Paratype Females Research Articles

The female and pupa of Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) bhutanensis (Diptera: Culicidae).

Uranotaenia bhutanensis Somboon, Namgay & Harbach was recently described as a new species of the Bimaculata Series of the subgenus Pseudoficalbia Theobald based on larvae collected from a log hole at high altitude in Bhutan. The adult female and pupa are described in this article based on the subsequent discovery of 2 paratype females with associated pupal exuviae.

A new millipede genus and species of the tribe Pachyiulini from the Caucasus (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae).

A new genus and species of the millipede tribe Pachyiulini, Bellatoiulusgolovatchigen. et sp. nov., is described from the Lesser Caucasus, Azerbaijan. Cybertypes of the new species are created from the physical holotype male and from a paratype female. The distribution and ecological features of the new species, and the position of the new genus within Pachyiulini are discussed.

Rediscovery of the endemic Afrotropical genus Spathioplites (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) with major range extension records for Spathioplites phreneticus

The endemic, monotypic Afrotropical genus Spathioplites Fischer, 1962 is rediscovered based on new specimens collected in South Africa and Senegal. Spathioplites phreneticus Fischer, 1962 was previously known from the holotype (male) and 12 paratypes (11 males and a female) collected in Chad in 1959. As part of an ongoing long-term insect inventory survey program in Africa new specimens were recently collected in Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve in South Africa, extending the distribution range southwards by 4900 km. An additional historical specimen from Senegal was discovered in the collections of the Natural History Museum in Paris, extending the range westwards by 4000 km. Possible reasons for the disjunct distribution exhibited by current locality records for this species are discussed. The holotype male and a paratype female, as well as one of the two newly collected South African females were imaged. These photographs, as well as genus and species re-descriptions, are provided. An identification key to the Old World genera in the doryctine tribe Spathiini s. str. is also presented. All images and interactive identification keys are available on www.waspweb.org.

Morphological description and molecular characterisation of a new species of Anilocra Leach, 1818 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from India.

A fish parasitic isopod recently reported from India as Anilocra leptosoma Bleeker, 1857, was re-examined and morphologically compared to five closely related species: A. capensis Leach, 1818, A. clupei Williams and Bunkley-Williams, 1986, A. leptosoma Bleeker, 1857, A. paulsikkeli Welicky and Smit, 2019 and A. pilchardi Bariche and Trilles, 2006. This species was sequenced and compared to other known Anilocra species based on mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene fragments. Both morphological and molecular data corroborate that the Anilocra species parasitising the clupeid fish Tenualosatoli (Valenciennes, 1847) from India should be recognised as a new species, and we describe Anilocra grandmaae n. sp. based on the holotype and paratype females. The key characters of A. grandmaae n. sp. include the body being less than 4.0 times as long as wide; antennula article 3 anterodistal margin expanded, 1.2–1.4 times as wide as long; pleonite 1 concealed by pereonite 7 and lateral margin posteriorly produced; pereopods 1–4 with three nodules on dactylus; endopod of pleopods 3–5 with a proximomedial lobe and folding; and pleotelson ovate, with lateral margins converging smoothly to a caudomedial point.

A new species of extinct genus Electromyiomma Popov amp; Herczek (Hemiptera: Miridae: Isometopinae) from Eocene Baltic amber, with the key to Electromyiomma species.

A new fossil isometopine species, Electromyiomma herczeki sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Eocene Baltic amber. The morphological information of the fossil specimen and the key to the species of the extinct genus Electromyiomma are provided. The restatement of paratype female of E. weitschati is discussed with the support of previous remarks based on antenna structure.

Redescription of Nesipelma insulare Schmidt & Kovařík, 1996, with a revised generic diagnosis for Nesipelma Schmidt & Kovařík, 1996, and a transfer from Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

The genus NesipelmaSchmidt & Kovařik, 1996 is rediagnosed and the holotype male and paratype female of Nesipelma insulareSchmidt & Kovařik, 1996 are redescribed in detail. Additional conspecific immature specimens are reported from the collections at the Natural History Museum, London. Cyrtopholis mediaChamberlin, 1917 is transferred to Nesipelma based on stridulatory and genital organ morphology and biogeography, creating the new combination Nesipelma mediacomb. nov.

Description and some biological aspects of Acarophenax dominicai n. sp. (Acari: Heterostigmata: Acarophenacidae), an egg parasite of lesser grain borer, Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)

A new species of mite, Acarophenax dominicai was described and illustrated based on male and phoretic female. The new species was reported parasitizing of lesser grain borer, Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) eggs infested wheat grains. Adult females of this species most closely resemble those of Acarophenax lacunatus Cross and Krantz (1964). The new species is separable from A. lacunatus by its smaller size, ornamentations on dorsum and venter, the shape of tergite margins; aggenital plate; gnathosoma, as well as the chaetotaxy of legs I-IV. Holotype female and five paratype females; holotype male and four paratype males, were deposited in the Acari collection of Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt. Some biological aspects are provided. Female mite produces one close d eggs capsule and remains alive until the capsule comes out. Female mites settle on the dorsum of host female during the pre-oviposition period, then leave the host in the period of oviposition and feed on egg’s contents. Male mites are ephemeral and may not emerge from the gravid-female. Mite sex ratios are highly skewed, with an average of 19.7 ± 0.3: 0.77 ± 0.23 females to males (mite progeny/eggs capsule/gravid-female). When females reach adulthood, mating take place either within the gravid-female (if present) or with a male which has previously emerged from another eggs capsule. Male mites are not parasitic and had poor locomotion abilities.

Discovery of a third species of the genus Noguchiphaea Asahina, 1976 – Noguchiphaea laotica sp. n. from Laos (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

A new species, Noguchiphaea laotica, is described based on specimens from Lon San, Saysomboun Province, Laos. The holotype male and a paratype female are deposited in the National Museum of Nature ...

On two cases of male dimorphism in dwarf spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae)

Diplocephalus cristatus (Blackwall, 1833) is confirmed as a dimorphic species, having two morphs: cristatus and foraminifer. This view was first proposed by Georgescu (1969), but not supported in the literature. Diplocephalus foraminifer (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875), D. bicephalus (Simon, 1884), D. rectilobus (Simon, 1884), D. foraminifer thyrsiger (Simon, 1884) and D. arvernus (Denis, 1948) are here considered junior synonyms of D. cristatus (Blackwall, 1833). Diplocephalus bicephalus belongs to the morph cristatus, D. rectilobus, D. thyrsiger and D. arvernus to the morph foraminifer. A lectotype (♂) is designated for Diplocephalus bicephalus Simon, 1884; the paratype female of D. bicephalus was incorrectly identified and actually belongs to Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall, 1834). Savignia harmsi Wunderlich, 1980 is another dimorphic species, with the two strongly differing male morphs: typica and cor.

A new species of Protosticta Selys, 1885 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Western Ghats, Kerala, India

A new species of Protosticta Selys, 1885 from Kerala part of Western Ghats is described and illustrated. The holotype male and paratype female is distinguished from other Protosticta species based on its complete black dorsal surface of abdomen, 7th and 8th abdominal segment without yellow or blue color dorsally and its distinct anal appendages. The new species, Protosticta monticola sp. nov. was collected from shola forests of Idukki District, Kerala, southern Western Ghats. A key is also provided for the identification of all described species of Protosticta known from the Western Ghats.

Study of nine paratypes of Paraphytoseius santurcensis De Leon, 1965 (Acari: Phytoseiidae) after 50 years: comments and voucher photos

To resolve the controversy of its synonymy, 7 paratype females and 2 paratype males of Paraphytoseius santurcensis, borrowed from Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL, USA, were studied after 50 years from its original publication. Numerous voucher photos of these were taken and studied along with specimens of Paraphytoseius orientalis. No significant differences were observed between P. santurcensis and P. orientalis. Therefore, the former is considered to be a junior synonym of the latter, confirming the synonymy established by Matthysse and Denmark in 1981.

Randallophorus schuhi, a New Neotropical Genus and Species of Pilophorini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae)

The new pilophorine plant bug genus Randallophorus is described to accommodate the new species R. schuhi from Paraguay. Images of the holotype male and a paratype female, illustrations of male genitalia, and a key to the New World genera of Pilophorini (Miridae: Phylinae) are provided.

A new predatory mite species of the genus Eustigmaeus (Stigmaeidae: Acari) from Punjab, Pakistan

Mites belonging to the family stigmaeidae are known predators against the phytophagous mites and small soft-bodied insects. A survey was conducted to explore the predatory mite fauna of Punjab (Pakistan), a new predatory mite species of genus Eustigmaeus(Eustigmaeus hooriaae)was collected from Ameen Pur Bangla, 20 miles away north from district Faisalabad (Punjab) from Triticum aestivum (straw husk) by Bilal Saeed Khan and described here in this manuscript. Specimens were mounted on the glass slides with the help of Hoyer’s medium. The drawings of different body parts were made with the help of an ocular grid in a high power microscope. These specimens were compared with the already described species. Ceremonial description, illustration of main body parts, host range and comparison remarks are also given. Eighteen (18) paratype females were collected. Twelve (12) from the same collection data and six (6) were collected from R.Y.Khan from leaf litter. All specimens were deposited in the Acarology Research Laboratory, Department of Agri. Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

On the identity of two Paralongidorus species (Nematoda: Longidoridae) described from Montenegro and Serbia

AbstractSpecimens collected from various localities in Montenegro and Serbia were previously described as Paralongidorus milanis and P. serbicus, respectively. However, SEM studies of the amphidial apertures of paratype females have shown that the species were originally placed in the wrong genus. Both species have pore-like amphidial apertures, not slit-like as in the genus Paralongidorus and they are therefore transferred to the genus Longidorus. Longidorus milanis n. comb. is regarded as a valid species whereas L. serbicus n. comb. is morphologically identical to L. moesicus, small morphometric differences being attributed to intraspecific variations. As a result, L. serbicus n. comb. is proposed as a junior synonym of L. moesicus

Report on a Rare Pedipalpal Change in the Pseudoscorpion, Roncus yaginumai Curcic, Curcic et Dimitrijevic(Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae).

The paratype female of Roncus yaginumai CURCIC, CURCIC et DIMITRIJEVIC, from Montenegro, Yugoslavia, exhibits a rare change in the pedipalpal structure, affecting the form, size, and trichobothrial pattern of the movable chelal finger on the right. This structural deviation has been described and illustrated. Probable causes of its origin and genesis are briefly discussed.

Is <i>Microrhagus lindbergi</i> (Palm) (Coleoptera, Eucnemidae) a valid species?

Dirrhagus lindbergi Palm, 1958 is regarded to be a junior subjective synonym of Microrhagus lepidus Rosenhauer 1847. The type series of D. lindbergi consisted of two species, the holotype male being conspecific with Microrhagus lepidus, the two paratype females with Microrhagus pygmaeus (Fabricius).

Allocapnia simmonsi, a New Species of Winter Stonefly (Plecoptera: Capniidae)

Allocapnia simmonsi n. sp. is described and figured from specimens collected in Virginia. A holotype male, allotype, 4 paratype males, and 3 paratype females are designated. A. simmonsi, a member of the granulata Group, is related to A. fumosa Ross and A. granulata (Claassen).

Nematodes From West Bengal (India) V. Review of the Family Thornenematidae Siddiqi, 1969 (Dorylaimoidea: Nematoda)

In view of the dissimilar tails found in the two sexes of Sicaguttur sartum Siddiqi, 1971 from West Bengal, males being reported for the first time, diagnosis of the genus Sicaguttur Siddiqi, 1971 is emended. A new species, Sicaguttur longicaudatum, is described from Azamgarh, India. Jairajpuria shamimi n. gen., n. sp. is proposed from West Bengal. Jairajpuria n.gen. differs from Thornenema in having an off-set and cap-like lip region, longer uterine sac, and S2N more anteriorly situated from S2O. Mehdinema prabhae n. gen.,1), n.sp. is proposed for S. sartum apud Ali & Prabha, 1974. Mehdinema n. gen. differs from Sicaguttur mainly in having similar tails in both sexes. Mehdinema indicum (Ali & Prabha, 1974) n.comb. is proposed for Sicaguttur indicum. Mehdinema coomansi n.sp. is also described from West Bengal and is compared with M. prabhae and M. indicum. After comparing the paratype females of Thornenema wickeni Yeates, 1970 with the Indian specimens having similar tails in the sexes which were identified as T. wickeni by Ali & Prabha (1974) and for which they proposed a new genus Indodorylaimus, we conclude that Ali & Prabha misidentified the Indian specimens and T. wickeni is well placed under Thornenema. The diagnosis of the family Thornenematidae is emended. The genera Thornenema, Sicaguttur and Jairajpuria n.gen. are grouped in the subfamily Thornenematinae and the subfamily Sicagutturinae Ali & Prabha, 1974 is not recognized. A new subfamily Mehdinematinae1) is proposed under Thornenematidae for the reception of Mehdinema n.gen., Willinema Baqri & Jairajpuri, 1967, Indodorylaimus and Timminema Khan, 1977. A key to the genera of the family Thornenematidae is provided.

A New Species of Diploperla (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) from Virginia

A new species, Diploperla morgani, is described and figured from specimens collected in southwestern Virginia. A holotype male, allotype, 1 paratype male, and 4 paratype females are designated.

Polymorphus petrochenkoi sp. n. (Acanthocephala) from the Red Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius L., in Alaska

Polymorphus petrochenkoi sp. n. is described from a red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius L., from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA. It is different from all other species of Polymorphus in having an elongated trunk, reminiscent of Arhythmorhynchus. Seven acanthocephalans, collected by Dr. Robert L. Rausch from a red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius L., (Charadriiformes) at St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, in 1953, were examined by the writer and found to represent a new species. The worms were stained with Semichon's carmine and mounted in Canada balsam for study. Drawings were made with the aid of a camera lucida and a microprojector. All measurements are in microns unless otherwise indicated. Polymorphus petrochenkoi sp. n. (Figs. 1-6) Description Trunk cylindrical, elongate, with no marked swelling near anterior end. Anterior end of trunk with field of small, evenly distributed spines, each 16 to 23 long. Sexual dimorphism of size apparent (Fig. 1). Neck fairly long. Proboscis (Fig. 2) fusiform. Armature equal in both sexes: 14 to 17 longitudinal rows of 10 to 12 hooks (Fig. 3). Each hook with pronounced cuticular theca around base. Last one or two hooks lacking roots but each possessing anteriorly-directed manubrium. Remaining hooks with strong roots. Hooks 40 to 59 long, except last two, which are 30 to 42 long. Anteriormost hooks delicate, becoming stouter posteriorly. Lemnisci wrinkled, extending well past end of proboscis receptacle. Male (Fig. 4): (One adult specimen) 14.4 mm long, 1.3 mm greatest width at level of testes. Proboscis 490 long, 190 greatest width. Neck 190 long, 190 wide at base. Trunk spines covering anterior 1.9 mm of trunk. Proboscis receptacle 900 long, 260 greatest width. Lemnisci equal, 1.2 mm long. Testes slightly pre-equatorial, tandem, elongate-oval; 1.4 to 1.5 mm long, 450 to 510 wide. Four tubular cement glands, two beginning near the posterior testis, two beginning somewhat farther back. Everted bursa not seen. Genital pore terminal. Female: (Five gravid specimens) 23.0 to 27.5 Received for publication 11 October 1968. mm long, 1.2 to 1.7 mm maximum width near equator of trunk. Posterior end of trunk (Fig. 5) simple, without papilla. Trunk spines covering anterior 1.9 mm of trunk. Proboscis 450 to 565 long, 226 to 258 greatest width. Neck 250 to 300 long, 250 to 260 wide at base. Proboscis receptacle 0.95 to 1.1 mm long, 240 to 280 greatest width. Lemnisci 1.5 mm long. Uterine bell (Fig. 5) 1.85 mm from terminal genital pore. Eggs (Fig. 6), measured through body wall, 65 to 73 long, 16 wide, with polar swellings of middle shell. Host: Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius L. Location: Intestine. Locality: St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, U. S. A. Type specimens: USNM Helm. Coll., holotype male no. 71408, allotype female no. 71409, paratype females no. 71410.