scholarly journals Psenulus pallipes (Panzer, 1798), an adventive wasp species (Apoidea, Crabronidae) newly recorded in the fauna of Chile

Check List ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1095-1098
Author(s):  
Brunno B. Rosa ◽  
Gabriel A. R. Melo
Keyword(s):  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
First Time

We document the presence of the Palearctic Psenulus pallipes (Panzer, 1798) in Chile for the first time. We believe this represents an adventive population introduced into the Neotropical region most likely by accidental human transportation of nests. A map of distribution in Chile, illustrations of external morphology, and a discussion of morphological features to distinguish the introduced taxon from the Neotropical species are presented.

First description of species of Chvalaea Papp & Földvári from the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Hybotidae, Ocydromiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1167 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
R. ALE-ROCHA
Keyword(s):  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
First Time

The species of Chvalaea Papp & Földvári from the Neotropical Region are described for the first time: C. amazonica, sp. n.; C. boliviana, sp. n.; C. catarinensis sp. n.; C. masneri, sp. n. and C. pulchra, sp. n. The male of this genus is described for the first time. A key to the Neotropical species of Chvalaea is also provided.

New Neotropical species of Pantisarthrus Förster, 1871 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4728 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-452
Author(s):  
LUIZA FIGUEIREDO CAMARGO ◽  
EDUARDO MITIO SHIMBORI ◽  
ANGÉLICA MARIA PENTEADO-DIAS
Keyword(s):  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
First Time

The Pantisarthrus genus is recorded for the first time from the Neotropical region and P. communis sp. nov., P. flavocingulatus sp. nov. and P. paraitinga sp. nov. are described and illustrated. A key to described species is provided. 

Four new Neotropical species of Episcepsis Butler, 1877 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5020 (2) ◽  
pp. 352-366
Author(s):  
KARLA MANTILLA ◽  
JUAN GRADOS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Genital Morphology ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Species Complexes

The genus Episcepsis Butler, 1877 is widely distributed in the Neotropical region and currently includes 43 valid species many of them described solely based on external morphology. The existence of species complexes makes their identification difficult without examination of genital morphology. Four new species from Brazil, Cuba and Peru are described herein; Episcepsis andina sp. nov., E. diversa sp. nov., E. insularis sp. nov. and E. travassosi sp. nov. Comparisons with other similar species as well as photographs of external morphology and male genitalia are provided.  

Review of the species of Ardistomina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini) in America north of Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1308 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
YVES BOUSQUET
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Habitat Requirements ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
First Instar ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nearctic Region

North American species of the genera Aspidoglossa Putzeys, Semiardistomis Kult and Ardistomis Putzeys, which constitute the subtribe Ardistomina in the tribe Clivinini, are reviewed. The five species are keyed, redescribed and notes are provided about their distribution and habitat requirements. Larval character states of the subtribe are described for the first time based on first instar of Semiardistomis viridis (Say). Illustrations of some of the most important morphological features as well as distribution maps are included. The species known as Ardistomis morio (Dejean) is redescribed from the holotype. Evidence is presented which establishes that this species does not belong to the genus Ardistomis, or to the subtribe Ardistomina, and that the sole specimen known was probably collected in the Neotropical Region, not in the Nearctic Region. The species is returned to the genus Clivina in which it was originally described.

scholarly journals The unknown followers: Discovery of a new species of Sycobia Walker (Hymenoptera: Epichrysomallinae) associated with Ficus benjamina L. (Moraceae) in the Neotropical region

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 85-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Henrique Antoniolli Farache ◽  
Cecilia Bernardo Pereira ◽  
Cristiana Koschnitzke ◽  
Levi Oliveira Barros ◽  
Elmecelli Moraes de Castro Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Trophic Levels ◽  
Fig Wasp ◽  
Fig Wasps ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Fig Trees ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Biotic invasion in mutualistic communities is of particular interest due to the possible establishment of new relationships with native species. Ficus species are widely cultivated as ornamental plants, and they host specific communities of chalcid wasps that are strictly associated with the fig inflorescences. Some introduced fig species are capable of establishing new relationships with the local fig wasps, and fig wasp species may also be concomitantly introduced with their host plants. Ficusbenjamina L. is widely cultivated across the world, but the associated fig wasps are not reported outside of the species native range. We describe for the first time a non-pollinating fig wasp associated with F.benjamina inflorescences outside its native distribution. Sycobiahodites Farache & Rasplus, sp. n. is the third known species of the genus and was recorded in populations of F.benjamina introduced in the Neotropical region throughout several localities in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia. Sycobia is a gall-inducing non-pollinating fig wasp genus associated with fig trees in the Oriental and Australasian regions. This species competes with pollinators for oviposition sites and may hinder the future establishment of the native pollinator of F.benjamina, Eupristinakoningsbergeri Grandi, 1916 in the New World. However, the occurrence of a gall inducing species in this host plant may open ecological opportunities for the establishment of species belonging to other trophic levels such as cleptoparasite and parasitoid wasps.

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical spiders of the genus Idiops Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Idiopidae), with description of four new species

2021 ◽  
Vol 780 ◽  
pp. 1-71
Author(s):  
Rafael Fonseca-Ferreira ◽  
José Paulo Leite Guadanucci ◽  
Flávio Uemori Yamamoto ◽  
Antonio Domingos Brescovit
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Immature Female ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Nomen Dubium ◽  
First Time ◽  
Species Inquirendae

Neotropical species of the genus Idiops Perty, 1833 are reviewed, and four new species are described from Brazil: I. duocordibus Fonseca-Ferreira, Guadanucci & Brescovit sp. nov., I. guri Fonseca-Ferreira, Guadanucci & Brescovit sp. nov., I. mocambo Fonseca-Ferreira, Guadanucci & Brescovit sp. nov. and I. sertania Fonseca-Ferreira, Guadanucci & Brescovit sp. nov. The majority of species are redescribed based on the examination of the types and extensive material. Males of I. petiti (Guérin, 1838), I. rastratus (Pickard-Cambrige, 1889), I. rohdei Karsch, 1886 and I. nilopolensis Mello-Leitão, 1923, and females of I. fuscus Perty, 1833 and I. pirassununguensis Fukami & Lucas, 2005, hitherto unknown, are described for the first time. Idiops nilopolensis, considered a nomen dubium, is revalidated. Idiops fulvipes Simon, 1889 is synonymized with I. argus Simon, 1889, and I. santaremius (Pickard-Cambrige, 1896) is synonymized with I. petiti. Neotypes are designated for Idiops fuscus, I. nilopolensis and I. siolii (Bücherl, 1953). Idiops bonapartei Hasselt, 1888 is considered species inquirendae, since the type is an immature female. Finally, an updated distribution map of Neotropical species is included. The genus now has 24 species in the Neotropical region.

scholarly journals Differences in Features of External Morphology Traits of Young and Adult Snakes of the Family Colubridae (Reptilia)

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 116-127
Author(s):  
Anastasia A. Klenina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Natural Origin ◽  
Laboratory Conditions ◽  
Natrix Natrix ◽  
The Family ◽  
Grass Snake ◽  
First Time

Characteristics of the meristic features of the external morphology of young and adult snakes (the Colubridae family) of three species, namely, the grass snake Natrix natrix, the dice snake N. tessellata and the Pallas’ coluber Elaphe dione, living in the Samara region, are described. For the first time, a comparative analysis was carried out of a number of morphological characters of uneven-aged snakes, namely: newborns obtained in laboratory conditions, juvenile specimens, and adult snakes captured in nature. It was revealed that those morphological features which remained unchanged during the snake's life (the number of Ventr., Scd., Lab. and Temp. scales) significantly differred in specimens of laboratory and natural origin. Statistically significant differences were also found between young and adult specimens of the dice snake from nature.

scholarly journals A new synonym, a new male description and new geographical records for three Ceraeochrysa species (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2913 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCISCO SOSA ◽  
SERGIO DE FREITAS
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
First Time

Ceraeochrysa Adams is the largest genus in Chrysopini with 62 valid species distributed in the New World. The taxonomy of this group is complex and largely based on male genitalic characters. There are still serious complications, especially with the species that have been described solely from female specimens. The male of C. montoyana (Navás, 1913), unknown previously, is herein described for the first time, and compared with its closest relative, C. claveri (Navás, 1911). Ceraeochrysa acutipuppis Adams & Penny, 1985 is designated as a junior synonym of C. fairchildi (Banks, 1946) based on the evidence that both species share external morphological features uncommon in other species of the genus. The species C. claveri, C. fairchildi and C. montoyana are recorded from Venezuela for the first time. External morphology and genitalia of these insects are described and illustrated.

A new species of Eremotylus Forster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Peru, with a key to the Neotropical species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4758 (2) ◽  
pp. 397-400
Author(s):  
RODRIGO SUAREZ ◽  
MABEL ALVARADO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Eremotylus Forster currently comprises 16 described species, two of them occurring in the Neotropical region. The genus is recorded for the first time in Peru and Eremotylus pukayana sp. nov. is described. A key for the Neotropical species is also presented. 

scholarly journals The genus Synaldis Foerster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) in the Neotropical region: first record, descriptions of new species and a key to the New World taxa

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier Peris-Felipo ◽  
Sergey A. Belokobylskij
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New World ◽  
First Record ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
First Time

The genus Synaldis Foerster, 1863 is recorded in the Neotropical region for the first time. Five new Neotropical species, S. brasiliense Peris-Felipo, sp. nov., S. fritzi Peris-Felipo, sp. nov., S. longiflagellaris Peris-Felipo, sp. nov., S. magnioculis Peris-Felipo, sp. nov., and S. novateutoniae Peris-Felipo, sp. nov., are described and illustrated. The original combination for Synaldis ulmicola Ashmead, 1889 stat. rev. is proposed. A key for the determination of the all New World Synaldis species is provided.

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