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92. Review of the tribe Lyropaeini (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
- Creator:
- Bocáková, Milada
- Type:
- article, model:article, and TEXT
- Subject:
- Taxonomy, new species, key, neoteny, and Oriental and Australian Region
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- A review of genera within the tribe Lyropaeini is given. Three new genera - Lyrolib gen. n., Horakiella gen. n., and Ambangia gen. n., and a subgenus Macroambangia subgen. n. within Ambangia gen. n. are described. The following twelve new species are proposed as new to science: Ambangia nigra sp. n. (Sulawesi), A. wallacei sp. n. (Sulawesi), Ambangia (Macroambangia) pallidicornis sp. n. (Sulawesi), A. (M.) celebensis sp. n. (Sulawesi), A. (M.) nigricornis sp. n. (Sulawesi), Alyculus wittmeri sp. n. (Sumatra), Horakiella hammondi sp. n. (Malaysia: Sarawak), H. pahangana sp. n. (Peninsular Malaysia), H. emasensis sp. n. (Malaysia: Sabah), Lyrolib minor sp. n. (Sulawesi), L. grandis sp. n. (Sulawesi), and Microlyropaeus dembickyi sp. n. (Sumatra). A key to genera of Lyropaeini is given, and comments on their relationships are provided.
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93. Revision and hypothetical phylogenetic analysis of the species of the New World genus Ataeniopsis (Coleoptera: Aphodiinae: Eupariini)
- Creator:
- Stebnicka, Zdisława T.
- Type:
- article, model:article, and TEXT
- Subject:
- Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae, Eupariini, Ataeniopsis, new species, new combinations, taxonomy, phylogeny, distribution, and New World
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- The New World genus Ataeniopsis Petrovitz, 1973 is revised. Fifteen species are recognized including three new species: Ataeniopsis carupanoi sp. n. from Venezuela, A. jaltipani sp. n. from Mexico and A. vinacoensis sp. n. from Argentina. Lectotype of A. haroldi (Steinheil, 1872) is designated, the name of type species A. notabilis Petrovitz, 1973 is reestablished, five species are given in a new combination. The taxa are diagnosed, keyed and illustrated, and biological information and distribution data summarized following the species descriptions. A hypothetical phylogenetic analysis of Ataeniopsis based on cladistic analysis is presented.
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94. Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily Platerodinae (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
- Creator:
- Bocáková, Milada
- Type:
- article, model:article, and TEXT
- Subject:
- Lycidae, Platerodinae, taxonomy, cladistics, new synonymy, redescriptions, new species, and key
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- Genus-group taxa of Platerodinae are revised and valid taxa are redescribed. The validity of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 is reinstated. Libnetomimus Kleine, 1927 is made a junior synonym of Libnetis Waterhouse, 1878. Calleros Gorham, 1881, Calloplateros Pic, 1923, Costatoplateros Pic, 1949, Ditoneces Waterhouse, 1879, Libnetomorphus Pic, 1921, Microplateros Pic, 1921, Planeteros Gorham, 1883, Tolianus Pic, 1921, Melampyrus Waterhouse, 1879, and the subgenus Cautirodes Pic, 1921 are considered to be junior synonyms of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879. The subgenus Pseudeuplectus Pic, 1922 is synonymized to Cavoplateros Pic, 1913, and Pseudoplateros Green, 1951 is made a junior synonym of Falsocalleros Pic, 1933. Macrolibnetis Pic, 1938 formerly classified with Platerodini is synonymized to Platerodrilus Pic, 1921. Samoaneros Blair, 1928 is considered to be a junior objective synonym of Melaneros Fairmaire, 1877, which is excluded from Platerodinae and is kept incertae sedis in Lycidae. Fernandum Pic, 1924 and Subdihammatus Kleine, 1926 are transferred to the subfamily Leptolycinae. Teroplas oculatus sp. n. and Microlycus mexicanus sp. n. are described. Neotype of Plateros brasiliensis (Lucas, 1857) and lectotype of Microlycus minutus Pic, 1922 are designated. In order to understand relationships within the subfamily, included genus-group taxa were cladistically analysed.
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95. Revision of Afrocrania (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). 1. Species in which the males have head cavities or extended elytral extrusions
- Creator:
- Middelhauve , Jens and Wagner , Thomas
- Type:
- article, model:article, and TEXT
- Subject:
- Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Afrocrania, Afrotropis, taxonomy, new species, revision, and biogeography
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- Material of Afrotropical Afrocrania Hincks, 1949 (= Pseudocrania Weise, 1892, not Pseudocrania M'Coy, 1851) is revised, and a redescription of the genus is given. This publication is on Afrocrania species in which males have head cavities or extended elytral extrusions. Species without those sexual dimorphic organs will be revised in a subsequent paper. Material of Pseudocrania latifrons Weise, 1892, Pseudocrania foveolata (Karsch, 1882) (= Monolepta africana Jacoby, 1894, = Pseudocrania nigricornis Weise, 1895), and Pseudocrania assimilis Weise, 1903 was examined; Pseudocrania basalis Jacoby, 1907 is excluded from Afrocrania; Afrocrania kaethae sp. n., A. luciae sp. n., A. kakamegaensis sp. n., A. longicornis sp. n., and A. ubatubae sp. n. are newly described species.
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96. Revision of Afrocrania (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) Part II: species in which the males lack head cavities or extended elytral extrusions
- Creator:
- Wagner, Thomas
- Type:
- article, model:article, and TEXT
- Subject:
- Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Afrocrania, Afrotropical region, taxonomy, new species, new combination, revision, lectotype, and key
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- In this second part of the revision of Afrotropical Afrocrania Hincks, 1949 (= Pseudocrania Weise, 1892, not Pseudocrania MCoy, 1851), a group of Galerucinae restricted to Africa, additional material is revised. Herein, species in which the males lack deep head cavities, partly horned antennomeres, or extended elytral extrusions, but usually have small post-scutellar extrusions or depressions, are considered. Material of Afrocrania pauli (Weise, 1903), comb. n. (= Candezea pauli Weise, 1903), and A. famularis (Weise, 1904), comb. n. (= Monolepta famularis Weise, 1904; = Candezea atripennis Laboissière, 1931, syn. n.) is studied. Lectotypes are designated for A. pauli, A. famularis and C. atripennis. Six new species, A. aequatoriana sp. n., A. minima sp. n., A. nigra sp. n., A. occidentalis sp. n., A. pallida sp. n. and A. weisei sp. n. are described. Distribution patterns are mapped. Together with the already revised species there are 16 valid Afrocrania species are hitherto known. Its phylogenetic position within the Galerucinae is discussed, identification keys to males and females for all known taxa are presented.
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97. Revision of European species of the genus Rhabdomastix (Diptera: Limoniidae). 1. Introduction and subgenus Lurdia subgen. n
- Creator:
- Starý , Jaroslav
- Type:
- article, model:article, and TEXT
- Subject:
- Diptera, Limoniidae, Rhabdomastix, Lurdia subgen. n., new synonymy in genus group, redescriptions, lectotype designation, new species, distribution, and key
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- The first part of a revision of the European species of the genus Rhabdomastix Skuse, 1890 is presented. The history of taxonomic research on Rhabdomastix is reviewed, relationships of the genus are discussed, and the subgeneric classification outlined and re-assessed. A new subgenus, Lurdia subgen. n., is established for species centred around R. lurida (Loew, 1873), and Palaeogonomyia Meunier, 1899 and Sacandaga Alexander, 1911, previously considered subgenera, are synonymized with Rhabdomastix. A revision of the European species of Lurdia subgen. n. is presented. Two species are redescribed, Rhabdomastix (Lurdia) lurida (Loew, 1873) and R. (L.) inclinata Edwards, 1938, and the lectotype of the former is designated. Descriptions are provided of seven species, viz. R. (L.) mendli sp. n. (Switzerland, Germany, Italy), R. (L.) sublurida sp. n. (Czech Republic, Slovakia), R. (L.) furva sp. n. (Slovakia), R. (L.) loewi sp. n. (Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy), R. (L.) robusta sp. n. (Czech Republic, Slovakia), R. (L.) falcata sp. n. (Switzerland, Germany, Bulgaria) and R. (L.) tatrica sp. n. (Slovakia). Male and female terminalia are illustrated for all the species (except female falcata), and a key to species is appended.
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98. Revision of European species of the genus Rhabdomastix (Diptera: Limoniidae). 2. Subgenus Rhabdomastix s. str
- Creator:
- Starý, Jaroslav
- Type:
- article, model:article, and TEXT
- Subject:
- Diptera, Limoniidae, Rhabdomastix, subgenus Rhabdomastix s. str., new synonyms, redescriptions, lectotype designations, new species, distribution, and key
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- The second and final part of a revision of the European species of the genus Rhabdomastix Skuse, 1890 is presented. The subgenus Rhabdomastix s. str. is revised. Seven species are redescribed, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) japonica Alexander, 1924, R. (R.) laeta (Loew, 1873), R. (R.) borealis Alexander, 1924, R. (R.) edwardsi Tjeder, 1967, R. (R.) subparva Starý, 1971, R. (R.) hirticornis (Lackschewitz, 1940) and R. (R.) beckeri (Lackschewitz, 1935). Three new synonyms are proposed. Lectotypes of four pertinent nominal species are designated. Descriptions are provided of six species, viz. R. (R.) laetoidea sp. n. (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine), R. (R.) crassa sp. n. (France, Czech Republic, Slovakia), R. (R.) corax sp. n. (Bulgaria, Greece), R. (R.) eugeni sp. n. (France, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Armenia), R. (R.) filata sp. n. (Bulgaria, Greece, European Russia, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia) and R. (R.) georgica sp. n. (Georgia). Male and female terminalia are illustrated for all the species, and a key to species is appended.
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99. Revision of Homalomitrinae subfam. n. (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), with the description of a new genus and three new species
- Creator:
- Roháček, Jindřich and Marshall, Stephen A.
- Type:
- article, model:article, and TEXT
- Subject:
- Taxonomy, Sphaeroceridae, Homalomitrinae, new subfamily, Homalomitra, redefinition, Sphaeromitra, new genus, new species, redescriptions, key, relationships, and Neotropical region
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- A new subfamily Homalomitrinae is established for two enigmatic Neotropical genera, Homalomitra Borgmeier, 1931 and Sphaeromitra gen. n. which are diagnosed on the basis of newly discovered characters. All available specimens of the group are revised. Two new species of Homalomitra, H. antiqua sp, n. (Costa Rica, Brazil) and H. tenuior sp. n. (female only; Colombia, Ecuador) are described and the remaining species of the genus, H. ecitonis Borgmeier, 1931 (type species, Brazil) and H. albuquerquei Mourgués-Schurter, 1987 (Costa Rica) are redescribed. A key to Homalomitra species is given. Sphaeromitra inepta gen. et sp. n. is described from Peru. Phylogenetic relationships of Homalomitrinae, both its genera and all species included are discussed.
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100. Revision of Iberian species of the genus Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae)
- Creator:
- Marcos-García, Maria Angeles, Vujić, Ante, and Mengual, Ximo
- Type:
- article, model:article, and TEXT
- Subject:
- Syrphidae, Merodon, revision, Iberian Peninsula, new species, new synonymy, lectotype designation, map distribution, and key
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- This study is a revision of the Iberian Merodon Meigen, 1803 species, including an illustrated key, a discussion of taxonomic characters and a morphological diagnosis for all included species. Descriptions are provided for nine new species: M. antonioi sp. n., M. arundanus sp. n., M. cabanerensis sp. n., M. crypticus sp. n., M. hurkmansi sp. n., M. legionensis sp. n., M. longispinus sp. n., M. luteihumerus sp. n. and M. quercetorum sp. n. The taxon M. escorialensis Strobl, 1909 is redescribed and lectotype is designated. Lectotypes are designated for four taxa: M. albifrons Meigen, 1822; M. spinipes obscuritarsis Strobl in Czerny & Strobl, 1909; M. spicatus Becker, 1907; and M. spinipes grossus Gil Collado, 1930. Three varieties are redefined and considered as valid species: M. obscuritarsis Strobl in Czerny & Strobl, 1909 (as var. of spinipes); M. grossus Gil Collado, 1930 (as var. of spinipes); M. unicolor Strobl in Czerny & Strobl, 1909 (as var. of aeneus). The following new synonymies are proposed: M. affinis Gil Collado, 1930 syn.n. (= junior synonym of M. longicornis Sack, 1913); M. lusitanicus Hurkmans, 1993 syn.n. (= junior synonym of M. serrulatus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822); M. andalusiacus Paramonov, 1929 syn.n., M. bolivari Gil Collado, 1930 syn.n., M. hispanicus Sack, 1931 syn.n. (= all three are junior synonyms of M. unguicornis Strobl in Czerny & Strobl, 1909); M. spicatus Becker, 1907 syn.n. (= junior synonym of M. chalybeus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822); M. fuerteventurensis Barkemeyer, 2002 syn. n. (= junior synonym of M. obscuritarsis Strobl, 1909); and M. spinipes grossus (Gil Collado, 1930) syn.n. (= junior synonym of M. albifrons Meigen, 1822). Status of M. serrulatus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822 is revised. Four species: M. longicornis Sack, 1913, M. pumilus Macquart, 1849, M. ottomanus Hurkmans, 1993 and M. segetum (Fabricius, 1794) are new for the Iberian Peninsula. Male genitalia are illustrated for all the species and a key of the 34 Iberian species (+ M. hurkmansi sp. n.) for males and females (except for the unknown female of M. longispinus sp. n.) is appended. Distribution and biological data for the Iberian species are also included. A brief zoogeographic discussion is also presented. The level of endemism of genus Merodon on the Iberian Peninsula is extremely high (almost 50%).
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