scholarly journals Detailed description and illustration of larva, pupa and imago of Holorusia mikado (Westwood, 1876) (Diptera: Tipulidae) from Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Levente-Péter Kolcsár ◽  
Takeyuki Nakamura ◽  
Daichi Kato ◽  
Kozo Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
North American ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Aquatic Habitats ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The North ◽  
First Time

Holorusia Loew, 1863 (Diptera: Tipulidae) is a relatively large crane fly genus with a wide distribution in the Afrotropic, Australasian–Oceanian, Eastern Palearctic, Oriental and Nearctic Regions. Although the genus is well known to include the largest crane fly species, the immature stages are, thus far, only described for the larva and pupa of the North American Holorusia hesperea Arnaud & Byers, 1990. In this study, we describe for the first time the egg, larva and pupae of the Japanese Holorusia mikado (Westwood, 1876). Larvae were collected from semi-aquatic habitats, from slow flowing areas of streams and small waterfalls where leaf litter accumulates; the larvae are detritivores and feed on wet, decomposing leaves. The larvae were reared to adults in the laboratory. Morphological characters of immature stages discussed with comparison with the North American H. hespera. Male and female genitalia are illustrated and described in detail for the first time.

Revision of Molopsis Schatzmayr (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini), with descriptions of four new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3185 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
ROMAN LOHAJ ◽  
BORISLAV GUÉORGUIEV ◽  
GÉRARD DUBAULT ◽  
BERNARD LASSALLE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
First Time

The species belonging to the subgenus Molopsis Schatzmayr, 1943 of genus Tapinopterus Schaum, 1858 are revised. Thestudy is based on 372 specimens and includes, for each taxon, diagnosis, description (only for the new species), references,new distributional records and illustrations. Morphological characters of the male and female genitalia are widely used todelimit the separate species, the significance of some non-gonapophyseal genital structures of the females for the system-atics of Molopsis is explicitly emphasized. For the first time, the male genitalia of T. molopiformis, T. molopinus, T. wie-demanni, and T. rebellis, including also newly described species, as well as female genitalia of Molopsis are described andillustrated. All available type material is listed and represented by habitus photographs.As a result, 9 monotypic species of Molopsis are recognized. Tapinopterus rebellis (Chaudoir, 1868) and T. rebelliskumanensis (Reitter, 1884), formerly assigned to Molopsis are recognized as outgroup-taxa. The following new speciesare described: T. (Molopsis) aenigmaticus sp.nov. (Asian Turkey, „Armenia“ imprecise locality), T. (Molopsis) chaudoirisp.nov. (Asian Turkey, Bursa Villayet, Uludağ Mt., Sakarya (Adapazari) Villayet, Gökdağ Mt.), T. (Molopsis) oyukluensissp.nov. (Asian Turkey, Konya Villayet, Fasihan Pass), and T. (Molopsis) relegatus sp.nov. (Asian Turkey, Bolu Villayet,Mengen env., Dorukhan Pass). The following nomenclatural acts are also proposed: Tapinopterus (Molopsis) molopinus (Chaudoir, 1868) = Tapinopterus (Molopsis) dipojranus brussanus Straneo, 1984, syn.nov.; Tapinopterus (Molopsis)

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of the Genus Pieris Schrank (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from India

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 328-343
Author(s):  
Jagbir Singh Kirti ◽  
Manpreet Kaur ◽  
Avtar Kaur Sidhu ◽  
Navneet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Polymorphic Forms ◽  
First Time

The genus Pieris Schrank popularly called as garden whites are economically important species of family Pireridae, comprise 35 species world over and in India is represented by nine species. In the present manuscript, six species of genus Pieris Schrank i.e., i.e. P. brassicae (Linnaeus), P. canidia (Linnaeus),  P. deota (de Niceville),  P. extensa  Poujade, P. melete Menetries and P. rapae (Linnaeus) have been treated taxonomically from India. Besides studying morphological characters, their male and female genitalia have been described in details and illustrated for the first time. The diagnosis of the genus and key to species has been updated using genitalic attributes. In the study of genitalia, it has been observed that in the male genitalia of the genus Pieris the uncus is undivided and aedeagus is short and thick, whereas in the female genitalia the signum is bifid and appendix bursae are well developed. In the present work, the male genitalia of scheduled species P. deota has been studied and illustrated for the first time. The male and female genitalia of dry season forms and wet season forms of species P. melete, and the subspecies and polymorphic forms of species P. canidia have been studied and compared. It has been observed that in all forms there were no genitalic variations within the species.

scholarly journals Description of life stages of dung beetle Scaptodera rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with notes on nesting and biology

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 12990-12994
Author(s):  
Suvarna S. Khadakkar ◽  
Ashish D. Tiple ◽  
Arun M. Khurad
Keyword(s):  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
First Time ◽  
Support Projection

Immature stages of Scaptodera rhadamistus (Fabricius) are described for the first time along with notes on nidification and biology.  The larvae differ from other Scarabaeinae species in the structure of raster on tenth sternum with two irregular bunches of serrations ventrally one on either half.  Pupae with pronotum transverse having rounded margins resemble adults, and consist of four lateral, single caudal and single pteronotal support projection.  Adult males and females differ in coloration, structure of pronotum, presence of spine like process on mesosternum and, in the structure of male and female genitalia.

Taxonomic study of the genus Punctulata Wang (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5027 (3) ◽  
pp. 376-386
Author(s):  
ZHULIN TAO ◽  
SHUXIA WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

The genus Punctulata Wang, 2006 is transferred from Oecophoridae to Autostichidae based on morphological characters and molecular data. Punctulata guangxiensis sp. nov. and P. novipalliptera sp. nov. are described as new based on the specimens collected in China. The females of P. palliptera Wang, 2006 and P. trunciformis Wang, 2006 are described for the first time. Images of male adults and male and female genitalia are provided for all the six Punctulata species along with a key to separate its species and a map showing their distribution.  

Meatopida gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate two species originally described in Atopida White, 1846 (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea: Scirtidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4382 (2) ◽  
pp. 242
Author(s):  
AGATA KIAŁKA ◽  
RAFAŁ RUTA
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Sensory Structures ◽  
First Time

The New Zealand species of marsh beetles Atopida dorsale Broun, 1893 and Atopida testacea Broun, 1880 share several features that differentiate them from other members of Atopida White. Analysis of morphological characters and the structural anatomy of the genitalia justified the description of a new genus to accommodate these two species. Sensory structures of the apical maxillary palpomere are described for the first time in Scirtidae. The presence of lacinial hooks in Scirtidae is discussed. Morphology of female prehensors is described and observations of male and female genitalia during copulation are discussed. Lectotypes of both species are designated. 

Immature stages of three Japanese species of the genus Plecia Wiedemann (Diptera: Bibionidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1223 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MITSUAKI SUTOU
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Japanese Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
First Time

The eggs, larvae, and pupae (male and female) of three Japanese species of the Bibionidae, Plecia adiastola, P. membranifera, and P. hadrosoma, are described and illustrated, and ecological notes are included. Morphological characters of the immature stages of Plecia species are compared for the first time, and a diagnosis is presented. The taxonomic and phylogenetic importance of morphological characters, especially of the larval head and the arrangement of the larval and pupal body processes, is discussed.

Phylogenetic revision of Acupalpa Kröber (Diptera: Therevidae)

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaun L. Winterton
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Behavioural Characteristics ◽  
First Time ◽  
Phylogenetic Revision ◽  
One New Species

AbstractAcupalpa is revised to include five described species: A. albitarsa Mann, A. divisa (Walker), A. pollinosa Mann, A. rostrata Kröber and A. semirufa Mann, and one new species, A. irwini sp. n. All species are brightly coloured wasp mimics with morphological and behavioural characteristics associated with mimicry of pompilid wasps. A key to genera and species is presented with male and female genitalia described and figured for the first time. All species of Acupalpa were compared in a cladistic analysis with two species of Agapophytus using 34 states across 16 adult morphological characters, which resulted in three most parsimonious trees (length = 58 steps). The phylogenetic relationships of species of Acupalpa are discussed in light of the analysis.

Contributions to the systematics of the caddisfly genera Pseudostenophylax and Philocasca with special reference to the immature stages (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae)

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. B. Wiggins ◽  
N. H. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Clear Definition ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
First Time

Larval and pupal stages have been associated and are described for western North American species in the caddisfly genera Pseudostenophylax and Philocasca. Diagnostic structures of the adults are described where they are necessary for a clear definition of the species.In the genus Pseudostenophylax, the larva of P. edwardsi (Banks) has been associated. It is described and shown to be identical with that designated by previous workers as Limnephilid Genus A. The diagnostic characters of the female genitalia in this species are illustrated for the first time. Observations on the habitat of this species are offered.In the genus Philocasca, larvae and pupae are described for two species, and the larva of a third, unassociated to species, is assigned to this genus and described. The rearing of a species not previously known, and here described in all except the egg stage, raises to five the number known in Philocasca. To bring the diagnoses for all of these species into a consistent form the holotype males of all have been reexamined, illustrated, and comparatively described. Females are associated and described for three species, representing the first information on the females in this genus. Diagnostic keys are provided for the identification of males, females, and larvae, insofar as these are known. New distributional records are provided for certain of the species but members of the genus as a whole must be regarded as extremely localized in distribution.

NORTH AMERICAN WATER MITES OF THE GENERA PHREATOBRACHYPODA COOK AND BHARATALBIA COOK (ACARI: HYGROBATOIDEA: ATURENAE)

1991 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian M. Smith
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Hyporheic Zone ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Southern Limit ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The North ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

AbstractMorphological and distributional data are presented for the North American species of the genera Phreatobrachypoda Cook, 1963 and Bharatalbia Cook, 1967. These mites live in gravel deposits associated with riffle areas and the hyporheic zone of streams. Female adults of Phreatobrachypoda multlpora Cook are redescribed, and males of this species are described for the first time. Adults of P. robusta Cook and P. acuta Habeeb are redescribed, and males and females of these two species are correctly correlated for the first time. Male and female adults of two new species of Phreatobrachypoda are described. The male mite described as Japonaxonopsis nuiakiensis Imamura is reassigned to Phreatobrachypoda, and the name Japonaxonopsis becomes a junior synonym of Phreatobrachypoda. Two subgenera, Phreatobrachypoda (s.s.) and Ameribrachypoda subgen.nov., are proposed and diagnosed based on the morphology of the dorsal shield, genital field, and fourth pair of legs of males. A key to known species of die genus is presented. Male and female adults of two new species of Bharatalbia (Japnnalbia) are described, and the deutonymph of one of these species is correlated with adults and described. This is the first reported occurrence of this genus in North America.All North American species of Phreatobrachypoda and Bharatalbia inhabit coastal areas in Oregon and California. The highly disjunct distributions of these genera suggest that species of both were widespread throughout western North America and eastern Eurasia during the Tertiary Era, but survived the Pleistocene only in isolated temperate refugia well beyond the southern limit of glaciers.

Conquistator, a new genus for Podisus mucronatus Uhler, 1897 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae) with a re-descripton of type species

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-270
Author(s):  
D.A. Gapon
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Morphological Examination ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The North ◽  
Heteroptera Pentatomidae

Conquistator gen. nov., is described to hold the North American species Podisus mucronatus Uhler, 1897. This new genus differs from Podisus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1851, in having the digitiform process on the paramere corpus more characteristic of species in the American asopine genera Apoecilus Stål, 1870 and Supputius Distant, 1889. The new genus, however, also differs from these two genera by essential morphological characters. The type species, Podisus mucronatus Uhler, 1897, is re-described based on a morphological examination of the male and female terminalia.

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