scholarly journals New species of “giant” plume moths of the genus Platyptilia (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Uganda

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Ustjuzhanin ◽  
Vasiliy Kovtunovich ◽  
Anna Ustjuzhanina
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
African Species ◽  
Rwenzori Mountains ◽  
Two New Species

This paper describes two new species of plume moths from the group of the so-called “giant” Platyptilia Hubner, 1825: Platyptilia fletcheri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. and P. stanleyi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. Both species were collected in the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda and Rwanda, respectively. Platyptilia stanleyi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. exceeds all the known African species of Pterophoridae in its wingspan of 49 mm.

Description de deux nouvelles espèces de Collaria Provancher de Madagascar (Hemiptera, Miridae, Mirinae, Stenodemini)

2021 ◽  
Vol 126 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-436
Author(s):  
Armand Matocq
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Tropical Species ◽  
African Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Nouvelles Espèces

Description of two new species of Collaria Provancher from Madagascar (Hemiptera, Miridae, Mirinae, Stenodemini). Collaria elsae n. sp. and C. sabinae n. sp. are described from Madagascar. Habitus and genitalia are illustrated in both sexes for C. sabinae n. sp., and only for the female, only sex known, for C. elsae n. sp. These two species, black in color, are separated from African species with a black habitus, by a set of external characters and by the genitalia. Collaria bourbonica Matocq, 2019, described and known only from Reunion, is reported from Madagascar and Grande Comores. A key to the Afro-tropical species of Collaria is given.

Two new species of Sclerothyone from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, with a key to genera and species of Sclerothyoninae (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Sclerodactylidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4658 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-382
Author(s):  
LUCIANA MARTINS ◽  
MARCOS TAVARES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
South African ◽  
Body Wall ◽  
Circular Disc ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
African Species ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Tube Feet

Sclerothyone Thandar, 1989, currently restricted to two South African species, is here expanded to include two new species from off coast of Brazil. These new species expand the distribution of the genus to the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Sclerothyone reichi sp. nov. is characterized by having body wall with multilocular two pillared tables with multiperforate disc and short spire, ending in a narrow crown of teeth; tentacles with rods and introvert with two pillared tables and rosettes; tube feet with only end plates. Sclerothyone oloughlini sp. nov. is distinctive in having a body wall with multilocular, two pillared tables; handles present and multilocular two-pillared tables; circular disc without handle; and plates (near the anus). The new species resemble each other in the tentacles with rods. However, Sclerothyone oloughlini sp. nov. stands apart from S. reichi sp. nov. in the introvert with rosettes; tube feet with two pillared supporting tables, arched plates and end plates. The possible assignment of Cucumaria nozawai Mitsukuri, 1912 and Thyone adinopoda Pawson & Miller, 1981 to Sclerothyone, and the position of Thyone neofusus Deichmann, 1941 in Temparena Thandar, 1989, are briefly discussed. A key to all genera and species of Sclerodactylinae is provided.

Contribution to the knowledge of African Parakalummidae (Acari, Oribatida)

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-124
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Josef Starý
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
National Park ◽  
Oribatid Mites ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
African Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Distribution And Ecology

Two new species of oribatid mites of the genus Neoribates (Oribatida, Parakalummidae) are described based on adult specimens from leaf litter in the Montagne d'Ambre National Park of North Madagascar. Neoribates africanus sp. nov. and N. madagascarensis sp. nov. clearly differs from all species of the genus by the absence of interlamellar seta (including alveolus). An identification key and data on distribution and ecology of known African species of Parakalummidae are presented.

Descriptions of two new species of the genus Paragus Latreille (Diptera: Syrphidae), with a key to males of all South African species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4780 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-355
Author(s):  
TAMARA TOT ◽  
SNEŽANA RADENKOVIĆ ◽  
ZORICA NEDELJKOVIĆ ◽  
LAURA LIKOV ◽  
ANTE VUJIĆ
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
The South ◽  
African Species ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Republic

Two new species of the genus Paragus Latreille, 1804 are described from the Republic of South Africa: Paragus longipilus Tot, Vujić et Radenković sp. nov. and Paragus megacercus Tot, Vujić et Radenković sp. nov. These new species belong to the subgenus Pandasyopthalmus Stuckenberg, 1954a. Paragus longipilus sp. nov. is a member of the P. jozanus group, whereas Paragus megacercus sp. nov. belongs to the P. tibialis group. The taxonomic status of Paragus chalybeatus Hull, 1964 is revised and proposed as synonym of Paragus punctatus Hull, 1949. Additionally, an identification key to males of the South African species of Paragus is provided. Results of the present study confirm a significant level of endemism of Paragus in the Afrotropical Region (12 out of 29). 

Two new species of Pseudapis Kirby, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Nomiinae) from Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4608 (3) ◽  
pp. 517
Author(s):  
SILAS BOSSERT ◽  
ALAIN PAULY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
African Species ◽  
Unknown Species ◽  
Two New Species

Two previously unknown species of the genus Pseudapis Kirby, 1900 are described and illustrated: Pseudapis neumayeri Bossert & Pauly, sp. nov. (♂, ♀, Kenya, Tanzania), and P. crassivertex Bossert & Pauly, sp. nov. (♂, ♀, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal). We provide diagnoses for the new species and report all currently available records. Lastly, we present a revised identification key for the African species of the genus. 

Two new species of the nematode genus Spirura Blanchard, 1849 from bats in Tanzania

1975 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. F. Khalil
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Posterior Half ◽  
African Species ◽  
Male Tail ◽  
Nematode Genus ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Left Spicule ◽  
Hipposideros Ruber ◽  
Shape And Size

AbstractSpirura hipposidcrosi n.sp. from the stomach of Hipposideros ruber resembles S. diplocyphos but differs in the head structure, the shape and size of the spicules, the position of the vulva and the presence of a tuft of spines in the male tail. Spirura nycterisi n.sp. from Nycteris thebaica and Hipposideros ruber resembles S. spinicaudata but differs in the presence of a membrane round the posterior half of the left spicule, the presence of a tuft of spines at the tip of the male tail, the position of the vulva and the size of the eggs. A key to the African species of Spirura is given.

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