scholarly journals Description of the male genitalia of Dyspessa wiltshirei Daniel, 1938 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) based on the type specimens

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 108-110
Author(s):  
R.V. Yakovlev ◽  
H. Alipanah
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Genital Structure ◽  
First Time ◽  
Male Genital

<p>The article gives a detailed illustrated redescription of the rare little-known species, <em>Dyspessa</em> <em>wiltshirei </em>Daniel, 1938, including description of the male genital structure which is presented for the first time. The differences of this species from its closely related species are also provided.</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals A morphological trait involved in reproductive isolation between Drosophila sister species is sensitive to temperature

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex E. Peluffo ◽  
Mehdi Hamdani ◽  
Alejandra Vargas-Valderrama ◽  
Jean R. David ◽  
François Mallard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Isolation ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Automatic Measurement ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Genital Structure ◽  
Lower Temperature ◽  
Male Genital

AbstractMale genitalia are usually extremely divergent between closely related species, but relatively constant within one species. Here we examine the effect of temperature on the shape of the ventral branches, a male genital structure involved in reproductive isolation, in the sister species Drosophila santomea and D. yakuba. We designed a semi-automatic measurement pipeline that can reliably identify curvatures and landmarks based on manually digitized contours of the ventral branches. With this method, we observed that temperature does not affect ventral branches in D. yakuba but that in D. santomea ventral branches tend to morph into a D. yakuba-like shape at lower temperature. Our results suggest that speciation of D. santomea and D. yakuba was associated with a change in genitalia plasticity.

A review of the genus Ancylosis Zeller, 1839 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) from Ukraine

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4657 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-473
Author(s):  
OLEKSIY BIDZILYA ◽  
YURIY BUDASHKIN ◽  
VIKTOR YEPISHIN
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Host ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
The Status ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
New Synonymy ◽  
First Time

Nine species of Ancylosis are recorded from Ukraine. Ancylosis larissae sp. nov. related to A. hellenica (Staudinger, 1870) and A. rhodochrella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852), is described from Crimea. Ancylosis albicosta (Staudinger, 1870) is reported from Ukraine for the first time. Ancylosis albidella Ragonot, 1888, A. syrtella (Ragonot, 1887), A. rhodochrella, A. harmoniella (Ragonot, 1887) and A. monella Roesler, 1973 are removed from the list of Pyralidae of Ukraine due to misidentifications. The host plants for A. sareptalla (Herrich-Schäffer, 1861) and A. substratellum (Christoph, 1877) comb. nov. are recorded for the first time. New host plant is recorded for A. roscidella (Eversmann, 1844). The diagnoses for all species known from Ukraine are provided. The adults and genitalia of both sexes are illustrated for all Ukrainian species and some closely related species from adjacent territories. A key to the species is given based on external characters and the genitalia of both sexes. The female genitalia of A. deserticola (Staudinger, 1870), A. hellenica (Staudinger, 1870), A. sabulosella (Staudinger, 1879) as well as the male genitalia of A. pallida (Staudinger, 1870) are described and illustrated as they have been dealt incorrectly in literature. The status of A. albidella and the records of this species from Europe are discussed. The new synonymy is proposed: Ancylosoma Roesler, 1973 syn. nov. of Ancylosis Zeller, 1839 and A. sareptalla gulbaharensis Roesler, 1973 syn. nov. of A. sareptalla (Herrich-Schäffer, 1861). Ancylosis decolorella (Ragonot & Hampson, 1901) spec. rev., stat. nov. is taken out from synonymy with A. sabulosella. The lectotype of Myelois deserticola Staudinger, 1870 is designated.

scholarly journals TAXONOMIC NOTES ON SOME PALAEARCTIC SPECIES OF THE WEEVIL GENUS TYCHIUS WITH THE DESCRIPT ION OF FIVE NEW SPECIES (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE)

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 507
Author(s):  
Roberto Caldara
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Western Iran ◽  
Differential Characters ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
Central Turkey ◽  
First Time

Five new species belonging to the weevil genus <em>Tychius</em> Germar, 1817 are here described: <em>Tychius</em> <em>magnithorax</em> n. sp. (southern central Turkey, Syria), <em>T. podlussanyi</em> n. sp. (northern Portugal), <em>T. ucrainicus</em> n. sp. (eastern Ukraine), <em>T. weilli</em> n. sp. (Syria), <em>T</em>. <em>zagrosianus</em> n. sp. (south-western Iran). For each taxon a description, habitus photograph, figures of rostrum and genitalia when useful for taxonomy, and differential characters from the closely related species are provided. A neotype is designated for <em>Tychius</em> <em>conspersus</em> Rosenhauer, 1856, and the following synonymy is proposed: <em>T</em>. <em>conspersus</em> Rosenhauer, 1856 = <em>T. antoinei</em> Hustache, 1944 n. syn. Finally the male of <em>T.</em> <em>boroveci</em> Caldara, 1995 and the male genitalia of<em> T. lacteoguttatus</em> Desbrochers, 1875 are described for the first time.

scholarly journals A new Orthosia Ochsenheimer, 1816 species from Iran (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Hadeninae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
Benjamin Wiesmair ◽  
Asghar Shirvani ◽  
László Ronkay
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

A new Orthosia species, O. habelerisp. nov., is described from Iran (Kerman, SE Zagros Mts), and compared with the allopatric, closely related species, O. manfredi Hreblay, 1994. The subgenus Orthosia and its three main lineages are characterised; the primary types of the taxa described by Staudinger and Hreblay &amp; Plante are illustrated; the photographs of the male genitalia of the holotypes of O. manfredi Hreblay, 1994, O. ariuna Hreblay, 1991, O. faqiri Hreblay &amp; Plante, 1994 and O. feda Hreblay &amp; Plante, 1994, and the lectotype of O. incerta var. pallida Staudinger, 1888 are illustrated for the first time.

Description of New Miridae and Tingidae Species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) and New Records from Southern Turkey

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4949 (2) ◽  
pp. 312-332
Author(s):  
BARIŞ ÇERÇÝ ◽  
JACEK GORCZYCA ◽  
ÖZGÜR KOÇAK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Alien Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Southern Turkey ◽  
First Time

In this study, Fulvius anatolicus Çerçi & Gorczyca sp. n., Orthotylus (Pinocapsus) kmenti Çerçi & Koçak sp. n. (Miridae) and Lasiacantha karamanensis Çerçi & Koçak sp. n. (Tingidae) are described from Turkey. Dorsal habitus of each species, male and female genitalia of F. anatolicus sp. n. and male genitalia of O. (P.) kmenti sp. n. are illustrated. Differential diagnostic features between closely related species and the new species are given. Additionally, Hallodapus costae (Miridae) and Tempyra biguttula (Rhyparochromidae) are recorded from Turkey for the first time. Latter is a new alien species for the fauna of Turkey. 

Six new species of Tonsilla Wang & Yin, 1992 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from southern China, with the first description of the male of T. yanlingensis (Zhang, Yin & Kim, 2000)

Zootaxa ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 5091 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-372
Author(s):  
MENG ZHANG ◽  
MUHAMMAD IRFAN ◽  
LU-YU WANG ◽  
ZHI-SHENG ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
First Time

Six new species of the spider genus Tonsilla Wang & Yin, 1992 are described from southern China: T. jinyunensis sp. nov. (♂♀) from Chongqing, T. jiugongensis sp. nov. (♂♀) from Hubei, T. subtruculenta sp. nov. (♂♀), T. rutunda sp. nov. (♂♀) and T. yueliangensis sp. nov. (♂) from Guizhou and T. subrostrum sp. nov. (♂♀) from Hunan. In addition, T. yanlingensis (Zhang, Yin & Kim, 2000) is redescribed and its male is described here for the first time. Tonsilla subyanlingensis Liu & Xu, 2020 is transferred to Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999, hence the new combination Draconarius subyanlingensis (Liu & Xu, 2020) comb. nov. is established. The female of T. subyanlingensis Liu & Xu, 2020 should be treated as T. yanlingensis (Zhang, Yin & Kim, 2000). Detailed descriptions, photographs of copulatory organs and somatic features, a distribution map and comparisons with closely related species are presented.  

scholarly journals High Genetic Differentiation among European White Oak Species (Quercus spp.) at a Dehydrin Gene

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 582-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iacob CRĂCIUNESC ◽  
Barbara VORNAM ◽  
Ludger LEINEMANN ◽  
Reiner FINKELDEY ◽  
Neculae ȘOFLETEA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Differentiation ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Quercus Petraea ◽  
White Oak ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Significant Differentiation ◽  
Dehydrin Gene ◽  
First Time ◽  
Two Populations

Dehydryn genes are involved in plant response to environmental stress and may be useful to examine functional diversity in relation to adaptive variation. Recently, a dehydrin gene (DHN3) was isolated in Quercus petraea and showed little differentiation between populations of the same species in an altitudinal transect. In the present study, inter- and intraspecific differentiation patterns in closely related and interfertile oaks were investigated for the first time at the DHN3 locus. A four-oak-species stand (Quercus frainetto Ten., Q. petraea (Matt.) Liebl., Q. pubescens Willd., Q. robur L.) and two populations for each of five white oak species (Q. frainetto Ten., Q. petraea (Matt.) Liebl., Q. pubescens Willd., Q. robur L. and Q. pedunculiflora K. Koch) were analyzed. Three alleles shared by all five oak species were observed. However, only two alleles were present in each population, but with different frequencies according to the species. At population level, all interspecific pairs of populations showed significant differentiation, except for pure Q. robur and Q. pedunculiflora populations. In contrast, no significant differentiation (p > 0.05) was found among conspecific populations. The DHN3 locus proved to be very useful to differentiate Q. frainetto and Q. pubescens from Q. pedunculiflora (FST = 0.914 and 0.660, respectively) and Q. robur (FST = 0.858 and 0.633, respectively). As expected, the lowest level of differentiation was detected between the most closely related species, Q. robur and Q. pedunculiflora (FST = 0.020). Our results suggest that DHN3 can be an important genetic marker for differentiating among European white oak species.

The Ornithodoros capensis group (Acari: Argasidae): a morphological diagnosis and molecular characterization of O. capensis sensu stricto from Queimada Grande Island, Brazil 

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal ◽  
Ricardo A. Dias ◽  
Carlos R. Abrahão ◽  
Marcelo B. Labruna
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Characterization ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Bacterial Pathogens ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Morphological Diagnosis ◽  
First Time

Ornithodoros capensis sensu lato (s. l.) is a worldwide-distributed group of soft ticks that parasitize birds in insular and continental lands. It is currently composed of 11 morphologically closely related species. Several viral and bacterial pathogens, and particularly Coxiella-like endosymbiont organisms have been described coexisting with ticks of this group. Since it last report in 1983, the presence of O. capensis s. l. in Brazil has remained undocumented. By a morphological analysis of larvae and a molecular characterization of ticks and Coxiella genes we describe for the first time O. capensis sensu stricto in Brazil from specimens collected on Queimada Grande Island, in São Paulo state.

Larval development of the shrimp Hippolyte sapphica d’Udekem d’Acoz, 1993 forma A and B (Decapoda: Caridea: Hippolytidae) reared in the laboratory, confirmation of the conspecific status of the two forms

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2579 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDROS NTAKIS ◽  
CHRYSSA ANASTASIADOU ◽  
ROMAN LIASKO ◽  
IOANNIS D. LEONARDOS
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Larval Stages ◽  
Laboratory Confirmation ◽  
Bibliographic Data ◽  
Immature Form ◽  
Complete Series ◽  
First Time

The complete series of larval staging of Hippolyte sapphica d’Udekem d’Acoz, 1993 forma A and B from Louros estuary was studied in the laboratory and described in detail for the first time. The reared larvae of H. sapphica passed through six zoeal stages and one megalopal stage. The larval monitoring completed when the individuals could be assigned clearly to form A and B via rostra formation. Under the experimental conditions, the average durations of the larval stages were as follows: three days for 1 st and 2 nd stages, three to four days for 3 rd , 4 th , 5 th and 6 th stages, four days for the megalopal stage and 19 to 30 days for immature form A and B individuals. Comparison of the larval morphological characters among the described material and the bibliographic data of closely related species was made and discussed. The offspring of females of the forma A includes forma A and B and the same can be said of the offspring of the forma B. This confirms that the formae A and B are indeed conspecific.

scholarly journals Colaphellus palaestinus Achard, a new leaf-beetle for Europe (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4565 (3) ◽  
pp. 447
Author(s):  
DAVID MIFSUD ◽  
MAURO DACCORDI
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Invasive Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Leaf Beetle ◽  
Global Distribution ◽  
Alien Invasive Species ◽  
Local News ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
First Time

Colaphellus palaestinus Achard, an alien invasive species is here reported for the first time for Europe. It was found for the first time in Malta in November 2017, and the year after thousands of individuals were observed in Malta with many photographs posted in social media and local news. Global distribution of this species and information on closely related species is also provided here. Colaphellus zarudnyi Medvedev is probably a synonym of C. palaestinus. 

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