[Entomology • 2026] Methocha haaksek, M. hongkongensis, ... • The Methocha (Hymenoptera: Thynnidae: Methochinae) of Hong Kong (China), A Preliminary Faunal List with Descriptions of Five New Species and Sexual Associations rendered through Molecular Analysis

 

A. Methocha haaksek Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. 
B & C. M. hongkongensis Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. 
 D. M. leleji Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. 
 E. M. wilsoni Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. 
 F. M. zetetes Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. 

in Barthélémy, Terayama, Poon et Sin. 2026. 

DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1043.3213 

Abstract

Five new species of Methocha Latreille, 1804 are described from Hong Kong: two species based on females only, Methocha haaksek Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. and Methocha leleji Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov.; two on males only, M. wilsoni Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. and M. zetetes Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov.; and one with females and males associated through molecular analysis, M. hongkongensis Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. A key to species and a phylogenetic tree of Methocha occurring in the Hong Kong SAR are provided.

Keywords: Thynnoidea, morphometrics, Cicindelinae, DNA barcoding, phylogenetic

Holotypes and paratypes, lateral habitus.
A. Methocha haaksek Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov., holotype, ♀, M459.D.Hy.1, CASC. B. M. hongkongensis Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov., holotype, ♀, M364.C.Hy.2, CASC. C. M. hongkongensis, paratype, ♂, M561CHY3, CBC. D. ♀, M. leleji Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov., holotype, ♂, M099.C.Hy.2, CASC.
E. M. wilsoni Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov., holotype, ♂, M060.C.Hy.4, CASC. F. M. zetetes Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov., paratype, ♂, M321.E.Hy.4B, CBC.

Methocha haaksek Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. 

M. hongkongensis Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. 

M. leleji Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov.; 

M. wilsoni Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. 

M. zetetes Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov.

 Christophe Barthélémy, Mamoru Terayama, Emily Shui Kei Poon and Simon Yung Wa Sin. 2026. The Methocha (Hymenoptera: Thynnidae: Methochinae) of Hong Kong (China), A Preliminary Faunal List with Descriptions of Five New Species and Sexual Associations rendered through Molecular Analysis. European Journal of Taxonomy. 1043(1); 118–151. DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1043.3213 

[Entomology • 2025] Araeopteron maculas, A. simaoensis, ... • Four New and one newly recorded Species of Araeopteron Hampson, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Boletobiinae), with the Checklist of the Genus from China

[1-2]. Araeopteron maculas sp. nov.; 
[3] A. simaoensis sp. nov.; [4] A. submedogensis sp. nov.;
[7-8] A. kononenkoi sp. nov.

Jin, Yao & Han, 2025

DOI: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1256.159686 

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Araeopteron Hampson, 1893 are described: A. maculas sp. nov., A. simaoensis sp. nov., A. submedogensis sp. nov., and A. kononenkoi sp. nov., and A. xanthopis (Hampson, 1907) is reported for the first time from China. The new species are diagnosed based on the adult habitus and genitalia, and compared with related species. Meanwhile, the genitalia of A. xanthopis are illustrated and described for the first time in this study.

Key words: Guizhou, new record, new species, Noctuoidea, taxonomy, Xizang, Yunnan

Adults of Araeopteron spp.
1. A. maculas sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU); 2. A. maculas sp. nov., female, paratype (NEFU);
3. A. simaoensis sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU); 4. A. submedogensis sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU);
5. A. ussurica, male (after Fibiger and Kononenko 2008, ZMUC); 6. A. medogensis, male (after Han and Kononenko 2021, NEFU). Scale bars: 1 mm.  

Adults of Araeopteron spp.
7. A. kononenkoi sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU); 8. A. kononenkoi sp. nov., female, paratype (NEFU);
9. A. legraini (after Bippus 2018, BMNH); 10. A. legraini (after Bippus 2018, BMNH);
11. A. xanthopis, male (NEFU); 12. A. xanthopis, female (NEFU). Scale bars: 1 mm.

 Yuanyuan Jin, Chunhua Yao, Huilin Han. 2025. Four New and one newly recorded Species of Araeopteron Hampson, 1893 (Erebidae, Boletobiinae, Araeopteronini), with the Checklist of the Genus from China. ZooKeys. 1256: 259-273.  DOI: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1256.159686  [22 Oct 2025]

[Mollusca • 2022] Pseudopomatias doiangkhangensis, Pupina bilabiata, Pupina latisulci, ... • Annotated Checklist of the Operculated Land Snails from Thailand (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda): the Family Pupinidae, with Descriptions of several New Species and Subspecies, and Notes on Classification of Pupina Vignard, 1829 and Pupinella Gray, 1850 from mainland Southeast Asia

 

  [A] Pupina artata from Ratchaburi;
[D, E] Pupina bensoni Jirapatrasilp, sp. nov. from Uthai Thani; 

H Pupina siamensis, Chonburi. 

[A] Pupina siamensis from Rayong;
[B–D] Pupina bilabiata Jirapatrasilp, sp. nov. from Chumphon, Nong Bua Lam Phu and Surat Thani;

[E, F] Pupina godwinausteni Jirapatrasilp, sp. nov.  from Uthai Thani;

[G, H] Pupina aureola: from Nakhon Sri Thammarat. 

in Jirapatrasilp, Sutcharit et Panha, 2022.

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1119.85400 

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Abstract 

Thailand is located at the crossroads of several biogeographical regions, and boasts a high level of biodiversity, especially among the malacofauna. The most recent checklist of land snail species in Thailand was compiled more than twenty years ago, and so this checklist needs revision and the addition of newly discovered taxa. This study updates the taxonomy and species list of the operculated land snail family Pupinidae from Thailand. This snail family is diverse and abundant, and can be found in various natural habitats in Southeast Asia. Although the taxonomy of some Southeast Asian pupinid genera has been reviewed, studies of Pupina Vignard, 1829, which contains the highest number of species, and a lesser-known genus Pupinella Gray, 1850 are still lacking. Herein we present an annotated checklist with an up-to-date systematic framework of the Pupinidae in Thailand based on both field investigations and literature surveys, and include the taxonomic treatment of all Pupina and Pupinella species from mainland Southeast Asia.

This annotated checklist contains 30 nominal species and two subspecies from seven genera currently known to occur in Thailand. We describe two species of Pseudopomatias (Pseudopomatias doiangkhangensis Jirapatrasilp, sp. nov. and P. pallgergelyi Jirapatrasilp, sp. nov.), five species and one subspecies of Pupina (Pupina bensoni Jirapatrasilp, sp. nov., P. bilabiata Jirapatrasilp, sp. nov., P. godwinausteni Jirapatrasilp, sp. nov., P. latisulci Jirapatrasilp, sp. nov., P. stoliczkai Jirapatrasilp, sp. nov., and P. dorri isanensis Jirapatrasilp, ssp. nov.) as new to science. New records of Coptocheilus sumatranus, Pupinella mansuyi, and Rhaphaulus tonkinensis are also reported from Thailand. The mainland Southeast Asian Pupina species are classified into three species groups (Pupina artata group, Pupina arula group, and Pupina aureola group) based on the distinction of shell teeth and canals, and operculum. Three species formerly in Pupina from Vietnam are allocated to Pupinella (P. illustris comb. nov., P. sonlaensis comb. nov., and P. thaitranbaii comb. nov.) due to the presence of a funnel-like anterior canal.

Keywords: Biodiversity, malacofauna, “prosobranch”, systematics, taxonomy

 

Habitat and vegetation around A Luang Cave, Chiang Rai, northern Thailand B Wang Daeng Cave, Phitsanulok, central Thailand C Tak Fa, Nakhon Sawan, central Thailand D Klong Had, Sra Keo, eastern Thailand E Khao Wong Cave, Uthai Thani, central Thailand F Phanom, Surat Thani, southern Thailand, and G Tham Khiriwong Temple, Prachub Kirikhan, western Thailand.

 

Live specimens of A, B Pollicaria mouhoti mouhoti: specimens A CUMZ 12166 and B CUMZ 12175 from Wang Daeng Cave, Phitsanulok C Pollicaria mouhoti monochroma, paratype CUMZ 1562 from Tam Pha Bing Temple, Loei D Tortulosa tortuosa, specimen CUMZ 12155 from Tham Suea Temple, Krabi
E–H Pupina artata: specimens of E CUMZ 12006 from Pha Daeng Cave, Mae Hong Son F CUMZ 12008 from Tham Nam Pha Pha Ngam Temple, Lampang, and G, H CUMZ 12029 from Khao Tham Raet Temple, Chachoengsao showing the brown (G) and grey (H) shell morphs;

All not to scale.

 

Live specimens of A–C Pupina artata: specimens A CUMZ 12020 from Buri Ratchawanaram Temple, Ratchaburi B CUMZ 12022 from Golden Dragon Cave, Ratchaburi, and C CUMZ 12037 from Wua Ta Lap Island, Surat Thani D, E Pupina bensoni sp. nov. D paratype CUMZ 12045/2 from Khao Wong Cave, Uthai Thani and E specimen CUMZ 12047 from Tham Namthip Bureau of Monks, Uthai Thani F, G Pupina peguensis: specimens F CUMZ 12050 from Chai Thong Wararam Temple, Nakhon Sawan and G CUMZ 12051 from Tham Saeng Wiset Bureau of Monks, Nakhon Sawan H Pupina siamensis, specimen CUMZ 12069 from Khao Chi Chan Buddha Image, Chonburi. All not to scale.

Live specimens of A Pupina siamensis, specimen CUMZ 12071 from Tham Khao Loi Temple, Rayong B–D Pupina bilabiata sp. nov. B paratype CUMZ 12073/2 from Banpot Pisai Temple, Chumphon and specimens C CUMZ 12082 from Pha Jor Cave, Nong Bua Lam Phu and D CUMZ 12087 from Ban Yai, Surat Thani E, F Pupina godwinausteni sp. nov.: paratypes E CUMZ 12090/26 and F CUMZ 12091 from Khao Wong Cave, Uthai Thani G, H Pupina aureola: specimens G CUMZ 12117 from Lod Cave, Nakhon Sri Thammarat and H CUMZ 12121 from Tham Thong Panara Temple, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, showing its microhabitat in rotten log. All not to scale.

 

Parin Jirapatrasilp, Chirasak Sutcharit and Somsak Panha. 2022. Annotated Checklist of the Operculated Land Snails from Thailand (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda): the Family Pupinidae, with Descriptions of several New Species and Subspecies, and Notes on Classification of Pupina Vignard, 1829 and Pupinella Gray, 1850 from mainland Southeast Asia. ZooKeys. 1119: 1-115. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1119.85400 

 

รายชื่อของหอยทากบกในวงศ์ Pupinidae ที่พบในประเทศไทยทั้งสิ้น 30 สปีชีส์และ 2 สปีชีส์ย่อยจากทั้งหมด 7 สกุลด้วยกัน และเป็นชนิดใหม่ของโลกทั้งสิ้น 7 สปีชีส์และ 1 สปีชีส์ย่อยดังนี้

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1. Pseudopomatias doiangkhangensis Jirapatrasilp, 2022 หอยกระสวยจิ๋วขึ้นสันดอยอ่างขาง

พบได้ที่ดอยอ่างขาง อ.ฝาง จ.เชียงใหม่

2. Pseudopomatias pallgergelyi Jirapatrasilp, 2022 หอยกระสวยจิ๋วขึ้นสันพอลล์เกิร์จลี

ตั้งชื่อเป็นเกียรติแด่ Dr. Barna Páll-Gergely นักสังขวิทยาชาวฮังการีที่ศึกษาวิจัยหอยทากบกหลายกลุ่ม รวมทั้งหอยทากบกในวงศ์ Pupinidae พบได้ที่ถ้ำผาแดง อ.เมือง จ.แม่ฮ่องสอน

3. Pupina bensoni Jirapatrasilp, 2022 หอยเปลือกมันเบนสัน

ตั้งชื่อเป็นเกียรติแด่ W.H. Benson นักสังขวิทยาชาวไอริชในช่วงคริสต์ศตวรรษที่ 19 ที่ศึกษาและตั้งชื่อหอยทากบกชนิดใหม่ของโลกจำนวนมากจากอินเดียและเมียนมาร์ รวมถึงชื่อของหอยเปลือกมันสกุล Pupina ที่เก่าแก่ที่สุดในภูมิภาคนี้ 2 ชนิด พบได้ที่ถ้ำเขาวง อ.บ้านไร่ จ.อุทัยธานี

4. Pupina bilabiata Jirapatrasilp, 2022 หอยเปลือกมันปากซ้อน

โดยชื่อ "bilabiata" หมายถึงปากเปลือกที่มีสองชั้น พบได้ที่ภาคอีสานและภาคใต้ของไทย

5. Pupina godwinausteni Jirapatrasilp, 2022 หอยเปลือกมันก็อดวินเอาสเทน

ตั้งชื่อเป็นเกียรติแด่ H.H. Godwin-Austen นักสังขวิทยาชาวอังกฤษในช่วงปลายคริสต์ศตวรรษที่ 19 ที่ศึกษาและตั้งชื่อหอยทากบกชนิดใหม่ของโลกจำนวนมากจากภูมิภาคเอเชียใต้และเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ พบได้ที่ จ.อุทัยธานี

6. Pupina latisulci Jirapatrasilp, 2022 หอยเปลือกมันร่องกว้าง
โดยชื่อ "latisulci" หมายถึงร่องตรงฟันเปลือกที่กว้างขึ้นทั้งสองร่อง พบได้ที่เขาอกทะลุ อ.เมือง จ.พัทลุง

7. Pupina stoliczkai Jirapatrasilp, 2022 หอยเปลือกมันสโตลิกซกา 

ตั้งชื่อเป็นเกียรติแด่ F. Stoliczka นักสังขวิทยาชาวเช็คในช่วงคริสต์ศตวรรษที่ 19 ที่ศึกษาและตั้งชื่อหอยทากบกชนิดใหม่ของโลกจำนวนมากจากภูมิภาคเอเชียใต้และเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ พบได้ที่วัดราชบูรณะ อ.หลังสวน จ.ชุมพร

8. Pupina dorri isanensis Jirapatrasilp, 2022 หอยเปลือกมันอีสาน 

พบได้ที่เขาหินปูนทางภาคอีสาน

 

[Mollusca • 2025] Pseudobuliminus beijingensis • Polyphyly in A Morphologically defined Genus: Phylogeny and Morphology of Pseudobuliminus (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae) from eastern and northern China, with A Checklist of Species from mainland China

Pseudobuliminus beijingensis  X.-X. Wang,

in Zhang & Wang, 2025  

DOI: doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2025.2494894

 

ABSTRACT  

Pseudobuliminus (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae) has traditionally been delimited to exclusively contain species with conoidal shells, but questions regarding its monophyly have remained. Extensive morphometric analyses conducted on almost all Pseudobuliminus species from China indicate that possessing a conoidal shell alone is not a sufficient character to establish genus membership. It was previously shown that Pseudobuliminus species from Shandong Province lack a dart sac and possess a flagellum. We found the same reproductive characteristics in additional species from eastern and northern China, such as P. buliminoides from Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, and Pseudobuliminus beijingensis n. sp., described herein from Fangshan, Beijing Province. In contrast, species from western China differ from this configuration by having a dart sac but lacking a flagellum. Based on partial sequences of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA and the nuclear spacer ITS2, our molecular phylogeny demonstrates that the species from eastern and northern China form a clade. We conclude that the combination of lack of a dart sac and presence of a flagellum is a morphological synapomorphy shared by the members of this taxonomic lineage.  

 

KEYWORDS: Beijing, Bradybaeninae, cladistics, Yanshan Mountains, synapomorphy

Shells of Pseudobuliminus beijingensis n. sp. type specimens.
A  Aperture, umbilicus and apex views of holotype. B Aperture, umbilicus and apex views of paratype SDNU.Gas.0397.01.02. C View of protoconch, smooth.

  

  Photographs of live specimens of Pseudobuliminus beijingensis n. sp. and its habitat.
A The mountain habitat where the species is found. B–C Living individuals on the tree. D The mating. E The probable host.

Pseudobuliminus beijingensis n. sp.

Distribution: Only known from the type locality, Bejing.

Etymology: The name is after Beijing, capital of the P.R. China.

Remarks: This species resembles Pseudobuliminus piligerus, P. buliminus buliminus and P. conoidius from western China. P. piligerus, P. buliminus and P. beijingensis n. sp. do not cluster together in molecular phylogeny, highlighting the homoplasy in shell shapes.

Guoyi Zhang and Xing-Xiao Wang. 2025. Polyphyly in A Morphologically defined Genus: Phylogeny and Morphology of Pseudobuliminus (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae) from eastern and northern China, with A Checklist of Species from mainland China. Molluscan Research. DOI: doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2025.2494894  [14 May 2025]

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[Entomology • 2025] World checklist of the Genus Lipolexis Förster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) with Description of Lipolexis khaoyaiensis, A New Species from Thailand

 Lipolexis khaoyaiensis 

Kerkig, Quicke, Latibari & Butcher, 2025

DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.7 

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Abstract

We describe and illustrate a new species of the aphidiine braconid genus Lipolexis Förster, Lipolexis khaoyaiensis sp. nov., from Thailand, using an integrative approach. Morphologically, the new species is similar to L. peregrinus Tomanović and Kocić, 2020, but molecular analysis showed clear separation of at least 27 independent Lipolexis lineages, only eight of which correspond to previously known species, plus the one which represents the new species described here. A molecular phylogeny based on all available barcodes support that the genus comprises two well supported clades, with L. khaoyaiensis sp. nov. being recovered in the gracilis species-group with strong support (100% ultrafast bootstrap). A modified section of the identification key to species of Lipolexis is added to include the new species. Reported host associations for each of the described species as well as a distribution map of all records of species plus provenances of all barcoded specimens is provided.

Hymenoptera, taxonomy, molecular phylogeny, DNA barcodes, new species, parasitoid, Southeast asia

 Lipolexis khaoyaiensis sp. nov.

Pornthap KERKIG, Donald L. J. QUICKE, Minoo Heidari LATIBARI and Buntika A. BUTCHER. 2025. World checklist of the Genus Lipolexis Förster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) with Description of A New Species from Thailand. Zootaxa. 5613(2); 323-336. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.7 [2025-03-27]

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[Entomology • 2025] Psilocladia indica • A New Species of Genus Psilocladia Warren (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from India, bridging the boundaries of Africa and Asia

 

Psilocladia indica M. Singh, Lenka & N. Singh, 

in M. Singh, Lenka, Chatterjee et N. Singh, 2025. 

DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.4 

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Abstract

In the present manuscript, we describe a new species i.e., Psilocladia indica M. Singh, Lenka & N. Singh, sp. nov., from India and diagnose with its close congeners based on wing pattern and genitalia. Psilocladia indica sp. nov. is the fifth species of the genus. This study also reports Psilocladia Warren, 1898, a genus hitherto known only from Africa, for the first time from Asia. Psilocladia is closely similar to an African genus, Xenimpia Warren, 1895 and an Oriental genus Krananda Moore, 1868. The diagnostic attributes are explained and illustrated herein. Additionally, global checklist and identification key to all the species of the Psilocladia are provided.

Lepidoptera, Checklist, Eastern Ghats, East Himalayas, global distribution, Gonodontini, identification key

Psilocladia indica M. Singh, Lenka & N. Singh, sp. nov.

Mandreet SINGH, Rajesh LENKA, Pallab CHATTERJEE and Navneet SINGH. 2025. A New Species of Genus Psilocladia Warren from India, bridging the boundaries of Africa and Asia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae).  Zootaxa. 5594(2); 316-324. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.4 [2025-02-28]

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New Moth Species Discovered in India, Bridging Gap Between Africa and Asia

Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have identified a previously undescribed species of the genus Psilocladia while studying geometrid moth collections from the Eastern Ghats and Eastern Himalayas. Psilocladia was previously believed to be restricted to central and southern Africa, making this discovery a significant biogeographical breakthrough. 

Psilocladia indica, The newly described species, the first of its kind recorded in India, provides crucial evidence of the genus’s wider distribution, linking Africa and Asia.

[Entomology • 2024] Family-level Diversity of Coleoptera (Insecta) from the Nanling Mountains and the Greater Bay Area, China

 

 Eidoreus haizhuensis 

 Liu & Li,. 2024

DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5528.1.5

 

Abstract

Coleoptera comprise 198 families and over 440,000 species to date, of which 143 families and over 35,000 species are known in China. Of these, only 64 families have been recorded in Guangdong Province, fewer than in Hong Kong. To investigate the insect diversity of Guangdong, numerous specimens were collected from the Nanling Mountains and the Greater Bay Area using various methods, and over 200,000 specimens of Coleoptera were assigned to families. Thus, a preliminary study of beetles at the family-level in Guangdong is carried out based on the examined specimens and historical records. An updated checklist of beetle families in Guangdong increases the number of families from 64 to 111, in which Eupsilobiidae is recorded for the first time in China and a new species, Eidoreus haizhuensis sp. nov. is described here, demonstrating the importance of persistent collecting with different methods for the study of insect diversity. Habitus images of most of the beetle families occurring in Guangdong are provided. And the updated records are compared in detail with the published records, showing that more families may potentially be found in Guangdong, requiring further field work and taxonomists working on niche groups.

Coleoptera, beetle, Guangdong, new record, checklist

 

Eidoreus haizhuensis sp. nov.

ZHENHUA LIU and ZHIQIANG LI. 2024. Family-level Diversity of Coleoptera (Insecta) from the Nanling Mountains and the Greater Bay Area, China.  Zootaxa. 5528(1); 17-37. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5528.1.5 [2024-10-23] 

 

[Entomology • 2025] Lemyra rubripecta, L. densimacula, L. pinus, ... • Taxonomic Review of the Genus Lemyra Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India

 

[1–2] Lemyra neglecta, male, (Jang, Arunachal Pradesh, India); 
 [4–5] L. rubripecta sp. nov., holotype male, (Old Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, India); [6] L. rubripecta sp. nov., female, dorsal side (Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, India);
[7] L. biseriata, female, (Jatinga, Assam, India);
[10–11] L. densimacula sp. nov., male, (Kohima, Nagaland, India).  

H. Singh, Raha, Kirti & N. Singh, 2025

DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5454.1.1 

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Abstract

In the present manuscript, we review the genus Lemyra Walker, 1856 from India by examining the specimens collected freshly from different parts of India from 2016 to 2019 and from the National Zoological Collection of the Zoological Survey of India (NZCZSI). The revised status of Lemyra in India is presented by describing seven new species: Lemyra (Thyrgorina) rubripecta sp. nov., L. (T.) densimacula sp. nov., L. (T.) fortiorspina sp. nov., L. (T.) apatani sp. nov., L. (T.) adunca sp. nov., L. (T.) obsoleta sp. nov. and L. (T.) pinus sp. nov., synonymizing equal number of species: L. (T.) punctilinea (Moore, 1879), syn. nov. under L. (T.) flavalis (Moore, 1865), L. (T.) magnaproteus N. Singh & Kirti, 2016, syn. nov. under L. (T.) proteus (De Joannis, 1928), Thanatarctia costalis Kaleka, 2012: 51, syn. nov., Thanatarctia collarlis Kaleka, 2012: 53, syn. nov., L. (T.) collarlis N. Singh, Kirti & Kaleka, 2016: 15, syn. nov. (objective synonym of T. collarlis Kaleka, 2012), L. (T.) pseudocollarlis N. Singh, Kirti & Kaleka, 2016: 16, syn. nov. under L. (T.) nigrescens (Rothschild, 1910) and L. (T.) angularis (Strand, 1919) under L. (T.) spilosomata (Walker, [1865]). The status of L. (T.) aurantiaca (Fang, 1985), a new record to India, is upgraded to species level. Additionally, two species i.e., L. (T.) kaikarisi Saldaitis et al., 2019 and L. (T.) persephone Saldaitis et al., 2020 are reported for the first time from India. An updated checklist of 117 species (including the nominotypical subspecies) and 10 subspecies of Lemyra is provided with 48 species (including the new records and new species described herein) from India. Of the 48 species from India, the systematics of 42 species is provided based on their voucher specimens. We could not study the rest of the six species with their voucher specimens. The detailed diagnoses with closely similar congeners, genitalia illustrations, distributions, individual variations and sexual dimorphism, if any, and bionomics is provided.

 Lepidoptera, Arctiini, checklist, new records, new species, new synonymies, species groups, status revisions, Thyrgorina

 Habitus of Lemyra spp.
1–2, L. neglecta, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Jang, Arunachal Pradesh, India); 3. ditto, dorsal side, male (Pfutsero, Nagaland, India);
4–5, L. rubripecta sp. nov., holotype male, dorsal and ventral sides (Old Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, India); 6. L. rubripecta sp. nov., female, dorsal side (Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, India);
7. L. biseriata, female, dorsal side, (Jatinga, Assam, India); 8–9. ditto, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Kohima, Nagaland, India);
10–11. L. densimacula sp. nov., male, dorsal and ventral sides (Kohima, Nagaland, India).  

 Habitus of Lemyra spp.
74–75. L. nigrescens, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Jatinga, Assam, India);
76. L. collarlis, syn. nov., male, dorsal side (Jatinga, Assam, India); 77. L. pseudocollarlis, syn. nov., male, dorsal side (Jatinga, Assam, India);
78. L. wokhaensis, male, dorsal side (Wokha, Nagaland, India); 79. L. pseudoneurica, male, dorsal side (Wokha, Nagaland, India); 80. L. cernyi, male, dorsal side (Vadaserikara, Kerala, India);
81–82. L. stigmata stigmata, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India);
83–84. L. aurantiaca, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Pange (TWLS), Arunachal Pradesh, India).

 

Harsimranjeet SINGH, Angshuman RAHA, Jagbir Singh KIRTI and Navneet SINGH. 2025. Taxonomic Review of the Genus Lemyra Walker (Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India.  Zootaxa. 5454(1); 1-69. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5454.1.1 [2024-05-23] 

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[Botany • 2021] Lippia raoniana (Verbenaceae) • Checklist and A New Species of Lippia from the Diamantina Plateau, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Lippia raoniana P.H.Cardoso & Salimena

in Cardoso, Neto, Trovó et Salimena, 2021. 

DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.733.1219  

 Researchgate.net/publication/348844505

Abstract

The Diamantina Plateau is located in the central region of the Espinhaço Range, in the State of Minas Gerais, which is dominated by campo rupestre formations. We describe a new species of Lippia L., endemic to the Diamantina Plateau, and provide an annotated checklist and identification key for the 17 species of the genus occurring in the area. Lippia raoniana P.H.Cardoso & Salimena sp. nov. is mainly distinguished by its ovate leaves with adaxial and abaxial surfaces densely covered by sessile glandular trichomes, and drupaceous fruits with two pyrenes. It is known only from two populations, and thus can be provisionally considered as Critically Endangered. Details on the species’ ecology, as well as a comparison with morphologically similar species, a distribution map, and field photographs, are provided. In this work, we also present pictures of the 17 species in their habitats, and we hope that these illustrations will help in the identification and conservation of these taxa.

Keywords: endangered species, endemism, Espinhaço Range, Lamiales, Lantaneae

Lippia raoniana P.H.Cardoso & Salimena sp. nov.
A. Habit. B–C. Branch with inflorescence. D.  Inflorescence  frontal  view.  E-G.  Drupaceous  fruit.  E.  Overview.  F.  Longitudinal  section  showing  two pyrenes. G. Cross section showing two pyrenes and seeds.

Scale bars: E–G = 1 mm. Photos: A–D by Pedro Henrique Nobre; E–G by Nádia Silvia Somavilla.

Class Magnoliopsida Brongn.

Order Lamiales Bromhead

Family Verbenaceae J.St.-Hil.

Genus Lippia L.

Lippia raoniana P.H.Cardoso & Salimena sp. nov.

Diagnosis: The new species is similar to Lippia spiraeastrum (Mart. & Schauer) T.R.S.Silva, but differs by ovate leaves (vs oblong or oblong-elliptic), slightly discolorous (vs strongly discolorous), matte adaxial surface (vs shiny), glandular abaxial surface (vs tomentose-glandular), shorter peduncle (0.8‒1.3 vs 3.2‒10.5 cm long) and slender (vs thick), ovate bracts (vs lanceolate). 

Etymology: The specific epithet is in homage to Raoni Metuktire, an important indigenous leader of Brazil, internationally known as a symbol of environmental preservation. Raoni is dedicated to the fight for the rights of native indigenous people and conservation of the tropical forest, mainly Amazonia. His legacy is a symbol of the daily struggle for Brazilian biodiversity, constantly threatened.

 

Pedro Henrique Cardoso, Luiz Menini Neto, Marcelo Trovó and Fátima Regina Gonçalves Salimena. 2021. Checklist and A New Species of Lippia (Verbenaceae) from the Diamantina Plateau, Minas Gerais, Brazil. European Journal of Taxonomy 733; 42-55. DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.733.1219

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[Diplopoda • 2024] Bayaria gen. nov. • The Millipede Family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. IX. The Identity of Striaria californica Cook, 1899, and the New Genus Bayaria for Striaria nana Loomis, 1936, with A Key to Genera and an annotated Checklist of the Striariidae (Chordeumatida: Striarioidea)

Bayaria Shear & Marek n. gen.
Bayaria nana (Loomis, 1936) 

in Shear & Marek, 2024. 

 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.4 

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Abstract

The identity of Striaria californica Cook, described in 1899 from a single female, is established on the basis of additional specimens collected by Cook in 1929 and determined to be that species by Loomis (1936) as well as specimens from the San Francisco Bay region, likely to be from near the original collection locality. We propose Amplaria californica (Cook, 1899) new combination. A new genus, Bayaria Shear & Marek n. gen., is established for Striaria nana Loomis, 1936 Bayaria nana (Loomis, 1936) new combination. Striaria carmela Chamberlin, 1947, is a junior synonym of Bayaria nana. A key to the 16 genera of Striariidae and an annotated checklist of the 52 species are provided.

Myriapoda, new taxa, new combinations, Striariinae, Trisariinae, California, Amplaria

William A. Shear and Paul E. Marek. 2024. The Millipede Family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. IX. The Identity of Striaria californica Cook, 1899, and the New Genus Bayaria for Striaria nana Loomis, 1936, with A Key to Genera and an annotated Checklist of the Striariidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea).  Zootaxa. 5463(4); 524-544. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.4

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[Entomology • 2024] Aegus occidentalis • A New Species of Aegus Macleay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae: Aegini) from Thailand with Checklist of the Genus Species from the Country

 

Aegus occidentalis 

Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, 2024

ด้วงคีมร่องตะวันตก  ||  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.3.2 

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Abstract

In this study, Aegus occidentalis Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, new species is described from Tenasserim Range, western Thailand. Its habitus and genitalia are illustrated and compared with its closest relatives for both sexes. A checklist of the species of Aegus Macleay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae: Aegini) from Thailand is provided, which includes three new country records: Aegus babai Nagai, 1994, A. insignis Nagel, 1941 and A. laticollis Arrow, 1943. Additionally, a new junior synonym, Aegus chelifer Macleay, 1819 = Aegus chelifer crassodontus Bomans, 1992 new synonym, is proposed. Distribution maps of Aegus species in Thailand are also provided.

Coleoptera, Stag beetle, Aegini, Scarabaeoidea, Indochina, Tenasserim, Oriental region

Aegus occidentalis Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, new species

Wuttipon Pathomwattananurak and Kawin Jiaranaisakul. 2024. A New Species of Aegus Macleay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae: Aegini) from Thailand with Checklist of the Genus Species from the Country.  Zootaxa. 5453(3); 341-358. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.3.2

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𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘪, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘴, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 sp. n., 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘴, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴

[Botany • 2024] Checklist of the Genus Ridsdalea (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae) in Vietnam with Description of the New Species Ridsdalea backanensis

Ridsdalea backanensis  C.H.Nguyen & Aver., 

in Phung, Averyanov, Maisak, Krupkina, Cao et Nguyen. 2024. 

DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.239.113017

  Abstract

The paper provides an identification key and an annotated list of all six species of the genus Ridsdalea J.T.Pereira & K.M.Wong (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae) recorded in the flora of Vietnam, along with data on their valid names, synonyms, types, and distribution. A new species, R. backanensis, discovered in the limestone area of Bac Kan Province (northern Vietnam), is described and illustrated. Detailed data on its characters, ecology, distribution, phenology, preliminary IUCN conservation status, and taxonomical notes are given. The newly discovered species is potentially interesting for cultivation as an ornamental tree that may be effectively used in garden and urban green architecture.

Key words: Ba Be National Park, Bac Kan Province, endemism, flora of Vietnam, new species, plant diversity, plant taxonomy, Rothmannia

Ridsdalea backanensis
A mature tree in natural habitat B part of crown with two main trunks C trunk of mature tree D bark at DBH E flowering and fruiting branches F, G ripe fruits H ripe fruits, sagittal section I ripe fruit, cross section J fruit, sagittal section, seeds removed K ripe seeds.

Photos by C.H. Nguyen (A–E) and L. Averyanov (F–K) from plant used for preparation of the paratype voucher specimens (AL 1680), photo-correction, and design by L. Averyanov and T. Maisak.

Ridsdalea backanensis
 A part of crown of flowering tree in natural habitat B leaves, adaxial and abaxial surface C flowering branches D flower bud and opening flower, side view E Opening flower, frontal view F, G flowers, frontal view H flowering branch showing leaves from abaxial side I flowering branch showing leaves from adaxial side J corolla, sagittal section outside and inside K peduncle, pedicels and calyxes, side view L peduncle and pedicel, side view M peduncle, pedicel, calyx and base of style, side view, corolla removed N calyx, frontal view, corolla removed O separated, upper part of calyx tube, calyx lobes, and nectary disc, frontal view P indumentum of abaxial surface of calyx on dry specimen Q portion of adaxial surface of corolla, sessile stamen and apical part of stigma R stamen S pedicel, calyx and pistil with magnified stigma, side view T apical part of stigma U middle part of stigma

Photos by L. Averyanov (A, C, F–K, P) and C.H. Nguyen (B, D, E, L–O, Q–U) from plant used for preparation of the type voucher specimens (AL 1682), photo-correction and design by L. Averyanov and T. Maisak.

 Ridsdalea backanensis C.H.Nguyen & Aver., sp. nov.

 

Diagnosis: Ridsdalea backanensis differs from R. daweishanensis mainly in the smaller leaves, 7–11 cm long (vs. leaves 10–14 cm long in R. daweishanensis), the 1–3-flowered inflorescence (vs. inflorescences uniflorous), the much shorter pedicels, 3.5–7 mm long (vs. pedicels 20–25 mm long), the shorter subulate calyx lobes, 6.5–11 mm long (vs. calyx lobes narrowly oblanceolate, 14–16 mm long), the corolla outside sparsely hairy (vs. corolla outside glabrous), and the oblanceolate anthers, 2–3 mm wide (vs. anthers linear, about 1.5 mm wide).

Etymology: The species is named after the area of origin (Bac Kan Province, northeastern Vietnam).

Khoa Van Phung, Leonid V. Averyanov, Tatiana V. Maisak, Ludmila I. Krupkina, Hai Xuan Cao and Cuong Huu Nguyen. 2024. Checklist of the Genus Ridsdalea (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae) in Vietnam with Description of the New Species R. backanensis. PhytoKeys. 239: 1-12. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.239.113017