{"title":"A new species of Plator Simon, 1880 from Pakistan, with a supplementary description of P. pandeae Tikader, 1969 (Araneae: Trochanteriidae)","authors":"A. Zamani, Y. Marusik","doi":"10.35929/RSZ.0076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0076","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Plator soastus sp. nov. of the spider family Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879 is described and illustrated on the basis of female specimens collected in the Swat Valley, representing the first record of the genus in Pakistan and its (north) westernmost record for the whole known range. Material of both sexes of P. pandeae Tikader, 1969 from northern India is also illustrated, and new morphological terms are proposed for certain sclerites of the male palp.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"129 1","pages":"297 - 301"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42557612","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":"First record of the spider genus Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008 from Asia, with the description of a new species (Araneae: Salticidae)","authors":"D. Prajapati, Ashutosh V. Dudhatra","doi":"10.35929/RSZ.0082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0082","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: The jumping spider genus Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008, which was previously only known from Africa, is recorded from Asia for the first time. The detailed morphology-based description and illustrations of a new species, T. yellapragadai sp. nov. (♂♀) from the Gujarat State of India, are provided.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"129 1","pages":"369 - 374"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45260350","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":"Coleophora santonici Baldizzone & Takács (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae), new species from Hungary bred from Artemisia santonicum","authors":"G. Baldizzone, A. Takács, C. Szabóky, M. Bozsó","doi":"10.35929/RSZ.0078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0078","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: The work describes Coleophora santonici Baldizzone & Takács, sp. nov., a species bred from Artemisia santonicum L., 1753 (Asteraceae) in Hungary. The new species belongs to the C. ptarmicia Walsingham, 1910 group based on shared features of the genitalia, and is most similar to C. santolinella Constant, 1890. Biological data on the life cycle, larval case and habitats of the species are provided and illustrated. COI barcode sequences were also obtained for Coleophora santonici and loaded into the BOLD System and NCBI gene bank.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"129 1","pages":"309 - 322"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45675566","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":"A revision of the Apamea fasciata (Leech, 1900) species complex (Noctuidae, Xyleninae, Apameini)","authors":"G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay, Bernard Landry, A. Zilli","doi":"10.35929/RSZ.0080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0080","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: The Apamea fasciata (Leech, 1900) species complex is revised, five new species, A. norbertkeili (Nepal), A. stangelmaieri (Nepal), A. bernhardmayi (India, Khasis), A. ploessli (Taiwan) and A. ericmetzleri (Nepal) are described.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"129 1","pages":"329 - 341"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47445443","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}
P. Schwendinger, S. Huber, Christina Lehmann-Graber, H. Ono, M. M. Aung, Komsan Hongpadharakiree
{"title":"A taxonomic revision of the Liphistius birmanicus-group (Araneae: Liphistiidae) with the description of five new species","authors":"P. Schwendinger, S. Huber, Christina Lehmann-Graber, H. Ono, M. M. Aung, Komsan Hongpadharakiree","doi":"10.35929/RSZ.0083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0083","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Most of the species of the Liphistius birmanicus-group are revised on the basis of genital morphology and an identification key to all species is given. Twelve species are recognized: seven previously known, five new. Liphistius metopiae Schwendinger, sp. nov. from northern Thailand, and L. tung Schwendinger, sp. nov., L. ferox Schwendinger & Huber, sp. nov., L. cupreus Schwendinger & Huber, sp. nov. and L. platnicki Schwendinger & Huber, sp. nov. from eastern Myanmar are described from both sexes. New males and females of L. birmanicus Thorell, 1897, L. pinlaung Aung et al., 2019 and L. pyinoolwin Xu et al., 2021 from the type localities are illustrated. A new locality each for L. birmanicus and for L. pinlaung is reported; additional taxonomic characters of the type specimens of L. lahu Schwendinger, 1998 are shown. Illustrations of intraspecific variation among the new specimens and information on their biology are given. The presumed relationships within the birmanicus-group and between this group and other species groups in Liphistius are discussed. Lateral pockets in the uterus externus, a previously overlooked structure of unknown function in the female genitalia of Liphistius species, are illustrated.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"129 1","pages":"375 - 424"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45916214","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":"An annotated list of the Blattodea (Insecta) described by Henri de Saussure. Part 2: the Anaplectidae","authors":"J. Hollier, J. Marshall, F. Legendre","doi":"10.35929/RSZ.0077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0077","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Henri de Saussure described 20 species currently placed in the family Anaplectidae, some of them in collaboration with Leo Zehntner. These species are listed alphabetically with an account of the type specimens in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève. The location of type specimens in other museums is given where known. The current binominal combination for each species is provided.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"129 1","pages":"303 - 308"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46120260","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":"Millipedes and centipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda) in Swiss heated greenhouses, with seven species new for Switzerland","authors":"José D. Gilgado, David Cabanillas, Ian Bobbitt","doi":"10.35929/RSZ.0063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0063","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: The international plant trade provides opportunities for the introduction of exotic species into tropical greenhouses around the world. The millipede and centipede fauna of greenhouses is barely known in Switzerland. We conducted a survey in greenhouses of nine botanical gardens and other institutions across Switzerland. We captured and identified 1390 individuals belonging to 14 millipede species and 43 individuals belonging to 9 centipede species. Most millipede individuals recorded (80.3%) were non-native as were the species (8/14). Most centipede individuals (55.3%) were non-native, but not the majority of the species (4/10). The species composition varied strongly among greenhouses with species originating from different parts of the world. Seven species already known from greenhouses in other European countries are reported for the first time in Switzerland. These are the millipedes Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock, 1889, Poratia obliterata (Kraus, 1960), Paraspirobolus lucifugus (Gervais, 1836) and the centipedes Mecistocephalus guildingii Newport, 1843, Tygarrup javanicus Attems, 1929, Lamyctes (Lamyctes) coeculus (Brölemann, 1889b), and Cryptops (Cryptops) doriae Pocock, 1891. The relevance of these findings is discussed.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"129 1","pages":"85 - 101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44318581","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}
A. Channing, A. Schmitz, Giulia Zancolli, W. Conradie, Mark‐Oliver Rödel
{"title":"Phylogeny and taxonomy of the African frog genus Strongylopus (Anura: Pyxicephalidae)","authors":"A. Channing, A. Schmitz, Giulia Zancolli, W. Conradie, Mark‐Oliver Rödel","doi":"10.35929/RSZ.0074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0074","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: We present a molecular phylogeny of African stream frogs (genus Strongylopus), based on 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, the nuclear recombination activating gene 1 (RAG-1) and tyrosinase exon 1 (tyr). Molecular data were supported by advertisement call analysis and morphology. We recognise six valid species: Strongylopus bonaespei (Dubois, 1981) from the southern and southwestern parts of the Western Cape Province, South Africa; Strongylopus fasciatus (Smith, 1849) from eastern South Africa to Zimbabwe; Strongylopus grayii (Smith, 1849) found throughout South Africa with older records in Naukluft, in central Namibia; Strongylopus rhodesianus (Hewitt, 1933) known from the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe and western Mozambique; Strongylopus wageri (Wager, 1961) from KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa and Strongylopus merumontanus (Lönnberg, 1907) from eastern Zambia, Malawi, northern Mozambique and Tanzania. Strongylopus fuelleborni (Nieden, 1911), S. kitumbeine Channing & Davenport, 2002 and S. kilimanjaro Clarke & Poynton, 2005 were shown to be junior synonyms of Strongylopus merumontanus. Strongylopus springbokensis Channing, 1986 is recovered as a junior synonym of Strongylopus grayii. Divergence ages were estimated, and discussed in terms of paleoclimatic events.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"129 1","pages":"243 - 281"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42352160","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":"The species described by René-édouard Claparède. Part 1: Animalia","authors":"J. Hollier","doi":"10.35929/rsz.0070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0070","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: René-Edouard Claparède, an often overlooked Genevan zoologist, described nearly 200 species of animal in his short career. These are listed with the currently valid combinations.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"129 1","pages":"155 - 165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45811778","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":"First record of Phallocaecilius Lee & Thornton, 1967 (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Pseudocaeciliidae) from India, with the description of a new species from the Southern Western Ghats","authors":"Gurusamy Ramesh, R. Babu, K. A. Subramanian","doi":"10.35929/RSZ.0061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0061","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Phallocaecilius indicus sp. nov., from the Southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, India, is here described and illustrated. This is the third known species in the genus, which is here reported from the Indian subcontinent for the first time.","PeriodicalId":54455,"journal":{"name":"Revue Suisse de Zoologie","volume":"129 1","pages":"51 - 57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41410489","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}