scholarly journals A Vivid Orange New Genus and Species of Braconid-Mimicking Clearwing Moth (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) Found Puddling on Plecoptera Exuviae

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Skowron Volponi
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
River Bank ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Clearwing Moth ◽  
Braconid Wasp ◽  
White Colour ◽  
Established Genus

A clearwing moth with a distinct orange, black and white colour pattern was found sucking up fluids from Plecoptera (stonefly) exuviae on rocks, surrounded by water, on a river bank in Thailand. During this process, known as puddling, the sesiid ejected brown liquid, indicating that it was not imbibing water alone. The behaviour was documented via video recording. Morphological and DNA analyses indicate that the moth is a new genus and species of the tribe Osminiini and it is described herein as Aurantiosphecia piotrii genus et species nova. Two species of Aschistophleps Hampson, 1893 have been transferred to the newly established genus. The barcode sequence of the cytochrome c oxidase I gene was obtained with universal invertebrate primers after two sets of standard Lepidoptera primers failed to generate a product. Sections on behaviour, conditions of occurrence and possible mimicry models are included. The unique colouration and body posture of A. piotrii suggest that it is a braconid wasp mimic, with the mimicry model potentially also being the sesiid’s parasitoid.

A new genus and species of clearwing moth (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from Ethiopia

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4497 (4) ◽  
pp. 492
Author(s):  
OLEG G. GORBUNOV
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Sex Attractants ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Clearwing Moth

A new genus and species from the tribe Synanthedonini (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) is described and illustrated from Ethiopia: Jerbeia darkovi gen. et sp. nov. The new genus differs from the all known Afrotropical sesiid genera in the combination of the following characters: parallel veins R1–R3 of the forewing, the valva of the male genitalia with a ventral crista and the vesica is armed with flat dentate cornuti. The type series, which consists of 12 males, was collected with the help of artificial sex attractants. The female and the larval bionomics are unknown.  

A new genus and species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from eastern Indonesia

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4691 (5) ◽  
pp. 444-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM T. WHITE ◽  
FAHMI FAHMI ◽  
SIMON WEIGMANN
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Other ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Ventral Lobe ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Eastern Indonesia

A new genus and species of catshark is described based on a single specimen collected off Ambon in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. Akheilos suwartanai belongs to the subfamily Schroederichthyinae which differs from the other catsharks in a combination of: similar sized dorsal fins, supraorbital crests present, pseudosiphon present on claspers, broad subocular ridges under eyes, posterior nasal flaps present, tips of rostral cartilage fused into a rostral node. It represents the first record of this subfamily outside of the Americas. Akheilos differs from the other genus in the subfamily, Schroederichthys in a combination of: clasper groove not fused dorsally, ventral lobe of caudal fin produced, more intestinal valve turns, anal fin slightly larger than second dorsal fin, and in colour pattern. 

The subterranean Aenigmachanna gollum, a new genus and species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Kerala, South India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4603 (2) ◽  
pp. 377 ◽  
Author(s):  
RALF BRITZ ◽  
V.K. ANOOP ◽  
NEELESH DAHANUKAR ◽  
RAJEEV RAGHAVAN
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
South India ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
The Body ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Slight Reduction ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Body Depth ◽  
The Family ◽  
Maximum Body

Aenigmachanna gollum, new genus and species, is described from Kerala, South India. It is the first subterranean species of the family Channidae. It has numerous derived and unique characters, separating it from both the Asian Channa Scopoli and the African Parachanna Teugels & Daget. Uniquely among channids, A. gollum has a very slender (maximum body depth only 11.1–11.3% SL), eel-like body (head length 20.8–21.6% SL), large mouth (jaw length 60.4–61.1 % HL), 43–44 anal-fin rays, 83–85 scales in a lateral series, an unusual colour pattern and it lacks pored lateral-line scales on the body and body buoyancy. In addition, it is distinguished by its DNA barcode sequence, which is 15.8–24.2% divergent from other species of the family Channidae. Morphological modifications usually associated with a subterranean life, such as reduction of eyes and enhancement of non-visual senses (taste, smell, mechanosensory systems) are absent in A. gollum. However, it shares with subterranean fishes a slight reduction of its pigmentation in comparison to epigean channids.

A new genus and species of clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from South Sudan

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4276 (2) ◽  
pp. 270
Author(s):  
OLEG G. GORBUNOV ◽  
VLADIMIR O. GURKO
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
South Sudan ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Severtsov Institute ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Family ◽  
Clearwing Moth ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

A new clearwing moth genus and species is described and illustrated from South Sudan: Lolibaia salimi gen. nov. et sp. nov.. This is the first record of the family Sesiidae from that country. The holotype is deposited in the collection of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. 

Rhyacoschistura larreci, a new genus and species of loach from Laos and redescription of R. suber (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4612 (2) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
MAURICE KOTTELAT
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Body Depth ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Lower Lip ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
First Ray ◽  
Pectoral Fin Rays ◽  
Pelvic Fin

Rhyacoschistura, new genus, belongs to a group of genera (Physoschistura, Mustura, Pteronemacheilus, Petruichthys) characterised by the modified branched pectoral-fin rays of males, with a very thick first ray, usually without membranes between some of the branches and/or rays, and anterior rays and/or membranes covered by small tubercles at maturity. Rhyacoschistura is distinguished from them by the combination of: presence of a suborbital flap; emarginate caudal fin; lower lip with a wide median interruption and connected to isthmus by a frenum; body depth about equal from behind head to caudal-fin base. Rhyacoschistura larreci, new species, is described from the Mekong drainage in Xayaburi Province, Laos. It is distinguished by details of the morphology of the pelvic fin, and its colour pattern (flank with numerous narrow slanted bars, very irregularly organised and shaped, more or less connected, or sometimes covering the whole flank). Schistura suber, from Nam Ngum watershed, is redescribed on the basis of adults and placed in Rhyacoschistura.  

A new genus and species of myrmecophile clearwing moth (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from East Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4392 (3) ◽  
pp. 588 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID AGASSIZ ◽  
AXEL KALLIES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Africa ◽  
New Genus ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Clearwing Moth ◽  
A New Species

A new genus, Osmanthedon Kallies gen. nov., in the tribe Synanthedonini and a new species, Osmanthedon domaticola Agassiz & Kallies spec. nov., are described. This is the first record of a sesiid species associated with ant galls (domatia) found on whistling thorn Acacia, Vachellia drepanolobium (Harms ex Sjöstedt) P.J.H.Hurter (Fabaceae), in East Africa. 

New genus and species of subfamily Trinodinae (Coleoptera, Polyphaga, Dermestidae) from Lowermost Eocene French amber

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-69
Author(s):  
A.G. Kirejtshuk ◽  
J. Háva ◽  
A. Nel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Short Review ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
New Tribe ◽  
Fossil Records

In the paper six new species of the genus Oisenodes gen. nov. (Dermestidae, Trinodinae, Trinodini) are described: O. azari sp. nov., O. clavatus sp. nov., O. gallicus sp. nov., O. metepisternalis sp. nov., O. oisensis sp. nov. and O. transversus sp. nov. A new tribe Trinoparvini Hava, trib. nov. is established for the recent genus Trinoparvus Háva, 2004. Short review of known fossil records of the subfamily Trinodinae is given.

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