bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
An overview of fossil Stephanidae (Hymenoptera), with description of two new taxa from Baltic amber, and key to species of Electrostephanus Brues
Authors: Pires Aguiar Alexandre , Janzen Jens-Wilhelm 
Published: July 2010

AbstractProtostephanus ashmeadi Cockerell is confirmed to be a stephanid, and illustrated. The taxonomic status of Protostephanus Cockerell and Electrostephanus Brues, their relationships with extant genera of Stephanidae, and problems in defining or synonymizing fossil genera of the family are discussed. Electrostephanus is provisorily redefined, two fossil species, E. sulcatus sp. n. and E. neovenatus sp. n. are described and illustrated from male specimens preserved in Eocene Baltic amber, and a key to species provided.
The tribe Aschistodesmini in the Solomon Islands (Diplopoda, Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae)
Authors: Jeekel C.A.W. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe Aschistodesmini from the Solomon Island are reviewed. Besides clarifying notes on the status of the type and closely related species of Aschistodesmus, descriptive notes and illustrations of the gonopods of the Solomon species of this genus, particularly of those published by Chamberlin, 1920, under the generic name of Solomonosoma, are given. Two new species, A. spatulifer and A. tridentifer are described, and a key to the species is provided. From Rennell Island Dorcadogonus modestus gen. n., sp. n. is described.
Systematic revision and redefinition of the Neotropical genus Epipedonota Solier (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with descriptions of eight new species
Authors: Flores Gustavo E. , Vidal Pedro 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe tenebrionid genus Epipedonota Solier (Pimeliinae: Nycteliini), distributed in the eastern Andes from southern Bolivia to the southern Patagonia in Argentina and Chile, is revised and redefined on the basis of characters of external and internal morphology and male and female genitalia. This article includes a redescription of the genus, redescriptions or descriptions of each of its 23 species, an identification key, habitus photographs of the most representative species, drawings of genital features and metendosternites, and distribution maps. Epipedonota comprises 23 species, out of which eight are described as new: E. microplicatissima Flores & Vidal, E. boliviana Flores & Vidal, E. jujuyensis Flores & Vidal, E. tucumana Flores & Vidal, E. interandina Vidal & Flores, E. sanjuanina Flores & Vidal, E. cordobensis Flores & Vidal and E. mendocina Flores & Vidal. Other valid species of the genus are: Epipedonota tricostata Burmeister, E. elegantula Kulzer, E. willinki Kulzer, E. lata Waterhouse, E. subplana Gebien, E. plicatissima Kulzer, E. sublineata Berg, E. intercostata Berg, E. laevisulcata Fairmaire, E. microdera Burmeister, E. reticulata (Blanchard), E. nitida (Philippi & Philippi) stat. rev., E. cristallisata (Lacordaire) stat. rev., E. ebenina (Lacordaire) and E. senex (Lacordaire) stat. rev. New synonymies are: Epipedonota erythropus Lacordaire under E. ebenina (Lacordaire), E. monilis (Lacordaire) under E. ebenina (Lacordaire), E. bonariensis Waterhouse under E. cristallisata (Lacordaire), E. margineplicata Curtis under E. cristallisata (Lacordaire), E. affinis Waterhouse under E. senex (Lacordaire), E. biramosa Berg under E. nitida (Philippi & Philippi), E. angusta Burmeister under E. microdera Burmeister, and Psectrascelis nycteloides Peña under E. sublineata Berg. Lectotypes are designated for Callyntra nitida Philippi & Philippi, Epipedonota biramosa Berg, E. intercostata Berg, E. sublineata Berg, E. lata Waterhouse, E. affinis Waterhouse, E. bonariensis Waterhouse, E. margineplicata Curtis, E. subplana Fairmaire, E. laevisulcata Fairmaire, E. tricostata Burmeister, E. microdera Burmeister, and E. angusta Burmeister.
Genetic divergence among populations of two closely related species of Cicada Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) in Portugal
Authors: Simões P.C. , Coelho M.M. , Quartau J.A. , Ribeiro M. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractPortuguese populations from localities of sympatry and allopatry of Cicada orni Linnaeus and C. barbara (StÅl), a pair of closely related cicada species, were screened electrophoretically to clarify their genetic relationships. Thirteen enzyme systems coded by 19 presumptive loci were analysed. Seven loci were polymorphic on the 0.95 criterion. Data on within- and between-species variation, based on several genetic estimates (number of alleles per locus, amount of polymorphism, heterozygosity and genetic divergence) are presented. A dendrogram was constructed based on the Cavalli-Sforza & Edwards chord distance, using the UPGMA clustering method. Two groups were produced, one clustering the populations of C. orni and a second one clustering C. barbara. The former cicada species was much more variable genetically than C. barbara, this latter being a very homogeneous species. The high level of genetic similarity might suggest that C. barbara is a relatively recent immigrant to the Iberian Peninsula from its origin in North Africa. Alternatively, the present populations of C. barbara in Portugal might originate from small relict populations having survived the climatic cooling during the ice ages in a few warm refugia. Moreover, the present results suggest that reproductive isolation and therefore speciation in these cicadas may have occurred at a smaller genetic divergence level than in some other insects.
Phylogenetic and biogeographical analysis of the New Zealand Helicopsyche von Siebold (Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae)
Authors: Johanson Kjell Arne 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe phylogenetic relationship between the seven known New Zealand Helicopsyche von Siebold, 1856 species is outlined. The New Zealand Helicopsyche comprises Helicopsyche albescens Tillyard, 1924, Helicopsyche poutini McFarlane, 1964, Helicopsyche howesi Tillyard, 1924, Helicopsyche zealandica Hudson, 1904, Helicopsyche haurapango Johanson, 1999, Helicopsyche torinoJohanson, 1999, and Helicopsyche cuvieri Johanson, 1999 and the cladistic analysis revealed a single most parsimonious tree, ((albescens, (poutini, howesi)), (zealandica, (haurapango, (torino, cuvieri)))). The basal species in the two species groups formed, H. zeczlandica and H. albescens, are widely distributed in both North Island and South Island, while the derived species have more restricted distribution ranges and sister clades form non-overlapping distributions. New Zealand was divided into four and five separate geographical entities based on a) distribution patterns from the Helicopsyche and primitive Lepidoptera and b) distribution patterns from the Helicopsyche alone, respectively. To map the history of Helicopsyche in New Zealand reconciliation using COMPONENT 2.0 and Dispersal-Vicariance analysis by DIVA 1.1 was applied in the search for a reduced area cladogram and ancestral areas, respectively. The results indicate that the southernmost part was part of the ancestral area, and that the division of the earliest ancestor has a minimum age of 10 million years.
Phylogenetic relationships of the intertidal genus Halorhadinus Sawada and key to the genera of the Liparocephalini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Authors: Ahn Kee-Jeong 
Published: July 2010

AbstractHalorhadinus Sawada is redescribed and illustrations of diagnostic features are presented. Median lobes and parameres of H. aequalis Sawada and H. inaequalis Sawada are described for the first time. A key is provided for separation of the known species of Halorhadinus. Based on contiguous mesocoxal cavities, galea with several setae only on mesal surface and apex with setae, Halorhadinus is hypothesized to be a member of the tribe Liparocephalini. A revised cladistic analysis of the Liparocephalini based on 50 adult characters suggests that Halorhadinus belong to the Liparocephalini with the following patterns of generic relationships (outgroup (Salinamexus Moore & Legner (Halorhadinus Sawada (Amblopusa Casey (Paramblopusa Ahn &Ashe (Diaulota Casey + Liparocephalus Mäklin)))))). Monophyly of the genus Halorhadinus is supported by three synapomorphies (mentum with anterior margin deeply sinuate and antero-lateral parts triangular; ligula round and very long, almost reaching to half of palpi; spatulate setae mostly located on basal part of palpi). A key to the genera of the Liparocephalini is given.
First record of a female stylopid (Strepsiptera: ?Myrmecolacidae) parasite of a prionomyrmecine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Baltic amber
Authors: Pohl Hans , Kinzelbach Ragnar 
Published: July 2010

AbstractA female stylopid parasitising an ant of the genus Prionomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is described and illustrated from Baltic amber (Eocene, 39-50 million years old). This new fossil is tentatively considered as a plesiomorphic member of the Myrmecolacidae. Recent Myrmecolacidae parasitise dual hosts: males parasitise Formicidae, while females parasitise either Mantodea or Ensifera. This is the first record of a female stylopid parasitising Formicidae. The phylogenetic relationships of the Myrmecolacidae and the origin of their unique dual host relationship are discussed.
Araragi panda sp. n., an intermediate taxon in the phylogeny of Theclini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae)
Authors: Hsu Yu-Feng , Chou Wen-I 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe current placement of the genus Araragi in the Chaetoprocta lineage has been problematic because Araragi does not possess a bilobed uncus, a synapomorphy shared by all the other genera of the lineage. The discovery of Araragi panda, a new species with features of Araragi and a bilobed uncus, justifies this systematic treatment. Phylogenetic analysis identifies Chaetoprocta as the sister of Araragi, and demonstrates that colonization of walnuts as larval hosts occurred only once in Theclini evolution, contradicting previously proposed hypotheses.
Agathiphaga wing vestiture revisited: evidence for complex early evolution of lepidopteran scales (Lepidoptera: Agathiphagidae)
Authors: Kristensen Niels P. , Simonsen Thomas J. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractAgathiphaga moths lack microtrichiation on most of the fore-wing upperside (apart from a basal anterior area), while it well developed on the hind-wing upperside and on the underside of both wing pairs. Scales on the fore-wing upperside largely occur in clusters, which then often comprise one larger, notched/truncate and pigmented 'cover' scale, and one or more smaller, weakly pigmented/unpigmented, smoothly rounded 'ground' scale. The former scale type proved to be hollow and have trabeculae in the inner lumen. However, it has no perforations in the abwing lamella; hence the absence of such perforations (ore even vestiges thereof, in the form of small depressions) from a scale is not necessarily indicative that it is of the solid type. The ground scales, like all hind-wing and underside scales, are of the commonplace solid type which is of general occurrence in non-glossatan moths. Evolutionary aspects of scale morphology in basal moths are discussed. The origin of hollow wing-surface scales cannot have been a single, unreversed event, but independent evolution of this scale types in the Agathiphagidae and the Coelolepida (= Acanthopteroctetidae + Lophocoronidae + Myoglossata) remains the most parsimonious assumption.
A new fossil species of the Australian endemic genus Peradenia Naumann & Masner (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea, Peradeniidae) from Baltic Amber
Authors: Janzen Jens-Wilhelm , Johnson Norman F. , Musetti Luciana 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe family Peradeniidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) is represented by two rare extant species from southeastern Australia (Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania). A new species, Peradenia galerita sp. n., is described from Eocene Baltic amber. The fossil species is very similar to the living Perndenia, but has the short metasomatic petiole typical of most Proctotrupoidea. The subfamily classification of Heloridae proposed by Rasnitsyn and the status of Peradeniidae are briefly reviewed. The subfamily Mesohelorinae Rasnitsyn, 1990 is a junior synonym of Protohelorinae Rasnitsyn, 1980 (syn. n.).
A review of the tribe Thophini Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) with the description of a new species of Thopha Amyot & Serville
Authors: Moulds M.S. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe tribe Thophini is redefined. It includes only the genera Thopha Amyot & Serville and Arunta Distant, both of which are endemic to Australia. The Caribbean genus Uhleroides Distant is excluded from the Thophini and is transferred to the Zammarini Distant. A new species, Thopha emmotti, is described from western Queensland and a key to the species of Thopha Amyot & Serville is provided.
A revision of the ant-like salticid genera Enoplomischus Giltay, 1931, Kima Peckham & Peckham, 1902 and Leptorchestes Thorell, 1870 (Araneae: Salticidae)
Authors: Wesolowska Wanda , Szeremeta Małgorzata 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThree ant-like salticid genera, Enoplomischus Giltay, Kima Peckham & Peckham and Leptorchestes Thorell are revised. Kima is removed from the synonymy of Leptorchestes and revalidated. Three new species are described: Kima montana, Leptorchestes algerinus and L. separatus. Two specific names are synonymised: Enoplomischus chattoni Berland & Millot = E. ghesquieri Giltay and Leptorchestes halogena Metzner = L. mutilloides (Lucas). One new combination is proposed (K. reimoseri ex L. reimoseri). A lectotype for L. peresi is designated. L. semirufus Simon is regarded as nomen dubium. Identification keys are provided. A comparison of morphological features of the three genera indicates that Kima and Leptorchestes are more closely related to each other than either of them is to Enoplomischus. However, it seems still justified to place all three genera in the subfamily Leptorchestinae (sensu Simon 1901).
Morphometric and genetic analysis shows that Haliplus wehnckei is a junior synonym of H. sibiricus (Coleoptera: Haliplidae)
Authors: Nilsson Anders N. , Lundmark Magnus , Drotz Marcus K. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractSpecimens of the two nominal species Haliplus sibiricus Motschulsky, and H. wehnckei Gerhardt, were examined by enzyme electrophoresis and morphometrical methods. Beetles collected from five different localities along the north Swedish coast were screened at ten different loci, and paramere shape variation was studied using Elliptic Fourier description. Wright's F-statistics were computed to assess population structure, and PLS-analysis (Projections to Latent Structures modelling) to estimate shape differences. We revise the distribution of the two species in Sweden. The results show a gross overlap and sympatry. Paramere shape analyses indicate the existence of two different forms, which change in frequency with latitude. There are morphologically intermediate specimens that would be difficult to place into either species. Genetic data do not support the nominal species status, and FST-values indicate moderate genetical differences between the populations. We propose that H. sibiricus and H. wehnckei are conspecific. They are either subspecies, or represents two different morphotypes of a clinally varying character. Our data support the latter. Accordingly, H. wehnckei Gerhardt, 1877, is a junior synonym of H. sibiricus Motschulsky, 1860, syn. n.
Revision and phylogenetic affinities of the Jurassic Steleopteridae Handlirsch, 1906 (Odonata: Zygoptera)
Authors: Fleck Günther , Bechly Günter , Nel André , Martínez-Delclòs Xavier 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe Jurassic odonate family Steleopteridae is revised. Two new genera and species Parasteleopteron guischardi and Euparasteleopteron viohli are described. The phylogenetic affinities of this group are discussed. The Steleopteridae are excluded from the Epiproctophora and transferred into the Zygoptera (stemgroup). Euphaeopsis multinervis is redescribed and transferred to Epiproctophora: Isophlebioidea, and the genus Pseudoeuphaea with its four species is considered as a nomen dubium in Odonata incertae sedis.
Dwarf hunting spiders or Oonopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Seychelles
Authors: Saaristo Michael I. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe main part of the material treated in this paper comes from the Granitic Seychelles but samples from the four following atolls: Aldabra, Assumption Atoll, Poivre Atoll, and Farquar Atoll have also been included. Previously 24 species were reported from Seychelles (Benoit 1979, Saaristo 1999). In this paper 9 species are recorded as new to Seychelles and all of them are also new to science: Cousinea keelei gen. n., sp. n., Silhouettella assumptia sp. n., Farqua quadrimaculata gen. n., sp. n., Lionneta gerlachi sp. n., Opopaea probosciella sp. n., Ischnothyreus serpentinum sp. n., Matyotia tetraspinosus gen. n., sp. n., 'Orchestina' maureen sp. n., and 'Orchestina' justini sp. n.. In addition 7 new genera are created: Cousinea gen. n. (type species: Cousinea keeleyi sp. n.), Farqua gen. n. (type species: Farqua quadrimaculata sp. n.), Prida gen. n. (type species: Gamasomorpha sechellensis Benoit, 1979), Patri gen. n. (type species: Gamasomorpha david Benoit, 1979), Lisna gen. n. (type species: Gamasomorpha trichinalis Benoit, 1979), Ischnothyrella gen. n. (type species: Ischnothyreus jivani Benoit, 1979), and Matyotia gen. n. (type species: Matyotia tetraspinosus sp. n.). Also the following synonyms have been established: Opopaea lena Suman, 1965 = Gamasomorpha ladiguei Benoit, 1979 syn. n. = Opopaea mortenseni Brignoli, 1980 syn. n.; Ischnothyreus peltifer (Simon 1891) = Ischnothyreus omosus Suman, 1965 syn. n. = Ischnothyreus formusus Brignoli, 1974 syn. n. Further four new combinations have been presented: Gamasomorpha loricatula (Roewer, 1942) = Silhouettella loricatula (Roewer, 1942) comb. n., Silhouettella mahei (Benoit, 19479 = Pelicinus mahei (Benoit, 1979) comb. n., Ischnothyreus orophilus Benoit, 1979 = Lionneta orophila (Benoit, 1979) comb. n., and Oonops savyi Benoit, 1979 = Lionneta savyi (Benoit, 1979) comb. n. Three of the new species for Seychelles have been found only on the atolls. The total number of the Oonopidae of the Granitic Seychelles is now 30 species. The importance of this family on the Granitic Seychelles is reflected by the fact that some 16% of all known spiders living there are oonopids.
A fossil water measurer from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha: Hydrometridae)
Authors: Møller Andersen Nils , Grimaldi David 
Published: July 2010

AbstractSemiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha) comprise about 1,800 extant species classified in eight families. So far, 38 fossil species belonging to six families have been described or recorded, most of Cenozoic age. Knowledge about the evolutionary history of the major groups of Gerromorpha is seriously hampered by the scarcity of well-preserved Mesozoic fossils, especially from the Cretaceous. The present paper reports on a well-preserved semiaquatic bug from amber collected in the northern part of Myanmar (Burma). The source of this fossiliferous amber was previously considered to be Eocene in age, but recent evidence indicates that it originated in the Middle Cretaceous (Turonian-Cenomanian), or 100-90 Ma. The fossil species is described as Carinametra burmensis gen. et sp. n. The presence of three pairs of cephalic trichobothria, a prolonged head, long slender antennae and legs, reduced wing venation, etc., places the fossil in the gerromorphan family Hydrometridae or water measurers. Other characters suggest a close relationship with the two extant genera of the most basal of the hydrometrid subfamilies, Heterocleptinae. We present and discuss the available evidence used in the dating of Burmese amber. Finally, we discuss the phylogenetic, paleobiological, and biogeographic significance of the new fossil.
Taxonomic revision of Neodohrniphora, subgenus Eibesfeldtphora (Diptera: Phoridae)
Authors: Brown Brian V. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe genus Neodohrniphora, subgenus Eibesfeldtphora, is revised and found to include 15 species, 11 of which are new to science, as follows: N. arcuata, bragancai, dissita, elongata, erthali, inferna, isomorpha, leei, pala, prolixa and tonhascai. Subgenus Wallerphora and its single included species, N. mexicanae Disney, is considered part of subgenus Eibesfeldtphora (new synonymy). The taxonomy of N. declinata Borgmeier and a species with which it has frequently been confused is clarified.
Cytotaxonomy of the Prosimulium hirtipes species group (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Morocco
Authors: Belqat Boutaïna , Adler Peter H. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe cytotaxonomy of three species in the Prosimulium hirtipes group in Morocco is presented. Each species - tentatively referred to as P. latimucro, P. rufipes, and P. tomosvaryi - is chromosomally unique and characterized by a low level of polymorphism. Chromosomal data indicate that one or more of the Moroccan species are distinct from the European species of the same names.
Review of the genus Hymenaphorura Bagnall, 1948 with description of eleven new species from North America and Siberia (Collembola: Onychiuridae)
Authors: Pomorski Romuald J. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractAn emended diagnosis of Hymenaphorura (Bagnall, 1948) is provided. Eleven new species are described: H. reducta sp. n., H. ridibunda sp. n., H. alaskana sp. n., H. granulata sp. n., H. sensitiva sp. n., H. superba sp. n., H. nearctica sp. n., H. mystica sp. n., H. teretis sp. n., H. anatolii sp. n., H. palaearctica sp. n. H. similis (Folsom, 1917) is redescribed on the basis of type material. Descriptions of H. sibirica (Tullberg, 1876), H. cocklei (Folsom, 1908) and H. decus (Christiansen & Bellinger, 1980) are supplemented. An identification key for all the known species of the genus is given.
Revision of the subfamily Hydrodytinae Miller (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) with description of a new genus
Authors: Miller Kelly B. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe New World subfamily Hydrodytinae Miller is revised. Two genera are recognized, Hydrodytes Miller and Microhydrodytes gen. n. Hydrodytes contains three known species, H. opalinus (Zimmermann), H. dodgei (Young) and H. inaciculatus (Guignot). Microhydrodytes contains a single known species, M. elachistus sp. n. Keys are provided to the genera and species in the subfamily. Important morphological features are illustrated for diagnosing the species and a phylogenetic hypothesis is proposed for all species.
Cytotaxonomy of Simulium goeldii Cerqueira & Nunes De Mello and Simulium ulyssesi (Py-Daniel & Coscarón) (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Central Amazonia, Brazil
Authors: RÍOS- VELÁSQUEZ Claudia , Hamada Neusa , Adler Peter H. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractSimulium goeldii Cerqueira & Nunes de Mello, 1967 and Simulium ulyssesi (Py-Daniel & Coscarón, 2001) share larval and pupal microhabitats in Central Amazonia and are morphologically similar, differing only in the number of gill filaments - six in S. ulyssesi and eight in S. goeldii. To test the hypothesis that S. ulyssesi is a valid species, rather than an intraspecific variant of S. goeldii, we compared the polytene chromosomes of the two morphotypes from Presidente Figueiredo, Manaus, and Careiro da Várzea (Amazonas) Counties. Our analyses indicated that the two morphotypes are distinct species, differing by four fixed inversions. Because the number of gill filaments is correlated absolutely with chromosomal banding patterns, it is a useful structural character for differentiating the two species.