ZoosystemaPub Date : 2021-03-16DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a8
Jelisaveta Čkrkić, A. Petrović, Korana Kocić, Ž. Tomanović
{"title":"Insights into phylogenetic relationships between Trioxys Haliday, 1833 and Binodoxys Mackauer, 1960 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae), with a description of a new species of the genus Trioxys","authors":"Jelisaveta Čkrkić, A. Petrović, Korana Kocić, Ž. Tomanović","doi":"10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a8","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the subfamily Aphidiinae Haliday, 1833, certain questions about the relationships between genera remain unresolved. Genera Trioxys Haliday, 1833 and Binodoxys Mackauer, 1960 are considered closely related, based on morphological and molecular analyses. However, recent studies suggest there is a need for a taxonomic revision of the two genera, since molecular data does not support monophyly of the two groups when a larger number of species is used in the analysis. We examine those relationships using molecular data and including a new species we describe in the present study. Trioxys ulmi Čkrkić & Tomanović, n. sp. is a parasitoid of the Japanese elm aphid (Tinocallis takachihoensis Higuchi, 1972) on elm hybrids (Ulmus x hollandica Mill.). Despite its probable Asian origin, this species has gone undescribed until its accidental introduction to Europe, highlighting the importance of continued research efforts.","PeriodicalId":51223,"journal":{"name":"Zoosystema","volume":"43 1","pages":"145 - 154"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46445418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZoosystemaPub Date : 2021-03-09DOI: 10.5252/ZOOSYSTEMA2021V43A7
Zeinab Bargrizaneh, C. Fišer, Somayeh Esmaeili-Rineh
{"title":"Groundwater amphipods of the genus Niphargus Schiødte, 1834 in Boyer-Ahmad region (Iran) with description of two new species","authors":"Zeinab Bargrizaneh, C. Fišer, Somayeh Esmaeili-Rineh","doi":"10.5252/ZOOSYSTEMA2021V43A7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5252/ZOOSYSTEMA2021V43A7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51223,"journal":{"name":"Zoosystema","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44071801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZoosystemaPub Date : 2021-03-02DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a6
S. Boucher, M. Pollet
{"title":"The leaf-miner flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) of Mitaraka, French Guiana","authors":"S. Boucher, M. Pollet","doi":"10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a6","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Preliminary data on the agromyzid fauna (Diptera: Agromyzidae) collected during the “Our Planet Reviewed” expedition in Mitaraka (French Guiana) is provided. A total of 138 specimens representing 10 genera and 50 morphospecies are recorded. Melanagromyza Hendel, 1920 and Ophiomyia Braschnikov, 1897 were the most diverse genera with 15 and 14 species respectively, followed by Phytobia Lioy, 1864 (five species), Japanagromyza Sasakawa, 1958 and Calycomyza Hendel, 1931 (four species each), Liriomyza Mik, 1894 (three species), Nemorimyza Frey, 1946 (two species), and Agromyza Fallén, 1810, Cerodontha Rondani, 1861, and Phytoliriomyza Hendel, 1931 (one species each). Except for Liriomyza and Nemorimyza, all of these genera are recorded from French Guiana for the first time. Nearly 90% of the specimens were collected with a 6 m long Malaise trap installed for eight days on a rocky outcrop (site “savane roche 2”) during the third phase of the expedition in August 2015. Prior to this expedition, only four species of Agromyzidae Fallén, 1823 were reported from French Guiana.","PeriodicalId":51223,"journal":{"name":"Zoosystema","volume":"43 1","pages":"113 - 125"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42559718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZoosystemaPub Date : 2021-02-23DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a5
J. Cruz-López
{"title":"Two new genera and two new species of troglobitic harvestmen of Stygnopsidae (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptoidea) from Oaxaca, Mexico, with notes on selected morphological characters","authors":"J. Cruz-López","doi":"10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a5","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Two monotypic and troglobitic genera of harvestmen are described from caves in Oaxaca, Mexico: The Karosinae Cruz-López & Francke, 2017 Brujita chapulapa n. gen., n. sp. and the Stygnopsinae Sørensen, 1932 Toojah cimutaa n. gen., n. sp., both based on males only. Also, based on the examination of the male holotype of Hoplobunus planus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1973, the new combination is proposed: Mictlana plana (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1973) n. comb., proposing an emended diagnosis for Mictlana Cruz-López & Francke, 2015, including an analysis of the dilemma of the position of the ocularium and observations on selected homoplastic characters. Finally, on the regard of troglobitic stygnopsids, a review of the exclusive morphological traits exhibit by some representatives of the family is addressed, discussing on the putative synapomorphies of each subfamily.","PeriodicalId":51223,"journal":{"name":"Zoosystema","volume":"43 1","pages":"101 - 112"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42311915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZoosystemaPub Date : 2021-02-16DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a4
J. Williams, C. Boyko
{"title":"Out on a limb: novel morphology and position on appendages of two new genera and three new species of ectoparasitic isopods (Epicaridea: Dajidae) infesting isopod and decapod hosts","authors":"J. Williams, C. Boyko","doi":"10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a4","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Adult female dajid isopods are ectoparasites found on carapaces, within marsupia, or rarely attached to the eyestalks or pereopods of crustacean hosts. We describe two new genera and species whose females exhibit a novel spheroid shape and envelope antennules of hosts: Akrophryxus milvus n. gen., n. sp. parasitizing Ethusa machaera Castro, 2005 (Madagascar, c. 900 m) and Telephryxus clypeus n. gen., n. sp. parasitizing Munidopsis crassa Smith, 1885 (Caribbean, c. 5000 m). Females of both species differ from other dajid species in their spheroid shape and a plate partially surrounding the host antennule; males are distinguished by reduction of pereopods. Females of A. milvus n. gen., n. sp. are distinguished from those of T. clypeus n. gen., n. sp. in possessing antennules and a triangular attachment plate with three holes (T. clypeus n. gen., n. sp. lacks antennules and the broad attachment plate has two medial holes). Males of A. milvus n. gen., n. sp. are distinguished from those of T. clypeus n. gen., n. sp. in having only six pairs of pereopods, rudimentary antennules, single segmented antennae, and pleon fused to pereomere 7 (T. clypeus n. gen., n. sp. with rudimentary seventh pair of pereopods, large single segmented antennules, two segmented antennae, and pleon distinct from pereomere 7). Pre-molt epicaridium larvae and cryptoniscus larvae of T. clypeus n. gen., n. sp. are described. We also describe Aegophila cappa n. sp. found on pereopods of the isopod Aegiochus symmetrica (Richardson, 1905) (Bering Sea, c. 650 m), distinguished from the type species of Aegophila Bresciani, 1966 by oostegite morphology of the female, form of the antennae, and shape of the pleon of males. Tables with comparative characters for genera of Dajidae G. O. Sars, 1883 are provided. Dajid life cycles and development are reviewed.","PeriodicalId":51223,"journal":{"name":"Zoosystema","volume":"43 1","pages":"79 - 100"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47980475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZoosystemaPub Date : 2021-01-26DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a3
E. Baquero, R. Jordana, V. Ortuño
{"title":"Distinctive Collembola Communities in the Mesovoid Shallow Substratum: Entomobryomorpha of the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (Central Spain)","authors":"E. Baquero, R. Jordana, V. Ortuño","doi":"10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a3","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The material for this study was obtained after intensive sampling in the colluvial mesovoid shallow substratum, or MSS, of the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park using 33 subterranean sampling devices (SSD). The data were obtained from the first extraction of the traps between May and October of 2015. This paper presents the results for the Entomobryomorpha Börner, 1913, which was part of the Collembola captured. Four families and 12 genera have been studied: Isotomidae Schäffer, 1896 (Folsomia Willem, 1902, Tetracanthella Schött, 1891, Uzelia Absolon, 1901, Folsomides Stach, 1922, Isotomurus Börner, 1903, Parisotoma Bagnall, 1940, Pseudisotoma Handschin, 1924 and Pachyotoma Bagnall, 1949), Orchesellidae Börner, 1906 (Orchesella Templeton, 1835 and Heteromurus Wankel, 1860), Entomobryidae Schäffer, 1896 (Entomobrya Rondani, 1861) and Lepidocyrtidae Wahlgren, 1906 (Lepidocyrtus Bourlet, 1839 and Pseudosinella Schäffer, 1897). The species of Orchesella were studied in a previous paper (Baquero et al. 2017). The richness of the habitat sampled is defined by twenty-one species, eight of which are new: Pachyotoma penalarensis Baquero & Jordana n. sp., Entomobrya guadarramensis Jordana & Baquero n. sp., Entomobrya ledesmai Jordana & Baquero n. sp., Lepidocyrtus labyrinthi Baquero & Jordana n. sp., Lepidocyrtus paralignorum Baquero & Jordana n. sp., Lepidocyrtus purgatori Baquero & Jordana n. sp., Pseudosinella valverdei Baquero & Jordana n. sp. and Pseudosinella gonzaloi Baquero & Jordana n. sp. Entomobrya intermedia Brook, 1884 (England) is discussed and a new name Entomobrya katzi Jordana & Baquero n. sp. is proposed for E. intermedia sensu Katz et al. (2015) based on the American specimens.","PeriodicalId":51223,"journal":{"name":"Zoosystema","volume":"43 1","pages":"37 - 78"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45702534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZoosystemaPub Date : 2021-01-19DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a2
Olivia M. Gearner, T. K. Philips
{"title":"Notaferrum n. gen. (Coleoptera: Ptinidae): the first known spider beetle associated with weaver ants","authors":"Olivia M. Gearner, T. K. Philips","doi":"10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a2","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A new genus name Notaferrum n. gen. is proposed for Ptinus natalensis Pic, 1906. The taxon is diagnosed and described and the only known species redescribed. This taxon, well outside the concept of the genus Ptinus Linnaeus, 1766, is most distinctly characterized by a pair of longitudinal and vertically oriented blade-like ridges located medially on the pronotum, a previously unknown feature in the spider beetles and the more inclusive Bostrichoidea Latreille, 1802. This species is a probable symphile of the African species of weaver ant (Oecophylla longinoda Latreille, 1802), based on both a collection record from inside an ant nest as well as the presence of distinct trichomes on the pronotum. This taxon represents the first record of a spider beetle associated with weaver ants.","PeriodicalId":51223,"journal":{"name":"Zoosystema","volume":"43 1","pages":"29 - 36"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44775838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZoosystemaPub Date : 2021-01-12DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a1
P. R. Bartholomay, K. Williams, R. Cambra, M. Oliveira
{"title":"Revision of the Traumatomutilla gemella species-group (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) with the description of its hitherto unknown males","authors":"P. R. Bartholomay, K. Williams, R. Cambra, M. Oliveira","doi":"10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a1","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Traumatomutilla André, 1901 is a genus of Mutillidae Latreille, 1802 with 14 species-groups, of which the T. gemella group is one of the most poorly known. The hitherto unknown males of Traumatomutilla diophthalma (Klug, 1821), T. chuza Casal, 1969, and T. gemella André, 1906 are described and illustrated. The females of T. andrei (Cresson, 1902), T. angustata (André, 1906), T. chuza Casal, 1969, T. diopthalma (Klug, 1821), and T. gemella (André, 1906) are redescribed. A new species, T. peismatara Bartholomay & Cambra, n. sp. (female from Peru, male from Brazil) is described. Two host records (Podium sp. from Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 and Trypoxylon sp. from Crabronidae Latreille, 1802) are provided for T. diophthalma based on trap nest data. Traumatomutilla rastra Casal, 1969 is recognized as a new synonym of T. angustata (André, 1906).","PeriodicalId":51223,"journal":{"name":"Zoosystema","volume":"43 1","pages":"1 - 28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45980772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZoosystemaPub Date : 2020-12-22DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a32
L. Desutter‐Grandcolas, Léo Faberon
{"title":"Phalangopsidae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) from the Mitaraka biological survey, French Guiana","authors":"L. Desutter‐Grandcolas, Léo Faberon","doi":"10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a32","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The long-legged crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae Blanchard, 1845) collected during the ‘Our Planet Reviewed’ expedition of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, and Pro-Natura International in 2015 in the Mitaraka region (Tumuc-Humac mountains, French Guiana) are studied. Among the 105 specimens, all collected by sight, 21 species (14 genera) have been identified. They include two new genera and eight new species, all described here: Aracopsis hugeli Desutter-Grandcolas, n. gen., n. sp., which calling song is described, close to Phalangopsis Serville, 1831 and Philippopsis Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992; Mellomima guyanensis Desutter-Grandcolas, n. gen., n. sp. close to Mellopsis Mews & Sperber, 2010, Guabamima de Mello, 1992 and Pizacris Sousa-Dias & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2015; and the following species: Ectecous lamelliferus Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp., Lerneca mitarakensis n. sp., Luzaridella miniata n. sp., Luzaridella maculata n. sp., Paraclodes cunicula Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp. and Paraclodes furcata Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp. The genus Paraclodes Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992 n. stat. is restored from its subgeneric status, and the available name Paraclodes guyanensis Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992 n. stat. is used for Paraclodes aptera (Chopard, 1912) as this name is preoccupied by Paraclodes aptera (Giglio-Tos, 1897). The tribe Aclodini Desutter-Grandcolas n. tribe is defined within the Paragryllinae Desutter, 1987 subfamily for the genera Aclodes Hebard, 1928, Paraclodes n. stat. and Uvaroviella Chopard, 1923, previously included in the Heterogryllina Hebard, 1928 (Phalangopsinae Blanchard, 1845, Phalangopsini Blanchard, 1845). The diversity of Guianese Phalangopsidae is discussed, and an updated identification key for Phalangopsidae crickets from French Guiana is proposed.","PeriodicalId":51223,"journal":{"name":"Zoosystema","volume":"42 1","pages":"739 - 797"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46682798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZoosystemaPub Date : 2020-12-15DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a31
H. Tlili, K. Abdellaoui, Ioana C. Chintauan-Marquier, Manel Ben Chouikha, Abdelhamid Moussi, M. Ammar, L. Desutter‐Grandcolas
{"title":"Checklist and taxonomic updates in grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of central and southwestern Tunisia with new records and a key for species identification","authors":"H. Tlili, K. Abdellaoui, Ioana C. Chintauan-Marquier, Manel Ben Chouikha, Abdelhamid Moussi, M. Ammar, L. Desutter‐Grandcolas","doi":"10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a31","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Since the publication of Chopard's 1943 book, Les Orthoptéroides d'Afrique du Nord, the diversity of Orthoptera in Tunisia has not been studied or prospected except for 20 publications. Furthermore, the classification of Orthoptera has changed since 1943 due to taxonomic and phylogenetic advances. To allow a full survey of the Tunisian grasshopper fauna, it is thus necessary first to correctly survey the biological diversity of grasshoppers in Tunisia, and second to have an updated taxonomic reference in order to describe this diversity and compare it with the grasshopper faunas in the other countries of the Maghreb. In the present paper, we propose an updated checklist and a key for the identification of Tunisian grasshoppers, based primarily on field sampling in central and southwestern Tunisia, and literature data for other Tunisian areas. Each species is documented with habitus photographs, geographical distribution, and type of habitat. In total, for the prospected areas, 75 species of Caelifera belonging to five families and 43 genera are listed, while 83 species were recorded up to now for the whole Tunisia. Among these 75 species, seven are newly recorded for Tunisia, i.e., Sphodromerus decoloratus Finot, 1894, Egnatioides coerulans (Krauss, 1893), Dociostaurus biskrensis Moussi & Petit, 2014, Aiolopus puissanti Defaut, 2005, Hilethera aeolopoides (Uvarov, 1922), Leptopternis rothschildi Bolívar, 1913, and Tenuitarsus angustus (Blanchard, 1836); and one species is newly recorded for central and southwestern Tunisia, i.e., Oedipoda fuscocincta fuscocincta Lucas, 1849. We also confirm the presence of two species that were only tentatively recorded in Tunisia, i.e., Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss, 1877) and Stenohippus mundus (Walker, 1871). DNA sequences (COI, ND2 and H3) are presented for 26 taxa, as a first step towards barcoding all Tunisian caeliferan taxa.","PeriodicalId":51223,"journal":{"name":"Zoosystema","volume":"42 1","pages":"607 - 738"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47123118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}