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| 2:10a | [Herpetology • 2024] Adenomera albarena • A New Species of Terrestrial Foam-nesting Frog of the Adenomera simonstuarti complex (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from White-sand Forests of central Amazonia, Brazil
Abstract By using integrative taxonomy, we describe a new species of terrestrial foam-nesting frog of the genus Adenomera from white-sand forests of the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve, Central Amazonia, Brazil. Within the A. andreae clade, the new species belongs to the A. simonstuarti complex where it is sister to the lineage from the lower Juruá River. The new species is assigned to the genus Adenomera by having adult SVL smaller than 34.1 mm, by its lack of fringing and webbing between toes and by the absence of spines on the thumb of adult males. It differs from other Adenomera by the following combination of characters: antebrachial tubercle absent; toe tips flattened or slightly flattened, with visible expansions; nearly solid, dark-coloured stripe on underside of forearm; single-note advertisement call; notes formed by 11–21 incomplete pulses; call duration varying between 100 and 199 ms; fundamental frequency 1,765–2,239 Hz; dominant frequency 3,448–4,349 Hz; and endotrophic tadpoles with spiracle present and labial teeth absent. Over the last decade, we have inventoried many permanent sampling modules in ombrophilous forests in the Manaus Region and in the Purus-Madeira interfluve, but the new species was found only in the white-sand forest from West Negro-Solimões Interfluve. Adenomera sp. nov. may be endemic to, or at least a specialist in, this environment. Key Words: campina, campinarana, integrative taxonomy, tadpoles, West Negro-Solimões Interfluve
 Adenomera albarena sp. nov. Diagnosis: The species Adenomera albarena is recognised by the following combination of characters. (1) Medium size (adult male SVL = 21.2–23.0 mm, n = 21; adult female SVL 22.1–24.3, n = 5); (2) snout of males subovoid in dorsal view and acuminate in lateral view; (3) absence of antebrachial tubercle; (4) toe tips moderately to fully expanded (character states C, D sensu Heyer (1973)); (5) throat in males with condensed melanophores near the jaw and scattered melanophores on the central portion; 6) nearly solid dark-coloured stripe present on the underside of the forearm; (7) Advertisement call composed of a single pulsed note; (8) notes formed by 11–21 pulses; (9) pulses incomplete; (10) dominant frequency 3,448–4,349 Hz; (11) dominant frequency coinciding with the second harmonic; (12) Endotrophic tadpoles; (13) with labial teeth absent; (13) spiracle present; and (14) internarial distance 44–52% of IOD. Etymology: The specific epithet albarena is formed by the combination of two Latin words: “alba” (white) and “arena” (sand). This is a reference to the white-sand forests of central Amazonia, the distinctive environment inhabited by this species. Vernacular names: White-sand terrestrial foam-nesting frog (English), rana terrestre de arena blanca (Spanish) and rãzinha da areia branca (Portuguese).
Bryan da Cunha Martins, Alexander Tamanini Mônico, Cianir Mendonça, Silionamã P. Dantas, Jesus R. D. Souza, James Hanken, Albertina Pimentel Lima and Miquéias Ferrão. 2024. A New Species of Terrestrial Foam-nesting Frog of the Adenomera simonstuarti complex (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from White-sand Forests of central Amazonia, Brazil. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 100(1): 233-253. DOI: 10.3897/zse.100.110133   | ||||||
| 5:26a | [Entomology • 2021] Bundoksia sibuyania (Blattodea: Blattidae) • A New sexually dimorphic Cockroach from the Philippines
ABSTRACT A new blattid genus, Bundoksia gen. nov. is described based on the Philippine species, Cartoblatta rufocercata (Shelford, 1910). Bundoksia rufocercata comb. nov. is proposed and redescribed, and a new species, B. sibuyania sp. nov. is described. The new genus possesses some characters present from Archiblattinae and Blattinae. A key is provided for Archiblattinae and sexually dimorphic Blattinae genera. KEYWORDS: Archiblattinae, Blattinae, new combination, new genus, new species, sexual dimorphism   Cristian C. Lucañas. 2021. Bundoksia gen. nov. (Dictyoptera: Blattodea: Blattidae), A New sexually dimorphic Cockroach from the Philippines. Journal of Natural History. 55(15-16); 1009-1020. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1928317 | ||||||
| 5:50a | [Arachnida • 2023] Sennin shuanglong • First Record of theridiosomatid Genus Sennin (Araneae: Theridiosomatidiae) from Anhui Province, China, with the Description of A New Species
Abstract Background: Only two Sennin species are known from the world, Sennin coddingtoni (Zhu, Zhang & Chen, 2001) from China and Sennin tanikawai Suzuki, Hiramatsu & Tatsuta, 2022 from Ryukyu Islands. No other Sennin species have been recorded from other locations. New information: A new species, Sennin shuanglong sp. n. is described from Anhui Province, China. Morphological illustrations, SEMs, living photos, habitat and distribution map are given. Keywords: Cave spider, small body size, taxonomy
Sennin shuanglong Yao & Liu, 2023 sp. nov. Diagnosis: Males of this species is similar to that of Sennin tanikawai Suzuki, Hiramatsu & Tatsuta, 2022 in having the finger-like cymbial apophysis in dorsal view and the triangular cymbial lamella in retrolateral view (Suzuki et al. 2022: 86, figs. 7A and C), but can be distinguished from it by the median apophysis with a thick, strong curved apex (vs. thin, slightly curved in S. tanikawai) and the paracymbium with a sharp needle-like apex (vs. spine-like in S. tanikawai). It also resembles S. coddingtoni (Zhu, Zhang & Chen, 2001) in the triangular cymbial lamella, but can be easily separated from it by the large cymbial apophysis (vs. small) (Chen 2010: 8, fig. 27) (Fig. 2D, E, Fig. 4A and B). Females resemble those of S. coddingtoni (Chen 2010: 7, figs. 19 and 20) and S. tanikawai (Suzuki et al. 2022: 87, fig. 8) in having the copulatory duct with a coil laterally located, but can be distinguished from it by the very long epigynal scape as same as epigynal length (vs. relative long epigynal scape shorter than epigynal length in S. coddingtoni and S. tanikawai) and the transversal spermathecae with a tapering tip in touching area (vs. the transversal spermathecae without tapering tip; the sloping spermathecae in S. tanikawai) (Fig. 3, Fig. 4L and M). Etymology: The specific name is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.  Yanbin Yao, Mingkang Liu, Rui Zhao, Zijie Deng and Keke Liu. 2023. First Record of theridiosomatid Genus Sennin Suzuki, Hiramatsu & Tatsuta, 2022 from Anhui Province, China, with the Description of A New Species (Araneae, Theridiosomatidiae). Biodiversity Data Journal. 11: e107528. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e107528 | ||||||
| 6:44a | [Botany • 2022] Leptomischus multiflorus (Rubiaceae: Argostemmateae) • A New Species from southern Vietnam
Abstract Leptomischus multiflorus, a new species of the tribe Argostemmateae (Rubiaceae), is described and illustrated. The species was discovered in 2022 in Quang Nam Province, southern Vietnam. The new species is characterized by rich indumentum on almost all plant parts, distylous flowers, and minutely puberulent ovary disk. Leptomischus multiflorus differs from all its congeners by the following features: leaf blades up to 23 cm long with up to 25 pairs of secondary veins, many-flowered inflorescences, and corolla tube 7–8 mm long and hairy outside. It additionally differs from the morphologically closest species, L. anisophyllus, in weakly anisophyllous to nearly isophyllous leaves, calyx lobes 2–2.5 mm long (about 1/3 length of corolla tube), corolla lobes with horn-like appendages, anthers 1–1.3 mm long, style hairy in distal half, pin flowers with filaments adnate at the middle of the corolla tube and with stigma lobes 1 mm long, and thrum flowers with style 2.5–3 mm long. Keywords: Eastern Indochina, plant diversity, plant taxonomy, Quang Nam Province, Eudicots   Leptomischus multiflorus Nuraliev, K.S.Nguyen & L.Wu Maxim S. Nuraliev, Khang Sinh Nguyen, Thoa Kim Thi Pham, Cuong Huu Nguyen, Bui Hong Quang, Dmitry F. Lyskov, Andrey N. Kuznetsov, Svetlana P. Kuznetsova and Lei Wu. 2022. Leptomischus multiflorus (Argostemmateae: Rubiaceae), A New Species from southern Vietnam. Phytotaxa. 574(1); 83-90. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.574.1.5 | ||||||
| 7:17a | [Botany • 2024] Limonium artelariae (Plumbaginaceae) • A New endemic Species and further Taxonomic and Floristic Notes on the Genus in the Island of Crete
Abstract Some amendments of our knowledge of the taxonomically complex genus Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) in Crete, Greece are presented, based on field work and morphological study of herbarium specimens, including types. The circumscriptions of the closely related Cretan endemics L. cornarianum and L. hierapetrae are clarified. The former species is actually restricted to the type population in Moni Kapsa (SE Crete) and a newly found population in Pacheia Ammos (NE Crete). The latter species comprises populations in SE Crete that extend from Moni Kapsa to Dermatos, and also includes the populations previously assigned to L. chrisianum and L. minoicum that are found to be conspecific. Limonium artelariae from SE Crete, similar and related to L. cornarianum and L. hierapetrae, is described as a new species. It is rather unique among Greek Limonium species for its height (up to 110 cm tall) and its large, broadly spathulate leaves. Limonium cythereum previously known from the islands of Kythira and Antikythira is newly recorded for Crete, represented by two populations in NW Crete. The report of L. fragile from Crete is found to be erroneous, based on misidentified material of L. virgatum. All accepted taxa are described, and their types, chromosome number or ploidy level, distribution and ecology are also indicated. Photographs, distribution maps and an identification key are added to facilitate further identification. KEYWORDS: Aegean, Crete, Greece, Limonium, Limonium artelariae, Limonium cornarianum, Limonium cythereum, Limonium hierapetrae, Mediterranean endemics, new species, PLUMBAGINACEAE, species circumscriptions, taxonomy
 Limonium artelariae Koutr., sp. nov. Diagnosis — Limonium artelariae is distinguished from its closely related species in SE Crete, L. cornarianum and L. hierapetrae, by its broadly spathulate, rounded leaves and broadly obovate and wider inner spikelet bracts. Limonium artelariae is rather unique among all other Aegean Limonium endemics for its predominantly tall habit combined with longer and wider, spathulate leaves. Eponymy — The specific epithet “artelariae” honours Dr. Rea Artelari, a former Associate Professor of the University of Patras, Greece, for her invaluable contributions to the systematics of Limonium in Greece and Cyprus throughout her academic career. Konstantina Koutroumpa. 2024. Limonium artelariae (Plumbaginaceae), A New endemic Species and further Taxonomic and Floristic Notes on the Genus in the Island of Crete. Willdenowia. 54 (1), 65-79. DOI: 10.3372/wi.54.54103 | ||||||
| 9:13a | [Entomology • 2024] Pygoluciola rammale & P. ruhuna • First Record of the Genus Pygoluciola Wittmer (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae) from Sri Lanka with Two New Species
Abstract We present the first record of the Southeast Asian firefly genus, Pygoluciola Wittmer, 1939 from Sri Lanka with descriptions of two new distinctive yellow species, P. rammale Wijekoon & De Silva sp. nov. and P. ruhuna Wijekoon & De Silva sp. nov. Both species are from a low-land forest in Southern Province, Sri Lanka, and females were associated with males when captured together in copula. An updated list of species, and key to males and known females of Pygoluciola is presented. Coleoptera, fireflies, new records, South Asia  W. M. C. D Wijekoon, L. A Ballantyne, D. R De Silva, H. C. E Wegiriya and A. D. T. I Madushanka. 2024. First Record of the Genus Pygoluciola Wittmer (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae) from Sri Lanka with Two New Species, P. rammale and P. ruhuna. Zootaxa. 5428(3); 393-412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.3.4  |
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