{"title":"Porcellio danieli sp. nov., a new terrestrial isopod from Southern Spain closely related to maghrebian species of the genus (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Porcellionidae)","authors":"Lluc Garcia","doi":"10.35929/rsz.0104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0104","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135883021","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":"Documenting synonymies in Trioceros ituriensis (Schmidt, 1929) with remarks on sexual dimorphism in chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)","authors":"Wolfgang Böhme","doi":"10.35929/rsz.0099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0099","url":null,"abstract":"The synonymization of three nominal chameleonid species-group taxa with Trioceros ituriensis (Schmidt, 1919) is critically discussed by comparing original texts and figures with the respective type specimens. The first case seems clear since homonymy is involved but in the other two cases, despite recent allocations, the identity of the two nominal species is not unambiguously clear. Morphological differences cast some doubt on the currently accepted synonymy. One diagnostic character of T. ituriensis, the hornlessness and smaller size of the males as compared to the females is discussed in respect to other chameleons with a respective sexual dimorphism in contrast to their closest relatives.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135884596","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}
Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin, Souvik Sen, John T. D. Caleb
{"title":"A new spider species of the genus Colopsus Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Western Ghats of India","authors":"Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin, Souvik Sen, John T. D. Caleb","doi":"10.35929/rsz.0102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0102","url":null,"abstract":"A new plexippine jumping spider species, Colopsus peppara sp. nov., is described from males and females collected in the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, in the southern part of the Western Ghats of India. The systematic history of the genus Colopsus is presented and its localities in India are mapped as well.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"163 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135883012","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":"Ancystrocerus spatulatus, a new tmesiphorine species from Tham Sai Yok Noi, western Thailand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)","authors":"Zi-Wei Yin","doi":"10.35929/rsz.0098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0098","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135884908","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}
Jean-François Landry, Bernard Landry, Paul Goldstein
{"title":"On the species formerly assigned to Schrankia Hübner (Erebidae: Hypenodinae) in the Western Hemisphere, with the revalidation of Hypenopsis Dyar and descriptions of three new species","authors":"Jean-François Landry, Bernard Landry, Paul Goldstein","doi":"10.35929/rsz.0109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0109","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Hypenopsis Dyar, 1913 (type species: Hypenodes macula Druce, 1891) is removed from synonymy with Schrankia Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae) and reinstated as valid. Hypenopsis and its type species H. macula (Druce, 1891) are both redescribed based on the first morphological study of the genitalia of its two syntypes, and a lectotype is designated. Three new species are described based on morphology and supported by COI sequence data: H. calusa J.-F. Landry & B. Landry, sp. nov., H. sonora J.-F. Landry & B. Landry, sp. nov., two North American species long misidentified as ‘Schrankia’ macula, and H. galapagensis B. Landry & J.-F. Landry, sp. nov. from the Galápagos Islands. DNA barcodes support the separation of Hypenopsis from Schrankia in congruence with morphology. Two other species from Panama described in Hypenopsis (H. flualis Schaus, 1916 and H. musalis Schaus, 1916), and later included in Schrankia are illustrated for the first time: the genitalia of their holotypes show that they do not share diagnostic characters of either Schrankia or Hypenopsis, and their COI barcode sequences are distinct from either genus as well as other Hypenodinae genera; they are here regarded as Hypenodinae incertae sedis.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135883024","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":"Notes on the genus Argentochiloides Błeszyński, 1961, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae)","authors":"Graziano Bassi","doi":"10.35929/rsz.0103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0103","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: A new species of Argentochiloides Błeszyński is described and illustrated: Argentochiloides mirabilis sp. nov. from the Republic of South Africa. A list of the known species and an image of the holotype of each species are given. Charltona argyrastis Hampson is transferred from Aurotalis Błeszyński to Argentochiloides.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135884140","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}
Sébastien J. Puechmaille, Serena Dool, Gregory Beuneux, Manuel Ruedi
{"title":"Newly described and already endangered: a new mammal species endemic to Corsica","authors":"Sébastien J. Puechmaille, Serena Dool, Gregory Beuneux, Manuel Ruedi","doi":"10.35929/rsz.0108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0108","url":null,"abstract":"Myotis nattereri représente un complexe d'espèces qui a mobilisé l'attention récente de morphologistes et de généticiens pour définir le statut spécifique de diverses formes, y compris celles informellement connues sous l'appellation de Myotis sp. A, M. sp. B et M. sp. C. Les deux premières formes ont depuis été reconnues comme espèces à part entière et nommées respectivement M. crypticus et M. zenatius; elles diffèrent des espèces nominales M. nattereri au sens strict et M. escalerai. La dernière forme, Myotis sp. C, n'est connue que de Corse. Nous démontrons ici qu'elle possède non seulement des haplotypes mitochondriaux uniques, mais aussi plusieurs allèles nucléaires divergents que l'on ne retrouve nulle part ailleurs et qui démontrent une longue évolution indépendante de ce taxon. Ceci confirme son statut spécifique et nous la décrivons par conséquent comme espèce nouvelle. Son mode de vie et ses affinités rupicoles la rapprochent de l'espèce ibérique M. escalerai, bien que morphologiquement elle soit plus semblable à M. crypticus. Cette nouvelle espèce est endémique de Corse et y est apparemment très rare et presque exclusivement localisée aux régions montagneuses boisées. En raison de sa distribution restreinte, de la petite taille de ses populations, et de la connectivité restreinte de ses populations, elle semble très vulnérable au changement climatique et devrait être classée comme espèce en danger.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"2018 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135884617","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":"Notes on the genus Epichilo Ragonot, 1889 with description of the female of E. vartianae Błeszyński, 1965 (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae sensu lato, Crambinae)","authors":"H. Alipanah, G. Bassi","doi":"10.35929/rsz.0087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0087","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: The current knowledge on Epichilo Ragonot, 1889 is briefly discussed. The two Oriental species, E. parvellus Ragonot in Joannis & Ragonot, 1889 and E. vartianae Błeszyński, 1965 are compared with each other and illustrated, and the female of E. vartianae is described based on seven specimens collected in mangrove habitats in the Bushehr Province, south Iran. The genus Epichilo and E. vartianae are newly reported for the fauna of Iran.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"130 1","pages":"51 - 57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42759489","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}
J. Köhler, Matthew D. Gage, Henry Janssen, Anna Rauhaus, T. Ziegler
{"title":"Longevity in salamandrid newts – a rule, not an exception? Verified cases of Japanese Fire-bellied Newts (Cynops pyrrhogaster) reaching a lifespan of more than 40 years","authors":"J. Köhler, Matthew D. Gage, Henry Janssen, Anna Rauhaus, T. Ziegler","doi":"10.35929/rsz.0093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0093","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: We report on verified cases of longevity in the Japanese Fire-bellied Newt Cynops pyrrhogaster. Two individuals obtained as adults in 1978 died in July 2008 and November 2017, resulting in an individual minimum lifespan of 33 and 42 years, respectively, possibly even longer. Another four individuals of C. pyrrhogaster were received in 1975 and living now for more than 47 years, with two individuals received as adults likely having reached a lifespan of 50 years already. Another adult male C. pyrrhogaster was obtained in 1991 and died in 2022 at an accordingly estimated age of >34 years. Previously reported lifespans for C. pyrrhogaster in human care were 20-25 years, with only a single report of 40 years. However, other species of Cynops and Hypselotriton are also apparently long-lived, such as H. cyanurus chuxiongensis (25 years), H. orientalis (32 years), and C. ensicauda (43 years). With these documented cases, the lifespan of Fire-bellied Newts is exceeded only by few other species of Caudata, such as Andrias japonicus (70 years), Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, Salamandra salamandra (>50 years), and Proteus anguis (100 years). Our report thus indicates that decades-long lifespans in salamandrid newts, viz. substantial longevity, might be rather common and could be considered a rule, not an exception.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"130 1","pages":"121 - 124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46706639","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":"Update of the parasitic crustacean holdings of the Museo de la Plata, Argentina","authors":"A. Díaz, M. Tassara, C. Damborenea","doi":"10.35929/rsz.0091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0091","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: The Carcinological Collection of the División Zoología Invertebrados, Museo de La Plata (FCNyM UNLP) currently contains 2446 lots, of which 124 represent type material. There is a total of 162 batches corresponding to parasitic crustaceans. Six orders are represented in the collection and recorded here: Arguloida, Cyclopoida, Siphonostomatoida, Harpacticoida, Isopoda, and the infraclass Rizocephala, belonging to four classes of the Suphylum Crustacea. The species names are listed in systematical order, and the type locality, collection number, current taxonomic status and original bibliographic reference are given. Host and site of infection are also provided.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"130 1","pages":"93 - 98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42386295","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}