cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Amblycerus dispar
Creators: name: Santos, Aluska Tavares Dos
name: Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Amblycerus
Amblycerus dispar

description: The dispar group
(Figs 1–4, 7–14, 22–27, 35–40, 48–53, 61–70, 78–83, 91–96, 97–102, 117–119)
Included species: A. crassipunctatus, A. dispar, A. insuturatus, A. schwarzi, A. taeniopygus and Amblycerus goianiensis Santos & Ribeiro-Costa, sp. n.
Diagnosis. The dispar group is characterized by the following combination of characters: scutellum tridentate with median tooth longer than the lateral ones (Figs 61–70); elytra with uniform pattern of vestiture (Figs 9–14); and pygidium with dense median strip of setae (Figs 78–83). It can be separated from the spondiae group mainly by the elytra with uniform pattern of vestiture (vertical stripes of setae, spondiae group) and internal sac of male genitalia with different number and form of sclerites (two pairs and one unpaired sclerite with similar form, in the spondiae group).
description: Published as part of Santos, Aluska Tavares Dos & Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare, 2019, Rearrangements in some species groups of Amblycerus Thunberg, 1815 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) including keys, description of a new species, new host plant and distributional records, pp. 101-148 in Zootaxa 4701 (2) on page 106, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3557871
Amblycerus taeniopygus Ribeiro-Costa 1999
Creators: name: Santos, Aluska Tavares Dos
name: Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Amblycerus
Amblycerus taeniopygus

description: Amblycerus taeniopygus Ribeiro-Costa, 1999c
(Figs 3, 13, 26, 39, 52, 69, 82, 95, 100, 119)
Amblycerus taeniopygus Ribeiro-Costa, 1999c: 236–237 (desc., distr., gen., type); Ribeiro-Costa et al. 2018 (cat., distr., host).
Type examined. Holotype deposited in CNCI, male, with labels: 10 [blue label with red borders and black writing]; Brazil, Cuyaba\ Matto Grosso; L. J. Bottimer \ Collection\ Nº. 61C; CNC; HOLÓTIPO [red label and black writing]\ Amblycerus taeniopygus \ Ribeiro-Costa, 1999.
Measurements. BL: 7.9 mm; BW: 4.1 mm.
Diagnosis (Figs 26, 69, 95, 101). Amblycerus taeniopygus is characterized by the internal sac of male genitalia without sclerites in the apical region (Figs 95, 101), median region with a pair of blades with denticulate, round structure and without unpaired sclerite. Amblycerus taeniopygus can be separated from A. insuturatus and A. goianiensis Santos & Ribeiro-Costa, sp. n. by the internal sac of male genitalia at apical region without a pair of sclerite (present in A. insuturatus and A. goianiensis Santos & Ribeiro-Costa, sp. n.).
Distribution (Fig. 119). Brazil (Mato Grosso).
Life History. No information was found in the literature on this species.
Host plants. Unknown.
description: Published as part of Santos, Aluska Tavares Dos & Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare, 2019, Rearrangements in some species groups of Amblycerus Thunberg, 1815 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) including keys, description of a new species, new host plant and distributional records, pp. 101-148 in Zootaxa 4701 (2) on page 125, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3557871
Amblycerus spondiae Kingsolver 1980
Creators: name: Santos, Aluska Tavares Dos
name: Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Amblycerus
Amblycerus spondiae

description: The spondiae group
(Figs 5, 6, 15–18, 28–31, 41–44, 54–57, 71–74, 84–87, 103–110, 120, 121)
Species composition: Amblycerus alternatus (Pic, 1954), A. cuernavacensis Romero, Johnson & Kingsolver, 1996, A. spondiae Kingsolver, 1980 and A. vitis (Schaeffer, 1907).
Diagnosis. The spondiae group is characterized by the following combination of characters: pronotum entirely covered with coarse punctures (Figs 54–57) and elytra with strips of setae. Internal sac in the apical region with a pair of sclerites, median region with a pair of serrate blades at margin and apex and unpaired sclerite (Figs 103–106).
description: Published as part of Santos, Aluska Tavares Dos & Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare, 2019, Rearrangements in some species groups of Amblycerus Thunberg, 1815 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) including keys, description of a new species, new host plant and distributional records, pp. 101-148 in Zootaxa 4701 (2) on page 126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3557871
Amblycerus cuernavacensis Romero, Johnson & Kingsolver 1996
Creators: name: Santos, Aluska Tavares Dos
name: Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Amblycerus
Amblycerus cuernavacensis

description: Amblycerus cuernavacensis Romero, Johnson & Kingsolver, 1996
(Figs 18, 27, 42, 55, 72, 85, 104, 108, 120)
Amblycerus cuernavacensis Romero et al. 1996 (desc., type, distr., key); Romero et al. 2002 (phyl.).
Type material. The species was recognized through its original description and illustration of the male genitalia (Romero et al. 1996). Specimen identified by Romero and Kingsolver (below) was also examined.
Additional specimens examined. [1 male specimen]: Ajijic, JAL., MEX.\ 13 May, 1964\ WLNutting\ at lt. 5140’; Amblycerus sp. ♀ [handwritten symbol]; Amblycerus \ cuernavacensis\ det. R. J. + K.\ J. M. Kingsolver; Amblycerus cuernavacensis \ Romero, Johnson and Kingsolver, 1996 \ Det.: A. T. Santos;\ C. S. Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. (FSCA).
Measurements. BL: 6.8 mm; BW: 3.9 mm.
Diagnosis (Figs 29, 104). Amblycerus cuernavacensis is characterized by the following characters combination: pronotum subtrapezoidal in dorsal view with five dense strips of setae (Fig. 55); internal sac of male genitalia with a pair of hollow, subquadrate, tuberculate sclerites in the apical region and median region with an unpaired trapezoidal sclerite (Fig. 104). The species differs from A. spondiae by the lateral carina reaching the posterior margin of pronotum (almost reaching the posterior margin of pronotum in A. spondiae), cervical boss with two setae (three setae in A. spondiae) and scutellum tridentate with all teeth with about the same length (median tooth longer in A. spondiae). Amblycerus cuernavacensis can be distinguished from A. alternatus by the distinct frontoclypeal suture (indistinct in A. alternatus), lateral carina reaching the posterior margin of pronotum (almost reaching in A. alternatus) and scutellum tridentate with all teeth with same length (median tooth longer than the lateral ones in A. alternatus). Finally, the species can be distinguished from A. vitis by the subquadrate and tuberculate apical sclerite (subtriangular, non-tuberculated in A. vitis) and in median region, where A. cuernavacensis has an unpaired, subtrapezoidal sclerite, whilst A. vitis has a long wishbone sclerite.
Distribution (Fig. 120). Mexico.
Life History. No information was found on this species in the literature.
Host Plants. Unknown.
description: Published as part of Santos, Aluska Tavares Dos & Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare, 2019, Rearrangements in some species groups of Amblycerus Thunberg, 1815 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) including keys, description of a new species, new host plant and distributional records, pp. 101-148 in Zootaxa 4701 (2) on pages 130-131, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3557871
Keilbachia bifida Vilkamaa, Menzel & Hippa, 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Keilbachia
Keilbachia bifida

description: Keilbachia bifida sp. n.
(Fig. 3 A–D)
Type locality: NEPAL: Gandaki Prov., Himalaya, Annapurna mountain massif, NE of Pokhara, near Chipli.
Material examined: Holotype male. NEPAL: Gandaki Prov., Himalaya, Annapurna mountain massif, NE of Pokhara, near Chipli, 2400 m a.s.l., out of the inflorescence of Arisaema spec., 22.4.1996, leg. O. Jäger (SDEI).
Description. Male. Colour. Head and thorax dark brown; antenna, coxae, abdomen and hypopygium paler brown, legs yellowish, wings fumose. Head. Eye bridge, face (prefrons) and clypeus poorly seen in the specimen studied. Maxillary palpus with 3 palpomeres. Palpomere 1 with 1 seta, the hyaline sensilla in patch on the dorsal surface, no sensory pit. Palpomere 2 smaller than palpomere 1, with 4 setae, palpomere 3 elongated, with 6 setae. Antenna long, both partly distorted in the specimen, flagellomeres 1 and 2, Fig. 3 A. Thorax. Anterior pronotum with 3 setae. Episternum 1 with 6 setae. Wings. Length 2.4.mm, width/length 0.4. R1 long, R1/R 2.0. c/ w 0.8. r-m and bM of about equal length, r-m and bM non-setose. Anal lobe rather strong. Legs. Apex of fore tibia, Fig. 3 B. Length of fore basitarsomere/length of fore tibia 0.60. Tibial spurs longer than the apical width of tibiae. Spinose setae of tibiae and tarsi long. Abdomen. Abdominal setae long and strong. Setae of sternite 8 not seen in the holotype. Hypopygium (Fig. 3 C, D). Tegmen triangular, with long apodemes. Aedeagal apodeme moderate. Gonocoxite as long as gonostylus. Gonostylus evenly broad, curved mesiad, with two curved slender megasetae arising from a common basal body at the basal third of gonostylus, three additional hyaline mesial megasetae placed separately, apical tooth present.
Female. Unknown.
Discussion. Keilbachia bifida is similar to K. biflagrispina Mohrig, K. acamptochaeta Hippa & Vilkamaa and K. bicuspis and K. inscissa by having an apical tooth and two megasetae arising from a common basal body of the gonostylus, and by being fairly large, with a wing length of more than 2 mm. K. bifida is similar to K. biflagrispina and K. inscissa, and differs from K. acamptochaeta and C. bicuspis by having the basal megasetae of the gonostylus very slender. K. bifida differs from K. biflagrispina and K. inscissa by having the basal megasetae shorter. K. bifida has three additional very slender megasetae mesially on the gonostylus wide apart, whereas K. biflagrispina has one at the middle and two very near the apical tooth, and K. inscissa has a group of four subapically near the apical tooth.
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Keilbachia adjuncta Vilkamaa, Menzel & Hippa, 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Keilbachia
Keilbachia adjuncta

description: Keilbachia adjuncta sp. n.
(Fig. 2 A, B)
Type locality: TAIWAN: Tainan Hasien, Kwantzeling.
Material studied: Holotype male. TAIWAN: Tainan Hasien, Kwantzeling, 250 m a.s.l., 6– 7.4.1965, leg. C.M. Yoshimoto (BPBM).
Description. Male. Colour. The specimen is bleached, all pale brown. Head. Eye bridge 3 facets wide. Face (prefrons) with? 6 setae, clypeus with 1 seta. Maxillary palpus with three palpomeres. Palpomere 1 with 1 seta, palpomere 2 with 6 setae, palpomere 3 with 8 setae. Sensilla in patch or shallow pit. Antennal flagellomeres missing in the holotype. Thorax. Anterior pronotum with 1 seta. Episternum 1 with 4 setae. Wings and legs broken or missing in the holotype. Abdomen. Setae of sternite 8 not visible in the specimen studied. Hypopygium (Fig. 2 A, B). Tegmen with sharp lateral shoulders. Aedeagal apodeme moderate. Aedeagal teeth ca. 25. Gonocoxite elongated, longer than gonostylus. Gonostylus narrowed towards apex, slightly impressed mesially, with one apical megaseta and one slightly larger, straight and sharp mesial megaseta, the latter on a small basal body at about the apical third of gonostylus.
Female. Unknown.
Discussion. Keilbachia adjunta is not very similar to any other species of the genus. By having the mesial megasetae at the apical half of the gonostylus, and by having only one megaseta near the apex of the gonostylus, K. adjuncta resembles K. curvispina (Edwards) from Sumatra. In K. adjuncta, however, the mesial megaseta is short and straight, with a small basal body, and the apical megaseta is much thicker (see Fig. 2 here and Fig. 3 in Hippa & Vilkamaa (2007b)).
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Keilbachia brevicoxa Vilkamaa, Menzel & Hippa, 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Keilbachia
Keilbachia brevicoxa

description: Keilbachia brevicoxa sp. n.
(Fig. 4 A–E)
Description. Male. Colour. Almost unicolorous pale brown, maxillary palpus and legs paler brown than the other parts, abdomen slightly paler than thorax, wing fumose brownish, haltere pale brown. Head. Eye bridge 3 facets wide. Face (prefrons) with 10 widely spread setae. Clypeus non-setose. Maxillary palpus, Fig. 4 A: with 3 palpomeres. Palpomere 1 with 1 seta, the hyaline sensilla in patch on the dorsal surface, no sensory pit. Palpomere 2 with 4 setae. Palpomere 3 with 5 setae. Antennal flagellum beyond 1 lost in the holotype, scape, pedicel and flagellomere 1, Fig. 4 B. Thorax. Anterior pronotum with 3 setae. Episternum 1 with 5 setae. Wings. Length 1.3 mm, partly broken in the specimen, width not measurable. R1/R 0.70. c/ w 0.80. r-m and bM of equal length, but no exact measures were made because the basal parts of stM and bM are difficult to see; r-m and bM non-setose. Legs missing or in poor condition in the specimen; no measurements made. Fore tibia subapically with a prolateral row of strong setae, Fig. 4 C. Abdomen. Sternite 8 with 7 setae in a transverse row on posterior part. Hypopygium (Fig. 4 D, E). Tegmen with roundish apical part and with distinct basolateral shoulders. Aedeagal apodeme very narrow, moderately long. Gonocoxite with ventroapical corner elongated, mesial margin and membrane with rather long setae. Gonostylus large, longer than gonocoxite, broad, with roundish lateral side, with a mesial processus. Gonostylus also with a short, curved sub-basal megaseta on a small basal body, with one subapical megaseta, no apical tooth.
Female. Unknown.
Discussion. Keilbachia brevicoxa resembles K. hamata Menzel, 1995, also described from Nepal, by having the gonostylus protruded mesially lobe-like, with one rather stout short and curved megaseta subbasally on the gonostylus, and by lacking the apical tooth. K. brevixoca differs by having the gonostylus relatively larger, the mesial protrusion of gonostylus smaller, and by having only one, not two, subapical megasetae, and by lacking a long seta mesially. In addition, K. brevicoxa is obviously much smaller, and has most of the modified subapical setae of the fore tibia thick and in a row, not slender and in a large patch.
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Keilbachia camptospina Vilkamaa, Menzel & Hippa, 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Keilbachia
Keilbachia camptospina

description: Keilbachia camptospina sp. n.
(Fig. 5 A, B)
Type locality: VIETNAM: Fan Si Pang Mts., Sa Pa.
Material examined. Holotype male. VIETNAM: Fan Si Pang Mts., Sa Pa, bank of creek, in damp vegetation, sweep-net, 25– 30.3.1997, leg. W. Mey (SDEI).
Description. Male. Colour. Brown, legs yellowish, tarsi darker, wings fumose. Head. Missing in the holotype. Thorax. Anterior pronotum with 2 setae. Episternum 1 with 6 setae. Wings. Length 1.6 mm, width/ length 0.5. R1/R 0.95. c/ w 0.75. bM longer than r-m, r-m/bM 0.80, r-m and bM non-setose. Anal lobe strong. Legs. Fore tibia with a large subapical prolateral patch of dark setae. Length of fore basitarsomere/length of fore tibia 0.5. Tibial spurs longer than the apical width of tibiae. Abdomen. Sternite 8 with 8 setae. Hypopygium (Fig. 5 A, B). Tegmen broader than its length, with lateral shoulders. Aedeagal apodeme rather long, aedeagal teeth ca. 15. Gonocoxite longer than gonostylus. Gonostylus evenly broad, with a short, flameshaped megaseta at the basal fourth, three additional narrow megasetae mesially, no apical tooth.
Female. Unknown.
Discussion. Keilbachia camptospina differs from all other species of the genus by having the gonostylus almost evenly broad, and by having a flame-shaped large megaseta as if formed by some united megasetae at the basal third of the gonostylus, and some additional elongated megasetae among the rather long mesial setosity of the gonostylus.
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Keilbachia criniloba Vilkamaa, Menzel & Hippa, 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Keilbachia
Keilbachia criniloba

description: Keilbachia criniloba sp. n.
(Fig. 7 A–D)
Type locality: INDIA: North East Frontier Agency, Arunachal Pradesh, Kameng Forest Division, Jhum La.
Material examined: Holotype male. INDIA: North East Frontier Agency, Arunachal Pradesh, Kameng Forest Division, Jhum La, 7800 ft. a.s.l., 25.3.1961, leg. F. Schmid (SDEI)
Description. Male. Colour. Head and thorax dark brown, abdomen paler brown, legs and hypopygium yellowish brown, tarsi darker towards apex, wings fumose brown. Head. Eye bridge 3 acets wide. Face (prefrons) with 8 setae. Maxillary palpus with 3 palpomeres. Clypeus and maxillary palpus poorly seen in the specimen studied. Antenna long, flagellomere 4, Fig. 7 A, body 3 times as long as wide, neck shorter than long, flagellomeral setae much shorter than the width of flagellomeral body. Thorax. Anterior pronotum with 7 setae. Episternum 1 with 14 setae. Wings. Length 4.2 mm, width/length 0.38, R1/R 0.50. c/ w 0.95. r-m and bM of nearly equal length, non-setose. M fork long and narrow, longer than stM, extending more basad than the meeting point of R1 and C. Legs. Apex of fore tibia, Fig. 7 B. Length of fore basitarsomere /length of fore tibia 0.75. Abdomen. Setae of sternite 8 not visible in the specimen studied. Hypopygium (Fig. 7 C, D). Tegmen somewhat damaged in the holotype, conical, apically richly micro-trichose. Aedeagal apodeme moderately long. Gonocoxite longer than gonostylus, ventroapical corner of gonocoxite elongated. Gonostylus with 3–4 long, slender curved megasetae arising from a common basal body, placed on the basal half of gonostylus, one separate megaseta at the apical side of the former. In addition, one subapical, dorsal megaseta; apical tooth present.
Female. Unknown.
Discussion. Keilbachia criniloba is similar to K. flagria Mohrig, K. fasciata, K. filigera, K. flabellata, K. gigas and K. foveolata, which also have more than two megasetae arising from a common basal body. K. criniloba differs from all these species by having a stout megaseta placed near the sub-basal group of megasetae. By its tegmen, K. criniloba resembles K. filigera Hippa & Vilkamaa, both having the apex of the tegmen densely microtrichose.
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Keilbachia cornuta Vilkamaa, Menzel & Hippa, 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Keilbachia
Keilbachia cornuta

description: Keilbachia cornuta sp. n.
(Fig. 6 A–D)
Type locality: JAPAN: Kagoshima Pref., Kirishima.
Material examined: Holotype male. JAPAN: Kyushu Island, Kagoshima Pref., Kirishima, sweep-net, 7.6.1998, leg. M. Sutou (NSMT). Paratype. JAPAN: Honshu Island, Miyagi Pref., Iwadeyama, sweep-net, 1 male, 24.8.1998, leg. M. Sutou (SDEI).
Description. Male. Colour. Head and scutum medium brown; antenna, pleura and abdomen and hypopygium pale brown, legs yellow. Wing fumose. Head. Eye bridge 3 facets wide. Face (prefrons) with 10 widely spread setae. Clypeus with 1 seta. Maxillary palpus with 3 palpomeres. Palpomere 1 with 1 seta, the hyaline sensilla in patch on the dorsal surface, no sensory pit. Palpomere 2 with 5 setae, palpomere 3 with 5 setae. Antennal flagellum moderately long, flagellomere 4, Fig. 6 A, body 1.6 times as long as wide. Thorax. Anterior pronotum with 3 setae. Episternum 1 with 4 setae. Wings. Length 1.1 mm, width/length 0.50. R1/R 0.70. c/ w 0.70. r-m and bM of nearly equal length, non-setose. Anal field rather strong. Legs. Apex of fore tibia, Fig. 6 B. Length of fore basitarsomere/length of fore tibia 0.45. Abdomen. Sternite 8 with 7 setae. Hypopygium (Fig. 6 C, D). Tegmen with sub-basal shoulders, parameres sclerotised, extending apically to form distinct horns. Aedeagal apodeme short, ca. 15 aedeagal teeth. Gonocoxite slightly longer than gonostylus. Gonostylus narrow, with a sub-basal long strongly curved megaseta on a short basal body, with 1– 2 slightly differentiated megasetae sub-apically, no apical tooth.
Female. Unknown.
Discussion. Keilbachia cornuta is similar to K. camptonema Hippa & Vilkamaa from Malaysia, both having a long, strongly looped mesial megaseta. K. cornuta differs by having two hyaline megasetae basad from the apex of the gonostylus, whereas K. camptonema has three thick ones, one of which is at the very apex of the gonostylus. Furthermore, K. cornuta has a broader gonostylus and the parameres extending beyond the apex of the tegmen.
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on pages 10-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Keilbachia inscissa Vilkamaa, Menzel & Hippa, 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Keilbachia
Keilbachia inscissa

description: Keilbachia inscissa sp. n.
(Fig. 8 A–D)
Type locality: NEPAL: Karnali Prov., Himalaya, Maharigaon.
Material examined: Holotype male. NEPAL: Karnali Prov., Himalaya, Maharigaon [labelled as ‘Maharigaun’], 29°20'24"N 82°23'21"E, 3200 m a.s.l., sweep-net, 16.6.1997, leg. J. Weipert (SDEI).
Description. Male. Colour. Head, thorax and abdomen dark brown, antenna and coxa slightly pale brown, legs yellowish, tarsi darker, wings fumose. Head. Eye bridge 3–4 facets wide. Face (prefrons) and clypeus poorly seen in the specimen studied. Maxillary palpus with 2 palpomeres. Palpomere 1 with 1 or 2 setae, the hyaline sensilla in patch on the dorsal surface, no sensory pit. Palpomere 2 smaller than palpomere 1, with 5 setae. Antenna long, flagellomere 4, Fig. 8 A, body 3.1 times as long as wide. Flagellomeral necks shorter than long, flagellomeral setae as long as width of flagellomeral bodies or slightly shorter. Thorax. Anterior pronotum with 5 setae. Episternum 1 with 6 setae. Wings. Length 2.8 mm, width/length 0.4.R1/R 0.95. c/ w 0.45. bM longer than r-m, r-m/bM 0.75. r-m and bM non-setose. Anal lobe weak. Legs. Long. Apex of fore tibia, Fig. 8 B. Length of fore basitarsomere/length of fore tibia 0.65. Tibial spurs longer than the apical width of tibiae. Abdomen. Abdominal setae strong. Setae of sternite 8 not seen in the holotype. Hypopygium (Fig. 8 C, D). Tegmen longer than broad, constricted at the middle, apical half with smooth lateral corners. Aedeagal apodeme moderate. Aedeagal teeth ca. 15. Gonostylus narrowed apically, with a sub-basal group of 2 long curved megasetae arising from a common basal body, two additional hyaline megasetae at the apical fourth of gonostylus, apical tooth present.
Female. Unknown
Discussion. Although decribed here as having two mesial megasetae arising from a common basal body, Keilbachia inscissa can be interpreted to have three of them, as one of the megasetae seems to be split in two in the left gonostylus of the holotype. For further discussion, see under K. bifida.
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Keilbachia macripes Vilkamaa, Menzel & Hippa, 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Keilbachia
Keilbachia macripes

description: Keilbachia macripes sp. n.
(Fig. 9 A–F)
Type locality: NEPAL: Karnali Prov., Himalaya, Maharigaon.
Material examined: Holotype male. NEPAL: Karnali Prov., Himalaya, Maharigaon [labelled as ‘Maharigaun’], 29°20'24"N 82°23'21"E, 3200 m a.s.l., sweep-net, 16.6.1997, leg. J. Weipert (SDEI). Paratypes. NEPAL: Karnali Prov., Himalaya, Gothichaur valley,, 29°12'10"N 82°18'56"E, 2900–3050 m a.s.l., white water trap, 1 male, 10.6.1997, leg. J. Weipert (MZH). Karnali Prov., Himalaya, above Maharigaon, above camp, 29°20'24"N 82°23'21"E, 3300–3400 m a.s.l., sweep-net, 1 male, 20.6.1997, leg. J. Weipert (SDEI).
Description. Male. Colour. Head, antennae. and thorax brown, coxae andomen and hypopygium paler brown, legs yellowish, wings fumose. Head. Eye bridge 2–3 facets wide. Face (prefrons) with 3–5 setae. Clypeus with 1 seta. Maxillary palpus (Fig. 9 A, B) with 3 palpomeres. Palpomere 1 with 1 seta, the hyaline sensilla in patch on the dorsal surface, no sensory pit. Palpomere 2 smaller than palpomere 1, with 4 setae, palpomere 3 elongated, with 5 setae. Antenna long, flagellomere 4, Fig. 9 C, body 3.1–3.7 times as long as wide. Flagellomeral necks long, setae longer than width of flagellomeral bodies. Thorax. Anterior pronotum with 2 setae. Episternum 1 with 6 setae. Wings. Length 2.4–2.5 mm, width/length 0.4. R1/R 1.00–1.10. c/ w 0.70 –0.75. r-m and bM of about equal length or r-m shorter, r-m and bM non-setose. Anal lobe weak. Haltere with long stalk. Legs. Long. Apex of fore tibia, Fig. 9 D. Length of fore basitarsomere/length of fore tibia 0.45–0.70. Tibial spurs longer than the apical width of tibiae. Abdomen. Sternite 8 with 7–12 setae.
Hypopygium (Fig. 9 E, F). Tegmen longer than broad, apically narrowed. Aedeagal apodeme long, ca 15 aedeagal teeth. Gonocoxite slightly longer than gonostylus. Gonostylus narrow, mesially slightly impressed, narrowed towards apex, with one large apical megaseta and one (in the left gonostylus of the holotype two, (see Fig. 10 E) slender megaseta arising from a very long and slender basal body at the basal fourth of the gonostylus.
Female. Unknown.
Discussion. Keilbachia macripes resembles the Burmese K. tenuicula Vilkamaa, Komarova & Hippa and K. mira Vilkamaa, Komarova & Hippa by having a very long but unmodified basal body of the mesial megaseta, placed at the basal half of the gonostylus. Unlike in these two other species, the megaseta in K. macripes is about as long as its basal body, not much longer. In addition, the tegmen of K. macripes is different. Furthermore, K. macripes is much larger (wing length 2.4–2.5 mm, vs. 1.6 and 1.8 mm).
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on pages 13-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Keilbachia megacantha Vilkamaa, Menzel & Hippa, 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
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Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
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Sciaridae
Keilbachia
Keilbachia megacantha

description: Keilbachia megacantha sp. n.
(Fig.10 A–D)
Type locality: JAPAN: Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa Pref., Iriomote Island, Ohara.
Material examined: Holotype male. JAPAN: Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa Pref., Iriomote Island, Ohara, broad-leaved forest, exhaustor, 4.10.1995, leg. M. Jaschhof (SDEI).
Description. Male. Colour. Almost unicolorous pale brown, maxillary palpus and legs yellow, wings fumose. Head. Eye bridge 3 facets wide. Face (prefrons) with 5 setae. Clypeus with 1 seta. Maxillary palpus with 2 palpomeres. Palpomere 1 with 1 seta, the hyaline sensilla in patch on the dorsal surface, no sensory pit. Palpomere 2 smaller than palpomere 1, with 3 setae. Antenna long, flagellomere 4, Fig. 10 A, body 3 times as long as wide, flagellomeral necks long and narrow, setae longer than width of flagellomeral bodies. Thorax. Anterior pronotum with 2 setae. Episternum 1 with 5 setae. Wings. Length 1.2 mm, width/length 0.4. R1/R 0.60. c/ w 0.70. r-m and bM of about equal length, non-setose. Anal lobe weak. Legs. Apex of fore tibia, Fig. 10 B. Length of fore basitarsomere/length of fore tibia 0.60. Tibial spurs about as long as apical width of tibiae. Abdomen. Setae of sternite 8 with 6 setae. Hypopygium (Fig. 10 C, D). Tegmen as long as broad, apically roundish, with small sharp lateral shoulders. Aedeagal apodeme moderately long, ca. 15 aedeagal teeth. Gonocoxite slightly longer than gonostylus. Gonostylus mesially impressed, with one subapical, oblique, strong mesial megaseta on a very large basal body. No other megasetae, and no apical tooth.
Female. Unknown.
Discussion. Keilbachia megacantha is similar to K. praedicata Rudzinski by having a large, oblique megaseta placed at the apical half of the gonostylus, and by lacking other megasetae or an apical tooth. K. praedicata has the basal body of the gonostylar megaseta smaller, whereby the megaseta does not extend as far basad as in K. megacantha (Figs 10 and 12). Furthermore, the antennal flagellomeres of K. praedicata are relatively much longer, whereas in K. megacantha they are shorter but have longer necks and setae. For other species with the mesial megaseta in a relatively apical position, see under K. adjuncta.
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Keilbachia ferrata Hippa & Vilkamaa 1994
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
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Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Sciaridae
Keilbachia
Keilbachia ferrata

description: Keilbachia ferrata (Hippa & Vilkamaa, 1994)
Literature. Hippa & Vilkamaa (1994): 9 and 50, Fig. 27C–D [as Camptochaeta]; Mohrig et al. (1999): 201; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 352; Sasakawa (2003): 127; Salmela & Vilkamaa (2005): 291 and 293; Vilkamaa et al. (2006): 41.
Description. See Hippa & Vilkamaa (1994): 9 and 50, Fig. 27C–D.
Material examined: JAPAN: Honshu Island, Hyogo Pref., Mt. Hyonosen, broad-leaved forest (dominated by Fagus crenatus and bamboo), 1200 m a.s.l., sweep-net, 11 males, 28.9.1995, leg. M. Jaschhof & T. Yagi (4 males KUEC; 2 males PMSY; 5 males SDEI). Kyushu Island, Kumamoto Pref., Mt. Aso National Park, coniferous forest (dominated by Cryptomeria japonica), 700 m a.s.l., exhaustor or sweep-net, 1 male, 12.10.1995 or 14.10.1995, leg. M. Jaschhof (SDEI). Honshu Island, Osaka Pref., Minoo [labelled as ‘Mino’], broad-leaved forest mixed with Cryptomeria japonica, sweep-net, 1 male, 29.09.1995, leg. M. Jaschhof (SDEI). SWEDEN: Ån, Örnsköldsviks kommun, Skuleskogen, Långrå, 63º05.323'N 18º29.903'E, brook ravine in mixed forest, Malaise trap, 9.7.– 23.8.2004, 1 male, leg. Swedish Malaise Trap Project (SMNH). FINLAND: Regio kuusamoensis (Ks), Taivalkoski, Hurunoja (7248770: 3567830), by a brook, Malaise trap, 3.7.– 1.8.2006, 1 male, leg. J. Salmela (MZH). Regio kuusamoensis (Ks), Taivalkoski, Pulkkaoja (7285574: 3573510), Malaise trap, 3.7.– 1.8.2006, 1 male, leg. J. Salmela (MZH).
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Keilbachia neglecta Johannsen 1912, comb. n.
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
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Year: 2009
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Keilbachia
Keilbachia neglecta

description: Keilbachia neglecta (Johannsen, 1912) comb. n.
Literature. Pettey 1918: 326 [as Neosciara]; Mohrig et al. (2004): 303 [as Sciara].
Description. See Johannsen (1912): 121 and 133, plate 3, Fig. 122, plate 6, Fig. 242 [as Sciara]. Material examined: USA: Washington, Jefferson County, Olympic Peninsula, Olympic National Park, south of Port Angeles, 28.6.1974, 1 male, leg. P. Arnaud (PWMP).
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Keilbachia trispinoides Vilkamaa, Menzel & Hippa, 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
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Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Keilbachia
Keilbachia trispinoides

description: Keilbachia trispinoides sp. n.
(Fig. 11 A–D)
Type locality: INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Hydarabad.
Material examined. Holotype male. INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Hydarabad, University campus, sweep-net, 20.10.1997, leg. J. Olejnicek (SDEI).
Description. Male. Colour. The specimen studied is bleached, original colours unidentifiable. Head. Eye bridge 3 facets wide. Face (prefrons) with 7 setae. Clypeus with 1 seta. Maxillary palpus with 3 palpomeres. Palpomere 1 with 1 or 2 setae, the hyaline sensilla in patch on the dorsal surface, no sensory pit. Palpomere 2 smaller than palpomere 1, with 4 setae, palpomere 3 elongated, with 5 setae. Antenna moderately long, flagellomere 4, Fig. 11 A, body 1.6 times as long as wide. Flagellomeral necks as long as wide, setae slightly shorter than width of flagellomeral bodies. Thorax. Anterior pronotum with 2 setae. Episternum 1 with 2 setae. Wings. Length 1.0 mm, width/length 0.4. R1/R 0.55. c/w not measured; fork of M, r-m and bM poorly visible in the specimen. Anal lobe weak. Legs. Apex of fore tibia, Fig. 11 B. Length of fore basitarsomere/ length of fore tibia 0.45. Tibial spurs longer than the apical width of tibiae. Abdomen. Setae of sternite 8 not visible in the specimen. Hypopygium (Fig. 11 C, D). Tegmen broader than its length, with distinct lateral shoulders. Aedeagal apodeme short, aedeagal teeth ca. 20. Gonocoxite longer than gonostylus. Gonostylus slightly narrowed towards apex, with a long curved megaseta on a small basal body at the basal third of gonostylus, with two slender subapical megasetae; no apical tooth.
Female. Unknown.
Discussion. By its relatively long and strongly curved mesial megaseta on a small basal body, Keilbachia trispinoides resembles K. arrecta Vilkamaa, Komarova & Hippa and K. ancylonema Hippa & Vilkamaa. K. trispinoides differs from both latter species by having the subapical megasetae very long and slender, not short and stout, and by having strong lateral shoulders in the tegmen.
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on page 16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Keilbachia praedicata Rudzinski 2008
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
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Year: 2009
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Keilbachia
Keilbachia praedicata

description: Keilbachia praedicata Rudzinski, 2008
(Fig. 12 A–C)
Description. See Rudzinski (2008): 348, Figs 59–60.
Material examined: TAIWAN: near Sung-kang, Musha, 2044 m a.s.l., 1 male, 6.12.1963, leg. T.C. Maa (BPBM).
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Keilbachia sasakawai Mohrig & Menzel 1992
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Menzel, Frank
name: Hippa, Heikki
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Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Sciaridae
Keilbachia
Keilbachia sasakawai

description: Keilbachia sasakawai (Mohrig & Menzel, 1992)
Literature. Mohrig et al. (1992): 21, Fig. 4 a–d [as Corynoptera]; Hippa & Vilkamaa (1994): 9 and 50, Fig. 27A–B [as Camptochaeta]; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 352; Sasakawa (2003): 127; Vilkamaa et. al. (2006): 41.
Description. See Mohrig et al. (1992): 21, Fig. 4 a–d; Hippa & Vilkamaa (1994): 9 and 50, Fig. 27A–B.
Material examined: JAPAN: Kyushu Island, Kagoshima Pref., Higashi-ichiki, sweep-net, 1 male, 15.9.1998, leg. M. Sutou (PMSY). Kyushu Island, Kagoshima Pref., Mt. Kinpou near Kumamoto, broadleaved forest, 600 m a.s.l., sweep-net, 7 males, 18.9.1995, leg. M. Jaschhof (SDEI). Shikoku Island, Kochi Pref., Ashizuri Peninsula, Tosashimizu, Sata-yama Forest Reserve, 300–400 m a.s.l., primary evergreen broad-leaved forest (dominated by Castanopsis sieboldii), sweep-net, 26 males, 9.11.1998, leg. M. Jaschhof (5 males KUEC; 21 males SDEI). Shikoku Island, Kochi Pref., Kochi City, Asakura, mixed secondary coniferous and evergreen broad-leaved forest (dominated by Cryptomeria japonica and bamboo);, 50 m a.s.l., Malaise trap, 5 males, 4– 11.11.1998, leg. M. Jaschhof (SDEI). Shikoku Island, Kochi Pref., Kochi City, Asakura, Asakura Shrine, dry evergreen broad-leaved forest;, 100 m a.s.l., sweep-net, 32 males, 6.11.1998, leg. M. Jaschhof (10 males KUEC; 3 males PMSY; 19 males SDEI). Shikoku Island, Kochi Pref., Kochi City, Hitsuzan, mixed coniferous and evergreen broad-leaved forest;, 100 m a.s.l., sweep-net, 7 males, 7.11.1998, leg. M. Jaschhof (SDEI). Shikoku Island, Kochi Pref., Yusuhara-cho, Takatori-yama Forest Reserve;, mixed primary forest (dominated by Abies firma, Chamaecyparis obtusa, Quercus spec., Cinnamomum spec.), 300– 500 m a.s.l., sweep-net, 22 males, 5.11.1998, leg. M. Jaschhof (5 males KUEC; 3 males PMSY; 14 males SDEI). Kyushu Island, Kumamoto Pref., Mt. Aso, Mt. Aso National Park, coniferous forest (dominated by Cryptomeria japonica), 700 m a.s.l., exhaustor or sweep-net, 10 males, 12.10.1995 or 14.10.1995, leg. M. Jaschhof (SDEI). Honshu Island, Kyoto Pref., Mt. Daimonji NW of Kyoto, mixed forest, exhaustor, 11 males, 26.10.1995, leg. M. Jaschhof (SDEI). Honshu Island, Kyoto Pref., Mt. Hiei NE of Kyoto, mixed forest, exhaustor, 4 males, 25.10.1995, leg. M. Jaschhof (SDEI). Kyushu Island, Oita Pref., Taketa, broad-leaved forest with bamboo, sweep-net, 3 males, 13.10.1995, leg. M. Jaschhof (SDEI). Honshu Island, Osaka Pref., Minoo [labelled as ‘Mino’], broad-leaved forest mixed with Cryptomeria japonica, sweep-net, 9 males, 29.09.1995, leg. M. Jaschhof (SDEI).
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Menzel, Frank & Hippa, Heikki, 2009, Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2272 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190981
Conocephalus Thunberg 1815
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Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Tettigoniidae
Conocephalus

description: Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815
This cosmopolitan genus comprising more than 160 species is currently divided in ten subgenera, with most of the species belonging to the also cosmopolitan subgenus C. (Anisoptera) Latreille, 1829. For a long time also X iphidion Serville, 1831 was recognized as subgenus by many authors, and by a few authors still is, but its diagnosis is contradictory and in an important revision of the genus it is treated as a synonym of C. (Anisoptera) (Pitkin 1980). This has been adopted by OSF (Cigliano et al. 2024 and already in the old OSF). Due to this unclear taxonomic situation, part 7 of the catalog series OSF is originally based on, lists several generic synonyms under a wrong subgenus (Otte 1997b, some corresponding citations needed to be removed in the new OSF to restore the probably correct synonymies). The following four names are here confirmed as synonyms of C. (Anisoptera):
Xiphidion Serville, 1831, C. (Neoxiphidion) Karny,1912, C.(Thecoxiphidion) Karny,1912, all three synonymized by Pitkin 1980 with Anisoptera.
Palotta Walker, 1869 and the only species P. inornata Walker, 1869, whose holotype is a nymph, were treated as nomina dubia, although presumably belonging to genus Thyridorhoptrum Rehn & Hebard (Pitkin 1977). Other authors, most recently Otte 1997b, treat the species as synonym of Conocephalus iris (Serville, 1938), which belongs to subgenus C. (Anisoptera) (Cigliano et al. 2024).
description: Published as part of Braun, Holger, 2024, Nomenclatural notes on a variety of Orthoptera, pp. 121-126 in Zootaxa 5453 (1) on page 122, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/11233653
Oecanthus latipennulus Braun, 2024, nom. nov.
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Year: 2024
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Gryllidae
Oecanthus
Oecanthus latipennulus

description: Oecanthus latipennulus nom. nov.
For Oecanthus latipennis Liu, Yin & Xia, 1994, primary homonym of Oe. latipennis Riley, 1881.
Etymology: The Latin adjective latipennis means broad-winged; the new name is an arbitrarily formed diminutive supposed to be also an adjective.
description: Published as part of Braun, Holger, 2024, Nomenclatural notes on a variety of Orthoptera, pp. 121-126 in Zootaxa 5453 (1) on page 121, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/11233653
Neoconocephalus macroxiphus Braun 2024
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Year: 2024
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Neoconocephalus
Neoconocephalus macroxiphus

description: Neoconocephalus macroxiphus (Redtenbacher, 1891) comb. nov.
Conocephalus macroxiphus Redtenbacher, 1891
This species from French Guiana was described in the genus Conocephalus and subsequently transferred to Homorocoryphus, originally a subgenus of Conocephalus. Practically all species from the Western Hemisphere once assigned to Homorocoryphus are now in Neoconocephalus, except for two that belong to Bucrates. So including this species in the Old World genus Ruspolia (Otte 1997b) was a mistake. According to photos of the female holotype (Cigliano et al. 2024) and an observation of a male from French Guiana on iNaturalist (5 January 2022, currently identified as Ruspolia macroxipha), this species clearly belongs to Neoconocephalus.
Note: “ Ruspolia pulchella (Karny, 1997) ” from Peru in the old OSF is a duplicate of Neoconocephalus pulcher (Karny, 1907).
description: Published as part of Braun, Holger, 2024, Nomenclatural notes on a variety of Orthoptera, pp. 121-126 in Zootaxa 5453 (1) on page 122, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/11233653
Phaneroptera quinquesignata Piza 1977
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Phaneroptera quinquesignata

description: Phaneroptera quinquesignata Piza, 1977
It seemed doubtful that this species from eastern Brazil would really belong to the Old World genus Phaneroptera (there are no photographs of the type specimens available). Surprisingly it does. There are almost 70 observations on iNaturalist, and according to the very short ovipositor of females it cannot be a member of the neotropical Anaulacomerina. With the dark spots on the base of the tegmina of males it is very simliar and possibly identical to Ph. nana. That species has been introduced in North America, where it now occurs along the West Coast and the very northeast of the United States (see observations on iNaturalist and comments on first records in Walker & Yawn 2024). Maybe the Brazilian colleagues could collect a specimen and clarify the identity of this species.
Note: There are two more species described in the genus Phaneroptera from the southeast of Brazil, Ph. albivenis Piza, 1977 and Ph. exigua Piza 1977, whose identity needs to be clarified too (no photographs of type specimens available).
description: Published as part of Braun, Holger, 2024, Nomenclatural notes on a variety of Orthoptera, pp. 121-126 in Zootaxa 5453 (1) on page 122, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/11233653
Phlugis chrysopa Bolivar 1888
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Phlugis
Phlugis chrysopa

description: Phlugis chrysopa Bolívar, 1888
Alogopteron carribbeum Rehn, 1903 (subjective synonym) The predatory katydid Phlugis chrysopa is distributed in the Caribbean. Another species, Alogopteron carribbeum Rehn, 1903 from Costa Rica, has been synonymized shortly after the description with Phlugis virens (Thunberg, 1815) by its author (Rehn 1905). The type locality of this latter species is unknown and it was proposed to be a synonym of Ph. chrysopa (Nickle 2005). However, a species of Phlugis distributed in the area of the famous Iguazú Falls, on both the Brazilian and the Argentine sides, has recently found to agree with the description of Ph. virens, used by previous authors for Phlugis specimens from Brazil and after all the third-oldest species name in the genus, although based on an indistinctive female holotype (Fianco et al. 2022, Braun 2023). According to the distribution it seems much more appropriate to consider A. carribbeum, also based on a female specimen, a synonym of Ph. chrysopa.
description: Published as part of Braun, Holger, 2024, Nomenclatural notes on a variety of Orthoptera, pp. 121-126 in Zootaxa 5453 (1) on page 122, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/11233653