bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Revision of the termitophilous tribe Pseudoperinthini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in New Guinea
Authors: Bourguignon Thomas , Roisin Yves 
Published: March 2011

AbstractUntil now only one species of the tribe Pseudoperinthini, Austrointhus papuanus, was known from New Guinea. Here, we report the presence of five additional species, four of which are new to science: one species in the genus Pseudoperinthus, one in Austrointhus and two in Papuinthus, new genus. All were found in association with nasute termites of the genera Nasutitermes, Tumulitermes, Niuginitermes and Diwaitermes (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The absence of distinctive characters and the presence of intermediate species suggest that Indinthus should be considered a synonym of Austrointhus. Some Pseudoperinthini species occur over a broad range and with several related host termites, whereas other species appear to be narrowly distributed and host species-specific. This pattern suggests local speciation, but may also result from insufficient sampling effort.
Diverse Milichiella Giglio-Tos (Diptera: Milichiidae) in Miocene Dominican amber
Authors: Brake Irina 
Published: March 2011

AbstractSeven new species of Milichiella are described from Dominican amber: M. archaia n. sp., M. dolichosurstyla n. sp., M. dominicana n. sp., M. hennigi n. sp., M. margaretae n. sp., M. quadrisetosa n. sp., and M. theodori n. sp. These species represent the first record of the sub-family Milichiinae in amber and the first descriptions of the family in Dominican amber. The fossil species differ from extant species only in species-level details except M. archaia, which probably belongs to the stemline of Milichiella + Ulia.
Rearrangement of the Agrodiaetus dolus species group (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) using a new cytological approach and molecular data
Authors: Kandul Nikolai , Vila Roger , Lukhtanov Vladimir 
Published: March 2011

AbstractThe Agrodiaetus dolus species group includes cryptic species that have similar external morphology but can be distinguished by their species-specific karyotypes. At the same time, cytogenetic analysis of these butterflies is difficult because of extremely high chromosome numbers. The application of common techniques, such as squash and spread preparations, usually yields inaccurate chromosome counting and, consequently, results in incorrect taxonomical conclusions. To overcome this problem, we combined cytological and molecular data. The former was obtained with a new cytological technique that allowed us to examine intact (notsquashed) metaphase plates and to distinguish all chromosomes in the chromosomal complement. The latter was obtained from published mitochondrial sequences that were used to calculate genetic distances between taxa. While the taxa ainsae and fulgens are generally considered as separate species, here we show that no characters exist that support this hypothesis. As a consequence, we propose several taxonomic changes within the A. dolus species complex and show that this group consists of the following species: A. dolus with haploid chromosome number n=122-125, A. fulgens (n=108-110) and A. fabressei (n=90). The following new combinations are suggested: A. fulgens ainsae comb. n., A. fulgens pseudovirgilius comb. n., A. fulgens leonensis comb. n. and A. fulgens magnabrillata comb. n.
Choreutinula kulla sp. n. A new species of Collembola from Norway and Sweden – the second European species of the genus (Collembola: Hypogastruridae)
Authors: Fjellberg Arne 
Published: March 2011

AbstractThe new species Choreutinula kulla sp. n. is described from dry warm seashore habitats in southern Norway and Sweden. It differs from the other European species of the genus, C. inermis (Tullberg, 1871), by smaller body size, coarser skin granulation, longer maxillary lamellae and less setae on the ventral tube. Also the habitat preferences of the two species are probably different as inermis is usually found in forests, often in bark on live conifers.
Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic considerations of four new species of Cnemalobus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Patagonia
Authors: Ruiz-Manzanos Eider , Roig-Juñent Sergio , Agrain Federico , Sackmann Paula , Tognelli Marcelo , Carrara Rodolfo 
Published: March 2011

AbstractFour new species of Cnemalobus Guérin-Ménéville, 1838 (Carabidae) from the northern steppe of Patagonia and extra-Andean mountains are described in this work. Two of these species, Cnemalobus nevado sp. n. and Cnemalobus diamante sp. n., are from the Payunia (Argentina), the northernmost region of Patagonia. One species, C. somuncura sp. n., is from the vicinity of the Somuncurá Plateau. The other species, Cnemalobus troll sp. n., is from the northwestern steppe. Illustrations and keys for these new species are provided. The phylogenetic relationships among the new species were defined using a cladistic analysis for the genus Cnemalobus, based on 56 characters of the external morphology and male and female genitalia. The cladogram showed that C. nevado sp. n. and C. diamante sp. n. comprise a monophyletic group that is the adelphotaxon of an apical clade of species that mainly inhabit mountain habitats in central Chile. Cnemalobus somuncura sp. n. and C. troll sp. n. are also sister species and comprise the apical group of the Patagonian species. Cnemalobus nevado and C. diamante occur in the Payunia, and their distribution is restricted to different mountains and are isolated from each other. Given that these two mountains are 200 km apart, it is not likely that dispersal has occurred in these large and flightless species. The ancestral species might have been broadly distributed, and, as a result of habitat changes, they became isolated into restricted habitats in the upper part of each mountain, where speciation might have occurred. The other two new species, C. somuncura and C. troll, are placed in the group of Patagonian species that inhabit the lowlands or plateaus. Distributional data, together with phylogeny, showed that the sister species of Cnemalobus have an allopatric distribution. Strict sympatry (same locality) occurs in the northwestern region of the Patagonian Steppe. Nevertheless, this strict sympatry may be an artifact of geographical scale. For example, within the same area, some species may inhabit grasslands next to forests, while other species inhabit only steppe areas.
Taxonomic revision and preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the subgenus Megalostomis (Scaphigenia) Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Authors: Roig-Juñent Sergio , Domínguez Martha , Agrain Federico 
Published: March 2011

AbstractThe subgenus M. (Scaphigenia) Lacordaire includes six species distributed in arid regions of South America. A systematic revision of this subgenus is presented, including re-descriptions and an update of distribution data of the six species. A preliminary cladistic analysis is performed to test the relationships among the species of the subgenus and if the morphological characters used are suitable. A key is presented to separate the seven subgenera of Megalostomis Chevrolat as well as a key for the species of the subgenus M. (Scaphigenia). Male aedeagus internal sac of the nine studied taxa are described and illustrated. This constitutes the first internal sac descriptions for members of this subtribe and could help clarify the homology of such structures within Cryptocephalinae. M. (S) consimilis Achard is reassigned to the species status on the base of genitalic characters. The cladistic analysis was done using forty-one characters from adult external morphology and male and female genitalia. Two species of two different subgenera of Megalostomis: M. (Megalostomis), and M. (Heterostomis) Lacordaire, and one representative of the genus Themesia Lacordaire were selected as out groups. Results were obtained by implicit enumeration using parsimony software. Three equally parsimonious trees were obtained of 45 steps, Ri=0.952, and Ci= 0.941. Support of each group was evaluated by Jacknifing, Bootstrap and Bremer values. Relationships between species are discussed.
Do individual and combined data analyses of molecules and morphology reveal the generic status of 'Pachysoma' MacLeay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)?
Authors: Scholtz Clarke , Bastos Armanda , Sole Catherine 
Published: March 2011

AbstractScarabaeus (Pachysoma) comprises 13 flightless dung beetle species endemic to the west coast of southern Africa that are biologically unique and have a variable taxonomic history at the generic level. Initially considered a valid genus Pachysoma was subsequently synonymised with the genus Scarabaeus and later assigned sub-generic status within this genus. In an attempt to resolve past taxonomic inconsistencies, morphological and molecular data partitions, and combinations thereof, were analysed and compared across different phylogenetic inference methods. Trees obtained from the individual datasets which comprised 64 morphological characters and 1197 nucleotide sites of the mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I (COI) gene, were less well-resolved than those obtained from analyses in which the data partitions were combined whilst Bayesian inference generally out-performed parsimony. However, both the individual and combined data partitions, irrespective of the method of analysis, confirmed the monophyly of the Pachysoma lineage. The relative contribution of each data partition to individual nodes as assessed by positive partitioned Bremer support values was 6:5:4 for the molecular:combined:morphological data partitions. However, in terms of contribution to the resolution of terminal versus internal nodes, the morphological dataset made proportionally the greatest contribution and was crucial for recovering a sister relationship of Pachysoma to Scarabaeus, i.e. a generic level, rather than a sub-generic one. This together with the monophyly of the Pachysoma lineage across all methods of analysis and data partitions as well as the unique morphology and biology of its constituent species warrants reinstatement of Pachysoma to its former full generic status.
An illustrated species key of Enclisis Townes including descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
Authors: Mazón Marina , Kolarov Janko , Bordera Santiago 
Published: March 2011

AbstractTwo new species of Enclisis Townes, 1970 from Spain and the Balkan Region are described and illustrated: E. castellana sp.n. and E. balcanica sp.n.. Females of the new species are distinguished between, and from the closest species E. ornaticeps by microsculpture of first lateral area of propodeum and mesopleuron, head features and body colour. The male of E. balcanica is distinguished from the closest species E. infernator and E. schwarzi by its head, less transversal, and by a longer second metasomal tergite. The male of E. castellana is separated from E. ruficeps by its microsculpture on mesopleuron and mesonotum, always on shiny background, and by the position of the subdiscoideus vein, which reach the postnervulus vein in the middle or above the centre. Furthermore, data on phenology of E. castellana and a new illustrated key for Enclisis species, excluding E. nigricoxis and E. ruficoxis, is provided. The species E. alpicola, E. ornaticeps and E. macilenta are recorded for the first time from the Bulgarian fauna. E. infernator is the first record from Bulgaria and Spain.
The genus Bothriurus (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) in Patagonia
Authors: Mattoni Camilo Iván 
Published: March 2011

AbstractHistorically, the identity and distribution of some Bothriurus species from Patagonia have not been clear. The previous concepts of the Bothriurus patagonicus species group may comprise more than one species. Two new species, Bothriurus huincul sp. n. and B. sanctaecrucis sp. n., are described, and additional morphological and distributional data of B. patagonicus, and B. burmeisteri are provided. An identification key and a map with all the records of Patagonian Bothriurus species are provided. Phylogenetic and biogeographic aspects of Patagonian Bothriurus, reflecting ancient connections of Patagonia with the center and north of Chile, are discussed.
Recovery of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA for systematic studies of Naucoridae (Heteroptera): an assessment of preservation techniques and specimen age
Authors: Sites Robert , Li Hongyan , Song Qisheng 
Published: March 2011

AbstractSpecimens of Pelocoris femoratus (Palisot de Beauvois) (Heteroptera: Naucoridae) preserved in different ways were analyzed to determine which methods of preservation and specimen age lend themselves to the acquisition of PCR amplifiable nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, as a preliminary study to a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Specifically, total DNA was extracted from museum specimens that were either freshly collected, recently preserved in 100% ethanol, or of four age classes (1 to 45-year old) of specimens that were either pinned or preserved in 75% ethanol. Following DNA extraction, the appropriate length of COI mtDNA and nuclear 28s rDNA were amplified using PCR and sequenced. The data revealed that continuous degradation of DNA occurred in ethanol preserved specimens to the point that 30-year old specimens yielded no detectable DNA in spectrometric analysis. However, after an initial, substantial decline in yield, dry-pinned specimens were fairly stable in DNA yield through at least 25 years of specimen age. Both COI and 28s genes were successfully amplified from DNA extracted from pinned (≤ 25 years) or 75% ethanol preserved specimens (≤ 20 years) housed at room temperature in the dark. However, for specimens preserved for longer than 30 years, DNA recovery was less reliable. Our data suggest that it is possible to recover amplifiable DNA from pinned (≤ 25 years) or 75% ethanol preserved specimens (≤ 20 years) for use in phylogenetic analysis when fresh specimens are not available.
Description of a new Palaearctic Trox Fabricius species (Coleoptera: Trogidae) from Thailand, with a review of the Trox opacotuberculatus species-group and its biogeography
Authors: Inward Daegan , Kerley Malcolm , Scholtz Clarke 
Published: March 2011

A new
Trox
species,
T. jeanae
Scholtz and Inward, is described from Thailand. The new species belongs to the
Trox opacotuberculatus
species-group, a mainly eastern Palaearctic group consisting of 12 species. Habitus drawings of the
T. jeanae
adult and male genitalia are provided. All members of the species-group are re-examined, a map of species distribution and a tabulated key to the group is provided, and their male genitalia illustrated. The biogeography of the trogid genera
Trox
and
Omorgus
is discussed and contrasted. We suggest that
T. jeanae
sp. nov. is a relict species, persisting in a tropical region where it is now quite isolated from most other members of the predominantly Palaearctic
T. opacotuberculatus
species-group.
Revision of the Neotropical genus Leogorrus Stål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
Authors: Melo María Cecilia 
Published: March 2011

The present work provides a revised diagnosis of the genus
Leogorrus
Stål and its species, digital figures of habitus, and illustrations of the male and female genitalia, as well as a key to the species. Two synonymies are established:
L. incommodus
(Walker) as junior synonym of
L. ochropus
(Stål), and
L. insculptus
Hussey of
L. minusculus
(Walker). Lectotype specimens are designated for all valid species. The fifth instars of
L. litura
(Fabricius) is described and illustrated. Considerable new distributional information is recorded:
L. fasciatus
from Costa Rica;
L. immaculatus
from Colombia, Guiana, Honduras, and Panama;
L. interruptus
from Bolivia, Costa Rica, and El Salvador;
L. litura
from Belize, Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru, and Surinam;
L. longiceps
from Belize and Honduras;
L. minusculus
from French Guiana; and
L. pallipes
from Argentina, Guiana, and Paraguay. Maps showing geographic distribution are given.
A review of the Oriental Culcua with descriptions of seven new species (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)
Authors: Rozkošný Rudolf , Kozánek Milan 
Published: March 2011

Culcua
is characterized as a well separated genus of the subfamily Pachygastrinae. In addition to the haired eyes and the unusually short vein R
2+3
, a new autapomorphic character (an additional tube in the phallic complex) is defined. Only two valid species were previously recognized, both distributed exclusively in the Oriental Region. Our revisional study of material from several institutions resulted in the description of 7 new species and one resurrection from synonymy.
Culcua argentea
sp.n. is described from Laos,
C. chaineyi
sp.n. from Malaysia,
C. fasciata
sp.n. from the Philippines,
C. kolibaci
from Laos, Malaysia and Thailand,
C. kovaci
sp.n. from Laos and Thailand,
C. normani
sp.n. from East Malaysia and
C. ornans
from India.
C. albopilosa
(Matsumura) from Taiwan is considered to be distinct from the type species of the genus,
C. simulans
Walker, being distributed in Malaysia.
C. nigra
Brunetti described from Laos is also recorded from Thailand. Two new species are documented by colour illustrations, three additional species by colour photographs and figures of diagnostic characters of all the treated species are included. An identification key to the all known species of
Culcua
is added.
New taxa of relictual Canthonini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) utilizing rock hyrax middens as refuges in South-western Africa
Authors: Deschodt  , Scholtz  , Kryger  
Published: March 2011

AbstractPresently 21 canthonine genera with 89 species are presently known from Africa. In this paper we describe three new species collected in rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis (Pallas)) dung middens. They are Dicranocara tatasensis Deschodt and Scholtz sp. n., Dicranocara inexpectata Deschodt and Scholtz sp. n., and Namakwanus davisi Deschodt and Scholtz sp. n. In addition, we describe the immature stages and provide new information on the biology of Dicranocara deschodti Frolov and Scholtz and Namakwanus davisi. The known distribution of all the south-west African endemic canthonine species is also updated. Additionally, a 743 base pair long fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (CO I) gene is used to construct a molecular phylogeny for the genus Dicranocara Frolov and Scholtz. In the resultant trees, D. tatasensis, D. inexpectata and D. deschodti form three monophyletic groups with high bootstrap support. Applying a molecular clock to the sequence divergences dates the separation of the three species to 3.2 – 2.47 million years before present.
Revision of the genus Spathiostenus Belokobylskij 1992 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Doryctinae)
Authors: Belokobylskij Sergey 
Published: March 2011

AbstractThe species of the genus Spathiostenus Belokobylskij, 1992 are revised and illustrated. A redescription of the type species Eucorystes formosanus Watanabe, 1934 is given. Two new species are described: S. brevicauda sp. nov. from New Guinea and S. pasohus sp. nov. from Malaysia and Brunei. A new synonym (Eucorystes formosanus Watanabe, 1934 = Eucorystes tenuis Nixon, 1943, syn. nov.) and a new combination [Polystenus anacolus (Chen & Shi, 2004), comb. n.] are suggested. The transformation of the first tergite into the petiole in Doryctinae and the status of the genus Spathiostenus are discussed.
Description of fourteen new Tinodes species from East Africa (Trichoptera: Psychomyiidae)
Authors: Johanson Kjell Arne , Oláh János 
Published: March 2011

AbstractFourteen new Tinodes species are described from East Africa. Tinodes guttatus sp. n., Tinodes rungweensis sp. n., Tinodes sanjea sp. n., Tinodes amani sp. n., Tinodes robustus sp. n., Tinodes zigzag sp. n., Tinodes uzungwa sp. n. and Tinodes bumbulii sp. n. are described from the Eastern Arc mountains in Tanzania and represent the first described species of this genus from Tanzania. Tinodes harawa sp. n., Tinodes dehadawate sp. n., Tinodes mohelia sp. n., Tinodes irwini, sp. n., and Tinodes schlingeri sp. n. are described from Madagascar and the Comoros Island, and represent the first described species of this genus from these islands. Tinodes giloensis sp. n. is described from Sudan, and is the first record of Tinodes from the country. With this report the number of known Tinodes species from the Afrotropical region is more than doubled, and the Eastern Arc is made the richest area in number of species of Tinodes in that biogeographical region.
Description of Lobopterocharips arreplegata gen. n. & sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae) from Nepal, with notes on its phylogenetic position
Authors: Paretas-Martínez Jordi , Pujade-Villar Juli , Melika George 
Published: March 2011

AbstractLobopterocharips arreplegata gen. n. and sp. n. from Nepal is described and illustrated. Its phylogenetic position within the subfamily Charipinae is discussed. This new genus is phylogenetically important because it shares some characters with the basal genus Phaenoglyphis and others with the rest of the Charipinae. A key to all the genera of Charipinae is given. A list and map of locations of all the records of Charipinae from Asia is provided.
Gedanoborus kerneggeri, gen. et sp. nov. (Diptera: Chaoboridae) from Eocene Baltic amber
Authors: Szadziewski Ryszard , Giłka Wojciech 
Published: March 2011

AbstractNew genus and new species Gedanoborus kerneggeri from Eocene Baltic amber is described and illustrated. Its systematic position is discussed. The new genus together with fossil Taimyborus Lukashevich, 1999 form sister groups of extant subfamilies Chaoborinae + Eucorethrinae. Tertiary genus Eochaoborites Hong, 2002 is excluded from the Chaoboridae and transferred to Psychodidae. A key for the identification of phantom midges from Baltic amber is provided.
First record of myrmecophily in buprestid beetles: immature stages of Habroloma myrmecophila sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) associated with Oecophylla ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Authors: Šípek Petr , Fikáček Martin , Bílý Svatopluk 
Published: March 2011

AbstractThe association of Habroloma myrmecophila sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Trachydini) with Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775) ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) has been observed on secondary shrubs in Goa Province (India). After mating, adult beetles were found to invade damaged or newly constructed Oecophylla nests to lay eggs. Larvae mine in the leaves forming the nest wall and pupate within the mines. Only adult beetles interact directly with ants, potentially triggering their necrophoric behaviour when caught. The adults and larvae of the beetles are described in detail and the benefits of the ant association for the beetles are hypothesized.
Sexual dimorphism among Thysanoptera Terebrantia, with a new species from Malaysia and remarkable species from India in Aeolothripidae and Thripidae
Authors: Tyagi Kaomud , Mound Laurence , Kumar Vikas 
Published: March 2011

AbstractSexual dimorphism among members of the Thysanoptera suborder Terebrantia is discussed, and compared briefly with intraspecific variation in the suborder Tubulifera. Sexual differences in adult thrips involve size and colour, antennal structure and sensoria, and structure of the abdomen. The previously unknown male of Aroidothrips longistylus Ananthakrishnan (Thripidae) from India is described with the longest antennal sensoria known in any thrips species, and a related sexually dimorphic Malaysian species is described, Filipinothrips ananthakrishnani sp. n. In the Aeolothripidae, the male of Franklinothrips vespiformis (Crawford) is described for the first time and newly recorded from India, and differences between the sexes of Indothrips bhushani Bhatti are described. The lack of information on the development and biological significance of sexual dimorphism in terebrantiate thrips is emphasised.