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}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-05-15eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1238.142181
Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos Rodrigues, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira, Leandro Lourenço Dumas
{"title":"A new species and updates on <i>Paravelia</i> Breddin, 1898 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae) in Brazil.","authors":"Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos Rodrigues, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira, Leandro Lourenço Dumas","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.142181","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.142181","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Paravelia</i> Breddin, 1898 is the most speciose genus of the subfamily Veliinae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Gerromorpha, Veliidae). It has gone through revisions since the 1990s, with several species being transferred to other genera, and currently contains 46 species distributed from Mexico to Argentina, 35 of which occur in Brazil. Here, we describe <i>P.intervalensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> based on material obtained during an expedition carried out in 2023 in the Parque Estadual Intervales, state of São Paulo. The new species can be distinguished from congeners by the the following: body length between approximately 5.1-5.5 mm; head, thorax, and abdomen (except posterior margin of sternum VII) not covered by small black denticles; humeral angle not spinose; forewings without bubble-like structures, with a pair of elongated yellow maculae basally and a small, diamond-shaped, white macula apically; venter of abdomen not covered by punctations; male abdominal sternum VII without projections or lobes; male proctiger without conical process at base, without lateral projections approximately at middle of length; and male paramere with a dorsal notch. We also present new distribution records of <i>P.luederwaldti</i> Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016 and provide an updated key to the <i>Paravelia</i> recorded from Brazil. This study increases the number of species of <i>Paravelia</i> known in Brazil to 36.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1238 ","pages":"115-130"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12099315/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144143709","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.1238.145564
Kyung Min Lee, Il-Kwon Kim, Jongok Lim
{"title":"New species and barcode analysis of <i>Bethylus</i> Latreille (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from South Korea.","authors":"Kyung Min Lee, Il-Kwon Kim, Jongok Lim","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.145564","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.145564","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For the first time, <i>Bethylus</i> Latreille, the type genus of Bethylidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Bethylinae), is reported from the Korean Peninsula based on the discovery of a new species, <i>Bethyluscolligatus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, which was collected in Gangwon Province near the Demilitarized Zone. This new species is described and illustrated. A phylogenetic analysis was conducted using mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequences from common <i>Bethylus</i> species to better understand the evolutionary relationships within the genus. The resulting phylogeny supports the distinction between <i>B.colligatus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and other species. Additionally, a key to the species of <i>Bethylus</i> in East Asia is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1238 ","pages":"131-148"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12099313/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144143743","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":"Phylogenetic analysis of <i>Bettacoccina</i> complex (Teleostei, Osphronemidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra Island with descriptions of two new species.","authors":"Jiali Ding, Wen Lei, Haryono Haryono, Wentian Shi, Wanchang Zhang","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.142857","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.142857","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The <i>Bettacoccina</i> complex is a diverse taxonomic group of fighting fish widely distributed in isolated islands in Southeast Asia. This genus is an ideal model for investigating freshwater fish evolutionary patterns and historical biogeography in the Malay Archipelago. In this study, based on principal component analysis of morphological traits, taxonomic diagnoses, and phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial <i>cytochrome b</i> gene, two new species are described from Sumatra Island, <i>Bettaiaspis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>Bettamulyadii</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> The former has a distinctive black anal fin with a few red patches on the posterior half, while the latter is red and unspotted throughout, distinguishing them with their five or six subdorsal scales from other members of the <i>Bettacoccina</i> complex. Phylogenetic analysis of the <i>Bettacoccina</i> complex based on Cyt <i>b</i> further suggests that the speciation and present distributional pattern of this complex cannot be explained simply by the current geographic isolation of the Strait of Malacca, but by the connection-isolation scenario in the Pleistocene biogeographic context in Sundaland. This metapopulation of extant <i>Betta</i> species suggests a potential radiative evolution before the Last Glacial Maximum. These findings advance our understanding of the taxonomy and biogeographic evolution of <i>Betta</i> species in Southeast Asia.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1238 ","pages":"161-181"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12099314/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144143748","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 : 2025-05-13eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1238.136371
Leishan Wang, Qi Luo, Renyi Zhang
{"title":"A new species of <i>Sinocyclocheilus</i> (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) from the Beipan-Jiang in Guizhou, China.","authors":"Leishan Wang, Qi Luo, Renyi Zhang","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.136371","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.136371","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Sinocyclocheiluszhenningensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> from the Dabang-He of the Beipan-Jiang Basin in Zhenning County, Guizhou Province, China, is described based on morphological and molecular evidence. The new species can be distinguished morphologically from all congeners in this genus by: (1) normal eyes (5.8%-8.2% SL), presence of pigmentation, with a humpback and no horn structure; (2) pelvic fin rays ii-8, dorsal-fin rays iii-8, stiff and stout last unbranched ray; (3) body depth normal (26.5%-30.1% SL) and covered with irregular black spots, body scaled, but scales buried beneath the skin; (4) lateral line complete, slightly curved ventrally, 42-47 lateral line pored scales; and (5) pectoral fin short, not reaching the anterior base of pelvic fin. Based on the mitochondrial cytochrome <i>b</i> (<i>Cytb</i>) gene phylogenetic tree, <i>S.zhenningensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is strongly supported as sister to the <i>S.cyphotergous</i>-<i>S.multipunctatus</i> subclade. The minimum genetic distance between <i>Sinocyclocheiluszhenningensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and its congeneric species is 3.8%.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1238 ","pages":"99-114"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12093114/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144120608","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 : 2025-05-13eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1238.147762
JoVonn G Hill
{"title":"Two new genera of grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae) from Baja California, Mexico, with a regional key to the genera of Melanoplinae.","authors":"JoVonn G Hill","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.147762","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.147762","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Baja California, a 1,300 km long peninsula, exhibits considerable ecological diversity, encompassing coastal chaparral, coniferous forests, low desert scrub, and tropical deciduous forests. The region's ecological complexity reflects its biogeographic history, marked by separation from mainland Mexico 5.5 million years ago. Survey efforts have documented an impressive 4,000 plants, and insect efforts have targeted bees, weevils, ants, and blow flies. Grasshoppers, in contrast, remain underexplored. The present study expands on expeditions from the 1970s to 2010s that focused on the peninsula's Orthoptera. Two new genera are established-<i>Bajatettix</i> and <i>Ozmacris</i>-and a key to the genera of the Melanoplinae of the peninsula is provided. This study highlights the importance of understanding Baja California's grasshopper diversity to support conservation initiatives and future ecological studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1238 ","pages":"75-97"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12093113/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144120647","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 : 2025-05-09eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1238.138550
Siwei Liang, Md Niraul Islam, Xiaofang Du, Ying Bin Li, Wenju Liang, Wasim Ahmad, Xiaoke Zhang, Mohammad Mahamood, Saleh Alhewairini, Qi Li
{"title":"Two new and two known species of the genus <i>Eudorylaimus</i> Andrássy, 1959 (Nematoda, Dorylaimoidea, Qudsianematidae) from Northeast China.","authors":"Siwei Liang, Md Niraul Islam, Xiaofang Du, Ying Bin Li, Wenju Liang, Wasim Ahmad, Xiaoke Zhang, Mohammad Mahamood, Saleh Alhewairini, Qi Li","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.138550","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.138550","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two new and two known species of the genus <i>Eudorylaimus</i> belonging to the family Qudsianematidae are described and illustrated from Northeast China. <i>Eudorylaimusblisterocaudatus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is characterized by its 1.0-1.3 mm long body, lip region offset by constriction and 15-17 µm wide; odontostyle 1.0-1.2 times the lip region diameter long, odontophore 1.3-1.5 times the odontostyle length, pharyngeal expansion occupying ~ 41-47% of total neck length; <i>V</i> = 59-63%, uterus tripartite 1.3-3.8 times the corresponding body diameter, vulva post-equatorial, spicules 39-45 µm long, 6-8 irregularly spaced ventromedian supplements, tail conoid, sub-digitate with rounded terminus in both the sexes. <i>Eudorylaimussaccatus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is characterized by its 1.1-1.4 mm long body, lip region offset by constriction and 15.0-17.5 µm wide; odontostyle 1.0-1.2 times the lip region diameter long, odontophore 1.3-1.5 times the odontostyle length, pharyngeal expansion occupying ~ 44-48% of total neck length; uterus tripartite, 1.3-2.1 times the corresponding body diameter, <i>V</i> = 62-63.3%; tail conoid, dorsally convex, with sub-digitate terminus in both the sexes and males with 44-48 µm long spicules and 9-11 irregularly spaced ventromedian supplements. Two known species <i>E.meridionalis</i> and <i>E.caudatus</i> are reported for the first time from China and one male specimen of <i>E.caudatus</i> is recorded here for the first time.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1238 ","pages":"41-74"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12084812/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144095163","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 : 2025-05-09eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1238.136941
Juan Arizaga, Agurtzane Iraeta, Ariñe Crespo, Francisco Pando
{"title":"The Aranzadi bird Ringing Scheme data bank.","authors":"Juan Arizaga, Agurtzane Iraeta, Ariñe Crespo, Francisco Pando","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.136941","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1238.136941","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Aranzadi Ringing Scheme (ARS), operated by the Aranzadi Sciences Society, is an official bird-ringing program in Spain. Established in 1949, the data bank of the ARS is published, with the data aggregated to some extent, in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). It is a dataset covering the period from 1950 to nowadays, although ringings-but not recoveries-up to the 1970s remain, in part, to be digitalized. Ringings are carried out in Spain, and only exceptionally in third countries where there is not an official, operative ringing scheme. Recoveries of birds with Aranzadi rings can be potentially collected elsewhere; currently, recoveries of birds have been on all the continents-but not in Oceania and on Antarctica-with in the bounding coordinates of 59.0°N to 33.8°S and 62.8°E to 33.8°W, but > 90% of the records are within Europe. Up to 31 December 2024, the dataset includes 1.8 million records of either ringings or recoveries, all of which are georeferenced. In total 479 taxa are included, of which 430 are species. The rest are subspecies, hybrids, or birds identified only to genus. Twenty-four orders are represented by the data.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1238 ","pages":"33-40"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12084810/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144095216","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}