ZootaxaPub Date : 2024-08-08DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5493.1.4
J. D. Marmels
{"title":"Neocordulia maurocostai sp. nov. (Odonata, Anisoptera: Oxygastridae), a new species of Emerald dragonfly from western Pantepui region, Venezuela","authors":"J. D. Marmels","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5493.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5493.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"The new species is described and illustrated from two males (holotype: Venezuela, Amazonas State, Serranía del Cuao, Caño Negro, 1440 m elevation, 5.087°N, 67.438°W, deposited in the MIZA Odonata collection, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Faculty of Agronomy, Maracay). The new species differs from all other species so far known mainly in structure of posterior hamulus and cercus. The subgenus Mesocordulia May, 1992 is formally elevated to generic rank different from Neocordulia Selys, 1882. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141926319","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 : 2024-08-08DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5493.1.5
Liang-Liang Zeng, Qingbo Huo, YU-ZHOU DU
{"title":"Revision of Neoperla minor Chu with a new synonym and a new species of Neoperla Needham (Plecoptera: Perlidae)","authors":"Liang-Liang Zeng, Qingbo Huo, YU-ZHOU DU","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5493.1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5493.1.5","url":null,"abstract":"Neoperla yao Stark, 1987 is placed as a junior synonym of N. minor Chu, 1929. Neoperla moae sp. nov., from Zhejiang, China and misidentified previously as N. minor, is redescribed and proposed as new to science in this paper.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141927118","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 : 2024-08-08DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5493.1.3
Alexey M. Prozorov, Aidas Saldaitis, Tatiana A. Prozorova, R. Yakovlev, Julia S. Volkova, Harald Sulak, T. F. Tujuba, Edita E. Revay, Günter C. Müller
{"title":"Description of two new species of the genus Dollmania (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae)","authors":"Alexey M. Prozorov, Aidas Saldaitis, Tatiana A. Prozorova, R. Yakovlev, Julia S. Volkova, Harald Sulak, T. F. Tujuba, Edita E. Revay, Günter C. Müller","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5493.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5493.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Two new species of the genus Dollmania Tams, 1930 are described: Dollmania lola sp. n. from Ivory Coast and Dollmania reggie sp. n. from Somalia. Two new junior subjective synonyms, Dollmania purpurascens (Aurivillius, 1909) syn. n. and Dollmania plinthochroa Tams, 1930 syn. n., are established for Dollmania cuprea (Distant, 1897) based on results of molecular analysis. Thus, D. cuprea has the largest distribution in the genus including: Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tanzanian Dollmania marwitzi (Strand, 1913) stat. rev. and Dollmania reussi (Strand, 1913) stat. rev. previously considered to be synonyms of D. purpurascens are raised back to the species level based on results of molecular analysis. Female genitalia of all species are illustrated for the first time. Adults, their genitalia, maps with collecting sites, phylogenetic tree, and matrix with p-distances are illustrated as well.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141928699","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 : 2024-05-24DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5456.1.1
OLEKSANDR VARGA
{"title":"Checklist of the Ichneumonidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) of Ukraine","authors":"OLEKSANDR VARGA","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5456.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5456.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides the first summary on the distribution of the Ukrainian Ichneumonidae based on both literature and collection resources. The checklist contains 1,840 species, of which 42 are first records from Ukraine and Apoclima rossicum Humala, 2007 is the first record from Western Palaearctic. The condition and representativeness of the national collection of Darwin wasps and prospective directions for further studies are discussed.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141101795","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 : 2024-05-24DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5457.1.1
Alberto Sánchez‐Vialas, Luis A. COPETE-MOSQUERA, Marta Calvo-Revuelta
{"title":"Contributions to the amphibians and reptiles of Myanmar: insights from the Leonardo Fea legacy housed at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales of Madrid","authors":"Alberto Sánchez‐Vialas, Luis A. COPETE-MOSQUERA, Marta Calvo-Revuelta","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5457.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5457.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"The Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN) holds a significant repository of historical specimens collected by Leonardo Fea in Myanmar from 1885 to 1889, which have remained overlooked for decades. In this work, we present a commented taxonomic catalogue of the MNCN amphibians and reptiles collected by L. Fea. Based on this material, we unveil the first documented record of Wijayarana melasma in Myanmar and identify a potential new species of Leptobrachium. Also, the collection contains several topotypes of six species: Limnonectes macrognathus, Orixalus carinensis, Chirixalus doriae, Xenophrys parva, Brachytarsophrys carinense, and Leiolepis ocellata. These findings emphasize the crucial role of scientific collections in revealing information that have gone unnoticed for more than a century, hinting at a potential underestimation of Myanmar's biodiversity. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141099735","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 : 2024-05-23DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5455.1.1
F. B. Ribeiro, Paula Beatriz de Araujo
{"title":"Taxonomic review of the genus Parastacus Huxley, 1879 (Decapoda: Astacidea: Parastacidae) with description of five new species","authors":"F. B. Ribeiro, Paula Beatriz de Araujo","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5455.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5455.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"The freshwater crayfish genus Parastacus Huxley, 1879 (Parastacidae) is reviewed. Seven species are redescribed: Parastacus brasiliensis (von Martens, 1869), P. defossus Faxon, 1898, P. laevigatus Buckup & Rossi, 1980, P. pilimanus (von Martens, 1869), P. pugnax (Poepigg, 1835), P. promatensis Fontoura & Conter, 2008, and P. varicosus Faxon, 1898. In addition, five new species are described: Parastacus bah, P. heterochaelis, P. manezinho, P. quasimodo and P. rudolphi. Descriptions, diagnoses, and synonyms of the genus and species are provided. In addition, information on the geographical distribution and an identification key is presented for all species. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141105865","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 : 2024-05-23DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5454.1.1
Harsimranjeet Singh, A. Raha, J. S. Kirti, N. Singh
{"title":"Taxonomic review of the genus Lemyra Walker (Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India","authors":"Harsimranjeet Singh, A. Raha, J. S. Kirti, N. Singh","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5454.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5454.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"In the present manuscript, we review the genus Lemyra Walker, 1856 from India by examining the specimens collected freshly from different parts of India from 2016 to 2019 and from the National Zoological Collection of the Zoological Survey of India (NZCZSI). The revised status of Lemyra in India is presented by describing seven new species: Lemyra (Thyrgorina) rubripecta sp. nov., L. (T.) densimacula sp. nov., L. (T.) fortiorspina sp. nov., L. (T.) apatani sp. nov., L. (T.) adunca sp. nov., L. (T.) obsoleta sp. nov. and L. (T.) pinus sp. nov., synonymizing equal number of species: L. (T.) punctilinea (Moore, 1879), syn. nov. under L. (T.) flavalis (Moore, 1865), L. (T.) magnaproteus N. Singh & Kirti, 2016, syn. nov. under L. (T.) proteus (De Joannis, 1928), Thanatarctia costalis Kaleka, 2012: 51, syn. nov., Thanatarctia collarlis Kaleka, 2012: 53, syn. nov., L. (T.) collarlis N. Singh, Kirti & Kaleka, 2016: 15, syn. nov. (objective synonym of T. collarlis Kaleka, 2012), L. (T.) pseudocollarlis N. Singh, Kirti & Kaleka, 2016: 16, syn. nov. under L. (T.) nigrescens (Rothschild, 1910) and L. (T.) angularis (Strand, 1919) under L. (T.) spilosomata (Walker, [1865]). The status of L. (T.) aurantiaca (Fang, 1985), a new record to India, is upgraded to species level. Additionally, two species i.e., L. (T.) kaikarisi Saldaitis et al., 2019 and L. (T.) persephone Saldaitis et al., 2020 are reported for the first time from India. An updated checklist of 117 species (including the nominotypical subspecies) and 10 subspecies of Lemyra is provided with 48 species (including the new records and new species described herein) from India. Of the 48 species from India, the systematics of 42 species is provided based on their voucher specimens. We could not study the rest of the six species with their voucher specimens. The detailed diagnoses with closely similar congeners, genitalia illustrations, distributions, individual variations and sexual dimorphism, if any, and bionomics is provided. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141107019","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 : 2024-05-22DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.4.2
M. Potapov, A. Babenko, Yun Bu, B. Bayartogtokh, Ayuna Gulgenova, Yun-xia Luan
{"title":"Taxonomy of the Cryptopygus complex. IV. Cyclomorphosis in three species of Appendisotoma and description of a new species from Kazakhstan (Collembola, Isotomidae)","authors":"M. Potapov, A. Babenko, Yun Bu, B. Bayartogtokh, Ayuna Gulgenova, Yun-xia Luan","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5453.4.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5453.4.2","url":null,"abstract":"Appendisotoma bisetosa Martynova, 1970, A. stebayevae (Grinbergs, 1962) and A. sibirica Stebayeva, 1985 are redescribed based on the material from Palaearctic region. Seasonal cyclomorphosis of the three species is distinguished. The winter form is armed with apical lobe on dens, chitinized furca and larger ocelli. Tenaculum, tenent hairs, and pigmentation can also be affected by cyclomorphosis. Dimorphism of species of Appendisotoma resembles that of several species of Proisotoma s. str. Appendisotoma monomorpha sp. nov. is described from Kazakhstan, taxonomic remarks are given to A. absoloni Rusek, 1966 and A. abiskoensis (Agrell, 1939).\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141112534","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 : 2024-05-22DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.4.3
P. Michailova
{"title":"Markers in the polytene chromosomes of freshwater Chironomus Meigen (Diptera, Chironomidae) species","authors":"P. Michailova","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5453.4.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5453.4.3","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the morphology of the polytene chromosomes, 21 species of the genus Chironomus Meigen from Bulgaria have been identified. Original pictures of the polytene chromosomes are presented for each species. “Basic” sequences were determined for each arm of the polytene chromosomes which are used to determine the corresponding arms of the chromosomes, and the cytocomplex to which the species belongs. The species are distributed in five cytocomplexes: thummi, pseudothummi, parathummi, lacunarius and modified thummi cytocomplexes. Marker sequences have been revealed on chromosome G that are proposed as a species identifier. Cytogenetic characters by which homosequential species of the genus Chironomus can be distinguished are discussed. This study emphasizes the importance of polytene chromosomes for the taxonomy of the species of Chironomus.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141109976","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 : 2024-05-22DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.4.6
YINGQI WANG, G. Xie, Wenkai Wang
{"title":"New data on the genus Eustrangalis Bates from China (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lepturinae)","authors":"YINGQI WANG, G. Xie, Wenkai Wang","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5453.4.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5453.4.6","url":null,"abstract":"In the present paper, a new species, Eustrangalis (Eustrangalis) fuscisuturalis sp. nov. is described and illustrated, Eustrangalis (Metalleustrangalis) aeneipennis aeneipennis (Fairmaire, 1889) is newly recorded from Hubei, China. The syntype photographs of Eustrangalis (Eustrangalis) distenioides Bates, 1884 and holotype photographs of Eustrangalis (Eustrangalis) latericollis Wang & Chiang, 1994 are presented. Photographs of the living adults of E. (Metalleustrangalis) aeneipennis aeneipennis (Fairmaire, 1889) and E. (Eustrangalis) fuscisuturalis sp. nov. are also given.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141110882","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}