Notes on the genus Memphis: hirtheto unknown females, new records from Venezuela and comments on M. wellingi (original) (raw)

A New Andean Species of the Hypsiboas pulchellus Group: Adults, Calls, and Phylogenetic Relationships

Herpetologica, 2010

We describe a new species of the Hypsiboas pulchellus Group from the eastern Andes of central Peru (Region Pasco). Calls of both H. melanopleura and the new species are described. The new species is more similar to H. melanopleura and H. palaestes but differs in morphological characters and in coloration pattern. The new species and H. melanopleura are included in a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the H. pulchellus Group that shows them to be sister species and forming a second, independent, Andean clade within the group. New collecting sites for H. melanopleura are provided with the first record in the Region of Junin and the distribution of H. melanopleura, H. palaestes, and the new species is illustrated in a map.

Types of species described by M. P. Graells (1809-1898), found in the Real Colegio Alfonso XII (San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid)

Botanica Complutensis, 1996

The 1 Ierbarium of M. E. Graelís, considered lose, has beco foumad witb tbe typus materials of Cellisca harnacle»ii O rae>> s, ('crí caorea aní bícusis (rae> Is, (críIt,,, reo 'avao/llc»ia,ía Graelís, ('en cali reo jancri O raelIs, 1. cuzco rhapantica/dcs (1 raelis. ('olc/íicacn e/cm crícci ('a raelIs, Narci»sc,s cm/mc;//s O rae> oíd Narc/ssa,s 1,c,lh/da 1,,.» Grael Is, Wc provide ts,o tbe place of deposil of t bis types Alsa we presene tbe umapublisbed icons ni Centaurea jancri CrocOs and Centaurea lagascana (iraelis lonoded willm Ube plaots.

Types of species described by M.P. Graells (1809-1898) found in the Real Colegio Alfonso XII (San Lorenzo del Escorial, Madrid)

Botanica Complutensis, 1996

The 1 Ierbarium of M. E. Graelís, considered lose, has beco foumad witb tbe typus materials of Cellisca harnacle»ii O rae>> s, ('crí caorea aní bícusis (rae> Is, (críIt,,, reo 'avao/llc»ia,ía Graelís, ('en cali reo jancri O raelIs, 1. cuzco rhapantica/dcs (1 raelis. ('olc/íicacn e/cm crícci ('a raelIs, Narci»sc,s cm/mc;//s O rae> oíd Narc/ssa,s 1,c,lh/da 1,,.» Grael Is, Wc provide ts,o tbe place of deposil of t bis types Alsa we presene tbe umapublisbed icons ni Centaurea jancri CrocOs and Centaurea lagascana (iraelis lonoded willm Ube plaots.

Two New Species ofMyersiohyla(Anura: Hylidae) from Cerro De La Neblina, Venezuela, with Comments on Other Species of the Genus

American Museum Novitates, 2013

Two new species of Myersiohyla are described from the 1984-1985 Cerro de la Neblina Expedition in southern Venezuela, together with notes on the genus and a test of its monophyly, which has been challenged in recent studies. The inclusion of new sequences results in a monophyletic Myersiohyla that is better supported than in earlier analyses. One of the new species is similar to M. inparquesi, with which it has been confused previously. This newly described species has, like M. inparquesi, a tadpole with a dorsoventrally flattened body and the largest labial toothrow formula so far reported for anuran larvae (16/21). It differs from M. inparquesi in larval characters, adult coloration, and vocalization. The other new species is unique in having a color pattern composed of stellate melanophores over a greenish ground color. Comments on the holotype of M. loveridgei provide details overlooked in previous references to this rare species and stress the need to establish diagnostic characters that might differentiate it from M. aromatica. Furthermore, we report one specimen not assigned to any species from Huachamacary Tepui, only 25 km from the type locality of M. loveridgei. So far, all studied species of Myersiohyla have relatively large (2.8-3.2 mm), yolky ovarian eggs, a character state shared with several other frogs in Cophomantini (Hyloscirtus, Aplastodiscus, the Hypsiboas benitezi species group), and likely a

Does the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead occur in South America? The new genus Quwitilla, new combinations, and new distribution records from Neotropical velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

Zootaxa, 2019

Nine species of the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead have been recorded from South America. One additional species, D. campogrande Manley & Pitts was erroneously recorded from Mexico but is from Brazil, and another species, D. colorado Cambra, Williams & Quintero was recently discovered in Colombia. Four of these nine Dasymutilla belong to a new genus, Quwitilla Williams, Bartholomay & Cambra, gen. nov., which includes: Q. peruviana (Suárez), comb. nov. (and its newly recognized female D. homochroma Suárez, syn. nov.; Q. bellatrix (Manley & Pitts), comb. nov. (based on female only); and Q. blattoserica (Kohl) comb. nov. (type species, already known from both sexes). Two others are actually synonyms of previously recognized Traumatomutilla André species: Dasymutilla brazilia Manley & Pitts, syn. nov. is a junior synonym of T. oculifera (Smith), and D. campogrande, syn. nov. is a junior synonym of T. inermis (Klug). One species is transferred out of Dasymutilla: Xystromutilla aequatorialis (André), comb. nov. Finally, updates and comments are provided on the distribution of D. araneoides (Smith), D. colorado, D. paradoxa (Gerstaecker), and D. pulchra (Smith), the only four South American species remaining in the genus Dasymutilla.

Contribution to Geographic Distribution of some Mexican Melanoplinae and Description of a New Species

Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2009

Huastecacris alexandri n. sp., is described from the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in southern Tamaulipas, northeastern México. Geographic distribution is limited to the highlands of the reserve where it occurs from 1300 to 1700 m in open areas on natural, low vegetation. This species is most related to Huastecacris zenoni Fontana & Buzzetti 2007, which is found in the lowlands of the reserve extending the distribution of the genus along the Eastern Sierra Madre up to Cd. Victoria's mountain range. The species are distinguished by details of the male cerci, supra-anal plate, genitalia and color pattern.

Taxonomic and nomenclatural aspects of Hypoxylon taxa from southern South America proposed by Spegazzini

Mycologia, 2009

The holotypes and isotypes of twenty Hypoxylon taxa described by Spegazzini have been examined and their taxonomic positions and nomenclatural problems are discussed. Two new combinations, Annulohypoxylon apiahynum comb. nov. and A. subeffusum comb. nov. are proposed. H. goliath is considered a synonym of Rosellinia bunodes. H. albostigmatosum and H. guarapiense are synonyms of H. anthochroum; H. anthracoderma of H. monticulosum; H. mbaiense of H. notatum; H. paulistanum of H. diatrypeoides; H. plumbeum and H. rubiginosum var. microcarpum of H. perforatum. H. porteri and H. intermedium belong in Biscogniauxia capnodes, H. puiggarii in Annulophypoxylon subeffusum, H. subvinosum. in H. lenormandii, H. turbinatum var. guaraniticum in Phylacia turbinata and H. valsarioides in Creosphaeria sassafras. H. leptascum is transferred to A. leptascum, H. circostomum to Nemania circostoma and H. latissimum to N. latissima. The holotype of H. albostigmatosum has been recovered, thus the lectotypification by Shear is no longer needed. H. subnigricans and H. umbilicatum are confirmed as good taxa. H. anthochroum and H. lenormandii are reported as first records from Argentina (Tucumán).

New species of Oaxacacoris Schwartz & Stonedahl and Pseudopsallus Van Duzee, and a new genus, Presidiomiris, from Texas (Heteroptera, Miridae, Orthotylini). American Museum novitates ; ; no. 2928

1988

The new genus Presidiomiris is diagnosed and described, including two new species, infuscatus and knighti, from Presidio County, Texas. Two new species each ofPseudopsallus (badger, tulare) and Oaxacacoris (durango, guadalajara) are described, and compared to known taxa. The monotypic genus Ceratopidea Knight is synonymized with Pseudopsallus, creating the new combination, Pseudopsallus daleae (Knight). Descriptions and illustrations are provided for the male genitalic structures of all species, and scanning electron micrographs are presented for the scalelike setae and the pretarsus of representative species. Revised diagnoses are included for Oaxacacoris and Pseudopsallus, and the cladogram [Oaxacacoris + (Presidiomiris + Pseudopsallus)] is presented for the three genera. A dorsal habitus of the male of Presidiomiris knighti also is included.

Huastecacris alexandri, a New Species of Melanoplinae from Tamaulipas, Northeastern Mexico

Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2010

Huastecacris alexandri n. sp., is described from the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in southern Tamaulipas, northeastern México. Geographic distribution is limited to the highlands of the reserve where it occurs from 1300 to 1700 m in open areas on natural, low vegetation. This species is most related to Huastecacris zenoni Fontana & Buzzetti 2007, which is found in the lowlands of the reserve, extending the distribution of the genus along the Eastern Sierra Madre up to Cd. Victoria's mountain range. The species are distinguished by details of the male cerci, supra-anal plate, genitalia and color pattern.