Latest Articles from Zoosystematics and Evolution Latest 2 Articles from Zoosystematics and Evolution https://zse.pensoft.net/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:05:40 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://zse.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Zoosystematics and Evolution https://zse.pensoft.net/ Taxonomic study of the leafmining genus Liocrobyla Meyrick, 1916 from China (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) with a description of one new species https://zse.pensoft.net/article/25460/ Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(2): 305-314

DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.25460

Authors: Tengteng Liu, Encui Wang, Shuxia Wang

Abstract: Three species of the leafmining genus Liocrobyla Meyrick, 1916 from China are treated. Liocrobyla indigofera sp. n. feeding on the plant genus Indigofera is described as new to science. Liocrobyla lobata Kuroko, 1960 feeding on Pueraria montana var. lobata is newly recorded in China. Lespedeza bicolor is documented as a new host plant for L. desmodiella Kuroko, 1982. Photographs of adult habitus, male and female genitalia, as well as host plants, leaf mines and biology are provided.

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Research Article Mon, 21 May 2018 10:35:16 +0300
Descriptions of new species of Issikiomartyria (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) and a new genus Melinopteryx gen. n. with two new species from Japan https://zse.pensoft.net/article/13748/ Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(2): 211-235

DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.13748

Authors: Yume Imada, Makoto Kato

Abstract: Micropterigidae is considered to be the sister group of all other extant Lepidoptera. In Japan, 17 species of five genera have been recorded including three endemic genera, Issikiomartyria Hashimoto, 2006, Kurokopteryx Hashimoto, 2006 and Neomicropteryx Issiki, 1931, all of which are associated with the liverwort genus Conocephalum Hill. We discovered four new species of Issikiomartyria from snowy regions in Northeastern Japan, and two new species of a new genus Melinopteryx gen. n. from the subalpine zone of the Akaishi Mountain Range. All these new taxa, I. hyperborea sp. n., I. leptobelos sp. n., I. catapasta sp. n., I. trochos sp. n., M. coruscans sp. n. and M. bilobata sp. n. are also associated with Conocephalum liverworts. Furthermore, females of I. akemiae Hashimoto, 2006 and I. plicata Hashimoto, 2006 are described here for the first time. Our extensive surveys revealed that the fine-scale endemism of Issikiomartyria restricted to the fragmented area facing the Japan Sea. Keys to Issikiomartyria species based on the adult morphology are provided.

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Research Article Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:10:26 +0200