scholarly journals Taxonomic notes, a new species, and a key to Indian species of the click beetle genus Cryptalaus Ȏhira, 1967 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 19985-19999
Author(s):  
Harshad Parekar ◽  
Amol Patwardhan
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Median Ridge ◽  
Click Beetle ◽  
A New Species

Cryptalaus alveolatus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from India. The species has unique morphological characters: conspicuous longitudinal median ridge on pronotum, elytral interstria II more depressed than interstriae I and III. The Indian fauna of the genus Cryptalaus Ȏhira, 1967 is updated and represented by seven species: C. alveolatus sp. nov., C. assamensis (Schwarz, 1902) comb. nov., C. eryx (Candèze, 1874), C. lynceus (Candèze, 1874), C. nodulosus (Waterhouse, 1877) comb. nov., C. sculptus (Westwood, 1848) and C. sordidus (Westwood, 1848). Genitalia and terminalia of male and female C. sordidus are also illustrated. A key to the Indian species of Cryptalaus is given.

A new species of Cycloramphus Tschudi (Anura: Cycloramphidae) from the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, Southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2737 (1) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIZ NORBERTO WEBER ◽  
VANESSA KRUTH VERDADE ◽  
RODRIGO DE DE OLIVEIRA LULA SALLES ◽  
ANTOINE FOUQUET ◽  
SERGIO POTSCH DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Skin Texture ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
A New Species

We report here the discovery of a new species of frog associated to the open areas of the highlands of the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos. The new species, Cycloramphus organensis is characterized by a unique skin texture, medium size (maximum male and female SVL 26.4 mm and 33.3 mm respectively), dorsal surfaces uniformly brick red colored, uniformly areolate skin on dorsum, pupil horizontal, iris with a menisc on upper margin; no fleshy tubercles on eyelid, tympanic annulus concealed beneath skin, macroglands not visible externally, fingers and toes without fringes and webs; supernumerary palmar and plantar tubercles absent, nuptial spines absent. Despite the presence of an iris menisc, a character shared by frogs of both genera Cycloramphus and Zachaenus Cope, the combination of morphological characters is so unique that the allocation of the species to any of these genera remains ambiguous. Consequently, we used additional molecular-based phylogenetic analyses to ascertain the position of the new taxon. The new species proved to be embedded within the genus Cycloramphus.

Description and bioacoustics of a new species of the genus Isophya (Orthoptera: Tetigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from Turkey

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3361 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
HASAN SEVGİLİ ◽  
ALİ DEMİRSOY ◽  
BATTAL ÇIPLAK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Calling Song ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Black Sea Region ◽  
Male Calling ◽  
A New Species

A new species for the genus Isophya, I. bumerangoides, is described from the Northeastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. Thenew species differs from closely related species in some aspects of morphology, mainly in male and female genitalia. Illustra-tions of external morphological characters and male and female songs are provided. Additional data on male calling song andfemale song of closely related bush-cricket Isophya rizeensis Sevgili, 2003 are also given. Scanning Electron Microscopeimages of stridulatory file of the other related species I. redtenbacheri Adelung, 1907 are provided. I. bumerangoides clearlybelongs to I. amplipennis group. Our bioacoustic results suggest that within the genus Isophya, changes in calling song seem to appear more slowly than those in external morphological characters as in most tettigoniid.

Chaoborus sampsera n. sp., a new chaoborid (Diptera: Culicomorpha: Chaoboridae) from Papua Province, Indonesia

2008 ◽  
Vol 140 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-296
Author(s):  
Joshua R. Ogawa ◽  
Darlene D. Judd
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Wing Pigmentation ◽  
A New Species

AbstractA new species, Chaoborus sampsera, is described from male and female adults collected from Papua Province in western New Guinea, Indonesia. Based on leg banding, wing pigmentation, and possession of a median paramere sclerite in males, the new species belongs to the Chaoborus “pallidus” group of Colless. Chaoborus sampsera is distinguished from other species of the “pallidus” group by the scimitar-shaped parameres. Although relationships among these Chaoborus species are unclear, there are morphological characters that support the “pallidus” group.

scholarly journals Placobdelloides sirikanchanae sp. nov., a new species of glossiphoniid leech and a parasite of turtles from lower southern Thailand (Hirudinea, Rhynchobdellida)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 882 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poramad Trivalairat ◽  
Krittiya Chiangkul ◽  
Watchariya Purivirojkul
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Low Oxygen ◽  
Median Line ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Rubber Plantations ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
Oxygen Conditions ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A new species of glossiphoniid leech, Placobdelloides sirikanchanaesp. nov., is reported in the Asian leaf turtle (Cyclemys dentata) and the dark-bellied leaf turtle (C. enigmatica) from Songkhla Province, southern Thailand. The examination of morphological characters revealed that this new species is similar to P. siamensis (Oka, 1917), a common turtle leech species found in Thailand. Placobdelloides sirikanchanaesp. nov. demonstrates distinct morphological characters, with an elongated, narrow body, 13–17 well-developed knob papillae on each annulus, dark brown to greenish dorsal color with a crimson median line, the absence of a scarlet dot, different male and female gonopore distributions, a rough posterior sucker with a random pit distribution, and 104–115 eggs per clutch. The phylogenetic relationships of COI-ND1 genes were clarified and shown to be distinct from those of P. siamensis. Additionally, habitat preferences tended toward low oxygen conditions such as puddles or water patches on rubber plantations.

Mansonia (Mansonia) iguassuensis sp. nov. (Diptera: Culicidae) from Brasil

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1527 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREIA APARECIDA BARBOSA ◽  
MÁRIO ANTÔNIO NAVARRO DA SILVA ◽  
MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Fourth Instar ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Mansonia (Mansonia) iguassuensis sp. nov., is described and defined based on morphological characters of adult male and female, male genitalia, fourth-instar larvae and pupae. Descriptions were based on specimens collected in the states of Paraná and São Paulo. Female and male genitalia, fourth-instar larvae and pupae are illustrated.

A new species of the genus Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the coastal area of northeastern Mozambique

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1587 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEFANO VALDESALICI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Color Patterns ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
A New Species

Specimens of a distinctive fish of the genus Nothobranchius were collected from an ephemeral pool, not directly linked to an adjacent river, from the coastal area of northeastern Mozambique. These specimens appear to be closely related to Nothobranchius melanospilus, known from eastern Tanzania and southeastern Kenya and to another as-yet undescribed species (Nothobranchius cf. melanospilus) from a geographically contiguous area of southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique. The new species (herein described as Nothobranchius hengstleri) is differentiated by several morphological characters, as well as by different male and female color patterns from the above-reported species and all the others members of the Nothobranchius melanospilus species group.

scholarly journals A cladistic analysis of the Neotropical genus Sepedonea Steyskal (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1236 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCIANE MARINONI ◽  
WAYNE N. MATHIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
A New Species

A cladistic analysis of the 13 known species of Sepedonea Steyskal, 1973, is presented and a new species, Sepedonea giovana sp. n., is described. The monophyly of the genus is confirmed, as is the genus’ sister-group relationship to Sepedomerus Steyskal, 1973. The cladistic analysis was done using NONA and a matrix of 27 adult morphological characters, including structures of the male and female terminalia. The relationships in parenthetic notation are: (S. guatemalana (S. veredae (S. lindneri (S. isthmi (S. lagoa ((S. barbosai+ S. canabravana) ((S. neffi (S. giovana+S. guianica))(S. telson (S. incipiens+S. trichotypa))))))))).

A new species of Gastrozona Bezzi (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Gastrozonini) with an updated key to species from India

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4216 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
K. J. DAVID ◽  
D. L. HANCOCK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
A New Species

Gastrozona nigrifemur sp. nov., is described from India. Postabdominal structures of G. fasciventris (both male and female), G. soror (female) and G. montana (male) are described and illustrated. An updated key to Indian species of Gastrozona is provided. 

scholarly journals Description of Lacon mertliki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the Hyrcanian forest ecoregion, with a key to the Lacon species of Iran

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Kundrata ◽  
Tamás Németh ◽  
Andrea Jarzabek-Müller
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Body ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Hyrcanian Forest ◽  
Northern Iran ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Body Coloration ◽  
Click Beetle ◽  
A New Species

In this study we describe a new species of the click-beetle genus Lacon Laporte, 1838 from the relict Hyrcanian forest in northern Iran. Lacon mertliki sp. nov. is morphologically similar to L. lepidopterus (Panzer, 1801) but differs from the latter in the body coloration and pubescence, the shape of pronotum and scutellar shield, and male and female genitalia. We provide brief data on its ecology as well as an identification key to all Lacon species in Iran. Additionally, we synonymize Lacon nadaii Platia & Németh, 2011 with Lacon unicolor (Candèze, 1874).

scholarly journals Two new species of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from India

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 889 ◽  
pp. 23-35
Author(s):  
Zubair Ahmad ◽  
Hamed A. Ghramh ◽  
Anjum Ansari
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Leaf Miner ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
A New Species

Two new species viz., Pambolus (Phaenodus) shujaisp. nov., and Parachremylus trachysisp. nov., of braconid wasps are described as new to science. Parachremylus trachysisp. nov., is reared from larvae of the leaf miner Trachys sp. (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) on Corchorus sp. (Wild Jute Plant). A new species of Pambolus Haliday along with two known species is also recorded. A key to the Indian species of Pambolus is also provided. Diagnoses with morphological characters and illustrations are provided.

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