scholarly journals Pseudasphondylia tominagai, a new gall midge species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) inducing flower bud galls on Eleutherococcus spinosus (Araliaceae) in Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayman Elsayed ◽  
Junichi Yukawa ◽  
Makoto Tokuda
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Gall Midge ◽  
Flower Bud ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
A New Species

The genus Pseudasphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Asphondyliini: Asphondyliina) comprises ten Palearctic, Oriental and Australian species associated with various hosts belonging to at least ten plant families. A new species, Pseudasphondyliatominagai Elsayed & Tokuda n. sp., that induces flower bud galls on Eleutherococcusspinosus (L.f.) S.Y.Hu (Araliaceae) is described. This species is considered to alternate between host plants seasonally. A key to males of known Pseudasphondylia species is provided.

Review of Gibberifera Obraztsov (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from China, with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5039 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-416
Author(s):  
AIHUAN ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
A New Species

Chinese species of the genus Gibberifera Obraztsov are reviewed. G. tetracornata sp. nov. is described as new to science with illustrations of adult and genitalia. Other species are summarized with detailed references cited and information about host-plants and distribution. A key to Chinese species of Gibberifera based on characters of male genitalia is given.  

scholarly journals New genus and species of Schizomyiina (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. e20216187
Author(s):  
Barbara Proença ◽  
Valéria Cid Maia
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Gall Midge ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Pupal Exuviae ◽  
Gall Inducer ◽  
A New Species

A new gall midge genus, Distinctamyia gen. nov., and a new species Distinctamyia matogrossensis sp. nov. (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) are herein described and illustrated (larvae, pupal exuviae, male and female). The new species induces conical, green, hairy and one chambered galls on leaf and bud of Simarouba amara Aubl. (Simaroubaceae). Gall-inducer specimens, samples of gall and host plant were collected at Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, in the state of Mato Grosso (Midwestern Brazil).

A new species of Liophloeothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from leaf litter from Iran

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4571 (1) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
MAHSA HAKIMARA ◽  
KAMBIZ MINAEI ◽  
SABER SADEGHI ◽  
LAURENCE MOUND
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Single Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Single Female ◽  
Label Data ◽  
Fungal Hyphae ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
A New Species

Of the 16 species listed in the genus Liophloeothrips (ThripsWiki 2018), 13 are known only from India, and all of these are phytophagous with some inducing galls in various plant families (Tyagi & Kumar 2011). However, the biology of the type species, L. glaber, as well as that of the other two species, L. hungaricus and L. pulchrisetis, remains in doubt. Each of these three species is from Europe, with L. pulchrisetis known from a single female, L. glaber from two specimens, and hungaricus recorded from Hungary, Finland and Iran on a very few individuals (Minaei & Mound 2014). The record of L. hungaricus from Iran was published without any information concerning the locality, date of collection, or number of specimens (Mortazawiha 1995). However, Minaei and Mound (2014) pointed out that the slide label data of L. hungaricus specimens from Europe suggested that this species is associated with the bark of certain Salicaceae. Moreover, they indicated the possibility that the three names might actually represent a single species, although the male of L. glabrus has a sternal pore plate whereas this is apparently absent in hungaricus. Given the few known specimens, it is not possible to know if these thrips live under bark and feed on fungal hyphae, or if the few specimens collected were actually leaf-feeders that were sheltering under bark. In this paper, a new species of the genus is described from southern Iran, based on both sexes. These specimens were extracted from leaf litter using a Berlese funnel, thus again it is not possible to be certain if the species is part of the community of fungus-feeding litter thrips, or if the specimens were merely sheltering. 

Extended distribution and host plants of Nameriophyes sapidae Xue & Zhang 2008 (Acari: Eriophyidae) in New Zealand

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2796 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
NICHOLAS A. MARTIN ◽  
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Native Plant Species ◽  
The North ◽  
A New Species

Nameriophyes sapidae Xue & Zhang (Acari: Eriophyidae) was found on transplanted nikau palms, Rhopalostylis sapida (H. Wendl. & Drude) in Auckland, New Zealand and described as a new species (Xue & Zhang 2008). Although R. sapida is a native plant species, it was not known if this mite species was indigenous or adventive because it was collected only from transplanted palms in unnatural gardens in Auckland. A survey was undertaken of R. sapida and the Kermadec Island palm, Rhopalostylis baueri (Hook. f.) Wendl. & Drude in the northern part of the North Island and Chatham Island.

scholarly journals A new species of Omphale Haliday 1833 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Brazil, parasitic on gall-midges on Croton floribundus Spreng (Euphorbiaceae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Cristina Gomes ◽  
Maíce Siqueira Franco ◽  
Christer Hansson
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Gall Midge ◽  
Parasitic Wasp ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Gall Midges ◽  
The Third ◽  
A New Species

A tritrophic relationship involving the plant Croton floribundusSpreng (Euphorbiaceae), an unidentified gall-midge belonging to eitherClinodiplosis Kieffer 1895 or Alycaulus Rübsaamen 1916 (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and a new species of parasitic wasp belonging toOmphale Haliday 1833 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is described. The gall andOmphale japii sp. nov., are described and illustrated. This is the third record ofOmphale from Brazil and the new species is compared to otherOmphale species from the Neotropical region.

A new species of sucking louse (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) from Australia, and a key to the Australian species of Hoplopleura

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1679 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAYLEE J. WEAVER ◽  
PHILIP S. BARTON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
The Common ◽  
A New Species

A new species of sucking louse, Hoplopleura zyzomydis, is described and illustrated from the common Australian rock rat Zyzomys argurus (Thomas, 1889) (Rodentia: Muridae), collected in northwest Queensland, Australia. This is the first record of a sucking louse from the genus Zyzomys, and its morphology is contrasted with other Australian Hoplopleura species. Hoplopleura zyzomydis is unique in having a combination of short dorsal principal thoracic setae and setae absent from paratergal plates 4–6. A key to the Australian species of Hoplopleura is presented.

A new species of the genus Toleria Walker, 1865 [“1864”] from Vietnam, with a catalogue of Asian Cissuvorini (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4802 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-360
Author(s):  
OLEG G. GORBUNOV ◽  
YUTAKA ARITA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
National Park ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Clearwing Moth ◽  
North Vietnam ◽  
A New Species

A new clearwing moth species, Toleria vietnamica sp. nov. from Ba Bể National Park, Bẳc Kan Province, North Vietnam is described and illustrated. An annotated catalogue of Asian members of the tribe Cissuvorini is added to this paper. The catalogue contains the following information: the references to the original descriptions, information on name-bearing types, complete bibliographies of the presented taxa, distribution and available data on host plants. The type series of the new species is deposited in the collection of National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba (formerly Natural Science Museum Tokyo). 

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