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Moczariella Barbosa & Azevedo, gen. nov.
No full text<i>Moczariella</i> Barbosa & Azevedo, gen. nov. <p> <b>Description</b>. <i>Male</i>. Head longer than wide. Mandible with inconspicuous lower condyle. Clypeus without lateral lobe. Distance between antennal foramina as long as antennal foramen diameter, flagellomeres caliciform. Vertex with post-ocellar depression. Gena with medially incomplete ventral occipital carina. Mesoscutum with notauli weakly impressed. Propodeal disc without lateral and posterior transverse carinae; propodeal spiracle placed laterally. Metapleuron without upper endofragmal pit. Claws single; apical margin of arolium truncate. Hypopygium with posterior margin convex. Genitalia with ventral arm of paramere narrower than dorsal one; ventral arm of cuspis wide; aedeagus aligned with paramere apex, apex angulate; apodeme divergent apically; basal ring with dorsal half distinctly longer than ventral half.</p> <p> <i>Female</i>. Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Type species.</b> <i>Moczariella centenaria</i> Barbosa & Azevedo, <b>sp. nov.</b></p> <p> <b>Species included.</b> Type species only.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The name <i>Moczariella</i> is in honor to László Móczár, the main contributor to the taxonomy of Mesitiinae.</p>Published as part of <i>Barbosa, Diego N. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Moczariella, a bizarre new genus of Mesitiinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Arab Peninsula, pp. 291-297 in Zootaxa 3860 (3)</i> on page 292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.3.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/230995">http://zenodo.org/record/230995</a>
Anisepyris dietrichorum Barbosa & Azevedo
No full text<i>dietrichorum</i> Barbosa & Azevedo, species-group nov. <p>(Figs 18G–N, 19A–F)</p> <p> <b>Females</b>. Head longer than wide; mandible with five distal teeth, evenly developed; clypeus short; antennal scrobe ecarinate; frontal angle of ocellar triangle about right; ocelli very small; vertex straight. Pronotal disc with transverse carina complete; parapsidal signum with anterior half continuous; metapectal-propodeal disc as long as wide; anterior margin of propodeal declivity not setose; mesopleuron with mesopleural fovea closed, lower fovea and mesopleural suture opened. Mesotibia not spinose Metatrochanter with lateral expansion.</p> <p> <b>Males</b>. Frons coriaceous or weakly coriaceous, with metallic reflexion. Clypeus short; median clypeal carina as high as epistomal suture, in lateral view; antenna not elongate; antennal scrobe ecarinate. Pronotal disc with transverse carina complete. Metapostnotum with first pair of metapostnotal carina and metapostnotal-propodeal suture convergence absent or present; propodeal declivity with sculpture present; distinction between metapectalpropodeal disc and metapleuron distinct by sculpture difference. Mesopleuron with lower mesopleural fovea opened and mesopleural suture closed. Forewing with Cu vein indistinct of cu-a and R-rs&Rs vein distinct. Hind wing with one or two proximal and four distal hamuli. Posterior hypopygeal margin uniform. Genitalia with paramere as long as or longer than basiparamere; inner margin of basivolsella straight.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. It is mostly from Neotropical region</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. In this species-group we found a peculiar and rare characteristic among <i>Anisepyris</i> species: the “distinction between propodeum and metapleuron with distinct texture”. This is rare in <i>Anisepyris</i> and in Epyrinae as a whole, but is common in Mesitiinae, as cited by Barbosa & Azevedo (2011). Therefore, we reallocate these species from the <i>proteus</i> species-group into a new species-group under the name <i>dietrichorum</i>. This species-group is composed of 10 species (Table 1).</p>Published as part of <i>Barbosa, Diego N. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2018, Revision of Anisepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of 135 new species, pp. 1-258 in Zootaxa 4416 (1)</i> on page 132, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4416.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1242263">http://zenodo.org/record/1242263</a>
Astromesitius minutissimus Barbosa & Azevedo 2019, gen. et comb. nov.
No full text<i>Astromesitius minutissimus</i> (Móczár, 1971) gen. et comb. nov. <p>Figs 1E, 2D, 3E, 4E, 7A</p> Diagnosis <p>Body 2.7 mm long. LFW 1.5 mm. Wings infuscate; head and pronotum light castaneous; metasoma castaneous; mesosoma dark castaneous. Head as long as wide. Malar space as long as VOL, convergent anteriorly. Frons coriaceous. Ocelli large. Mesosoma with pronotal disc shorter than wide, weakly foveolate, with side straight, posterior margin concave; longitudinal pronotal sulcus hardly distinct, incomplete. Metapectal-propodeal complex as long as metapectal-propodeal complex half-width, without longitudinal ridge between metaposnotal median carina and metaposnotal-propodeal suture; metaposnotal surface areolate; posterior spine of metapectal-propodeal complex absent. Propodeal declivity striate. Lateral surface of metapectal-propodeal complex areolate. Metasoma with hypopygium longer than wide; anterior stalk wide and short; posterior margin with branches short and wide. Genitalia with paramere apex sparsely hairy; aedeagus slender, with apex surpassing paramere apex, apical margin rounded, lateral margin of basal portion slightly convex.</p> Material examined <p> <b>Holotype</b></p> <p>UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • ♂; Wadi Bih dam; 25.48° N, 56.04° E; 9–23 Jul. 2008; light trap; van Harten leg.; UFES 56528.</p> Remarks <p> This species was originally described in <i>Heterocoelia</i> (Móczár 1971) from South Africa (Móczár 1971), and later recorded from the United Arab Emirates (Barbosa & Azevedo 2011). It was transferred to <i>Metrionotus</i> by Móczár (1974). We examined the holotype male from UAE identified by Barbosa & Azevedo (2011) and deposited at UFES, and the analyses, mainly of the hypopygium, reveal that their characteristics perfectly fit <i>Astromesitius</i> gen. nov. Thus, we propose a new combination for this species from <i>Metrionotus</i> to <i>Astromesitius</i> gen. nov.</p>Published as part of <i>Barbosa, Diego N. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2019, Astromesitius, a new genus of Mesitiinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from the Old World, pp. 1-20 in European Journal of Taxonomy 587</i> on page 15, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.587, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3659973">http://zenodo.org/record/3659973</a>
Anisepyris bifidus Barbosa & Azevedo
No full text<i>bifidus</i> Barbosa & Azevedo, species-group nov. <p>(Figs 9G–O, 10A–I)</p> <p> <b>Females</b>. Head as long as wide; mandible with five distal teeth, evenly developed; clypeus long; antennal scrobe ecarinate; frontal angle of ocellar triangle about right; ocelli small; vertex convex. Pronotal disc with transverse carina complete; parapsidal signum with anterior half continuous; metapectal-propodeal disc as long as wide; anterior margin of propodeal declivity not setose; mesopleuron with mesopleural fovea closed, lower fovea and mesopleural suture opened, and posterior mesopleural sulcus absent. Mesotibia not spinose. Metatrochanter with lateral expansion.</p> <p> <b>Males</b>. Frons coriaceous, with metallic reflexion. Clypeus short or long; median clypeal carina as high as epistomal suture, in lateral view; antenna not elongate; antennal scrobe ecarinate. Pronotal disc with transverse carina complete. Metapostnotum with first pair of metapostnotal carina and metapostnotal-propodeal suture convergence absent; propodeal declivity with sculpture present. Mesopleuron with lower mesopleural fovea and mesopleural suture opened. Forewing with Cu vein indistinct of cu-a and R-rs&Rs vein distinct. Hind wing with two proximal and four distal hamuli. Posterior hypopygeal margin convex. Genitalia with paramere bifid and longer than basiparamere; inner margin of basivolsella straight.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> It is restricted to Neotropical region.</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. This new species-group has a peculiar characteristic among <i>Anisepyris</i> species. Their males have the genitalia with the “paramere bifid”, which was commonly observed in some species from the <i>proteus</i> speciesgroup. Additionally, we observed some other characteristics shared between these formerly cited species, so we concluded that all species with this genitalic characteristic could be grouped together, separate from the <i>proteus</i> species-group. Using the traits discussed above, we diagnosed <i>bifidus</i>, and composed the group to include six former members of the proteus species-group and seven new species. This species-group is composed of 13 species (Table 1).</p>Published as part of <i>Barbosa, Diego N. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2018, Revision of Anisepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of 135 new species, pp. 1-258 in Zootaxa 4416 (1)</i> on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4416.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1242263">http://zenodo.org/record/1242263</a>
Astromesitius carbonarius Barbosa & Azevedo 2019, gen. et comb. nov.
No full text<i>Astromesitius carbonarius</i> (Móczár, 1970) gen. et comb. nov. <p>Figs 1C, 3C, 4C, 6A</p> Diagnosis <p>Body 2.1 mm long. LFW 1.5 mm. Wings infuscate; head and mesosoma dark castaneous nearly black; metasoma dark castaneous. Head as long as wide. Malar space shorter than VOL, convergent anteriorly. Frons coriaceous. Ocelli small. Mesosoma with pronotal disc shorter than wide, coriaceous, with side straight, posterior margin sinuous; longitudinal pronotal sulcus absent. Metapectal-propodeal complex as long as metapectal-propodeal complex half-width, without longitudinal ridge between metaposnotal median carina and metaposnotal-propodeal suture; metaposnotal surface areolate; posterior spine of metapectal-propodeal complex absent. Propodeal declivity areolate. Lateral surface of metapectalpropodeal complex areolate. Metasoma with hypopygium as long as wide; lateral projection short; posterior margin with branches short and slender. Genitalia with paramere apex sparsely hairy; aedeagus slender, with apex not reaching paramere apex, apical margin angled, lateral margin of basal portion convex.</p> Material examined <p>UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • 1 ♂; Al-Ajban; 24.36° N, 55.01° E; 1 Apr.–2 May 2006; Malaise trap; A. van Harten leg.; UFES 56168.</p> Remarks <p> This species was originally described in <i>Metrionotus</i> (Móczár 1970a) from South Africa (Móczár 1970a), and was later recorded from the United Arab Emirates (Barbosa &Azevedo 2011). We examined one male from UAE deposited at UFES, and the analyses reveal that their characteristics correspond to <i>Astromesitius</i> gen. nov. Thus, we propose a new combination for this species from <i>Metrionotus</i> to <i>Astromesitius</i> gen. nov.</p>Published as part of <i>Barbosa, Diego N. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2019, Astromesitius, a new genus of Mesitiinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from the Old World, pp. 1-20 in European Journal of Taxonomy 587</i> on page 13, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.587, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3659973">http://zenodo.org/record/3659973</a>
Anisepyris cupreolus Barbosa & Azevedo
No full text<i>cupreolus</i> Barbosa & Azevedo, species-group nov. <p>(Figs 16, 17, 18A–F)</p> <p> <b>Females</b>. Mandible with five distal teeth, evenly developed; clypeus short; antennal scrobe carinate; frons projected anterad; frontal angle of ocellar triangle acute or about right; ocelli small; vertex convex. Pronotum without transverse pronotal carina; parapsidal signum with anterior half continuous; metapectal-propodeal disc with anterior margin of propodeal declivity not setose; mesopleuron with lower mesopleural fovea opened, mesopleural suture opened. Forewing bi-banded, and with R1 vein indistinct. Mesotibia not spinose Metatrochanter with lateral expansion. Metasoma with distal spiracle of metasoma large. Posterior hypopygeal margin projected convex. Genitalia with 2vv as long as 1vv, and apex slender; sting (1vv+2vv) long [surpassing 3vv apex]; 1vf strongly curved upward; 1rv not curved, with 1rv ventral process small, and posterior process short. <b>Males</b>. Frons coriaceous, with metallic reflexion. Clypeus short; median clypeal carina as high as epistomal suture, in lateral view; antenna not elongate; antennal scrobe ecarinate. Pronotal disc with transverse carina incomplete. Metapostnotum with first pair of metapostnotal carina and metapostnotal-propodeal suture convergence absent; propodeal declivity with sculpture present. Mesopleuron with lower mesopleural fovea opened and mesopleural suture closed. Forewing with Cu vein distinct of cu-a and R-rs&Rs vein distinct. Hind wing with two proximal and five distal hamuli. Posterior hypopygeal margin notched. Genitalia with paramere longer than basiparamere; inner margin of basivolsella straight.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. It is mostly from Neotropical region.</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>: This new species-group is easily recognized by having the “head long”, “eye large”, “frons projected anterad”, and “forewing bi-banded". Members of this species were formerly placed together in the <i>pulchripennis</i> species-group by Evans (1965), but <i>A. pulchripennis</i> does not match these characteristics. Thus we propose to reallocate <i>A. pulchripennis</i> to the <i>megacephalus</i> species-group and propose <i>cupreolus</i> as new name for this species-group. This species-group is composed of 23 species (Table 1).</p>Published as part of <i>Barbosa, Diego N. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2018, Revision of Anisepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of 135 new species, pp. 1-258 in Zootaxa 4416 (1)</i> on page 110, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4416.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1242263">http://zenodo.org/record/1242263</a>
Astromesitius Barbosa & Azevedo 2019, gen. nov.
No full text<i>Astromesitius</i> gen. nov. <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: AC77A4BF-FC3A-481F-BD18-8175DC3CEE5B</p> <p>Figs 1–7</p> Type species <p> <i>Sulcomesitius quatei</i> Móczár, 1977.</p> Etymology <p> The name <i>Astromesitius</i> is composed from the Greek (and Latin) ‘ <i>aster</i> ’, which means ‘star’, and <i>Mesitius</i>, the type genus of Mesitiinae. The name refers to the star-shaped hypopygium of the new genus.</p> Description <p> <b>Male</b></p> <p>Body sparsely foveolate (Fig. 1E). Head longer than wide, malar space convergent anteriorly and as long as VOL. Clypeus with median lobe quadrate. Antenna with distinct sparse setae, pedicel caliciform, flagellomeres longer than wide and caliciform. Eye setose, circular and small, HE usually about one third of LH. Ocelli small. Dorsal pronotal area with longitudinal sulcus hardly distinct or absent. Anteromesoscutum without longitudinal sulcus. Metapectal-propodeal complex with posterior projection hardly distinct or absent. Macropterous. Hypopygium with posterior margin with short and acute branches, with lateral corner projecting and well defined, general shape resembling a star. Genitalia with ventral arm of paramere longer and wider than dorsal arm, aedeagus slender, fusiform.</p> <p> <b>Female</b></p> <p>Not available for description.</p> Remarks <p> The main characteristic to recognize <i>Astromesitius</i> gen. nov. is the hypopygium shape. The star-shaped hypopygium is a unique shape within Mesitiinae. Additionally, the sparsely foveolate integument surface, the sparse pubescence of the antenna, which is of medium length to long, and the hardly distinct or absent longitudinal pronotal sulcus are also important in recognizing the genus. These characteristics are further discussed in the Discussion.</p> Distribution <p>Afrotropical: United Arab Emirates and South Africa. Oriental: Thailand and Vietnam. Palaearctic: Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Russia and Slovakia.</p> Included species <p> <i>Astromesitius carbonarius</i> (Móczár, 1970) <b>gen. et comb. nov.</b> from <i>Metrionotus</i></p> <p> <i>Astromesitius indistintus</i> (Barbosa & Azevedo, 2011) <b>gen. et comb. nov.</b> from <i>Metrionotus</i> <i>Astromesitius minutissimus</i> (Móczár, 1971) <b>gen. et comb. nov.</b> from <i>Metrionotus</i></p> <p> <i>Astromesitius mutilloides</i> (Costa, 1864 <b>)</b> <b>gen. et comb. nov.</b> from <i>Clytrovorus</i></p> <p> <i>Astromesitius olavoi</i> <b>gen. et sp. nov.</b></p> <p> <i>Astromesitius quatei</i> (Móczár, 1977) <b>gen. et comb. nov.</b> from <i>Sulcomesitius</i></p> <p> <i>Astromesitius thionyi</i> <b>gen. et sp. nov.</b></p> Key to the males of <i>Astromesitius</i> gen. nov. <p>1. Metapectal-propodeal complex projection absent (Fig. 1 B–C, E); posterior hypopygeal branches slender (Fig. 2B, D).......................................................................................................................... 2</p> <p>– Metapectal-propodeal complex projection present (Fig. 1A, D, F); posterior hypopygeal branches wide (Fig. 2A, C, E).......................................................................................................................... 4</p> <p> 2. Longitudinal ridge between metapostnotal median carina and metapostnotal-propodeal carina present (Fig. 1C)................................................. <i>A. carbonarius</i> (Móczár, 1970) gen. et comb. nov.</p> <p>– Longitudinal ridge between metapostnotal median carina and metapostnotal-propodeal carina absent (Fig. 1B, E)....................................................................................................................................... 3</p> <p> 3. Metapostnotal surface polished; metapostnotal median carina incomplete; propodeal declivity coriaceous and without lateral carina (Fig. 1B)......................................... <i>A. thionyi</i> gen. et sp. nov.</p> <p> – Metapostnotal surface areolate; metapostnotal median carina complete; propodeal declivity areolate and with lateral carina (Fig. 1E)....................... <i>A. minutissimus</i> (Móczár, 1971) gen. et comb. nov.</p> <p>4. Body surface distinctly foveolate; dorsal pronotal area with longitudinal sulcus (Fig. 1F)............. 5</p> <p>– Body surface distinctly foveolate; dorsal pronotal area without longitudinal sulcus (Fig. 1A, D)............................................................................................................................................................... 6</p> <p> 5. Hypopygium longer than wide (Fig. 2E); cuspis ventral arm wide; aedeagus without outer distal projection (Fig. 3F)....................................................... <i>A. quatei</i> (Móczár, 1977) gen. et comb. nov.</p> <p> – Hypopygium as long as wide; cuspis arms slender; aedeagus with outer distal projection................................................................. <i>A. mutilloides</i> (Costa, 1864) gen. et comb. nov.</p> <p> 6. Head and mesosoma dark castaneous nearly black (Fig. 4A); lateral hypopygeal projection long (Fig. 2A); aedeagus with outer projection at apex (Fig. 3A)....................... <i>A. olavoi</i> gen. et sp. nov.</p> <p> – Head and mesosoma orange (Fig. 4D); lateral hypopygeal projection short (Fig. 2C); aedeagus without outer projection at apex (Fig. 3D)..... <i>A. indistintus</i> (Barbosa & Azevedo, 2011) gen. et comb. nov.</p>Published as part of <i>Barbosa, Diego N. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2019, Astromesitius, a new genus of Mesitiinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from the Old World, pp. 1-20 in European Journal of Taxonomy 587</i> on pages 2-4, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.587, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3659973">http://zenodo.org/record/3659973</a>
Ophiomyia falcifera Monteiro & Barbosa & Esposito 2019, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Ophiomyia falcifera</i> sp. nov. <p>Figures 11–19</p> <p> <b>Description (Fig. 11–14).</b> Fronto-orbital plate with four setae, three upper reclinate setae and one lower inclinate seta; orbital setulae reclinate; ocellar triangle long, glossy, extended to level of lower reclinate seta; facial keel narrow, slightly evident; antenna slightly separated at base; single vibrissa forming a slender seta; clypeus truncate at apex; dorsocentrals 0+2; acrostichal setulae in six or seven irregular rows; wing length 1.8 mm; costa extending to M 1+2; R 2+3 and R 4+5 divergent, the latter ending near the apex of the wing; vein r-m situated at 2 / 3 of discal cell.</p> <p> <b>Coloration.</b> Fronto-orbital plate black; frons dull black; face and lunule slightly silvery; palpus black; antenna and arista black; mesonotum shining black; katepisternum, anepisternum, anepimeron and others thoracic sclerites black, sometimes dark-brown at border; legs black; calypter white with margin black; fringe black; halter black; abdomen shining-brown.</p> <p> <b>Male genitalia (Fig. 15–18).</b> Epandrium bearing a stout spine at hind corner; surstylus with a spine and a seta basally and two spines apically; cercus slender; hypandrium Y-shaped, with apodeme (Fig. 15); aedeagus (Fig. 15– 17): basiphallus U-shaped, enlarged distally; distiphallus asymmetric, falciform and fused to mesophallus; ejaculatory apodeme forming a slender blade (Fig. 18).</p> <p> <b>Host-plant (Fig. 19).</b> Meliaceae— <i>Guarea guidonia</i> (L.) Sleumer.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Brazil.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name refers to the sickle-like (Latin: <i>falcem</i>) distiphallus.</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> <b>Holotype</b>: <b>Brazil, Pará state, Belém</b>: Avenida Perimetral, 1º26′31.7″S, 48º26′49.7″W, 18- XII-2017, R.R. Barbosa [collector], ex leaf of <i>Guarea guidona</i> (♂). <b>Paratype</b>: <b>Brazil, Pará state, Belém</b>: Avenida Perimetral, 1º26′31.7″S, 48º26′49.7″W, 18-XII-2017, R.R. Barbosa [collector], ex leaf of <i>Guarea guidona</i> (♂); same location, 18-XII-2017, R.R. Barbosa [collector], ex leaf of <i>Guarea guidona</i> (7 ♀); Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), 1º28′17.2″S, 48º26′44.7″W, 20-VI-2018, N. Monteiro [collector], ex leaf of <i>Guarea guidona</i> (♀); same location, 20-VI-2018, N. Monteiro [collector], ex leaf of <i>Guarea guidona</i> (♀); Parque Zoobotânico do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (MPEG), 1º27′09.9″S, 48º28′35.6″W, 09-II-1993, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of <i>Guarea guidona</i> (♂); same location, 09-II-1993, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of <i>Guarea guidona</i> (2 ♀); same location, 29-VI-1993, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of <i>Guarea guidona</i> (♀); same location, 26-VI-1993, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of <i>Guarea guidona</i> (6 ♀).</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> <i>Ophiomyia falcifera</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is quite similar to other species of this genus without a vibrissal fascicus and a slightly evident facial keel, similar to <i>O. pulicaria</i> (Meigen). Usually, <i>Ophiomyia</i> species have a strong facial keel accompanied by a medial bulb, but many have only a slightly evident keel without the bulb. As in other <i>Ophiomyia</i>, the clypeus is truncated and the aedeagus is asymmetric (Lonsdale 2014). The lunule in <i>O. falcifera</i> is slightly bent inward, similar to some other species of <i>Ophiomyia</i> and the ocellar triangle is similar to <i>O. arabica</i> (Deeming). The unique shape of the distiphallus is essential to differentiate <i>O. falcifera</i> from other species of this genus. The polyphagous species <i>Topicomyia polyphyta</i> (Kleinschmidt) is the only agromyzid previously recorded from host-plants of the family Meliaceae (Benavent-Corai <i>et al.</i> 2005). Larvae of <i>O. falcifera</i> form linear mines on leaf surface. Pupation takes place inside mines.</p>Published as part of <i>Monteiro, Nilton Juvencio Santiago, Barbosa, Rodrigo Rendeiro & Esposito, Maria Cristina, 2019, Agromyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) in the state of Pará: new species and new records in Brazil, pp. 151-182 in Zootaxa 4624 (2)</i> on page 158, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3259200">http://zenodo.org/record/3259200</a>
Rhagovelia zecai Moreira & Barbosa, sp. nov.
No full textRhagovelia zecai Moreira & Barbosa sp. nov. (Figs. 1–6) Apterous male (Fig. 1). BL (genitalia removed)— 2.95; HL— 0.39; HW— 0.83; ANT I— 0.78, ANT II— 0.36, ANT III— 0.40, ANT IV— 0.41; EYE— 0.34; PL— 0.96; PW— 1.42; FORELEG: FEM— 0.93, TIB— 1.01, TAR I— 0.04, TAR II— 0.03, TAR III— 0.27; MIDLEG: FEM— 1.52, TIB— 1.20, TAR I— 0.09, TAR II— 0.46, TAR III— 0.77; HINDLEG: FEM— 1.44, TIB— 1.34, TAR I— 0.07, TAR II— 0.07, TAR III— 0.31. Head orange brown, dorsally darker between eyes, with longitudinal midline and two oblique impressions on base shining. Bucculae and base of antenniferous tubercles yellow, apex of antenniferous tubercles brown. Eyes dark reddish brown. Antennomere I with about half its basal length pale yellow; remaining of antenna brown, except yellow intersegmental pieces. Rostrum with articles I–II yellow; III yellow on basal 3 / 4, dark brown on apical 1 / 4; IV shining dark brown. Pronotum orange brown, with lighter yellowish brown anterior lobe and narrow midline of posterior lobe; circular punctations adjacent to anterior margin and margins of posterior lobe brown. Sides and venter of thorax orange brown, lighter than dorsum, except metasternum dark orange brown. Abdominal tergites I–II orange brown; III–V dark orange brown; VI dark orange brown on base, becoming orange brown towards apex; VII orange brown on base, yellowish brown on apex. Abdominal connexives orange brown, lighter on outer margin. Abdominal sternites orange brown, lighter towards apex of body. Genital segments yellowish brown on base, brown on apex. All coxae and fore and hind trochanters yellow; middle trochanter yellow on base, brown on apex. Fore femur yellow on base, brown on apex; middle femur dark brown; hind femur dark yellow on base, dark brown on rest of dorsum, brown on venter. Tibiae and tarsi brown to dark brown. Head short, wide, velvety, covered by short brown setae and longer, thicker, darker setae on anterior portion and adjacent to inner eye margin. Antenna covered by short brown setae; articles I–II also with robust black setae dorsally. Antennomere I curved outside, thicker on apex; II–III cylindrical; IV fusiform. Buccula and jugum densely covered by small black denticles (Fig. 2). Rostrum almost reaching middle of mesosternum. Pronotum completely covering mesonotum, covered by short recumbent brown setae, with few longer setae laterally. Anterior lobe of pronotum with row of circular punctations adjacent to anterior margin; posterior lobe with several circular punctations, except for area of weak central longitudinal carina, with posterior angle widely rounded. Exposed portion of metanotum short, with concave posterior margin. Pleural region of thorax with many circular punctations; these also present on short oblique rows on mesosternum and sparsely distributed on metasternum. Proepisternum, prosternum, lateral portions of mesosternum, and metasternum with several small black denticles (Fig. 2). Abdominal tergites and sternites covered by short recumbent brown setae; apex of connexives also with longer thicker brown setae. Abdominal tergite VII wider on apex, with posterior margin slightly convex. Abdominal sternites I–VI with a distinct central longitudinal carina, covered by short black denticles (Fig. 3). Last abdominal sternite without carina or denticles. Parameres symmetrical, shape as in Fig. 4. Legs covered by short brown setae and rows of longer erect black setae on femora and tibiae. Fore femur wider on apex. Fore tibia weakly concave on apical inner surface. Middle femur wider at base. Hind trochanter granulose, unarmed (Fig. 5). Hind femur strongly incrassate, ventrally with a row of 8 small pegs centrally on proximal 1 / 3; distal 2 / 3 with two rows of spines – dorsal row with 6–8 small spines, followed by 2–3 larger spines, and 2–3 small spines; ventral row with 8 smaller spines which increase in size towards apex (Fig. 6). Hind tibia curved, with small subequal spines towards its length, a curved larger spine near apex, and a slightly curved apical spur (Fig. 6). Type-material. BRAZIL: Amazonas – Rio Preto da Eva, PDBFF Project, ZF 3 Road, km 41 reserve, second order stream, 2 ° 26 ' 54.64 " S / 59 ° 46 ' 13.52 " O, 4–6.VIII. 2000, (J. L. Nessimian): 1 apterous male [HOLOTYPE]. Distribution. So far the species is known only from the male type, collected on a blackwater stream from a well preserved “terra firme” forest reserve on Rio Preto da Eva Municipality. The area of the stream where the specimen was collected is 2.5–3.5 m wide, with a mean depth of about 30 cm (Dr. J. L. Nessimian, in litt.). Etymology. Named in honor of Dr. José Ricardo Inacio Ribeiro (Zeca for the friends), for his contributions to the taxonomy of Neotropical Belostomatidae. Comments. Rhagovelia zecai sp. nov. belongs to the robusta group sensu Moreira et al. (2012) based on the pronotum long, completely covering mesonotum; apical spur of hind tibia not crescent-shaped; posterolateral margins of male abdominal segment VII surrounding genital cavity without robust black denticles; and shape of male paramere. The differences between R. zecai sp. nov. and other species of the same group known from Brazil are presented on the key below, but the new species is more similar to R. venezuelana Polhemus, 1997, from Colombia, Venezuela and with a suspect record from Panama. Both species share general dorsal coloration orange brown, with lighter anterior lobe of pronotum; jugum, proepisternum, meso-, metasternum and abdominal sternites with small black denticles; male abdominal sternites I–VI with raised longitudinal median carina; male hind femur with a row of small spines on proximal 1 / 3 and two rows on distal 2 / 3; and male hind tibia weakly curved, with one of the pre-apical spines slightly longer than the others, not distinctly large and conical. Males of the two species differ, however, because hind trochanter of R. zecai sp. nov. is unarmed (Fig. 5), whereas it bears 5 tiny black pegs in R. venezuelana; the hind femur has the proximal row containing 8 small spines on the former (Fig. 6), and approximately 26 on the latter; dorsal most row on distal 2 / 3 of hind femur with 6–8 small spines, followed by 2–3 larger spines, and 2–3 small spines on the former (Fig. 6), and bearing 1 large curved spine, followed by 5 smaller spines, then 2 larger spines, and 4 smaller ones on the latter; ventralmost row on distal 2 / 3 of hind femur with 8 small spines on the former (Fig. 6), and 13 on the latter; and by shape of parameres (Fig. 4). PLATE II. Figures 7–9. Rhagovelia sooretama, male. 7. Hind femur and tibia, ventral view [SPI: spines]. 8. Apex of abdomen, lateral view [DEN: denticles]. 9. Paramere. Figures 10–19. Parameres, males: 10. R. amazonensis. 11. R. pseudotijuca. 12. R. traili. 13. R. plaumanni. 14. R. palea. 15. R. jubata. 16. R. guianana. 17. R. bocaina. 18. R. relicta. 19. R. robusta.Published as part of Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Barbosa, Julianna Freires, 2014, A new Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, with a key to species of the robusta group known from the country, pp. 595-600 in Zootaxa 3790 (4) on pages 596-598, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/22751
Xenomorphon baranowskii Ferreira & Barbosa & Bocakova & Solodovnikov 2023, sp.nov.
No full text<i>Xenomorphon baranowskii</i> sp.nov. <p> <i>Zoobank registration.</i> hưp://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank. org:act: B71A0985-27F5-4662-B26D-77B5527DF799</p> <p> <i>Holotype.</i> Mexico: Oaxaca, 74 Km S; Valle Nacional, 2900 m; 21. XI. 1989; leg. R. Baranowski/ sissing liưer in; pine-oak forest/ MZLU00161232.</p> <p> <i>Description, diagnosis and measurements.</i> The diagnosis, description and measurements of <i>X. baranowskii</i> are redundant with that of the genus.</p> <p> <i>Etymology.</i> The species is named asser its collector, Richard Baranowski, a Swedish entomologist who travelled the world in search of beetles and other insects. Many of his findings yielded important specimens for taxonomic research, with most of his collection and notebooks about his expeditions currently deposited in the Lund Entomological collections, at Lund University in Sweden.</p>Published as part of <i>Ferreira, Vinicius S., Barbosa, Felipe Francisco, Bocakova, Milada & Solodovnikov, Alexey, 2023, An extraordinary case of elytra loss in Coleoptera (Elateroidea: Lycidae): discovery and placement of the first anelytrous adult male beetle, pp. 553-566 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 199 (2)</i> on page 560, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad026, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8432514">http://zenodo.org/record/8432514</a>
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