查看更多>>摘要：The South-east Asian and Oceanian fauna of the ant genus Calyptomyrmex is revised. Sixteen species are known from this region, 14 of which are newly described. These include asper sp. n., beccarii Emery, caledonicus sp. n., danum sp. n., fragarus sp.n.,fritillus sp. n., grammus sp. n., lineolus sp. n., loweryi sp. n., ocullatus sp. n., rectopilosus Dlussky & Radchenko, retrostriatus sp. n., ryderae sp. n., sabahensis sp. n., sparsus sp. n. and taylori sp. n. The names emeryi Forel and glabratus Viehmeyer are synonymised under beccarii, the only widespread species in the region. All species are associated with rainforest habitats and most have been collected a limited number of times.
查看更多>>摘要：We present the first results from a project on Spitsbergen and Bear Island where the ultimate goal is to provide genetic and morphological identification keys to all species. Five Tanytarsini species have been recorded from Svalbard. By sequencing partial COI gene sequences, we have associated larvae of all of these, and describe the hitherto undescribed larval stages of Microspectra insignilobus Kieffer, M. radialis Goetghebuer and Tanytarsus heliomesonyctios Langton. We also present keys to larva,pupa and imagines of all Tanytarsini species found on Svalbard and discuss larval morphology in relationship to characters preserved in sub fossil material. Of particular interest is the mandible and mentum of T. heliomso-nyctios which show close resemblance to the tentatively associated larvae of Corynocera oliveri Lindeberg. An overview over Tanytarsus species with "lugera-type" larvae is given and the phylogenetic value of mandibular accessory teeth is briefly discussed.
查看更多>>摘要：Five species of the genus Bryophaenocladius Thienemann described by Brundin (1947), B. aestivus, B. flexidens, B. in-constans, B. propinquus and B. scanicus, are redescribed. Lectotypes of 5. aestivus and B. flexidens are designated. Bryophaenocladiusis one of the largest genera of the subfamily Orthocladiinae. The genus is distributed worldwide, with the possible exception of Australasia. To date, more than 100 species have been recorded from all over the world (Ashe 1983; Ashe & Cranston 1990; Chaudhuri et al. 2001; Freeman & Cranston 1980; Liu & Wang 2005; Sasa & Kikuchi 1995; Spies & Reiss 1996; Wang 2000; Wang et al. 2001, 2004, 2006; Yamamoto 2004; Saether & Spies 2004). The genus is difficult to delimit since there are exceptions for nearlyall diagnostic characters. A typical Bryophaenocladius has strong and decumbent acrostichals beginning close to antepronotum; wing membrane without setae, but with coarse punctation visible at 40x magnification, squama with one to several setae; tibial spurs strongly developed, with well developed, but not divergent lateral denticles; hind tibial comb well developed; sensilla chaetica absent; tergite IX distinctive, with strongly pigmented, semi-circular band running around posterior margin; anal pointprojecting from setose area, large, semicircular to triangular; virga consisting of simple spines; gonostylus often distinctly broadened; strong megaseta.
查看更多>>摘要：Lathrolestes is recorded from Nepal for the first time. Three new species are described and illustrated: L. roerichi sp. nov., L. lidae sp. nov., L. peisseli sp. nov. This is the first record of the tribe Perilissini from Nepal. The Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) fauna of Nepal is not known satisfactorily, although 150 species are known (Yu et al, 2005; Reshchikov, 2010a).. Only one species of the subfamily Ctenopelmatinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) has been described recently from this country (Reshchikov, 2010a). While examining Ichneumonidae collected during the Canadian Expedition to Nepal in 1967 I came across these specimens which represent three new species of the genus Lathrolestes Forster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). This is the firstrecord of the tribe Perilissini from Nepal.
查看更多>>摘要：Phylogeny of the Oriental genus Pnyxiopalpus Vilkamaa & Hippa, 1999 was re-studied in the light of the recently described, putatively related genus Vulagisciara Evenhuis, 2007, from Fiji, and a new species of Pnyxiopalpus, P. persimplex sp. n. from Selangor, Malaysia. Characters of these taxa were added to a previously published data matrix . The parsimony analysis yields two most parsimonious cladograms. In the strict concensus cladogram, Vulagisciara appears as the sister group of a monophyletic Pnyxiopalpus. Pnyxiopalpus persimplex sp. n. is described. The new species shares the basic structure of Pnyxiopalpus, but lacks some of the unique morphological modifications present in congeneric species. P. persimplex appears as the sister species to P.simplex, these two species together appearing as the sister group to all other Pnyxiopalpus.
查看更多>>摘要：E. F. Martynova (1970) described two species of Protura from the Tian-Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan: Hesperentomon tianschanicum and Acerella montana. The descriptions are now outdated due to progress in proturan taxonomy in the last three decades, andthe systematic position of A. montana is unclear. I redescribe A. montana based on the holotype female and another specimen mounted on the same slide. This slide is preserved in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. The paratypes were not marked. I thank the head curator of Zoological Institute RAS, Dr. V.A. Krivokhatsky, Dr. V. Kuznetsova (St. Petersburg) and Dr. A. Nadachovska (Krakow) for their kindness and help. This work was supported by grant NN303 0683 34 from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland.
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