Australian Endemic Drosophila. VII. Lord Howe Island, With Description of a New Species of the Coracina Group.

1979 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 973 ◽  
Author(s):  
PA Parsons ◽  
IR Bock

The Drosophila fauna of Lord Howe I. is depauperate compared with that of equivalent mainland latitudes, consisting only of the two cosmopolitan species D. immigrans and D. simulans, the widespread species D. serrata, and a new species of the subgenus Scaptodrosophila here described as D. howensis. The last species belongs to the coracina species-group, all members of which are attracted to baits. The coracina group is widespread in Australia, and holds particular promise for future genetic and evolutionary studies. Species of this group, unlike most members of the subgenus Scaptodrosophila, are amenable to laboratory culture by special techniques.

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5040 (3) ◽  
pp. 388-403
Author(s):  
KALESH SADASIVAN

A new species of Pomponia Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from the P. linearis group is described from the Western Ghats of southern India. The hitherto unknown species, P. pseudolinearis sp. nov., is easily diagnosed from the other Pomponia species of the Western Ghats based on the unique structure of its male genitalia, low to mid-altitudinal distribution, and the characteristic male song. The new taxon is a member of the P. linearis species group according to its morphology and the distinctly protruding paramedian basal pygofer lobe suggests its affiliation to the linearis species complex inside the P. linearis species group. The divergent basal lobes of pygofer of males of this species are the critical characteristic feature that can be used to distinguish it from all the other members of the P. linearis species complex. It appears that this cryptic, common, and widespread species of the southern Western Ghats region was confused with P. linearis in the past. Pomponia linearis may not occur in the Western Ghats and its records are possibly a result of erroneous identification due to species lumping with similar taxa of linearis species complex distributed from Northeast India to Vietnam. In addition, some new morphometric indices are introduced. Notes on other known Pomponia species of the Western Ghats, namely P. cyanea Fraser, 1948 and P. zebra Bliven, 1964 are also provided with P. folei Fraser, 1948 treated as a nomen nudum.  


Acta Tropica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 155-161
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Takaoka ◽  
Wichai Srisuka ◽  
Atiporn Saeung

Acta Tropica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 217 ◽  
pp. 105865
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Takaoka ◽  
Wichai Srisuka ◽  
Zubaidah Ya'cob ◽  
Van Lun Low ◽  
Atiporn Saeung

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1361 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIO C. MONGUILLOT ◽  
MARIO R. CABRERA ◽  
JUAN C. ACOSTA ◽  
JOSE VILLAVICENCIO

A new species of Iguanidae Liolaemini lizard from the San Guillermo National Park in western Argentina, is described. The new species is a member of the Liolaemus darwinii complex within the monophyletic boulengeri species group. It is distinguished by its small body size, relatively long tail, low number of scales around midbody, dorsal scales moderately keeled, precloacal pores only in male, bulged patch of enlarged scales on the proximal posterior surface of the thigh in both sexes, dorsal pattern lacking of light vertebral or dorsolateral stripes, antehumeral fold without black pigment in female but greyish in male, a prescapular dark dot dorsal to antehumeral fold in both sexes, and postscapular spot absent. The new species is terrestrial, living in habitats with gravel and sandy soil in an Andean Monte landscape with sparse vegetation, above 2270 meters of altitude.


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4656 (3) ◽  
pp. 596-600
Author(s):  
GIORGIO SABELLA ◽  
FABIO MASSIMO VIGLIANISI ◽  
VERA D’URSO

Tychus meggiolaroi sp. n. from Lebanon is described and illustrated. It belongs to the Tychus cilicicus species group (Sabella & Kurbatov 2002) and can be readily distinguished from related taxa by the different structure of the aedeagus and morphological features of antennae. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3981 (4) ◽  
pp. 565
Author(s):  
BEN-YONG MAO ◽  
YAO NIU ◽  
ZHE-MIN ZHENG ◽  
MATTHEW B. SCOTT

Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4084 (3) ◽  
pp. 436 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. LUCIA PÉREZ-BENAVIDES ◽  
FRANCISCO SERNA ◽  
GARY A.P. GIBSON

Herpetologica ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 468-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina Calijorne Lourenço ◽  
Luciana Barreto Nascimento ◽  
Maria Rita Silvério Pires

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4969 (3) ◽  
pp. 492-510
Author(s):  
DZUNG TRUNG LE ◽  
SALY SITTHIVONG ◽  
TUNG THANH TRAN ◽  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN ◽  
...  

A new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus is described from Dien Bien Province, northwestern Vietnam based on morphological and molecular data. Cyrtodactylus ngati sp. nov. can be distinguished from remaining congeners by the following combination of characters: maximum SVL 69.3 mm; dorsal pattern consisting of six dark irregular transverse bands between limb insertions; inter-supranasals one; dorsal tubercles present on occiput, body, hind limbs and on first half of tail; 17–22 irregular dorsal tubercle rows at midbody; lateral folds clearly defined, with interspersed tubercles; 32–38 ventral scales between ventrolateral folds; 13 precloacal pores separated by a diastema of 5/5 poreless scales from a series of 7/7 femoral pores in enlarged femoral scales; precloacal and femoral pores absent in females; 1–3 postcloacal tubercles on each side; transversely enlarged median subcaudal scales absent. In the molecular analyses, the new species is shown to be the sister taxon to C. interdigitalis from Thailand. This is the 47th species of the genus Cyrtodactylus and the first member of the C. brevipalmatus species group recorded from Vietnam. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4942 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-206
Author(s):  
WILLIAM CHAMORRO ◽  
ALEJANDRO LOPERA-TORO ◽  
MICHELE ROSSINI

Dichotomius (Dichotomius) quadrilobatus new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Dichotomiini), from western Amazonia (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) is described and its putative systematic position within the Dichotomius boreus species group is discussed. An updated identification key to the species of the Dichotomius boreus species group is provided. Additionally, Dichotomius (Selenocopris) fortepunctatus Luederwaldt, 1923 is recorded for the first time in Colombia. 


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