Pub Date : 2018-11-14DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-48022157
Diego J. Inclán, J. O'hara, J. Stireman, H. Shima, J. Pohjoismäki, G. Giudice, P. Cerretti
The Glaurocarini are a small Old World tribe of tachinids belonging to the subfamily Tachininae. Two genera are currently recognized, Glaurocara Thomson with 16 species and Semisuturia Malloch with eight species. In this study we describe Semisuturia moffattensis Inclan, O’Hara, Stireman & Cerretti sp. n. from Queensland and New South Wales and compare it with congeners as well as other glaurocarines. The new species is readily identifiable among world glaurocarines by having a row of setae on lower 2/3 of facial ridge. We further evaluate the monophyly of the Glaurocarini on the basis of morphological characters of both adult and larval stages. A molecular phylogenetic analysis also supports monophyly of the tribe but does not support a close relationship between Glaurocarini and Ormiini as has been suggested previously. Finally, we provide new morphological evidence from both adults and first instar larvae to support the monophyly of both Semisuturia and Glaurocara.
{"title":"The monophyly of the Glaurocarini ( Diptera : Tachinidae : Tachininae ) with the description of a new species of Semisuturia from Australia","authors":"Diego J. Inclán, J. O'hara, J. Stireman, H. Shima, J. Pohjoismäki, G. Giudice, P. Cerretti","doi":"10.1163/1876312X-48022157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-48022157","url":null,"abstract":"The Glaurocarini are a small Old World tribe of tachinids belonging to the subfamily Tachininae. Two genera are currently recognized, Glaurocara Thomson with 16 species and Semisuturia Malloch with eight species. In this study we describe Semisuturia moffattensis Inclan, O’Hara, Stireman & Cerretti sp. n. from Queensland and New South Wales and compare it with congeners as well as other glaurocarines. The new species is readily identifiable among world glaurocarines by having a row of setae on lower 2/3 of facial ridge. We further evaluate the monophyly of the Glaurocarini on the basis of morphological characters of both adult and larval stages. A molecular phylogenetic analysis also supports monophyly of the tribe but does not support a close relationship between Glaurocarini and Ormiini as has been suggested previously. Finally, we provide new morphological evidence from both adults and first instar larvae to support the monophyly of both Semisuturia and Glaurocara.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":"49 1","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2018-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312X-48022157","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49437365","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}
Pub Date : 2018-10-30DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002181
A. Solovyev, A. Giusti
The genus Scopelodes Westwood, 1841 distributed from India and Japan to New Guinea is revised. At present it includes a total of 31 species (34 taxa including subspecies), of which 16 are described as new to science: S. witti, S. pichugini, S. palawana, S. busa, S. jakli, S. uljanae, S. nusatenggarica, S. wetara, S. philippina, S. buraena, S. geminus, S. rudloffi, S. tanimbara, S. brechlini, S. lourensi, and S. notata. Lectotypes are designated for 9 taxa: Bethura minax, Scopelodes lutea, S. pallivittata, S. testacea, S. aurogrisea, S. exigua, S. magnifica, S. dinawa, S. sericea. New synonymy is established for the taxa: Scopelodes testacea = Scopelodes exigua niassica, syn. n. The taxa S. aurogrisea Moore and S. bicolor Wu & Fang are regarded as subspecies within S. venosa Walker. A new combination is proposed here: S. brunneipennis, comb. n. (the species is transferred from the genus Comana Walker).
{"title":"Revision of the genus Scopelodes Westwood, 1841 (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae) with description of 16 new species","authors":"A. Solovyev, A. Giusti","doi":"10.1163/1876312X-00002181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002181","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Scopelodes Westwood, 1841 distributed from India and Japan to New Guinea is revised. At present it includes a total of 31 species (34 taxa including subspecies), of which 16 are described as new to science: S. witti, S. pichugini, S. palawana, S. busa, S. jakli, S. uljanae, S. nusatenggarica, S. wetara, S. philippina, S. buraena, S. geminus, S. rudloffi, S. tanimbara, S. brechlini, S. lourensi, and S. notata. Lectotypes are designated for 9 taxa: Bethura minax, Scopelodes lutea, S. pallivittata, S. testacea, S. aurogrisea, S. exigua, S. magnifica, S. dinawa, S. sericea. New synonymy is established for the taxa: Scopelodes testacea = Scopelodes exigua niassica, syn. n. The taxa S. aurogrisea Moore and S. bicolor Wu & Fang are regarded as subspecies within S. venosa Walker. A new combination is proposed here: S. brunneipennis, comb. n. (the species is transferred from the genus Comana Walker).","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2018-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312X-00002181","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48427060","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}
Pub Date : 2018-09-21DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002198
M. Maldaner, F. Vaz-de-Mello, D. Takiya, D. C. Ferreira
Coprophanaeus ( Megaphanaeus ) d’Olsoufieff, 1924 has four valid species: C. lancifer (Linne, 1767), C. ensifer (Germar, 1821), C. bonariensis (Gory, 1844) and C. bellicosus (Olivier, 1789). However, authors disagree about the placement of C. bellicosus . Thus, our aims were (I) to test if Megaphanaeus is a monophyletic group and (II) verify to which subgenus C. bellicosus belongs. We sequenced three mitochondrial and one nuclear marker for ten Phanaeini species: COI (672bp), COI-II (1326bp), 16S (527bp) and 28S (994bp). For fifteen species we sequenced two markers, COI (681pb) and 16S (532pb). Both matrices were analyzed under three methods of phylogenetic inference: Maximum Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood, and Bayesian Inference. Megaphanaeus is here considered monophyletic including C. bellicosus as sister-group to ( C. bonariensis ( C. lancifer + C. ensifer )). All analyses recovered the non-monophyly of both C. lancifer and C. ensifer , because of a population of C. lancifer grouped with C. ensifer specimens.
{"title":"Molecular Phylogeny of Coprophanaeus (Megaphanaeus) d’Olsoufieff, 1924 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) and the position of C. bellicosus","authors":"M. Maldaner, F. Vaz-de-Mello, D. Takiya, D. C. Ferreira","doi":"10.1163/1876312X-00002198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002198","url":null,"abstract":"Coprophanaeus ( Megaphanaeus ) d’Olsoufieff, 1924 has four valid species: C. lancifer (Linne, 1767), C. ensifer (Germar, 1821), C. bonariensis (Gory, 1844) and C. bellicosus (Olivier, 1789). However, authors disagree about the placement of C. bellicosus . Thus, our aims were (I) to test if Megaphanaeus is a monophyletic group and (II) verify to which subgenus C. bellicosus belongs. We sequenced three mitochondrial and one nuclear marker for ten Phanaeini species: COI (672bp), COI-II (1326bp), 16S (527bp) and 28S (994bp). For fifteen species we sequenced two markers, COI (681pb) and 16S (532pb). Both matrices were analyzed under three methods of phylogenetic inference: Maximum Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood, and Bayesian Inference. Megaphanaeus is here considered monophyletic including C. bellicosus as sister-group to ( C. bonariensis ( C. lancifer + C. ensifer )). All analyses recovered the non-monophyly of both C. lancifer and C. ensifer , because of a population of C. lancifer grouped with C. ensifer specimens.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":"-1 1","pages":"241-255"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2018-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312X-00002198","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41793770","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}
Pub Date : 2018-05-30DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002173
F. Silva, F. Vaz-de-Mello, M. Barclay
Deltochilum (Aganhyboma) mariafernandae sp. nov., from Santa Cruz, Bolivia and Cuzco, Peru is described based on differences in external and male genital morphology. Its diagnostic characters and an identification key to the species of the subgenus are provided.
{"title":"An updated key to the millipede-hunting subgenus Aganhyboma Kolbe, 1893 of the genus Deltochilum Eschscholtz, 1822 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with description of a new species from Bolivia and Peru","authors":"F. Silva, F. Vaz-de-Mello, M. Barclay","doi":"10.1163/1876312X-00002173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002173","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Deltochilum (Aganhyboma) mariafernandae\u0000sp. nov., from Santa Cruz, Bolivia and Cuzco, Peru is described based on differences in external and male genital morphology. Its diagnostic characters and an identification key to the species of the subgenus are provided.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2018-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312X-00002173","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45312854","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}
Pub Date : 2018-04-18DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002177
M. Ferrer-Suay, J. Selfa, N. Mata-Casanova, N. P. Hidalgo, J. Pujade-Villar
A complete revision of the world species of the genus Phaenoglyphis Förster, 1869 has been conducted. A total of 25 species of Phaenoglyphis are valid after studying their type material. Two new species are described: Phaenoglyphis belizini sp. n. and Phaenoglyphis palmirae sp. n. Two species are synonymized: P. dolichocera (Cameron, 1889) with P. nigripes (Thomson, 1877) and P. pecki Andrews, 1978 with P. villosa (Hartig, 1841). Phaenoglyphis bangalorensis Kurian, 1953 was considered as incertae sedis. Phaenoglyphis duplocarpentieri (Kieffer, 1904) and P. hedickei Hedicke, 1928 are considered lost. Other three species are discarded as valid species because they are missing important parts without which the species cannot be defined: P. cincta (Hartig, 1841), P. frigidus (Belizin, 1968) and P. repentinus Belizin, 1962. A complete redescription and an illustrative plate are presented. A key to species of the genus Phaenoglyphis is given. Phylogenetic analysis based on morphological characters has been performed.
{"title":"Worldwide revision of the genus Phaenoglyphis (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae, Charipinae)","authors":"M. Ferrer-Suay, J. Selfa, N. Mata-Casanova, N. P. Hidalgo, J. Pujade-Villar","doi":"10.1163/1876312X-00002177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002177","url":null,"abstract":"A complete revision of the world species of the genus Phaenoglyphis\u0000Förster, 1869 has been conducted. A total of 25 species of Phaenoglyphis are valid after studying their type material. Two new species are described: Phaenoglyphis belizini\u0000sp. n. and Phaenoglyphis palmirae\u0000sp. n. Two species are synonymized: P. dolichocera (Cameron, 1889) with P. nigripes (Thomson, 1877) and P. pecki\u0000Andrews, 1978 with P. villosa (Hartig, 1841). Phaenoglyphis bangalorensis\u0000Kurian, 1953 was considered as incertae sedis. Phaenoglyphis duplocarpentieri (Kieffer, 1904) and P. hedickei\u0000Hedicke, 1928 are considered lost. Other three species are discarded as valid species because they are missing important parts without which the species cannot be defined: P. cincta (Hartig, 1841), P. frigidus (Belizin, 1968) and P. repentinus\u0000Belizin, 1962. A complete redescription and an illustrative plate are presented. A key to species of the genus Phaenoglyphis is given. Phylogenetic analysis based on morphological characters has been performed.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2018-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312X-00002177","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44223842","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}
Pub Date : 2017-12-12DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002180
S. Shimizu, A. M. Bennett, Masato Ito, K. Maeto
The Japanese species of the genus Therion Curtis, 1829 (Ichneumonidae: Anomaloninae) were revised based on examination of 447 Japanese specimens. Four species are recognized based on morphology and sequence data (mtCOI). Two of them are identified as previously known species: T. circumflexum (Linnaeus, 1758) and T. giganteum (Gravenhorst, 1829). The other two species are described as new: T. carinatum Shimizu & Bennett, sp. nov. and T. nigrigasterum Shimizu, Bennett & Ito, sp. nov. In addition, T. rufomaculatum (Uchida, 1928) stat. rev. is once again synonymized with T. circumflexum. The Japanese species of Therion are easily distinguished from each other by a newly provided key. The lasiocampid moth, Dendrolimus spectabilis (Butler, 1877), is newly recorded as a host of T. giganteum.
{"title":"A systematic revision of the Japanese species of the genus Therion (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Anomaloninae)","authors":"S. Shimizu, A. M. Bennett, Masato Ito, K. Maeto","doi":"10.1163/1876312X-00002180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002180","url":null,"abstract":"The Japanese species of the genus Therion\u0000Curtis, 1829 (Ichneumonidae: Anomaloninae) were revised based on examination of 447 Japanese specimens. Four species are recognized based on morphology and sequence data (mtCOI). Two of them are identified as previously known species: T. circumflexum (Linnaeus, 1758) and T. giganteum (Gravenhorst, 1829). The other two species are described as new: T. carinatum Shimizu & Bennett, sp. nov. and T. nigrigasterum Shimizu, Bennett & Ito, sp. nov. In addition, T. rufomaculatum (Uchida, 1928) stat. rev. is once again synonymized with T. circumflexum. The Japanese species of Therion are easily distinguished from each other by a newly provided key. The lasiocampid moth, Dendrolimus spectabilis (Butler, 1877), is newly recorded as a host of T. giganteum.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2017-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312X-00002180","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42791039","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}
Pub Date : 2017-12-04DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002176
D. Manfio, I. Jorge, G. Kergoat, C. S. Ribeiro-Costa
The seed beetle genus Ctenocolum Kingsolver & Whitehead is peculiar because its preferred host Lonchocharpus Kunth (Fabaceae) is not preyed upon by other bruchine species. This study investigates the phylogenetic relationships and evolution of this genus and of its species groups, while providing the description of three new species and of the male of C. biolleyi Kingsolver & Whitehead. To infer phylogenetic relationships, a character matrix of 40 morphological characters was assembled and analysed using both parsimony and Bayesian inference. Ancestral state estimations of host plant use and biogeography analyses were also performed. A total of 22 species were examined: 16 Ctenocolum species (including the three new ones) and six outgroup bruchine species (from genera Caryedes Hummel, Meibomeus Bridwell, Pygiopachymerus Pic and Pachymerus Thunberg). All resulting trees support the monophyly of the genus Ctenocolum. Three synapomorphies characterize the genus: (i) head with frontal carina enlarged at base, (ii) male pygidium truncated apically, and (iii) lateral lobes of tegmen with dorsal process. The two known species groups are also recovered monophyletic in the parsimony analyses. The following three species are described: Ctenocolum inmaculatus Manfio & Ribeiro-Costa sp. nov. (Type locality: Venezuela, Guarico), which belongs to the group tuberculatum; Ctenocolum nigronotus Manfio & Ribeiro-Costa sp. nov. (Type locality: Porto Rico, Mayaguez) and C. pallidus Manfio & Ribeiro-Costa sp. nov. (Type locality: Republic of Guyana), which belong to the group podagricus. Finally, we present colored illustrations of dorsal patterns and male genitalia for these three new species and C. biolleyi in addition to an updated key for the genus Ctenocolum.
Kingsolver&Whitehead的种子甲虫属是独特的，因为它的首选宿主Lonchocharpus Kunth（Fabaceae）不会被其他物种捕食。本研究调查了该属及其物种群的系统发育关系和进化，同时提供了三个新种和C.biolleyi Kingsolver&Whitehead雄性的描述。为了推断系统发育关系，使用简约和贝叶斯推理组装并分析了40个形态特征的特征矩阵。还进行了寄主植物使用的祖先状态估计和生物地理学分析。共检测了22个物种：16个Ctenocolum物种（包括3个新物种）和6个外群bruchine物种（来自Caryedes Hummel属、Meibomeus Bridwell属、Pygiopachymerus Pic属和Pachymerus Thunberg属）。所有由此产生的树木都支持Ctenocolum属的单系性。该属有三种突触形态：（i）头部，基部额隆突增大，（ii）雄性侏儒体顶部截短，（iii）被盖侧叶，背突。在简约分析中，这两个已知的物种群也被恢复为单系。描述了以下三个物种：Ctenocolum inmaculatus Manfio&Ribeiro Costa sp.nov.（模式产地：委内瑞拉，Guarico），属于结核菌群；Ctenocolum nigrontos Manfio&Ribeiro Costa sp.nov.（类型地点：波多黎各，Mayaguez）和C.pallidus Manfio和Ribeiroo Costa sp.nov.（模式地点：圭亚那共和国），属于足农业群。最后，我们展示了这三个新物种和C.biolleyi的背部图案和雄性生殖器的彩色插图，以及Ctenocolum属的更新密钥。
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Pub Date : 2017-11-30DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002182
Paola D’Alessandro, R. Frasca, E. Grobbelaar, M. Iannella, M. Biondi
A taxonomic revision of the species attributed to the subgenus Blepharidina (Afroblepharida) Biondi & D’Alessandro is provided. Seven new species are described: Blepharidina (Afroblepharida) afarensis sp. nov. and B. (A.) tajurensis sp. nov. from Djibouti; B. (A.) bantu sp. nov. from Kenya; B. (A.) benadiriensis sp. nov. from Somalia; B. (A.) nubiana sp. nov. from Sudan; B. (A.) pusilla sp. nov. from Ethiopia and Kenya; B. (A.) zephyra sp. nov. from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria. An updated catalogue, including material examined, distributions, chorotypes, and ecological notes, is supplied. The revision comprises a key to the eleven known species, habitus photos, and microscope and scanning electron micrographs of diagnostic characters, including the aedeagus and spermatheca. A phylogenetic analysis based on parsimony was provided. The strict consensus tree was used to put forward a preliminary biogeographical analysis of the taxon in the light of the current distribution of the species.
{"title":"Systematics and biogeography of the Afrotropical flea beetle subgenus Blepharidina (Afroblepharida) Biondi & D’Alessandro, with description of seven new species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)","authors":"Paola D’Alessandro, R. Frasca, E. Grobbelaar, M. Iannella, M. Biondi","doi":"10.1163/1876312X-00002182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002182","url":null,"abstract":"A taxonomic revision of the species attributed to the subgenus Blepharidina (Afroblepharida) Biondi & D’Alessandro is provided. Seven new species are described: Blepharidina (Afroblepharida) afarensis\u0000sp. nov. and B. (A.) tajurensis\u0000sp. nov. from Djibouti; B. (A.) bantu\u0000sp. nov. from Kenya; B. (A.) benadiriensis\u0000sp. nov. from Somalia; B. (A.) nubiana\u0000sp. nov. from Sudan; B. (A.) pusilla\u0000sp. nov. from Ethiopia and Kenya; B. (A.) zephyra\u0000sp. nov. from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria. An updated catalogue, including material examined, distributions, chorotypes, and ecological notes, is supplied. The revision comprises a key to the eleven known species, habitus photos, and microscope and scanning electron micrographs of diagnostic characters, including the aedeagus and spermatheca. A phylogenetic analysis based on parsimony was provided. The strict consensus tree was used to put forward a preliminary biogeographical analysis of the taxon in the light of the current distribution of the species.","PeriodicalId":54975,"journal":{"name":"Insect Systematics & Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2017-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/1876312X-00002182","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44884538","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}
Pub Date : 2017-11-30DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002178
T. Yasunaga, Sachiko Akagi, Seidai Nagashima
The mirine plant bug fauna of the genus Stenotus Jakovlev in Japan, Korea, East China, and Russian Far East is reviewed. Seven species are recognized in the study area; of these, two new species are herein described, namely S. hasegawai sp.n., restricted to cool-temperate climate zones in Japan and Sakhalin, Russia and S. takaii sp.n. assumed to be endemic to Amami-Oshima Island of the Japanese Ryukyus. The Taiwanese species, S. insularis Poppius, is reported from the Ryukyus for the first time and redescribed; the other taxon, S. viridis (Shiraki), is regarded as a nomen dubium, lacking any type series. An additional new species from Nepal, S. ramduwalae sp.n., is described. A checklist of East Asia and Oriental species and a key to all known East Asian species are provided. Stenotus longiceps Poppius is transferred to Zalmunna Distant. The zoogeography of these East Asian Stenotus species is discussed.
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Pub Date : 2017-11-25DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002175
L. Latella, V. Sbordoni, G. Allegrucci
The genus Bathysciola is widely distributed in the northern Mediterranean region, although its range extends east to the Caucasus and Iran. More than 130 species belonging to this genus are actually known in the whole geographic distribution area and 45 species are distributed in continental and insular Italy. The species belonging to the Bathysciola sisernicaCerruti and Patrizi, 1952 species group occur in the Central-Southern Italian Apennines and Pre-Apennines. This group consists of seven species, four of which (B. sisernica, B. delayi Latella and Rampini, 1994, B. rampiniiLatella, 2002, B. sbordoni Rampini and Latella, 1993) were already known to science and three are described herein, Bathysciola fabiolae sp. nov., Bathysciola octaviani sp. nov., and Bathysciola valeriae sp. nov., markedly increasing the knowledge on the distribution of this genus in Central Italy. A morphological analysis was carried out based on diagnostic characters usually used to distinguish different taxa, and including both genitalia and external traits. Based on morphological characters, we reconstructed the phylogeny of this group of species, comparing them with the species belonging to other phyletic lineages, such as B. derosasiJeannel, 1914, B. georgi Cerruti, Patrizi, 1952, B. vignai Sbordoni and Rampini, 1978, and B. sarteanensis sarteanensis (Bargagli, 1870). Results suggested that morphological traits show a clear taxonomic signal but a poor phylogenetic signal. To better understand the relationships within this group of species, we performed a molecular analysis by sequencing three mitochondrial genes, 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, partially sequenced and the entire gene of COI. Molecular markers were used to infer phylogenetic relationships among the Bathysciola sisernica species group and to reconstruct the historical processes that shaped their current geographic distribution. Results showed that these species became isolated in very ancient times, showing very high genetic differentiation.
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