scholarly journals Araboplia lorisi new genus and species of Rutelinae from Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), with comments on the subtribe Popilliina

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Uliana ◽  
Guido Sabatinelli
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Definition Of

Araboplia lorisi gen. et sp. nov. of Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 Rutelinae MacLeay, 1819, is described based on a single male specimen from the Arabian Peninsula, and compared with the closest Palaearctic genera. Araboplia gen. nov. is placed in the tribe Anomalini C.E. Blanchard, 1851 subtribe Popilliina Ohaus, 1918. This decision is due to its similarity with other Popilliina genera but lacks strong characters-based evidence, due to the poor definition of the Popilliina itself, which is discussed.

Hamadiana chapadensis, a new genus and species of diving beetle from Brazil (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Laccophilinae, Laccophilini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4615 (1) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
CESAR J. BENETTI ◽  
ANDREW E. Z. SHORT ◽  
MARIANO C. MICHAT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Diving Beetle

Hamadiana chapadensis gen. n. and sp. n. is described based on a single male specimen collected in Central Brazil. The new species belongs to the diving beetle tribe Laccophilini but could not be assigned to any existing genera, therefore a new genus is described to accommodate it. Hamadiana gen. n. is unique among Laccophilini in having the hind margin of the metacoxal process deeply incised and medially slightly protruded backwards. In addition, it differs from other genera of the tribe by having the antennomeres simple, not expanded, the metacoxal lines not straight, and the metatibiae with two simple apical spurs. The habitus, male genitalia, and diagnostic features are illustrated, and a distribution map is provided. A recently published key to Laccophilini is modified to include the new genus.

scholarly journals A New Genus and Species of Coniopterygidae (Neuroptera) From New Mexico

1976 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-195
Author(s):  
Victor Johnson
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen

A single male specimen of an undescribed genus of Coniopterygidae was collected in a blacklight trap in Las Cruces. New Mexico. The specimen keys out to the genus Helicoconis Enderlein of the subfamily Aleuropteryginae in Meinander's (1972) key, but genitalic studies show the need for a new generic designation. Because the genitalia of this new genus differ from all known genera of Coniopterygidae, it is difficult to make comparisons, but for descriptive purposes, the genitalia are compared to those of Helicoconis. The structures referred to here as ectoprocts are probably equivalent to the ectoprocts of Helicoconis but may represent other structures.

Tapantiomyia enigmatica, new genus and species proposed for a stilt-legged and otherwise bizarre coenosiine fly (Diptera: Muscidae) from Costa Rica

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4277 (4) ◽  
pp. 583
Author(s):  
VERNER MICHELSEN
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
National Park ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Tropical Cloud Forest ◽  
Decisive Evidence ◽  
A New Species

A new monotypic genus, Tapantiomyia gen. nov., is proposed for a new species of muscid fly, T. enigmatica sp. nov., found in the Tapantí National Park, Costa Rica. It is only known by a single male specimen taken in a Malaise trap in tropical cloud forest, but deserves immediate attention because of its bizarre, stilt-legged appearance in combination with several other unique apomorphies that preclude placement in any known genus of Muscidae. Tapantiomyia enigmatica is so strange that it tend to run out to Scathophagidae rather than Muscidae in keys to families of Diptera. However, the morphology of the male genitalia provides decisive evidence for a placement in Coenosiinae, a large and diverse group of predatory Muscidae. Two tribes, Limnophorini and Coenosiini, are currently recognized within Coenosiinae, but the monophyly of Limnophorini remains uncertain. Tapantiomyia is tentatively assigned to the Limnophorini.  

The limits of the family Evaniidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) and a new genus from Lebanese Amberamber

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan H. Basibuyuk ◽  
Mike G. Fitton ◽  
Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn ◽  
Donald L.J. Quicke
Keyword(s):  
Fore Wing ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Ground Plan ◽  
The Family ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractThe definition of the family Evaniidae is revised and Cretevaniidae are synonymised with Evaniidae based on evidence derived from recently described Mesozoic taxa and a new genus and species, Lebanevania azari, described here from Lebanese amber. A fore leg with a long trochanter and a 12-segmented antenna are autapomorphies of the new genus. A large, high and wide head and a high and short mesosoma are derived characters shared with other Evaniidae. The new genus also has complete fore wing venation and lacks a tubular petiole, which are ground plan features of the Evanioidea. A cladistic analysis of fossil and extant members of the superfamily Evanioidea and notes on fossil taxa are presented.

New genus and species of silky lacewing (Insecta: Neuroptera: Psychopsidae) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4291 (2) ◽  
pp. 373 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIUMEI LU ◽  
WEIWEI ZHANG ◽  
MICHAEL OHL ◽  
XINGYUE LIU
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Hind Wing ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Burmese Amber ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Relationship

A new genus and species of the lacewing family Psychopsidae, Electropsychops handlirschi gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a well preserved male specimen from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar. The new genus possesses a number of diagnostic characters of Psychopsidae, i.e., the lack of a forewing median nygma, the presence of a vena triplica, and the straight and barely forked RA. However, it also exhibits some remarkable characters that are present in Osmylopsychopidae, such as the distally narrowed forewing costal space and the sigmoid MA stem in the hind wing. The relationship between Psychopsidae and Osmylopsychopidae is briefly discussed. 

Leptogenopapus mirabilis, a new genus and species of Lomechusini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Papua New Guinea associated with ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2062 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
PETER HLAVÁČ ◽  
MILAN JANDA
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Single Male

Leptogenopapus mirabilis, gen. n., sp. n. is described based on the single male collected from foraging colony of Leptogenys breviceps Viehmeyer in Papua New Guinea. The genus is a member of the tribe Lomechusini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) and is most closely related to Leptogenoxenus Kistner. The list of all Staphylinidae associated with the ant genus Leptogenys Roger is given.

A new species of Versicorpus Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz, 2011 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Byrrhidiini) from the Brandberg Mountain, Namibia

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4671 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-144
Author(s):  
CHRISTIAN M. DESCHODT ◽  
CATHERINE L. SOLE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Current Definition ◽  
Constituent Species ◽  
Procavia Capensis ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A New Species

The recently described dung beetle tribe Byrrhidiini currently comprises seven genera and nineteen species (Davis et al. 2019). During a recent collecting expedition to the Brandberg Mountain [S21.11° E14.69°] in Namibia, a single male specimen, together with various disarticulated body parts of a new species belonging to this tribe were collected. It was found amongst dried hyrax (Procavia capensis) dung pellets between large granite boulders. This new species clearly fits the current definition of the genus Versicorpus Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz, 2011. This raises the number of the constituent species of Versicorpus to three and that for Byrrhidiini to twenty. 

scholarly journals A New Genus of Nematodes Parasitic in Elephants

Parasitology ◽  
1921 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Baylis
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
British Museum ◽  
African Elephant ◽  
The Other ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen

A Re-Examination of the type-specimens of “Sclerostoma” clathratum Baird from the African elephant, which are in the British Museum, has led to a rather interesting discovery. The material was contained in two bottles, labelled in Baird's own handwriting. One bore the name “Sclerostoma clathratum Baird,” and contained a single male specimen of the form now known as Grammocephalus clathratus. The other bottle was labelled “Sclerostoma clathratum Baird, ♀,” and proved to contain worms of both sexes and of quite a different type from Grammocephalus.

Taxonomy and paleobiogeography of late Bathonian brachiopods from Gebel Engabashi, northern Sinai

2012 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard R. Feldman ◽  
Vladan J. Radulović ◽  
Adel A. A. Hegab ◽  
Barbara V. Radulović
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Combination ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Great Affinity ◽  
New Material ◽  
Brachiopod Fauna

A brachiopod fauna of late Bathonian age recovered from the Kehailia Formation from Gebel Engabashi in northern Sinai consists of six species (two rhynchonellids and four terebratulids) referred to six genera, of which one genus and two species are new: Globirhynchia sphaerica (Cooper, 1989) new combination, Daghanirhynchia angulocostata Cooper, 1989, Ectyphoria sinaiensis new species, Cooperithyris circularis new genus and species, and new material: Avonothyris species A, and Ptyctothyris species A. The brachiopods described herein comprise a fauna located at the northern part of the Indo–African Faunal Realm within the Jurassic Ethiopian Province. They extend the geographic distribution of those taxa that show great affinity with the Jurassic brachiopod fauna of Saudi Arabia described by Cooper (1989). Differentiation of the endemic faunas that is so characteristic of many of these Ethiopian Province faunas is becoming more well-defined.

scholarly journals A new genus and species of rhinatrematid caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Rhinatrematidae) from Ecuador

2021 ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
Mark Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Limited Knowledge ◽  
The Andes ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Distinctive Morphology

A new genus and species of rhinatrematid caecilian, Amazops amazops gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a single specimen from Orellana, Ecuador collected in 1990. Among other features the new taxon differs from all other rhinatrematid caecilians in having less than four annular grooves interrupted in the region of the vent and in the squamosal contributing to the bony margin of the orbit. A consideration of its distinctive morphology suggests that it is plausible that the new taxon is the sister taxon of all other rhinatrematid caecilians. That the genus is known from a single specimen, and that this is the first new rhinatrematid species from the Andes described for more than 50 years, highlights the poor sampling (collecting) of rhinatrematid caecilians and limited knowledge of their diversity.

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