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Sergei I. Golovatch 《ZooKeys》2015,(510):79-94
The diversity of Diplopoda in caves of southern China is remarkably high, often 5–6 species per cave, consisting mostly of local endemics and presumed troglobionts. These are evidently biased to just a few lineages, mainly members of the orders Chordeumatida and Callipodida, the families Cambalopsidae (Spirostreptida) and Haplodesmidae (Polydesmida) or the genera Pacidesmus, Epanerchodus and Glenniea (all Polydesmida, Polydesmidae), Trichopeltis (Polydesmida, Cryptodesmidae), Dexmoxytes (Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) and Hyleoglomeris (Glomerida, Glomeridae). All these taxa, especially the Paradoxosomatidae and Cambalopsidae (usually amounting to about 60% and 10% of the total species diversity in the Oriental fauna, respectively), are moderately to highly speciose across Southeast Asia, being largely epigean. However, the epigean Diplopoda of southern China are yet badly understudied, since much of the collecting and taxonomic exploration efforts still focus on cavernicoles. The Oriental Region is the only biogeographic realm globally that harbours all 16 orders of Diplopoda, of which 14 have already been encountered in China and/or the immediately adjacent parts of Indochina. Thus, China may actually prove to support no less than 1,000 millipede species of various origins, mainly Oriental and Palaearctic. 相似文献
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Paula C. Rodríguez-Flores Jorge Gutiérrez-Rodríguez Ernesto F. Aguirre-Ruiz Mario García-París 《ZooKeys》2016,(561):63-103
The tiger beetle assemblage of the wetlands of La Mancha (central Spain) comprises nine species: Calomera
littoralis
littoralis, Cephalota
maura
maura, Cephalota
circumdata
imperialis, Cephalota
dulcinea, Cicindela
campestris
campestris, Cicindela
maroccana, Cylindera
paludosa, Lophyra
flexuosa
flexuosa, and Myriochila
melancholica
melancholica. This assemblage represents the largest concentration of tiger beetles in a single 1º latitude / longitude square in Europe. General patterns of spatial and temporal segregation among species are discussed based on observations of 1462 specimens registered during an observation period of one year, from April to August. The different species of Cicindelini appear to be distributed over space and time, with little overlapping among them. Three sets of species replace each other phenologically as the season goes on. Most of the species occupy drying or dried salt lakes and salt marshes, with sparse vegetation cover. Spatial segregation is marked in terms of substrate and vegetation use. Calomera
littoralis and Myriochila
melancholica have been observed mainly on wet soils; Cephalota
circumdata on dry open saline flats; Cephalota
dulcinea and Cylindera
paludosa in granulated substrates with typical halophytic vegetation; Cephalota
maura is often present in man-modified areas. Cephalota
circumdata and Cephalota
dulcinea are included as species of special interest in the list of protected species in Castilla–La Mancha. Conservation problems for the Cicindelini assemblage arise from agricultural activities and inadequate use of sport vehicles. Attempts at restoring the original habitat, supressing old semi-industrial structures, may affect the spatial heterogeneity of the lakes, and have an effect on Cicindelinae diversity. 相似文献
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Tibor Németh Adél Tóth Judit Szenzenstein Péter Horváth Joshua D. Nosanchuk Zsuzsanna Grózer Renáta Tóth Csaba Papp Zsuzsanna Hamari Csaba Vágv?lgyi Attila Gácser 《PloS one》2013,8(7)
The C. parapsilosis sensu lato group involves three closely related species, C. parapsilosis sensu stricto,
C
. orthopsilosis
and
C
. metapsilosis
. Although their overall clinical importance is dramatically increasing, there are few studies regarding the virulence properties of the species of the psilosis complex. In this study, we tested 63 C. parapsilosis sensu stricto, 12
C
. metapsilosis
and 18
C
. orthopsilosis
isolates for the ability to produce extracellular proteases, secrete lipases and form pseudohyphae. Significant differences were noted between species, with the
C
. metapsilosis
strains failing to secrete lipase or to produce pseudohyphae. Nine different clinical isolates each of C. parapsilosis sensu stricto,
C
. orthopsilosis
and
C
. metapsilosis
were co-cultured with immortalized murine or primary human macrophages. C. parapsilosis sensu stricto isolates showed a significantly higher resistance to killing by primary human macrophages compared to
C
. orthopsilosis
and
C
. metapsilosis
isolates. In contrast, the killing of isolates by J774.2 mouse macrophages did not differ significantly between species. However, C. parapsilosis sensu stricto isolates induced the most damage to murine and human macrophages, and
C
. metapsilosis
strains were the least toxic. Furthermore, strains that produced lipase or pseudohyphae were most resistant to macrophage-mediated killing and produced the most cellular damage. Finally, we used 9 isolates of each of the C. parapsilosis sensus lato species to examine their impact on the survival of
Galleria
mellonella
larvae. The mortality rate of
G
. mellonella
larvae infected with
C
. metapsilosis
isolates was significantly lower than those infected with C. parapsilosis sensu stricto or
C
. orthopsilosis
strains. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that
C
. metapsilosis
is indeed the least virulent member of the psilosis group, and also highlight the importance of pseudohyphae and secreted lipases during fungal-host interactions. 相似文献
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The Madagascar periwinkle (
Catharanthus
roseus
in the family Apocynaceae) is an important medicinal plant and is the source of several widely marketed chemotherapeutic drugs. It is also commonly grown for its ornamental values and, due to ease of infection and distinctiveness of symptoms, is often used as the host for studies on phytoplasmas, an important group of uncultivated plant pathogens. To gain insights into the characteristics of apocynaceous plastid genomes (plastomes), we used a reference-assisted approach to assemble the complete plastome of
C
. roseus
, which could be applied to other
C
. roseus
-related studies. The
C
. roseus
plastome is the second completely sequenced plastome in the asterid order Gentianales. We performed comparative analyses with two other representative sequences in the same order, including the complete plastome of
Coffea
arabica
(from the basal Gentianales family Rubiaceae) and the nearly complete plastome of
Asclepias
syriaca
(Apocynaceae). The results demonstrated considerable variations in gene content and plastome organization within Apocynaceae, including the presence/absence of three essential genes (i.e., accD, clpP, and ycf1) and large size changes in non-coding regions (e.g., rps2-rpoC2 and IRb-ndhF). To find plastome markers of potential utility for
Catharanthus
breeding and phylogenetic analyses, we identified 41
C
. roseus
-specific simple sequence repeats. Furthermore, five intergenic regions with high divergence between
C
. roseus
and three other euasterids I taxa were identified as candidate markers. To resolve the euasterids I interordinal relationships, 82 plastome genes were used for phylogenetic inference. With the addition of representatives from Apocynaceae and sampling of most other asterid orders, a sister relationship between Gentianales and Solanales is supported. 相似文献
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The elongatus-kriegi complex is one of the most diverse clades of the Liolaemus (sensu stricto) subgenus of lizards. There are currently 29 species recognized in this group distributed between Chile and Argentina. Based on molecular evidence, there seem to be five main clades nested within this complex: the elongatus, leopardinus, kriegi, petrophilus and punmahuida clades. Liolaemus
buergeri and Liolaemus
kriegi, both of the kriegi clade, were believed to inhabit the surroundings of the Laja Lagoon, in the Biobío Region of Chile. Moreover, this Chilean population of Liolaemus
kriegi was recently recognized as an undescribed taxon called “Liolaemus sp. A” based on molecular phylogenetics. In this work, we studied these two populations of the Laja Lagoon and provided the morphological diagnosis to describe them as two new species: Liolaemus
scorialis
sp. n. and Liolaemus
zabalai
sp. n., previously considered Liolaemus
buergeri and “Liolaemus
kriegi/Liolaemus sp. A” respectively. Additionally, we identified another population of Liolaemus
scorialis in the vicinity of La Mula Lagoon in the Araucanía Region of Chile. Liolaemus
scorialis differs from almost all of the species of the elongatus-kriegi complex by its considerably smaller size. Nevertheless, without molecular data we cannot assign it to any particular subclade. Liolaemus
zabalai belongs to the kriegi clade based on published molecular phylogenies. Finally, we provide some natural history data on both species and we document for the first time the presence of Liolaemus
neuquensis in Chile from a museum specimen from La Mula Lagoon. 相似文献
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Third instar larvae of members of the Ceratitis FAR complex, including Ceratitis
fasciventris (Bezzi), Ceratitis
anonae Graham, and Ceratitis
rosa Karsch are described and compared with those of Ceratitis
capitata (Wiedemann). Diagnostic characters, such as presence vs. absence of a secondary tooth on the mandibles, previously used to separate Ceratitis
capitata from Ceratitis
rosa, are shown to vary in each species. Significant variation in diagnostic morphological characters among populations of Ceratitis
rosa from east and south Africa is documented; however, the differences are not simply congruent with the R1 and R2 designations based on other studies. Quantitative measures of numerous morphological characters are consistently smaller in the larvae of Ceratitis
fasciventris and distinguish them from other species of the FAR complex. Larvae of Ceratitis
capitata can be distinguished from those of the FAR complex by characters such as absence of accessory plates of the oral ridges, the shape of the anterior spiracle, and the pattern of dorsal spinules. Previous studies indicated that absence of accessory lobes separate the genus Ceratitis from Bactrocera, but this is shown to be incorrect, as accessory lobes are in fact present in several species of Ceratitis. 相似文献
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Lin Shi Naiwei Li Shuqiong Wang Yubing Zhou Weijie Huang Yuchen Yang Yongpeng Ma Renchao Zhou 《PloS one》2016,11(1)
Ilex, the largest genus of dioecious woody plants, is a good study system to assess the role of hybridization in speciation and evolution. Ilex dabieshanensis, a tree endemic to Dabieshan Mountains region, was initially described as a new species. Based on morphological intermediacy and sympatric distribution with its putative parental species, I. cornuta and I. latifolia, we proposed it as a natural hybrid between them. In this study, we sequenced one chloroplast intergenic spacer (trnH-psbA) and two nuclear genes (gapC and nepGS) in I. dabieshanensis and its putative parental species to test the hybrid origin hypothesis. Our results showed that there were one to two differentially fixed sequence differences between I. cornuta and I. latifolia at the two nuclear genes. Twelve of the 14 individuals of I. dabieshanensis exhibited additivity in chromatograms on these differentially fixed sites at both nuclear genes, and the remaining two exhibited additivity in chromatograms on the fixed site at only the nepGS gene. Except one haplotype of I. cornuta at the nepGS gene, all of the haplotypes of I. cornuta at the two nuclear genes were well separated from those of I. latifolia, and most haplotypes of I. dabieshanensis were shared with those of I. cornuta and I. latifolia. Phylogenetic analysis of these haplotypes was largely consistent with haplotype network analysis. I. cornuta and I. latifolia differed by two nucleotide substitutions in the chloroplast intergenic spacer, and 12 individuals of I. dabieshanensis had the same sequences as I. latifolia, while the remaining two were identical with I. cornuta. The molecular data provide convincing evidence for the hybrid origin of I. dabieshanensis and asymmetrical direction of hybridization. One haplotype of I. cornuta at the nepGS gene was nested with those of I. latifolia, indicating introgression to I. cornuta. 相似文献
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César Román-Valencia Raquel I. Ruiz-C Donald C. Taphorn Carlos A. García-Alzate 《ZooKeys》2014,(454):109-125
Hemibrycon
sanjuanensis, new species, is described from the upper San Juan River drainage, Pacific versant, Colombia. It is distinguished from Hemibrycon
boquiae, Hemibrycon
brevispini, Hemibrycon
cairoense, Hemibrycon
colombianus, Hemibrycon
mikrostiktos, Hemibrycon
metae, Hemibrycon
palomae, Hemibrycon
rafaelense and Hemibrycon
tridens by the presence of a circular or oblong humeral spot that is located two scales posterior to the opercle (vs. 3–4 scales in Hemibrycon
palomae, Hemibrycon
rafaelense, Hemibrycon
brevispini and Hemibrycon
cairoense, and 0–1 scales, in Hemibrycon
metae and Hemibrycon
boquiae). It further differs from Hemibrycon
colombianus in having a round or oblong humeral spot (vs. rectangular). It differs from Hemibrycon
beni, Hemibrycon
dariensis, Hemibrycon
divisorensis, Hemibrycon
helleri, Hemibrycon
huambonicus, Hemibrycon
inambari, Hemibrycon
jabonero, Hemibrycon
jelskii, Hemibrycon
mikrostiktos, Hemibrycon
polyodon, Hemibrycon
quindos, Hemibrycon
raqueliae, Hemibrycon
santamartae, Hemibrycon
surinamensis, Hemibrycon
taeniurus, Hemibrycon
tridens, and Hemibrycon
yacopiae in having melanophores on the posterior margins of the scales along the sides of body (vs. lacking melanophores on margins of scales along entire length of the sides of body). The new species differs from all congeners mentioned above in having, among other features, six teeth in the outer premaxillary row arranged in a straight line (vs. five or fewer teeth not arranged in straight line except Hemibrycon
cairoense with two to six teeth in the outer premaxillary row). 相似文献
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Definitions are proposed for the independent and joint contributions that the chemical groups A and B make to the free energy of association of the ligand A?B with a receptor. The definitions are independent of the choice of the standard state and are consistent with the basic thermodynamic cycle relating the association of the ligands A?B, A?Y and X?B to the receptor Rappaport 1976. The basic idea is the use of the excess free energy of association of the ligand A?Y over the free energy of association of the reference ligand X?Y as the measure of the “independent” contribution of the group A to the binding. This definition allows the free energy of association of the ligand A?B to be written as the sum of the independent contributions of the groups A and B, their joint contribution, and an invariant free energy of association of the reference ligand with any receptor. With the appropriate definition of the receptor-reference ligand complex, water can be chosen as the reference ligand. Using ΔG(A?OH)?AG(HOH), ΔG(H?B?H)?ΔG(HOH) and ΔG(HO?C)?ΔG(HOH) as the definitions of the “independent” contributions of the chemical groups A, B and C to the binding of the ligand A?B?C, the joint contribution of the groups A and C to the binding is ΔG(A?B?C) ? ΔG(A?B?H) ? ΔG(H-B-C) + ΔG(H?B?H). 相似文献
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The 4-O-methanesulphonyl (and toluene-p-sulphonyl), 3,4-di-O-methanesulphonyl (and toluene-p-sulphonyl), and 3,4-di-O-benzoyl-2-O-methanesulphonyl derivatives of N-acetyl-N-p-methoxyphenyl- and N-acetyl-N-p-chlorophenyl-β-d-xylopyranosylamine have been synthesised together with the N-acetyl-N-p-methoxyphenyl and N-acetyl-N-p-chlorophenyl derivatives of 3,4-di-O-benzoyl-2-O-methanesulphonyl-β-d-lyxopyranosylamine. The relative reactivity of the hydroxyl groups of the N-acetyl-N-aryl-β-d-xylopyranosylamines towards sulphonylation has been established. On heating the 2- and 4-mesylates of N-acetyl-N-aryl-β-d-xylopyranosylamines and the 2-mesylate of N-acetyl-N-aryl-β-d-lyxopyranosylamines with sodium azide in N,N-dimethylformamide or acetonitrile, either nucleophilic replacement of the mesyl groups of their solvolysis with participation of the N-acetyl group occurred. In this way, β-d-xylo compounds were converted into α-l-arabino and β-d-lyxo derivatives. 相似文献
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L Demetrius 《Journal of theoretical biology》1977,69(3):447-455
Equations derived from a contact pressure model of phyllotaxis are relevant to close packing of equal spheres on a cylindrical surface. They provide a general method of calculating the parameters for microscopic biological structures that are assembled in helical arrangements of protein monomers. In the triple-contact case of hexagonal packing, with km, kn and k(m+n) contact parastichies respectively, where m and n are relatively prime, the divergence angle d and the normalized internode distance r on the k fundamental spirals are completely determined by m, n and k, and formulas are given for calculating them. In the double-contact case of rhombic packing, with km and kn contact parastichies respectively, where m < n, d is a function of r, and the domain of r is the interval between the value of r determined for the triple-contact case of km, kn and k(m+n) parastichies and the value of r determined for the triple-contact case of k(n-m), km and kn parastichies. Here r and d can be determined from the measured ratio of the radius of the cylindrical surface to the radius of the spheres. 相似文献
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Patricia Briones-Fourzán 《ZooKeys》2014,(457):289-311
Coexistence of closely related species may be promoted by niche differentiation or result from interspecific trade-offs in life history and ecological traits that influence relative fitness differences and contribute to competitive inequalities. Although insufficient to prove coexistence, trait comparisons provide a first step to identify functional differences between co-occurring congeneric species in relation to mechanisms of coexistence. Here, a comparative review on life history and ecological traits is presented for two pairs of co-occurring species of spiny lobsters in the genus Panulirus: Panulirus
gracilis and Panulirus
inflatus from the Eastern Central Pacific region, and Panulirus
argus and Panulirus
guttatus from the Caribbean region. Panulirus
gracilis and Panulirus
inflatus have similar larval, postlarval, and adult sizes and a similar diet, but differ in degree of habitat specialization, fecundity, and growth rate. However, little is known on behavioral traits of these two species that may influence their competitive abilities and susceptibility to predators. The more abundant information on Panulirus
argus and Panulirus
guttatus shows that these two species differ more broadly in degree of habitat specialization, larval, postlarval and adult sizes, diet, fecundity, growth rate, degree of sociality, defense mechanisms, susceptibility to predators, and chemical ecology, suggesting a greater degree of niche differentiation between Panulirus
argus and Panulirus
guttatus than between Panulirus
gracilis and Panulirus
inflatus. Whether the substantial niche differentiation and apparent interspecific trade-offs between Panulirus
argus and Panulirus
guttatus relative to Panulirus
gracilis and Panulirus
inflatus reflect an earlier divergence of the former pair of species in the evolution of the genus constitutes an intriguing hypothesis. However, whether or not post-divergence evolution of each species pair occurred in sympatry remains uncertain. 相似文献
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Ricardo Petersen-Silva Juli Pujade-Villar Pedro Naves Edmundo?Sousa ?Sergey Belokobylskij 《ZooKeys》2012,(251):29-48
The parasitoid complex associated with Monochamus galloprovincialis (Olivier), vector of the pine wood nematode, is discussed. Four species of the family Braconidae and one Ichneumonidae were found associated with Monochamus galloprovincialis in Portugal, namely Atanycolus denigrator (Linnaeus), Atanycolus ivanowi (Kokujev), Cyanopterus flavator (Fabricius), Doryctes striatellus (Nees) (Braconidae), and Xorides depressus (Holmgren) (Ichneumonidae). Atanycolus ivanowi, Atanycolus denigrator, Doryctes striatellus and Xorides depressus are new species for Portugal fauna, and Monochamus galloprovincialis is recorded as a new host of Xorides depressus. A key for determination of the ichneumonoid parasitoids of the pine sawyer is provided for the Palaearctic fauna. 相似文献
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A new genus of chewing louse as
Bobdalgleishia, and its type species Bobdalgleishia
stephanophallus
sp. n. (Phthiraptera) belonging to the Brueelia-complex (Ischnocera: Philopteridae) are described. Adults of the new species are fully described, illustrated and compared morphologically with the type species of Motmotnirmus Mey & Barker, 2014, which is its closest relative. The type host of Bobdalgleishia
stephanophallus is a subspecies of the great jacamar Jacamerops
aureus
ridgwayi Todd, 1943, an endemic Amazonian bird distributed in northern Brazil, and the type locality is the State of Pará. Bobdalgleishia is a remarkable genus with unique morphological and chaetotaxic characters which readily separate it from other members of the Brueelia-complex, in particular by having the first two marginal temporal and ocular setae very long. 相似文献
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Juan J. Morrone 《ZooKeys》2013,(273):15-71
The phylogenetic relationships of the genera of Listroderini LeConte, 1876 are analyzed based on 58 morphological characters. The genera are grouped in four clades, which are given subtribal status: Macrostyphlina new subtribe (Adioristidius, Amathynetoides, Andesianellus, Macrostyphlus, Nacodius and Puranius), Palaechthina Brinck, 1948 (Anorthorhinus, Gunodes, Haversiella, Inaccodes, Listronotus, Neopachytychius, Palaechthus, Palaechtodes, Steriphus and Tristanodes), Falklandiina new subtribe (Falklandiellus, Falklandiopsis, Falklandius, Gromilus, Lanteriella, Liparogetus, Nestrius and Telurus), and Listroderina (Acroriellus, Acrorius, Acrostomus, Antarctobius, Germainiellus, Hyperoides, Lamiarhinus, Listroderes, Methypora, Philippius, Rupanius and Trachodema). The subtribes are characterized and keys to identify them and their genera are provided. Listroderini have four main biogeographical patterns: Andean (Macrostyphlina), Andean-New Zealand (Falklandiina), Andean-Neotropical-Australian (Listroderina) and Andean-Neotropical-Australian-New Zealand-Nearctic-Tristan da Cunha-Gough islands (Palaechthina). Geographical paralogy, particularly evident in the Subantarctic subregion of the Andean region, suggests that Listroderini are an ancient Gondwanic group, in which several extinction events might have obscured relationships among the areas. 相似文献
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Thomas J. Henry 《ZooKeys》2015,(490):1-156
The Renodaeus group, a monophyletic assemblage of genera within the New World orthotyline tribe Ceratocapsini, comprising eight genera, including four new ones, is defined; and 48 species are treated, including 26 described as new and 12 transferred from Ceratocapsus Reuter as new combinations. Ceratocapsidea
gen. n. is described to accommodate the new species Ceratocapsidea
bahamaensis
sp. n., from the Bahamas; Ceratocapsidea
baranowskii
sp. n., from Jamaica; Ceratocapsidea
dominicanensis
sp. n., from the Dominican Republic; Ceratocapsidea
rileyi
sp. n., from Texas; Ceratocapsidea
taeniola
sp. n., from Jamaica; Ceratocapsidea
texensis
sp. n., from Texas; Ceratocapsidea
transversa
sp. n., from Mexico (Neuvo León); and Ceratocapsidea
variabilis
sp. n., from Jamaica; and Ceratocapsus
balli Knight, comb. n., Ceratocapsus
complicatus Knight, comb. n., Ceratocapsidea
consimilis Reuter, comb. n., Ceratocapsus
fusiformis Van Duzee, comb. n. (as the type species of the genus), Ceratocapsus
nigropiceus Reuter, comb. n., and Ceratocapsus
rufistigmus Blatchley, comb. n. [and a neotype designated], Ceratocapsus
clavicornis Knight, syn. n. and Ceratocapsus
divaricatus Knight, syn. n. are treated as junior synonyms of Ceratocapsus
fusiformis Van Duzee. The genus Marininocoris Carvalho and the only included species Marinonicoris
myrmecoides Carvalho are redescribed. The genus Pilophoropsis Poppius is redescribed and revised, Renodaeus
texanus Knight, comb. n. is transferred into it and the three new species Pilophoropsis
bejeanae
sp. n., from Sonora, Mexico; Pilophoropsis
cunealis
sp. n., from Oaxaca, Mexico; Pilophoropsis
quercicola
sp. n., from Arizona, USA, are described. Pilophoropsidea
gen. n. is described to accommodate the 12 new species Pilophoropsidea
brailovskyi
sp. n., from Federal District, Mexico; Pilophoropsidea
cuneata
sp. n., from Chiapas, Mexico; Pilophoropsidea
dimidiata
sp. n., from Durango, Mexico; Pilophoropsidea
fuscata
sp. n., from Durango, Mexico and Arizona and New Mexico, USA; Pilophoropsidea
keltoni
sp. n., from Durango, Mexico; Pilophoropsidea
maxima
sp. n., from Durango, Mexico; Pilophoropsidea
pueblaensis
sp. n., from Puebla, Mexico; Pilophoropsidea
schaffneri
sp. n., from Neuvo León and San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Pilophoropsidea
serrata
sp. n., from Michoacan, Mexico; Pilophoropsidea
touchetae
sp. n., from Mexico (Puebla); Pilophoropsidea
truncata
sp. n., from Mexico (Guerrero); Pilophoropsidea
tuberculata
sp. n., from Mexico (Guerrero); and Ceratocapsus
barberi Knight, comb. n., Ceratocapsus
camelus Knight, comb. n. (as the type species of the genus), and Ceratocapsus
fascipennis Knight, comb. n.
Pilophoropsita
gen. n. is described to accommodate Pilophoropsidea
schaffneri
sp. n. from Costa Rica and Mexico (Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca). The genus Renodaeus Distant is redescribed and the new species Renodaeus
mimeticus
sp. n. from Ecuador is described. The genus Zanchisme Kirkaldy is reviewed and the four known species are redescribed. Zanchismeopsidea
gen. n. is described to accommodate Zanchismeopsidea
diegoi
sp. n. from Argentina (Santiago del Estero). Provided are habitus illustrations for certain adults (Pilophoropsidea
camelus, Pilophoropsis
brachyptera Poppius, Renodaeus
mimeticus, and Zanchisme
mexicanus Carvalho & Schaffner), male and female (when available) color digital images and figures of male genitalia of all species, electron photomicrographs of diagnostic characters for selected species, and keys to the genera and their included species. The taxa treated in this paper are arranged alphabetically by genus and species. 相似文献