New Species of Culicidae in the British Museum, with notes on the Genitalia of some African Culex

1914 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Great Care ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
African Species ◽  
Eleven Species ◽  
Male Genital

In preparing his first synopsis of the African species of Culex (Bull. Ent. Res., ii, pt. 3, Oct. 1911) the writer relied almost entirely upon characters of coloration for the separation of species, and had made no study of the male genital organs; at the same time it was pointed out that the group of species allied to Culex invidiosus required much additional study before their classification could be regarded as satisfactory. It is now possible to give in full the results of further study of the African species of Culex of the pipiens and invidiosus groups. It has been found that, in these groups at least, the species can most readily be separated by means of the male genitalia, and also that one or two names which had previously been sunk as synonyms must in reality stand as good species. In the present contribution figures are given of the male genital organs of eleven species; these, together with the four already illustrated (Bull. Ent. Res., iv, pt. 1, May 1913) comprise all the African Culex with the exception of (1) those with a banded proboscis; (2) those with characteristic leg markings, C. tigripes and C. tipuliformis; (3) C. pruina, which is described below; (4) C. didieri, N.L., and C. pygmaeus, N.L., which the writer is unable to recognise; and (5) those with the pale markings of the abdomen situated towards the apices of the segments. As before, all the figures have been prepared by Mr. A. J. Engel Terzi with very great care and accuracy, and I am much indebted to him for his assistance in this difficult piece of work.

Descriptions of the spermathecae and male genitalia of the species of Crocidium Loew described by Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Crocidiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS ◽  
NEAL L. EVENHUIS ◽  
MÁRCIA SOUTO COURI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Great Contribution ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Male Genital

The great contribution of A. J. Hesse to the knowledge of the Afrotropical Bombyliidae, included the description of 17 new species of Crocidium Loew. Despite the very detailed descriptions of the external morphology, data on the spermatheca and male genital segments were not always included. The present contribution includes the description of the male genitalia and spermathecae of species described by Hesse: C. costilabre, C. dichopticum, C. lactipenne, C. microstictum, C. namaquense; the male genitalia of C. tinctipenne and the spermatheca of C. chrysonotum, C. dasypolium, C. karooanum, C. nitilabre, C. phaenochilum, C. phaeopterale and C. pterostictum.

scholarly journals New and little-known East African Culicidae

1915 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
British Museum ◽  
East African ◽  
African Species

Collections recently received by the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, chiefly from Natal, have brought to light several interesting new forms in this group of flies, and their study has yielded certain unlooked for results which it appears desirable to place on record, together with descriptions of the new species, the types of which have been presented by the Bureau to the British Museum. The opportunity has been taken of publishing revised keys to the African species of Banksinetta and Taeniorhynchus.

NOTES ON CERTAIN OF WALSINGHAM'S SPECIES OF OIDAEMATOPHORUS WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES (PTEROPHORIDAE)

1938 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 128-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. McDunnough
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Group I ◽  
Slide Material

For some time I have doubted whether the existing determinations of certain of Walsingham's species of plumes, based on the revision of this family by Barnes and Lindsey, were correct. Through the kind offices of Messrs. Tams and Stringer of the British Museum of Natural History I have been furnished with drawings of the left claspers of the male genitalia of a number of Walsingham's types in the genus Oidaematophorus; a study of these drawings in connection with my own slide material has confirmed my suspicions and shown that in at least two cases there had been misidentifications by the above-mentioned authors. With a view to clarifying the situation somewhat in this extremely difficult group I offer the following notes.

A revision of the genus Podaena Ordish (Insecta: Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2678 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
JUAN A. DELGADO ◽  
RICARDO L. PALMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Barrier Island ◽  
The West ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Maxillary Palps ◽  
Eleven Species

The New Zealand endemic genus Podaena Ordish, 1984 is revised. Eleven species are recognized of which four are described as new, and the remainder redescribed. The new species are: Podaena aotea from Great Barrier Island, Podaena hauturu from Little Barrier Island, Podaena mariae from the west coast of the South Island, and Podaena moanaiti from Lake Waikaremoana. The most useful characters to separate species are the shape of the maxillary palps and the shape and chaetotaxy of the foretibiae in males; these characters are illustrated for all the species. Unlike most genera of Hydraenidae, male genitalia in Podaena are not diagnostic for all species. The known geographical distribution of some species is expanded, and the complete collecting data for the type series of all the species described by Ordish (1984) are given, together with distribution maps.

Synopsis of the Nearctic Species of Stenodema Laporte, and Description of a New Species from Western Canada (Hemiptera: Miridae)

1961 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 450-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard A. Kelton
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
American Literature ◽  
North American ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
The North ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Male Genital

Recent study of the male genitalia in the Miridae (Kelton, 1959) showed that the Palearctic Stenodema virens (L.) does not occur in North America. The six other species that have been reported in the North American literature are: dorsolis (Say), vicinum (Prov.), trispinosum Reut., sequoiae Bliven, falki Bliven, and imperii Bliven. The three species described by Bliven (1955, 1958) were not available to me for study, however, Bliven (1960) has recently published a paper containing figures of the male genital claspers of these species. These appear to differ considerably from those of virens, vicinum and trispinosum as well as amongst themselves.

scholarly journals A new species of Pegylis Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Pegylini) from Ethiopia

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4323 (3) ◽  
pp. 423
Author(s):  
RICHARD SEHNAL
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
African Species ◽  
Number Of Teeth ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

The Afrotropical genus Pegylis Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Pegylini) was recently treated by Lacroix (2015), who keyed and figured most of the known species and divided the genus into six species groups based on the number of antennomeres, shape of male genitalia and number of teeth on the protibia. Unfortunately, Lacroix (2015) overlooked two earlier papers by Harrison (2014a, 2014b). Harrison (2014a, 2014b) provided a phylogenetic analysis of the tribe, synonymised Hypopholis Erichson, 1847 with Pegylis, and redescribed the three known South African species of Pegylis. Based on these papers, the genus Pegylis currently contains 37 species. 

Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4248 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANÇOIS GÉNIER ◽  
PHILIPPE MORETTO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
African Species ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
The Status ◽  
Species Groups

The taxonomy and systematics of the genus Digitonthophagus Balthasar (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini) is revised. A detailed study of the male genitalia combined with external morphology suggests that the variability, previously recognized, for D. gazella is hiding a species complex within the Afrotropical region and the Arabian Peninsula. The current study recognizes 16 species; 13 from the Afrotropical region and Arabian Peninsula and three from the eastern portion of the Saharo-Arabian region and the continental Indomalayan region. Species are organized into six species groups based on the results of the morphology-based phylogenetic analysis. The following 12 species are described as new: D. aksumensis Génier new species; D. biflagellatus Génier new species; D. dilatatus Génier new species; D. eucatta Génier new species; D. falciger Génier new species; D. fimator Génier new species; D. namaquensis Génier new species; D. petilus Génier new species; D. sahelicus Moretto new species; D. uks Génier new species; D. ulcerosus Génier new species; and D. viridicollis Génier new species. In order to stabilize nomenclature, lectotypes are designated for Scarabaeus bonasus Fabricius, 1775; Scarabaeus catta Fabricius, 1787, and Onthophagus gazella lusinganus d’Orbigny. A neotype is designated for Scarabaeus dorcas Olivier, 1789 whose status and synonymy need to be altered in order to clarify the status of Scarabaeus gazella auctorum, the widely introduced species with economic importance. A naming scheme is presented for the sclerites of the internal sac. External and male genitalia are illustrated and distribution maps are provided for each species. 

The Canadian Cixiidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea)

1950 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 93-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan P. Beirne
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
The Family ◽  
Frequent Absence ◽  
Eleven Species

Eleven species of the family Cixiidae have been recorded from Canada (Metcalf, 1936, Gen. Cat. Hemip. 4 (2)). Ten of these are represented in the Canadian National Collection. In addition, ten other species are represented by Canadian specimens. Three of these are previously undescribed. The following are descriptions of the new species, keys to the genera and species known to occur in Canada, and distributional notes on the species from specimens in the collection. External characters are used in the keys. These are not always reliable in determining the males of some closely allied species, because of the frequent absence of dark elytral markings in that sex. The male genitalia show good specific characters, and figures of these are given for the species difficult to determine reliably an external characters.

Taxonomic review of the tribe Sisyphini sensu stricto (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in southern Africa, including new species descriptions

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gimo M. Daniel ◽  
Adrian LV. Davis ◽  
Catherine L. Sole ◽  
Clarke H. Scholtz
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
African Species ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Species Descriptions

The tribe Sisyphini sensu stricto Mulsant, 1842 comprises only three genera, the widespread Sisyphus Latreille, 1807 and Neosisyphus Müller, 1942, and the Mauritius endemic, Nesosisyphus Vinson, 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 sp. n; Sisyphus australis sp. n ; Sisyphus bicuariensis sp. n; Sisyphus inconspicuus sp. n; Sisyphus swazi sp. n; and Neosisyphus tembyi sp. n. A further Southern African species, Sisyphus crispatus Gory, 1833, is proposed as a nomen dubium. Sisyphus natalensis Balthasar, 1968 (syn. n), and Sisyphus bornemisszanus Endrödi, 1983 (pars) (syn. n) are made synonyms of Sisyphus sordidus Boheman, 1857. Lectotypes and paralectotypes are designated for Sisyphus costatus (Thunberg, 1818); Sisyphus seminulum Gerstaecker, 1871; Sisyphus nanniscus Péringuey, 1901; Sisyphus transvaalensis Péringuey 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.

The African Species of Metaphycus, Mercet.

1940 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold Compere
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
British Museum ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Museum ◽  
African Species ◽  
United States National Museum

Twenty-three species of Metaphycus from Africa are recognized in this paper, and of these, seventeen are described as new. The holotypes and allotypes of all new species are to be deposited in the British Museum and paratypes in the United States National Museum.

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