{"title":"Systematics and biogeography of Salina MacGillivray (Collembola: Entomobryoidea), with emphasis on the species groups in the New World","authors":"F. Oliveira, N. G. Cipola, E. A. Almeida","doi":"10.1163/1876312X-00002201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002201","url":null,"abstract":"Nine new species of the collembolan genus Salina MacGillivray from South America are described and illustrated. Two Neotropical species were recorded for the first time from Brazil: S. dedori s Mari-Mutt and S. tristani Denis. Salina was previously known to occur in three Brazilian states, and this is now updated to include 19 states with 12 recorded species. A new proposal of morphological character description and illustration, and an identification key for the celebensis group are provided. A hypothesis for the phylogenetic relationships among 34 species of Salina (about 50% of the 72 described species) allowed three main pursuits: (a) a reevaluation of Salina species groups; (b) the first explicit interpretation of how morphological characters of these springtails may have changed during the course of the diversification of the taxon; and (c) an evaluation of the historical biogeographic connections of Salina , with an emphasis on the celebensis group distribution to the New World.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":"-1 1","pages":"81-138"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312X-00002201","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41605770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Taxonomic review of the tribe Sisyphini sensu stricto (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in southern Africa, including new species descriptions","authors":"Gimo M. Daniel, A. Davis, C. Sole, C. Scholtz","doi":"10.1163/1876312X-00002195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002195","url":null,"abstract":"The tribe Sisyphini sensu stricto\u0000Mulsant, 1842 comprises only three genera, the widespread Sisyphus\u0000Latreille, 1807 and Neosisyphus\u0000Müller, 1942, and the Mauritius endemic, Nesosisyphus\u0000Vinson, 1946. In southern Africa, Sisyphus and Neosisyphus are represented by five species groups in each genus. Together, they comprise a total of 33 valid species, of which six are new: Sisyphus auricomus\u0000sp. n;\u0000Sisyphus australis\u0000sp. n\u0000; Sisyphus bicuariensis\u0000sp. n; Sisyphus inconspicuus\u0000sp. n; Sisyphus swazi\u0000sp. n; and Neosisyphus tembyi\u0000sp. n. A further Southern African species, Sisyphus crispatus\u0000Gory, 1833, is proposed as a nomen dubium. Sisyphus natalensis\u0000Balthasar, 1968 (syn. n), and Sisyphus bornemisszanus\u0000Endrödi, 1983 (pars) (syn. n) are made synonyms of Sisyphus sordidus\u0000Boheman, 1857. Lectotypes and paralectotypes are designated for Sisyphus costatus (Thunberg, 1818); Sisyphus seminulum\u0000Gerstaecker, 1871; Sisyphus nanniscus\u0000Péringuey, 1901; Sisyphus transvaalensis\u0000Péringuey 1901; Neosisyphus spinipes (Thunberg, 1818) and Neosisyphus barbarossa (Wiedemann, 1823). Diagnoses, photographs of habitus and male genitalia, lists of examined material and distribution maps are presented for all species. An identification key to the southern African sisyphine species is provided.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312X-00002195","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48306665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notes on the Brazilian species of Purenleon Stange (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), with description of two new species","authors":"R. Machado, Leon Gustavo de Miranda Tavares","doi":"10.1163/1876312X-00002200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002200","url":null,"abstract":"This study focuses on the Brazilian species of the genus Purenleon Stange (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). A total of five species are herein reported to Brazil: Purenleon clavatus (Navás), Purenleon fernandezi Miller & Stange (first record for Brazil), Purenleon cautus (Walker) comb. n., and two new species: Purenleon limeirai\u0000sp. n. and Purenleon rafaeli\u0000sp. n. The taxonomical status of other two species was reevaluated: Formicaleo bipunctatus Navás was synonymized under P. cautus and Feinerus nebulosus Navás was revalidated and transferred to Purenleon. A key to the South American species of Purenleon is also presented.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312X-00002200","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49657128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular phylogeny and classification of Chelidurella Verhoeff, stat. restit. (Dermaptera: Forficulidae)","authors":"M. Kirstová, Robin Kundrata, P. Kočárek","doi":"10.1163/1876312x-bja10004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312x-bja10004","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000We present herein the first phylogenetic analysis of the genus Chelidura and the taxonomic revision of the genus Chelidurella, stat. restit., based on DNA sequences. The results confirm the generic status of Chelidurella Verhoeff, 1902 and Mesochelidura Verhoeff, 1902, and they are removed from the synonymy with Chelidura and reinstated as valid genera. Many individual Chelidurella species are defined based on the combination of a few variable characters on the pygidium and forceps, and the systematics and phylogeny of this genus are unclear. The validity of most of the species is revisited here by molecular phylogenetic analyses, and individual morphological characters are evaluated for their relevance in the identification of all described species. We describe two new species to science, Chelidurella galvagnii Kirstová & Kočárek, sp. nov. from Austria, and C. pseudovignai Kočárek & Kirstová, sp. nov. from Italy and Austria; two species, C. guentheri Galvagni, 1994 and C. tatrica Chládek, 2017 are newly synonymized. Critical diagnostic characters are illustrated, and an identification key for males of Chelidurella is provided.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312x-bja10004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42781375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. P. Constantini, V. Janei, A. M. Costa‐Leonardo, E. M. Cancello
{"title":"Dissimulitermes, a new soldierless termite genus (Blattaria: Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae) from the Neotropics and the histology of its dehiscent organ","authors":"J. P. Constantini, V. Janei, A. M. Costa‐Leonardo, E. M. Cancello","doi":"10.1163/1876312x-bja10014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312x-bja10014","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000A new genus, Dissimulitermes Constantini & Cancello gen. nov., is described from the Neotropical region. The main morphological feature of the new genus is remarkable defensive organs. A new species of Dissimulitermes is described: D. invisibilis Constantini & Cancello, sp. nov. Description, comparisons, measurements, a distribution map, histology of their dehiscent organ, and an illustration of all the fundamental morphological aspects are provided.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312x-bja10014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47848971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A molecular phylogeny of the long-horned bees in the genus Melissodes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Eucerinae)","authors":"Karen W. Wright, K. Miller, Hojun Song","doi":"10.1163/1876312x-bja10015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312x-bja10015","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000The genus Melissodes Latreille in the subfamily Eucerinae (Hymenoptera: Apidae) is a widespread and common group of bees. There are 129 described Melissodes species that range throughout the western hemisphere with the center of diversity in the warm deserts of southwestern North America. Despite its widespread nature and importance in agriculture, the evolutionary relationships among the species have never been investigated. Here, we present a molecular phylogeny using five loci for 89 species of Melissodes with representatives from all subgenera. We confirm all of the subgeneric delineations constructed by LaBerge, except for a paraphyletic M. (Tachymelissodes) and the placement of M. (Heliomelissodes), which renders M. (Eumelissodes) paraphyletic. We also discuss the unexpected placement of M. tristis Cockerell, M. paucipuncta LaBerge, M. dagosus Cockerell, and M. pexa LaBerge. Finally, we combine this analysis with previous data to support the placement of Melissodes within the subfamily Eucerinae.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312x-bja10015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43073511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Systematic revision of the caddisfly genus Machairocentron Schmid (Trichoptera: Psychomyioidea: Xiphocentronidae)","authors":"Albane Vilarino, R. Holzenthal","doi":"10.1163/1876312x-bja10013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312x-bja10013","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000The genus Machairocentron is revised and its included species, M. ascanius Schmid 1982, M. echinatum (Flint 1981), M. falciforme Pes & Hamada 2013, M. lucumon Schmid 1982, M. tarpeia Schmid 1982, and M. teucrus Schmid 1982, are redescribed and illustrated based on type specimens. Two new species from Costa Rica, M. chorotegae sp. nov. and M. eugeniarguedasae sp. nov., and one from Venezuela, M. kalinae sp. nov., are described. An identification key for the Machairocentron genus is also provided.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-37"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312x-bja10013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65107881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evidence for the dissolution of the Calyptra minuticornis novaepommeraniae (Strand) and C. minuticornis minuticornis (Guenée) sub-species distinction (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Erebidae)","authors":"Julia L. Snyder, A. Zilli, J. Zaspel","doi":"10.1163/1876312x-00001010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312x-00001010","url":null,"abstract":"The species Calyptra minuticornis is divided into two subspecies: C. minuticornis novaepommeraniae (Strand) and C. minuticornis minuticornis (Guenée) based on minor morphological differences, geographic distribution, and differential feeding behaviors in the adults. In this study, museum specimens were examined, including the holotypes of C. novaepommeraniae and C. minuticornis. A comprehensive distribution map was generated for C. minuticornis. A permutational multivariate analysis of variance provided some statistical evidence for minor differences between the male genitalic morphology. Additionally, the maximum parsimony analysis of the C. minuticornis subspecies complex resulted in a polytomy and did not represent natural groupings. From these results, it can be concluded that C. minuticornis novaepommeraniae and C. minuticornis minuticornis should be synonymized. A redescription of the species and a revised checklist for the genus is also provided. This includes synonymization of Wolframmeyia Behounek, Hacker & Speidel with Calyptra and evidence that Percalpe Berio is an unavailable name.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":"-1 1","pages":"1-26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312x-00001010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46615949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carla Fernanda Burguez Floriano, Fredy Molano-Rendón, I. Morales, F. Moreira, P. Bispo
{"title":"Revision of the genus Platygerris White, 1883 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae), with descriptions of two new species from Colombia","authors":"Carla Fernanda Burguez Floriano, Fredy Molano-Rendón, I. Morales, F. Moreira, P. Bispo","doi":"10.1163/1876312X-00002306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002306","url":null,"abstract":"Platygerris White comprises true bugs that inhabit the surface of water in moderate to fast-flowing freshwater habitats. This genus differs from Cylindrostethus Mayr and Potamobates Champion (Gerridae: Cylindrostethinae) by having a short and flattened body; the mandibular and maxillary plates fused; and the omphalium, lateral groove, and lateral evaporatorium of the scent apparatus inconspicuous. In this paper, we redescribe Platygerris, describe two new species from Colombia, and redescribe P. asymmetricus Hungerford, P. caeruleus Champion and P. depressus White. In addition, we present an updated identification key to the species of the genus. For the first time, the cuticular structure is described for the genus based on electron microscopy.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":"51 1","pages":"672-695"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312X-00002306","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45607539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A taxonomic revision of the Canthon subgenus Pseudepilissus Martínez, 1954 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)","authors":"M. K. Vieira, F. Vaz-de-Mello, F. Silva","doi":"10.1163/1876312X-00001023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00001023","url":null,"abstract":"The subgenus Canthon (Pseudepilissus) Martínez, 1954 is revised. Four valid species are redescribed: Canthon (Pseudepilissus) muticus\u0000Harold, 1867; C. (P.) lunatus\u0000Schmidt, 1922; C. (P.) planus\u0000Lucas, 1857 and C. (P.) reichei\u0000Felsche, 1910. Three species assigned to other groups are transferred in the subgenus: C. (P.) quadratus\u0000Blanchard, 1843 [previously Canthon “incertae sedis”]; C. (P.) edentulus\u0000Harold, 1868 [previously Canthon “incertae sedis”] and C. (P.) seminulus\u0000Harold, 1867\u0000comb. nov. [previously Vulcanocanthon]. The genus Vulcanocanthon\u0000Pereira & Martínez, 1960\u0000syn. nov. is synonymized with Canthon (Pseudepilissus). Three subspecies are raised to species level: C. (P.) tibialis\u0000Schmidt, 1922\u0000stat. nov. [previously C. (P.) lunatus tibialis]; C. (P.) granuliceps\u0000Felsche, 1910\u0000stat. nov. [previously C. edentulus granuliceps] and C. (P.) hendrichsi\u0000Halffter & Martínez, 1968\u0000stat. nov. [previously C. (P.) muticus hendrichsi]. C. (P.) honsi\u0000Balthasar, 1939\u0000syn. nov. is synonymized with C. (P.) reichei\u0000Felsche, 1910. Four new species are described: Canthon (P.) arriagadai\u0000sp. nov., Canthon (P.) bonaerensis\u0000sp. nov., Canthon (P.) vidaurrei\u0000sp. nov. and Canthon (P.) ziggy\u0000sp. nov., bringing the number of species in the subgenus to 14. Lectotypes are designated for six species C. (P.) muticus\u0000Harold, 1867; C. (P.) reichei\u0000Felsche, 1910; C. (P.) planus\u0000Lucas, 1857; C. (P.) seminulus\u0000Harold, 1867; C. (P.) granuliceps\u0000Felsche, 1910 and C. (P.) quadratus\u0000Blanchard, 1843. A detailed literature review, synonymies, description, illustration of key morphological characters, data on the studied material and geographic distribution are provided for each species.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":"-1 1","pages":"1-57"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312X-00001023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41976951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}