Latest documents http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/index/index/ Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:52:49 +0200 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:52:49 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29672 Based on two “uni-ocellate” females, the world’s first introductions of the milliped order Stemmiulida are recorded from Florida, United States (US). One individual was collected in 1976 in Gainesville, Alachua County (Co.)., in northcentral peninsular Florida, and the other was taken in 1991 some 408 km (255 mi) to the south-southeast in Pompano Beach, Broward Co. The absence of further individuals and additional samples suggests that the introductions did not result in viable populations, and stemmiulidans are not presently established in the state; the Gainesville site was reinvestigated in 2012 without finding additional specimens. New records from Mexico include the first from Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Yucatan, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas states, with the northernmost ordinal locality now becoming Rancho del Cielo, northwest of Gómez Farias, in the last. A northward range expansion of about 460 km (288 mi) from the previous limit, Xalapa, Veracruz, the site lies a mere 40 km (25 mi) south of the Tropic of Cancer and only some 320 km (200 mi) south of the Rio Grande and the US border at McAllen, Hidalgo Co., Texas. Indigenous Stemmiulida are not expected in the forested Rio Grande Valley of southernmost Texas, but their occurrence in the adjoining Mexican state renders such a discovery more plausible than before. Rowland M. Shelley; G. B. Edwards; Arthur E. Bogan book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29672 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:52:49 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29579 Touroultia, a new genus of Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) is described and illustrated. Five new species of Onciderini are also described and illustrated: Jamesia ramirezi from Costa Rica; Peritrox marcelae from French Guiana; Touroultia swifti from Ecuador; Touroultia lordi from French Guiana; Trestoncideres santossilvai from Brazil. Keys to the known species of Peritrox Bates, 1865; Touroultia gen. nov.; and Trestoncideres Martins and Galileo, 1990 are provided. The following new synonymies are proposed: Calliphenges Waterhouse, 1880 (Colobotheini) = Malthonea Thomson, 1864 (Desmiphorini); Paraclytemnestra Breuning, 1974 (Onciderini) = Jamesia Jekel, 1861 (Onciderini); Orteguaza Lane, 1958 (Apomecynini) = Clavidesmus Dillon and Dillon, 1946 (Onciderini). The following new combinations are proposed: Clavidesmus funerarius (Lane, 1958) (Onciderini); Clavidesmus lichenigerus (Lane, 1958) (Onciderini); Ischiocentra insulata (Rodrigues and Mermudes, 2011); Malthonea cuprascens (Waterhouse, 1880) (Desmiphorini); Touroultia obscurella (Bates, 1865) (Onciderini). The following species is restored to original combination: Jamesia lineata Fisher, 1926 (Onciderini). The following 13 new country records are reported: Ataxia hovorei Lingafelter and Nearns, 2007 (Pteropliini) (Haiti); Carterica soror Belon, 1896 (Colobotheini) (Ecuador); Colobothea lunulata Lucas, 1859 (Colobotheini) (Colombia); Curius punctatus (Fisher, 1932) (Curiini) (Haiti); Cyclopeplus lacordairei Thomson, 1868 (Anisocerini) (Colombia); Iarucanga mimica (Bates, 1866) (Hemilophini) (Ecuador); Pirangoclytus latithorax (Martins and Galileo, 2008) (Clytini) (Costa Rica); Porangonycha princeps (Bates, 1872) (Hemilophini) (Colombia); Trestonia lateapicata Martins and Galileo, 2010 (Onciderini) (Brazil); Tulcus dimidiatus (Bates, 1865) (Onciderini) (Colombia); Unaporanga cincta Martins and Galileo, 2007 (Hemilophini) (Colombia); Zeale dubia Galileo and Martins, 1997 (Hemilophini) (Colombia); Zonotylus interruptus (Olivier, 1790) (Trachyderini) (Colombia). Eugenio H. Nearns; Gérard-Luc Tavakilian book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29579 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:19:17 +0100 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29578 The American species belonging to the genus Gonaphodiellus Schmidt (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) are redescribed and figured. Two new genera are described: Gonaphodioides and Gonaphodiopsis. Fourteen new species are described: Gonaphodiellus arcanus, G. cerropuntanus, G. manantlanicus, G. martinpierai, G. omiltemicus, G. sacatepequezis, Gonaphodioides newtoni, G. ratcliffei, G. skelleyi, Gonaphodiopsis deloyai, G. hypogea, G. montesdeocai, G. pachecoi, G. teopiscaensis. The lectotype of Aphodius columbicus (Harold, 1880) is designated. The following new combinations are proposed: Gonaphodiellus nigrinus (Schmidt, 1916), Gonaphodioides acutecernans (Balthasar, 1960), Gonaphodioides chapini (Hinton, 1934), Gonaphodioides columbicus (Harold, 1880), Gonaphodioides sincerus (Petrovitz, 1973). Aphodius (Gonaphodiellus) xalapensis Galante, Stebnicka and Verdú, 2003 is placed as a junior synonym of Gonaphodiellus bimaculosus (Schmidt, 1909), new synonymy. Aphodius ataenioides Hinton, 1938 and Aphodius (Blackburneus) castanescens Petrovitz, 1973 are placed as junior synonyms of Gonaphodioides chapini (Hinton, 1934), new synonymies. Marco Dellacasa; Giovanni Dellacasa; Robert D. Gordon book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29578 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:10:00 +0100 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29577 We conducted a morphological and mtDNA analysis of Cicindela decemnotata Say (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) populations from throughout its geographic range to determine the extent of variation within the species and to assess the validity of subspecific names. The morphological study included an analysis of traditional subspecific characters including elytral color and maculations. These results provided evidence for the recognition of four subspecies of C. decemnotata, three of which are new: 1. C. d. decemnotata Say usually with green to dark green dorsal coloration and complete elytral maculations; it is widely distributed from Canada south to northern New Mexico and west into southern Utah and Idaho; 2. C. d. meriwetheri n. ssp. is distinguished by its bright green to green dorsal coloration, elytral maculation characterized by a thin middle band, a lack of humeral maculations, and a small number of genal setae; it has a restricted distribution from eastern Washington north to south central British Columbia; 3. C. d. bonnevillensis n. ssp. is distinguished by a combination of green to green-purple dorsal coloration and its greatly reduced elytral maculations; it is restricted to the area of ancient Lake Bonneville in north central Utah; 4. C. d. montevolans n. ssp. is distinguished by a predominately red-purple dorsal color and greatly reduced elytral maculations; its distribution is restricted to high elevations of the Bear River Mountains of northeastern Utah and southeastern Idaho. We also analyzed the mitochondrial haplotypes for cob and cox1 genes for one to six individuals from each of the six populations. This molecular analysis indicated recently diverged but discrete groups within C. decemnotata that are compatible with the subspecies distinctions postulated from morphology. These shallow molecular divergences within C. decemnotata are best explained by rapid phylogenetic radiation in the recent geological past in the wake of postglacial recession. C. Barry Knisley; M. Ryan Woodcock; Michael G. Kippenhan book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29577 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:52:38 +0100 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29073 The known distribution of a rarely collected omethid, Omethes marginatus LeConte (Coleoptera), includes Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Collection and ecological notes on recent collections in Arkansas, Indiana, and Virginia are presented. Arthur V. Evans; Kyle E. Schnepp book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29073 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:54:25 +0100 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29072 A new species of Culcua Walker (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), C. lingafelteri Woodley, new species, is described from northern Vietnam. It is diagnosed relative to other species using the recent revision of the genus by Rozkošný and Kozánek (2007). This is the first species of Culcua reported from Vietnam. Norman E. Woodley book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29072 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:24:11 +0100 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29071 One male specimen of Neoxantholinus cristatus Smetana (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), collected in 1993, is reported from Grand Cayman. The presence of that species brings to 63 the number of species of Staphylinidae reported from the Cayman Islands. J. Howard Frank book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29071 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:17:40 +0100 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29066 A comprehensive revision of the Subfamily Parandrinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from the Afrotropical Region is presented. Two new genera are described: Adlbauerandra and Meridiandra. The known species from the Afrotropical Region are excluded from Parandra Latreille, 1802, which resulted in the following new combinations: Acutandra beninensis (Murray, 1862), A. comoriana (Fairmaire, 1895), A. gabonica (Thomson, 1858), Adlbauerandra morettoi (Adlbauer, 2004) and Meridiandra capicola (Thomson, 1861). Eighteen new species are described: Acutandra amieti, A. barclayi, A. camiadei, A. dasilvai, A. delahayei, A. gaetani, A. garnieri, A. grobbelaarae, A. hugoi, A. jolyi, A. leduci, A. leonardi, A. lucasi, A. noellae, A. oremansi, A. plenevauxae, A. quentini, and A. vingerhoedti. The species Parandra comoriana Fairmaire, 1895 is revalidated and a lectotype is designated. Parandra beninensis Murray, 1862 and Parandra conradti Kolbe, 1893 are revalidated. A lectotype is designated for Parandra gabonica Thomson, 1858 as the designation by Quentin and Villiers (1975) was considered as invalid. Keys are presented to separate genera and all species of African Parandrinae from each other. Illustrations are provided for all the species including many special characters used in the keys. Thierry Bouyer; Alain Drumont; Antonio Santos-Silva book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29066 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:27:02 +0100 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25624 The diplopod orders Callipodida and Polydesmida, and their respective families Abacionidae and Xystodesmidae, are initially recorded from South Dakota as is Polydesmidae from North Dakota. Other new records of indigenous taxa include Abacion Rafinesque, 1820/A. texense (Loomis, 1937) and Pleuroloma/P. flavipes, both by Rafinesque, 1820, from South Dakota, and Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 1898/P. serratus (Say, 1821) from Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Carolina, and the District of Columbia. New records of Aniulus garius Chamberlin, 1912, A. (Hakiulus) d. diversifrons (Wood, 1867), and Oriulus venustus (Wood, 1864) (Julida: Parajulidae) are provided for western Minnesota and/or eastern North Dakota. Published records from these states are summarized, and the introduced taxa, Julidae/Cylindroiulus Verhoeff, 1894/C. caeruleocinctus (Wood, 1864) and Paradoxosomatidae/Oxidus Cook, 1911/O. gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847), are newly recorded from the Dakotas. The distribution of P. serratus, which extends from Maine to South Carolina and the Florida panhandle, west to Texas, and north to Fargo, North Dakota is described and discussed. This distribution exhibits a prominent southeastern lacuna which we hypothesize suggests replacement by younger, more successful species, as postulated for a similar distributional gap in Scytonotus granulatus (Say, 1821). Rowland M. Shelley; Bruce A. Snyder book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25624 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:51:07 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25623 Snoqualmia, new genus, is described for two species of polydesmid millipeds from the northwestern United States: Snoqualmia snoqualmie, new species, from Washington State, and S. idaho, new species, from Idaho. Males of S. idaho possess unusually complex gonopods, perhaps the most complex to be found in the Order Polydesmida. Snoqualmia is placed in context with other polydesmid genera known from North America. The polydesmid fauna of North America is discussed, as well as characters of the gonopods of the family. William A. Shear book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25623 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:45:09 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25622 Caccoleptus (Bicaccoleptus) kacka Háva, 2009 is newly recorded from the U.S. and Florida. The female of this species is here described from Florida specimens. Jiří Háva; Michael C. Thomas book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25622 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:24:46 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25620 Recent fieldwork on North Andros Island by the authors resulted in the collection of six species of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera), five of which were previously unrecorded for the Bahamas in published accounts. Three additional species are noted for the Bahamian fauna based on specimens collected in the 1980s on other islands. Representative specimens are illustrated from North Andros along with genitalic images for species where these are not readily available in other publications. In addition, images of the larva and pupa are provided for a reared species for which the life history was previously unknown. Deborah L. Matthews; Jacqueline Y. Miller; Mark J. Simon; Gary Goss book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25620 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:15:28 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25619 The first Alabama, USA, collection records of the families Micromalthidae and Jacobsoniidae (Coleoptera) are reported. Timothy N. King; R. Michael Brattain book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25619 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:03:04 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25618 With the discovery of Mitocybe auriportae Cook and Loomis, 1928 (Platydesmida: Andrognathidae) in Alameda County (Co.), east of San Francisco Bay, a potential overall distribution in coastal California is projected based on those of partly congruent diplopods. The area extends from northern Mendocino to central Monterey cos. and inland to central Lake, Yolo, and Santa Clara cos. Rowland M. Shelley book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25618 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:51:33 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25617 Villiersicometes absalom sp. nov., a new species of Villiersicometes Santos-Silva, 2003 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Disteniinae) is described from French Guiana. The species is illustrated and a key to the species of the genus is provided. Gérard L. Tavakilian; Antonio Santos-Silva book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25617 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:30:33 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25616 Bicristispa gracilis, new genus and new species, and Orbispa confluens, new genus and new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), both from canopy fogging material from Ecuador are described and illustrated. Comparative notes distinguishing them from similar genera are provided. C. L. Staines; Laura Zamorano book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25616 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:25:53 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25615 Currently, the genus Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) is represented in the Oriental Region by 259 species. Of these, 61 species have been described or recorded from Vietnam. In this paper, 9 new species from Vietnam are described and illustrated (Chimarra aculeata, C. carinata, C. corneola, C. insolita, C. mina, C. prominens, C. rostrata, C. undulata, and C. ungula). In addition, 3 new country records are noted (Chimarra areli Malicky and Mey, Chimarra pipake Malicky and Chantaramongkol, and Chimarra suthepensis Chantaramongkol and Malicky), and 1 new species group (minuta Group) is proposed and populated. An additional species group (georgensis “Group”), with 1 new species from Vietnam, but otherwise only known from Africa, is discussed, but not formally defined. A table listing all known Vietnamese species of Chimarra is included, along with discussion of variability in the anal veins of the Roger J. Blahnik; Tatiana I. Arefina-Armitage; Brian J. Armitage book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25615 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:19:01 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25614 The taxonomy of the ancora species group of Graphipterus Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is reviewed and seven species are recognized, all from southern Africa: Graphipterus ancora Dejean, Graphipterus cordiger Dejean, Graphipterus distinctus Péringuey (new status), Graphipterus fasciatus Chaudoir, Graphipterus fritschi Chaudoir, Graphipterus wahlbergi Boheman (new status), and Graphipterus westwoodi Brême (new status). Diagnostic features are provided for each species and adult specimens of each species are illustrated. Jonathan R. Mawdsley book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25614 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:12:04 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25613 Two species of the weevil genus Compsus Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from Colombia are redescribed: C. obliquatus Hustache and C.viridivittatus (Guérin-Méneville). A key by Hustache in 1938, to 33 of the 34 recognized species of Colombian Compsus then known, is modified to include the one additional species. Habitus illustrations of males and females of the two species and illustrations of selected parts of the male and female genitalia are included. Nearly all of the specimens of these two species were collected on various species or varieties of citrus, indicating their potential as citrus pests in the future. Charles W. O’Brien; Jorge Peña book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25613 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:07:26 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25612 A new species of Stenorrhachus (McLachlan), S. chilensis (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae), is described from Chile with biological observations of Stenorrhachus walkeri (McLachlan). A key to the two species is provided as well as diagnoses of the adults and of the larva of Stenorrhachus walkeri. Robert B. Miller; Lionel A. Stange book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25612 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:02:08 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25569 Two new species of the genus Pahamunaya Schmid (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae), P. talon sp. n. and P. spinifera sp. n., from Vietnam are described and illustrated. Examination of the holotype male of P. khoii Oláh and Johanson, in combination with an additional specimen of the same species, revealed new characters. New illustrations for this species are provided. Tatiana I. Arefina-Armitage; Brian J. Armitage book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25569 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:38:45 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25568 A new species of Paranthaclisis Banks, P. floridensis (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), is described from Florida and compared to the other described species in the genus. Keys to the adults and larvae are provided. Lionel A. and Stange; Robert B. Miller book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25568 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:23:15 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25567 Two species of the genus Sisyra Burmeister (Neuroptera: Sisyridae), S. cameroonensis, n. sp., and S. gruwelli, n. sp., are described from the African Republic of Cameroon. Sisyra pallida Meinander is synonymized with Sisyra delicata Smithers, new synonymy, after comparison of the types of the former with topotypic paratypes of the latter. Type material of Sisyra nilotica Tjeder appears to be lost. Examples of Sisyra are recorded from Nigeria, Ethiopia and Uganda. A second species of the endemic African genus, Sisyborina, Monserrat, S. scitula, n. sp., is described from Cameroon, Guinea, and Zambia. Oliver S. Flint, Jr. book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25567 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:02:39 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25566 Significant new host and distribution records are presented for Hylesinus mexicanus (Wood) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), including its pest potential on cultivated olives. Hylesinus mexicanus is similar to H. fasciatus LeConte and information presented here suggests that the distinctiveness of these two species needs to be re-examined. Jesús N. Rómero ; Thomas H. Atkinson book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25566 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:57:24 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25565 The chilopod, Cryptops hortensis (Donovan, 1810) (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae), and the diplopods, Pseudospirobolellus avernus (Butler, 1876) (Spirobolida: Pseudospirobolellidae) and Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847) (Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), are newly recorded from Saba Island, Lesser Antilles, which also harbors one additional scolopendromorph and four more chilognath millipeds. Except for the plausibly native scolopendrid centipede, Scolopendra alternans Leach, 1813, all are human introductions. Concentrated sampling is needed in the cloud/elfin forest atop Mt. Scenery, where indigenous millipeds may reside, and with extraction techniques throughout the island, to potentially document the diplopod subclass Penicillata. Nine small Caribbean islands in addition to Saba have been incorrectly reported as lacking diplopod records because publications citing them were overlooked by past authors. Works documenting myriapods from small Caribbean islands are consolidated. Rowland M. Shelley; Derek S. Sikes book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25565 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:49:43 +0200