cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Calacalles (Nanoacalles) palmensis Roudier 1954, stat. nov.
Creators: name: Astrin, Jonas J.
name: Stüben, Peter E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Calacalles
Calacalles palmensis

description: Calacalles (Nanoacalles) palmensis (Roudier, 1954) stat. nov., resyn.
(Figs. 19, 27)
In an earlier study (Astrin & Stüben, 2008), we examined a female of this species (from Mt. Tagoja on La Palma) that Bahr (2000) defined as a synonym of Calacalles seticollis (type locality: El Hierro). At that time, we followed the existing classification and also determined the specimen as C. seticollis. Now, after sequencing 'further' C. seticollis individuals and after also including a male from the same locality on La Palma, we reach a different conclusion (see discussion above). The specimens from La Palma belong to a species clearly distinct from Calacalles seticollis: Calacalles palmensis (Roudier, 1954).
As Bahr (2000) noted himself, the evidence for defining Acalles wollastoni palmensis Roudier, 1954 as a junior synonym to C. seticollis was scant: "The holotype of A. wollastoni palmensis merely consists of the abdomen. Pronotum, head, forelegs and aedeagus are missing". We reassessed the remains of the holotype of Roudier (Mus. Zool. Helsinki, No. 15065, type locality: La Palma, Caldera Taburiente). As far as a comparison is possible based on the damaged holotype, Calacalles palmensis (Roudier, 1954) is a valid species. We conclude: Calacalles palmensis (Roudier, 1954) stat. nov., resyn. Habitus and endophallus of this species are here illustrated for the first time (Figs. 19, 27).
description: Published as part of Astrin, Jonas J. & Stüben, Peter E., 2009, Molecular phylogeny in ' nano-weevils': description of a new subgenus Nanoacalles and two new species of Calacalles from the Macaronesian Islands (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae), pp. 51-67 in Zootaxa 2300 on page 61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191696
Oecobius naxuanus Zamani & Marusik 2023, sp. n.
Creators: name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Marusik, Yuri M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Oecobiidae
Oecobius
Oecobius naxuanus

description: Oecobius naxuanus sp. n.
(Figures 1B, 5A–C)
Type material
Holotype ♂ (ZMMU), AZERBAIJAN: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic: Dasharkh Vil., 39.55° N, 45.033333°E, 1‒4 June 2003 (Y.M. Marusik).
Etymology
The specific epithet refers to Naxuana, which is the name given to Nakhchivan in Ptolemy̍s Geography and in the works of other classical authors.
Diagnosis
In the habitus, the new species is similar to O. dariusi sp. n., but differs by having no annulations on the legs (compare Figure 1A and B). In the general conformation of the male palp and particularly the shape of radical apophysis, it is similar to O. rhodiensis (compare Figure 5A, C and Demir et al. 2009, figs 11, 12, 14, 15), but can be distinguished by the gradually tapering and gently bent radical apophysis (Ra) (vs tip not tapering and bent; compare Figure 5C and Wunderlich 1995, fig. 49).
Description
Male. Habitus as in Figure 1B. Total length 2.17. Carapace 0.75 long, 0.88 wide. Eye sizes: AME: 0.08, ALE: 0.08, PLE: 0.06, PME: 0.09. Carapace yellowish brown, with darker radiating and marginal stripes. Chelicerae, sternum, labium, and maxillae pale brown. Legs coloured as carapace, without annulations. Abdomen greyish brown and mottled with small guanine patches, with dark brown patches. Spinnerets light greyish brown. Measurements of legs: I: 2.79 (0.82, 0.30, 0.61, 0.60, 0.46), II: 2.98 (0.86, 0.32, 0.68, 0.63, 0.49), III: 2.97 (0.82, 0.31, 0.66, 0.69, 0.49), IV: 3.28 (0.95, 0.32, 0.70, 0.81, 0.50).
Palp as in Figure 5A–C; bulb oval in ventral view, 1.4 times longer than wide; sperm duct (Sd) not forming loops; terminal apophysis (Ta) broad in lateral view, with 2 lobes; subterminal apophysis (St) hook-like, bent anteriorly; radix (Rx) with long, roundly bent apophysis (Ra) and kind of heel (Rh); ‘conductor̍ (Co) small, membranous; embolus (Em) short and thick.
Female. Unknown.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Western Azerbaijan (Figure 9).
description: Published as part of Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2023, New species and records of Oecobius Lucas, 1846 (Araneae: Oecobiidae) from Iran and Azerbaijan, pp. 1693-1709 in Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) (J. Nat. Hist.) 57 (37 - 40) on pages 1699-1701, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2272356, http://zenodo.org/record/10491656
70 years of succession: community assembly of an undisturbed oak-hickory forest
Creators: name: Ritzi, Morgan V
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310302
subject: Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
classificationCode: 310307
subject: Population ecology

description: Succession is a foundational idea in ecology and serves as way to study ecological community assembly. Here, we test the three alternative mechanisms for succession: (I) facilitation, where species arrival order is not random and can be categorized as falling into distinct stages of succession such as early and late species; (ii) tolerance, where species arrival is random, but species interactions that promote coexistence or exclusion determine the community structure through time, and; (iii) inhibition, where species arrival is once again random, but species hold space until they die, and only then can there be a change in species composition through colonization of gaps. To do this, we used a 70-year time series of succession in an oak-hickory forest system in northwest Indiana called the Ross Biological Reserve. Every ten years tree species identity and abundance were measured beginning in 1951. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) revealed distinct periods of community assembly that we categorized as distinct early, mid, and late successional communities. We used an index of species co-occurrence (the checkerboard score) and found that early successional communities were largely random, while mid and late successional communities were characterized by nonrandom co-occurrence of species. Alpha and gamma richness increased, and species turnover rate also increased. Specific species relative abundance showed typical patterns of species abundance when classified by their successional status. We conclude that facilitation was the predominant mechanism at the landscape scale, while tolerance was more of a driver on a smaller local scale. We found no evidence of inhibition. Succession at the scale we have documented is difficult to study, because of the long times required to document change. More successional studies of this nature will benefit the field of community assembly and ecology as a whole.
Apogonalia krameri Young 1977
Creators: name: Felix, Márcio
name: Mejdalani, Gabriel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Apogonalia
Apogonalia krameri

description: Apogonalia krameri Young, 1977
(Figs 57–60)
Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum black with mosaic of small yellow maculae. Crown (Fig. 57) with pair of anteromedian diagonal black arches medially connected. Pronotum (Fig. 57) with posterior portion bluish. Mesonotum (Fig. 57) yellow with black maculae on mesoscutum. Forewing (Fig. 57) red; clavus with numerous bluish-white maculae and narrow stripes; claval sulcus with black stripe bordered by narrow bluish-white stripes; costal area with two longitudinal adjacent stripes, innermost irregular and bluish-white, outermost black; outer discal cell with irregular bluish-white stripe; outer apical portion with bluish-white maculae; apex gray. Face black with mosaic of small yellow maculae. Clypeus with ventral black macula. Male pygofer with posterior margin truncate (Young 1977, fig. 749c) and long paired process on inner ventroapical portion (Young 1977, fig. 749p). Paraphyses with basal sclerite symmetrical and rami minute (vestigial) (Young 1977, fig. 749q). Aedeagal shaft with hook-shaped basiventral paired processes, symmetrical and anteriorly directed. Female sternite VII similar to that of A. fraterna. Sternite VIII (Fig. 58) with two broad superposed sclerotized plates, dorsalmost elliptical and ventralmost bilobate, with broad and deep subtriangular anteromedian emargination.
Female length. 9.1–10.1 mm (n = 2).
Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. fraterna. Sternite VIII (Fig. 58), in dorsal view, with two broad, superposed sclerotized plates, dorsalmost plate elliptical, ventralmost plate bilobate with broad and deep subtriangular median emargination on anterior margin and slight median concavity on posterior margin. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta. Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 59), with basal portion slightly broad with small lateral prominence; basal margin obliquely truncate; blade similar to that of A. angusta. Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth, on median portion (Fig. 60), very prominent, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high, spaced from one another about one tooth length; preapical prominence anterior to anteapical tooth.
Material examined. Honduras: Francisco Morazán, two males and two females (USNM). Mexico: Oaxaca, one male (USNM).
description: Published as part of Felix, Márcio & Mejdalani, Gabriel, 2017, The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species, pp. 101-127 in Zootaxa 4338 (1) on page 111, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1035586
Mesostenus Gravenhorst 1829
Creators: name: Kaplan, Emin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesostenus

description: Genus: Mesostenus Gravenhorst, 1829
Mesostenus Gravenhorst, 1829b: 750. Type species: Mesostenus transfuga Gravenhorst, 1829. Designated by Westwood (1840).
Stenaraeus Thomson, 1896: 2380. Type species: Mesostenus transfuga Gravenhorst, 1829. Designated by Viereck (1914). Derocentrus Cushman, 1919: 113. Type species: Coleocentrus texanus Ashmead, 1890 (Mesostenus longicaudis Cresson, 1872).
description: Published as part of Kaplan, Emin, 2024, Four new species of Darwin wasps from Türkiye, pp. 456-466 in Zootaxa 5424 (4) on page 459, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/10821539
Oecobius putus O. Pickard-Cambridge 1876
Creators: name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Marusik, Yuri M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Oecobiidae
Oecobius
Oecobius putus

description: Oecobius putus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876
Oecobius putus: Baum 1972: 125, figs 31, 32, 58–61, 64 (♂ ♀).
Oecobius putus: Kullmann and Zimmermann 1976: 44, figs 4, 5, 10, 11 (♂ ♀).
For the full list of 18 taxonomic entries see WSC (2023).
Material
IRAN: Fars Province: 16♂ 27♀ (ZMMU), Shiraz, 29.6°N, 52.516667°E, 18‒26 May 2000 (Y.M. Marusik); Tehran Province: 2♂ 4♀ (ZMMU), Iranian Research Institute Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, 35.783333°N, 51.4°E, 7‒22 June 2000 (Y.M. Marusik).
Records in Iran
Fars, Hormozgan, Khuzestan, Mazandaran, Tehran (Zamani 2016; Zamani et al. 2016; Zamani and Mozaffarian 2017; Boukan et al. 2018; Zamani and Bosselaers 2020; Hosseinpour et al. 2022; present material).
Distribution
South Africa, Egypt, Cyprus, Sudan to Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, India. Introduced in USA, Mexico (WSC 2023). Synanthropic species.
description: Published as part of Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2023, New species and records of Oecobius Lucas, 1846 (Araneae: Oecobiidae) from Iran and Azerbaijan, pp. 1693-1709 in Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) (J. Nat. Hist.) 57 (37 - 40) on page 1703, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2272356, http://zenodo.org/record/10491656
Gisilia thoracista Sohn & Park 2018, n. comb.
Creators: name: Sohn, Jae-Cheon
name: Park, Kyu-Tek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cosmopterigidae
Gisilia
Gisilia thoracista

description: Gisilia thoracista (Meyrick, 1915), n. comb.
(Figs. 4, 10)
Cholotis thoracista Meyrick, 1915: 327 Type localities: India (Assam, Coorg, and Kanara) and Sri Lanka. Ascalenia thoracista; Meyrick, 1932: 215.
Types. Two of 24 syntypes examined from the Natural History Museum, London: ♀, “SYN- | TYPE” [circular label with blue edges], “Khasi Hills, | Assam |.4.1907”, “ Ascalenia | thoracista | Meyrick 7/20 | E. Meyrick det. | in Meyrick coll.”, “E. Meyrick | Collection | B.M. 1938-290”; ♀, “SYN- | TYPE” [circular label with blue edges], “Madulsima | Ceylon | Mer. 5.08”, “ Ascalenia | thoracista | Meyrick 2/20 | E. Meyrick det. | in Meyrick coll.”, “E. Meyrick | Collection | B.M. 1938-290”.
Material examined. 1♀, India, Assam, Khasi Hills, October 1906, USNM.
Distribution. India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Australia (Robinson et al. 1994).
Remarks. Robinson et al. (1994) suggested that Ascalenia thoracista (Meyrick) is widespread throughout the Indo-Australian Region. Koster (2010) mentioned that A. thoracista possesses the thorn-like extension on the free part of the tergite VIII, similar to Gisilia gielisi. We examined A. thoracista and found that it shares the abovementioned features of Gisilia in the female genitalia. Therefore, the species thoracista is transferred to Gisilia in this study. An unnamed species of Ascalenia similar to G. thoracista has been reported from Japan (Hirowatari et al. 2012; Kuroko 2013). It is very likely that this species also belong to Gisilia.
description: Published as part of Sohn, Jae-Cheon & Park, Kyu-Tek, 2018, Two new species of Gisilia Kasy, 1968 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) from Korea with first report of piercing oviscapts in Gelechioidea, pp. 179-186 in Zootaxa 4418 (2) on page 184, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1245066
Apogonalia mediolineata
Creators: name: Felix, Márcio
name: Mejdalani, Gabriel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Apogonalia
Apogonalia mediolineata

description: Apogonalia mediolineata (Fowler, 1899)
(Figs 62–66)
Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum yellow with black marks and conspicuous median yellow stripe. Crown (Fig. 62) with pair of anteromedian diagonal black arches connected to each other medially; posterior half with mosaic. Pronotum (Fig. 62) with pair of lateral yellow arches anteriorly convergent, bordered by black lines. Forewing (Fig. 62) pinkish-red with dark brown veins; clavus with irregular narrow bluish-white stripe adjacent to claval commissure; claval sulcus with dark brown stripe bordered by white stripes; costal area with two adjacent longitudinal stripes, innermost white and outermost dark brown; apex gray. Face (Fig. 63) yellow with black marks. Frons with mosaic of rounded areas bordered by black; dorsally with narrow transverse yellow stripe slightly sinuous. Male pygofer posteriorly concave, long and broad posterodorsal process with apex acute, inner long and tapered ventroapical spine, medially directed. Paraphyses asymmetrical, basal plate V-shaped, right ramus long and broad, left ramus long and moderately narrow. Aedeagal shaft curved ventrally on apical half, paired hook-shaped basiventral processes directed to right side, anteriorly curved. Female sternite VII with pair of lateral large black areas; shape similar to that of A. fraterna. Sternite VIII (Fig. 64) with broad sclerotized plate, anteriorly bilobate and deeply notched medially.
Female length. 8.5–9.6 mm (n = 3).
Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. fraterna. Sternite VIII (Fig. 64), in dorsal view, with broad, bilobate sclerotized plate; anterior margin with deep and narrow median notch; posterior margin with pair of lateral subtrapezoidal prominences. Pygofer (Fig. 65) similar to that of A. dampfi; disc with thin macrosetae on central portion, posterodorsal portion and apical 2/3 of posteroventral portion with long macrosetae, posterodorsal margin and apex of posteroventral margin with row of short macrosetae. Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal portion similar to that of A. krameri; blade similar to that of A. angusta. Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth, on median portion (Fig. 66), triangular and elongate, moderately prominent, 3–4 times longer than high, almost not spaced from one another; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.
Material examined. Mexico: Distrito Federal, two males (BMNH), one female (USNM); Mexico, two females (BMNH), one female (USNM); Michoacán de Ocampo, one female (BMNH); uncertain locality, one male (BMNH). USA: Arizona, one female (USNM).
description: Published as part of Felix, Márcio & Mejdalani, Gabriel, 2017, The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species, pp. 101-127 in Zootaxa 4338 (1) on page 112, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1035586
Euglossa (Glossura) Glossura
Creators: name: Nemésio, André
name: Ferrari, Rafael R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Euglossa

description: Paraphyly of Euglossa (Glossura)
Although the six species until now treated as Euglossa (Glossuropoda) did present some apparently exclusive synapomorphic characters (such as a much enlarged mesotibia, lack of mesotibial spurs; acute, triangular metatibia), they do not lack any of the main synapomorphic characters shared by other Euglossa (Glossura). Roubik (2004: 251) mentioned that the exclusive characters of Euglossa (Glossuropoda) “suggest relictual status as biological populations and/or a basal phylogenetic position with some very long-lived species. A subgeneric status seems warranted”. The phylogenetic study by Ramírez et al. (2010), however, places Euglossa (Glossuropoda) quite inside Euglossa (Glossura) (sensu Moure et al. 2007), suggesting exactly the opposite of Roubik’s (2004) opinion: Euglossa (Glossuropoda) seems to be a derived lineage within Euglossa (Glossura), not a basal lineage in Euglossa. The presence of the morphological characters which characterize Glossura associated to the molecular phylogenetic data provided by Ramírez et al. (2010) make it more reasonable to consider Euglossa (Glossuropoda) as a junior synonym of Euglossa (Glossura). Nevertheless, Ramírez et al. (2010) found less than 50% branch support for E. (Glossuropoda) as a sister group to E. (Glossura), a low value for supporting a taxonomic change in the status of the subgenus. Additional data are needed to better understand the relationships between both groups.
description: Published as part of Nemésio, André & Ferrari, Rafael R., 2011, Species of Euglossa (Glossura) and E. (Glossuropoda) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) occurring in the Amazon, including new records for Brazil, pp. 1-13 in Zootaxa 2885 on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277598
Oecobius zagros Zamani & Marusik 2023, sp. n.
Creators: name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Marusik, Yuri M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Oecobiidae
Oecobius
Oecobius zagros

description: Oecobius zagros sp. n.
(Figures 1I, 7 A–D, 8A–D)
Type material
Holotype ♂ (MHNG), IRAN: Kermanshah Province: Dizgaran, 33.733333°N, 46.983333°E, 16 May 1974 (A. Senglet).
Etymology
The specific epithet is a noun in apposition, referring to a long mountain range in Iran, northern Iraq and south-eastern Turkey, in which the type locality of the new species is situated.
Diagnosis
In the general conformation of the male palp and particularly the shape of radical apophysis, the new species is most similar to O. ilamensis Zamani, Mirshamsi and Marusik, 2017, a species so far known only from Ilam Province in western Iran (Zamani et al. 2017). The male palp of the new species differs from that of O. ilamensis by having straight, spine-like subterminal apophysis (St) (vs with bent tip) and abrupt tip of terminal apophysis (Ta) (vs finger-shaped) (compare Figure 7D and Zamani et al. 2017, fig. 1C).
Description
Male. Habitus as in Figure 1I. Total length 1.65. Carapace 0.60 long, 0.72 wide. Eye sizes: AME: 0.04, ALE: 0.06, PLE: 0.06, PME: 0.08. Carapace yellowish brown, with darker median and marginal stripes. Chelicerae, sternum, labium, and maxillae pale brown. Legs coloured as carapace, with faint annulations. Abdomen greyish brown and mottled with small guanine patches, with dark brown patches. Spinnerets light greyish brown. Measurements of legs: I: 2.27 (0.65, 0.27, 0.48, 0.49, 0.38), II: 2.29 (0.67, 0.25, 0.48, 0.48, 0.41), III: femur 0.67, patella 0.24, rest of the segments missing, IV: 2.56 (0.72, 0.28, 0.54, 0.61, 0.41).
Palp as in Figures 7A–D, 8A–D; bulb oval in ventral view, ca 1.7 times longer than wide; sperm duct with small loop (Lo) in anterior part of tegulum; radix (Rx) long, with claw-like apophysis (Ra); subterminal apophysis (St) spine-like; terminal apophysis (Ta) long, with abrupt tip; ‘conductor̍ (Co) membranous, as long as wide; embolus (Em) claw-like, almost as long as subterminal apophysis.
Female. Unknown.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality in Kermanshah Province, western Iran (Figure 9). On the label, the locality is listed as Lorestan Province, while the coordinates refer to another locality in Ilam Province. We consider Dizgaran in Kermanshah to be the correct type locality.
description: Published as part of Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2023, New species and records of Oecobius Lucas, 1846 (Araneae: Oecobiidae) from Iran and Azerbaijan, pp. 1693-1709 in Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) (J. Nat. Hist.) 57 (37 - 40) on pages 1704-1706, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2272356, http://zenodo.org/record/10491656
Ichneumon Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Kaplan, Emin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Ichneumon

description: Ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758
Many species within this genus have been lumped into the genus. A complete revision of the genus is needed (Kittel, 2016).
description: Published as part of Kaplan, Emin, 2024, Four new species of Darwin wasps from Türkiye, pp. 456-466 in Zootaxa 5424 (4) on page 461, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/10821539
Euglossa Glossura
Creators: name: Nemésio, André
name: Ferrari, Rafael R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Euglossa

description: Diversity of Euglossa (Glossura)
Twenty-three species are now known in Euglossa (Glossura) and E. (Glossuropoda), four of them endemic in the Atlantic Forest (Euglossa cyanochlora Moure, 1996, Euglossa iopoecila Dressler, 1982a, Euglossa roubiki Nemésio, 2009, and Euglossa stellfeldi Moure, 1947 sensu Nemésio 2009a) and three of them endemic in Central America (Euglossa asarophora Moure, 1969, Euglossa flammea Moure, 1969, and Euglossa nigrosignata Moure, 1969). The remaining sixteen species occur in northern South America, one of them (Euglossa natesi Parra-H, Ospina- Torres & Ramírez, 2006) only recorded from the westernmost part of the continent, west to the Andes in the Chocó region of Colombia and Ecuador (Parra-H et al. 2006: 34), thus not reaching the Amazon Forest and not treated here; two of them (Euglossa rufipes Rasmussen & Skov, 2006 and Euglossa tiputini Roubik, 2004) occurring at the westernmost part of the Amazon Basin; one (Euglossa inflata Roubik, 2004) only recorded from the Guianas; and twelve species have a more widespread distribution, all of them known from the Brazilian Amazon, one of the most diverse assemblages of Euglossa (Glossura) (see Table 1). Three of these species were only recorded in the Brazilian Amazon recently: Euglossa allosticta Moure, 1969, formerly known only from Central America (Roubik & Hanson 2004), was first recorded in Brazil by Nemésio & Morato (2004, 2006a, b), for the state of Acre, and subsequently was found in Roraima (Nemésio 2005b) and Amazonas (Dias 2007). The other two records, E. lugubris and E. occidentalis, are introduced in this study and discussed below.
Another species which deserves further attention is E. orellana Roubik, 2004. This species was only recently described, but it is very common throughout the Amazon Basin and there has been some confusion between it and E. chalybeata Friese, 1925. Specimens collected in the state of Amazonas and identified as E. chalybeata by Powell & Powell (1987), Becker et al. (1991), Morato et al. (1992), Morato (1994), and Oliveira & Campos (1995, 1996) may belong to this species. Nevertheless, subsequent studies confirmed that both species are sympatric in the state of Amazonas (e.g. Dias 2007), as well as in the state of Roraima (e.g. Oliveira et al. 2010) (see Table 1).
FIGURE 4. Metatibia. A: E. intersecta, B: E. inflata, C: E. rugilabris, D: E. juremae, E: E. tiputini, F: E. rufipes, G: E. viridifrons, H: E. allosticta, I: E. imperialis, J: E. lugubris, K: E. piliventris, L: E. orellana, M: E. occidentalis, N: E. chalybeata, O: E. ignita.
description: Published as part of Nemésio, André & Ferrari, Rafael R., 2011, Species of Euglossa (Glossura) and E. (Glossuropoda) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) occurring in the Amazon, including new records for Brazil, pp. 1-13 in Zootaxa 2885 on pages 5-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277598
Apogonalia monticola
Creators: name: Felix, Márcio
name: Mejdalani, Gabriel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Apogonalia
Apogonalia monticola

description: Apogonalia monticola (Fowler, 1899)
(Fig. 67)
Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum black with mosaic of yellow maculae. Crown (Fig. 67) with pair of anteromedian diagonal pale yellow arches; posterolateral margins pale yellow. Pronotum (Fig. 67) posterolaterally with pair of oblique, elongate bright yellow marks. Mesonotum (Fig. 67) black with yellow maculae: one pair anterior to transverse sulcus, one elongate posteromedian pair, and one elongate lateral pair. Forewing (Fig. 67) dark brown with white maculae on anterior third, pink maculae on posterior two-thirds; commissural margin pale yellow except basally; apex brown, hyaline. Face black with numerous small pale yellow maculae. Clypeus with lateral margin pale yellow. Male pygofer with inner ventroapical short spiniform process. Paraphyses asymmetrical, with Y-shaped basal sclerite and at least one long, moderately broad ramus (Young 1977, fig. 760h). Aedeagal shaft with apex curved dorsally, with pair of long ventromedian spiniform processes (Young 1977, fig. 760f). Female sternite VIII with semilunar sclerotized plate, anteriorly with pair of slight concavities. Female pygofer broadly convex ventrally. Valvula II with apex subacute.
Female length. 9.4–9.6 mm (n = 2).
Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. angusta; posterior margin with slight median concavity. Sternite VIII, in dorsal view, with semilunar sclerotized plate; anterior margin with pair of lateral slight concavities. Pygofer moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin broadly convex; disc with some macrosetae on posterior two-thirds of ventral portion and apical portion. Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal portion moderately broad; basal margin truncate; blade similar to that of A. histrio. Valvula II, in lateral view, moderately broad beyond basal curvature, slightly narrowing towards subacute apex; blade with about 25 teeth distributed from beginning of expanded portion to apex; teeth, on median portion, triangular and moderately prominent, about 1.5 times longer than high, spaced from one another about one tooth length; preapical prominence distinct, approximately aligned to anteapical tooth; denticles distributed on all dorsal margin of blade and from preapical prominence to apex on ventral margin.
Material examined. Mexico: Nuevo León, two males and two females (BYU).
description: Published as part of Felix, Márcio & Mejdalani, Gabriel, 2017, The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species, pp. 101-127 in Zootaxa 4338 (1) on pages 113-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1035586
Euglossa lugubris Roubik 2004
Creators: name: Nemésio, André
name: Ferrari, Rafael R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Euglossa
Euglossa lugubris

description: Euglossa lugubris Roubik, 2004
The record of this species in the westernmost part of the state of Amazonas represents a natural and expected range extension for E. lugubris since the species was described from the Peruvian Amazon (Roubik 2004) and collected in the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, at the border between Brazil and Peru. Inspection on museum specimens labeled as E. piliventris in other collections, as well as field work, will be important to determine the actual geographic distribution of this species eastwards, since both species are very similar and can be easily confused.
description: Published as part of Nemésio, André & Ferrari, Rafael R., 2011, Species of Euglossa (Glossura) and E. (Glossuropoda) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) occurring in the Amazon, including new records for Brazil, pp. 1-13 in Zootaxa 2885 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277598
Euglossa occidentalis Roubik 2004
Creators: name: Nemésio, André
name: Ferrari, Rafael R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Euglossa
Euglossa occidentalis

description: Euglossa occidentalis Roubik, 2004
The record of this species in the state of Pará represents a range extension of about 2,500 km eastwards. This astonishing record, without any known specimen from the intermediate state of Amazonas, led us to consider that it could be a misidentification. Comparison with photographs of the holotype and with the original description by Roubik (2004), however, confirmed that morphologically the specimens from Pará deposited at UFMG are indistinguishable from E. occidentalis. The mesotibial tufts of this species resembles those of E. ignita, but general integument coloration and, especially, shape and position of S2 tufts clearly distinguishes both species (see Figures 5 N and 5 O). The specific epithet “ occidentalis ” was erected since Roubik (2004) considered it to be restricted to the westernmost part of the Amazon Basin. The current record, however, suggests a widespread distribution in the Amazon, but close examination of museum specimens labeled under other E. (Glossura) nomina, besides field work in the regions between the now known disjunct geographic distribution may reveal whether this hypothesis is correct.
description: Published as part of Nemésio, André & Ferrari, Rafael R., 2011, Species of Euglossa (Glossura) and E. (Glossuropoda) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) occurring in the Amazon, including new records for Brazil, pp. 1-13 in Zootaxa 2885 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277598
Bonomiella columbae Emerson 1957
Creators: name: Cicchino, Armando C.
name: González-Acuña, Daniel Alfonso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Menoponidae
Bonomiella
Bonomiella columbae

description: Bonomiella columbae Emerson, 1957
(Figs. 1, 3 and 5)
Female: habitus as in fig. 1. Head almost as long as wide (CI = 1.01). Tergocentral setae: metathorax 6, tergites II–VIII 6, IX–X with 6–7 small and 14–17 very long setae, II–VIII flanked with 0–2 minute setae on each side. Abdominal sternal setae: II 2–3 and III-VI 3–5 long setae each side, VIII 4–7 minute setae located in the middle, flanked by 3–7 long setae on each side (total 14–20), subgenital plate with 8–10 anterior and 5–8 posterior setae, brush of sternite II with 1–5 short, brush of III with 6 short and spiniform setae, in addition to a minute one on one side. Anal fringe with 42 dorsal and 33 ventral setae (figs. 19–20). Body measurements: HL 0.300, HW 0.367, PW 0.340, MTW 0.505, AW 0.840, TL 1.921.
Male: habitus as in fig. 3. Head slightly wider than long (cephalic index = 1.10). Tergocentral setae: metathorax 6, tergites II–VIII 6, IX–X 6–7 small and 3 very long setae. Sternal setae: II 4, III–IV 8, V–VI 6, VII–VIII 4. Genitalia: basal plate noticeably widened in the middle, parameres widened at their base, tapering gradually to apex (fig. 5). Body measurements: HL 0.255, OW 0.280, PW 0.220, MTW 0.350, AW 0.520, GL 0.310, GW 0.115, TL 1.180.
Type host. Columba livia Gmelin, 1789.
Specimens examined. 1 male and 1 female, Los Hornos, La Plata District, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, 12-XI-1972, A. C. Cicchino.
Remarks. This species has been reported from a number of countries around the world: USA (Emerson, 1957, 1962, 1972; Hill & Tuff, 1978); Canada (Galloway & Palma, 2008), Germany (Ribbeck, 1972), Ukraine (Fedorenko & Kharchenko 1976), Hungary (Rozsa, 1990), Poland (Złotorzycka & Lucińska, 1967; Złotorzycka 1976, Rem & Złotorzycka, 1976), Belgium (Hellenthal et al., 2004), Spain (Selva et al., 1987; Martín Mateo, 2002, 2006), Egypt (Selim et al., 1968), New Zealand (Pilgrim, 1976; Hill & Tuff, 1978; Pilgrim & Palma, 1982), southern Africa (Ledger, 1980), and Brazil (Ribeiro et al., 1998). Its probable presence in Argentina has been pointed out by Cicchino & Castro (1998: 102) and is here confirmed. See additional comments under B. insolitunguicolata.
description: Published as part of Cicchino, Armando C. & González-Acuña, Daniel Alfonso, 2012, Species in the genus Bonomiella Conci, 1942 (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from Argentina and Chile, pp. 47-56 in Zootaxa 3427 on pages 49-50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212897
Apogonalia omani Young 1977
Creators: name: Felix, Márcio
name: Mejdalani, Gabriel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Apogonalia
Apogonalia omani

description: Apogonalia omani Young, 1977
(Figs 69–74)
Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum dark brown with mosaic of small yellow maculae. Crown (Fig. 69) with pair of anteromedian diagonal dark brown arches connected to each other medially. Pronotum with pair of roundish, mediolateral yellow or fulvous maculae (Fig. 69). Forewing (Figs 69, 70) red with numerous small white maculae, veins brown; corium with irregular whitish maculae on median portion, bordered by brown or black, forming an arch; apex gray. Face dark brown with mosaic of small yellow maculae. Clypeus with ventral dark brown macula. Male pygofer with inner spiniform process on dorsoapical margin, inner long and broad process on ventromedian portion (Young 1977, fig. 757p). Paraphyses with V-shaped basal sclerite and pair of minute (vestigial) rami (Young 1977, fig. 757h). Aedeagal shaft approximately rectilinear with pair of robust ventromedian hook-shaped processes (Young 1977, fig. 757f). Female pygofer with posterior margin broadly convex, ventral margin very long and rectilinear (Fig. 72). Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal margin broad and transversely truncate (Fig. 73). Valvula II with apex convex (Fig. 74).
Female length. 8.6 mm (n = 1).
Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 71) broad, slightly produced posteriorly; apical portion abruptly narrowed; posterior margin with median rectangular emargination bearing slight, triangular central projection. Sternite VIII absent. Pygofer (Fig. 72) moderately produced posteriorly; basal portion very elongate; dorsal margin irregularly sinuous in lateral view; posterior margin broadly convex; ventral margin very long and rectilinear; disc posteriorly with long and short macrosetae, ventral margin with row of long macrosetae, absent on basal portion. Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 73), with basal portion subtriangular and broad, with small lateral prominence; basal margin transversely truncate; blade similar to that of A. angusta. Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta, with apex convex (Fig. 74); teeth, on median portion, very prominent, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high, spaced from one another about one tooth length; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth (Fig. 74).
Material examined. USA: Arizona, one male and one female (USNM).
description: Published as part of Felix, Márcio & Mejdalani, Gabriel, 2017, The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species, pp. 101-127 in Zootaxa 4338 (1) on page 115, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1035586
Exochus Gravenhorst 1829
Creators: name: Kaplan, Emin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Exochus

description: Exochus Gravenhorst, 1829
Exochus Gravenhorst, 1829: 328, Type species: Ichneumon gravipes Gravenhorst
Amesolytus Förster, 1869: 161, Type species: Amesolytus ferrugineus Ashmead
Mima Davis, 1897: 206, Type species: Mima washingtonensis Davis
Xanthexochus Morley, 1913: 292, Type species: Xanthexochus scutellatus Morley
description: Published as part of Kaplan, Emin, 2024, Four new species of Darwin wasps from Türkiye, pp. 456-466 in Zootaxa 5424 (4) on page 463, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/10821539
Apogonalia pennata Nielson & Godoy 1995
Creators: name: Felix, Márcio
name: Mejdalani, Gabriel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Apogonalia
Apogonalia pennata

description: Apogonalia pennata Nielson & Godoy, 1995
(Figs 75–77)
Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum almost entirely black. Pronotum (Fig. 75) with small white maculae. Mesonotum (Fig. 75) posteriorly white. Forewing (Fig. 75) uniformly red; apical portion dark. Face almost entirely black. Clypeus laterally white and with large dorsal black macula. Male pygofer posteriorly truncate with inner, ventroapical short tapered spine, medially directed. Paraphyses with Y-shaped basal plate; rami long and narrow, with strong subapical expansion and apex acute, right ramus apical and left one subapical. Aedeagal shaft with basiventral paired hook processes, anteriorly directed. Female sternite VII (Fig. 76) with posterior margin broadly convex with median trapezoidal emargination bordered by minute spines and slight central triangular projection. Sternite VIII (Fig. 77), in dorsal view, with broad, subtrapezoidal bilobate sclerotized plate; anterior margin truncate with deep and broad median emargination.
Female length. 9.6–10.0 mm (n = 3).
Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 76) slightly produced posteriorly; posterior margin broadly convex with median trapezoidal emargination bordered by minute spines and slight central triangular projection. Sternite VIII (Fig. 77), in dorsal view, with broad, subtrapezoidal bilobate sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate truncate, with deep and broad median emargination; posterior margin broadly concave. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta. Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal portion very similar to that of A. blanchardi; blade similar to that of A. angusta. Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth spaced from one another about one tooth length on median portion of blade.
Material examined. Costa Rica: Limón, four males and four females (BYU).
description: Published as part of Felix, Márcio & Mejdalani, Gabriel, 2017, The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species, pp. 101-127 in Zootaxa 4338 (1) on page 115, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1035586
Okubasca paracalvata Yu & Yang 2019, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Yu, Xiaofei
name: Yang, Maofa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Okubasca
Okubasca paracalvata

description: Okubasca paracalvata Yu & Yang, sp. nov.
(Figs 18–34)
Type materials. Holotype. Male, Shiqian, Guizhou Province, 10. August. 2011, coll. Qiongzhang Song and Fangling Xu. Paratype. 1 male, the same data as holotype.
Description. Length. Male 3.8mm.
Body yellowish (Figs 18, 19, 20). Median length of vertex more than 1/2 width between eyes. Crown about as wide as pronotum. Coronal suture brownish, almost reaching apex of vertex, eyes brownish (Figs 18, 19). Eyes brownish, middle length of vertex more than 1/2 width of eyes (Figs 18, 21). Face yellowish, convex in lateral view, without patches (Figs 19, 20, 22, 23). Pronotum with irregular yellow stripes and a big median yellow patch at anterior margin, remainder yellow (Figs 18, 21). Scutellum almost white yellowish, scutoscutellar sulcus brownish (Fig 21).
Basal sternal abdominal apodemes reaching middle of segment IV (Fig 26). Male pygofer triangular, ventral margin involute and bearing ca. 3 rigid microsetae, posterior margin with 5–6 rigid microsetae, ventral pygofer appendage short, tapered (Figs 27, 29), dorsal bridge less than 1/3 length of pygofer (Fig 29). Subgenital plate elongate, gradually narrowed from base apicad, bearing ca. 40 group B setae, with 11 group C setae arranged in two rows, few group D setae, pigmented apically (Fig 28). Paramere slender, with 7 setae subapically followed by 5 micro-teeth (Fig 30). Aedeagus robust, beyond ventral margin of pygofer side, preatrium short, dorsal apodeme undeveloped, shaft curved to dorsal view and tubular, with base broad then gradually narrowed in lateral view and a longitudinal keel and dorsally on shaft (Figs 31, 32). Anal tube process elongated, apex pointed (Fig 33). Connective longer than wide, broad at base (Fig 34).
Remarks. Okubasca paracalvata mainly differs from O. calva t a by aedeagus shaft with longitudinal keel and dorsally on shaft; anterior margin of vertex rounded (Fig 21).
Etymology. The species name refers to the similarity of the aedeagus to Okubasca calvata.
Distribution. China (Guizhou).
description: Published as part of Yu, Xiaofei & Yang, Maofa, 2019, Okubasca Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) elevated to separate genus status with description of two new species from China, pp. 395-400 in Zootaxa 4609 (2) on page 398, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.2.13, http://zenodo.org/record/3187575
Apogonalia EvaNs 1947
Creators: name: Felix, Márcio
name: Mejdalani, Gabriel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Apogonalia

description: Apogonalia pinguiS Young, 1977
(Figs 78–82)
Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum yellow with black marks. Crown (Fig. 78) with six large black marks, two pairs on anterior margin, one pair between ocelli. Pronotum (Fig. 78) with pair of anterolateral black maculae adjacent to eyes; disc with two pairs of narrow longitudinal black stripes. Mesonotum (Fig. 78) with pair of longitudinal black stripes on mesoscutum. Forewing (Figs 78, 79) pinkish with narrow elongate black maculae on veins; corium with large elliptical black mark on outer discal cell; costal area anteriorly yellow; apical portion with two transverse blackish stripes. Face yellow with black marks. Frons with pair of elongate, mediolateral Y-shaped black marks; lateral margin with black stripe. Clypeus with median black stripe dorsally bifurcated. Aedeagal shaft with pair of ventroapical acute processes (Young 1977, fig. 747f). Female sternite VII (Fig. 80) with conspicuous central black macula; posterior margin with median concavity.
Female length. 8.3 mm (n = 1).
Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 80) similar to that of A. angusta but with posteromedian concavity slightly narrower. Sternite VIII (Fig. 81), in dorsal view, with semilunar sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate with pair of short lateral convex lobes. Pygofer (Fig. 82) with posterodorsal margin, in lateral view, broadly concave; disc with dorsal oblique row of long macrosetae, extending from central portion to posterodorsal margin, posteroventral portion with long macrosetae on apical half. Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal portion similar to that of A. histrio; blade similar to that of A. angusta. Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth spaced from one another about one tooth length on median portion; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.
Material examined. Dominican Republic: La Vega, one male and one female (UKL); Pedernales, one female (CMNH); Independencia, one male (CMNH).
description: Published as part of Felix, Márcio & Mejdalani, Gabriel, 2017, The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species, pp. 101-127 in Zootaxa 4338 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1035586
Nasuscoelum Santos & Mascarenhas & Müller 2023, n. gen.
Creators: name: Santos, José Junior Dos
name: Mascarenhas, Carolina Silveira
name: Müller, Gertrud
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Cyclocoelidae
Nasuscoelum

description: Genus: Nasuscoelum n. gen.
Type- and only species: Nasuscoelum pampensis n. sp.
Etymology: The genus name derives from the most parasitized site of infection (nasal cavity)
Figs. 1 & 2
description: Published as part of Santos, José Junior Dos, Mascarenhas, Carolina Silveira & Müller, Gertrud, 2023, A new genus and new species of Cyclocoelidae (Digenea), a parasite in spotted rail, Pardirallus maculatus (Gruiformes: Rallidae), in the Pampa biome, southern Brazil, pp. 120-126 in Zootaxa 5319 (1) on pages 121-122, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/8182254
Bonomiella insolitunguicolata Conci 1942
Creators: name: Cicchino, Armando C.
name: González-Acuña, Daniel Alfonso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Menoponidae
Bonomiella
Bonomiella insolitunguicolata

description: Bonomiella insolitunguicolata Conci, 1942
Conci 1942. Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali 23 (2): 2–4, figs 1–5. Hopkins & Clay 1952: 51.
Price et al. 2003: 93.
Type host. “ Colombo ”.
Remarks. female body measurements given by Conci (1942: 4, repeated in Tendeiro 1980: 51) fall within the range given by Złotorzycka & Lucińska (1967: 344) for B. columbae. Futhermore, drawings and body measurements given by Conci (1942: figs. 1–5) fit well with those given by Emerson (1957, fig 1), Złotorzycka & Lucińska (1967) and Ribbeck (1972) for B. columbae, as well as with the female of this species examined by us (see above, fig. 1 and Table 1). Regarding its type host, Hopkins & Clay (1952: 51) stated that it is “(Colombo) = Some member of the Columbidae ”, and Price et al. (2003: 93) as “Some columbiform”. It must be noted that in Italian language the word “Colombo” currently refers to the male of the rocky pigeon (C. livia) while “Colomba” if for female, and “Piccione” for this species including both sexes. In spite of this, it is reasonable to think that the type host may be, in fact, C. livia. If this assumption proves to be correct, B. columbae would become a junior synonym of B. insolitunguicolata, the type-species of the genus. To solve this intriguing question is to examine the type specimens (3 females), if still in existence, presumable housed at the Genoa Museum. An early attempt to examine then has been carried out by one of us (ACC) in 1972 asking Dr. Conci about the returning and destination of the specimens examined by him in 1941-42. In an extensive letter he informed that he returned them to the Genoa Museum in 1942, just in the full development of the Second World War, and ignoring if Genoa Museum received these specimens. By 1973 the authorities also informed that the referred specimens have not been still found in the entomological collections, at that date in process of cataloging. Since that time, we no longer insisted on this subject.
Notes: (1) average of 11 females and 1 male. (2) average of the range given in page 23. (3) taken using the scale of
illustration of the paper, (4) average of 6 specimens, (5) average of 4 specimens. (6) for 1 male, 1 female, (7) average of
the ranges provided in the text, from 3 specimens.
description: Published as part of Cicchino, Armando C. & González-Acuña, Daniel Alfonso, 2012, Species in the genus Bonomiella Conci, 1942 (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from Argentina and Chile, pp. 47-56 in Zootaxa 3427 on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212897