bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Three endemic Aphaenogaster from the Siculo-Maltese archipelago and the Italian Peninsula: part of a hitherto unrecognized species group from the Maghreb? (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
Authors: Alicata Antonio , Schifani Enrico 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
More than 100 years ago, the Italian myrmecologist Carlo Emery described two endemic Sicilian ants: Aphaenogaster sicula Emery, 1908, which he originally considered a subspecies of A. crocea André, 1881, and A. fiorii Emery, 1915 stat. nov., which he believed was a subspecies of A. gibbosa (Latreille, 1798). Males of the two species and the queen of A. fiorii were never described. The scarcity of information contained in the original description led to several misunderstandings by subsequent authors: for example, A. sicula was later elevated to species-rank on the basis of misidentified material of A. fiorii stat. nov. We redescribe the two species, adding the descriptions of their missing castes and designating their lectotypes. We also describe a third related species of the genus: A. trinacriae sp. nov. from Sicily. The ecology and distribution of the three are illustrated. Their relationship with the other congeneric species of the Mediterranean basin is discussed considering the morphology of all three castes, with attention to the often-overlooked males. Despite the fact that A. fiorii and A. sicula were lately believed to be close relatives of A. subterranea (Latreille, 1798), the morphological elements available suggest that they probably belong to a separate, hitherto unrecognized clade from the Maghreb (North-Western Africa), together with A. trinacriae sp. nov.
A new species of the myrmecomorphic planthopper genus Formiscurra (Fulgoroidea: Caliscelidae) from Ethiopia
Authors: Gnezdilov Vladimir M. 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Formiscurra atlas sp. nov. is described from southwestern Ethiopia. It represents the first record of the genus Formiscurra Gnezdilov & Viraktamath, 2011 (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Caliscelidae) from Africa. The relationships of Formiscurra to other African taxa of Caliscelidae as well as myrmecomorphy in Auchenorrhyncha are discussed. A photograph of a live specimen of Formiscurra indicus Gnezdilov & Viraktamath, 2011 and an identification key to both species are given.
Neolimnophila alaskana (Alexander, 1924) stat. nov., a species new to the Palaearctic Region (Diptera: Limoniidae)
Authors: Starý Jaroslav 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
The Nearctic Neolimnophila ultima ultima (Osten Sacken, 1860) is proposed as a new junior synonym for the Palaearctic N. placida (Meigen, 1830). Neolimnophila ultima alaskana (Alexander, 1924) is elevated to species rank and reported in the Palaearctic Region for the first time. Redescriptions of N. carteri (Tonnoir, 1921), N. placida, and N. alaskana stat. nov. are provided and their male terminalia and wing venations are illustrated.
A new species of the genus Brachycoleus (Hemiptera: Miridae), with a revised identification key to the species found in Iran
Authors: Hosseini Reza , Mohammadi Saadi 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
A new species, Brachycoleus medes sp. nov. (Miridae: Mirinae: Mirini), is described from Kurdistan province, Iran. A revised taxonomic key to the Iranian species of Brachycoleus Fieber, 1858, illustrations of male genitalia, male and female habitus photographs of this new taxon and other reported species from Iran are provided. Diagnosis of the new species is based on a comparison with other congeners found in Iran. Presence of Brachycoleus decolor Reuter, 1887 in the fauna of Iran still remains doubtful.
Taxonomic review for the Asian taxa of plant bug tribe Hallodapini, with emphasis on stridulatory mechanism (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae)
Authors: Yasunaga Tomohide , Tamada Yui , Hinami Haruka , Miyazaki Ayana , Duwal Ram Keshari , Nagashima Tetsuya 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Asian genera and species of the plant bug tribe Hallodapini are reviewed. The present classification system is based particularly on detailed morphology and function of the stridulatory device and concealed habitat preference. Our recent efforts successfully demonstrated that the stridulatory devices of the forewing edge and dorsal metafemur are doubtlessly used for intraspecific communication (at least for courtship behavior). Based on the stridulatory structures and additional characters, Cleotomiris Schuh, 1995, Cleotomiroides Schuh, 1984, Hallodapus Fieber, 1858 and Wygomiris Schuh, 1984, are re-diagnosed and discussed; Alloeomimella Yasunaga & Duwal gen. nov. is proposed to accommodate Alloeomimus muiri Schuh, 1984 and a new combination, Alloeomimella muiri (Schuh) comb. nov., is accordingly established. Six new species are further described: Cleotomiroides ishikawachui Yasunaga & Duwal sp. nov. (Indonesia: Java); Hallodapus jingfui Yasunaga & Duwal sp. nov. (Taiwan); H. spinosus Yasunaga & Duwal sp. nov. (Thailand); H. susurratus Yasunaga & Duwal sp. nov. (Thailand); Wygomiris paveli sp. nov. (Taiwan); and W. phormictes sp. nov. (Taiwan). The male of Wygomiris nanae Yasunaga, 2012 is reported for the first time. A teratological form found on the antennae in two Wygomiris species is also documented.
First Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) endemic to Madeira – three new terricolous species of Spelobia and Pullimosina
Authors: Roháček Jindřich 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Three new species of Diptera (Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae) from the Madeira Island (Portugal), viz. Spelobia polymorpha sp. nov., Pullimosina (Pullimosina) kesoni sp. nov., and P. (P.) dorae sp. nov. are described (both sexes), illustrated and their relationships, biology and distribution discussed. All these species are terricolous inhabitants of the leaf-litter stratum of the original Madeiran laurel forests (Laurisilva) and because of their poor flying ability they are considered endemic to Madeira. None of these species have relatives among endemic species of Sphaeroceridae known from other Macaronesian archipelagos inasmuch as the endemic species of Canary Islands and Azores belong to different genera of Limosininae.
New taxa of Neotropical Coreidae of the tribes Acanthocerini and Nematopodini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
Authors: Brailovsky Harry , Barrera Ernesto 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Four new species of Coreidae are described: Crinocerus fernandezi sp. nov. (Acanthocerini) from Colombia, Nectoquintius papillosus sp. nov. from Ecuador, Neoquintius boyacanus sp. nov. from Colombia, and Neoquintius foreroi sp. nov. from Paraguay (all Nematopodini). Keys to all the known species included in the genera Crinocerus Burmeister, 1835, Nectoquintius Brailovsky & Barrera, 2002, and Neoquintius Brailovsky & Barrera, 1986 are given. Photographs of dorsal habitus and male genital capsules are provided.
Leaf litter and moss-inhabiting flea beetles of Hong Kong (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticini)
Authors: Damaška Albert F. , Aston Paul 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
The flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) inhabiting leaf litter and moss in Hong Kong are reviewed and summarized for the first time. Five species are listed from Hong Kong, four of which are newly described: Benedictus sagittalis sp. nov., Cangshanaltica sprynari sp. nov., Clavicornaltica doeberli sp. nov. and C. longipenis sp. nov. Ivalia excavata (Wang, 1993) is recorded from Hong Kong for the first time. All species are photographed and their species identity is discussed.
The genus Harmonia (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in the Middle East region
Authors: Biranvand Amir , Nedvěd Oldřich , Tomaszewska Wioletta , Al Ansi Amin N. , Fekrat Lida , Haghghadam Zahra Mojib , Khormizi Mehdi Zare , Noorinahad Sara , Şenal Derya , Shakarami Jahanshir , Haelewaters Danny 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
The harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773), is native to Asia but has been introduced to many countries, both intentionally and unintentionally. In the Middle East region, H. axyridis was so far only known from Iran and Turkey. This study reports H. axyridis for the first time from a country with a hot desert climate, Saudi Arabia. The single specimen that was found is most likely the result of unintentional release. Successful spreading of H. axyridis in Saudi Arabia will be limited because of high temperatures during summer and scarcity of prey (aphids). New records from Iran and Turkey suggest fast spreading of H. axyridis in these parts of the Middle East. In addition, we also present new records from Iran and Turkey for H. quadripunctata (Pontoppidan, 1763), the other species in the genus that occurs in the Middle East region. A key and illustrations are provided for both species.
Studies of the genus Anthelephila Hope (Coleoptera: Anthicidae). Part 19. New species from Indonesia and Malaysia
Authors: Kejval Zbyněk 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Ten species of Anthelephila Hope, 1833 are newly described: Anthelephila antennalis sp. nov. (Malaysia: Kelantan, Pahang, Perak), A. balijava sp. nov. (Indonesia: Bali, Java), A. bukaba sp. nov. (Indonesia: Sumatra), A. jambi sp. nov. (Indonesia: Sumatra), A. kalabahi sp. nov. (Indonesia: Alor, Sumbawa), A. pectinipes sp. nov. (Indonesia: Sumatra), A. srivijaya sp. nov. (Indonesia: Sumatra), A. selamatra sp. nov. (Indonesia: Sumatra), A. sunda sp. nov. (Indonesia: Sumatra), and A. utara sp. nov. (Indonesia: Sumatra). Male characters of all species are illustrated.
New taxa and new records of Erythroneurini from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)
Authors: Cao Yanghui , Dmitriev Dmitry A. , Dietrich Christopher H. , Zhang Yalin 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Two new genera of the leafhopper tribe Erythroneurini, Hamata gen. nov. and Levigata gen. nov., are established based on type species from Yunnan, China: Hamata coralliformis sp. nov. and Levigata arborea sp. nov., respectively. Two additional new species, Gladkara bifida sp. nov. from Yunnan and Thapaia tibetensis sp. nov. from Tibet, are described and illustrated and amended descriptions of their respective genera are provided. A new synonymy is suggested: Elbelus tripunctatus Mahmood, 1967 = Elbelus melianus Kuoh, 1992, syn. nov. Eleven species of nine erythroneurine genera are newly recorded from China: Arboridia (Arboridia) kakogawana (Matsumura, 1932), A. (A.) suputinkaensis (Vilbaste, 1968), Balanda kara Dworakowska, 1979, Dorycnia vietnamica Dworakowska, 1979, Gambialoa (Gambialoa) borealis Dworakowska, 1981, Gladkara albida Dworakowska, 1995, Seriana dentata Sohi & Mann, 1992, S. malaica Dworakowska, 1978, Tautoneura mukla Dworakowska, 1981, Yakuza sumatrana Dworakowska, 2002, and Ziczacella lyrifora (Dlabola, 1968). Additional faunistic data and illustrations are provided for the following species from China: Arboridia (Arboridia) agrillacea (Anufriev, 1969), A. (A.) lunula Song & Li, 2013, A. (A.) maculifrons (Vilbaste, 1968), A. (A.) suzukii (Matsumura, 1916), Arboridia (Arborifera) surstyli Cai & Xu, 2006, Gambialoa (Gambialoa) asiatica Dworakowska, 1979, Kaukania anser Dworakowska, 1972, Seriana indefinita Dworakowska, 1971, S. ochrata Dworakowska, 1971, Ziczacella dworakowskae (Anufriev, 1970), Z. heptapotamica (Kusnezov, 1928), and Z. steggerdai (Ross, 1965).
Discovery of the genus Airaphilus (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) in Japan, with a description of a potentially endangered new species
Authors: Yoshida Takahiro , Halstead David G. H. , Hirowatari Toshiya 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
The genus Airaphilus Redtenbacher, 1858 (Coleoptera: Silvanidae: Silvaninae) is recorded from Japan for the first time. The record is based on the discovery of a new apterous species, Airaphilus abei sp. nov., described and illustrated herein. The new species is similar to Airaphilus filiformis (Rosenhauer, 1856), however it can be distinguished by long antennae reaching about body midlength; anterior margin of pronotum about as wide as head; elytra without a humeral tooth, rounded to base and more to apices; and long metaventrite. Only five specimens have been found and these were collected in 1992 at Kokeyachi bog in the far north of Honshu. This bog and the adjacent wetlands have begun to dry out and are undergoing a transition to grassland. These factors, together with the apparently very limited distribution and the possibly restricted mobility due to lack of hind wings, suggest that at least in this locality the new species may be endangered.
The first hygropetric Platynectes and its larva from eastern China (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Authors: Hájek Jiří , Alarie Yves , Šťastný Jaroslav , Vondráček Dominik 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) davidorum sp. nov. is described, including all larval instars, from hygropetric habitats in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, eastern China. The new species can be easily distinguished from all other Asia Platynectes Régimbart, 1879 with dorsally strongly convex habitus, distinctly impressed double reticulation of elytra, short appendages and the shape of median lobe of aedeagus. Collected larvae were successfully associated with adults using a molecular approach and the barcode for the new species is provided as well as the phylogenetic position based on the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene; they are described and illustrated, with detailed morphometric and chaetotaxic analyses of the cephalic capsule, head appendages, legs, last abdominal segment, and urogomphi. The classification of the new species within the subgenus Gueorguievtes Vazirani, 1976, and its adaptation to hygropetric habitats are briefly discussed.
Aquatic Coleoptera of North Oman, with description of new species of Hydraenidae and Hydrophilidae
Authors: Ribera Ignacio , Hernando Carles , Cieslak Alexandra 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
We report the aquatic Coleoptera (families Dryopidae, Dytiscidae, Georissidae, Gyrinidae, Heteroceridae, Hydraenidae, Hydrophilidae and Limnichidae) from North Oman, mostly based on the captures of fourteen localities sampled by the authors in 2010. Four species are described as new, all from the Al Hajar mountains, three in family Hydraenidae, Hydraena (Hydraena) naja sp. nov., Ochthebius (Ochthebius) alhajarensis sp. nov. (O. punctatus species group) and O. (O.) bernard sp. nov. (O. metallescens species group); and one in family Hydrophilidae, Agraphydrus elongatus sp. nov. Three of the recorded species are new to the Arabian Peninsula, Hydroglyphus farquharensis (Scott, 1912) (Dytiscidae), Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) quadricollis Wollaston, 1864 (Hydraenidae) and Enochrus (Lumetus) cf. quadrinotatus (Guillebeau, 1896) (Hydrophilidae). Ten species already known from the Arabian Peninsula are newly recorded from Oman: Cybister tripunctatus lateralis (Fabricius, 1798) (Dytiscidae), Hydraena (Hydraena) gattolliati Jäch & Delgado, 2010, Ochthebius (Ochthebius) monseti Jä ch & Delgado 2010, Ochthebius (Ochthebius) wurayah Jäch & Delgado, 2010 (all Hydraenidae), Georissus (Neogeorissus) chameleo Fiká č ek & Trá vní č ek, 2009 (Georissidae), Enochrus (Methydrus) cf. tetraspilus Régimbart, 1903, Laccobius (Hydroxenus) leucaspis Kiesenwetter, 1870, Paracymus relaxus Rey, 1884 (all Hydrophilidae), Dryops lutulentus (Erichson, 1947) (Dryopidae), and Augyles flavidus (Rossi, 1794) (Heteroceridae). A total of 73 species of aquatic Coleoptera are presently known from Oman, although this number is expected to increase substantially with further sampling. A checklist of the species of aquatic Coleoptera from the Arabian Peninsula is provided.
Two new species and ten new records of Heteroptera from Turkey, including the first record of the potential alien Campylomma miyamotoi in the Western Palaearctic
Authors: Çerçi Barış , Koçak Özgür , Tezcan Serdar 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
In this paper, two new Miridae species are described from Turkey, Adelphophylus oenderi sp. nov. from Silifke (Mersin province) and Phytocoris (Exophytocoris) carapezzai sp. nov. from Merkez (Karaman province). Habitus of males and females and male genitalia of both species and female genitalia of A. oenderi sp. nov. are illustrated. Additionally, 10 Heteroptera species are recorded from Turkey for the first time: Campylomma miyamotoi Yasunaga, 2001, Compsidolon (Compsidolon) elegantulum Reuter, 1899, Hallodapus concolor (Reuter, 1890), Maurodactylus kukuensis V. G. Putshkov, 1978, Pinalitus viscicola (Puton, 1888), Platycranus alkestis Linnavuori, 1999, Zanchius breviceps (Wagner, 1951), Montandoniola moraguesi (Puton, 1896), Temnostethus (Temnostethus) gracilis Horváth, 1907, and Plinthisus (Isioscytus) minutissimus Fieber, 1864. Campylomma miyamotoi Yasunaga, 2001, an Eastern Palaearctic species bound to the ornamental Albizia julibrissin, is a new potentially alien species in the Western Palaearctic. The species status of Compsidolon (Compsidolon) parietariae V. G. Putshkov, 1984 is discussed.
A review of the genus Olophrinus from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae)
Authors: Chang Yuan , Yin Zi-Wei , Li Li-Zhen , Schülke Michael 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
The Chinese species of the Tachyporinae genus Olophrinus Fauvel, 1895 are reviewed to include eight species, of which three are described as new: O. parastriatus Chang, Yin & Li sp. nov. and O. setiventris Chang, Yin & Li sp. nov. of the O. striatus Fauvel, 1895 group from Yunnan, and O. qian Chang, Yin, Li & Schülke sp. nov. of the O. suzukii Shibata, 1992 group from Guizhou and Yunnan. Three species are recorded from China for the first time: O. lantschangensis Schülke, 2006 and O. malaisei Scheerpeltz, 1965 from Yunnan, and O. nepalensis Campbell, 1993 from Guangxi, Yunnan, and Xizang. New collecting data are given for O. striatus in Guangxi. A key to and a distributional map of the Olophrinus species in China are provided.
First Mexican record of Neoarisemus maesi with the description of the female (Diptera: Psychodidae)
Authors: Durán-Luz Juana , Ibáñez-Bernal Sergio , Collantes Francisco 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Neoarisemus maesi Collantes & Martínez-Ortega, 1999 was described based on male specimens collected in Nicaragua. Here we record this species in Mexico for the first time. This corresponds to the first record of the genus in this country. Neoarisemus maesi is the only species of the genus registered in the study area and for that reason the sexes can be easily associated. We present morphological description of the previously unknown female.
Discovery of termitophilous tenebrionid beetles in China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Authors: Jiang Ri-Xin , Wang Ji-Shen , Li Bo-Yan , Lin Ye-Jie , Liu Ling , Wang Shuo 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Two termitophilous tenebrionid genera, Nepaloplonyx Bremer, 2014 and Xenotermes Wasmann, 1896, are reported from mainland China for the first time. Nepaloplonyx yunnanensis Jiang, Wang & Wang, sp. nov. (Yunnan Province), Nepaloplonyx qiului Jiang, Wang & Wang, sp. nov. (Yunnan Province), and Xenotermes sp. (Yunnan Province) are described, figured and compared with their congeners. New distributional records for Ziaelas formosanus Hozawa, 1914 from Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Jiangsu Provinces are provided. Biological information, collection data and distribution map of all four species are also provided.
New Oriental and Australasian taxa of Colobathristidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in the collection of the State Natural History Museum Stuttgart
Authors: Hartung Viktor 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
The Colobathristidae are a poorly studied family of Lygaeoidea distributed in the tropics and subtropics of Australasian, Neotropical, and Oriental biogeographic regions. Phaenacantha Horváth, 1904 is the largest genus of the family, with 33 described species. Here, two new species of Phaenacantha are described from Borneo (P. grimmae sp. nov. and P. nigrispina sp. nov.) and one from New Caledonia (P. paveli sp. nov.), all of which represent the first record of the genus from these islands. Also, a specimen of genus Symphylax Horváth, 1904 from Borneo is described that has strong similarities to S. handschini Kormilev, 1953 from the same island, but differs from it in some minor features and is considered a new subspecies, S. handschini kinabaluensis subsp. nov.
The discovery of Barretonus (Curculionidae: Cossoninae) in the Canary Islands: barcoding, morphology and description of new species
Authors: García Rafael , Andújar Carmelo , Oromí Pedro , Emerson Brent , López Heriberto 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
The genus Barretonus Roudier, 1958 is a genus endemic to Macaronesia, described from the archipelago of Madeira where four species are known to date. In this study, two new species of Barretonus, B. auarita García & Oromí sp. nov. (from La Palma, Canary Islands) and B. daute García & Andújar sp. nov. (from Tenerife, Canary Islands), are described based on morphological and molecular evidence (mtCOI), and additional notes on their biology and ecology are provided. Morphology of the new species is compared with the other representatives of the genus, and their phylogenetic relationships with a Barretonus representative from Madeira and species from additional genera within the Cossoninae are shown. This work increases the number of species of the genus Barretonus from four to six anophthalmous or microphthalmous species with an endogean lifestyle, and incorporates the Canary Islands into its Macaronesian range of distribution.
A new species of the genus Aphanisticus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) from Indonesia
Authors: Kalashian Mark Yu. 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Aphanisticus hajeki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) from Kalimantan, Indonesia belonging to the Aphanisticus javaecola Obenberger, 1932 species-group, is described and illustrated. Neotype of Aphanisticus bohaci Obenberger, 1924, belonging to the same species-group, is designated. Key to the species of the Aphanisticus javaecola species-group is given.
Taxonomic notes on the rare ant genus Chrysapace with description of a new species from Brunei (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae)
Authors: Yamada Aiki , Lin Chung-Chi , Eguchi Katsuyuki 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
The genus Chrysapace Crawley, 1924 is one of the rarest and poorly known lineages in the ant subfamily Dorylinae, currently composed of only three extant valid species from the Oriental Realm. There is some taxonomic obscurity concerning the distinction between two of the three valid species, C. sauteri (Forel, 1913) and C. costatus (Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013), resulting from previous unavailability of C. sauteri type material and inconsistency in descriptions provided in previous literature. In the present study, we examined the C. sauteri syntype and the C. costatus holotype as well as newly collected material and vouchers used in previous literature. Although both of the species agreed well with each other in most morphological characters of the worker, we tentatively retain the separation of these species based on differences in the head sculpture, eye and ocelli sizes. The worker, queen, and male of C. sauteri, and the worker of C. costatus are here redescribed with the first provision of COI DNA barcode data. In addition, C. merimbunensis Yamada & Eguchi sp. nov. is described from Brunei based on workers and males from a single colony. A key to valid Chrysapace species is also provided.
Validation of Olophrinus parastriatus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae)
Authors: Chang Yuan , Yin Zi-Wei , Li Li-Zhen 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
The missing type depository, along with a diagnosis of Olophrinus parastriatus sp. nov., is provided to validate the name under the conditions required by the ICZN (1999).