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{"title":"First representatives of the stonefly genus Perlomyia and the beaded lacewing genus Isoscelipteron from the Upper Miocene of France (Plecoptera: Leuctridae and Neuroptera: Berothidae), with biogeographical considerations","authors":"Mathieu Boderau, V. Ngô-Muller, André Nel","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.8","url":null,"abstract":"The leuctrid stonefly Perlomyia cantalensis sp. nov. and the berothid lacewing Isoscelipteron bertrandi sp. nov. are described from the Upper Miocene (ca. 5.60 ± 0.3 Ma) Konservat-Laggerstätte of Sainte-Reine (Cantal, France). They represent the first fossil representatives of their respective genera. Perlomyia Banks, 1906 is currently distributed in the Eastern Palearctic and the Western Nearctic coasts and islands. All extant Perlomyia spp. are known to live in streams, rivers and creeks, suggesting the presence of rivers connected to the maar paleolake of Sainte-Reine. The genus Perlomyia was much more widely distributed during the Miocene than today and probably disappeared in Europe due to the Quaternary glaciations. The genus Isoscelipteron Costa, 1863 is currently distributed in the Nearctic, Eastern Palaearctic, Indomalaysia, and Australasia regions, together with two relictual Mediterranean species. These two examples show that the study of the entomofauna from the diatomite outcrops of the Miocene of center of France helps to calibrate the history and origin of modern Palearctic insects.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":507495,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"120 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141646888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New records, diagnostics and preliminary checklist of the superfamily Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Comoro Islands","authors":"Vincent Nicolas, A. Carapezza, David A. Rider, P. Kment","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"The following species are recorded from the Comoro Islands for the first time: 12 species of Pentatomidae: Pentatominae—Anoano pronotalis Cachan, 1952 (from Mayotte), Antestiopsis clymeneis cf. galtiei (Frappa, 1934) (Mayotte), Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister, 1835) (Mayotte), Bathycoelia rodhaini Schouteden, 1913 (Mayotte), Coquerelia ventralis Horváth, 1904 (Mayotte), Eurysaspis transversalis Signoret, 1851 (Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mayotte), Gadarscama ebenaui Reuter, 1887 (Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mohéli, Mayotte), Lerida annulicornis (Signoret, 1861) (Anjouan, Mayotte), Neoacrosternum validum (Horváth, 1904) (Grand Comore, Mayotte), Nezara viridula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mayotte), Piezodorus hybneri (Gmelin, 1790) (Mayotte), and Stenozygum mirabile (Signoret, 1861) (Mayotte); two species of Plataspidae—Brachyplatys hemisphaerica (Westwood, 1837) (Mayotte) and Coptosoma maculatum Westwood, 1837 (Mayotte); and one species of Scutelleridae—Hotea denticulata Stål, 1865 (Mayotte). The endemic pentatomine species Bathycoelia cuneifera Bergroth, 1893, syn. nov., is recognized as a junior subjective synonym of the widely distributed African species Bathycoelia thalassina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844). The lectotype of B. cuneifera is designated herein. The checklist of the Pentatomoidea of Comoro Islands includes six species of Cydnidae, 21 species of Pentatomidae, two species of Plataspidae, one species of Scutelleridae and 1 species of Tessaratomidae. Of these species, six are endemic to the archipelago, 14 species are subendemic (shared with Madagascar and/or Aldabra Atoll), and nine species are widespread, occurring also on the African mainland (including the cosmopolitan pest Nezara viridula and two species of Bathycoelia Amyot & Serville, 1843 from the Guinean area, all three possibly alien to the archipelago). We document an additional eight species (six species of Pentatomidae, one species of each Scutelleridae and Tessaratomidae) that are identified to generic level only (two recorded from Grand Comore, seven from Mayotte, one of them occuring in both islands). Mayotte is the best sampled island, with 28 recorded species, followed by Grande Comore (11 species), Anjouan (six species), and Mohéli (four species). In addition the following new records are provided: Bathycoelia rodhaini from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon and Zambia, Bathycoelia thalassina from Central African Republic and Ethiopia, and Piezodorus hybneri from Angola (Cabinda) and Sierra Leone. The type locality of Eurysaspis transversalis Signoret, 1851, India: Puducherry, is considered an error as the species occurs only in Madagascar and Comoros. The following plant associations are recorded from Mayotte: Bagrada hilaris on Cleome viscosa (Cleomaceae), Eurysaspis transversalis on Senna singueana (Fabaceae), and Piezosternum sp. on Cucumis sativus (Cucurbitaceae) and Mikania capensis (Asteraceae).\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":507495,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"51 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141644698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A revision of the Carebara pygmaea (Emery, 1887) species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Thailand","authors":"Chaipat Wimolsuthikul, S. Yamane, Y. Samung, W. Jaitrong","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.5","url":null,"abstract":"The Carebara pygmaea (Emery, 1887) species group in Thailand is reviewed. Among them, five species are recognized, including two newly described species, Carebara adisaki Wimolsuthikul & Jaitrong, sp. nov., and Carebara parvar Wimolsuthikul & Jaitrong, sp. nov., both of which are illustrated based on major and minor workers. In addition, Carebara bokorensis Matsuura & Hosoishi, 2024 is reported in Thailand for the first time. The study also describes a dealate queen of C. pygmaea and an ergatoid queen of C. bokorensis for the first time. Keys to the Thai species of the C. pygmaea species group are provided based on the major and minor workers.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":507495,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141645559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A review of the Oriental Copelatus latipes complex, with the description of two new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae)","authors":"Jiří Hájek, Sayali D. Sheth","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"The Copelatus latipes species complex is introduced for Oriental species of Copelatus Erichson, 1832 belonging to the C. irinus group and characterised by the presence of processes on the ventral side of the median lobe of the aedeagus, forming a “beak-shaped” structure. The complex comprises six species, including two newly described taxa: Copelatus bezdeki Sheth, Ghate & Hájek, 2018 (India), C. brivioi Rocchi, 1976 (Bangladesh, India, Nepal), C. kopetzi sp. nov. (Nepal), C. lanxangensis sp. nov. (Laos), C. latipes Sharp, 1882 (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia) and C. schereri Wewalka, 1981 (India, Sri Lanka). All species are diagnosed, and their habitus and male genitalia are illustrated.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":507495,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"46 34","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141645046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Redescriptions of two Lestidiops species (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from Japan, with comments on their morphology","authors":"Hsuan-Ching Ho, TSUNG-YU Yang","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"Specimens of two barracudina species, Lestidiops sphyraenopsis Hubbs and Lestidiops ringens (Jordan & Gilbert), collected from Japan, were examined. Both species were originally described from the northeastern Pacific and are widespread in both sides of northern Pacific Ocean. Diagnoses, detailed descriptions, and complete morphological data for both species are provided. These two species exhibit several distinct features that differ from those of their congeners, and their morphological characteristics are discussed.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":507495,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"23 16","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141646081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Conostigmus nankunensis (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea), a new species from China with a long facial sulcus","authors":"Chenzhengxin Qian, Fang Li, Yixin Huang, XU Wang","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.9","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of the megaspiline genus Conostigmus Dahlbom with a distinct facial sulcus is described and figured from material collected in yellow pan traps. Conostigmus nankunensis Qian and Wang sp. nov., is the fifth species of Conostigmus described from China.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":507495,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"32 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141646780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Early development of Brachyplatystoma juruense (Boulenger, 1898) (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)","authors":"FABÍOLA KATRINE SOUZA DA SILVA, R. Cajado, L. Oliveira, Darliane C Santos, Leandro Cortes Avila, D. Zacardi","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"The early development stages of Brachyplatystoma juruense (Boulenger) are described through morphological, meristic, and morphometric data, providing useful traits to identify its larvae and juveniles. Additionally, the growth pattern throughout the species’ development has been determined from the smallest specimen of 3.93 mm (flexion) to the largest of 25.77 mm (juvenile). Ninety-one specimens classified into two larval stages (flexion and postflexion) and five juveniles were analyzed. The individuals were collected between 2011 and 2019 at sampling stations distributed across the Amazon basin, in the water systems of the Japurá, Solimões, and Amazonas rivers. The larvae and juveniles are characterized by having small, spherical eye, terminal mouth, rounded snout, and a dorsoventrally flattened head with three pairs of barbels (two pairs of mental barbels and one pair of maxillary). The anus does not reach the midbody region, and the adipose fin has a triangular shape. The upper caudal-fin rays extend, forming long caudal filaments. Initial pigmentation is restricted to dendritic and punctiform chromatophores irregularly distributed on the dorsal region of the head, and from postflexion onwards, along the dorsal region of the body. The total number of myomeres varies from 58 to 59 (22 pre-anal and 36 to 37 post-anal). During early development, B. juruense exhibits predominantly isometric growth. Larvae and juveniles of B. juruense can be identified by the number of myomeres, external morphology including pigmentation, head shape, and morphometric proportions. This information is essential for the accurate identification of larvae and juveniles captured in their natural environment. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":507495,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"8 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141648429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A cautionary note on synonymization based on mitochondrial data in Orthoptera: a comment of Hochkirch et al. 2023","authors":"Benoit Nabholz, Stéphane Puissant, Bernard Defaut","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.10","url":null,"abstract":"Hochkirch et al. (2023) recently published a phylogeny of the band-winged grasshopper genus Oedipoda. Using three mitochondrial and one nuclear loci, they estimated the phylogeny of 177 specimens. This phylogeny offers insights into the evolutionary history and biogeography of the group and demonstrates the usefulness of molecular data to estimated populations and species histories. They also provide valid taxonomical changes, raising two former subspecies and one former synonymy to the species level. However, we believe that taxonomic changes regarding synonymization proposed by the authors are premature given the data utilized. Indeed, we will illustrate cases below where well-established species lack support from mitochondrial data, which is comparable to or even more extensive than that used by Hochkirch et al. (2023).\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":507495,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"46 41","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141644801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Revision of the Chinese endemic subgenus Tschitscherinea Berg, with descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae)","authors":"WEN-QI Yin, JIA-HENG Chen, HONG-LIANG SHI","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"The subgenus Tschitscherinea Berg, 1898 of the genus Pterostichus is reviewed with eight species recognized. Three new species are described: Pterostichus (Tschitscherinea) spissipedes sp. nov. (type locality: Laojunshan, Yunnan, N26.63°, E99.72°), P. (T.) spectabilis sp. nov. (type locality: Luguhu, Yunnan, N27.63°, E100.82°), P. (T.) jiuzhaiicus sp. nov. (type locality: Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan). A new subgeneral synonym is proposed: Jedlickaia Sciaky, 1997 is a junior synonym of Tschitscherinea Berg, 1898 syn. nov. All eight species of the subgenus are keyed, described and illustrated. Pterostichus (Morphohaptoderus) parvicollis Sciaky & Wrase, 1997, a species showing morphological similarities to the subgenus Tschitscherinea, is described and illustrated based on the newly reported male specimen.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":507495,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"109 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141647265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The subgenus Astomyrme Schwartz, 1984 in the Iberian Peninsula: associating Physetopoda pusilla (Klug in Waltl, 1835) with Smicromyrme suberratus Invrea, 1957, and description of the hitherto unknown female of S. matritentis (Mercet, 1905) (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)","authors":"Rafael Matias","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5480.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5480.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"The sexually dimorphic mutillid wasps (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) are generally poorly known insects; in the Iberian Peninsula several common and widespread species are known from only one sex, for which sex-associations still need to be established. Such is the case with Smicromyrme (Astomyrme) suberratus Invrea, 1957, known only from males, and Physetopoda pusilla (Klug in Waltl, 1835), known from females. In this paper, making use of conclusive sex-association experiments and other elements, S. suberratus and P. pusilla are discovered to be opposite sexes of the same species, nearly 200 years after the female holotype was collected; female (including holotype) and male are redescribed, complemented with an illustrated account of their intraspecific variation. New combination and new synonymy are proposed for Smicromyrme (Astomyrme) pusillus (Klug in Waltl, 1835), comb. nov. (=Mutilla subcomata Radoszkowski, 1888, syn. nov. and =Smicromyrme suberrata Invrea, 1957, syn. nov.). The geographical distribution of the male sex (mostly western Mediterranean), suggests the female of a similar, cryptic species, may represent the records of P. pusilla in eastern areas, where the male (i.e. S. suberratus) is currently unknown. The Iberian endemic Smicromyrme matritensis (Mercet, 1905) is newly found in Portugal, its hitherto unknown female is described, and the male redescribed. Structural features of both males and females place these two species unequivocally in the subgenus Astomyrme Schwartz, 1984; diagnostic features of Astomyrme females are discussed. Notes are presented regarding a third Iberian Astomyrme, S. (A.) opistomelas Invrea, 1950. An updated key to the Smicromyrme Thomson, 1870 of the Iberian Peninsula is included.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":507495,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"83 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141655696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}