bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Bombycoidea: Phylogeny and higher classification (Lepidoptera: Glossata)
Authors: Minet Joel 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThis paper is chiefly aimed at reassessing the limits of four bombycoid families, namely the Eupterotidae, Saturniidae, Lemoniidae, and Brahmaeidae. An incompletely resolved cladogram is proposed for the whole 'bombycoid complex' (Mimallonoidea + Lasiocampoidea + Bombycoidea). Within the Bombycoidea, the primary dichotomy is considered to lie between the Eupterotidae + Bombycidae s.lat. + Endromidae + Mirinidae + Saturniidae, and the Carthaeidae + Lemoniidae + Brahmaeidae + Sphingidae. Sharing at least nine synapomorphies, the Lemoniidae and Brahmaeidae are regarded as reliable sister groups, and the Lemoniidae + Brahmaeidae are proposed as a sister group to the Sphingidae. Another newly proposed clade groups together the Endromidae, Mirinidae and Saturniidae. At family level, the Hibrildidae are synonymized with the Eupterotidae (syn. n.), for which the most significant autapomorphy lies in a previously unnoticed particularity of the female hind leg (distitarsus typically provided with a midventral row of spines). Sexual dimorphism in leg structure also leads to a redefinition of the Saturniidae, a family which must include, with subfamily rank (stat. rev.), the 'Oxytenidae' and 'Cercophanidae' of modern authors. A pair of distal, tooth-like structures on the fourth tarsomere of the female fore leg can thus be ascribed to the ground plan of the Saturniidae, along with a few other convincing autapomorphies. On the other hand, the 'Apatelodidae' are only tentatively placed in the 'Bombycidae sensu lato', a group provisionally resurrected insofar as the Apatelodidae sensu auct. prove to be diphyletic. As a matter of fact, the 'apatelodid' subfamily Epiinae is synonymized with the Bombycinae (syn. n.) in consideration of a rather large number of synapomorphies. When more extensively studied, the morphology of the eighth sternum of the male abdomen might lead to a slightly different, more restricted, concept of the Bombycidae (Le. excluding 'true' Apatelodidae). Often regarded as incertae sedis, the African genera Sabalia Walker and Spiramiopsis Hampson are definitely assigned to the Lemoniidae and Brahmaeidae respectively. Autapomorphies of these two families are recorded and discussed, as are those found to characterize the Sphingidae. Three subfamilies are tentatively recognized within the latter (Smerinthinae stat. rev., Sphinginae, Macroglossinae), five within the Eupterotidae (Hibrildinae, Tissanginae, Janinae, Panacelinae, Eupterotinae), and four within the Bombycidae s.lat. (Apatelodinae, Phiditiinae subfam. n., Prismostictinae [= Oberthueriinae, syn. rev.], Bombycinae). Three of these subfamilies are considered in a new sense, viz. the Panacelinae, Apatelodinae, and Bombycinae. Although the phylogeny of the Saturniidae is not fully taken into account in the present study, the composition of three saturniid subfamilies is critically examined (Oxyteninae, Cercophaninae, Ludiinae), and the Oxyteninae are viewed as the most 'primitive' member of the family.
Revision of the Hydroporus nigellus complex (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) inciuding multivariate species separation
Authors: Nilsson Anders N. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe six species assigned to the Holarctic nigellus complex of Hydroporus Clairville are revised, and a key is given to the separation of males. Species limits were studied biometrically, chiefly using body length, penis length and male protarsal width. Principal components analysis was used to combine size variables taken from samples throughout species ranges. The two Holarctic species H. geniculatus Thomson, 1854, and H. nigellus Mannerheim, 1853, are separated on tarsal width, with H. nigellus being circumboreal and H. geniculatus confined to NW Europe and NW North America. Of the four other species H. semenowi Jakowlew, 1897, is Palearctic, and H. despectus Sharp, 1882, H. tartaricus LeConte, 1850, and H. tenebrosus LeConte, 1850, are Nearctic. Lectotypes are designated for the following nominal species: Hydrocoptus obscuripes Motschulsky, 1860, Hydroporus caminarius Motschulsky, 1860, Hydroporus despectus Sharp, 1882, Hydroporus eugeniae Zaitzev, 1909, Hydroporus lugubris Motschulsky, 1845, Hydroporus melancholicus Motschulsky, 1860, Hydroporus opacus Wehncke, 1871, Hydroporus pyrenaeus Wehncke, 1871, Hydroporus rusticus Sharp, 1882, Hydroporus semenowi Jakowlew, 1897, and Hydroporus tartaricus LeConte, 1850. The following new synonymies are established: Hydroporus longitarsis J. Sahlberg, 1910, and Hydroporus afflatus Scholz, 1917 = Hydroporus semenowi Jakowlew, 1897; Hydrocoptus obscuripes Motschulsky, 1860, Hydroporus pyrenaeus Wehncke, 1871, Hydroporus bungei Zaitzev, 1910, and Hydroporus tungus Zaitzev, 1910 = Hydroporus nigellus Mannerheim, 1853; Hydroporus eugeniae Zaitzev, 1909 = Hydroporus elongatulus Sturm, 1835.
Phylogenetic relationships and classification of ectatommine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Authors: Lattke John E. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe phylogenetic relationships between the genera of ants considered until now as ectatommines are investigated using cladistic methods. They are found polyphyletic and a new arrangement is proposed. Paraponerini is reinstated for Paraponera; Proceratiini is reinstated for Proceratium and Discothyrea. The tribe Ectatommini is reduced to the following genera: Ectatomma, Rhytidoponera, Gnamptogenys, Heteroponera and Acanthoponera. Aulacoponeis placed in an informal genus group. Most fossils though to be ectatommines can not be reliably determined as such and probably belong to other formicid groups. Palaeogeography coupled with the present distribution of the taxa supports an origin of Ectatommini sometime about the early Oligocene.
Pyralidae of Aldabra Atoll 2. Epipaschiinae: Lepipaschia gen. n., with a new species from Aldabra and another from Burkina Faso, West Africa
Authors: Alma Solis M. , Shaffer Jay C. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractLepipaschia gen. n. is comprised of two new species, L. inornata, the type species, described from Aldabra Atoll in the western Indian Ocean and recorded from Madagascar, and L. limbata described from Burkina Faso, West Africa. Illustrations of adults, wing venation, male antennae, heads, genitalia of both sexes, and the male eighth abdominal segment are included for both species.
Revision of the genus Laranda Walker (Orthoptera, Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) with notes on its distribution and biology
Authors: Desutter-Grandcolas Laure 
Published: July 2010

AbstractFive species of crickets were up to now included in the Neotropical genus Laranda Walker, 1869. Three of these species (L. aptera Chopard, L. marmorata Redtenbacher and L. annulata Bolivar) are removed from the genus. The two remaining species are solely known from the female holotypes. Laranda is redefined on the basis of both sexes, its monophyly is established and its phylogenetic relationships discussed. Four new species (L. major, L. meridionalis, L. castanea and L. singularis) are described. The distribution of the species suggests that Laranda is an endemic element of the Atlantic forest zone of Brazil. Field observations indicate that species of Laranda are nocturnal and cavicolous; they could be more specifically attracted to dead trees or branches.
Description and immature stages of Hirtodrosophila batracida sp. n. (Diptera: Drosophilidae), a predator of frog embryos
Authors: Grimaldi David 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe unique biology of a drosophilid whose larvae are predators of the Central American glass frog, Centrolenella fleischmanni (Boettger), was presented in detail by Villa. Here, the correct assignment of the species is made to the genus Hirtodrosophila Duda (previously identified as a species of Zygothrica Wiedemann), the species is described, and fine morphological features of the larvae are described. The species is described from specimens from Nicaragua, although there are other unconfirmed records from throughout Central America. Relationships of H. batracida, n.sp. with several other species in the genus are briefly discussed. Hirtodrosophila are only known to be mycophagous; the only conceivable host shift was from fungi to frog's eggs.
Revision of C. G. Thomson's nominal species of Aylacini (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
Authors: Nieves-Aldrey J.L. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe 13 nominal species described by C. G. Thomson in Aulax Hartig (= Aylax Hartig) in 1877 are reviewed and lectotypes designated. Redescriptions are given of four of the six currently valid species. Timaspis luteipes (Thomson) and T. pilicornis (Thomson) are new combinations. The following new synonymies are proposed: Aulax artemisiae Thomson, A. crassinervis Thomson and A. foveigera Thomson = Aulacidea hieracii (Bouché, 1834); Aulax punctipleuris Thomson = Phanacis centaureae Förster, 1860; Timaspis papaveris Kieffer in Goury & Gignon, 1905 = Timaspis luteipes (Thomson); Aulax abbreviatus Thomson and A. foveicollis Thomson = Xestophanes potentillae (Retzius in De Geer, 1873); Aulax rugiscuta Thomson = Andricus quercusradicis (Fabricius, 1798).
Taxonomy and biology of two related species of gall-making sawflies from the Pontania viminalis-group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
Authors: Zinovjev A.G. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe gall-making sawfly, Pontania (Eupontania) aestiva (Thomson, 1862) (= P. norvegica Kopelke, 1991, ?P. varia Kopelke, 1991) is treated as a valid species. The lectotype of Nematus aestivus Thomson, 1862 is redescribed. Pontania aestiva produces leaf-galls on Salix myrsinifolia (= nigricans, borealis) in Northern Europe and probably in the mountains of Central Europe. Populations of this species from the British Isles are considered as a separate subspecies, P. aestiva harrisoni Benson, 1940. Galls found on Salix purpurea x viminalis and S. purpurea in Northern England and Southern Scotland have an unusual shape, which probably is correlated with development on a subsidiary host plant. Similar host induced differences have been shown for P. viminalis (Linnaeus, 1758), which has normal galls on Salix purpurea, but abnormal galls on Salix babylonica reared under laboratory conditions. Morphological differences of adults are described to differentiate the sawfly species.
Revision of the European Helicopsyche (Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae)
Authors: Johanson Kjell Arne 
Published: July 2010

AbstractAll nominal species of European Helicopsyche are critically assessed. A neotype for H. shuttleworthi Siebold, 1856, the type species of Helicopsyche, is designated which fixes the name as a valid senior synonym of H. revelieri McLachlan, 1884 and H. corsica Vaillant, 1953. The senior synonym Helicopsyche helicifex (Allen, 1857) is suggested to replace H. sericea Hagen, 1864 and H. lusitanica McLachlan, 1884, and the senior synonym Helicopsyche crispata (Benoit, 1857) to replace H. agglutinans (Tassinari, 1858) and H. sperata McLachlan, 1876. Helicopsyche fannii Rougemont, 1879 is a nomen nudum. The females of Helicopsyche helicifex and H. megalochari Malicky, 1974 are described for the first time. The first keys to males and females of the European Helicopsyche are presented.
The Sigmocheirini, a xystodesmid milliped tribe in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, U.S.A. (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)
Authors: Shelley Rowland M. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe xystodesmid milliped tribe Sigmocheirini occupies a band along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and eastern fringe of the San Joaquin Valley from Placer to Kern counties, California. It is comprised of two genera, Sigmocheir Chamberlin, with three species occurring from Placer to Tulare counties, and the monotypic Ochthocelata gen. n., the sole component, O. adynata sp. n., occurring in northern Kern County. The species of Sigmocheir display a distinctive, trimaculate pigmentation pattern with yellow middorsal and paranotal spots; the coloration of O. adynata is unknown. Sigmocheir calaveras Chamberlin is a senior name for S. dohenyi Chamberlin, the spelling of which was subsequently corrected to danehyi and assigned to the new genus, Tuolumnia, a synonym of Sigmocheir. Sigmocheir furcata sp. n. is proposed for forms from the northern generic range. The southernmost species is S. maculifer (Chamberlin), comb. n., transferred from Harpaphe Cook. The Sigmocheirini are related to the sympatric tribe Xystocheirini; relationships within Sigmocheir are hypothesized as maculifer + (calaveras + furcata).
A phylogenetic analysis of the subfamilies of Anyphaenidae (Arachnida, Araneae)
Authors: Ramírez Martin J. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractAnyphaenidae are diagnosed by the pattern of tracheal system, the forwardly advanced tracheal spiracle, and the lamelliform claw tuft setae. Cladistic analyses of the relationships of the anyphaenid genera are made from a selection of 9 exemplar taxa scored for 20 characters. In result, three subfamilies are proposed. Malenellinae subfam. n. is erected for Malenella nana gen. & sp. n. from southern Chile. This subfamily is considered as the sister group of all other anyphaenids. Anyphaeninae and Amaurobioidinae form a monophyletic group united by the orientation of the claw tuft setae and the grooved cymbial tip. Anyphaeninae are diagnosed by three characters associated with the advancement of the spiracle toward the epigastric furrow. Amaurobioidinae are diagnosed by the ingression of the median hematodocha in the male tegulum, and a characteristic secondary conductor. The relationships among the genera of Amaurobioidinae are discussed. The complex tracheal system of anyphaenids develops, during ontogeny, from a simple four-branched system. The genera Aysenia (from Clubionidae), Philisca (from Miturgidae) and Sanogasta (from Corinnidae) are transferred to Anyphaenidae: Amaurobioidinae.
Larval morphology of Systolosoma Solier and Trachypachus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae) with phylogenetic considerations
Authors: Beutel R.G. , Arndt E. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractLarvae of Trachypachus Motschulsky and both species of Systolosoma Solier are described. External and internal features are interpreted phylogenetically. A sistergroup relationship between the genera Systolosoma and Trachypachus is supported by the results of the study. Larval autapomorphies of the Trachypachidae are the presence of a ventral sensorial field on antennomere III which replaces the lateral appendage, the presence of additional apical setae on maxillary palpomere III, and short and horn-shaped urogomphi. Autapomorphies of Systolosoma are the presence of a large sensorial area on antennomere IV, the kidney-shaped, convex sensorial field on antennomere III, the increased number of additional setae on maxillary palpomere III, the high degree of reduction of the urogomphi, the reduced primary setae LA7 (ligular region of prementum) and UR9 (apex of urogomphi), and fused sternal sclerites. A possible autapomorphy of Trachypachus is the presence of two sensorial areas on the dilated apical part of the distal maxillary palpomere. The sistergroup relationship between Trachypachidae and Dytiscoidea is strongly supported by the presence of caudal tentorial arms in larvae of both trachypachid genera. 1st instar larvae of Systolosoma lateritium are fully as large as 2nd instar larvae of S. breve. This, in combination with a similar size of the adults, suggests that the number of larval instars has been reduced in S. lateritium.
Homology and phylogenetic implications of male genitalia in Diptera - Eremoneura
Authors: Monty Wood D. , Sinclair Bradley J. , Cumming Jeffrey M. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractHomologies of male genitalic structures in the Eremoneura (Empidoidea + Cyclorrhapha) are examined and implications for the phylogenetic relationships of the included families are discussed in light of other characters. A revised epandrial hypothesis for the evolution of male genitalia within the Eremoneura is presented, based on comparison of male genitalic features throughout the Brachycera, and a periandrial hypothesis is rejected. Ground plan modifications of the genitalia of Eremoneura include complete sclerotization of the subepandrial membrane along its length to form a subepandrial sclerite, formation of bacilliform sclerites, loss of the lateral ejaculatory processes of the sperm pump, development of a deeply emarginate epandrium, and fusion of the hypandrium with the gonocoxites. Ground plan apomorphies of the Cyclorrhapha, including Opetiidae, consist of a sperm pump separated from the base of the phallus, circumversion of the genitalia, loss of the gonocoxal apodemes, and development of surstyli. The ground plan of the Empidoidea is characterized by the apomorphic loss of gonostyli, and the development of a sperm pump with a lever-like ejaculatory apodeme. Surstyli have developed independently in several lineages of Empidoidea, parallel to their development in Cyclorrhapha, as have losses of the gonocoxal apodemes. The above characters support the monophyly of the Eremoneura and also indicate that the Empidoidea and Cyclorrhapha are sister groups, as opposed to alternative hypotheses that suggest the Empidoidea is paraphyletic with respect to the Cyclorrhapha. The monophyly of Cyclorrhapha, exclusive of Opetiidae, is supported by the presence of a phallapodeme. The Lonchopteridae and Phoroidea are united partially on the basis of a similar reduction of pregenital sclerites in the male. The Phoroidea is characterized by the apomorphic loss of gonostyli and abdominal spiracle 7 in the male. The Syrphoidea and Schizophora are hypothesized to share a synapomorphic lever-like phallapodeme. The Syrphoidea is characterized by a right-side deflexion of the hypopygium, whereas the Schizophora possess gonostyli that are adducted against the hypandrium, and circumversion that is completed entirely within the puparium.
Revision of the Afrotropical-Oriental Rhantus rugulosus-clade (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Authors: Balke Michael 
Published: July 2010

AbstractRhantus rugulosus Régimbart, 1899, R. rohani Peschet, 1924, R. colymbitoides Gschwendtner, 1932 and R. tigris sp. n. form a monophyletic group, here referred to as the R. rugulosus-clade. The ground pattern of this group is discussed, and the species are briefly described. R. rugulosus + R. tigris is the sister group of R. rohani + R. colymbitoides. The former is Oriental, the latter Afrotropical. The extant distribution range of the R. rugulosus-clade, i.e., a disjunct range with species occurring either in the Oriental or the Afrotropical region, is explained by Miocene dispersal and late Cenozoic vicariance events.
Taxonomic revision of the Oriental species of Dicranopselaphus Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Psephenidae: Eubriinae)
Authors: Yang Ping-Shih , Lee Chi-Feng 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe genus Dicranopselaphus Guérin-Méneville (= Spineubria Nakane, syn. n.) from the Oriental region is revised. Twenty-seven species are recognized, of which twenty-one are described as new: D. bicolor, D. brevicornis, D. doiinthanonus, D. emasensis, D. fangensis, D. flavus, D. jaechi, D. jiangxiensis, D. malickyi, D. morimotoi, D. sichuanensis, D. nagaii, D. nantai, D. nepalensis, D. sabahensis, D. sakaii, D. sarawacensis, D. schneideri, D. similis, D. taiwanus, and D.yamasakii. The following combinations and synonyms are proposed: Grammeubria emmanueli Pic, 1918 and G. atra Pic, 1938 = D. emmanueli (Pic); Grammeubria javana Pic, 1916 = D. javanus (Pic); Ectopria multimaculata Pic, 1934 = D. multimaculatus (Pic); Spineubria reticulata Nakane, 1952 = D. reticulatus (Nakane); Grammeubria rufa Pic, 1916 and Spineubria yasumatsui Chûjô & Satô, 1975 = D. rufus (Pic); and Grammeubria testaceicornis Pic, 1923 = D. testaceicornis (Pic). Lectotypes are designated for D. emmanueli, D. javanus, D. multimaculatus, D. rufus, and D. testaceicornis.
A new species of Anopheles subgenus Kerteszia (Diptera: Culicidae) from Venezuela
Authors: Navarro Juan Carlos , Harbach Ralph E. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractAnopheles auyantepuiensis sp. n. of the subgenus Kerteszia is described and distinguished from Anopheles neivai. The larval and pupal stages and important features of the adult female are illustrated. Information is provided on the bionomics and taxonomy of the species.
A sit-and-wait predatory chironomid from tropical Brazil- Fittkauimyia crypta sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Nolte Ulrike , Serrano Mirian A.S. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractA new species of Fittkaumyia from central Brazil, F. crypta sp. n., is described as larva, pupa, male and female imago, and observations on the habitat and biology are given. F. crypta is easiest to distinguish from the other three known species of this genus in the pupal stage by the numerous lateral taeniae on segment VIII. Our study reveals that three characters, previously considered to be valid on generic level (overlapping anal lobe points, antepronotum reduced, eyes not irridescent), do not apply to F. crypta.
Revision of the orthoclad genus Propsilocerus Kieffer (= Tokunagayusurika Sasa) (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Sæther Ole A. , Xinhua Wang  
Published: July 2010

AbstractGeneric diagnoses to all stages of the genus Propsilocerus Kieffer, 1923 (= Tokunagayusurika Sasa, 1978, syn. n.) are given. Parsimony analyses of the primitive orthoclads show that either the more plesiomorphic genera of Orthocladiinae form a monophyletic group or Propsilocerus may be more closely related to less plesiomorphic groups. Chasmatonotus Loew forms its likely sister group. The genus is monophyletic in all cladograms. A synapomorphic diagram for Propsilocerus shows P. sinicus sp. n. forming the sister species of the other four species. Keys are given to all stages. Propsilocerus sinicus is described from male and female imagines and as pupa; P. akamusi (Tokunaga) is redescribed in all stages and in all larval instars; P. taihuensis (Wen, Zhou & Rong) comb. n. as male and female; P. paradoxus (Lundström) as male, female and pupa; and P. lacustris Kieffer is described in all stages.
Sticholeia - a new genus of Leiini, with comments on the systematic position of Allactoneura de Meijere (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
Authors: Söli Geir E.E. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractA new genus, Sticholeia, is erected to comprise two new species, cheesmanae and dolichostyla, from New Guinea and Vanuatu, respectively, and an unnamed female from Indonesia. Members of the new genus have two ocelli, a row of strong bristles near the hind margin of the eyes, tibial trichia arranged in regular rows, and strongly prolonged male terminalia. Despite featuring some characters supposed to be diagnostic for the subfamily Manotinae, the new genus is attributed to the tribe Leiini of Sciophilinae. The genus may represent the sistergroup of Allactoneura de Meijere plus Leiella Enderlein. Judged from the distribution of characters among Leiini the monotypic tribe Allactoneurini is rejected.