are endemic, and one whose additional distribution is unknown. Two species are formally described here and are the first psyllid species to be described from Norfolk Island. These new species, <i>Pseudophacopteronaewagriini</i> Percy & Martoni, <b>sp. nov.</b> (Aphalaridae) and <i>Acizziaaliceae</i> Percy & Martoni, <b>sp. nov.</b> (Psyllidae) are both considered endemic to Norfolk Island and are associated with native plants, the endemic <i>Alyxiagynopogon</i> (Apocynaceae) and the native <i>Dodonaeaviscosa</i> (Sapindaceae), respectively. In addition to an updated checklist, identification keys to adults and immatures of the psyllids found on Norfolk Island and DNA barcodes for all species are provided. Both new species have had complete mitochondrial genomes sequenced in a previous study and here a full annotation of the mitochondrial genome of <i>Acizziaaliceae</i> Percy & Martoni, <b>sp. nov.</b> is supplied. Lastly, the barcode data was analysed in a maximum likelihood constraint framework with previous genome data to investigate the phylogenetic origins of the Norfolk Island taxa.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1238 ","pages":"297-348"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12123370/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144200224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-05-16eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1238.147550
Natdanai Likhitrakarn, Sergei I Golovatch, Khamla Inkhavilay, Somsak Panha, Chirasak Sutcharit
{"title":"Taxonomic review of the millipede genus <i>Touranella</i> Attems, 1937, with a redescription of the type species, <i>T.gracilis</i> Attems, 1937, and descriptions of three new species from Laos (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae).","authors":"Natdanai Likhitrakarn, Sergei I Golovatch, Khamla Inkhavilay, Somsak Panha, Chirasak Sutcharit","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.147550","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.147550","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The flat-back millipede genus <i>Touranella</i> Attems, 1937 is currently comprised of 13 species, including three new ones from Laos: <i>T.chenla</i> Likhitrakarn, <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>T.srisonchaii</i> Likhitrakarn, <b>sp. nov.</b>, and <i>T.jaegeri</i> Likhitrakarn, <b>sp. nov.</b> The generic diagnosis is updated, a key is given to all known species, and their distributions are mapped. Additionally, <i>T.gracilis</i>, the type species of <i>Touranella</i> from Vietnam, has been redescribed and illustrated based on type specimens.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1238 ","pages":"183-208"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12102668/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144143778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-05-16eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1238.124514
Makoto Kato, Yume Imada
{"title":"Diversity and host plant utilization of leaf-mining beetles of Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera) in Japan.","authors":"Makoto Kato, Yume Imada","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.124514","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.124514","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Cerambycidae + Chrysomelidae + Megalopodidae) encompasses a diverse phytophagous beetles, whose larvae exhibit internal or external feeding on leaves, wood, or roots of many plants. Through extensive research on leaf-mining insects in Japan, 64 species of Chrysomeloidea were confirmed to engage in leaf-mining behavior during their larval stages infesting tracheophytes, and comprising 2 Cerambycidae, 9 Megalopodidae, and 53 Chrysomelidae. This study presents an overview of the host plants and mining patterns of these 64 leaf-mining beetle species and describes two new species, <i>Sphaerodermakomiana</i> Kato, <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>Dactylispaadinae</i> Kato, <b>sp. nov.</b> The leaf-mining beetles demonstrate a broad host range including Equisetales, Polypodiales, Cycadales, and 23 orders of angiosperms. Particularly notable diversification was observed on Polypodiales (within <i>Halticorcus</i>), Ranunculaceae (<i>Argopus</i> and <i>Sphaeroderma</i>), Celastraceae (<i>Zeugophora</i>), and Oleaceae (<i>Argopistes</i>). Host specificity greatly varied among the reported 64 beetle species: 29 spp. species-specific; 12 spp. genus-specific; 16 spp. family-specific; 2 spp. order-specific; 5 spp. non-specific even at order level. The five non-specific species (<i>Argopuspunctipennis</i>, <i>Sphaerodermanigricolle</i>, <i>Dactylispaangulosa</i>, <i>Notosacanthaihai</i>, and <i>N.loochooana</i>) are associated with multiple plant orders while maintaining specificity to a small number of genera belonging to phylogenetically distant plant families. This pattern, termed as extended host specificity, suggests recent host shifts across plant families without substantial expansion of host ranges.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1238 ","pages":"209-268"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12102670/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144143740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-05-15eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1238.153092
Junjie Wang, Wenya Ma, Yalin Zhang, Min Huang
{"title":"One new species and three new records of the leafhopper genus <i>Agnesiella</i> Dworakowska (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from China.","authors":"Junjie Wang, Wenya Ma, Yalin Zhang, Min Huang","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.153092","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.153092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>One new species, Agnesiella (Draberiella) geminicruciata<b>sp. nov.</b>, is described and illustrated. Agnesiella (D.) lidia, A. (D.) olena and A. (D.) magda are documented from China for the first time. A key to males of all known species of <i>Agnesiella</i> from China is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1238 ","pages":"149-159"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12099316/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144143746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}