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Abstract.The isometopine genus,MagnocellusSmith is reviewed. Two species‐groups are recognized and keys to the eleven included species are provided. Five new species are described:slaten(Ghana),confusus(Nigeria),tibialis(Nigeria and Ghana),deeming(Nigeria) andfulvus(Nigeria). Three species,ghanaiensisSmith,scutellarisLinnavuori andwacriensisSmith, are redescribe

ISSN:0307-6970    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1983.tb00481.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

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Abstract.This paper is the third in a series designed to cover taxonomically all species groups ofAgra, whose cumulative ranges extend from southernmost Texas to northernmost Argentina. A clear understanding of phylogeny and distribution of these beetles may provide very good data with which to test recently proposed hypotheses of tropical species richness and endemism, particularly the forest refugium‐flood‐zone hypothesis. New methods of description are used in the series to cover the several hundred species in less time and space, to provide a consistent numerical data base for those who choose to use it, and to use more efficiently and effectively the descriptive process. In this paper, two species groups,famulaandformicaria, are discussed.Three names are presented in new combinations:Agra rubricollis(Chaudoir),Agra smuragdinipennis(Steinheil),Agra phaenicodera(Bates). All these species were originally placed inAgridiaand now are considered as part ofAgra, formicariagroup. One synonymy (formicaria = batesii), previously recognized by Chaudoir, is questioned but left standing because of no recourse to type material offormicariaThomson.Twelve new species of Agra in two species groups are described from the following type localities:famula group; cuneolus(BRAZIL, Amazonas, Manaus),tessera(BRAZIL, Pará Santarem),campana(REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, Panama, Cerro Campana),spina(BRAZIL, Mato Grosso, Rosario Oeste),fortuna(REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, Chiriqui, Fortuna);formicariagroup;blumax(BRAZIL, Sāo Paulo, Mato de Governo),inpa(BRAZIL, Amazonas, Manaus),zona(REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island),aeroides(BRAZIL, Amazonas, Sāo Paulo d'Olivenqa),leuhea(REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, Canal Zone, 5.0 miles northwest of Gamboa),vation(PERU, Loreto, Pebas),moira(BRAZIL, Amazonas, Manaus area, Paraná do Xiboreninho). Twenty species arrayed in two groups and ten subgroups are fully discussed. Their cumulative range extends from Costa Rica south to Bolivia and east to the middle of the Amazon Basin;most species are very locally distributed. A dot map illustrates the range of each taxon.Distribution and relationships are discussed in general, but detailed cladistic analysis is deferred until taxonomy of the five groups of SectionErythropusis completed. Species distributions correspond to pleistocene refuges suggested by other authors based on other classes or groups of or

ISSN:0307-6970    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1983.tb00482.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

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Abstract.Individuals ofChrysoperla curnea(Stephens) from central Europe exhibit courtship songs that are radically different from those of nearctic members of the same species. Additionally, the two geographically distinct populations will not hybridize under laboratory conditions. It is likely, therefore, that the two song morphs are distinct, sibling species; consequentlyChrysoperla plorabunda(Fitch) is raised from synonymy, to include New World specimens formerly placed inC.camea.Within the nearctic region, otherplorabunda‐like individuals have been found to possess uniquely different calls, suggesting that thecarnea‐plorabundacomplex may in fact consist of numerous morphologically indistinguishable spec

ISSN:0307-6970    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1983.tb00483.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0307-6970    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1983.tb00484.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

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Abstract.A small brown moth, first recorded from St. Paul's Rocks by Charles Darwin and then subsequently on five occasions, is described as a new species,Erechthias darwini, from adults of both sexes, pupae and larvae. Apparently endemic to the Rocks and occupying a habitat less than 2 ha in extent in the central Atlantic, it belongs to a group with a predominantly Indo‐Pacific distribution. Its closest relative is a pantropical 'introduced species and its existence calls into question the assumption that this and several other Erechthiinae are recent introductions into Africa and the New World. larvae of the new species have been collected from seabird nests where they probably feed on seaweed. Eleven genera are synonymized withErechthiasand three new synonymies established within the genu

ISSN:0307-6970    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1983.tb00485.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0307-6970    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1983.tb00486.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

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Abstract.The Turkish Eupholidoptera species are reviewed and a key to them provided. Five new species are described alongwith the previously unnknown male ofE.excisa(Karabaĝ), and females ofE.tauricola(Ramme) andE. werneriRamme. Following examination of specimens from Cyprus the previously unknown male of E.cypria Ramme is described. A new subspecies ofE.cypriais described from southern Turkey. Diagnostic characters of all species are given. A check‐list and a distribution map are provided for the Turkish species ofEupholidopte

ISSN:0307-6970    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1983.tb00487.x

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年代:1983

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Abstract.Theaereagroup of the genusChrysobothrisEschscholtz, as characterized for the first time, includes eight species which occur in the south‐western United States and in Mexico. The complicated taxonomic history and confused identity of some species is discussed in depth. Four Mexican species are redescribed in detail from type material:aereaChevrolat,quadriplagiataWater‐house,simplexWaterhouse,stelliferaWaterhouse. Lectotypes are designated for the last two species.C.costifronsWaterhouse is considered to comprise three subspecies; two,C.c.rubitergaandC.c.bajaare newly described. The remaining species in the group areC.bispinosa, chalcophoroidesandserripes. Illustrations and keys to species and subspecies are provi

ISSN:0307-6970    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1983.tb00488.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

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