A multilocus phylogeny of the tribe Boreoheptagyiini was reconstructed using nuclear (18S, 28S, and CAD4) and mitochondrial (COI5P, COI3P, and COII) genes. Species delimitation using ASAP analysis of DNA barcodes identified 22 molecular operational taxonomic units (mOTUs), which were congruent with morphological species hypotheses. Based on robust phylogenetic and morphological evidence, we…
This study examines freshwater bryozoan material that was recently collected from South Africa and Botswana and is deposited at the Natural History Museum in London. Six species are described for the first time: Fredericella bergensis sp. nov. , F. elegans sp. nov. , Plumatella botswanensis sp. nov. , P. perforata sp. nov. , P. sanum sp. nov. and Rumarcanella tutui sp. nov. Two species , P.…
We evaluated the morphological variation of the two nominal subspecies of California killifishes, Fundulus parvipinnis ( F. p. parvipinnis and F. p. brevis ) with allopatric distribution in the Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Fifty-five morphological characters (10 meristic and 45 morphometric) of 192 specimens were examined in 10 populations (seven of F. p. parvipinnis and three of F. p.…
Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) can be significant pests of crop and ornamental plants globally, with many species posing threats to agriculture and forestry. Despite some research on scale insects in Hainan Province, China in the past, the scale insect species diversity and genetic variation remain poorly understood. Accurate species identification is crucial for biodiversity conservation…
Oxybelochardus mucrosis sp. nov. is described from Iraq, and Palarus funerarius F. Morawitz, 1889 (both Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Crabroninae) first recorded form that country. The new species can be recognized by its unique mucro, which is elongate semi-triangular, bilobed apically; metanotal squama undivided and curved inward, and setaceous hind tibia.
A new genus and species in the tribe Colpopterini, Aridorama cobbeni gen. et sp. nov. , is described from the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao in the Leeward Antilles. The novel taxon is found in arid biotopes and is polyphagous. Aridorama gen. nov. differs from other Colpopterini in the shape of the head and forewings, wing venation, male and female terminalia. Molecular data for the…
A new species of Taeniostola, T. sahyadri David, Hancock & Noor, sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens attracted to cut sprouts of bamboo from Western Ghat sections of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. T. vittigera Bezzi was predominant in Northeast India and is distinctly different from T. sahyadri in wing, postabdominal morphology and molecular data. A key to all species of…
A previously undescribed species of Elachista Treitschke has been discovered at three localities in northern and central Portugal. The new species, Elachista pluviosa Corley & Nunes, sp. nov. , belongs to the subgenus Aphelosetia Stephens and to the E. bedellella species group, showing morphological similarities to Elachista catalana Parenti, 1978 and related species, but differs in habitus, male…
Ypthima albipuncta Lee, 1985 is a little-known species originally described based on a holotype by monotypy from Yiliang, northeastern Yunnan Province, southwestern China, and has never been recorded since then. In the present paper, it has been rediscovered in Hupingshan National Nature Reserve, northern Hunan Province, central China, a place far from its type locality. Based on comparisons of…
A new species of the genus Dorcus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) is described from Sichuan province, China: Dorcus pingshanensis Liu, Deng, Luo & Wang, sp. nov. The new species is compared to five closely related taxa from China: D. gongshanus Huang & Chen, 2013, D. intricatus (Lacroix, 1981), D. linwenhsini conjunctus Qi, Bian, Xin & Dang, 2025, D. lvbu Huang & Chen, 2013, and D.…
