CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF THE WORLD MACROPSINI (RHYNCHOTA: HOMOPTERA: CICADELLIDAE)

1980 ◽  
Vol 112 (9) ◽  
pp. 875-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. G. A. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
British Museum ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
National Museum ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Bishop Museum ◽  
The World ◽  
Ethiopian Region ◽  
The U.S

AbstractThe generic classification of the Macropsini is reviewed, and five new genera and four new subgenera are erected: Macropsella n. gen., Macropsis (Neomacropsis) n. subgen, M. (Parapediopsis) n. subgen., Pedionis n. gen., P. (Thyia) n. subgen., Pediopsoides (Celopsis) n. subgen.; Reticopsis n. gen., Toropsis n. gen., and Varicopsella n. gen.. The following genus-group names are considered to be subgenera: Macropsidius Ribaut as a subgenus of Macropsis Lewis; Nanopsis Freytag, Kiamoncopsis Linnavuori and Sispocnis Anufriev as subgenera of Pediopsoides Matsumura; Parasitades Singh-Pruthi as a subgenus of Oncopsis Burmeister. Asmaropsis Linnavuori is synonymized with Hephathus Ribaut, Tsavopsis Linnavuori is synonymized with Macropsis (s.s.) Lewis, and Zinneca Amyot & Serville is synonymized with Oncopsis Burm. (s.s.).Three hundred and seventy-three macropsine species (including 59 unnamed species) are placed generically, with 73 new combinations. Twelve new species are described: Macropsella complicata (New Guinea), Macropsis citronella (Australia), M. gagnei (New Guinea), M. gressitti (New Guinea), Oncopsis enopis (Nepal), O. nepalensis (Nepal), O. tortosa (Nepal), Pedionis astrala (Philippines), P. contrasta (Hong Kong), P. venosa (Japan), Pediopsis femorata (Formosa), Varicopsella obtusa (Borneo). An index is provided to the 436 available names in the Macropsini, including four unplaced species from the Ethiopian region and 21 from the Australian region.Macropsine types in the B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, the British Museum (Natural History), London, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, and the U.S. National Museum, Washington are illustrated and lectotypes are designated for Kirkaldy and Matsumura species. A neotype in the Canadian National Collection is designated for Zinneca flavidorsum Amyot & Serville.

A REVISION OF THE GENERA OF THE SYRPHINI (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE)

1969 ◽  
Vol 101 (S62) ◽  
pp. 5-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Vockeroth
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The World ◽  
Neotropical Fauna ◽  
Ethiopian Region ◽  
Almost All ◽  
North And South America ◽  
North And South ◽  
World Distribution

AbstractA revised generic classification of world Syrphini is proposed. It is based on a study of characters of the adults of 318 described species plus approximately 85 more species as yet either undescribed or unidentified. Thirty-seven genera are recognized; keys to these genera, and to the smaller number of genera known from each of the major zoogeographic regions (except the eastern Palaearctic and Oriental) are presented. Eight new genera, Notosyrphus (South America), Exallandra (Ethiopian Region), Citrogramma (Oriental Region and Australia), Dideomima (Mexico), Hermesomyia (Ecuador), Pseudoscaeva (North and South America), Antillus (Haiti), and Giluwea (New Guinea), and two new subgenera, Melangyna (Austrosyrphus) (Australia and New Zealand) and M. (Melanosyrphus) (New Guinea), are described. Nine new species, in Melangyna (Melanosyrphus), Citrogramma, Hermesomyia, Antillus, and Giluwea, are described. The genus Orphnabaccha is transferred from the tribe Bacchini to the Syrphini, and the genus Toxomerus (including Mesograpta) is referred to the tribe Toxomerini. Maps showing the world distribution of each genus and subgenus, and figures of the male terminalia of the type-species of almost all genera and subgenera, are presented.The peculiar nature of the Neotropical fauna of Syrphini, with almost all species belonging to two large and very diverse genera, is compared with the situation in the rest of the world, where in most major regions the Syrphini consist mostly of a moderate number of medium-sized genera each of which shows much less diversity. Possible reasons for this difference, and for the great preponderance of more primitive Diptera among those with apparent transantarctic relationships, are suggested.

scholarly journals New Genera and Species of Neotropical Amiseginae (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae)

1987 ◽  
Vol 94 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 57-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Siri Kimsey
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
National Museum ◽  
New Genera ◽  
The World ◽  
Comparative Zoology ◽  
The U.S

The Canadian National Collection (OTTAWA) has one of the largest, if not the largest collection of neotropical Amiseginae in the world. In a sample of about 700 unidentified specimens sent to me by Lubomir Masher from this collection there were many new taxa, including representatives of a new genus. In addition, material was borrowed from the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (J. M. Carpenter), Cambridge, Massachusetts, the American Entomological Institute, Gainesville, Florida (H. Townes, GAINESVILLE), and the U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. (K. V. Krombein, WASHINGTON). The new species of Adelphe are described separately (Kimsey 1986). The remaining new taxa are included below.The following abbreviations are used: F = flagellomere, MOD = midocellus diameter, PD = puncture diameter and T = gastral tergum.

Descriptions of new genera and species of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) from the Far East and the Ethiopian region

1970 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 659-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. R. Subba Rao
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Host Record ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Original Description ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Crop Pests ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Ethiopian Region ◽  
Unknown Male

This paper is concerned with certain Mymaridae from crop pests in the Far East and the Ethiopian region. Anneckia oophaga gen. et sp.n. was reared from eggs of Sexava in New Guinea, and a key is given for the separation of the genus from other members of the tribe Anagrini. Acanthomymar nigrum gen. et sp.n. is associated with pests of coffee in Uganda and the genus is placed close to Chaetomymar Ogloblin (tribe Mymarini). Gonatocerus brevifuniculatus sp.n. reared from an unidentified scale on Albizia sp. in Pakistan and from Indonesia, Polynema oophaga sp.n. from Tettigoniid eggs in Malaysia, and the previously unknown male of Platypatasson fransseni Ogloblin are described. The original description of Erythmelus helopeltidis Gahan is extended by means of illustrations and Ophiomyia lantanae (Froggatt) is cited as an additional host record. Identification of material from Tanganyika showed the range of Chaetomymar lepidum Annecke & Doutt to extend to that country.

Checklist of the family Megalopodidae Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea); a synthesis of its diversity and distribution

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4434 (2) ◽  
pp. 265
Author(s):  
GEOVANNI M. RODRÍGUEZ-MIRÓN
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Knowledge Gaps ◽  
Alphabetical Order ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
The Family ◽  
Biogeographic Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Ethiopian Region

A checklist of the Megalopodidae of the world is presented. A total of 582 species in 29 genera and 11 subgenera are recognized belonging to the three subfamilies. The subfamilies, genera, and species are listed in alphabetical order. For each species, synonymous names and the geographical distribution by country is provided. The most diversified subfamily is Megalopodinae with 480 species and 24 genera. The Neotropical biogeographic region has the highest diversity of Megalopodidae, followed by the Ethiopian region. The knowledge of Megalopodidae is limited, and is remarkably biased by country. A significant increase in geographic and taxonomic information is needed in order to fill these knowledge gaps. The following taxonomic and nomenclatural changes are proposed: 1) type species are designated for the genera Macrolopha Weise and Falsomegalopus Pic. 2) Zeugophora novobicolor Rodríguez-Mirón is proposed as new replacement name of Zeugophora bicolor. 3) The following taxa are reinstated in the genera Temnaspis: T. speciosus Baly, T. arida Westwood, and T. nigriceps Baly. 4) Falsotemnaspis luteimembris Pic is proposed as new synonym (= F. lacordairei (Westwood)). 5) The next new combinations are proposed: Macrolopha bicolor (Jacoby), M. carinata (Bryant), M. centromaculata (Jacoby), M. costatipennis (Pic), M. dollmani (Bryant), M. hargreavesi (Bryan), M. mashuana (Jacoby), M. murrayi (Baly), M. neavei (Bryant), M. nyassae (Bryant), M. suturalis (Clavareau), M. variabilis (Westwood), M. aeneipennis (Weise), M. notaticollis (Pic), M. parvula (Weswood), M. theresae (Pic), M. tricoloripes (Pic) and Falsotemnaspis lacordairei (Westwood). 

Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Chloropinae of the world (Diptera: Chloropidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 190 (3) ◽  
pp. 889-941
Author(s):  
Paula Raile Riccardi ◽  
Dalton De Souza Amorim
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Morphological Traits ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Compelling Evidence ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
The World

Abstract The Chloropidae is a species-rich family of flies with about 3000 species in four subfamilies. The Chloropinae is the second most species-rich subfamily with almost 1000 described species in 75 accepted genera. There is agreement about the monophyly of the subfamily; however, the relationships among the genera are still poorly understood and some genera are clearly paraphyletic. Thus, the interpretation of the evolution of morphological traits, such as male terminalia sclerites, remains challenging. This is the first phylogenetic study of the Chloropinae using a formal analytical approach, including representatives of 73 genera of the subfamily and 124 morphological characters. The monophyly of the Chloropinae is corroborated. Chloropella is sister to the remainder of the subfamily. Slightly different analytical procedures show stable clades and rogue taxa. We propose a system for the subfamily with ten tribes, three of which are newly proposed here—Chloropellini trib. nov., Chloropini, Chloropsinini trib. nov., Diplotoxini, Eurinini stat. nov., Lasiosinini, Mepachymerini, Meromyzini, Mindini and Pseudothaumatomyini. Eight genera are kept incertae sedis and two new genera are erected. There is compelling evidence that Chlorops and Ectecephalina are paraphyletic.

A New Austromenopon (Menoponidae-Mallophaga) Parasitizing Shearwaters (Puffinus-Procellariformes)

1960 ◽  
Vol 92 (11) ◽  
pp. 817-819
Author(s):  
Robert L. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
British Museum ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Museum Study ◽  
The U.S

A distinctive new species of Austromenopon from two species of shearwaters, Puffinus kuhlii (Scopoli) and Puffinus leucomelas (Temminick), is described herein. The new species is based on specimens collected from museum study skins and also from material lent to me by Dr. Theresa Clay, British Museum (Natural History) and the U.S. National Museum. I am indebted to Dr. Clay for the opportunity to examine material from the Meinertzhagen collection and to Dr. K. C. Emerson for reviewing this manuscript.

Recent Work on the Phacopidae

1927 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 308-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. R. Cowper Reed
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Present Author ◽  
New Genera ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Made In

Since the publication of the paper by the present author in 1905 on the Classification of the Phacopidae, a considerable advance has been made in our knowledge of this family as a result of further and better material being obtained, and of new discoveries in different parts of the world. Many new genera and subgenera have been instituted, and modifications or limitations of some of the old terms have been introduced by various authors. The work of Wedekind, Clarke, Rud. and E. Richter, and Kozlowski has specially dealt with questions of classification, but there is still a considerable amount of diversity in the usage and application of the generic and subgeneric names.

New genera of Veliidae (Hemiptera : Heteroptera) from Australia, with notes on the generic classification of the subfamily Microveliinae

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Møller Andersen ◽  
Tom A. Weir
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genera ◽  
The Past ◽  
Water Striders ◽  
The World ◽  
Water Surfaces

Water striders and their allies (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha) are familiarinhabitants of water surfaces throughout the world. One of the mostspecies-rich groups is the subfamily Microveliinae (Veliidae) that comprisessmall or very small bugs inhabiting the nearshore areas of stagnant orslow-flowing freshwater. Accumulation of material during the past 30 years hasshown that the Australian fauna of Microveliinae is much richer and morediverse than previously recognised. In the present paper we discuss thegeneric classification of the subfamily and describe three new genera forspecies previously classified in the genus MicroveliaWestwood as well as three other new genera and nine new species. The new taxaare: Drepanovelia, gen. nov. (type-species:Microvelia dubia Hale),D. millennium (NSW, Queensland),D. biceros (NSW), and D. nielseni(Queensland) spp. nov., Lacertovelia hirsuta, gen. etsp. nov. (NSW), Petrovelia, gen. nov.,P. agilis (Queensland) andP. katherinae (NT) spp. nov.,Nesidovelia, gen. nov. (type species:Microvelia howense Hale),Microvelopsis, gen. nov. (type species:Microvelia melancholica Hale),M. exuberans (Queensland) andM. minor (Queensland) spp. nov.,Tarsoveloides brevitarsus, gen. et sp. nov.(Queensland). We also redescribe and give additional Australian records fortwo species of the genus Phoreticovelia D. Polhemus & J. Polhemus. Keys to adults of all species are provided and theirdistributions mapped.

New taxa of pygmy grasshoppers from Australia with notes on classification of the subfamily Batrachideinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-107
Author(s):  
S.Yu. Storozhenko
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
New Genera

The pygmy grasshopper subfamily Batrachideinae consists of three tribes: Batrachideini Bolívar, 1887; Cassitettigini Yin, 1984, nom. resurr.; Bufonidini Hancock, 1907, nom. resurr., stat. nov. The Australian pygmy grasshoppers of the tribe Bufonidini are reviewed. Three new genera are described, namely Paraselina gen. nov. (type species Vingselina multifora Rehn, 1952), Anaselina gen. nov. (type species Vingselina minor Sjöstedt, 1921), and Selivinga gen. nov. (type species Selivinga tribulata sp. nov.). Four new combinations are proposed: Paraselina multifora (Rehn, 1952), comb. nov.; P. trituberculata (Sjöstedt, 1932), comb. nov.; P. brunneri (Bolívar, 1887), comb. nov.; Anaselina minor (Sjöstedt, 1921), comb. nov. A key to Australian genera of Batrachideinae is provided.

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