Description of Two New Species of the Genus Gekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Tokara and Amami Island Groups in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Copeia ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (2) ◽  
pp. 452-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamoru Toda ◽  
Showichi Sengoku ◽  
Tsutomu Hikida ◽  
Hidetoshi Ota
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Ryukyu Archipelago ◽  
Two New Species

Two new millipede species of the genus Riukiaria (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae) endemic to the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2877 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZOLTÁN KORSÓS ◽  
YASUYUKI NAKAMURA ◽  
TSUTOMU TANABE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Ryukyu Archipelago ◽  
Color Patterns ◽  
Unique Color ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Island Group

We describe two new species of the millipede genus Riukiaria from two islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago: R. maculata sp. n. from Tane-ga-shima, northern Ryukyus, and R. mundyi sp. n. from Yonaguni-jima, the southwesternmost member of the Yaeyama Island Group. Both species show the simple forceps-like male gonopod structure typical for the genus, but they are readily distinguishable from other members by their unique color patterns. We have also compiled a list of species in the genus described up to now.

scholarly journals Redescription of Orobdella ijimai (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Gastrostomobdellidae), and two new species of Orobdella from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2998 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAKAFUMI NAKANO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Genital Organ ◽  
Ryukyu Archipelago ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Male Genital Organ ◽  
Male Genital

Sexannulate Orobdella leech, Orobdella ijimai, is redescribed based on newly collected specimens from the type locality, Nikko, Tochigi Pref., Japan, since this species was originally described based on limited number of characters. In addition, two new sexannulate species, Orobdella dolichopharynx sp. nov. from Amamioshima Island in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, and Orobdella shimadae sp. nov. from Okinawajima Island also in the Ryukyu Archipelago, are described. They resemble O. ijimai in the annulation of mid-body somites, but they differ from the latter in the annulation of somite VIII, position of gonopores, the lack of gastropore, the length of pharynx, the shape of gastroporal duct, and the morphology of male genital organ. Two new Orobdella species differ from each other in the annulation of somite VII, the position of gonopores, and the shape of gastroporal duct. In accordance with the two new species, the diagnosis of Orobdella is slightly emended.

Two new species of Cephennomicrus in the Ryūkyū Archipelago (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4938 (5) ◽  
pp. 581-587
Author(s):  
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Length ◽  
Ryukyu Archipelago ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Japanese Species ◽  
Okinawa Island ◽  
True Diversity ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Holotype Male

Ten species of Cephennomicrus are currently known to occur in Japan, predominantly in the Ryūkyū Archipelago. These extremely small beetles (adults of Japanese species do not exceed 1.2 mm) are rarely collected, and their true diversity may be in fact much greater. Two more species are described in the present study: C. aji sp. n. inhabiting Okinawa island, and C. ushimanus sp. n. found on Amami Ôshima island. Cephennomicrus aji has the smallest adults of all Japanese Scydmaeninae; the holotype male measures merely 0.66 mm of body length. The distribution of Japanese Cephennomicrus species is summarized, with the aedeagus of each species illustrated on the distribution map, to facilitate identifications and further study on this broadly distributed but poorly known cephenniine genus. 

Paraneseuthia Franz of Japan: two new species and rediscovery of the enigmatic P. holzneri Franz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4532 (2) ◽  
pp. 266
Author(s):  
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Ryukyu Archipelago ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Iriomote Island ◽  
Two New Species

To date, three nominal species of the eutheiine genus Paraneseuthia were known to occur in Japan (in Honshū and Kyūshū). A female of an undescribed species was also recorded from Iriomote Island of the Ryūkyū Archipelago. Two new species are here added to this list: P. ishigakianas p. n. (Ishigaki Is.) and P. ehimensis sp. n. (Shikoku). Paraneseuthia holzneri (Franz), described on the basis of a single male with erected and distorted aedeagus, is recorded from a new locality and its aedeagus is illustrated. 

Contribution to the knowledge of the Japanese Milichiidae (Diptera), with descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4551 (5) ◽  
pp. 571 ◽  
Author(s):  
MITSUHIRO IWASA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Ryukyu Archipelago ◽  
Okinawa Island ◽  
Limestone Cave ◽  
Release Mechanisms ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Aristolochia Debilis ◽  
First Time

The Japanese Milichiidae are taxonomically revised with four newly recorded genera (Milichia, Madiza, Neophyllomyza, and Leptometopa). Two new species of Milichia and Neophyllomyza are described: Milichia yafusoae sp. nov. was discovered on guano of the Southeast Asian long-fingered bat (Mineopterus fuscus Bonhote) in a limestone cave of Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Archipelago; Neophyllomyza nishidai sp. nov. was collected from flowers of Aristolochia debilis Siebold et Zucc. (Aristolochiacea) which have trap-and-release mechanisms for using flies as pollinators in Honshu. Two species, Leptometopa latipes (Meigen) and Madiza glabra (Fallén), are recorded from Japan for the first time. Bionomic remarks for each species and a key to the genera and species of the Japanese Milichiidae are also provided. 

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