ZooKeysPub Date : 2024-09-27eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1213.120531
Manoa M Ramamonjisoa, Nicole Rasoamanana, Brian L Fisher
{"title":"Male-based key to the subfamilies and genera of Malagasy ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).","authors":"Manoa M Ramamonjisoa, Nicole Rasoamanana, Brian L Fisher","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.120531","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.120531","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The males of the family Formicidae of the Malagasy region, including the islands of the southwest Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Comoros, and Seychelles) are reviewed. A male-based synopsis of each subfamily and genera are provided. A richly illustrated male-based key to the eight subfamilies and 72 genera for which males are known are provided. The key is specific to the ant genera and species of the Malagasy region. Terminologies for morphology and wing cells are also reviewed. The keys are a product of three decades of collecting across the region. Despite efforts to collect males for all genera, males from five genera (<i>Brachyponera</i>, <i>Chrysapace</i>, <i>Dicroaspis</i>, <i>Linepithema</i>, <i>Ochetellus</i>) were included in the keys based on males from species collected outside the region, and males from one genus (<i>Parvaponera</i>) are unknown globally and not included in the key.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452741/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381770","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":"A new gorgonian <i>Pseudopterogorgiananjiensis</i> sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Gorgoniidae) from the Nanji Islands, China.","authors":"Tingzai Sun, Yu Xu, Kuidong Xu, Shun Chen, Shangwei Xie, Zifeng Zhan","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.126841","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.126841","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Members of the genus <i>Pseudopterogorgia</i> Kükenthal, 1919 are widely distributed in shallow water of the Indo-West Pacific. During an investigation of benthic biodiversity in the subtidal zone surrounding the Nanji Islands in the East China Sea, two specimens of <i>Pseudopterogorgia</i> were collected and described as a new species based on an integrated morphological-molecular approach. <i>Pseudopterogorgiananjiensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is most similar to <i>P.fredericki</i> Williams & Vennam, 2001 in the irregular branching form and indistinct scaphoids, but differs by the coenenchymal sclerite content of distinct capstans and a few warty spindles and radiates (vs. mostly warty spindles and a few capstans), and a purplish colony (vs. white, pink to deep rose). Molecular phylogenetic analyses, based on the mtMutS-COI gene sequences, delineated a monophyletic clade encompassing all assessed <i>Pseudopterogorgia</i> species. Within this clade, <i>P.nanjiensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> showed a close phylogenetic affinity with both <i>P.fredericki</i> and <i>P.australiensis</i> Ridley, 1884.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452742/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381695","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 : 2024-09-27eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1213.121630
Jongok Lim, Seunghwan Lee
{"title":"Four new species of <i>Laelius</i> Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Korea with an updated key to species in the Eastern Palaearctic region.","authors":"Jongok Lim, Seunghwan Lee","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.121630","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.121630","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The genus <i>Laelius</i> Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) is a cosmopolitan bethylid genus with 68 valid species distributed across most zoogeographic regions worldwide. This taxonomic study on Korean species of <i>Laelius</i> has led to the description of four new species, namely <i>L.afores</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>L.atratus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>L.sulcatus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, and <i>L.tricuspis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> Additionally, illustrations of the diagnostic characteristics of each species are provided, along with an updated key for 11 <i>Laelius</i> species from the Eastern Palaearctic region.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452738/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381769","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 : 2024-09-27eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1213.122708
Yuetian Gao, Wanxin Cai, Yupeng Li, Yan Li, Ding Yang
{"title":"Four complete mitochondrial genomes of the subgenus <i>Pterelachisus</i> (Diptera, Tipulidae, <i>Tipula</i>) and implications for the higher phylogeny of the family Tipulidae.","authors":"Yuetian Gao, Wanxin Cai, Yupeng Li, Yan Li, Ding Yang","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.122708","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.122708","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The complete mitochondrial genomes of Tipula (Pterelachisus) cinereocincta mesacantha Alexander, 1934, T. (P.) legalis Alexander, 1933, T. (P.) varipennis Meigen, 1818, and T. (P.) yasumatsuana Alexander, 1954 are reported, three of them being sequenced for the first time. The mitochondrial genome lengths of the four species are 15,907 bp, 15,625 bp, 15,772 bp, and 15,735 bp, respectively. All genomes exhibit a high AT base composition, with A + T content of 76.7%, 75.0%, 77.8%, and 75.4%, respectively. The newly reported mitogenomes herein show a general similarity in overall structure, gene order, base composition, and nucleotide content to those of the previously studied species within the family Tipulidae. Phylogenetic analyses were conducted to investigate the relationships within Tipulidae, using both Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference approaches. The results show that the four target species of the subgenus T. (Pterelachisus) basically form a monophyletic group within Tipulidae, clustering with species of the <i>Tipula</i> subgenera T. (Lunatipula), T. (Vestiplex), and T. (Formotipula); however, the genus <i>Tipula</i> is not monophyletic. Moreover, neither the tipulid subfamily Tipulinae nor the family Limoniidae is supported to be a monophyletic group. The monophyly of the family Tipulidae, and the sister relationship between Tipulidae and Cylindrotomidae are reconfirmed. These research findings could contribute to deep insights into the systematic and evolutionary patterns of crane flies.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452739/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142383303","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 : 2024-09-26eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1213.131283
Robin Kundrata, Gabriela Packova
{"title":"Discovery of a new soft-bodied click-beetle genus from Namibia with a unique morphology leads to a modified diagnosis of Drilini (Coleoptera, Elateridae).","authors":"Robin Kundrata, Gabriela Packova","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.131283","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.131283","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drilini are soft-bodied predatory click beetles with incompletely metamorphosed females. Approximately 150 described species are distributed in the Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental realms, with the highest diversity known from sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, we describe <i>Namibdrilusalbertalleni</i> <b>gen. et sp. nov.</b> from Namibia which brings the total number of genera in Drilini to 16. The discovery of this unique taxon sheds new light on the diversity and evolution of the enigmatic paedomorphic beetle lineage and is interesting for several reasons. This new species is the only known representative of Drilini that has unidentate mandibles and lacks a hook on the dorsal part of the aedeagal median lobe, two of the few characters heretofore used for the unambiguous identification of members of this group. Furthermore, based on its morphology it belongs to a group of genera (<i>Drilus</i> clade) which heretofore contained only taxa from the Palaearctic Realm. We provide an updated diagnosis of the tribe Drilini, as well as an updated diagnosis and an identification key for the genera of the <i>Drilus</i> clade based on adult males. Further, we explain how to easily recognize adult Drilini from similar-looking soft-bodied elateroids like Elateridae: Omalisinae, Rhagophthalmidae, and Lampyridae: Ototretinae.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11450458/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381698","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 : 2024-09-26eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178
Bernhard A Huber, Guanliang Meng
{"title":"Old World <i>Micropholcus</i> spiders, with first records of acrocerid parasitoids in Pholcidae (Araneae).","authors":"Bernhard A Huber, Guanliang Meng","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Micropholcus</i> Deeleman-Reinhold & Prinsen, 1987 is one of only two Pholcidae genera known to occur both in the Old and New Worlds. However, there are major morphological and ecological differences among geographically separate groups of species, and it was mainly molecular data that have resulted in our current view of uniting all these species into a single genus. In the Old World, only four species have previously been described. Here, current knowledge about Old World <i>Micropholcus</i> is reviewed, redescribing three of the four previously known species, and describing twelve new species, originating from Saudi Arabia (<i>M.dhahran</i> Huber, <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M.harajah</i> Huber, <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M.alfara</i> Huber, <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M.abha</i> Huber, <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M.tanomah</i> Huber, <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M.bashayer</i> Huber, <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M.maysaan</i> Huber, <b>sp. nov.</b>), Oman (<i>M.darbat</i> Huber, <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M.shaat</i> Huber, <b>sp. nov.</b>), Morocco (<i>M.ghar</i> Huber, <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M.khenifra</i> Huber, Lecigne & Lips, <b>sp. nov.</b>), and the Philippines (<i>M.bukidnon</i> Huber, <b>sp. nov.</b>). We provide an exploratory species delimitation analysis based on CO1 barcodes, extensive SEM data, and first records of Acroceridae (Diptera) larvae in Pholcidae, extracted from book lungs.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11450384/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381771","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 : 2024-09-26eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1213.133171
Étienne Iorio, Lucio Bonato
{"title":"A new species of the rare genus <i>Endogeophilus</i> from southern France, with a key to the European genera of Geophilidae s.l. (Chilopoda).","authors":"Étienne Iorio, Lucio Bonato","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.133171","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.133171","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The geophilid centipede <i>Endogeophilusalberti</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is described and illustrated based on a single specimen collected from Provence, southern France. It is very similar to <i>E.ichnusae</i> Bonato, Zapparoli, Drago & Minelli, 2016, which is known only from three specimens from south-western Sardinia, and was the only species in the genus <i>Endogeophilus</i> Bonato, Zapparoli, Drago & Minelli, 2016. Both species share a remarkably narrow body, very short setae, and an unusually high number of legs, which are relatively stout. All these traits are rare among geophilids and suggest an endogeic life style. Despite of the very few specimens available for comparison and the difficulties to distinguish inter-specific differences from intra-specific variation, the two species differ at least in the shape of the pretarsi of the second maxillae and the shape of the forcipules. A revised diagnosis of the genus <i>Endogeophilus</i> is also provided, with an identification key to all genera of Geophilidae s.l. recorded so far in Europe, based on selected characters to evaluate without anatomical dissection and illustrated with original pictures.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11450460/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381696","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 : 2024-09-26eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1213.132318
Jun Wu, Huilin Han
{"title":"A taxonomic review of the genus <i>Fignya</i> Solovyev & Witt, 2009 (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae) with descriptions of three new species and one new combination.","authors":"Jun Wu, Huilin Han","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.132318","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.132318","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Three new species of the genus <i>Fignya</i> Solovyev & Witt, 2009, <i>F.qiana</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>F.trigonum</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, and <i>F.samkosa</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, are described from China and Cambodia. Additionally, a new combination, <i>F.brachygnatha</i> (Wu & Fang, 2008), <b>comb. nov.</b>, is proposed. The new species are illustrated with images of the adults and male genitalia, and compared with similar species. A key to all known species in the genus, along with their geographical distributions, is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11450461/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381697","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 : 2024-09-25eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1213.118594
Hélcio R Gil-Santana, Jader Oliveira
{"title":"First record of <i>Buninotus</i> Maldonado Capriles and <i>B.palikur</i> Castro-Huertas, Forero & Melo from Brazil, with taxonomic notes (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Emesinae) and an updated key to the genera of Saicini of the New World.","authors":"Hélcio R Gil-Santana, Jader Oliveira","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.118594","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.118594","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Buninotus</i> Maldonado Capriles, 1981 and <i>Buninotuspalikur</i> Castro-Huertas, Forero & Melo, 2022 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Emesinae, Saicini) are recorded from Brazil for the first time. Taxonomic notes on <i>Buninotus</i> and its species are provided mainly based on the examination and photographs of the holotype and paratype of <i>Buninotusniger</i> Maldonado Capriles, 1981. Previous doubts on some characteristics of the genus are clarified. A hypothesis suggesting that the holotype and paratype of <i>B.niger</i> may belong to different species is presented. An updated key to the New World genera of Saicini is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11447457/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373099","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 : 2024-09-25eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1213.123839
Rong Zhou, Ling Huang, Yi-Tong Ma
{"title":"Smooth post-labial chaetae in <i>Homidia</i> (Collembola, Entomobryidae) and the description of four new species from China with the aid of DNA barcoding.","authors":"Rong Zhou, Ling Huang, Yi-Tong Ma","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.123839","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1213.123839","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Four new species of <i>Homidia</i> are described from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. <i>Homidialongiantenna</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is characterised by its long antenna and slightly expanded post-labial chaetae; <i>H.guangxiensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> by the presence of smooth chaetae on the post-labium and posterior face of the ventral tube; <i>H.huapingensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> by the presence of smooth post-labial chaetae and pointed tenent hairs; and <i>H.oligoseta</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> by the pointed tenent hairs and fewer macrochaetae on Abdomen IV. Additions to the original description of <i>Homidiaacutus</i> Jing & Ma, 2022 are also provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11447461/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373100","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}