cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cyclopes rufus Miranda, Casali, Perini, Machado & Santos 2017
Creators: name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Don E. Wilson
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Pilosa
Cyclopedidae
Cyclopes
Cyclopes rufus

description: 5.
Red Silky Anteater
Cyclopes rufus
French: Myrmidon roux / German: Rotlicher Zwergameisenbar / Spanish: Oso hormiguero sedoso rojo
Taxonomy. Cyclopes rufus Miranda et al., 2017,
“Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil (08°51°167S; 064°00’53"W).” This species is monotypic.
Distribution. W Amazon Basin, in interfluve between Rio Madeira and Rio Aripuana; N limit is possibly Amazon River, and S limit is unknown.
Descriptive notes. No specific data are available. Color of the Red Silky Anteater is unique; dorsum has a distinct reddish
tone, and tail and limbs are more yellowish red. Ventral and dorsalstripes are absent. Fronto-nasal region of skull is not depressed, giving a straight profile. External aperture of ear is directed laterally. Naso-maxillary sutures are about parallel, with wide fronto-maxillary suture. Fronto-parietal suture is trapezoidal, and pterygoid bone does not overlap tympanic bulla.
Habitat. Amazonian forest.
Food and Feeding. The Red Silky Anteater is an opportunistic forager. Its diet consists almost entirely of ants.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. The Red Silky Anteater is found in areas between Madeira and Aripuana rivers that suffer from environmental degradation and effects of large hydroelectric dams. The Red Silky Anteater is probably threatened with extinction, and its distribution and population status, considering recent taxonomic changes, need to be urgently evaluated.
Bibliography. Hayssen et al. (2012), Miranda et al. (2017).
description: Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Cyclopedidae, pp. 99-102 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 101, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6627824
Tetraneura sorini Hille Ris Lambers 1970
Creators: name: Watanabe, Tomoko
name: Lee, Wonhoon
name: Sano, Masakazu
name: Murakami, Keisuke
name: Akimoto, Shin-Ichi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Tetraneura
Tetraneura sorini

description: Tetraneura sorini Hille Ris Lambers, 1970
Another species in the species group is T. sorini, which was described based on a specimen collected from a gall on a leaf of Ulmus sp. in Sapporo, Hokkaido. The host plant is most likely U. davidiana var. japonica, which is the most common elm species in Hokkaido. Hille Ris Lambers (1970) reported that this species is also distributed in Korea. Tetraneura sorini is sometimes confused with T. akinire sensu novo because the fundatrix first instars of T. sorini coexist with those of T. akinire and other Tetraneura species on the same elm tree. The fundatrix first instar of this species is very large in body size and parasitic to other Tetraneura species, usurping incipient galls of T. akinire or other Tetraneura species (Akimoto & Yamaguchi 1997; Muramatsu & Akimoto 2016); thus, T. sorini galls frequently coexist with those of other species. We redescribed this species based on the fundatrix first instar, emigrant and sexupara.
description: Published as part of Watanabe, Tomoko, Lee, Wonhoon, Sano, Masakazu, Murakami, Keisuke & Akimoto, Shin-Ichi, 2022, Taxonomic revision of the Tetraneura akinire species group (Insecta, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae), with description of a new species and a correction of a nomenclatural confusion, pp. 162-186 in Zootaxa 5183 (1) on page 164, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.14, http://zenodo.org/record/7070086
Cyclopes xinguensis Miranda, Casali, Perini, Machado & Santos 2017
Creators: name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Don E. Wilson
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Pilosa
Cyclopedidae
Cyclopes
Cyclopes xinguensis

description: 6.
Xingu Silky Anteater
Cyclopes xinguensis
French: Myrmidon du Xingu / German: Xingu-Zwergameisenbar / Spanish: Oso hormiguero sedoso de Xingu
Taxonomy. Cyclopes xinguensis Miranda et al., 2017,
“Vitoria do Xingu, Para, Brazil (Usina Belo Monte) (03°17°12”S; 051°53’48"W).” This species is monotypic.
Distribution. E Brazilian Amazon, limited in N by Amazon River, in W by Rio Madeira, and in E by Rio Xingu; S limit is unknown.
Descriptive notes. No specific data are available. Dorsal color of the Xingu Silky Anteater is gray, rump is yellow, venter is pale yellowish, and legs and tail are gray. Dorsalstripe is evident, and ventral stripe is indistinct and irregular. Fronto-nasal region of skull is not depressed, giving a
straight profile. External aperture of ear is directed laterally. Naso-maxillary sutures are about parallel to each other, with wide fronto-maxillary suture. Fronto-parietalis triangular, and pterygoid bone overlaps tympanic bulla.
Habitat. Amazonian forests.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. The Xingu Silky Anteater lives in an area with substantial environmental degradation and is probably threatened with extinction. Its distribution and population status, considering recent taxonomic changes, need to be urgently evaluated.
Bibliography. Miranda et al. (2017).
description: Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Cyclopedidae, pp. 99-102 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on pages 101-102, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6627824
Cernotina aruma Santos & Nessimian, 2008, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Santos, Allan Paulo Moreira
name: Nessimian, Jorge Luiz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Polycentropodidae
Cernotina
Cernotina aruma

description: Cernotina aruma sp. nov.
Figs. 13–16
Description. Male. Length of each forewing 2.7–3.0 mm. General color, in alcohol, pale brown; head and thorax with golden setae, antennae light yellow, legs pale brown with dark brown setae, wings light brown with dark setae. Male genitalia. Sternum IX short with deep U-shaped incision in anterior margin (Fig. 15). Tergum X membranous, divided mesally into 2 broad lobes covered by long setae (Figs. 13, 14). Preanal appendages with dorsolateral lobes short, broad basally, subtriangular laterally, bearing very long setae (Figs. 13, 14); and with ventromesal lobes simple, short and rod-like, each bearing stout apical spine surrounded by short, dark setae (Figs. 13, 14). Inferior appendages elongate, apically darkened; each with basodorsal lobe fingershaped, strongly sclerotized, with apex curved inward, and bearing three short spine-like setae on internal surface (Figs. 13, 15). Phallus tubular, short, with dorsoapical area depressed; internally, with 2 dark spines posteriorly, and phallicata sclerite formed by set of 3 pieces anteriorly (Fig. 16).
Remarks. This species is not clearly related to any other species described in the genus. Cernotina aruma sp. nov. has a ventromesal lobe of each preanal appendage similar to that of C. compressa and C. odonta sp. nov., in that it is simple, bearing a stout apical spine. However, C. pesae can be easily distinguished by the presence of a dorsolateral lobe on each preanal appendage; and by the inferior appendages, each with its basodorsal lobe finger-shaped, apically curved inward, and bearing three spine-like setae on the internal surface.
Holotype male: BRAZIL: Amazonas: Manaus, Igarapé Arumã, tributary to Rio Cuieiras, 02°30'55.2"S 60°15'44.4"W, 23.viii.2004, J.L.Nessimian & L.Fidelis, light trap (INPA)
Paratypes: Same data as holotype, 1 male (INPA); Manaus, tributary to Rio Cuieiras, 02°32'10.0"S 60°19'01.9"W, 23.viii.2004, J.L.Nessimian & L.Fidelis, light trap, 1 male (INPA); tributary to Rio Cuieiras, 02°04'13.9"S 60°23'01.4"W, 19.viii.2004, J.L.Nessimian & L.Fidelis, light trap, 1 male (INPA); tributary to Rio Branquinho, 02°31'24.6"S 60°20'05.3"W, 25.viii.2004, J.L.Nessimian & L.Fidelis, light trap, 1 male (INPA); tributary to Rio Branquinho, 02°29'35.1"S 60°20'03.1"W, 26.viii.2004, J.L.Nessimian & L.Fidelis, light trap, 23 males (11 males, INPA; 12 males, DZRJ).
Etymology. The species name refers to the stream where the holotype was collected.
description: Published as part of Santos, Allan Paulo Moreira & Nessimian, Jorge Luiz, 2008, Five new species of Cernotina Ross (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) from Central Amazonia, Brazil, pp. 25-33 in Zootaxa 1899 on page 30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184493
Tetraneura fusiformis Matsumura 1917
Creators: name: Watanabe, Tomoko
name: Lee, Wonhoon
name: Sano, Masakazu
name: Murakami, Keisuke
name: Akimoto, Shin-Ichi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Tetraneura
Tetraneura fusiformis

description: Tetraneura fusiformis Matsumura, 1917
This species was described based on gall generations of U. davidiana var. japonica collected from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The gall was reported to be rosy-red and spindle-shaped. Rosy-red galls are common in U. davidiana var. japonica in central and northern Hokkaido, Japan (Figure 1I). Type specimens are considered to be lost. Hille Ris Lambers (1970) treated this specific name as a junior synonym of T.nigriabdominalis sensu Hille Ris Lambers (1970). However, Blackman & Eastop (2021) and Favret (2021) treated T. fusiformis as a valid name. Therefore, currently, the taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships between T. akinire in Honshu and T. fusiformis in Hokkaido have not been evaluated. Lee et al. (2012) showed that T. nigriabdominalis (= T. akinire) and T. fusiformis are genetically divided into two groups (types A and B) based on the mitochondrial COI sequence, with ca. 2% divergence between the two types. Type A (T. akinire) is widely distributed in Japan, whereas type B (T. fusiformis) is distributed only in Hokkaido, with the two types coexisting at Sapporo. Thus, it is necessary to determine whether the two types can be regarded as the same species, and how T. fusiformis should be taxonomically dealt with. The present study examines this problem based on morphological and molecular evidence. To examine the phylogenetic relationships between T. akinire and T. fusiformis, we compared the mitochondrial COI sequences of samples collected widely from Europe, North America, Japan (Honshu, Okinawa, and Hokkaido), South Korea, and Malaysia.
description: Published as part of Watanabe, Tomoko, Lee, Wonhoon, Sano, Masakazu, Murakami, Keisuke & Akimoto, Shin-Ichi, 2022, Taxonomic revision of the Tetraneura akinire species group (Insecta, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae), with description of a new species and a correction of a nomenclatural confusion, pp. 162-186 in Zootaxa 5183 (1) on page 165, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.14, http://zenodo.org/record/7070086
Cyclopes catellus Thomas 1928
Creators: name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Don E. Wilson
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Pilosa
Cyclopedidae
Cyclopes
Cyclopes catellus

description: 7.
Amboro Silky Anteater
Cyclopes catellus
French: Myrmidon de Bolivie / German: Bolivien-Zwergameisenbar / Spanish: Oso hormiguero sedoso de Amboré
Taxonomy. Cyclopes didactylus catellus Thomas, 1928, “Buenavista, 500 metres,” Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Cyclopes catellus was described based on differences in pelage, shortertail, and absence of dorsalstripe but with clearly visible ventral (sternal) stripe, considered broader than
in other taxa. O. Thomas in 1928 stated that observations were based on uniform series of specimens and that even young had this color pattern. Unfortunately, DNA samples of C. catellus were not available for the study by F. R. Miranda and colleagues in 2017, so its phylogenetic relationships and divergence in relation to other taxa of Cyclopes remain uncertain. Cyclopes catellus represents the southernmost occurrence of Cyclopes, being markedly
different from its neighbor’s in qualitative characteristics, and its distribution might suggest an isolated occurrence, not in contact with other species of Cyclopes. Based on distinctive and very consistent color pattern (only taxon with clearly marked venter and no dorsal stripe), unique combination of cranial characteristics, and distribution, it is recognized as a distinct species, pending further genetic studies. Monotypic.
Distribution. C Bolivia, probably Andean slopes forests.
Descriptive notes. No specific data are available. General color of the Amboro Silky Anteater is brown yellowish, and tail and limbs are more yellowish. Dorsal dark stripe is absent, and sternal stripe is strongly developed and extensive. Fronto-nasal region of skull is not depressed, giving a straight profile. External aperture of earis directed anteriorly. Naso-maxillary sutures diverge proximally, with very short fronto-maxillary suture. Fronto-parietal suture is horseshoe-shaped, and pterygoid bone overlaps tympanic bulla.
Habitat. Andean slopes forests.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. Gestation of the Amboro Silky Anteater lasts 120-150 days.
Activity patterns. The Amboro Silky Anteater is nocturnal.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. Surveys are necessary to delineate areas of occurrence of the Amboro Silky Anteater in Bolivia and to evaluate its conservation status.
Bibliography. Gardner (2008), Miranda et al. (2017), Thomas (1928).
description: Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Cyclopedidae, pp. 99-102 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 102, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6627824
Cernotina flexuosa Santos & Nessimian, 2008, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Santos, Allan Paulo Moreira
name: Nessimian, Jorge Luiz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Polycentropodidae
Cernotina
Cernotina flexuosa

description: Cernotina flexuosa sp. nov.
Figs. 17–20
Description. Male. Length of each forewing 2.6–2.9 mm. General color, in alcohol, pale brown; head and thorax with golden setae, antennae light yellow, legs pale brown with dark brown setae, wings pale brown with brown setae. Male genitalia. Sternum IX short, with deep incision U-shaped in anterior margin (Fig. 19). Tergum X membranous, divided mesally in 2 lobes covered by long setae (Figs. 17, 18). Preanal appendages with dorsolateral lobes short, broad and oblong, with long setae (Figs. 17, 18); and with ventromesal lobes simple, bent, and apices narrowed, gradually darkened, and curved laterad (Figs. 17, 18). Inferior appendages elongate, apically dark, each with internal apical face straight; its basodorsal lobe reaching apex of main body of appendage, strongly sclerotized, depressed, bearing four spine-like setae on internal surface, apically truncate with short apicomesal projection (Figs. 17, 19). Phallus tubular, short, with apicodorsal area depressed; internally with 2 long dark spines posteriorly, and phallicata sclerite with ventral semicircular piece and pair of oval plates dorsally (Fig. 20).
Remarks. This new species is very similar to Cernotina filiformis Flint, 1971, particularly in the shapes of the ventromesal lobes of the preanal appendages and tergum X. Cernotina flexuosa sp. nov. can be distinguished from C. filiformis by the free, strongly sclerotized, and apically truncate basodorsal lobe of each inferior appendage; and by the phallus bearing 2 long straight spines.
Holotype male: BRAZIL: Amazonas: Rio Preto da Eva municipality, tributary to Rio Preto da Eva, 02°41'28.7"S 59°42'01.3"W, 24.iv.2004, J.L.Nessimian, light trap (INPA).
Paratypes: same data as holotype, 1 male (INPA); Rio Preto da Eva municipality, tributary to Rio Preto da Eva, 02°41'24.3"S 59°42'01.8"W, 24.iv.2004, J.L.Nessimian, light trap, 1 male (DZRJ); tributary to Rio Preto da Eva, 02°38'14.6"S 59°44'09.9"W, 23.iv.2004, J.L.Nessimian, light trap, 1 male (DZRJ). Etymology. From Latin flexuosa (“winding” or “bent”) in allusion to the shape of the ventromesal lobes of the preanal appendages.
description: Published as part of Santos, Allan Paulo Moreira & Nessimian, Jorge Luiz, 2008, Five new species of Cernotina Ross (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) from Central Amazonia, Brazil, pp. 25-33 in Zootaxa 1899 on pages 31-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184493
Tetraneura undetermined
Creators: name: Watanabe, Tomoko
name: Lee, Wonhoon
name: Sano, Masakazu
name: Murakami, Keisuke
name: Akimoto, Shin-Ichi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Tetraneura
Tetraneura undetermined

description: Undescribed species, Tetraneura sp. O
Greenish and globular galls of a Tetraneura species sometimes coexist with reddish and spindle-shaped galls of T. akinire sensu novo on the same tree of U. davidiana var. japonica in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The former species has been treated as T. sp. O (Akimoto 1995; Akimoto & Yamaguchi 1994, 1997; Tomisawa & Akimoto 2004; Muramatsu & Akimoto 2014, 2016). This species is reported to be smaller in the first instar fundatrix (Akimoto & Yamaguchi 1997), with completely smooth tarsi in the first instars of the root generation. According to the criteria of Hille Ris Lambers (1970), this species is classified as T. akinire sensu Hille Ris Lambers (1970); however, in addition to the smaller body size of fundatrix first instars, molecular analyses indicated that the species has distinct sequences from T. akinire in the mitochondrial COI gene, but is closely related to T. akinire and T. sorini, forming the T. akinire species group (see Results and Discussion). We describe this species as new to science under the name of T. ovaliformis sp. nov. Similar globular galls were collected from U. davidiana in South Korea. The specific status of the Korean gall formers will be discussed based on morphological and molecular information.
description: Published as part of Watanabe, Tomoko, Lee, Wonhoon, Sano, Masakazu, Murakami, Keisuke & Akimoto, Shin-Ichi, 2022, Taxonomic revision of the Tetraneura akinire species group (Insecta, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae), with description of a new species and a correction of a nomenclatural confusion, pp. 162-186 in Zootaxa 5183 (1) on page 165, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.14, http://zenodo.org/record/7070086
Eucriotettix Hebard 1930
Creators: name: Tan, Ming Kai
name: Storozhenko, Sergey Yu
name: Hwang, Wei Song
name: Meier, Rudolf
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tetrigidae
Eucriotettix

description: Genus Eucriotettix Hebard, 1930
Eucriotettix Hebard, 1930: 573; Günther, 1938: 167; Kevan, 1966: 378; Steinmann, 1970: 224; Shishodia, 1991: 175; Blackish, 1992: 55; Ichikawa, 1994: 465; Otte, 1997: 76; Liang & Zheng, 1998: 85, 241; Zheng, 2005: 95, 453; Mahmood et al., 2007: 1282; Deng et al., 2012: 486; Li et al., 2014: 2084.
Systolotettix Hebard, 1930: 580 (type species: Criotettix exsertus Bolívar, 1902, by original designation); synonymized by Günther (1938).
Type species: Criotettix tricarinatus Bolívar, 1887, by original designation.
Notes. The diagnosis of the genus Eucriotettix and key to Chinese species are published recently (Deng et al., 2012; Li et al., 2014).
Composition and distribution. The genus currently consists of 38 described species (Hebard, 1930; Günther, 1938; Blackish, 1992; Zheng, 2005; Li et al., 2014; Storozhenko & Dawwrueng, 2015; Cigliano et al., 2016). Majority of them are the locally endemic (Zheng & Ou, 2001; Otte, 1997; Deng et al., 2012). Only seven species of Eucriotettix are more or less widely distributed in Asia: E. spinilobus (Hancock, 1904) is known from Sri Lanka and India, E. maculatus (Kirby 1914) from Myanmar and India, E. dohertyi (Hancock, 1915) from India and China, E. tricarinatus (Bolívar, 1887) from Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia and Philippines, E. grandis (Hancock, 1912) from India, Nepal, Thailand and China, E. oculatus (Bolívar, 1898) from Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Taiwan and Japan (Ryukyu Islands), and E. ridleyi Günther, 1938 is recorded from Singapore, China and Indonesia (Shishodia, 1991; Ichikawa, 1994; Blackish & Blackish, 1987; Liang & Zheng, 1998; Ingrisch, 2001; Mahmood at al., 2007; Kim & Pham, 2014; Storozhenko & Dawwrueng, 2015). Two new sympatric species of this genus are described from Singapore below.
description: Published as part of Tan, Ming Kai, Storozhenko, Sergey Yu, Hwang, Wei Song & Meier, Rudolf, 2017, Integrative taxonomy reveals two sympatric species of the genus Eucriotettix Hebard, 1930 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), pp. 377-394 in Zootaxa 4268 (3) on pages 381-383, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/580491
Epipedus Spinola 1837
Creators: name: Lupoli, Roland
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Epipedus

description: Epipedus Spinola, 1837
Epipedus Spinola, 1837: 314 –315 (description); Rolston, 1987: 69 –70 (diagnosis)
Diagnosis. Body length larger than 10.0 mm. Shape of the body oval with a ratio of length versus width of the body larger than 1.39 (Fig. 1 C & 1G). Mandibular plates reflexed along lateral margins, converging over clypeus apically. Antennae 4-segmented: antennomers I surpassing apex of head, antennomers II with black spot at the tip, longer than antennomers III (not seen in E. rolstoni because they are missing). Anterolateral margins of pronotum convex. Corium with black deep contrasting punctations. Anterolateral border of exocorium flat. Apices of tibiae triangular.
Comments. Rolston (1987) mentioned the mandibular plates strongly reflexed along lateral margins, the antennomers I surpassing apex of head, the anterolateral margins of pronotum strongly reflexed and tibiae with apex flattened or broadly rounded, as diagnosis characters of Epipedus, but not the other ones above. The other characters he mentioned are not diagnostic.
description: Published as part of Lupoli, Roland, 2016, Diagnosis of Calagasma Bergroth and Epipedus Spinola with description of Calagasma eclipsa sp. nov. and Epipedus rolstoni sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Carpocorini), pp. 330-338 in Zootaxa 4170 (2) on page 331, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/260743
MPEC 2024-X138 : 2024 XF4
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 XF4

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Diaphorus tridentatus Yang and Saigusa 2000
Creators: name: Wang, Mengqing
name: Yang, Ding
name: Grootaert, Patrick
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Diaphorus
Diaphorus tridentatus

description: Diaphorus tridentatus Yang and Saigusa, 2000
Diaphorus tridentatus Yang and Saigusa, 2000, Bull. Inst. Royal Sci. Nat. Belg. Ent. 70: 235. Type locality: Sichuan.
Material examined Two males, Taiwan: Kaohsung­hs, Hungshuichi (500m), Liukuei­hsiang, 22. XI. 1997, T. Saigusa.
Distribution Sichuan, Taiwan.
Trigonocera tongshiensis (Yang, 2002), comb. nov.
Diaphorus tongshiensis Yang, 2002. In: Forestry Insects of Hainan: 746. Type locality: Hainan.
Comments
Male Trigonocera is similar to male Diaphorus, but can be separated from the latter by the elongated and large subtriangular (distinctly longer than wide) first flagellomere with apical or subapical arista. In Diaphorus, the first flagellomere is short and small somewhat round (about as long as wide or wider than long), bearing dorsal or middle dorsal arista.
Distribution Hainan.
Discussion on the biogeography
China belongs faunistically to two zoogeographical realms: the Palaearctic Realm and the Oriental Realm. Seven zoogeographical regions of China are pointed out by Zhang (1998), which are North­East China, North China, Neimeng­Xinjiang, Qinghai­Xizang, South­ West China, Central China and South China Regions. The former 4 regions belong to the Palaearctic Realm, while the latter 3 regions belong to the Oriental Realm. The genus Diaphorus chiefly occurs in the Oriental Realm, with 29 species found there. Only 3 species: D. basiniger, D. hebeiensis, and D. elongatus have been found in the Palaearctic Realm to date. Yunnan Province, which belongs to the South China Region, possesses a number of quite pristine tropical rain forests which are considered to be the largest nature reserves of China. The genus is well represented in the area, to our knowledge, at least 15 species occur there. It indicates that the genus Diaphorus may prefer tropical climates, even though D. elongatus has only been founded in Xinjiang and D. xizangensis in Tibet (= Xizang) so far. The wide distribution pattern of Diaphorus shows its extensive adaptability to the environment. Undoubtedly, the South China Region is the distribution center of the Chinese species because of the abundant species diversity.
Acknowledgements
We are very grateful to Fasheng Li, Wenquan Zhen and Xingyue Liu (Beijing) for collecting the specimens. We are also grateful to Professor Dawei Huang (Beijing) for his help in many ways. This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30225009)
description: Published as part of Wang, Mengqing, Yang, Ding & Grootaert, Patrick, 2006, Four new species of the genus Diaphorus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 1166 on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2645453
Cyrtosia Perris
Creators: name: Gharali, Babak
name: Evenhuis, Neal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Bombyliidae
Cyrtosia

description: Genus Cyrtosia Perris
Cyrtosia Perris, 1839: 54. Type species: Cyrtosia marginata Perris, 1839, by monotypy.
Diagnosis. Cyrtosia is distinguished from other genera in the Platypyginae by two characters: an open discal cell and the normal postgena (Greathead & Evenhuis 2001).
description: Published as part of Gharali, Babak & Evenhuis, Neal, 2017, Review of the genus Cyrtosia Perris (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Platypyginae) in Iran, with description of three new species, pp. 230-244 in Zootaxa 4269 (2) on page 231, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582011
Spilopteron fuscomaculatum Wang 1988
Creators: name: Pham, Nhi Thi
name: Broad, Gavin R.
name: Matsumoto, Rikio
name: Achterberg, Cornelis Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Spilopteron
Spilopteron fuscomaculatum

description: Spilopteron fuscomaculatum Wang, 1988
(Fig. 3)
Spilopteron fuscomaculatum Wang, 1988. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 13(3): 300. Holotype: ♀, China: Guangxi (IOZAS).
Material examined. Vinh Phuc Province, Tam Dao NP: 1♀ 1♂ (OMNH), 30.v. 1997, 500 m a.s.l., hand net, Y. Arita et al. leg.; 1♂ (OMNH), 1.vi.1997; 2♂ (OMNH), 2.vi.1997, 500– 1000 m a.s.l., hand net, R. Matsumoto leg.; 4♂ (OMNH), 5.v.1998; 1♀ (OMNH), 7.v.1998; 1♀ 2♂ (OMNH), 8.v.1998, 900– 1200 m a.s.l., hand net, R. Matsumoto leg.; Vinh Phuc Province, Tay Thien: 1♀ (IEBR), 18.v. 2004, 500 m a.s.l. T.V. Hoang leg.
Distribution. Previously known from China (Wang, 1988), these are the first records of this species from Vietnam.
Remarks. The black spot below the fore wing pterostigma is distinct, weakly present or even absent in Vietnamese specimens, otherwise agreeing with the holotype female.
description: Published as part of Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R., Matsumoto, Rikio & Achterberg, Cornelis Van, 2019, First records of the genus Spilopteron Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of five new species, pp. 153-165 in Zootaxa 4590 (1) on page 156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/2651556
Eucriotettix
Creators: name: Tan, Ming Kai
name: Storozhenko, Sergey Yu
name: Hwang, Wei Song
name: Meier, Rudolf
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tetrigidae
Eucriotettix

description: Key to species of Eucriotettix from Singapore
1. Hind femur stouter, 3.2 times as long as wide. External lateral carina of pronotum distinctly raised and infrascapular area broadened (Fig. 7 А). Lower side of the lateral lobes of pronotum deeply excised behind triangularly pointed projection (Fig. 7 B).............................................................................. E. ridleyi Günther, 1938
- Hind femur slender, 3.4–3.8 times as long as wide. External lateral carina of pronotum almost straight and infrascapular area narrow (Figs 5 C, 5D, 6C, 6D). Lower side of the lateral lobes of pronotum behind triangular projection weakly excised (Figs 5 B, 6B) or almost straight (Figs 5 A, 6A)...................................................................2
2. Frontal ridge narrow; antennal socket situated distinctly above the lower margin of eyes (Fig. 8 B). Fore femur 3.8–4.1 times as long as wide; hind femur 3.4–3.5 times as long as wide. Lower side of the lateral lobes of pronotum behind triangularly pointed projection almost straight (Fig. 8 A). Male subgenital plate in lateral view shallow excised near apex (Fig. 8 D). Posterior margin of female subgenital plate broadly rounded with indistinct median projection (Fig. 8 G)........... E. guentheri sp. nov.
- Frontal ridge broadened; antennal socket situated between the lower margin of eyes (Fig. 8 I). Fore femur 4.2 times as long as wide; hind femur 3.6–3.8 times as long as wide. Lower side of the lateral lobes of pronotum behind projection excised (Fig. 8 H). Male subgenital plate in lateral view deeply excised near apex (Fig. 8 K). Posterior margin of female subgenital plate straight with distinct medial projection (Fig. 8 N)............................................ E. simulans sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Tan, Ming Kai, Storozhenko, Sergey Yu, Hwang, Wei Song & Meier, Rudolf, 2017, Integrative taxonomy reveals two sympatric species of the genus Eucriotettix Hebard, 1930 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), pp. 377-394 in Zootaxa 4268 (3) on page 384, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/580491
Cyrtosia
Creators: name: Gharali, Babak
name: Evenhuis, Neal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Bombyliidae
Cyrtosia

description: Key to species of the genus Cyrtosia known from Iran
1. Frons yellow, at most with small black spot medially......................................................... 2
-. Frons mostly black or with broad black stripe medially....................................................... 3
2. Scutellum mostly yellow............................................................. C. meridionalis Rondani
-. Scutellum completely matte black................................................ C. persica Gharali & Evenhuis
3. Halter knob with large brown spot dorsally............................ C. bispermatheca Gharali & Evenhuis, sp. nov.
-. Halter knob completely yellow.......................................................................... 4
4. Frons almost all black, at most ventral margin narrowly yellow.................................................5
-. Frons yellow with black line medially................................. C. baccadomus Gharali & Evenhuis, sp. nov.
5. Scutellum completely black, gray dusted....................................................... C. pusilla Loew
-. Scutellum black with yellow along posterior margin.......................... C. zieglerii Gharali & Evenhuis, sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Gharali, Babak & Evenhuis, Neal, 2017, Review of the genus Cyrtosia Perris (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Platypyginae) in Iran, with description of three new species, pp. 230-244 in Zootaxa 4269 (2) on page 231, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582011
Eucriotettix ridleyi Gunther 1938
Creators: name: Tan, Ming Kai
name: Storozhenko, Sergey Yu
name: Hwang, Wei Song
name: Meier, Rudolf
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tetrigidae
Eucriotettix
Eucriotettix ridleyi

description: Eucriotettix ridleyi Günther, 1938
Eucriotettix ridleyi Günther, 1938: 173 (holotype—male, Singapore; deposited in BMNH, London); Stenmann, 1970: 224; Blackith & Blackith, 1987: 3; Blackith, 1992: 60; Zheng, 2005: 96, 453; Deng et al., 2012: 489; Li et al., 2014: 2085.
Material examined. No specimen was examined by us, but the holotype was examined and images provided by Robin Ngiam. The comparison of the photographs (Figs. 7 A–C) with original description based on the holotype only (Günther, 1938) allow us to add some important characters in the diagnosis of this species.
Differential diagnosis. Vertex 1.4 times narrower than one eye seen from above. Antennal socket situated between the lower margins of eyes. External lateral carina of pronotum distinctly raised, infrascapular area broadened (Fig. 7 А). Lower side of the lateral lobes of pronotum deeply excised behind triangularly pointed projection (Fig. 7 B). Hind femur 3.2 times as long as wide. Eucriotettix ridleyi is similar to E. grandis (Hancock, 1912) and E. dohertyi (Hancock 1915), sharing the absence of a long spine on lower side of the pronotal lobes and the posterior pronotal process reaching two thirds of hind tibiae. E. ridleyi differs from E. grandis in the external lateral carina of pronotum (in E. grandis these carina almost straight) while the shape of lower side of pronotum is the same in both species and differs from E. doherty (in latter species the lower side almost quadrate, obliquely truncate posteriorly and gently notched). The differences of E. ridleyi from Singaporean congeners are given in a key above.
Measurements (in mm). Length of male pronotum 11.1; width of pronotum between shoulders 2.5, length of hind femur 5.1 (after Günther, 1938).
Distribution. Singapore, China (Yunnan, Hubei), Indonesia (Sulawesi).
description: Published as part of Tan, Ming Kai, Storozhenko, Sergey Yu, Hwang, Wei Song & Meier, Rudolf, 2017, Integrative taxonomy reveals two sympatric species of the genus Eucriotettix Hebard, 1930 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), pp. 377-394 in Zootaxa 4268 (3) on page 387, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/580491
D8.4 - Dissemination, exploitation and communication plan – intermediate
Creators: name: Di Giorgio, Sara
name: Lazzeri, Emma
name: Green, Dominique
name: Evangelinou, Betty
name: Méndez, Eva
name: Souyioultzoglou, Irakleitos
name: Sharma, Curtis
name: Anastasopoulou, Nana
name: Galeazzi, Fulvio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Open Science; FAIR; Skills, EOSC, Dissemination, Engagement, Communication

description: This deliverable describes the intermediate report on the dissemination, communication, and exploitation efforts of the Skills4EOSC project. 

This deliverable is an update to D8.3 “Skills4EOSC Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation” [D8.3]. Since the methodology, objectives, stakeholders, campaigns, activities and KPIs largely remain the same, only the updates and changes are noted in this deliverable. Where action items appear in D8.3 but are not mentioned in D8.4, these activities remain within the plan.
D 8.4 - Dissemination, exploitation and communication plan – intermediate
Creators: name: Di Giorgio, Sara
name: Lazzeri, Emma
name: Green, Dominique
name: Evangelinou, Betty
name: Méndez, Eva
name: Souyioultzoglou, Irakleitos
name: Sharma, Curtis
name: Anastasopoulou, Nana
name: Galeazzi, Fulvio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Open Science; FAIR; Skills, EOSC, Dissemination, Engagement, Communication

description: This deliverable describes the intermediate report on the dissemination, communication, and exploitation efforts of the Skills4EOSC project. 

This deliverable is an update to D8.3 “Skills4EOSC Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation” [D8.3]. Since the methodology, objectives, stakeholders, campaigns, activities and KPIs largely remain the same, only the updates and changes are noted in this deliverable. Where action items appear in D8.3 but are not mentioned in D8.4, these activities remain within the plan.
Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) oculifer Kisielewski 1981
Creators: name: Kolicka, Małgorzata
name: Kisielewski, Jacek
name: Nesteruk, Teresa
name: Zawierucha, Krzysztof
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Gastrotricha
Chaetonotida
Chaetonotidae
Chaetonotus
Chaetonotus oculifer

description: Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) cf. oculifer Kisielewski, 1981 (Table 10)
Locality: Site 2; session I, II, III.
Material: 4 specimens (all adult), all photographed.
Remarks: All specimens of C. (C.) cf. oculifer found in the Poznań Palm House correspond well with the original description of C. (C.) oculifer. However, they differ from the original description in that they lack a pair of ocellar granules, have a smaller body size (80.4–87.9 Μm vs 97–137 Μm), shorter pharynx (21.7–22.4 Μm vs 27–38 Μm), and a pair of posterior sensory bristles that are not mentioned in the original description. Inconsiderable morphometrical differences and the lack of ocellar granules do not justify describing C. (C.) cf. oculifer as a new taxon. In previous studies in some populations of C. (C.) oculifer not from the Sphagnum peat bogs a lack of ocular granules was also recorded (Kisielewski, unpublished data).
Distribution: Previously recorded in Australia (Kisielewski 1997a), Brazil (Kisielewski 1991), France (Kisielewski 1997a), Great Britain (Martin 1981), Poland (e.g. Kisielewska & Kisielewski 1986a, b, c), Russia (e.g. Tretjakova 1991) and Sweden (Kånneby et al. 2009).
description: Published as part of Kolicka, Małgorzata, Kisielewski, Jacek, Nesteruk, Teresa & Zawierucha, Krzysztof, 2013, Gastrotricha from the Poznań Palm House — one new subgenus and three new species of freshwater Chaetonotida (Gastrotricha), pp. 231-279 in Zootaxa 3717 (2) on page 262, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/246596
Tetraneura ovaliformis Watanabe & Lee & Sano & Murakami & Akimoto 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Watanabe, Tomoko
name: Lee, Wonhoon
name: Sano, Masakazu
name: Murakami, Keisuke
name: Akimoto, Shin-Ichi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Tetraneura
Tetraneura ovaliformis

description: Diagnoses of Tetraneura ovaliformis sp. nov., T. akinire, and T. sorini
I. Fundatrix first instar nymph
T. ovaliformis sp. nov.: Body 0.62−0.71 (0.65) mm long, antenna 0.12−0.14 (0.13) mm long, and hind femorotrochanter 0.15−0.19 (0.17) mm long. Antennae 0.75−0.89 (0.81) times as long as hind femorotrochanter. Ultimate rostral segment 0.09−0.11 (0.10) mm long and 0.50−0.64 (0.57) times as long as hind femorotrochanter.
T. akinire: Body 0.63−0.83 (0.75) mm long, antenna 0.15−0.18 (0.16) mm long, and hind femorotrochanter 0.18−0.27 (0.23) mm long. Antennae 0.58−0.75 (0.68) times as long as hind femorotrochanter. Ultimate rostral segment 0.10−0.12 (0.11) mm long and 0.44−0.52 (0.47) times as long as hind femorotrochanter.
T. sorini: Body 0.76−1.19 (0.93) mm long, antenna 0.18−0.20 (0.18) mm long, and hind femorotrochanter 0.22−0.43(0.33)mm long.Antennae0.54−0.59(0.57)times as long as hind femorotrochanter.Ultimate rostral segment 0.10−0.17 (0.14) mm long and 0.28−0.55 (0.41) times as long as hind femorotrochanter. Tergites sclerotized strongly.
II. Emigrant adult
T. ovaliformis sp. nov.: First tarsal chaetotaxy 3:3:3. Antenna 0.36−0.38 (0.37) times as long as body. Antennal segment III 0.23−0.29 (0.25) mm long.
T. akinire: First tarsal chaetotaxy 3:2−3:2. Antenna 0.28−0.37 (0.33) times as long as body. Antennal segment III 0.18−0.25 (0.22) mm long.
T. sorini: First tarsal chaetotaxy 3:2:2. Antenna 0.34−0.38 (0.36) times as long as body. Antennal segment III 0.19−0.23 (0.21) mm long.
III. Sexupara adult
T. ovaliformis sp. nov.: First tarsal chaetotaxy 3:3:3. Antenna 0.43−0.46 (0.44) times as long as body. Antennal segment III 0.28−0.39 (0.33) mm long. Cornicle 0.039 −0.053 (0.045) mm in diameter. Wax gland plates on marginal abdomen with minute round facets of similar size.
T. akinire: First tarsal chaetotaxy 3:2−3:2. Antenna 0.37−0.43 (0.38) times as long as body. Antennal segment III 0.27−0.37 (0.33) mm long. Cornicle 0.04–0.05 (0.04) mm in diameter. Wax gland plates on marginal abdomen with minute round facets of similar size.
T. sorini: First tarsal chaetotaxy 3:2:2. Antenna 0.28−0.44 (0.38) times as long as body. Antennal segment III 0.24−0.32 (0.30) mm long. Cornicle 0.06−0.08 (0.07) mm in diameter. Wax gland plates on marginal abdomen with two types of facets, larger ones of which are present in the center of plate, and small ones present peripherally.
description: Published as part of Watanabe, Tomoko, Lee, Wonhoon, Sano, Masakazu, Murakami, Keisuke & Akimoto, Shin-Ichi, 2022, Taxonomic revision of the Tetraneura akinire species group (Insecta, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae), with description of a new species and a correction of a nomenclatural confusion, pp. 162-186 in Zootaxa 5183 (1) on pages 183-184, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.14, http://zenodo.org/record/7070086
Informiert, Inspiriert – Schüler*innen für die Energiewende Begeistern! (Factsheet)
Creators: name: NEFI New Energy for Industry
Publisher: name: NEFI
Year: 2024
Subjects: NEFI
Innovationsnetzwerk
Energie
Industrie
New Energy for Industry
Klima- und Energiefonds
Vorzeigeregion
Schüler*innen
Schule
Energiewende
Schulbesuche

description: Im Rahmen von Schulbesuchen durch das Business Upper Austria erklären wir wissenschaftlich fundiert die Herausforderungen derEnergiewende und zeigen Perspektiven, Lösungsansätze sowie Möglichkeiten, aktiv tätig zu werden.
Tetraneura Hartig 1841, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Watanabe, Tomoko
name: Lee, Wonhoon
name: Sano, Masakazu
name: Murakami, Keisuke
name: Akimoto, Shin-Ichi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Tetraneura

description: Key to Tetraneura ovaliformis sp. nov., T. akinire, and T. sorini
I. Fundatrix first instar nymph
1. Antenna 0.12−0.14 mm long and more than 0.75 times as long as hind femorotrochanter …......... T. ovaliformis sp. nov.
- Antennae longer than 0.15 mm long and less than 0.75 times as long as hind femorotrochanter........................ 2
2. Hind femorotrochanter 0.18−0.27 mm long........................................................... T. akinire
- Hind femorotrochanter mostly longer than 0.27 mm long................................................. T. sorini
II. Emigrant adult
1. First tarsal chaetotaxy 3:3:3............................................................ T. ovaliformis sp. nov.
- First tarsal chaetotaxy 3:3:2 or 3:2−3:2................................... .. T. akinire or T. sorini (indistinguishable)
III. Sexupara adult
1. First tarsal chaetotaxy 3:3:3............................................................ T. ovaliformis sp. nov.
- First tarsal chaetotaxy 3:3:2 or 3:2−3:2.................................................................... 2
2. Cornicle 0.04−0.05 (0.04) mm in diameter. Wax gland plates on marginal abdomen with minute round facets of similar size. T. akinire
- Cornicle 0.06−0.08 (0.07) mm in diameter. Wax gland plates on marginal abdomen with two types of facets, larger ones of which are present in the center of plate, and small ones present peripherally................................. T. sorini
description: Published as part of Watanabe, Tomoko, Lee, Wonhoon, Sano, Masakazu, Murakami, Keisuke & Akimoto, Shin-Ichi, 2022, Taxonomic revision of the Tetraneura akinire species group (Insecta, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae), with description of a new species and a correction of a nomenclatural confusion, pp. 162-186 in Zootaxa 5183 (1) on page 184, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.14, http://zenodo.org/record/7070086
Cyrtosia meridionalis Rondani
Creators: name: Gharali, Babak
name: Evenhuis, Neal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Bombyliidae
Cyrtosia
Cyrtosia meridionalis

description: Cyrtosia meridionalis Rondani
Cyrtosia meridionalis Rondani, 1863: 73.
Material examined. No material was available for study. Apparently, the type specimen is lost (type depository is unknown) so the original description was checked and used for comparison.
Description. Color of frons, lower face and oral margin completely yellow; proboscis slightly shorter than head; antennae black. Thorax. Mesonotum with three stripes coalescent as a large black pattern, middle stripes extend from anterior margin of mesonotum to scutellum; postpronotal lobe, lateral margin of mesonotum from postpronotal lobe to postalar callus almost yellow; scutellum all yellow except small spot of black basomedially; halter yellow. Legs. Yellow except base of coxae and tarsal segments blackish; femora gray dusted. Wing. Hyaline, with yellow veins; stalk of vein M1+2 slightly longer than preceding section. Abdomen. Tergites anteriorly black, posteriorly yellow, with short whitish hairs, some with bluish sheen. Genitalia. Hypopygium black.
Remarks. This species was originally described based on an unspecified number of specimens collected in Italy. The original description by Rondani (1863) was very short, in Latin and included few characters: body yellow; antennae and proboscis black; occiput glossy black; thorax dorsally with three wide stripes, with black spot in front of wing base, pleura blackened; scutellum completely yellow.
Later, Becker & Stein (1912) extended the distribution of C. meridionalis to south of Iran by recording 4 male and female specimens collected by Zarudny in 1898 in two provinces of southeast of Iran, Sistan-Baluchistan and Kerman. Engel (1933) redescribed this species in more detail based on specimens collected from Askhabad, Turkmenistan and provided two illustrations of the lateral and dorsal view of the mesonotum. Engel’s description includes some diagnostic characters allowing for easy separation of C. meridionalis from closely related species known from Iran. Based on Engel’s (1933) redescription, we here provide a diagnostic description of the species.
description: Published as part of Gharali, Babak & Evenhuis, Neal, 2017, Review of the genus Cyrtosia Perris (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Platypyginae) in Iran, with description of three new species, pp. 230-244 in Zootaxa 4269 (2) on page 239, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/582011