cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Thelcticopis picta
Creators: name: Sankaran, Pradeep M.
name: Sherwood, Danniella
name: Jäger, Peter
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Thelcticopis
Thelcticopis picta

description: Thelcticopis picta (Thorell, 1887)
Figs 16, 26
Seramba picta Thorell, 1887: 254 (♀).
Thelcticopis pictus (Thorell): Pocock 1900: 271. Jäger 2005: 87, figs 1–5 (♀). Type material. Holotype ♀, MYANMAR: Kachin: Schwego [=Shwegu; ca. 24°12’N, 96°47’E; 116 m a.s.l.] Myo, L. Fea leg., 1885 (MCSN; examined).
Additional material examined. 1 ♀, MYANMAR: Kachin: Myitkyina [ca. 25°23’40.80”N, 97°22’57.67”E; 145 m a.s.l.], D.N. Marks leg., 1945, APO 218 (AMNH).
Diagnosis. Females of T. picta are very similar to those of T. severa in having a ‘Y’-shaped median septum and a similarly shaped internal duct system with three large coils and smaller windings within the functionally last part, but can be distinguished by (1) first windings of copulatory ducts anteriorly narrow and extending distinctly beyond the rest of the duct system (vs. first windings anteriorly wide and extending only slightly beyond the rest of the internal duct system in T. severa); (2) median longitudinal ridge distinctly pointed posteriorly (vs. ridge not pointed in T. severa); and (3) epigynal posterior projections long, i.e., as long as median septum at posterior margin wide (vs. short, i.e., less long than median septum at posterior margin wide in T. severa) (Figs 16A–D vs. Zhu et al. 2020: figs 2E–F).
Male. Unknown.
Distribution. Myanmar (Kachin State) (Fig. 26).
Remarks. From the distribution records close to that of T. bicornuta and from the overall similarity of somatic characters, like opisthosomal colouration as well as of genitalia resemblance between males of T. bicornuta and T. severa as well as T. picta and T. severa, it might well be that T. bicornuta turns out as a junior synonym of T. picta. As pointed out in the remarks of the former species, it may theoretically also be that both species are synonyms of a widely distributed T. severa. Future studies should include molecular analyses as well as more material from this species complex to find out about the status of all species involved. We retain the original names until all issues are clarified.
description: Published as part of Sankaran, Pradeep M., Sherwood, Danniella & Jäger, Peter, 2024, On the identity of species of the huntsman spider genus Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae) from India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, pp. 301-338 in Zootaxa 5463 (3) on pages 322-323, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11611277
Thelcticopis paripes
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name: Sherwood, Danniella
name: Jäger, Peter
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Thelcticopis
Thelcticopis paripes

description: Thelcticopis paripes (Karsch, 1879) comb. rest.
Figs 15, 27
Themeropis paripes Karsch, 1879: 559, pl. 7, fig. 7 (♂).
Stasina paripes (Karsch): Karsch 1892: 293. Roewer 1955: 685.
Thelcticopis paripes (Karsch): Pocock 1900: 271.
Type material. Holotype ♂, SRI LANKA: Johann Nietner leg. (ZMB 2512; examined).
Diagnosis. Males of T. paripes comb. rest. are very similar to those of T. nalandica comb. rest. in having a heavily enlarged embolus and conductor, the latter situated in retrolateral half of tegulum, as well as the elongated dRTA with acuminate distad tip, but are distinguished by (1) presence of an additional ventro-medial branch of RTA (vs. without such branch in T. nalandica comb. rest.), (2) dRTA simple without ventral outgrowth (vs. dRTA with distinct tooth-shaped ventral outgrowth in T. nalandica comb. rest.), and (3) conductor tip short, i.e., not extending into prolateral half of tegulum (vs. long and extending distinctly in prolateral half of tegulum in T. nalandica comb. rest.) (Figs 15A–B vs. Figs 13A–B, 14A–B).
Description. Male (holotype; Figs 15C–D) [after Karsch 1879: body length 14.0, carapace length 6.0, opisthosoma length 7.5–8; spination of legs: tibia I–II 222(14), III–IV 2226; leg I/IV total length 22.0]. Chelicerae with three promarginal and five retromarginal teeth, the latter without gap (Fig. 15D). Anterior eye row straight, posterior eye row slightly procurved; AME largest, others of similar, smaller size (Fig. 15C). Palp (Figs 15A– B): cymbium with retro-proximal bulge (Fig. 15B). Tibia short, i.e., less than half the length of cymbium (Fig. 15A). dRTA slightly S-shaped in retrolateral view, its tip sharply acuminate, distad; ventro-medial branch of RTA acuminates in retrolateral view, ventrad (Figs 15A–B). Conductor with acute tip (Figs 15A–B). Narrow apical part of embolus visible centrally, close to tegular apophysis (Fig. 15A).
Female. Unknown.
Distribution. Sri Lanka (Fig. 27).
description: Published as part of Sankaran, Pradeep M., Sherwood, Danniella & Jäger, Peter, 2024, On the identity of species of the huntsman spider genus Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae) from India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, pp. 301-338 in Zootaxa 5463 (3) on pages 318-322, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11611277
Thelcticopis serambiformis Strand 1907
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Thelcticopis
Thelcticopis serambiformis

description: Thelcticopis serambiformis Strand, 1907
Figs 20, 27
Thelcticopis serambiformis Strand, 1907: 561 (♂ ♀). Strand 1909: 31, plate II, figs 33a–b (♂ ♀).
Type material. Syntype ♂ ♀, INDIA: Karnataka: Kodagu, Madikeri (= Merkara / Mercara) [ca. 12°24’N, 75°44’E; 1073 m a.s.l.], date unknown, Veil leg. (SMNS, material destroyed in World War II; not examined) but: right palp of syntype male in MNHN: 156 c[ollectio] St [rand]; examined.
Diagnosis. Males of T. serambiformis can be distinguished from those of all other congeners examined by the shape of the tegular apophysis with two acuminate apices, and by the long RTA with a hook-shaped dorso-distal and a blunt ventro-distal apex (vs. tegular apophysis without such acuminate apices, RTA shorter or if similarly long with two branches or without such dorso-distal apex in all other species with males known) (Figs 20A–B vs. e.g., Figs 4E–F, 5A–B, 11C, 12A–B, 13A–B, 14A–B, 15A–B, 17D–E, 18A–B, 21E–F, 22C, 23A–B, 24A–B).
Description. Male [after Strand 1907: body length 13.8. Carapace 6.8 long, 5.5 wide. Opisthosoma 7.0 long, 4.5 wide. Leg measurements: I 24.3, II 23.1, III 19.6, IV 24.2].
Supplementary description. Palp (Figs 20A – B): Cymbium with moderately distinct retrolateral bulge, dorsally with cymbial scopula in distal half (Fig. 20B). Tibia shorter than cymbium, with massive, bifid, RTA arising distally from tibia. RTA margins with fringes of fine setae; vRTA with acute tooth internally, best seen in ventral view (Fig. 20A). Tegulum with round proximad outgrowth proximo-prolaterally. Tegular apophysis arising in 17.30- to 18-o’clock-position from tegulum, distinctly bifurcated, disto-retrolateral tip curved in ventral view, proximo-prolateral tip with small bend apically (best seen in proximal view) (Fig. 20B). Conductor arising at the base of the embolus, retrolaterad, similarly broad over its entire length, with two bulges apically. Embolus with a large, basally originating projection, arising at 10.30-o’clock-position from tegulum, simple, semicircular, tapering towards its tip, the latter proximad. Spermophor visible in ventral view proximo-prolaterally close to bulge.
Distribution. India (Karnataka) (Strand 1907) (Fig. 27).
Remarks. Unfortunately, the type material in SMNS was destroyed and Strand (1907) did not illustrate the epigyne. The only remnant of the syntype series was to be found in MNHN (a right male palp) (Fig. 20). If topotypic material is collected, its identity can be fully resolved.
description: Published as part of Sankaran, Pradeep M., Sherwood, Danniella & Jäger, Peter, 2024, On the identity of species of the huntsman spider genus Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae) from India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, pp. 301-338 in Zootaxa 5463 (3) on pages 326-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11611277
Thelcticopis ancorum Dyal 1935
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Thelcticopis
Thelcticopis ancorum

description: Thelcticopis ancorum Dyal, 1935
Fig. 26
Thelcticopis ancorum Dyal, 1935: 213, pl. 16, fig. 146 (♀).
Type material. Holotype ♀, PAKISTAN: Punjab: Lahore, Lahore Cantonment [ca. 31°28’35.57”N, 74°24’48.99”E; 229 m a.s.l.], 1928–1929, collector unknown (depository unknown; not examined).
Diagnosis. Not applicable.
Distribution. Pakistan (Punjab) (Fig. 26).
Remarks. The holotype of T. ancorum is seemingly a female specimen with a body length of eight millimetres. The fact that this species is compared to T. telonotata Dyal, 1935, and that none of the characters shown in the figures for both species in Dyal (1935: figs 141–146) is congruent with those of Thelcticopis species or of another genus of the family Sparassidae, we consider this taxon as a species incertae sedis. For more detailed remarks, see below for T. telonotata.
description: Published as part of Sankaran, Pradeep M., Sherwood, Danniella & Jäger, Peter, 2024, On the identity of species of the huntsman spider genus Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae) from India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, pp. 301-338 in Zootaxa 5463 (3) on page 333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11611277
Thelcticopis telonotata Dyal 1935
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name: Jäger, Peter
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Thelcticopis
Thelcticopis telonotata

description: Thelcticopis telonotata Dyal, 1935
Fig. 26
Thelcticopis telonotata Dyal, 1935: 212, pl. 16, figs 141–145 (♀).
Type material. Syntypes unknown number of [immature?] ♂ and ♀, PAKISTAN: Punjab: Lahore, Lahore Cantonment [ca. 31°28’43.01”N, 74°25’19.85”E; 234 m a.s.l.], 1928–1929, collector unknown (whereabouts unknown; not examined).
Diagnosis. Cannot be given.
Distribution. Pakistan (Punjab) (Fig. 26).
Remarks. The syntype series of T. telonotata consists surely of an adult female specimen (with body length of nine millimetres), since an epigyne is shown in Dyal (1935: fig. 145). The male is listed in the text as having a body length of eight millimetres, but neither a male palp is illustrated nor described in the text. It might be that Dyal (1935: fig. 142) illustrated the labium and palp of an immature male, but the legend does not clarify this matter. However, the eye arrangement and the chelicerae shape, the shape of the labium and the gnathocoxae, the leg spination and relative lengths of the leg segments, the shape of the tarsal claw (Dyal 1935: figs 141–144) as well as the description of the colouration (“abdomen…white in colour and … covered with white hairs”) do not comply with any known species of Thelcticopis. Moreover, it cannot be stated with certainty that this species belongs to the family Sparassidae. Therefore, we consider this taxon a species incertae sedis.
description: Published as part of Sankaran, Pradeep M., Sherwood, Danniella & Jäger, Peter, 2024, On the identity of species of the huntsman spider genus Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae) from India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, pp. 301-338 in Zootaxa 5463 (3) on page 333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11611277
Thelcticopis bifasciata
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Thelcticopis
Thelcticopis bifasciata

description: Thelcticopis bifasciata (Thorell, 1891)
Figs 25–26
Seramba bifasciata Thorell, 1891: 82 (juvenile).
Thelcticopis bifasciatus (Thorell): Jäger 2005: 87 (transfer due to synonymy of Seramba with Thelcticopis).
Type material. Holotype juvenile, INDIA: Nicobar Islands: Great Nicobar [6°59’N, 93°48’E; 168 m a.s.l.], date unknown, collector unknown, (ZMUC, without registration number; examined based on photographs).
Remarks. The larger AMEs and paired, long ventral spines on tibia I–II fit this species potentially in Thelcticopis. However, this species is hereby considered a nomen dubium due to the immaturity of the holotype (Fig. 25B).
Distribution. India (Nicobar Islands) (Fig. 26).
description: Published as part of Sankaran, Pradeep M., Sherwood, Danniella & Jäger, Peter, 2024, On the identity of species of the huntsman spider genus Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae) from India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, pp. 301-338 in Zootaxa 5463 (3) on page 333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11611277
Trhypochthoniidae WILLMANN 1931
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Sarcoptiformes
Trhypochthoniidae

description: Trhypochthoniidae WILLMANN, 1931
Trhypochthoniellus longisetus (BERLESE, 1904) – Locality: ScH-2. New for the fauna of Madagascar.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Carabodidae C. L. KOCH 1837
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Carabodidae

description: Carabodidae C. L. KOCH, 1837
Tuberocepheus longus (BALOGH, 1964) – Locality: Afr-923.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Teratoppiidae BALOGH 1983
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Teratoppiidae

description: Teratoppiidae BALOGH, 1983
Trematoppia cristipes BALOGH, 1964 – Locality: Afr-311.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Thelcticopis fasciata
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name: Sherwood, Danniella
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Thelcticopis
Thelcticopis fasciata

description: Thelcticopis fasciata (Thorell, 1897)
Fig. 26
Mardonia fasciata Thorell, 1897: 247 (juvenile).
Seramba fasciata (Thorell): Deeleman-Reinhold 2001: 401, 505 (transfer to Seramba due to synonymy of Mardonia Thorell, 1897 with Seramba).
Thelcticopis fasciatus (Thorell): Jäger 2005: 87 (transfer due to synonymy of Seramba with Thelcticopis).
Type material. Holotype juvenile, MYANMAR: Tanintharyi: Palon [12°24’25.86”N, 98°48’8.51”E; 13 m a.s.l.], date unknown, collector unknown (MCSN, missing according to Deeleman-Reinhold 2001: 401; not examined). Remarks. This species is hereby considered a nomen dubium due to the immaturity of the holotype. Distribution. Myanmar (Tanintharyi) (Thorell 1897) (Fig. 26).
description: Published as part of Sankaran, Pradeep M., Sherwood, Danniella & Jäger, Peter, 2024, On the identity of species of the huntsman spider genus Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae) from India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, pp. 301-338 in Zootaxa 5463 (3) on page 334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11611277
Suctobelbidae JACOT 1938
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Suctobelbidae

description: Suctobelbidae JACOT, 1938
Neosuctobelba madegassica sp. n.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Tegeocranellidae P. BALOGH 1987
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Tegeocranellidae

description: Tegeocranellidae P. BALOGH, 1987
Tegeocranellus hungarorum MAHUNKA, 2009 – Locality: Afr-921.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Cymbaeremaeidae SELLNICK 1928
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Cymbaeremaeidae

description: Cymbaeremaeidae SELLNICK, 1928
Scapheremaeus anteriorugosus sp. n.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Eremaeozetidae PIFFL 1972
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Eremaeozetidae

description: Eremaeozetidae PIFFL, 1972
Eremaeozetes betschi Fernandez et Cleva, 2009 – Locality: Afr-923.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Galumnidae JACOT 1925
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Galumnidae

description: Galumnidae JACOT, 1925
Allogalumna costata MAHUNKA, 1996 – Locality: Afr-996.
Galumna ancaratra MAHUNKA, 1996 – Locality: Afr-996.
Galumna armatifera MAHUNKA, 1996 – Locality: Afr-996.
Pergalumna bicristata sp. n.
Pergalumna infinita sp. n.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Mycobatidae GRANDJEAN 1954
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Mycobatidae

description: Mycobatidae GRANDJEAN, 1954
Puctoribates longiporosus BALOGH, 1963 – Locality: ScH-3. New for the fauna of Madagascar.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Haplozetidae GRANDJEAN 1936
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Haplozetidae

description: Haplozetidae GRANDJEAN, 1936
Pilobatella brevipila sp. n.
Rostrozetes pulcherrimus BALOGH, 1960 – Locality: Afr-996.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Trematoppia cristipes BALOGH 1964
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Oppiidae
Trematoppia
Trematoppia cristipes

description: Trematoppia cristipes BALOGH, 1964
(Figs 13–16)
The species (and a new genus) was described by BALOGH (1964), based on a single specimen (holotype) only, but it is absent from his collection. In the newly studied material I have also found one specimen, and although it is slightly damaged, it fits the description by J. BALOGH, therefore the identity is unambiguous.
Owing to the limited number of available specimens I give now only a short diagnosis, with some main characters:
Diagnosis: Prodorsum wide, rostrum round. Median costula absent; lateral costula, short transversal costula and one pair of longitudinal crests in interbothridial position present. Sensillus long slightly dilated, lanceolate. Ten pairs of notogastral setae present, setae la and lm present only as alveoli; other notogastral setae barbed. Anterior epimeres covered by two plates, not touching medially. All epimeral setae long, barbed. Genito-anal setal formula: 6–1–2–3, genital setae minute, all other ventral setae much longer, ciliate. All legs monodactylous, tibia of leg IV with ventral cusp, femur IV with wide, serrate ventral keel.
Type species: Trematoppia cristipes BALOGH, 1964
Remarks: The genus Trematoppia BALOGH, 1964 was classified by SUBÍAS (2010) into the oppioid subfamily Lanceoppiinae BALOGH, 1983. In my opinion it is a misinterpretation, nearly all of the preceding features are different in the two taxa. Therefore, on this basis I relegate it to the family Teratoppiidae BALOGH, 1983.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on pages 7-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Trhypochthoniellus longisetus
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Trhypochthoniidae
Trhypochthoniellus
Trhypochthoniellus longisetus

description: Trhypochthoniellus longisetus (BERLESE, 1904)
(Figs 1–4)
The main taxonomical problem whether this species belongs to Trhypochthoniidae or Thrypochthoniellidae was solved by WEIGMANN (1997, 2006). I accept his opinion, but the validity of some other supraspecific taxa (see SUBÍAS 2010) seems to be uncertain.
The recently collected and studied specimens possess 12 pairs of genital setae. This is within the range (10–18) given by WEIGMANN (1997) for the specimens collected in the Palaearctic Region. They are most similar to specimens which were described as Trhypochthoniellus longisetus forma setosus WILLMANN, 1928. For future identification I give some figures based on the specimens collected in Madagascar.
Measurements: Length of body: 570–588 µm, width of body: 323–346 µm.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Neosuctobelba madegassica Mahunka 2011, sp. n.
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Suctobelbidae
Neosuctobelba
Neosuctobelba madegassica

description: Neosuctobelba madegassica sp. n.
(Figs 17–20)
Diagnosis: Rostral apex wide, rounded. Rostral incisure long, rostral tooth very large. Rostral rib narrow, rostral setae well curved anteriorly. Tectopedial field without borders medially, lamellar knob normally developed. Prebothridial rib, interbothridial field and bothridial lobe distinct. Sensillus very long, with short lanceolate head. Dorsosejugal scissure with two pairs of connected condyles. Nine pairs of comparatively short notogastral setae. Sternal field narrow, epimeral setae short. Posteroepimeral fossa absent. Genito-anal setal formula: 4–1–2–3.
Material examined: Holotype: Madagascar, Vohimana reserve, primary forest. 17. 04. 2008. Leg. CS. CSUZDI (Afr-996). Holotype (1813-HO-10) deposited in the HNHM.
Measurements: Length of body: 242 µm, width of body: 132 µm.
Prodorsum: Rostral part wide, margin undulating in dorsal view. Rostrum divided by a deep rostral incisure and distinct rostral tooth. Rostral elevation narrow, bearing long, simply curved and ciliate rostral setae. Tectopedial field opened medially, median borders absent. Antero-median part of lamellar knob sharply pointed. Interbothridial region well-sclerotised, with distinct ribs and arches. Bothridium well-developed, with large basal bothridial lobe, posterobothridial tubercles absent. Peduncle of sensillus very long, with short lanceolate head. This part bifurcate or sharply pointed, smooth.
Notogaster: Anterior margin of notogaster with two pairs of connected condyles, all condyles with distinct basal crests directed backwards. Nine pairs of comparatively short notogastral setae.
Lateral part of podosoma: Bifurcate head of sensillus well observable. Exobothridial and anterior margin of pedotecta II well granulated.
Ventral parts: Epimeral borders and apodemes normally developed, a wide sternal field present medially. Epimeres IV normal in shape, without posteroepimeral fossa. Epimeral setal formula 3–1–3–3, all short, setae 3c furcate. Anogenital setal formula 4–1–2–3. All setae nearly smooth and no essential difference among them.
Remarks: On the basis of the form and sculpture of prodorsum the new species is closest to Neosuctobelba xena MAHUNKA, 1978. However, it is distinguished from the latter species by the form of lamellar knob and the sensillus and the much shorter notogastral setae.
Etymology: Named after its country of origin.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on pages 9-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Pilobatella brevipila Mahunka 2011, sp. n.
Creators: name: Mahunka, S.
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Sarcoptiformes
Haplozetidae
Pilobatella
Pilobatella brevipila

description: Pilobatella brevipila sp. n.
(Figs 24–27)
Diagnosis: Body surface smooth. Rostral apex widely rounded. Lamellae short, converging, continuing laterally in a short, weakly developed anterolateral crest. Lamellar cusps bearing very short lamellar setae, interlamellar setae also very short. Sensillus long, well barbed. Notogaster with ten pairs of very short setae and four pairs of small, round sacculi. All legs monodactylous.
Material examined: Holotype: Madagascar, Vohimana reserve, primary forest. 17. 04. 2008. Leg. Cs. CSUZDI (Afr-996). Holotype (1815-HO-10) deposited in the HNHM.
Measurements: Length of body: 330 µm, width of body: 198 µm.
Prodorsum: Wide, lamellar setae arising laterally, far from each other. All prodorsal setae very short, lamellar and interlamellar setae equal in length. Sensillus long, directed backwards, distinctly and irregularly barbed (Fig. 27).
Notogaster: Anterior margin of notogaster distinct, convex. All notogastral setae very short and fine. Sacculi also small, their inner sack rounded.
Lateral part of podosoma: Tutorium well-developed, with curved anterior end, cusp absent.
Ventral parts: Apodemes and epimeral borders typical for the genus, ap. sej. and ap. 3 connected medially. All epimeral setae short and simple. Genito-anal setal formula: 6–1–2–3. Median pair of genital setae located much nearer to each other than the anterior and posterior one, their position irregular.
Remarks: The specimen collected in Madagascar on the basis of main characters are very near to the type species of the genus Pilobatella BALOGH and MAHUNKA, 1969. However, the dorsal and ventral surface are smooth in the new species (distinctly punctuate in P. punctulata BALOGH et MAHUNKA, 1969), its lamellae are more strongly converging than in punctulata, and all setae arising on prodorsum and notogaster much shorter than in punctulata.
Etymology: The name refers to the conspicuously short lamellar and interlamellar setae.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on pages 13-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Punctoribates longiporosus
Creators: name: Mahunka, S.
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Year: 2011
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Punctoribatidae
Punctoribates
Punctoribates longiporosus

description: Punctoribates longiporosus (BALOGH, 1963)
(Figs 28–31)
The genus Punctoribates BERLESE, 1908 was divided by SUBÍAS et al. (1990) into two genera (Punctoribates and Minguezetes). This opinion was accepted by PÉREZ- IÑIGO (1993), PAVLITSHENKO (1994), BAYARTOGTOKH et al. (2000), but not accepted by BALOGH and BALOGH (1992), WEIGMANN (2006) and BEHAN-PELLETIER and EAMER (2008). Our opinion corresponds with the latter authors, however, presence of three well recognisable species groups (punctum, palustrishexagonus and conjunctus) is indisputable.
1 Anterior tectum of the notogaster flatly rounded or straight medially punctum species group
– Anterior tectum of notogaster strongly projected anteriorly 2
2 Lamellar setae arising anteriorly, far from interlamellar setae. Notogastral tectum gradually narrowed anteriorly, with deep, U-shaped median part palustris-hexagonus species group
– Lamellar and interlamellar setae arising in one transversal line. Notogastral tectum suddenly projected anteriorly, with small, V-shaped median part conjunctus species group
The newly collected specimen belongs to the palustris-hexagonus species group. It was described on the basis of the holotype specimen from Angola, which was collected in riverside detritus. This species is close to P. insignis BERLESE, 1910 [= P. manzanoensis HAMMER, 1958, (SUBÍAS 2004)], however, the porose Aa of BALOGH’ s specimen is much longer than in insignis.
Measurements: Length of body: 450 µm, width of body: 362 µm.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Pergalumna bicristata Mahunka 2011, sp. n.
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Galumnidae
Pergalumna
Pergalumna bicristata

description: Pergalumna bicristata sp. n.
(Figs 32–34)
Diagnosis: Rostral part elongated anteriorly in dorsal view. Lamellar and sublamellar lines well developed, lamellar setae arising between lamellar lines. Sensillus simple, thin, setiform, smooth. Dorsosejugal scissure interrupted medially, directed to alveoli of interlamellar setae. Three pairs of small, rounded areae porosae and 10 pairs of setal alveoli present. Pair of distinct, longitudinal crista between posterior areae porosae (A 3). Four pairs of epimeral setae, 1a longer than others. Six pairs of genital setae, 3 pairs arising along the anterior margin. Aggenital, anal and adanal setae minute. Postanal area porosa absent.
Material examined: Holotype: Madagascar, Vohimana reserve, primary forest. 17. 04. 2008. Leg. CS. CSUZDI (Afr-996), 1 paratype from the same sample. Holotype (1816-HO-10) and paratype (1816-PO-10) deposited in the HNHM.
Measurements: Length of body: 552–580 µm, width of body: 412–428 µm.
Prodorsum: Rostral part wide, elongated anteromedially. Lamellar and sublamellar lines observable also in dorsal view. Rostral and lamellar setae short, thin, interlamellar setae reduced, only their alveoli observable. Sensillus thin, setiform, smooth, directed laterally. Areae porosae Ad hardly observable, small.
Notogaster: Pteromorphs with fine sculpture, consisting of thin lines. Dorsosejugal scissure interrupted medially, directed to insertion of interlamellar setae. Dorsophragmatic apophyses large, long. A pair of distinct, characteristic parallel crista present in posterior part of notogaster, between setae h 1 and porose areas A 3. Three pairs of small, round porose areas present, Aa located medially, near to each other. Median pore absent. Notogastral setae absent, their alveoli small.
Lateral part of podosoma: Lamellar and sublamellar lines well-developed, running parallel, comparatively near to each other. Lamellar setae arising between lamellar lines. Pedotecta I absent.
Ventral parts: Metum very large. Epimeral setae, except 1a, represent only by their alveoli. Six pairs short genital setae, three pairs arising on the anterior margin of the genital plates, other located near to lateral margin of plates. Aggenital setae minute, anal and adanal setae also minute. Postanal porose area absent.
Legs: All legs tridactylous.
Remarks: See the remarks after the following species.
Etymology: The name refers to the presence of a pair of crista in the posterior region of the notogaster.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2011, New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii., pp. 1-21 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1) on pages 16-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731982
Taphurina Distant 1905
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
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Year: 2017
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Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae

description: Subtribe Taphurina Distant, 1905a
Remarks. The Taphurina was erected along with the Tryellina Moulds, 2005. Moulds (2005) placed the New World genera Dorachosa Distant, 1892, Dulderana Distant, 1905b, Elachysoma Torres, 1964, Imbabura Distant, 1911, Nosola Stål, 1866, Prosotettix Jacobi, 1907, Psallodia Uhler, 1903, Selymbria Stål, 1861, Taphura Stål, 1862a and the Asian genus Hea Distant, 1906b in the Taphurini. Since that time, Chalumalna Boulard, 1998, Chrysolasia Moulds, 2003, and Malloryalna Sanborn, 2016b have been added to the subtribe and the genus Hea has been assigned to the Cryptotympanini Handlirsch, 1925 (Sanborn 2013; 2016b) leaving 12 genera in the subtribe. Ten of the genera are monospecific with only Selymbria and Taphura containing multiple species. Taphura exhibits the greatest species diversity within the subtribe.
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2017, Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini), pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 4324 (3) on page 452, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/998410
Taphura boulardi Sanborn 2011
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Cicadidae
Taphura
Taphura boulardi

description: Taphura boulardi Sanborn, 2011
Taphura boulardi Sanborn 2011: 405 (type material in MNHN, FSCA, LSAM and AFSC).
Type locality. French Guiana, 41 km SE Roura on Kaw Rd., N04° 32.321’ W 052° 07.420’, 272 m.
Remarks. The claspers curve dorsally then form a terminal hook. This species has a similar appearance to T. minisculus, which is also from French Guiana, but T. minisculus has a body length of only 6 mm (Thouvenot 2012) compared to the body length of 11.3–13.0 mm for T. boulardi (Sanborn 2011). The spots on the head are found only in this species and T. maculata.
Distribution. The species was previously only known from the type series collected in French Guiana (Sanborn 2011). The distribution of the species is expanded here to included Surinam.
MATERIAL EXAMINED FOR NEW RECORD. “ SURINAME: Para District / Zanderij, near Guesthouse / N05° 27.5’, W055° 13.0’ / 7–9-FEB-2010; P. Skelley, / W. Warner, C. Gillett” one male and one female (FSCA), one female (AFSC).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2017, Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini), pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 4324 (3) on page 457, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/998410
Taphura debruni Boulard 1990
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Taphura
Taphura debruni

description: Taphura debruni Boulard, 1990
Taphura debruni Boulard 1990: 219 (type material in MNHN).
Type locality. Brazil, Maranhão, area of Açailândia.
Remarks. The claspers and basal lobes of the pygofer form four prominent parallel extensions from the male genitalia. The claspers are rectangular with an inferior-posterior elongation that terminates in small points. The pygofer basal lobes terminate as a slightly expanded angled process.
Distribution. The species is currently known only from Brazil (Sanborn 2013).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2017, Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini), pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 4324 (3) on page 464, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/998410
Taphura charpentierae Boulard 1971
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Taphura
Taphura charpentierae

description: Taphura charpentierae Boulard, 1971
Taphura charpentierae Boulard 1971: 691 (type material in MNHN).
Type locality. French Guiana, Saut-Maripa-Oyopock.
Remarks. The claspers form an arch when viewed from the side with a recurved dorsal extension. The basal pygofer lobes are rounded finger-like extensions that are bent medially.
Distribution. The species is currently known only from French Guiana (Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2011; 2013).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2017, Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini), pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 4324 (3) on page 461, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/998410
Taphura egeri Sanborn 2011
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Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Taphura
Taphura egeri

description: Taphura egeri Sanborn, 2011
Taphura egeri Sanborn 2011: 408 (type material in FSCA, MNHN, LSAM, NCSU and AFSC).
Type locality. French Guiana, Amazon Nature Lodge, 30 km SE Roura on Kaw Rd., N04° 33.570’ W 052° 12.433’, 300 m.
Remarks. This is the only species of Taphura to have apical infuscation on the fore wing. The large claspers extend posteriorly and curve medially with the terminus expanding ventrally then dorsally and forming a rounded apex. These extensions quickly distinguish the species.
Distribution. The species is currently only known from the type series collected in French Guiana (Sanborn 2011). The species is widespread within French Guiana and it is expected that it will found in neighboring countries with further collecting efforts.
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2017, Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini), pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 4324 (3) on page 470, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/998410
Taphura maculata Sanborn 2011
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Year: 2017
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Animalia
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Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Taphura
Taphura maculata

description: Taphura maculata Sanborn, 2011
Taphura maculata Sanborn 2011: 411 (type material in UGCA, LSAM and AFSC).
Type locality. French Guiana, Belizone, Montagues de Tortue, 427 m, 4°14’42”N, 52°35’06”W.
Remarks. The claspers bend at a right angle at about half their length, a condition unique in the genus. The spots on the head are found only in this species and T. boulardi.
Distribution. The species is currently known only from the type series collected in French Guiana (Sanborn 2011).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2017, Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini), pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 4324 (3) on page 477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/998410
Taphura minusculus Thouvenot 2012
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Cicadidae
Taphura
Taphura minusculus

description: Taphura minusculus Thouvenot, 2012
Taphura minusculus Thouvenot 2012: 313 (type material in the collection of the Linnean Society of Lyon).
Type locality. French Guiana, Road to Bélizon, kilometer mark 3, then forest path kilometer mark 9.
Remarks. This is the smallest of the Taphura species. It has a similar appearance to T. boulardi, which is also from French Guiana, but T. minisculus has a body length of only 6 mm (Thouvenot 2012) compared to the body length of 11.3–13.0 mm for T. boulardi (Sanborn 2011). The claspers curve dorsally then form a terminal hook.
Distribution. The species is currently known only from the type series collected in French Guiana (Thouvenot 2012).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2017, Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini), pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 4324 (3) on page 477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/998410
Taphura misella
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Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Taphura
Taphura misella

description: Taphura misella (Stål, 1854)
Cicada misella Stål 1854: 243 (type material in NHRS).
Cicada (Taphura) misella Stål 1862a: 20.
Thaphura (sic) misella Stål 1870: 717.
Taphura misella Distant 1905a: 34.
Type locality. Brazil, Minas Gerais.
Remarks. An oddity in the genus in the male genitalia are reduced.
Distribution. The species is currently known from Brazil (Metcalf 1963; Sanborn 2013) and was recently recorded from Argentina (Sanborn & Heath 2014). The distribution of the species is expanded here to included Bolivia and French Guiana.
Material examined for new records. “ Prov. del Sara / Bolivia, 450 m. / J. Steinbach // Nov. / 1909 // C. M. / Acc. 6549” one female (CMNH), “ Prov. del Sara / Bolivia, 450 m. / J. Steinbach // Carn. Mus. / Acc. 6443” one male (AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Réserve de la Trinité, zone Aya / N 4° 35' 20", O 53° 18' 1", Commune de / Saint Elie, 06-XI-2013 / Automatic Luminating trap / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female (AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Montagne des Chevaux, (forest on / quartzite), N 4°44'31.54" O 52°25'53.02" / altitude 90m, commune de Roura / 27-IX-2010, Automatic Luminating / Trap with Gemlight / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female (AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Montagne des Chevaux, (forest on / quartzite), N 4°44'31.54" O 52°25'53.02" / altitude 90m, commune de Roura / 07-XII-2013, Automatic Luminating / Trap with Gemlight / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female (AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Montagne des Chevaux, (forest on / quartzite), N 4°44'31.54" O 52°25'53.02" / altitude 90m, commune de Roura / 03-II-2013, Automatic Luminating / Trap with Gemlight / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female (AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Mont Matoury, N 4°51'31.00" / O 52°22'36.00" commune de Matoury / 28-IX-2014 / Flight Interception Trap / Soc. Ent. Antilles- Guyane leg.” one male (AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Saül Pointe-de-Vue, / 21-I-2016 / Automatic Light Trap, Blue light / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female (AFSC).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2017, Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini), pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 4324 (3) on page 477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/998410
Paragorgiidae Kukenthal 1916
Creators: name: JUAN ARMANDO SÁNCHEZ
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Year: 2005
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Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Paragorgiidae

description: Family PARAGORGIIDAE Kükenthal, 1916
Diagnostic characters. Dimorphic octocorals, reproductive siphonozooids and feeding autozooids, without axial skeletal structures other than a medulla formed by unfused sclerites. Medulla surrounded by a cortex containing the gastric cavities of autozooids and siphonozooids. Profusely branched colonies.
description: Published as part of JUAN ARMANDO SÁNCHEZ, 2005, Systematics of the bubblegum corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Paragorgiidae) with description of new species from New Zealand and the Eastern Pacific, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 1014 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.169657
Paragorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Creators: name: JUAN ARMANDO SÁNCHEZ
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Year: 2005
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Alcyonacea
Paragorgiidae
Paragorgia

description: Genus Paragorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
Diagnostic characters. Paragorgiidae with axial medulla of unfused spindles up to 0.6 mm in length; other sclerites less than 0.15 mm in length. Different kinds of sclerites in the autozooid polyp tentacles, cortex surface, medulla, and subsurface/outer medulla. Surface sclerites are 6 to 8 radiates, always less than 0.1 mm in length, with globular, smooth, grooved or lobulated ornaments. Medulla sclerites are ornate spindles usually less than 0.8 mm in length. Intermediate forms between radiates and spindles in the subsurface/outer medulla. Scleritic medulla perforated at terminal branches with 3–7 main canals, and numerous smaller canals occurring both in the medulla and subsurface/outer medulla (see details in Verseveldt, 1940). Autozooid polyp tentacles with distinctive blunt, stubby rods or ovals usually less than 0.1 mm.
description: Published as part of JUAN ARMANDO SÁNCHEZ, 2005, Systematics of the bubblegum corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Paragorgiidae) with description of new species from New Zealand and the Eastern Pacific, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 1014 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.169657
Taphura nitida
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Cicadidae
Taphura
Taphura nitida

description: Taphura nitida (Degeer, 1773)
Cicada nitida Degeer 1773: 220 (type material in NHRS).
Cicada (Taphura) nitida Stål 1862a: 20.
Taphura nitida Distant 1906a: 138.
Type locality. Surinam.
Remarks. The claspers form a drooping hook-like extension extending out of the pygofer being bent at an approximate right angle. The basal pygofer lobes are rounded with recurved spinous extensions.
Distribution. The species is currently known from Surinam, Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru (Metcalf 1963; Sanborn 2013). The distribution of the species is expanded here to included French Guiana.
Material examined for new records. “ FRENCH GUIANA / Trou-Poissons, Commune Sinnamary / 04-I- 2015 / Automatic Light Trap, Blue light, / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” two males and one female (AFSC).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2017, Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini), pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 4324 (3) on page 478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/998410