ZootaxaPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.8
Kai Wang, F U Shu, Ling Li, Wen-Jie Dong, Hao-Nan Mu, Ming Su, Wen-Bo Zhu, Meng-Fei Zhang, Ke-Ji Guo, Jing Che
{"title":"A New Cryptic Species of Calotes (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Southeastern Xizang Autonomous Region, China.","authors":"Kai Wang, F U Shu, Ling Li, Wen-Jie Dong, Hao-Nan Mu, Ming Su, Wen-Bo Zhu, Meng-Fei Zhang, Ke-Ji Guo, Jing Che","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.8","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on both morphological and genetic data, we describe a new cryptic species of Calotes from southeastern Xizang Autonomous Region, China. The new species was confused with C. paulus, and it is morphologically most similar to members of the C. paulus complex (namely C. paulus, C. sinyik, and C. zolaiking), but the new species shows considerable genetic divergence from closely resembled congeners and can be diagnosed morphologically by having more vertebral crest scales, more scale rows at mid body, and more caudal vertebrae. With the description of the new species, we also remove C. paulus from the reptile fauna of China.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5609 2","pages":"275-285"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two new earthworm species of the genera Eutyphoeus Michaelsen, 1900 and Priodoscolex Gates, 1940 (Crassiclitellata: Acanthodrilidae) from India.","authors":"Shakoor Ahmed, Dhriti Banerjee, Nithyanandam Marimuthu","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.5","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, two species belonging to the genus Eutyphoeus Michaelsen, 1900, and the rare monotypic genus Priodoscolex Gates, 1940, are described based on collections deposited in the National Zoological Collections, General Non-Chordata Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Eutyphoeus unithecus Ahmed & Marimuthu, sp. nov. is characterized by a single, mid-ventral spermathecal pore in the intersegmental furrow 7/8 and a single associated spermatheca. The monotypic genus Priodoscolex is known from its type locality in the Nandi Hills of Karnataka, southern India. A new species, Priodoscolex maduraiensis Ahmed & Marimuthu, sp. nov., is described here, which is characterized by the presence of three pairs of spermathecal pores on segments 7, 8 and 9. The diagnostic features of the new species are discussed and illustrated.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5609 2","pages":"236-248"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZootaxaPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.11
Nathan Daniel Burkett-Cadena, Ralph E Harbach
{"title":"Correction: Misidentification of a distinct species of Mansonia in India as the New World Psorophora columbiae (Diptera: Culicidae).","authors":"Nathan Daniel Burkett-Cadena, Ralph E Harbach","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5609 2","pages":"298-300"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZootaxaPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.9
Zi-Wei Yin, Jing-Zhe DU
{"title":"Description of Parabolitobius macropterus sp. nov. from Jiangxi, China: a major southern range expansion for the genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Mycetoporinae).","authors":"Zi-Wei Yin, Jing-Zhe DU","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.9","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new species of the mycetoporine genus Parabolitobius Li, Zhao & Sakai, 2000, P. macropterus sp. nov., is described from Meiling National Forest Park, Jiangxi Province, East China, which represents the second confirmed species of this group in the country. The new species is characterized by the parameres of the aedeagus distinctly exceeding the median lobe-a condition similar to those found in P. prolongatus (Sharp, 1888), distributed in Japan. However, P. macropterus sp. nov. can be readily separated by the black coloration of the pronotum, significantly longer elytra, and fully developed hind wings.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5609 2","pages":"286-292"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZootaxaPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.4
Vezio Cottarelli, Maria Cristina Bruno
{"title":"First record and a new taxon of Stammericaris Jakobi, 1972 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Philippines; with an amendment to the generic diagnosis and reassignment of three Palearctic species.","authors":"Vezio Cottarelli, Maria Cristina Bruno","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.4","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report on the finding of Stammericaris galichai sp. nov. in the hyporheic habitat of Cantingas River, Sibuyan Island, the Philippines. The new species is attributed to the genus based on the morphology of the male antennule (of the \"pocket-knife\" type); the presence of a hook on the inner margin of the basis of the male first pereopod; the male third pereopod with a long apophysis and two groups of outer spinules on the first exopodal segment; the endopodite of the male forth pereopod reduced, but corresponding to the basic morphology of the genus, and the basis ornamented with two spinules on inner margin, one of which long and inwardly-curved, one small and with apex consisting of three small lobes. Stammericaris galichai sp. nov. does not have one taxonomically and morphologically closest species within the genus, possibly due to its geographical isolation. Based on some aspects of the morphology of Stammericaris galichai sp. nov. (namely, the shape of the fifth pereopod) and other species of Stammericaris, the description of the genus is slightly amended, and the Palearctic taxa Parastenocaris balcanica Petkovski, 1959, P. nertensis Rouch, 1990, P. triphyda Cottarelli & Bruno, 1993 are transferred to the genus Stammericaris. Stammericaris galichai sp. nov. is the first representative of the genus for the Philippines, and for the entire Oriental Region. The faunistic and biogeographical relevance of the new species is discussed with particular focus on the discovery of this freshwater stygobitic species in a volcanic island which has never been in contact with other landmasses. A map of the distribution of Parastenocarididae hitherto known for the Philippines, including a new station in Mindoro for the endemic Parastenocaris distincta Cottarelli, Bruno & Berera, 2006, is also provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5609 2","pages":"215-235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZootaxaPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.7
José Ricardo Assmann Lemes, Andrew David Warren, Ricardo Russo Siewert, Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke, Mirna Martins Casagrande
{"title":"Two new species of Staphylus (Scantilla) Godman and Salvin, 1896 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Pyrginae, Carcharodini) from Colombia and Mexico.","authors":"José Ricardo Assmann Lemes, Andrew David Warren, Ricardo Russo Siewert, Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke, Mirna Martins Casagrande","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.7","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two new species of Staphylus (Scantilla) are described: Staphylus (Scantilla) bondus A. Warren, H. A. Freeman & Lemes, sp. nov. from Colombia, and Staphylus (Scantilla) freemani A. Warren & Lemes, sp. nov. from Mexico. The two new species can be identified by several wing and genitalia characters that differentiate them from other species in this subgenus. Female genitalia of this subgenus is illustrated for the first time. Analysis of COI data supports both taxa as new species and agrees with morphological characters in placing them in the subgenus Scantilla.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5609 2","pages":"263-274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZootaxaPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.3
Dragan Antić, Ana Margalitadze, Mirko Šević
{"title":"Four new cavernicolous species of the genus Acanthophorella Antić & Makarov, 2016 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Anthroleucosomatidae) from Georgia, Caucasus.","authors":"Dragan Antić, Ana Margalitadze, Mirko Šević","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.3","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Four new, presumably troglobiotic species of the chordeumatidan genus Acanthophorella Antić & Makarov, 2016 are described from several Georgian caves. Acanthophorella didi sp. nov. and A. gaumarjos sp. nov. were discovered in three and one cave in the Racha karst massif, respectively, while A. eto sp. nov. and A. spinicoxa sp. nov. are known each from two caves in the Sataplia-Tskaltubo karst massif and Zemo Imereti plateau, respectively. All four species are properly diagnosed, described, and richly illustrated. Vulvae are described for the first time in Acanthophorella barjadzei Antić & Makarov, 2016, and new records are added for A. valerii Antić in Antić et al., 2023. Notes on the ecology and localities are given for new species. The distribution map and a key to all 10 species of the genus are presented. Distribution and troglomorphism within the genus are briefly discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5609 1","pages":"41-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143773955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZootaxaPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.6
Márcio Limberger, Daniela DA Silva Castiglioni, Sandro Santos
{"title":"Hyalella terrasolis, a new epigean species of freshwater amphipod (Crustacea, Peracarida, Hyalellidae) from southern Brazil.","authors":"Márcio Limberger, Daniela DA Silva Castiglioni, Sandro Santos","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.6","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, a new species of Hyalella is described based on specimens collected in wetlands located in northeast region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Hyalella terrasolis sp. nov. is characterized by presenting smooth body surface, epimeral plates not acuminated, five serrate setae with accessory setae and seven to eight simple setae on the inner face of gnathopod 1, very pronounced lobe of the propodus of gnathopod 2, inner ramus of uropod 1 of males with one curved seta and ten cuspidate setae apically (being a row of six cuspidade setae), uropod 3 with nine or ten cuspidate setae with accessory seta, telson as long as wide (square) with ten short and long cuspidate setae with an accessory seta. We increase to 43 the number of species of Hyalella in Brazil, and 18 to state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5609 1","pages":"97-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143773970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZootaxaPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.9
Yuqing Yao, Xun Bian, Bin Zhang
{"title":"Description of the female of Nigrimacula trigona Duan, Su, Shi & Chang, (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China.","authors":"Yuqing Yao, Xun Bian, Bin Zhang","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.9","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this paper, we present the first description of the female sex of Nigrimacula trigona Duan, Su, Shi & Chang, 2023, based on the specimens from the type locality and deposited in Guangxi Normal University (GXNU). We also provide a key for identifying species within the genus Nigrimacula.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5609 1","pages":"132-136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143773943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZootaxaPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.4
Yuto Tasaku, Munetoshi Maruyama
{"title":"Resolving the taxonomic confusion of Taxicera Mulsant & Rey, 1873 and Dalotia Casey, 1910 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), with the rediscovery of Dalotia pseudorphana (Cameron, 1933), comb. nov., from bird nest material.","authors":"Yuto Tasaku, Munetoshi Maruyama","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.4","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The long-standing taxonomic confusion regarding Japanese and some Oriental species of Taxicera Mulsant & Rey, 1873 and Dalotia Casey, 1910, is resolved based on morphological studies. As a result, Dalotia garuda (Sawada, 1971), comb. nov., Dalotia pendleburyi (Cameron, 1933), comb. nov., and D. pseudorphana (Cameron, 1933), comb. nov. formerly placed in Taxicera are transferred to Dalotia. Furthermore, the rarely collected species D. pseudorphana (Cameron, 1933), comb. nov. was rediscovered in bird nesting materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5609 1","pages":"70-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}