IF 0.8 4区生物学

Zootaxa Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.6

Armin W Lorenz, Julian Enss, Thomas P B Hörren, Klaus Enting

{"title":"The stonefly Taeniopteryx schoenemundi (Mertens, 1923) (Insecta: Plecoptera) conquers Europe's busiest waterway the Lower River Rhine.","authors":"Armin W Lorenz, Julian Enss, Thomas P B Hörren, Klaus Enting","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.6","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"Recent observations of winter-active Taeniopterygidae in mid-sized Central European rivers reveal that these large-river stonefly species, previously thought to have been extirpated by severe water pollution, have persisted in hidden refugia. During February and March 2024, we conducted a comprehensive survey along a 300-km section of the lower River Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, spanning from Bonn to the Dutch border. We recorded adults and exuviae of the stonefly Taeniopteryx schoenemundi (Mertens, 1923) at 13 locations along the Rhine and 2 additional sites in its tributaries, the Ruhr and Wupper rivers. These findings, together with recent records from other Rhine tributaries, suggest that colonization by T. schoenemundi has occurred from these tributary populations. Significant anthropogenic alterations in the river's habitat may have created conditions now favorable for T. schoenemundi, a species not historically observed in the Rhine. This discovery marks the first confirmed presence of a stonefly in the lower Rhine in nearly a century, representing a noteworthy milestone in the river's recovery. Furthermore, the resurgence of T. schoenemundi within this heavily modified waterway underscores the potential for substantial improvement in water quality, offering renewed prospects for the restoration of native biodiversity in the Rhine system.","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5618 1","pages":"97-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774271","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}

引用次数: 0

Taxonomic notes on Evarcha flavocincta (C. L. Koch, 1846) (Araneae: Salticidae).

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Zootaxa Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.11

John T D Caleb, Mathew M Joseph

引用次数: 0

Evolutionary history of the polymorphic Coatzacoalcos River endemic Thorichthys panchovillai (Cichliformes: Cichlidae).

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Zootaxa Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.2

Diego J Elías, Isaí Betancourt-Resendes, Alejandro Díaz-Flores, David T Camak, Omar Domínguez-Domínguez, Juan M Artigas-Azas, Kyle R Piller, Caleb D McMahan

{"title":"Evolutionary history of the polymorphic Coatzacoalcos River endemic Thorichthys panchovillai (Cichliformes: Cichlidae).","authors":"Diego J Elías, Isaí Betancourt-Resendes, Alejandro Díaz-Flores, David T Camak, Omar Domínguez-Domínguez, Juan M Artigas-Azas, Kyle R Piller, Caleb D McMahan","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.2","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"Cichlids of the genus Thorichthys are a morphologically diverse clade of nine species occurring from Mexico south to the Motagua River in Guatemala and Honduras. Our understanding of species relationships within Thorichthys and other genera of Northern Neotropical cichlids has improved in recent years; however, phylogenetic placement of some species, as well as population-level variation, remains understudied. Thorichthys panchovillai is a polymorphic species endemic to the Coatzacoalcos River in the Atlantic slope of Mexico. The species was described from the upper reaches of this river, and since that time phenotypic variation in coloration and body shape has been observed. However, the species has never been included in a molecular phylogenetic study to understand its evolutionary relationships within the genus and better relate the observed morphological polymorphism to genetic patterns within this species. In this study we use mitochondrial data to study the phylogenetic placement of T. panchovillai in the context of all other species of Thorichthys. Results show that spatially segregated haplotypes correspond to two main morphotypes of T. panchovillai and allow for the proposal of hypotheses regarding maintenance of this polymorphism in the Coatzacoalcos River.","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5618 1","pages":"29-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774247","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}

引用次数: 0

A new species of Ampelisca Krøyer, 1842 (Amphipoda, Ampeliscidae) from Potiguar Basin, Brazil.

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Zootaxa Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.8

Rômulo Marinho, Jesser F Souza-Filho

引用次数: 0

Description of a new species of the genus Mimaporia Wei & Yen (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Epicopeiidae).

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Zootaxa Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.9

Si-Yao Huang, Geoff Martin

引用次数: 0

Cambarus ocoeensis, a new species of crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Ocoee River Basin of Tennessee, USA.

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Zootaxa Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.7

Roger F Thoma, Bronwyn W Williams

{"title":"Cambarus ocoeensis, a new species of crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Ocoee River Basin of Tennessee, USA.","authors":"Roger F Thoma, Bronwyn W Williams","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.7","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"Cambarus ocoeensis sp. nov. is described from the Ocoee River Gorge area of Tennessee. The species is morphologically most similar to Cambarus hiwasseensis Hobbs, 1981, but differs from C. hiwasseensis in the following ways: first pereopod chelae in general less sculpted, usually with one row of palmer tubercles, if second row present very weakly developed and consisting of six or fewer tubercles, lateral margin not costate, lateral impression weak at most but usually absent; areola length 2.5-4.1 times greater than width, having 5-8 punctations in narrowest part; size at maturity smaller with MI ranging from 21.8 to 30.9 mm total carapace length (24.6-40.0 mm in C. hiwasseensis); and antennal scale broadest at midpoint. It can be distinguished from other morphologically similar species-those with acuminate rostra-from the Hiwassee River basin of northern Georgia, southeast Tennessee, and western North Carolina area in lacking lateral rostral spines/tubercles and cervical spines. Cambarus ocoeensis sp. nov. is genetically most closely related to an undescribed member of the Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) species complex.","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5618 1","pages":"106-118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774238","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}

引用次数: 0

A taxonomic integrative approach of the anuran species from a Cerrado-Amazonian transitional area in western Tocantins state, Brazil.

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Zootaxa Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.1

Renata Moleiro Fadel, Leandro Alves DA Silva, Luis Reginaldo Ribeiro Rodrigues, Reuber Albuquerque Brandão, Diego José Santana, Sarah Mangia

{"title":"A taxonomic integrative approach of the anuran species from a Cerrado-Amazonian transitional area in western Tocantins state, Brazil.","authors":"Renata Moleiro Fadel, Leandro Alves DA Silva, Luis Reginaldo Ribeiro Rodrigues, Reuber Albuquerque Brandão, Diego José Santana, Sarah Mangia","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.1","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Due to their complexity environments, ecotonal areas harbor high levels of biodiversity. The Cerrado is geographically situated among other Brazilian biomes and exhibits extensive transitional areas with neighboring biomes. The state of Tocantins, in northern Brazil, has a vast transitional area between the Cerrado and Amazonia in the North and West. Despite the remarkable richness revealed in recent studies, the anuran fauna of Tocantins is likely underestimated, as several municipalities have knowledge gaps, particularly those located in these Cerrado-Amazonia transitional areas. Here, we improve the knowledge of amphibians' diversity in a Cerrado-Amazonia transitional area in western Tocantins state using integrative taxonomy. We conducted four field expeditions in the Caseara municipality, totaling 50 days of fieldwork. We performed diurnal and nocturnal active surveys and installed pitfall traps along an environmental gradient, ranging from typical Cerrado habitats to typical Amazon habitats. We combined morphology, bioacoustic, and mtDNA to improve the identification of the collected specimens. In total, we collected 738 vouchers assigned to 42 species belonging to seven families. We also present morphometric data for 38 of the recorded species (n = 609), acoustic data for 19 species, and 21 new 16S mtDNA sequences for seven species. These new data were essential to identify 38 of the 42 recorded species at the species level, including interesting new records for species like Allobates crombiei and Scinax similis. Four recorded species remained with an undefined status: Boana sp. (gr. semilineata), Adenomera sp. (aff. hylaedactyla), Physalaemus sp. (gr. cuvieri), and Proceratophrys sp. (cf. ararype). We encourage the use of similar approaches in species inventories to ensure taxonomic accuracy and to provide reliable data for conservation policies.","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5618 1","pages":"1-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774228","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}

引用次数: 0

Revised generic placement of Bruchomorpha rugosa Metcalf (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Caliscelidae) with an assessment of Fitchiella Van Duzee, a genus of conservation interest.

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Zootaxa Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.5

Solomon V Hendrix, Charles R Bartlett, Abner S DE Freitas

引用次数: 0

Description of a new species of Brachygaster Leach (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from India with a key to species.

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Zootaxa Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.10

A Rameshkumar, S I Kazmi, H M Yeshwanth, A Barua

引用次数: 0

A review of the Ocaria arpoxais species group (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) with the description of a new species previously confused with O. cinerea (Lathy).

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Zootaxa Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.3

Christophe Faynel, Robert C Busby, Diego R Dolibaina, Blanca Huertas, Christer Fåhraeus

{"title":"A review of the Ocaria arpoxais species group (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) with the description of a new species previously confused with O. cinerea (Lathy).","authors":"Christophe Faynel, Robert C Busby, Diego R Dolibaina, Blanca Huertas, Christer Fåhraeus","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.3","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Ocaria Clench comprises fourteen small to medium-sized Neotropical species within the Eumaeini tribe (Lycaenidae: Theclinae). They inhabit lowland to mid-montane habitats across Central and South America. A phylogenetic analysis of Ocaria is presented based on the COI barcode region to test the monophyly and species composition of the arpoxais group, a subset of six species sharing similar size and wing patterns. The genus Arases K. Johnson, syn. rest., is reestablished as a synonym of Ocaria, and two species recently assigned to Arases are transferred to Ocaria: O. moseranki (Bálint) comb. nov. and O. pricarlosi (Bálint) comb. nov. During the comprehensive review of the arpoxais group, an undescribed species has been identified based on differences in wing morphology, genital structures, genetic markers (COI) and geographic distribution. Ocaria delphinae Faynel, Fåhraeus & Busby sp. nov. is described from 48 male and two female specimens, with Peru as type locality. It is widely distributed across South America in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia and had historically been confused with O. cinerea. Females are associated with males for the first time and illustrated along with their genitalia when possible. Key diagnostic characters for adults are detailed and illustrated. Updated distribution maps are provided for all species within this group.","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5618 1","pages":"47-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774224","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}

引用次数: 0

Zootaxa最新文献