cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Limassolla (Limassolla) hebeiensis Cai, Liang & Wang 1992
Creators: name: Oh, Sumin
name: Lim, Jongok
name: Lee, Gwan-Seok
name: Kim, Il-Kwon
name: Jung, Sunghoon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Limassolla
Limassolla hebeiensis

description: L. (Limassolla) hebeiensis Cai, Liang & Wang, 1992
(Figs 1 ~11)
Limassolla hebeiensis Cai, Liang & Wang, 1992: 324
Description. Vertex yellow with orange pattern and pronotum orange with small yellow round sopts. Mesonotum orange with yellow pattern and scutellum yellow (Fig. 1, 2). Forewing pale yellow with complex pattern including orange maculae and dark brown spots (Fig. 4). Male abdominal apodemes extended to half of sternite 5th (Fig. 9).
Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe narrow and long distally, appendage sharp distally (Fig. 7). Subgenital plate narrow with five macrosetae on middle part and several microsetae on apical margin (Fig. 11). Style with distal margin little convex (Fig. 8). Aedeagus shaft slender, tubular in caudal view. and embowed lateral view, apex with two pairs of X shaped processes in caudal view (Fig. 5, 6). Connective Y shaped with central lobe, stem broad (Fig. 10).
Measurements. Body length male 3.01~ 3.43mm, female 3.49~ 3.61mm.
Specimens examined. [CNU] 2♂♂, 1♀, Korea, Chungcheongbuk-do, Yeongdong-gun, Hwanggan-myeon, Geumgye-ri on Diosyros kaki THUNB, 17.vii.2016, coll. S. Oh; [CNU] 2♂♂, 9♀♀, Korea, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Sangju-si, Moseo-myeon, Deuksu-ri on Diosyros kaki THUNB, 17.viii.2016, coll. S. Oh; [CNU] 5♀♀, Korea, Jeollabuk-do, Muju-gun, Anseong-myeon, Gongjeong-ri, on Diosyros kaki THUNB, 11.vii.2015, coll. S.Oh; [CNU] 8♂♂, 21♀♀, Korea, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Sangju-si, Moseo-myeon, Doan-ri, on Diosyros kaki THUNB, 11.vii.2015, coll. S.Oh.
Host plants. Diospyros kaki THUNB (Ericales: Ebenaceae) (Cai, Liang & Wang, 1992).
Bionomics. This species appears from July to August as in both nymphs and adults (Fig. 23–A).
Distribution. China, Korea *
description: Published as part of Oh, Sumin, Lim, Jongok, Lee, Gwan-Seok, Kim, Il-Kwon & Jung, Sunghoon, 2020, A new species of the genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Korea, with a new record and new synonymy, pp. 582-588 in Zootaxa 4819 (3) on page 583, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4819.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/4397185
Nepalomyia Hollis
Creators: name: Wang, Mengqing
name: Chen, Hongyin
name: Yang, Ding
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Nepalomyia

description: Genus Nepalomyia Hollis
Nepalomyia Hollis, 1964 [July]: 110. Type species: Nepalomyia dytei Hollis, 1964.
Neurigonella Robinson, 1964 [October]: 119. Type species: Neurigona nigricornis Van Duzee, 1914.
description: Published as part of Wang, Mengqing, Chen, Hongyin & Yang, Ding, 2013, Species of Nepalomyia Hollis from Taiwan (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Peloropeodinae), pp. 436-442 in Zootaxa 3691 (4) on page 437, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/220731
Muscicapa jocosa Lund, subsp. nov.
Creators: name: Kirwan, Guy M.
name: Steinheimer, Frank D.
name: Raposo, Marcos A.
name: Zimmer, Kevin J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Muscicapidae
Muscicapa
Muscicapa jocosa

description: Muscicapa jocosa ‘Lund MS’ Reinhardt, 1870: 152
Collecting / reference locality: Minas Gerais state, at Lagoa Santa (19°38’S, 43°53’W), Curvelo (18°45’S, 44°25’W), Aldea da Estiva (ca. 19°35’S, 48°00’W) and the road to Paracatú (17°13’S, 46°52’W).
The name Muscicapa jocosa, deriving from a Lund4 MS cited by Reinhardt (1870: 152), is based on a mixed series of specimens including both S. affinis Burmeister and S. s. burmeisteri subsp. nov. (cf. Vasconcelos et al. 2006: 223–224, Krabbe 2007: 344 5). The application of this name by Reinhardt (1870: 150–152), however, does not qualify as an original description. It translates from the original Danish as:
4. Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801–80); for biographic details and information on his collections, see Krabbe (2007). He was resident at Lagoa Santa (cf. Burmeister 1853).
5. Known specimens of Lund’s collection of S. affinis Burmeister are BMNH 1888.1.13.639 (female, Lagoa Santa, 13 July 1847); ZMUC 80261 (female, Lagoa Santa, 8 Nov. 1835); ZMUC 80264 (male, Lagoa Santa, 11 March 1836); ZMUC 80263 (male, Paracatú, 6 Sept. 1834). Known specimens of Lund’s collection of the taxon S. s. burmeisteri subsp. nov. are ZMUC 80262 (male, Paracatú, 6 Sept. 1834) and ZMUC 27-2-1839 -126 (male, Aldeia da Estives, before/in 1839) (data from Vasconcelos et al. 2006: 223, Krabbe 2007: 344; Jon Fjeldså in litt., August 2012).
‘ Elainea affinis Burm. [...] This Elainea is truly one of the most easily recognizable and most peculiarly coloured species; I know no other, with which it could be confused, and one may therefore rightly wonder, why Lund has not given it the name, under which it has been described by Burmeister with reference to his [Lund’s] written notes **), but in reality Lund did not name it like that [affinis]; in his notes and on the labels attached to the collected specimens it carries the name “ Muscicapa jocosa ”; how Burmeister could make this mistake I cannot tell, but the species has now in print received the name “ affinis ”, and thus it must keep this... ’6
description: Published as part of Kirwan, Guy M., Steinheimer, Frank D., Raposo, Marcos A. & Zimmer, Kevin J., 2014, Nomenclatural corrections, neotype designation and new subspecies description in the genus Suiriri (Aves: Passeriformes: Tyrannidae), pp. 224-240 in Zootaxa 3784 (3) on pages 234-235, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/251229
Eleazara aedificatura Distant 1908
Creators: name: Huang, Weijian
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Eleazara
Eleazara aedificatura

description: Eleazara aedificatura Distant, 1908
Eleazara aedificatura Distant, 1908: 182
Distribution. India (Assam).
description: Published as part of Huang, Weijian & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, First record of the genus Eleazara Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Ledrinae) in Malaysia, with description of a new species, pp. 434-440 in Zootaxa 4532 (3) on page 434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/2615515
Orphninotrichia desleyae Wells, 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wells, Alice
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydroptilidae
Orphninotrichia
Orphninotrichia desleyae

description: Orphninotrichia desleyae sp. nov.
(Figs 3, 4)
Material examined. Holotype male, Queensland, Crystal Cascades, Tributary of Crystal Creek, 16.96508S 145.67603E GPS ± 2 m, 69 m asl, 5 Nov 2008, sweep net, A. Wells, (QM).
Diagnosis. This species is distinguished from all other congeners by the broadly spatulate apicomedial projection on abdominal sternite VIII.
Description. Male: Body and wings jet black. Forewing length 1.7 mm. Antennae 20-segmented. Male genitalia (Figs 3, 4): Abdominal sternite VIII produced in stout apicomedial tongue. Tergite X in ventral view stout, rounded apically. Sternite IX with deep V-shaped excision, laterally produced in lobes that taper towards apices. Inferior appendages divided, ventral-most lobe fused to sternite IX, short, robust, sclerotised darkly on knob-like apices; dorsal lobe smaller, with small sclerotised area apico-laterally. Tergite X divided into 2 elongate-triangular lobes, each with subapical seta. Aedeagus elongate, extending from mid abdominal segment III to tip of inferior appendages, slender but flared at apex.
Remarks. It was not possible to associate the females of this species since this male and the males of O. alata sp. nov were collected together.
Etymology. Named for Desley Tree, who was collecting thrips nearby when some of these northern Australian species were collected.
description: Published as part of Wells, Alice, 2010, Five new species and new records of Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from the Wet Tropics of northeastern Queensland, pp. 47-54 in Zootaxa 2641 on pages 49-50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198586
Nepalomyia
Creators: name: Wang, Mengqing
name: Chen, Hongyin
name: Yang, Ding
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Nepalomyia

description: Key to species of Nepalomyia from Taiwan (males)
1 Wing R2+3 and R4+5 with swollen bases............................... (N. trifurcata group) … N. siveci Wang & Yang
- Wing R2+3 and R4+5 normal, not swollen basally............................................................. 2
2 Hypandrium asymmetrical in ventral view (Fig. 8)................... (unknown species group) … N. xiaoyanae sp. nov.
- Hypandrium symmetrical in ventral view................................................................. 3
3 Hypandrium trifurcated, cercus without distinct basal tubercle (Fig. 5)........................ N. pallipilosa group … 4
- Hypandrium bifurcated, cercus with distinct basal tubercle(s).............................. N. henanensis group … 5
4 Hind first tarsomere strongly thickened; cercus with basal hairs................ N. nantouensis Wang, Yang & Masunaga
- Hind first tarsomere not thickened; cercus lacking basal hairs (Fig. 5)........................ N. orientalis (Yang & Li)
5 First flagellomere about 4–5 times longer than wide; hypandrium with narrow base and wide apex. N. horvati Wang & Yang
- First flagellomere wider than long; hypandrium with wide base and narrow apex................................... 6
6 Halter dark brown; cercus with weak basal and distinct middle tubercles................... N. taiwanensis Wang & Yang
- Halter yellow; cercus with distinct basal tubercle and no middle tubercles (Fig. 2)........ N. brevifurcata (Yang & Saigusa)
description: Published as part of Wang, Mengqing, Chen, Hongyin & Yang, Ding, 2013, Species of Nepalomyia Hollis from Taiwan (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Peloropeodinae), pp. 436-442 in Zootaxa 3691 (4) on page 437, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/220731
Muscicapa theiogaster Natterer
Creators: name: Kirwan, Guy M.
name: Steinheimer, Frank D.
name: Raposo, Marcos A.
name: Zimmer, Kevin J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Muscicapidae
Muscicapa
Muscicapa theiogaster

description: Muscicapa theiogaster ‘Natterer MS’ Pelzeln, 1871: 108
Collection / reference locality. Cimetério, São Paulo (Paynter and Traylor 1991: 150: between Ipanema 23°26’S, 47°36’W, and Itarare 24°07’S, 49°20’W), Capivari, São Paulo (Paynter and Traylor 1991: 125; 23°32’S, 46°37’W), Lagas (Paynter and Traylor 1991: 407: Nas Lages, São Paulo, near Araraquaras 21°05’S, 47°19’W) and Rio das Pedras (see above).
The name Muscicapa theiogaster, from Natterer’s slip catalogue held at the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, was first cited by Pelzeln (1871: 108). The name is based on ten specimens collected by Natterer, of which one is the chosen holotype of S. suiriri burmeisteri above. The application of this name by Pelzeln (1871: 108), however, does not qualify as an original description because Pelzeln unambiguously listed the MS name in the synonymy of Elainea affinis Lund and Elaenea affinis Burmeister, respectively:
‘ 86. Elainea affinis (Lund) N. 432.
Muscicapa theiogaster Natterer Catal msc. Muscicapa affinis Lund. msc.
Elaenea affinis Burmeister Thiere Brasiliens II 477 (Lagoa Santa).’
Thus, both Muscicapa jocosa and Muscicapa theiogaster were unquestionably presented as younger synonyms for S. affinis Burmeister. According to the International Code on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999: 11, Art. 11.5) a name ‘ must be used as valid for a taxon when proposed ’. Furthermore, ‘ a name which when first published in an available work was treated as a junior synonym of a name then used as valid is not thereby made available ’ (IZCN 1999: 11, Art. 11.6) clearly means that Muscicapa jocosa and Muscicapa theiogaster are not available. We also checked on treatments of both names as the senior homonym and later adoption as the presumed valid names before 1961 without finding any validation act for the names.
description: Published as part of Kirwan, Guy M., Steinheimer, Frank D., Raposo, Marcos A. & Zimmer, Kevin J., 2014, Nomenclatural corrections, neotype designation and new subspecies description in the genus Suiriri (Aves: Passeriformes: Tyrannidae), pp. 224-240 in Zootaxa 3784 (3) on page 235, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/251229
Orphninotrichia alata Wells, 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wells, Alice
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydroptilidae
Orphninotrichia
Orphninotrichia alata

description: Orphninotrichia alata sp. nov.
(Figs 5, 6)
Material examined. Holotype male, North Queensland, Crystal Cascades, Tributary of Crystal Creek, 16.96508S 145.67603E GPS ± 2 m, 69 m asl, 5 Nov 2008, sweep net, A. Wells, QM.
Paratypes, Queensland: 2 males, collected with holotype; 1 male, Fishery Falls, S of Cairns, 17°11’S 145°52’E, 10–11 Nov 2007, light trap, A. Cairns, A. Wells, W. Cairns.
Diagnosis. This is the only species in the genus with wing-like processes laterally on tergite X.
Description. Males: Forewing length, 1.4–1.7 mm. Antennae 21-segmented. Male genitalia (Figs 5, 6): Abdominal sternite VIII longer than wide, in ventral view posterior margin concave on each side of small slightly divided narrow prominence, in lateral view apically acute. Segment IX produced laterally, in ventral view lateral lobes slightly inturned apically, with small sclerotised area on inner side; in lateral view broadly subtriangular. Tergite X broad, parallel-sided at base, expanded at about half length to form pair of wing-like processes, tapered beyond these to shallowly bifid apex. Inferior appendages and ventral plate difficult to separate, forming series of irregular-sized lobes. Aedeagus same as those of O. desleyae and O. barbarae.
Etymology. Named for the distinctive wing-like lobes on tergite X.
description: Published as part of Wells, Alice, 2010, Five new species and new records of Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from the Wet Tropics of northeastern Queensland, pp. 47-54 in Zootaxa 2641 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198586
Limassolla (Limassolla) dangjinensis Oh & Lim & Lee & Kim & Jung 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Oh, Sumin
name: Lim, Jongok
name: Lee, Gwan-Seok
name: Kim, Il-Kwon
name: Jung, Sunghoon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Limassolla
Limassolla dangjinensis

description: L. (Limassolla) dangjinensis sp. nov. Oh et Jung
(Figs. 12 ~22)
Description. Vertex and pronotum yellowish orange with pale yellow patterns, vertex with 3 pale yellow spots and pronotum with five round pale yellow spots. Mesonotum yellowish orange with small and narrow pale yellow pattern, scutellum pale yellow (Fig. 12). Face pale yellow and gena almost white. Legs whitish yellow and abdomen yellow with pale yellow strips (Fig. 13). Forewing with complex pattern including yellowish orange maculae and dark brown lines (Fig. 14). Male abdominal apodemes large and extended to 6th segment (Fig. 20).
Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe wide truncate distally, appendage relatively wide basally, sinuate distally (Fig. 18). Subgenital plate narrow with several macrosetae on middle part and several microsetae on apical margin (Fig. 22). Style with several microsetae on middle of outer margin and distal margin of apex flat (Fig. 19). Aedeagus shaft slender and elongate in lateral and posterior view, apex with two pairs of short processes, one extending distad and the other extending basad and bent inward (Fig. 16, 17). Connective small and star-shaped with six lobes, including thin anterior median lobe (Fig. 21).
Measurements. Body length male 3.14~ 3.28mm, female 3.22~ 3.56mm.
Type materials. Holotype: [CNU] ♂, Korea, Chungcheongnam-do, Dangjin-si, Sunseong-myeon, Seonguk-ri on Diospyros kaki THUNB, 11.ix. 2015, coll. S. Oh. Paratype: [CNU] 2♂♂, 22♀♀, same data as holotype.
Host plants. Diospyros kaki THUNB * (Ericales: Ebenaceae).
Bionomics. This species was not found in persimmon orchards, but was found on a persimmon tree in native forest and caused feeding injury to the tree (Fig. 23–B).
Distribution. Korea *.
Remarks. This new species is similar to two previously described Limassolla species in general appearance. It differs from L. hebeiensis Cai, Liang & Wang, 1992 as follows: 1) pygofer appendage sinuate, 2) style curved gently with several microsetae on outer margin, 3) aedeagus processes short and lower process bent inward, 4) connective with six lobes, 5) male abdominal apodemes extended to 6th segment. It differs from L. diospyri Chou & Ma, 1981 as follows: 1) pygofer appendage sinuate, 2) aedeagus processes curved in caudal view, 3) aedeagus processes branched below apex, 4) connective with six lobes, 5) male abdominal apodemes extended to 6th segment.
Etymology. The specific name is derived from that of the type locality.
description: Published as part of Oh, Sumin, Lim, Jongok, Lee, Gwan-Seok, Kim, Il-Kwon & Jung, Sunghoon, 2020, A new species of the genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Korea, with a new record and new synonymy, pp. 582-588 in Zootaxa 4819 (3) on pages 583-586, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4819.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/4397185
Limassolla (Limassolla) ishiharai Dworakowska 1972
Creators: name: Oh, Sumin
name: Lim, Jongok
name: Lee, Gwan-Seok
name: Kim, Il-Kwon
name: Jung, Sunghoon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
Arthropoda
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Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Limassolla
Limassolla ishiharai

description: L. (Limassolla) ishiharai Dworakowska, 1972
(Figs 24 ~36)
Limassolla ishiharai Dworakowska, 1972: 865.
Limassolla macrobipunctata Choe 1986: 36, (nom. nud.) syn. nov.
Limassolla macrobipunctata Hossain, Kwon, Suh & Kwon 2019: 552 syn. nov.
Specimens examined. [CNU] 4♂♂, 3♀♀, Korea, Gangwon-do, Sokcho-si, Mt. Seolak, 1974. coll. K.Y.Choe; [CNU] 2♂♂, 3♀♀, Korea, Gyeonggi-do, Anseong-si, Gosam-myeon, Sangji-ri on Rhus javanica L, 9.vi. 2015. coll. S.Oh; [CNU] 15♂♂, 4♀♀, Korea, Chungcheongbuk-do, Yeongdong-gun, Yongsan-myeon, Yul-ri on Rhus javanica L, 19.vi.2015. coll. S.Oh; [CNU] 1♂, 13♀♀, Korea, Chungcheongnam-do, Boryeong-si, Cheongso-myeon, Seongyeon-ri on Rhus javanica L, 27.vii.2015. coll. S.Oh; [CNU] 1♀, Korea, Chungcheongbuk-do, Yeongdong-gun, Yanggang-myeon, Jichon-ri on Rosa multiflora Thunb. var. multiflora 17.vi.2015. coll. S.Oh.
Remarks. L. macrobipunctata was previously described by Choe (1986) in his Ph.D. thesis, but it was not published. Hossain et al. (2019) validated this taxon by providing a description and illustration adopting the same species name. Comparison of the original description and illustrations of L. macrobipunctata Hossain et al., 2019 (Choe, 1986 nom. nud. & Hossain et al., 2019) and the specimens of the Choe’s collection at CNU with the descriptions and illustrations of L. ishiharai Dworakowska, 1972 (Dworakowska, 1972) indicates that these two taxa are synonyms. Based on our examinations, this species vary intraspecifically in spotted patterns of forewings (Figs 24-31) and male aedeagus apex (Figs 32–35). Pygofer lobe of the species do not vary (Fig 36).
Distribution. China, Japan, Korea.
description: Published as part of Oh, Sumin, Lim, Jongok, Lee, Gwan-Seok, Kim, Il-Kwon & Jung, Sunghoon, 2020, A new species of the genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Korea, with a new record and new synonymy, pp. 582-588 in Zootaxa 4819 (3) on pages 586-587, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4819.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/4397185
Orphninotrichia silicis Wells 1980
Creators: name: Wells, Alice
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydroptilidae
Orphninotrichia
Orphninotrichia silicis

description: Orphninotrichia silicis Wells, 1980: 635, figs 21, 22.
New record. 1 male, North Queensland, Crystal Cascades, Tributary of Crystal Creek, 16.96508S 145.67603E GPS ± 2 m, 69 m asl, 5 Nov 2008, sweep net, A. Wells.
Remarks. This record extends the range of the species in the Wet Tropics area further to the northeast.
description: Published as part of Wells, Alice, 2010, Five new species and new records of Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from the Wet Tropics of northeastern Queensland, pp. 47-54 in Zootaxa 2641 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198586
Eleazara viraktamathi Huang & Zhang 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Huang, Weijian
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Eleazara
Eleazara viraktamathi

description: Eleazara viraktamathi sp. nov.
Distribution. Malaysia (Sabah).
description: Published as part of Huang, Weijian & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, First record of the genus Eleazara Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Ledrinae) in Malaysia, with description of a new species, pp. 434-440 in Zootaxa 4532 (3) on page 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/2615515
Nepalomyia brevifurcata Yang & Saigusa
Creators: name: Wang, Mengqing
name: Chen, Hongyin
name: Yang, Ding
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Nepalomyia
Nepalomyia brevifurcata

description: Nepalomyia brevifurcata (Yang & Saigusa)
(Figs 1–3)
Neurigonella brevifurcata Yang & Saigusa, 2001: 377. Type locality: China: Shaanxi, Zuoshui. Nepalomyia brevifurcata (Yang & Saigusa): Runyon & Hurley, 2003: 412.
Diagnosis. First flagellomere wider than long; halter yellow. Epandrium bearing no lateral tubercle; hypandrium slender, with shallow incision; cercus with distinct basal tubercle.
Specimens examined. HOLOTYPE 3, Shaanxi: Zuoshui, Yingpan Linchang (1850 m), 10.VII.1997, Toyohei Saigusa; 2 3, Taiwan: Pingdong, Dahanshan Mountain (1500–1600 m) (22°67' N, 120°48' E), 7.VI.2011, Xiaoyan Liu.
Distribution. Taiwan (Pingdong), Beijing (Xiaolongmen), Henan (Luanchuan), Shaanxi (Zuoshui, Zhouzhi). Remarks. This species is recorded from Taiwan for the first time. See Yang and Saigusa (2001) for description of this species.
description: Published as part of Wang, Mengqing, Chen, Hongyin & Yang, Ding, 2013, Species of Nepalomyia Hollis from Taiwan (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Peloropeodinae), pp. 436-442 in Zootaxa 3691 (4) on pages 437-438, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/220731
Orthotrichia Eaton, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wells, Alice
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydroptilidae
Orthotrichia

description: Orthotrichia Eaton: Orthotrichiini
Orthotrichia is relatively rich in Australian species. Orthotrichia rentzi sp. nov., was collected from Kuranda, and Orthotrichia andicairnsae sp. nov., was taken from a small clean stream on the eastern slopes of the Bellenden Ker Range, near Babinda, south of Cairns. These species bring to 50 the number of Orthotrichia species in the Australian fauna.
A species tentatively identified as O. conferta Wells was also taken with O. andicairnsae sp. nov. and represents a range extension. The northern Queensland locality is far from the type locality in eastern Victoria and the genitalia of the single male specimen vary slightly in several respects. Another specimen of O. conferta from northern New South Wales, in the Australian National Insect Collection, differs from the type and also from the northern Queensland specimen illustrated here (Fig. 9). Some species of Orthotrichia in Australia are widespread, so until further material is available, a conservative approach is taken and specimens from these more disjunct localities are referred to O. conferta.
description: Published as part of Wells, Alice, 2010, Five new species and new records of Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from the Wet Tropics of northeastern Queensland, pp. 47-54 in Zootaxa 2641 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198586
Orthotrichia rentzi Wells, 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wells, Alice
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydroptilidae
Orthotrichia
Orthotrichia rentzi

description: Orthotrichia rentzi sp. nov.
(Fig. 7)
Material examined. Holotype male, North Queensland, 17°05’S 145°35’E, Mt Haig, 22 km NE by N of Atherton, 16 March 1988, D.C.P. Rentz.
Diagnosis. This species resembles O. morula Wells and O. alveata Wells that were assigned to the Orthotrichia morula Group by Wells (1979). It differs from them in that tergite X is almost twice the length of the inferior appendages, and the well-developed process on abdominal sternite VII is absent. Orthotrichia rentzi is distinguished by inferior appendages fused in the basal half and rounded laterally, rather than irregular in shape as in O. morula Wells or completely discrete as in O. alveata Wells.
Description. Male: Anterior wing length 3.1 mm. Antennae damaged. Male genitalia (Fig. 7): Abdominal tergite VIII with single lateral spine on right, parallel with margin. Segment IX broad, slightly produced posterolaterally. Tergite X membranous, rounded apically. Inferior appendages fused in proximal half, divided distally by parallel-sided cleft; dorsal process fused, asymmetrical; ventral apodeme shorter than length of inferior appendages, slender. The aedeagus is of the usual form for the genus, slender, with a thin tittilator but without any spines or processes. Paramere slightly sinuous, broader distally than proximally.
Etymology. Named for David Rentz, who has donated large numbers of Trichoptera specimens to Australian collections.
description: Published as part of Wells, Alice, 2010, Five new species and new records of Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from the Wet Tropics of northeastern Queensland, pp. 47-54 in Zootaxa 2641 on page 51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198586
Orthotrichia andicairnsae Wells, 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wells, Alice
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydroptilidae
Orthotrichia
Orthotrichia andicairnsae

description: Orthotrichia andicairnsae sp. nov.
(Fig. 8)
Material examined. Holotype male, North Queensland, Fishery Falls, S of Cairns, 17°11’S 145°52’E, 10–11 Nov 2007, light trap, A. Cairns, A. Wells, W. Cairns. Paratype male, same data as holotype.
Diagnosis. This species is placed with Orthotrichia gracilis Wells in that it has a pair of long black socketed spines on abdominal tergite VIII. It is most similar to Orthotrichia amnica Wells, described from Kambolgie Creek in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, but it is distinguished from O. amnica by having a pair of triangular extensions, rather than 1, subapically on tergite X, the left one well sclerotised, the right pale; the fused dorsal process of each inferior appendage is angled so that it appears strongly asymmetric; and the inferior appendages are almost globular, each with a stout hook dorsally. The form of tergite X is similar to that of O. orbostensis Wells, which lacks the dorsal spines on tergite VIII.
Description. Male: Anterior wing length 2.1 mm. Antennae damaged. Male genitalia (Fig. 8): Abdominal sternite VII bearing median process with tuft of stout apically truncate setae. Abdominal segment VIII bearing pair of unequal-length, black socketed spines towards distal margin. Segment IX asymmetrical internally, produced proximally at left side, dorsally appearing fused with tergite X and bearing pair of broad flat bladelike spines; tergite irregular distally, with pair of triangular processes laterally, left process appearing part of fused sclerotised spine. Inferior appendages sclerotised, ventrally globose, each with hooked process dorsomedially, dorsal process of each inferior appendage in form of single, obliquely angled, narrow plate with pair of long setae apically. Aedeagus about twice length of genital capsule, slender. Paramere elongate straight, slender.
Etymology. Named for Andi Cairns who organised and led the field trip on which this species was collected.
description: Published as part of Wells, Alice, 2010, Five new species and new records of Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from the Wet Tropics of northeastern Queensland, pp. 47-54 in Zootaxa 2641 on page 51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198586
A Literature Review on Research Indexes
Creators: name: Christopoulou, Konstantina
name: Triperina, Evangelia
name: Antoniou, Angeliki
name: Wallace, Manolis
name: Kouis, Dimitrios
Publisher: name: Journal of Integrated Information Management
Year: 2024

description: Purpose – In this article, we have conducted a systematic literature review (SLR) on research indexes, in order to descry their acceptance and usage within the scientific community, as well as the tools and the metrics most frequently employed. 


Design/methodology/approach – The presented SLR followed the PRISMA framework [2] and the methodology described by Kitchenham [1]. Based on a set of research questions, a number of queries were set on the most prominent research databases, so as to retrieve the respective research publications.  


Findings – According to the outcomes of our SLR, researchers utilize all three research databases, while showing a preference for Scopus. 


Originality/value – The paper presents a systematic literature review of the publications related to research databases so as to gain insights about the current state of searching, retrieval, evaluation, and exploitation of the research publications and the related information by academics.   
description: Journal of Integrated Information Management, Vol. 9 No. 2 (2024): Jul-Dec 2024
Eleazara yangi Cai & He 1997
Creators: name: Huang, Weijian
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Eleazara
Eleazara yangi

description: Eleazara yangi Cai & He, 1997
Eleazara yangi Cai & He, 1997: 12
Distribution. China (Yunnan).
description: Published as part of Huang, Weijian & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, First record of the genus Eleazara Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Ledrinae) in Malaysia, with description of a new species, pp. 434-440 in Zootaxa 4532 (3) on page 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/2615515
Orthotrichia conferta Wells
Creators: name: Wells, Alice
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydroptilidae
Orthotrichia
Orthotrichia conferta

description: Orthotrichia conferta Wells
(Fig. 9)
Orthotrichia conferta Wells, 1983: 634, figs 12, 13
Remarks. The specimen illustrated here from Fishery Falls on the eastern side of the Bellenden Ker Range, in the Wet Tropics of northeastern Queensland, differs from the type in having the right lateral lobe on abdominal tergite VIII angled at about mid length and the paramere angled in one plane near the base and again subapically, rather than both smoothly curved, and in having the dorsal process of each inferior appendage only very shallowly divided apically. Another similar specimen in the ANIC, collected from the Hastings River in northern-eastern New South Wales shows some other small differences.
description: Published as part of Wells, Alice, 2010, Five new species and new records of Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from the Wet Tropics of northeastern Queensland, pp. 47-54 in Zootaxa 2641 on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198586
Ambrysus bifidus La Rivers & Nieser
Creators: name: Sites, Robert W.
name: Reynoso-Velasco, Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Naucoridae
Ambrysus
Ambrysus bifidus

description: Ambrysus bifidus La Rivers & Nieser
(Figs. 1–2)
Ambrysus bifidus La Rivers & Nieser 1972: Biol. Soc. Nevada Occas. Pap. 4–8.
Ambrysus bifidus: Nieser 1975, Stud. Fauna Suriname Guyanas 56–57 (suppl. descript.).
Discussion. This species is known from Suriname and northern Brazil (La Rivers & Nieser 1972). Reported here is the first record from Guyana. This species was distinguished from A. scolius by a "slight bifurcation" of the apical median lobe of the female subgenital plate (Fig. 2 F) (La Rivers & Nieser 1972), and from A. tricuspis by the same bifurcation of the subgenital plate and also the male accessory genitalic process less massive or elongated laterally (Fig. 2 B) (La Rivers 1974). Nieser (1975) provided a supplemental description in his treatment of the water bugs of the Guyana region, in which he documented the variation in the shape of the accessory genitalic process of tergum VI. A. bifidus can be distinguished from the other species in this complex by the bifurcated median lobe of the female subgenital plate.
The habitat of the type series was given in the original description as "floating plant-debris upstream of a barrier of tree branches, etc., velocity of current 5 m /min." In Suriname, A. bifidus, A. stali, and A. usingeri La Rivers were considered to be common in small streams in savannah woodlands with dark water low in electrolytes (La Rivers & Nieser 1972). A. bifidus was collected with A. stali in Surinam mostly in barriers of branches and dead leaves or at the bases of trees standing in water where the current is strong.
Type locality. SURINAME, Zanderijsavanne. Holotype is housed at CAS.
Material examined. GUYANA: Pirara Ranch, 3º 22.1' N, 59º 40.5' W, Pirara River, 25 Apr 1995, colln #19, PJ Spangler & SA Perry (1♀, UMC). SURINAME: Zanderijsavanna Carolina Cr. / (reverse side of locality label) 1969 Aug 18, N. Nieser / Ambrysus bifidus L&N 1972 Paratype / Ira La Rivers Collection Bequeathed to the California Academy of Sciences (1♂, 1♀, CAS).
Published records. (La Rivers & Nieser 1972): BRAZIL, Amazonas, Pará; SURINAM, Zanderijsavanne. (Pereira & Melo 2007): BRAZIL, Amazonas, Waimiri-Atroari Biological Reserve.
description: Published as part of Sites, Robert W. & Reynoso-Velasco, Daniel, 2015, Review of the Ambrysus stali La Rivers species complex (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae) with the description of a new species from Mesoamerica, pp. 279-291 in Zootaxa 4018 (2) on pages 280-281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/237549
Nepalomyia horvati Wang
Creators: name: Wang, Mengqing
name: Chen, Hongyin
name: Yang, Ding
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Nepalomyia
Nepalomyia horvati

description: Nepalomyia horvati Wang & Ya n g
Nepalomyia horvati Wang & Yang, 2004: 382. Type locality: Taiwan, Kaohsiung.
Diagnosis. First flagellomere about 4.5 times longer than wide; epandrium without lateral tubercle, hypandrium wide and bifurcated; cercus with 2 weak basal tubercles, bearing sparse hairs.
Distribution. Taiwan (Kaohsiung, Taichung, Nantou).
Remarks. See Wang and Yang (2004) for description and illustration of this species.
description: Published as part of Wang, Mengqing, Chen, Hongyin & Yang, Ding, 2013, Species of Nepalomyia Hollis from Taiwan (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Peloropeodinae), pp. 436-442 in Zootaxa 3691 (4) on page 438, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/220731
Cicadellidae
Creators: name: Huang, Weijian
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae

description: Family Cicadellidae Subfamily Ledrinae
Tribe Ledrini
description: Published as part of Huang, Weijian & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, First record of the genus Eleazara Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Ledrinae) in Malaysia, with description of a new species, pp. 434-440 in Zootaxa 4532 (3) on page 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/2615515
Nepalomyia nantouensis Wang, Yang & Masunaga
Creators: name: Wang, Mengqing
name: Chen, Hongyin
name: Yang, Ding
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Nepalomyia
Nepalomyia nantouensis

description: Nepalomyia nantouensis Wang, Yang & Masunaga
Nepalomyia nantouensis Wang, Yang & Masunaga, 2007: 124. Type locality: Taiwan, Nantou.
Diagnosis. Hind first tarsomere black and strongly thickened; first flagellomere about as long as wide; epandrium with short lateral tubercle, hypandrium wide and trifurcated; cercus without basal tubercle, but bearing sparse hairs.
Specimens examined. 1 3, Taiwan: Nantou, Yuchi, Lianhua Pond (675 m) (23°92' N, 120°67' E), 11.XI.2010, Ding Yang.
Distribution. Taiwan (Nantou).
Remarks. See Wang et al. (2007) for description and illustration of this species.
description: Published as part of Wang, Mengqing, Chen, Hongyin & Yang, Ding, 2013, Species of Nepalomyia Hollis from Taiwan (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Peloropeodinae), pp. 436-442 in Zootaxa 3691 (4) on page 438, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/220731
Nepalomyia orientalis
Creators: name: Wang, Mengqing
name: Chen, Hongyin
name: Yang, Ding
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Nepalomyia
Nepalomyia orientalis

description: Nepalomyia orientalis (Yang & Li)
(Figs 4–5, 9)
Machaerium orientalis Yang & Li, 1998: 321. Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Longwangshan. Nepalomyia orientalis (Yang & Li, 1998): Yang et al., 2006: 334.
Diagnosis. First flagellomere about 4.5 times longer than wide, with thick base; halter yellow. Epandrium bearing finger-like lateral tubercle; hypandrium with narrow base and wide apex, trifurcated; cercus without basal or middle tubercle.
Specimens examined. HOLOTYPE 3, Zhejiang: Anji, Longwangshan Mountain, 20.VII.1995, Hong Wu; 3 3, Taiwan: Nantou, Yuchi, Lianhua Pond (675 m) (23°92' N, 120°67' E), 11.XI.2010, Ding Yang.
Distribution. Taiwan (Nantou), Zhejiang (Anji).
Remarks. This species is recorded from Taiwan for the first time. See Yang and Li (1998) for description of this species.
description: Published as part of Wang, Mengqing, Chen, Hongyin & Yang, Ding, 2013, Species of Nepalomyia Hollis from Taiwan (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Peloropeodinae), pp. 436-442 in Zootaxa 3691 (4) on page 438, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/220731
Nepalomyia siveci Wang & Yang
Creators: name: Wang, Mengqing
name: Chen, Hongyin
name: Yang, Ding
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Nepalomyia
Nepalomyia siveci

description: Nepalomyia siveci Wang & Yang
Nepalomyia siveci Wang & Yang, 2004: 381. Type locality: Taiwan, Hualien.
Diagnosis. First flagellomere about 1.5 times longer than wide; epandrium with lateral tubercle bearing basal and apical hairs, hypandrium bifurcated; cercus without basal or middle tubercle, but bearing sparse hairs.
Specimens examined. 4 3, Taiwan: Nantou, Yuchi, Lianhua Pond (675 m) (23°92' N, 120°67' E), 11.XI.2010, Ding Yang.
Distribution. Taiwan (Nantou, Hualien).
Remarks. See Wang and Yang (2004) for description and illustration of this species.
description: Published as part of Wang, Mengqing, Chen, Hongyin & Yang, Ding, 2013, Species of Nepalomyia Hollis from Taiwan (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Peloropeodinae), pp. 436-442 in Zootaxa 3691 (4) on pages 438-439, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/220731
Podoceridae Leach 1814
Creators: name: Matsumoto, Yu
name: Kajihara, Hiroshi
name: Kakui, Keiichi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Podoceridae

description: Family Podoceridae Leach, 1814
[Japanese name: Doronomi-ka]
Diagnosis (modified after Myers & Lowry [2003]). Caprelloideans having rectangular head with anteroventral margin moderately recessed; pereonite 1 not fused to head; antenna 2 with five or more articles; pereopods 3 and 4 with seven articles, with basis not glandular; pereopod 7 attached ventrally to pereonite 7.
description: Published as part of Matsumoto, Yu, Kajihara, Hiroshi & Kakui, Keiichi, 2023, Capropodocerus, a new genus in Podoceridae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Japan, with descriptions of two new species, pp. 577-589 in Zootaxa 5336 (4) on page 578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/8282294
Mendesella
Creators: name: Bortoni, Marco Aurélio
name: Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva
name: Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Mendesella

description: Key to Mendesella species (modified from Yamada & Penteado-Dias 2002)
1 Dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite incomplete and discontinuous.................. M. orianae Valerio & Whitfield
- Dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite complete until near apex (Figs 7, 10, 13, 16).............................. 2
2 Dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite converging near apex......................... M. magna Whitfield & Mason
- Dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite closest to one another at about mid length of tergite (Figs 7, 10, 13, 16)......... 3
3 Dorsal carinae posterior to mid length of first metasomal tergite remaining parallel towards apex (Figs 7, 13, 16)........ 4
- Dorsal carinae posterior to mid length of first metasomal tergite diverging towards apex (Figs. 10).....................7
4 Mesopleuron completelly and uniformily fulvous (Fig. 15).................................................... 5
- Mesopleuron with blackish or whitish infuscation ventrally (Figs 6, 12).......................................... 6
5 Ovipositor about 1.5 × hind tibia....................................... M. jaraguaiensis Yamada & Penteado-Dias
- Ovipositor as long as hind tibia............................................................... M. yamadai sp.n
6 Mesopleuron blackish ventrally; propodeum, midleg, hind coxa and hind femora yellow (Fig. 12)........... M. japi sp. n.
- Mesopleuron whitish ventrally; propodeum, midlegs, hind coxae and hind femora whitish (Fig. 6)...... M. albipleura sp. n.
7 Ovipositor 1.3 × hind tibia; propodeum coarsely rugose with areola narrowing anteriorly... M. brasiliensis Whitifield & Mason
- Ovipositor 2.0 × hind tibia; propodeum weakly rugose with nearly parallel-sided areola............................. 8
8 Mesopleuron mostly or entirely fulvous; ovipositor sheath entirely dark brown......... M. amazonica Whitfield & Mason
- Mesopleuron entirely brownish (Fig. 9); ovipositor sheath with basal half dark brown,apical half fulvous (Fig. 8).................................................................................................. M. itatiaia sp. n.
description: Published as part of Bortoni, Marco Aurélio, Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva & Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria, 2016, The subfamily Mendesellinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Brazil, with the description of six new species, pp. 406-416 in Zootaxa 4200 (3) on pages 410-411, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/187113
Eleazara Distant 1907
Creators: name: Huang, Weijian
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Eleazara

description: Key to species of Eleazara Distant
1. Scutellum shorter than head............................................................. E. aedificatura Distant
- Scutellum longer than head........................................................................................2
2. Hind tibiae moderately dilated, with 6 stout and enlarged setae rows perpendicular to axis of leg anterodorsally; Aedeagal shaft with a pair of lamellate processes apically................................................................. E. yangi Cai & He
- Hind tibiae extremely dilated, with 5 stout and enlarged setae rows perpendicular to axis of leg anterodorsally; Aedeagal shaft with a pair of lamellate processes medially..................................................... E. viraktamathi sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Huang, Weijian & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, First record of the genus Eleazara Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Ledrinae) in Malaysia, with description of a new species, pp. 434-440 in Zootaxa 4532 (3) on page 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/2615515
Ambrysus tricuspis La Rivers
Creators: name: Sites, Robert W.
name: Reynoso-Velasco, Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Naucoridae
Ambrysus
Ambrysus tricuspis

description: Ambrysus tricuspis La Rivers
(Figs. 1, 7)
Ambrysus tricuspis La Rivers 1974: Biol. Soc. Nevada Occas. Pap. 2–3.
Discussion. This species is known only from the holotype and allotype, which were collected together in northern Colombia. No information regarding habitat or biology was given in the original description. It differs from A. bifidus by the unbifurcated median lobe of the subgenital plate (Fig. 7 E). Although La Rivers (1974) suggested the male accessory genitalic process is more massive and elongated laterally (Fig. 7 B) than in A. bifidus, this feature exhibits intraspecific variation in other species of Ambrysus, including within this species complex. Specifically, Nieser (1975) documented sufficient intraspecific variation in the shape of the accessory genitalic process among paratypes of A. bifidus from Suriname that its precise shape should not be considered a reliable diagnostic attribute. La Rivers made no attempt to distinguish this species specifically from A. scolius, but thought the "three-pointed subgenital plate" and "exaggerated dog's head outline" of the male accessory genitalic process would satisfactorily distinguish A. tricuspis from all congeners. Although we are unable to find reliable characters to distinguish A. tricuspis from A. scolius, the slight difference in shape of the male accessory genitalic process, the geographic distance between the known ranges, and the paucity of specimens are enough that we chose not to synonymize these species at this time. More specimens of both species are needed to determine the extent of intraspecific variation in these features, which will then enable us to more effectively address the validity of this species.
Type locality. COLOMBIA, Bolivar Department. Type specimen is housed at CAS.
Material examined. COLOMBIA: Bolivar, San Marcos / (reverse side of locality label) 1964 Aug 8, O. Pinada / Ambrysus tricuspis Holotype / California Academy of Sciences Type No. 13406 / Ira La Rivers Collection Bequeathed to the California Academy of Sciences (♀, CAS); same data, Allotype (♂, CAS).
description: Published as part of Sites, Robert W. & Reynoso-Velasco, Daniel, 2015, Review of the Ambrysus stali La Rivers species complex (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae) with the description of a new species from Mesoamerica, pp. 279-291 in Zootaxa 4018 (2) on page 290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/237549