scholarly journals NEW BEES OF THE SUBFAMILY ANTHOPHORINÆ FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

1901 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 297-298
Author(s):  
T. D. A. Cockerell
Keyword(s):  
Short Distance ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Hind Tibia ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Lower Half ◽  
Black Hair ◽  
Outer Side ◽  
Posterior Half ◽  
Basal Joint ◽  
Yellowish White

Anthophora catalinœ, n.sp.— ♀. Length 14 millim., black (including face, mandibles and antennæ), with fulvous, yellowish-white and black pubescence. Pubescence of face dull yellowish-white, a few black hairs at the sides of the clypeus, a long pale fulvous tuft on each side of the anterior ocellus; hair of vertex long, erect and black, of occiput yellowish-white, of cheeks yellowish-white above and white below; hair of thorax pale fulvous, mixed with black on mesothorax and scutellum; lower half of pleura clothed with black hair; abdomen with dense pale fulvous hair-bands at the apices of the first four segments; apex with black hair; ventral surface of abdomen with black hair, except at the sides, where the pale apical bands of the upper surface are combined for a short distance; legs clothed beneath with black hair, above largely with pale; fringe of anterior tarsi wholly black; long hair on outer side of hind tibia and basal joint of tarsus black on the anterior half (extending longitudinally) and shining very pale yellowish on the posterior half.

Two new species of the genus Sphingonotus Fieber, 1852 (Orthoptera: Oedipodidae) from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4205 (6) ◽  
pp. 593
Author(s):  
CHENG-QUAN CAO ◽  
JIAN-PING SHI ◽  
ZHAN YIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
Hind Wing ◽  
Hind Tibia ◽  
Apical Part ◽  
Outer Side ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Black Band

Two new species of the genus Sphingonotus Fieber, 1852, namely Sphingonotus taiwanensis sp. nov. and Sphingonotus zhongningensis sp. nov. are described in this paper from China. The new species Sphingonotus taiwanensis sp. nov. is similar to Sphingonotus nebulosus (Fiescher-Waldheim, 1846), but differs from the latter by interspace of mesosternum wider, width 1.8 times the length; hind femur pale red on inner side; hind tibia pale red, with 13 spines on inner side and 10 spines on outer side; hind wing pale yellow at base. The new species Sphingonotus zhongningensis sp. nov. is similar to Sphingonotus salinus (Pallas, 1773), but differs from the latter in: vertical diameter of eye 1.3 times horizontal diameter; metazona of pronotum is 2.0 times prozona in length; hind tibiae with 13 spines on inner side and 12 spines on outer side; black band of hind wing wider in the middle, apical part not narrowed; black band of hind wing in the apical part larger, not divided into two.        The type specimens are deposited in the Taiwan Agricultural Research of Institute (TARI), Taichung Taiwan, China and in the College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China respectively. 

DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF MELITÆA FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

1890 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-23
Author(s):  
W. H. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Broad Band ◽  
Yellow Spot ◽  
Outer Side ◽  
Costal Margin ◽  
Pale Yellow ◽  
The Third ◽  
Yellow Patch ◽  
A New Species

Melitæa Augusta.Male.—Expands from 1.6 to 1.75 inch; belongs to Chalcedon group, but is an conspicuously red as the species Chalcedon is black; upper side black, the surface nearly covered with light red and pale yellow spots, disposed as in the group; the basal areas dusted with yellow scales which, on primaries, extend along both margins; costa of same wing edged red; both hind margins bordered by small red spots, varying in shape, sometimes narrow and as of a broken stripe, sometimes more or lesss rounded to ovate; the spots of second row ar small, lunular, largest of secondaries, edged with red, the interior being yellow, or they are nearly all red with a small yellow patch in middle; sometimes this yellow is thinly washed red; the third row on primaries is either wholly yellow, or yellow with red edges, particularly on the outer side; on secondaries wholly red, and often very deep, so as to make a conspicuous broad band; the fourth row on primaries is red, sometimes with the spots next the two margins either yellow or in put yellow; around the end of cell yellow spots four or five in number; in the cell spots of red and yellow alternately, four in all, the yellow one at base more or less stained red; two yellow spots below cell with black ground between, and nearer base a small duplex red one; the fourth row on secondaries is yellow, either of small spots or pretty large ones, and the three or four from costal margin are red on their outer side; a red stripe outside the cell from the end to costal margin; two small yellow spots inside cell, with a red one between them and a yellow spot below; fringes yellow, black at the tips of the nervules.

Gross anatomical features of the sternum of green-winged macaw (Ara Chloroptera)

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Sreeranjini ◽  
N. Ashok ◽  
V. R. Indu ◽  
K. M. Lucy ◽  
S. Maya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anterior Extremity ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Posterior Border ◽  
Posterior Half ◽  
Lateral Border ◽  
Convex Surfaces ◽  
Anatomical Features ◽  
Anterior Half

The present study was conducted on the sternum of an eight year old, male Green-winged Macaw. The sternum was quadrilateral with dorsal concave and ventral convex surfaces and four borders. The dorsal surface presented numerous pneumatic foramina. The ventral surface furnished a large, boat shaped keel. The anterior extremity showed two facets for coracoid. The anterior and posterior borders were convex. The lateral border on either side presented six costal facets. Two distinct oval foramina were seen near the posterior border. Craniolateral processes were short and stump-like. Caudolateral processes fused with the median trabecula on either side. The rostrum was distinct. The morphological features of the sternum of Green-winged Macaw conformed to that of flying group of birds. It was almost similar to that of goose in its anterior half and to that of pigeon in its posterior half.

Ripiphorus caboverdianus sp. nov.—the first ripiphorid record from the Macaronesian volcanic islands (Coleaoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripiphorinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2792 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAN BATELKA ◽  
JAKUB STRAKA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Hind Tibia ◽  
First Record ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Instar Larva ◽  
Conservation Implications ◽  
First Instar ◽  
The Family ◽  
Dispersal Abilities ◽  
Volcanic Islands

Ripiphorus caboverdianus sp. nov. (Ripiphoridae, Ripiphorinae) from Boavista Island (Cape Verde archipelago) represents the first record of the family Ripiphoridae from the volcanic islands west of Africa and the first record of the genus Ripiphorus on an isolated volcanic archipelago worldwide. Its significance for our understanding of oceanic dispersal abilities of the subfamily Ripiphorinae is discussed. The new species is characterized by milky white elytra, hyaline hind wings and translucent membranous suture between dorsal and ventral surface of the first abdominal segments in both sexes. Female has a slightly curved hind tibia, 2× wider at the apex than at its base, and a slender, parallel-sided first metatarsomere, 5× as long as wide. Morphology of the free-living first instar larva is described; it is very similar to R. smithi Linsley & MacSwain, 1950. Behavioral observations of the adults and the first instar larvae in the type locality are given. Known hosts of the genus Ripiphorus are reviewed; possible host-association and conservation implications for the new species are discussed.

scholarly journals NEW FORMS OF OSMIA FROM NEW MEXICO

1897 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 65-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. A. Cockerell
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
Snow White ◽  
Basal Joint ◽  
Greenish Blue ◽  
Yellowish White

Osmia prunorum, n. sp.♀.—Length, 9 mm.; shining dark greenish-blue, densely punctured with pale ochreous pubescence. Head subquadrate, face and front so densely punctured as to be cancellate; pubescence thin except on occiput; clypeus punctured just like the front, with no central keel, the anterior margin broadly dark purple, the edge straight and entire, two converging brushes of orange hair projecting from beneath it. Mandibles with the two lower teeth long and pointed. Antennæ rather short, flagellum only feebly brownish beneath. Thorax very closely punctured, not very densely hairy; basal triangle of metathorax minutely granular, its extreme base minutely longitudinally plicate. Tegulæ black, shining, sparsely punctured. Wings hyaline, faintly dusky beyond the nervures, nervures black. Legs black, with pale brownish or grayish pubescence, rufescent on inner sides of basal joints of tarsi; hind femora quite broad at ends, basal joint of hind tarsi quite stout. Abdomen short, suboval, convex, shining, strongly but not very closely punctured, first joint covered with sparse long pale ochreous pubescence; remaining joints with a sericeous pile, only noticeable in certain lights, when it will take more or less the appearance of bands. Apex with snow-white hairs. Ventral scopa black in middle and yellowish-white at sides.

scholarly journals DESCRIPTION OF A NEW CULEX

1904 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 332-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
John. A. Grossbeck
Keyword(s):  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Pale Yellow ◽  
Basal Joint ◽  
Surface Covering ◽  
Yellowish White

Culex siphonalis, sp. nov.—♀. Head brown, occiput covered with pale yellow scales, antennæ brown, basal joint and two following ones testacesou; proboscis pale brown, with dark brown scales scattered over the surface, covering the apical fourth; palpi dark brown, with minute terminal joint oval in form, pointed at the apex and slightly spiny. Mesonotum covered with pale yellow and brown scales at the sides and with a median vitta wholly of brown scales, the pale yellow scales sometimes forming a narrow border to this vitta; scutellum brown, with yellowish-brown bristles on the posterior margin; metanotum evenly brown; pleura brown, clothed with patches of dirty white scales; halteres yellowish-white, black at the apex.

scholarly journals A NEW BEE OF THE GENUS BOMBOMELECTA

1902 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 267-267
Author(s):  
T. D. A. Cockerell
Keyword(s):  
Broad Band ◽  
White Hair ◽  
Black Hair ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Snow White ◽  
Apical Half ◽  
Black Head ◽  
Yellowish White

Bombomelecta Arizonica, n. sp.– ♀. Length about 11 mm., black; head, thorax and legs with dull white hair, having a faint yellowish tinge; black hair on cheeks, lower sides of face, labrum and mandibles; hair of pleura, except its upper part, black; a conspicuous band of black hair between the wings; hair of anterior legs long and black, but the tarsimore or less silvery, and the femora with a conspicuous tuft of white hair near the end behind; middle tibiæ and tarsi largely silvery-white on theouter side, but the white and black pubescence are mixed, so as to produce a speckled effect; hind tibiæ and tarsi similar, except that the tibiæ have the outer apical half black ; tegulæ large, black, punctured; wings pale brownish, nervures piceous; abdomen heart-shaped, with sparse black hair, and conspicuous clear-cut patches of white hair; first segment with a broad band of yellowish-white erect or suberect hairs, interrupted in the middle; first to fifth segements with lateral patches of appressed snow-white hair, that on the second segment broad and deeply notched behind.

TINEINA FROM TEXAS

1875 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 92-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. T. Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Dorsal Margin ◽  
Orange Yellow ◽  
Basal Joint ◽  
Yellowish White

Palpi dark brown, with a yellowish white annulus around the middle and tip of the second and third joints. Head yellowish white; antennae dark brown, with the extreme tip of the basal joint white. Thorax above and base of the forewings brown: dorsal margin of the forewings, from the base to the ciliae, pale orange yellow, with a broad fascia of the same hue at about the basal fourth, passing across the wing and gradually narrowing to the costa.

Studies on the genus Aporcelaimellus Heyns, 1965 (Nematoda, Dorylaimida, Aporcelaimidae). Four atypical species with simple uterus from Southern Iberian Peninsula

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3630 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-423
Author(s):  
SERGIO ÁLVAREZ-ORTEGA ◽  
JOAQUÍN ABOLAFIA ◽  
REYES PEÑA-SANTIAGO
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Short Distance ◽  
Inner Core ◽  
Cell Mass ◽  
Posterior Half ◽  
Neck Length ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Female Tail ◽  
Body Diameter ◽  
C 50

Three new and one known species of the genus Aporcelaimellus, collected mainly in natural areas from the Iberian Peninsula and characterized by having a simple uterus and atypical caudal region are described and illustrated, including line drawings, LM pictures and/or SEM pictures. Aporcelaimellus deserticola sp. n. is distinguished by its body 1.79–2.43 mm long, lip region 14–16 μm broad and offset by expansion rather than by constriction, odontostyle 18–21 μm long, neck 464–555 μm long, pharyngeal expansion 234–283 μm long or 49–52% of total neck length, a dorsal cell mass present at level of anterior end of intestine, uterus 34–67 μm long or 0.6–1.1 times the corresponding body diameter, V = 49–55, tail conical with rounded terminus (29–43 μm, c = 47–66, c’ = 0.9–1.4) and bearing a short but perceptible hyaline portion, and male unknown. Aporcelaimellus hyalinus sp. n. is characterized by its body 1.49–2.23 mm long, lip region offset by constriction and 13–16 μm broad, odontostyle 14–16 μm long, neck 389–474 μm long, pharyngeal expansion 183–242 μm long or 45–53% of total neck length, uterus 44–106 μm long or 0.7–1.8 times the corresponding body diameter, V = 48–55, tail conical with rounded terminus (27–41 μm, c = 38–68, c’ = 1.0–1.4) and short inner core, spicules 56 μm long, and seven irregularly spaced ventromedian supplements. Aporcelaimellus rarus sp. n. is distinguished by its body 1.96–2.34 mm long, lip region offset by constriction and 14–16 μm broad, odontostyle 15–16 μm long, neck 411–518 μm long, pharyngeal expansion 196–270 μm long or 48–52% of total neck length, a dorsal cellular mass at a short distance behind the cardia, uterus 63–96 μm long or 0.8–1.5 times the corresponding body diameter, V = 51–56, female tail short and conical (28–40 μm, c = 50–74, c’ = 0.7–0.9) with rounded terminus and bearing a dorsal concavity at its posterior half, and males unknown. New data are provided for A. salicinus. A discussion of these atypical species is also provided.

scholarly journals Tetragonula laeviceps (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini): Morphology, Morphometric, and Nest Structure

BIOEDUSCIENCE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-194
Author(s):  
Manap Trianto ◽  
Fajri Marisa ◽  
Moh Dahri Kisman
Keyword(s):  
Hind Tibia ◽  
Black Body ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Black Hair ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Head Width ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Structure Characteristics ◽  
Brownish Yellow ◽  
Sampling Points

Background: Stingless bees is one group of eusocial insects living together in the hive. There are around 46 species of stingless bee in Indonesia with different morphological, morphometric and hive structure characteristics. This study aimed to describe the morphological, morphometric and beehives structure of Tetragonula laeviceps from Yogyakarta. Methods: Survey method is used by taking three sampling points of bamboo, house building and livestock crates in Bantul Regency. Sampling points determined by Purposive sampling method. An XSZ-107 BN binocular microscope analyzed samples of T. laeviceps with Optilab viewer and Image Raster software. Results: The results showed morphological characters of T. laeviceps are dominated shiny-black body, brownish-yellow antennas, klipeus on a head covered by fine silver hair, brownish-yellow mandible with two teeth, mesonotum in thorax covered by brownish to black hair, scutellum extended to propodeum, the ribbon of hair on the dorsal thorax is not very clear, and the hind tibia is rather hairy. Morphometric of T. laeviceps included body length between 3.44 - 3.76 mm, head width 1.55 - 1.70 mm, front wing length with tegula 3.76 - 4.37 mm, length of rear limbs tibia 1.37-1.57 mm, and the number of hamuli as many as 5. The beehive structure consisted of oval-shaped entrance formed funnel and varying internal hive in terms of the number of saplings, pollen cells, and honey cells. Conclusions: T. laeviceps have morphological, morphometric and hive structure characteristics that are different from other species and variated compared to similar species from other regions.    

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