A study of numeric morphology-based alpha-taxonomy (NUMOBAT) considering the species Formicaexsecta Nylander, 1846 and F.fennica Seifert, 2000 was performed in 166 nest samples with 485 worker individuals originating from 117 localities of the Palaearctic west of 59°E. The presence of intraspecific pilosity dimorphism is shown for F.exsecta. The setae-reduced phenotype, termed the Rubens morph, shows a frequency of about 25%, and the more abundant setae-rich phenotype, termed the Normal morph, one of 75%. The frequency of nests containing workers of both phenotypes is 15.5% in 58 samples from Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. Applying the DIMORPH test of Seifert (2016) on this territory, it is demonstrated that the association of Rubens and Normal phenotypes within the same nest cannot be interpreted as parabiosis of independent species (p=0.017) or as temporary (p=0.0004) and permanent (p=0.0001) socially parasitic association, whereas genetically mediated intraspecific dimorphism is most likely (p=0.659, all p data according to Fisher’s exact test). The Rubens morph of F.exsecta is phenotypically most similar to F.fennica but is safely separable by four different forms of exploratory data analyses using nest centroids (NC) as input data: NC-Ward, NC-part.hclust, NC-part.kmeans, and NC-NMDS-k-means. Data on zoogeography and the narrow climate niche indicate that F.fennica is unlikely to occur in Norway.
{"title":"The Rubens morph of Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846 and its separation from Formica fennica Seifert, 2000 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)","authors":"B. Seifert","doi":"10.3897/DEZ.66.34868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/DEZ.66.34868","url":null,"abstract":"A study of numeric morphology-based alpha-taxonomy (NUMOBAT) considering the species Formicaexsecta Nylander, 1846 and F.fennica Seifert, 2000 was performed in 166 nest samples with 485 worker individuals originating from 117 localities of the Palaearctic west of 59°E. The presence of intraspecific pilosity dimorphism is shown for F.exsecta. The setae-reduced phenotype, termed the Rubens morph, shows a frequency of about 25%, and the more abundant setae-rich phenotype, termed the Normal morph, one of 75%. The frequency of nests containing workers of both phenotypes is 15.5% in 58 samples from Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. Applying the DIMORPH test of Seifert (2016) on this territory, it is demonstrated that the association of Rubens and Normal phenotypes within the same nest cannot be interpreted as parabiosis of independent species (p=0.017) or as temporary (p=0.0004) and permanent (p=0.0001) socially parasitic association, whereas genetically mediated intraspecific dimorphism is most likely (p=0.659, all p data according to Fisher’s exact test). The Rubens morph of F.exsecta is phenotypically most similar to F.fennica but is safely separable by four different forms of exploratory data analyses using nest centroids (NC) as input data: NC-Ward, NC-part.hclust, NC-part.kmeans, and NC-NMDS-k-means. Data on zoogeography and the narrow climate niche indicate that F.fennica is unlikely to occur in Norway.","PeriodicalId":50592,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44104273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The genus Notiophilus Duméril, 1806 is a distinctive taxon of small, diurnal and morphologically similar beetles exhibiting large eyes and widened second elytral intervals. In this study we analysed the effectiveness of DNA barcodes to discriminate 67 specimens that represent 8 species of Notiophilus from Central Europe. Interspecific K2P distances below 2.2% were found for N.biguttatus (Fabricius, 1779) and N.quadripunctatus Dejean, 1826, whereas intraspecific distances with values > 2.2% were revealed for N.rufipes Curtis, 1829. An additional phylogenetic analysis of all available species revealed a close relationship of N.directus Casey, 1920, N.semistriatus Say, 1823, N.simulator Fall, 1906 and N.sylvaticus Dejean, 1831, possibly indicating a radiation of these species in North America. Low support values of most other nodes, however, do not allow additional phylogenetic conclusions.
{"title":"About Notiophilus Duméril, 1806 (Coleoptera, Carabidae): Species delineation and phylogeny using DNA barcodes","authors":"M. Raupach, K. Hannig, J. Morinière, L. Hendrich","doi":"10.3897/DEZ.66.34711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/DEZ.66.34711","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Notiophilus Duméril, 1806 is a distinctive taxon of small, diurnal and morphologically similar beetles exhibiting large eyes and widened second elytral intervals. In this study we analysed the effectiveness of DNA barcodes to discriminate 67 specimens that represent 8 species of Notiophilus from Central Europe. Interspecific K2P distances below 2.2% were found for N.biguttatus (Fabricius, 1779) and N.quadripunctatus Dejean, 1826, whereas intraspecific distances with values > 2.2% were revealed for N.rufipes Curtis, 1829. An additional phylogenetic analysis of all available species revealed a close relationship of N.directus Casey, 1920, N.semistriatus Say, 1823, N.simulator Fall, 1906 and N.sylvaticus Dejean, 1831, possibly indicating a radiation of these species in North America. Low support values of most other nodes, however, do not allow additional phylogenetic conclusions.","PeriodicalId":50592,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42195915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Type material of thick-headed flies (Diptera, Conopidae) in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (ZMHB) is documented. The entire collection holds primary type material (i.e. holotypes, lectotypes, syntypes) of 73 species. Five Conops species with previously unknown subgenus belong to the subgenus Asiconops: C.frontosus Kröber, 1916; C.indicus Kröber, 1916; C.maculiventris Kröber, 1916; C.nigrofasciatus Kröber, 1916; and C.punctifronsKröber 1916. Two new synonyms are introduced: Conopsvaginalis Rondani, 1865 syn. nov. of Conopstruncatus Loew, 1847 and Siniconopsfuscatus Qiao & Chao, 1998 syn. nov. of Physocephalasepulchralis Brunetti, 1912.
{"title":"Type catalogue of the thick-headed flies (Diptera, Conopidae) in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin","authors":"J. Stuke, J. Ziegler","doi":"10.3897/DEZ.66.33814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/DEZ.66.33814","url":null,"abstract":"Type material of thick-headed flies (Diptera, Conopidae) in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (ZMHB) is documented. The entire collection holds primary type material (i.e. holotypes, lectotypes, syntypes) of 73 species. Five Conops species with previously unknown subgenus belong to the subgenus Asiconops: C.frontosus Kröber, 1916; C.indicus Kröber, 1916; C.maculiventris Kröber, 1916; C.nigrofasciatus Kröber, 1916; and C.punctifronsKröber 1916. Two new synonyms are introduced: Conopsvaginalis Rondani, 1865 syn. nov. of Conopstruncatus Loew, 1847 and Siniconopsfuscatus Qiao & Chao, 1998 syn. nov. of Physocephalasepulchralis Brunetti, 1912.","PeriodicalId":50592,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41435031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tropopterus Solier, 1849, precinctive to southern South America, is taxonomically revised. Six new species are described: T. peckorumsp. nov., T. robustussp. nov., T. canaliculussp. nov., T. trisinuatussp. nov., T. minimucrosp. nov., and T. fieldianussp. nov.Merizodus catapileanus Jeannel, 1962, is synonymized with T. montagnei Solier, 1849. Lectotypes are designated for T. montagnei, T. giraudyi Solier, T. duponchelii Solier, and T. nitidus Solier (= T. duponchelii). Tropopterus peruvianus Straneo is noted as a nomen dubium, with its identity and taxonomic placement to be substantiated via neotype designation. Phylogenetic relationships among Tropopterus spp. are hypothesized based on 37 morphological characters, the distributions of which are analyzed under the parsimony criterion, with the cladogram root established between Tropopterus and its adelphotaxon from New South Wales, Australia. Speciation in the group has occurred predominantly at a limited geographical scale relative to the overall generic distribution, with three pairs of sister species sympatric. However phylogenetic divergence between taxa in the more northern, sclerophyllous forest characterized by Nothofagus obliqua (Brisseau de Mirbel) and those occupying the Valdivian and North Patagonian Rain Forest dominated by N. dombeyi (Brisseau de Mirbel) is observed in two instances of phylogenetic history. Using specific collecting locality records, it is shown that Tropopterus beetles have been collected syntopically and synchronically with species of Glypholoma Jeannel (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Anaballetus Newton, Švec & Fikáček (Coleoptera, Leiodidae), Andotypus Spangler (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae), and Novonothrus Balogh (Acari, Oribatida). These concordant ecological occurrences document a cohesive Nothofagus forest leaf-litter community. These genera plus other Valdivian Rain Forest invertebrate taxa all exhibit an Austral disjunct biogeographical pattern that corroborates trans-Antarctic vicariance between the Nothofagus forests of southern South America and Australia. Male genitalic antisymmetry is shown to be a synapomorphy of Tropopterus, though the female reproductive tract retains the plesiomorphic orientation observed in all other moriomorphine taxa.
{"title":"Revision of Tropopterus Solier: A disjunct South American component of the Australo-Pacific Moriomorphini (Coleoptera, Carabidae)","authors":"J. Liebherr","doi":"10.3897/dez.66.38022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.66.38022","url":null,"abstract":"Tropopterus Solier, 1849, precinctive to southern South America, is taxonomically revised. Six new species are described: T. peckorumsp. nov., T. robustussp. nov., T. canaliculussp. nov., T. trisinuatussp. nov., T. minimucrosp. nov., and T. fieldianussp. nov.Merizodus catapileanus Jeannel, 1962, is synonymized with T. montagnei Solier, 1849. Lectotypes are designated for T. montagnei, T. giraudyi Solier, T. duponchelii Solier, and T. nitidus Solier (= T. duponchelii). Tropopterus peruvianus Straneo is noted as a nomen dubium, with its identity and taxonomic placement to be substantiated via neotype designation. Phylogenetic relationships among Tropopterus spp. are hypothesized based on 37 morphological characters, the distributions of which are analyzed under the parsimony criterion, with the cladogram root established between Tropopterus and its adelphotaxon from New South Wales, Australia. Speciation in the group has occurred predominantly at a limited geographical scale relative to the overall generic distribution, with three pairs of sister species sympatric. However phylogenetic divergence between taxa in the more northern, sclerophyllous forest characterized by Nothofagus obliqua (Brisseau de Mirbel) and those occupying the Valdivian and North Patagonian Rain Forest dominated by N. dombeyi (Brisseau de Mirbel) is observed in two instances of phylogenetic history. Using specific collecting locality records, it is shown that Tropopterus beetles have been collected syntopically and synchronically with species of Glypholoma Jeannel (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Anaballetus Newton, Švec & Fikáček (Coleoptera, Leiodidae), Andotypus Spangler (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae), and Novonothrus Balogh (Acari, Oribatida). These concordant ecological occurrences document a cohesive Nothofagus forest leaf-litter community. These genera plus other Valdivian Rain Forest invertebrate taxa all exhibit an Austral disjunct biogeographical pattern that corroborates trans-Antarctic vicariance between the Nothofagus forests of southern South America and Australia. Male genitalic antisymmetry is shown to be a synapomorphy of Tropopterus, though the female reproductive tract retains the plesiomorphic orientation observed in all other moriomorphine taxa.","PeriodicalId":50592,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47804828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Gustafsson, L. Ošlejšková, Tomáš Najer, O. Sychra, Fasheng Zou
Thirteen species of chewing lice in theBrueelia-complex are redescribed and illustrated. They are:BrueeliablagovescenskyiBalát, 1955, exEmberizaschoeniclus(Linnaeus, 1758);B.breueriBalát, 1955, exChlorischloris(Linnaeus, 1758);B.conocephala(Blagoveshchensky, 1940) exSittaeuropaea(Linnaeus, 1758);B.ferianciBalát, 1955, exAnthustrivialis(Linnaeus, 1758);B.gliziBalát, 1955, exFringillamontifringillaLinnaeus, 1758;B.kluziBalát, 1955, exFringillacoelebsLinnaeus, 1758;B.kratochviliBalát, 1958, exMotacillaflavaLinnaeus, 1758;B.matvejeviBalát, 1981, exTurdusviscivorusLinnaeus, 1758;B.pelikaniBalát, 1958, exEmberizamelanocephalaScopoli, 1769;B.rosickyiBalát, 1955, exSylvianisoria(Bechstein, 1792);B.vanekiBalát, 1981, exAcrocephalusschoenobaenus(Linnaeus, 1758);Guimaraesiellahaftorni(Balát, 1958) exTurdusiliacusLinnaeus, 1758;G.lais(Giebel, 1874) exLusciniamegarhynchos(Brehm, 1831). Redescriptions are made from type material where available. Holotypes are identified in Balát’s material when possible, and lectotypes are designated forB.blagovescenskyi,B.breueri,B.glizi,B.ferianci,B.kluzi,B.kratochvili,B.pelikani, andB.rosickyi; a neotype ofNirmuslaisGiebel, 1874 is designated.BrueeliaweberiBalát, 1982, is placed as a synonym ofBrueeliaconocephala(Blagoveshchensky, 1940).
{"title":"Redescriptions of thirteen species of chewing lice in the Brueelia-complex (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae), with one new synonymy and a neotype designation for Nirmus lais Giebel, 1874","authors":"D. Gustafsson, L. Ošlejšková, Tomáš Najer, O. Sychra, Fasheng Zou","doi":"10.3897/DEZ.66.32423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/DEZ.66.32423","url":null,"abstract":"Thirteen species of chewing lice in theBrueelia-complex are redescribed and illustrated. They are:BrueeliablagovescenskyiBalát, 1955, exEmberizaschoeniclus(Linnaeus, 1758);B.breueriBalát, 1955, exChlorischloris(Linnaeus, 1758);B.conocephala(Blagoveshchensky, 1940) exSittaeuropaea(Linnaeus, 1758);B.ferianciBalát, 1955, exAnthustrivialis(Linnaeus, 1758);B.gliziBalát, 1955, exFringillamontifringillaLinnaeus, 1758;B.kluziBalát, 1955, exFringillacoelebsLinnaeus, 1758;B.kratochviliBalát, 1958, exMotacillaflavaLinnaeus, 1758;B.matvejeviBalát, 1981, exTurdusviscivorusLinnaeus, 1758;B.pelikaniBalát, 1958, exEmberizamelanocephalaScopoli, 1769;B.rosickyiBalát, 1955, exSylvianisoria(Bechstein, 1792);B.vanekiBalát, 1981, exAcrocephalusschoenobaenus(Linnaeus, 1758);Guimaraesiellahaftorni(Balát, 1958) exTurdusiliacusLinnaeus, 1758;G.lais(Giebel, 1874) exLusciniamegarhynchos(Brehm, 1831). Redescriptions are made from type material where available. Holotypes are identified in Balát’s material when possible, and lectotypes are designated forB.blagovescenskyi,B.breueri,B.glizi,B.ferianci,B.kluzi,B.kratochvili,B.pelikani, andB.rosickyi; a neotype ofNirmuslaisGiebel, 1874 is designated.BrueeliaweberiBalát, 1982, is placed as a synonym ofBrueeliaconocephala(Blagoveshchensky, 1940).","PeriodicalId":50592,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44291556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Almost 200 years of continuous and systematic research in subterranean habitats of the Dinaric Karst and adjoining areas have resulted in the discovery of more than 400 specialized subterranean beetles. Among these, a special place belongs to the morphologically well distinguished and elusive, so called aphaenopsoid trechine beetles, which are characterized by a prolonged head, pronotum and appendages, and widened, ovoid-shaped elytra. Two new species of aphaenopsoid trechines – Derossiellalukicisp. n. from two deep pits on Mt Biokovo, Croatia, and Adriaphaenopspetrimarissp. n. from Pištet 4 Cave, Kameno more, Montenegro – are described, illustrated, and compared with closely related congeners. Identification keys for both genera and an annotated catalogue for all Adriaphaenops species, as well as data on the distribution and the ecology of these remarkable species, are provided and discussed.
经过近200年对迪纳尔喀斯特及邻近地区地下栖息地的持续而系统的研究，发现了400多种专门的地下甲虫。在这些甲虫中，有一个特殊的地方属于形态上很好区分和难以捉摸的，被称为aphaenopsoid trechine甲虫，其特征是头部、前角和附属物延长，鞘翅变宽，呈卵泡状。隐孢子虫二新种——Derossiellalukicisp。从克罗地亚比奥科沃山和阿德里亚菲诺opspetrimarissp的两个深坑中。4 Cave, Kameno more, Montenegro -被描述，说明，并与密切相关的同系物进行比较。本文提供并讨论了所有亚龙属的鉴定键和所有亚龙属的注释目录，以及这些重要物种的分布和生态数据。
{"title":"Playing hard to get: two new species of subterranean Trechini beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae) from the Dinaric Karst","authors":"R. Lohaj, T. Delić","doi":"10.3897/DEZ.66.31754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/DEZ.66.31754","url":null,"abstract":"Almost 200 years of continuous and systematic research in subterranean habitats of the Dinaric Karst and adjoining areas have resulted in the discovery of more than 400 specialized subterranean beetles. Among these, a special place belongs to the morphologically well distinguished and elusive, so called aphaenopsoid trechine beetles, which are characterized by a prolonged head, pronotum and appendages, and widened, ovoid-shaped elytra. Two new species of aphaenopsoid trechines – Derossiellalukicisp. n. from two deep pits on Mt Biokovo, Croatia, and Adriaphaenopspetrimarissp. n. from Pištet 4 Cave, Kameno more, Montenegro – are described, illustrated, and compared with closely related congeners. Identification keys for both genera and an annotated catalogue for all Adriaphaenops species, as well as data on the distribution and the ecology of these remarkable species, are provided and discussed.","PeriodicalId":50592,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70401762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Based on cladistic analyses recently conducted by Sharkey and Chapman, the genus Zosteragathis Sharkey is revised. Twenty-two species are reported from Thailand, three previously described species, Z. samensis, Z. contrasta and Z. nuichuaensis, and 19 new species, i.e., Z. chaiyaphumensis, Z. eukos, Z. hinensis, Z. hongensis, Z. inthanonensis, Z. krachanensis, Z. lampangensis, Z. lampooensis, Z. luangensis, Z. ngamensis, Z. perknos, Z. petchaburiensis, Z. phahompokensis, Z. phuphanensis, Z. sakaeratensis, Z. sakonensis, Z. samensis, Z. surinensis, Z. taemensis, Z. tonensis. Members of Zosteragathis are known from the Australian, Ethiopian, Oceania, Oriental, and eastern Palaearctic regions.
{"title":"Revision of Zosteragathis Sharkey of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae, Agathidini)","authors":"M. Sharkey, E. Chapman","doi":"10.3897/DEZ.65.25772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/DEZ.65.25772","url":null,"abstract":"Based on cladistic analyses recently conducted by Sharkey and Chapman, the genus Zosteragathis Sharkey is revised. Twenty-two species are reported from Thailand, three previously described species, Z. samensis, Z. contrasta and Z. nuichuaensis, and 19 new species, i.e., Z. chaiyaphumensis, Z. eukos, Z. hinensis, Z. hongensis, Z. inthanonensis, Z. krachanensis, Z. lampangensis, Z. lampooensis, Z. luangensis, Z. ngamensis, Z. perknos, Z. petchaburiensis, Z. phahompokensis, Z. phuphanensis, Z. sakaeratensis, Z. sakonensis, Z. samensis, Z. surinensis, Z. taemensis, Z. tonensis. Members of Zosteragathis are known from the Australian, Ethiopian, Oceania, Oriental, and eastern Palaearctic regions.","PeriodicalId":50592,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2018-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45833427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Australian fauna ofMecyclothoraxSharp (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Moriomorphini) is reviewed, with special focus on species assigned to the monophyletic subgenus Eucyclothorax Liebherr:M.isolatus,sp. n.from Western Australia,M.mooreiBaehr,M.punctatus(Sloane),M.curtus(Sloane),M.blackburni(Sloane);M.eyrensis(Blackburn);M.peryphoides(Blackburn);M.darlingtoni,sp. n.from Queensland;M.jameswalkeri,sp. n.from Western Australia;M.lophoides(Chaudoir); andM.cordicollis(Sloane). The last six species listed above–theM.lophoidesspecies complex–have been the source of long-term confusion for taxonomists, with male genitalic characters providing trouble-free species circumscription. One new subspecies,M.lewisensisestriatus,subsp. n.from Queensland is added to the seven previously described taxa of the monophyletic subgenus Qecyclothorax Liebherr. The balance of the fauna consists of four species in the subgenus Mecyclothorax:1and2, the sister-species pairM.lateralis(Castelnau) andM.minutus(Castelnau);3,M.ambiguus(Erichson); and4,M.punctipennis(MacLeay).Mecyclothoraxfortis(Blackburn),syn. n., is newly synonymized withM.minutus.MecyclothoraxovalisSloane is recombined asNeonomiusovalis(Sloane),comb. n., and a neotype is designated to replace the destroyed holotype. Phylogenetic relationships for the AustralianMecyclothoraxare proposed based on information from 68 terminal taxa and 139 morphological characters. The biogeographic history of AustralianMecyclothoraxis deduced based the sister-group relationship betweenMecyclothoraxand theAmblytelus-related genera, with both groups hypothesized to have originated during the late Eocene. Diversification withinMecyclothoraxhas occurred since then in montane rainforests of tropical Queensland, temperate forest biomes of the southwest and southeast, and in grasslands and riparian habitats adjacent and inland from those forests. Several species presently occupy interior desert regions, though no sister species mutually occupy such climatically harsh habitats. TheM.lophoidesspecies complex exhibits profound male genitalic diversification within the context of conserved external anatomy. This disparity is investigated with regard to the functional interaction of the male internal sac flagellum and female spermathecal duct. Though limited association of flagellar and spermathecal duct configurations can be documented, several factors complicate proposing a general evolutionary mechanism for the observed data. These include:1, the occurrence of derived, elongate spermathecal ducts in three species, two of which exhibit very long male flagella, whereas males of the third exhibit a very short flagellum; and2, a highly derived and exaggerated male flagellar configuration shared across a sister-species pair even though the two species can be robustly diagnosed using external anatomical characters, other significant genitalic differences involving male parameral setation, and biogeographic allopatry associated with differential occu
{"title":"Taxonomic review of Australian Mecyclothorax Sharp (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) with special emphasis on the M. lophoides (Chaudoir) species complex","authors":"J. Liebherr","doi":"10.3897/DEZ.65.27424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/DEZ.65.27424","url":null,"abstract":"The Australian fauna ofMecyclothoraxSharp (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Moriomorphini) is reviewed, with special focus on species assigned to the monophyletic subgenus Eucyclothorax Liebherr:M.isolatus,sp. n.from Western Australia,M.mooreiBaehr,M.punctatus(Sloane),M.curtus(Sloane),M.blackburni(Sloane);M.eyrensis(Blackburn);M.peryphoides(Blackburn);M.darlingtoni,sp. n.from Queensland;M.jameswalkeri,sp. n.from Western Australia;M.lophoides(Chaudoir); andM.cordicollis(Sloane). The last six species listed above–theM.lophoidesspecies complex–have been the source of long-term confusion for taxonomists, with male genitalic characters providing trouble-free species circumscription. One new subspecies,M.lewisensisestriatus,subsp. n.from Queensland is added to the seven previously described taxa of the monophyletic subgenus Qecyclothorax Liebherr. The balance of the fauna consists of four species in the subgenus Mecyclothorax:1and2, the sister-species pairM.lateralis(Castelnau) andM.minutus(Castelnau);3,M.ambiguus(Erichson); and4,M.punctipennis(MacLeay).Mecyclothoraxfortis(Blackburn),syn. n., is newly synonymized withM.minutus.MecyclothoraxovalisSloane is recombined asNeonomiusovalis(Sloane),comb. n., and a neotype is designated to replace the destroyed holotype. Phylogenetic relationships for the AustralianMecyclothoraxare proposed based on information from 68 terminal taxa and 139 morphological characters. The biogeographic history of AustralianMecyclothoraxis deduced based the sister-group relationship betweenMecyclothoraxand theAmblytelus-related genera, with both groups hypothesized to have originated during the late Eocene. Diversification withinMecyclothoraxhas occurred since then in montane rainforests of tropical Queensland, temperate forest biomes of the southwest and southeast, and in grasslands and riparian habitats adjacent and inland from those forests. Several species presently occupy interior desert regions, though no sister species mutually occupy such climatically harsh habitats. TheM.lophoidesspecies complex exhibits profound male genitalic diversification within the context of conserved external anatomy. This disparity is investigated with regard to the functional interaction of the male internal sac flagellum and female spermathecal duct. Though limited association of flagellar and spermathecal duct configurations can be documented, several factors complicate proposing a general evolutionary mechanism for the observed data. These include:1, the occurrence of derived, elongate spermathecal ducts in three species, two of which exhibit very long male flagella, whereas males of the third exhibit a very short flagellum; and2, a highly derived and exaggerated male flagellar configuration shared across a sister-species pair even though the two species can be robustly diagnosed using external anatomical characters, other significant genitalic differences involving male parameral setation, and biogeographic allopatry associated with differential occu","PeriodicalId":50592,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2018-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45664326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Twenty eight species of the genusQuediusfrom Middle Asia comprising Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, are revised.QuediusaltaicusKorge, 1962,Q.capitalisEppelsheim, 1892,Q.fusicornisLuze, 1904,Q.solskyiLuze, 1904 andQ.cohaesusEppelsheim, 1888 are redescribed. The following new synonymies are established:Q.solskyiLuze, 1904 =Q.asiaticusBernhauer, 1918,syn. n.;Q.cohaesusEppelsheim, 1888 =Q.turkmenicusCoiffait, 1969,syn. n., =Q.afghanicusCoiffait, 1977,syn. n.;Q.hauseriBernhauer, 1918 =Q.peneckeiBernhauer, 1918,syn. n., =Q.ouzbekiscusCoiffait, 1969,syn. n.;Q.imitatorLuze, 1904 =Q.tschinganensisCoiffait, 1969,syn. n.;Q.novusEppelsheim, 1892 =Q.dzambulensisCoiffait, 1967,syn. n.,Q.pseudonigricepsReitter, 1909 =Q.kirklarensisKorge, 1971,syn. n.Lectotypes are designated forQ.asiaticusBernhauer, 1918,Q.fusicornisLuze, 1904,Q.hauseriBernhauer, 1918,Q.imitatorLuze, 1904,Q.novusEppelsheim, 1892 andQ.solskyiLuze, 1904. For all revised species, taxonomy, distribution and bionomics are summarized.Quediusfuliginosus(Gravenhorst, 1802),Q.sundukoviSmetana, 2003 andQ.pseudonigricepsReitter, 1909 are recorded for Middle Asia for the first time. One species from theQ.coloratus-group, found to be new to science is not described due to shortage of material. Another possibly new species is tentatively identified asQ.fulvicollisStephens, 1833 until the taxonomy of that widespread species is revised. An identification key to all species is provided.
{"title":"Revision of the Quedius fauna of Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae)","authors":"M. Salnitska, A. Solodovnikov","doi":"10.3897/DEZ.65.27033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/DEZ.65.27033","url":null,"abstract":"Twenty eight species of the genusQuediusfrom Middle Asia comprising Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, are revised.QuediusaltaicusKorge, 1962,Q.capitalisEppelsheim, 1892,Q.fusicornisLuze, 1904,Q.solskyiLuze, 1904 andQ.cohaesusEppelsheim, 1888 are redescribed. The following new synonymies are established:Q.solskyiLuze, 1904 =Q.asiaticusBernhauer, 1918,syn. n.;Q.cohaesusEppelsheim, 1888 =Q.turkmenicusCoiffait, 1969,syn. n., =Q.afghanicusCoiffait, 1977,syn. n.;Q.hauseriBernhauer, 1918 =Q.peneckeiBernhauer, 1918,syn. n., =Q.ouzbekiscusCoiffait, 1969,syn. n.;Q.imitatorLuze, 1904 =Q.tschinganensisCoiffait, 1969,syn. n.;Q.novusEppelsheim, 1892 =Q.dzambulensisCoiffait, 1967,syn. n.,Q.pseudonigricepsReitter, 1909 =Q.kirklarensisKorge, 1971,syn. n.Lectotypes are designated forQ.asiaticusBernhauer, 1918,Q.fusicornisLuze, 1904,Q.hauseriBernhauer, 1918,Q.imitatorLuze, 1904,Q.novusEppelsheim, 1892 andQ.solskyiLuze, 1904. For all revised species, taxonomy, distribution and bionomics are summarized.Quediusfuliginosus(Gravenhorst, 1802),Q.sundukoviSmetana, 2003 andQ.pseudonigricepsReitter, 1909 are recorded for Middle Asia for the first time. One species from theQ.coloratus-group, found to be new to science is not described due to shortage of material. Another possibly new species is tentatively identified asQ.fulvicollisStephens, 1833 until the taxonomy of that widespread species is revised. An identification key to all species is provided.","PeriodicalId":50592,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2018-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47460045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela, S. Wong, A. Kirejtshuk, M. Fikáček
The hydrophilid genusCycreonOrchymont, 1919, previously known from two historical specimens only, is reviewed based on the numerous material collected recently from the inflorescences of various Araceae species in the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. Four species are recognized in the genus:C.sculpturatusOrchymont, 1919 from Sumatra,C.armandiShatrovskiy, 2017 from Singapore,C.adolescenssp. n.from peninsular Malaysia, andC.floricolasp. n.with two subspecies, the nominotypical one from Peninsular Malaysia, andC.floricolaborneanussubsp. n.from Borneo. All species are very similar, differing only by the pronotal punctation, shape of the clypeus and the mentum, and the form of the median lobe of the aedeagus. Specimens ofC.floricolasp. n.andC.adolescenssp. n.were collected from inflorescences of various genera of the family Araceae. The field observations and analysis of mid gut contents indicates that they feed on organic material on internal organs of the inflorescences, including the pollen of the host plant. They were also observed to carry a large amount of pollen and are likely pollinators of their host species of Araceae.
{"title":"Review of the flower-inhabiting water scavenger beetle genus Cycreon (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae), with descriptions of new species and comments on its biology","authors":"Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela, S. Wong, A. Kirejtshuk, M. Fikáček","doi":"10.3897/DEZ.65.26261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/DEZ.65.26261","url":null,"abstract":"The hydrophilid genusCycreonOrchymont, 1919, previously known from two historical specimens only, is reviewed based on the numerous material collected recently from the inflorescences of various Araceae species in the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. Four species are recognized in the genus:C.sculpturatusOrchymont, 1919 from Sumatra,C.armandiShatrovskiy, 2017 from Singapore,C.adolescenssp. n.from peninsular Malaysia, andC.floricolasp. n.with two subspecies, the nominotypical one from Peninsular Malaysia, andC.floricolaborneanussubsp. n.from Borneo. All species are very similar, differing only by the pronotal punctation, shape of the clypeus and the mentum, and the form of the median lobe of the aedeagus. Specimens ofC.floricolasp. n.andC.adolescenssp. n.were collected from inflorescences of various genera of the family Araceae. The field observations and analysis of mid gut contents indicates that they feed on organic material on internal organs of the inflorescences, including the pollen of the host plant. They were also observed to carry a large amount of pollen and are likely pollinators of their host species of Araceae.","PeriodicalId":50592,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2018-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42051758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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