Species Of Subgenus Research Articles

A second species of the subgenus Neomicrambe (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae: Micrambe) from Danish amber

Micrambe danica sp. nov., a new species of Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera), is described and illustrated from Eocene Danish amber. It differs from M. tristis Lyubarsky et Perkovsky, 2024 from Danish amber by its large pronotal callosity. Extant species of subgenus are distributed on the highest mountains of Africa from southern Ethiopia to Tanzania. The supposed migration of the subgenus to Africa is discussed.

The first fossil of subgenus Neomicrambe (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae: Micrambe) from Danish amber

Micrambe tristis sp. nov., a new species of Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera), is described and illustrated from Eocene Danish amber. Micrambe tristis sp. nov. differs from M. sarnensis Lyubarsky et Perkovsky, 2010 from Baltic and Rovno amber by sutural stria present, size of pronotal callosity and length of antennomere 4. Extant species of subgenus are distributed on the highest mountains of Africa from southern Ethiopia to Tanzania. The supposed migration of the subgenus to Africa is discussed.

Problematic placement of species in subgenera of the genus Topomyia (Diptera: Culicidae: Sabethini) based on the length of foretarsomeres 2 and 3.

Problematic placement of species in subgenera of the genus Topomyia (Diptera: Culicidae: Sabethini) based on the length of foretarsomeres 2 and 3.

Updates on the taxonomy and distribution of Gastroserica Brenske, 1897, Microserica Brenske, 1894, and Moronoserica Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, 2023 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini).

A short update on the taxonomy of Gastroserica Brenske, 1897 is given. Two new species of the subgenus Helioserica Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, 2023, and one new species of the nominotypical subgenus are described: Gastroserica (H.) kachin Ahrens & Pham, new species (from Myanmar), G. (H.) horii Ahrens & Pham, new species, and G. (G.) muongphangensis Ahrens & Pham, new species (both from Vietnam). One name is synonymized: Gastroserica (G.) wenzhui Liu & Ahrens, 2014 (= Gastroserica skalei Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2018, new synonymy). Additional new records of the recently revised Microserica Brenske, 1894, and Moronoserica Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, 2023 as well as of Gastroserica are given. The diagnostic characters of the new taxa are illustrated. A corrective note for Ahrens et al. (2023) is also given, regarding the omitted but previously published synonymy of Microserica pusilla (Thunberg, 1818) (= Microserica compressipes (Weidemann, 1823)).

Distribution and Ecology of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Endemic and Nonendemic Area of Leishmaniasis in Northern Morocco.

Northern Morocco is endemic for cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. Our entomological investigations aim to evaluate the risk of Leishmania transmission by determining the species composition, the density, and seasonal fluctuation of sand fly populations in endemic and nonendemic areas of leishmaniasis in Tetouan province (North-Western Morocco). Using Sticky-paper traps, 8,370 specimens were collected between May and November 2015 in two localities: peri-urban area of Tetouan city, where leishmaniasis is endemic and that of the Oued Laou village where no cases of leishmaniasis have been recorded. Six sand fly species were identified. The genus Phebotomus was represented by five species: Phlebotomus ariasi, Phlebotomus. longicuspis, Phlebotomus perniciosus, Phlebotomus kazeruni, and Phlebotomus sergenti, while the genus Sergentomyia was represented by only one species Sergentomyia minuta. Phlebotomus perniciosus was dominant in the nonendemic area (47%) while Phlebotomus sergenti was dominant in the endemic area (51%). The spatio-temporal distribution of sand fly populations is discussed according to biotic and abiotic variables. Seasonal fluctuation in sand fly density showed a bimodal pattern for the subgenus Larroussius and a unimodal pattern for the subgenus Paraphlebotomus in Tetouan city. But, in Oued Laou village, a unimodal density distribution for species of the Larroussius subgenus and a bimodal seasonal distribution for species of the subgenus Paraphlebotomus were identified. We affirm the coexistence, in the study area, of vectors of both cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis, namely P. ariasi, P. longicuspis and P. perniciosus vectors of Leishmania infantum and P. sergenti vector of L. tropica. However, the geographic distribution, the specific abundance, and the activity reveal significant differences between endemic and nonendemic areas in the region.

Species of Russula subgenus Heterophyllidiae (Russulaceae, Basidiomycota) from Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve

Two new species of subgenus Heterophyllidiae subsection Cyanoxanthinae, Russula fusiformata Y.Song sp. nov. and R. purpureorosea Y.Song sp. nov., collected from the Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve (DHSBR), are described based on both morphology and a phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), further increasing Heterophyllidiae species diversity in the area. Differences between the two new species and related taxa are analyzed. The other 17 reported species of Russula subgenus Heterophyllidiae that have been collected from DHSBR during mushroom explorations since 2014 are also summarized. The dominant species and the ecological distribution of all 19 species are briefly discussed, and most species are presented in macrofungal plates.

Phylogeny of Indian Himalayan population of Bombus haemorrhoidalis Smith 1852 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Molecular variation and phylogenetic relationship of Bombus haemorrhoidalis Smith 1852 was studied using partial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and cytochrome b (cyt b) sequences of mitochondrial genome. The COI and cyt b sequences were compared with available sequences of B. haemorrhoidalis and other Bombus species belonging to different subgenera to avail divergence within and between species. The BLASTn analysis of obtained COI sequence had cent percent identity to a hymenopteran species BOLD deposit AAC6447 (MAHYM005-10.COI-5P) which is a Bombus species from Pakistan. Both these species formed a separate cluster amongst the tested B. haemorrhoidalis species in phylogeny with pair wise genetic distance of 0.003. Moreover, the minimum evolution tree between the species revealed B. haemorrhoidalis is phylogenetically close with B. funerarius and the pair wise genetic distance between these two species was 0.102. Interestingly, B. haemorrhoidalis and B. funerarius formed separate minor cluster amongst the Bombus species tested for phylogeny. Additionally, both COI and cyt b genes were A+T biased and showed single nucleotide polymorphisms between and within species. The phylogenetic relationship of COI sequences also revealed single species status of B. haemorrhoidalis in the Indian Himalayan region and was evolutionarily associated with B. funerarius which is an another species in subgenera, Orientalibombus. The phylogeny of cyt b sequences showed that the B. haemorrhoidalis is evolutionarily close to pennsylvanicus group species. The study illustrates a complex genetic variation coupled with highly structured evolutionary divergences between and within species and provides the first report of cyt b sequence of B. haemorrhoidalis.

Short Communication: Curcuma wanenlueanga (Zingiberaceae), a new species of subgenus Curcuma from Thailand

Abstract. Saensouk S, Boonma T, Thomudtha A, Thomudtha P, Saensouk P. 2021. Short Communication: Curcuma wanenlueanga (Zingiberaceae), a new species of subgenus Curcuma from Thailand. Biodiversitas 22: 2988-2994. Curcuma wanenlueanga Saensouk, Thomudtha & Boonma, a new species of Curcuma subgenus Curcuma (Zingiberaceae) from Thailand was described with detailed illustrations, and photographs. The dominant morphological description is terminal inflorescence, leaf adaxially green with reddish-purple along the midrib, leaf-sheath with reddish-brown tinge. Moreover, the color and smell rhizome of C. wanenlueanga has yellow with a darker core internally. It is distributed in Mae Hong Son Province, Northern Thailand, and cultivated throughout the country, i.e. Nakhon Nayok, Maha Sarakham, Chiang Mai, Tak, Chantaburi, Suratthani, and Kanchanaburi Provinces. It is used as Thai traditional medicinal. It grows in in sandy loam soil and well-drained in the mixed-deciduous forest, at elevation 700-900 m asl. It is accompanied by a revised key to 26 species of Curcuma subgenus Curcuma from Thailand.

Review of the genus Anaphes Haliday, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in Russia, part 1: subgenus Anaphes s. str.

Species of the nominotypical subgenus of Anaphes Haliday, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in Russia are reviewed. A key to females of the 18 Palaearctic species of the subgenus is given. Ten species are newly recorded from Russia (two of them based on tentative identifications), and new records of the extralimital specimens examined are also provided. Three new species are described from the eastern Palaearctic region: Anaphes (Anaphes) csabai sp. n. (Kuril Islands), Anaphes (Anaphes) maxim sp. n. (Primorskii krai and Sakhalin Island), and Anaphes (Anaphes) rfe sp. n. (Primorskii krai and Beijing, China). Several historical records of some species of Anaphes in Russia are critically analyzed in the unfortunal absence of most voucher specimens, having in mind that some of them were likely misiden¬tified.

Bolbelasmus (Bolbelasmus) zagrosensis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Bolboceratidae), a new species from Iran, along with an updated key to the western Palaearctic species of the subgenus.

Bolbelasmus (Bolbelasmus) zagrosensis Sommer, Hillert, Hrůzová Král, new species, from Iran is described, illustrated and compared with its congeners known from the western Palaearctic region. An updated key to the western Palaearctic species of the nominotypical subgenus is provided. New country record of B. (B.) nireus (Reitter, 1895) from Greece (island of Rhodes) is reported. Distribution of B. (B.) makrisi Miessen, 2011, B. (B.) nireus and the new species is summarized and mapped.

A new species of Elephantomyia crane fly (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Jeju Island, South Korea.

A new species of crane fly (Diptera, Limoniidae), Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) hallasana Podenas & Podeniene, sp. nov., from Jeju Island, South Korea is described. Adult and larval characters are illustrated. Elephantomyia (E.) hallasanasp. nov. is the only species of the genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860 recorded from Jeju Island, South Korea. Habitat, elevation range, and seasonality data are presented. Distributional notes on E. subterminalis Alexander, 1954 in the Far East of Russia (Khabarovskiy and Primorskiy regions) are discussed. An identification key for all Eastern Palaearctic species of subgenus E. (Elephantomyia) is presented.

The Fossil Cypraeidae of the Fruitville Member (Unit 3) and Kissimmee River Valley Equivalent, Tamiami Formation of Southern Florida: (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)

Four species of the Pahayokea (Gardnericypraea) Petuch and Drolshagen, 2011 subgenus are reclassified as Akleistostoma (Gardnericypraea) subgenus species. This represents a continuation of geographically separate, but parallel, evolutionary tracks throughout the Piacenzian Pliocene Tamiami Formation

Two new species of the genus Gnaptorina Reitter from the Hengduan Mountains, China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptini).

Two new species of nominal subgenus of Gnaptorina Reitter, 1887 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Blaptini), G. (G.) acutangula sp. nov., G. (G.) crassitibia sp. nov., are described from the Hengduan Mountains, Western Sichuan province of China. A key to the known species of the subgenus Gnaptorina is provided.

Taxonomy of 'Euconnus complex'. Part XIX. Status of subgenus BorneoconnusFranz, with review of species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae).

Borneoconnus, a subgenus of Euconnus endemic to Borneo, is revised. Euconnus laticlava Franz (type species of subgenus), E. eremita Franz and E. sabahanus Franz are redescribed. Morphological structures of E. laticlava are illustrated and described in detail. It is concluded that Borneoconnus is most similar to Euconnus s. str., Napochus Thomson and Psomophus Casey; differences in morphological structures are discussed. Borneoconnus is maintained as a separate subgenus, pending further study, as this name seems to be a candidate to place as a junior synonym of Napochus in a future reclassification of Euconnus subgenera. The variability in the pronotal form found within otherwise morphologically uniform Borneoconnus species supports a weak taxonomic value of this character to use in subgeneric diagnoses. This observation may result in merging Euconnus s. str. and Napochus Thomson, and possibly also Borneoconnus, in one subgenus. However, the yet unrevised subgenera of Euconnus must be studied before such an action is taken.

Real-time PCR to differentiate among Leishmania (Viannia) subgenus, Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum and Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis: Application on Brazilian clinical samples

Leishmaniasis is a complex disease caused by Leishmania species belonging to subgenera Leishmania and Viannia. In South America, L. (L.) infantum is considered the most important causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis, while L. (L.) amazonensis and Viannia subgenus species are responsible for the different cutaneous or mucocutaneous forms. In our previous work, we developed a diagnostic approach for Leishmania species discrimination based on two qPCRs (qPCR-ML and qPCR-ama) targeting the minicircle kDNA followed by melting analysis. This approach allowed to (i) differentiate the subgenera Leishmania and Viannia, and (ii) distinguish between L. (L.) infantum and L. (L.) amazonensis. The aim of this work was to demonstrate the applicability of the approach previously described, using human and canine clinical samples and strains from a Brazilian region, where L. (L.) infantum, L. (L.) amazonensis and Viannia subgenus species coexist. After validation on New World strains, the diagnostic approach was applied blindly to 36 canine clinical samples (peripheral blood and bone marrow) and 11 human clinical samples (peripheral blood and bone marrow). The sensitivity was 95.6% (95% confidence interval 77.3–100%) and 100% (95% confidence interval 76.9–100%) in the canine bone marrow samples and human (peripheral blood and bone marrow) samples, respectively, compared to conventional PCR assays. Concerning the Leishmania species identification, the conventional and qPCR-based methods showed kappa value of 0.876 (95% confidence interval 0.638–1.000), indicating good agreement. Therefore, this approach proved to be useful in both veterinary and human clinical context in regions co-endemic for L. (L.) infantum, L. (L.) amazonensis, and Viannia subgenus, helping to provide rapid diagnosis and to allow studies of species distribution.

Description of a New Species of Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and a Key to Species of the Subgenus From the Chinese Mainland.

Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) makanensis Hou sp. n. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is described and illustrated based on male and female specimens from China. It is characterized by the male aedeagus triangular, with large cone-shaped process at apex, basal arch high, basal arm slender and curved, parameres separate narrower distance at base, cone-shaped apically, and the female subgenital plate pliers-shaped, without lateral process, with two spermathecae, oval, nearly equal. The new species is compared with the similar congener F. (Forcipomyia) lochmocola Zou and Yu, 1991. We provide separate keys for identification of the males and females of the species of subgenus F. (Forcipomyia) Meigen in China.

Genus Bungona Harker, 1957 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species and a key to Oriental species.

Six species of Bungona Harker, including three species of the subgenus Centroptella Braasch Soldán and three species of subgenus of Chopralla Waltz McCafferty, are reported from China. Of which, three new species, Bungona (Centroptella) ovata sp. nov., Bungona (Centroptella) quadrata sp. nov. and Bungona (Chopralla) bifida sp. nov., are described based on nymphal materials. In addition, Bungona (Chopralla) liebenauae (Soldán, Braasch Muu, 1987) that was previously known only from Vietnam is newly recorded in China. An identification key to Bungona species known from Oriental Region is presented.

Foliar epidermal anatomical characteristics of taxa of Iris subg. Scorpiris Spach (Iridaceae) from Turkey.

Iris L. is one of the important genus of family Iridaceae, consist of 56 taxa naturally occurred in Turkey. The similarities and variations in the subgenus overlapping the taxonomic positions of the species in the subgenera and needs anatomical assessment especially by microscopic techniques. In this study, the taxonomic significance of leaf anatomical characters of 10 Iris subgenus Scorpiris taxa were studied in detail and the relationship among these taxa were evaluated using microscopy techniques. Fresh leaf samples of species were fixed in 70% alcohol solution for anatomical observation under microscope. Eleven different micromorphological features were statistically analyzed to delimit the species in subgenus. Based on morphological and anatomical similarities, we studied relationships among; (1) ssp. turcica, ssp. caucasica, I. nezahatiae and I. pseudocaucasica; (2) correlation between ssp. turcica and ssp. caucasica; (3) association of I. galatica, I. persica, ssp. margaretiae and ssp. stenophylla with each other; (4) relationship between ssp. stenophylla and ssp. margaretiae; and (5) relevance between I. aucheri and I. peshmeniana. Moreover, the taxonomy of subgenus Scorpiris has been discussed in detail with novel and diagnostic features based on micromorphological physiognomies. We found that four species in this study are endemic to Turkey, while seven are critically endangered geophytes in the country. The leaf anatomical characteristics of 10 taxa were divided into three groups. Main aim of this research was to study the taxonomy of the complex subgenus Scorpiris through microscopic techniques.

Systematic revision of Central American Calligrapha Chevrolat of the subgenus Erythrographa subgen. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae).

In this work, I revise a group of thirteen species in a natural assemblage of Calligrapha Chevrolat previously shown to represent a distinct and highly divergent lineage relative to other Calligrapha. The group is given subgeneric status, under the name Erythrographa subgen. nov., based on the morphological features of its representatives, which include reddish testaceous color to dark parts of body, including elytral markings, the presence of two spots enclosed by the humeral lunule, and a bifid end of the flagellum in male genitalia, among other typical features. One of the species of the new subgenus is also new and formally described as Calligrapha synthesys sp. nov. All the species of the subgenus Erythrographa subgen. nov. are found in Mexico (with the exception of C. wickhami, only known from southern Texas), with five species with larger distributions, reaching Nicaragua (C. notatipennis Stål), Costa Rica (C. labyrinthica Stål) or Panama (C. suboculata Stål, C. synthesys sp. nov. and C. tortilis Stål). The subgenus can be considered Neotropical, endemic of Central America and particularly diverse in the Mexican Transition Zone, between the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.

An unusual new species of the genus Brachypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Eastern Asia

Abstract Brachypalpus (Brachypalpus) longifacies sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Eastern Asia (Russian Far East and Japan). It differs from other species of the nominative subgenus by several unusual characters, i.e. face in profile weakly convex dorsally and concave ventrally, antennae very elongated, and abdomen with reddish transversal maculae on 2nd tergum (male) or 2nd and 3rd terga (female). A key is given for known species of the subgenus Brachypalpus. LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:634CB6E2-B2C1-40EC-8811-BF3DD4BDE69A