https://www.mapress.com/zt/issue/feed Zootaxa 2023-12-01T12:12:32+13:00 Dr Zhi-Qiang Zhang zed@mapress.com Open Journal Systems <p><strong>Zootaxa</strong> is a mega-journal for zoological taxonomists in the world</p> https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5380.4.1 <strong>A new species of the genus <em>Dibamus </em>Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from the driest and hottest place of Vietnam</strong> 2023-12-01T12:12:32+13:00 NIKITA S. KLIUKIN user@example.com TAN VAN NGUYEN user@example.com SON XUAN LE user@example.com ANDREY M. BRAGIN user@example.com TIN TRONG VO TRAN user@example.com VLADISLAV A. GORIN user@example.com NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV n.poyarkov@gmail.com <p lang="en-GB" align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #050000;">A new species of the genus </span><span style="color: #050000;"><em>Dibamus</em></span><span style="color: #050000;"> Duméril &amp; Bibron, 1839 is described based on seven specimens collected from Nui Chua National Park, Ninh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam, the hottest and driest place of the country. </span><span style="color: #050000;"><em>Dibamus tropcentr</em></span> <span style="color: #050000;"><strong>sp. nov.</strong></span><span style="color: #050000;"> is superficially similar to </span><span style="color: #050000;"><em>Dibamus smithi</em></span><span style="color: #050000;"> Greer, 1985, but can be distinguished from the latter by: the presence of a rudimentary labial suture; by larger number of subcaudal scales; by comparatively longer tail; by generally larger number of midbody scale rows; by having the interparietal scale not enlarged, subequal to the nuchal scale; by having frontal and frontonasal scales subequal in size as compared to almost twice larger frontal scale in </span><span style="color: #050000;"><em>D. smithi</em></span><span style="color: #050000;">; by having three scales posterior to interparietal; by having the medial scale posterior to mental not enlarged; by having three to four scales on the posteromedial edge of infralabials; and by having supralabial scale larger than ocular scale. We suggest the new species should be considered as Vulnerable (VU) following the IUCN’s Red List categories. The new species occurs in dry maritime mixed low evergreen forests at elevations of 200–280 m a.s.l. and was recorded in association with termite species </span><span style="color: #050000;"><em>Globitermes sulphureus</em></span><span style="color: #050000;"> (Haviland). Our study brings the total number of species of the genus Dibamus to 25; this is the seventh species of the genus recorded from Vietnam.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> 2023-12-01T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5380.4.2 <strong>Review of <em>Nasuconia</em> Sakakibara, 2006 (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with description of three new species</strong> 2023-12-01T12:12:22+13:00 LAURA C. GONZALEZ-MOZO lgonzalez1@amnh.org JESSICA L. WARE user@example.com <p lang="en-GB" align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The treehopper genus <em>Nasuconia</em> Sakakibara, 2006 previously included four species and was recorded only from Brazil. Here we provide a revised diagnosis of the genus and describe three new species: <span style="color: #212121;"><em>Nasuconia ellenfutterae</em></span> <span style="color: #212121;"><strong>sp. nov</strong></span><span style="color: #212121;">. from Ecuador, </span><em>Nasuconia guianensis</em><strong> sp. nov</strong>. from French Guiana and <em>Nasuconia yasuni</em> <strong>sp. nov</strong>. <span style="color: #212121;">from Ecuador. </span>The genus can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: frontoclypeus conical with transverse grooves, obliquely projected forward at least 1/3 of its length beyond suprantennal margin; pronotum navicular, low, punctate, with longitudinal elevated lines or nodes; first valvulae with <span style="color: #222222;">ventral interlocking device</span> distinctively sinuate. Two informal species groups are recognized based on characters of the head, forewing and leg chaetotaxy. A key to species, photographs, updated morphological descriptions, and the first descriptions of the female and male genitalia of <em>Nasuconia</em> species are provided. Comparisons of cucullate setae and fine abdominal integument structures are also made using scanning electron microscopy. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> 2023-12-01T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5380.4.3 <strong><em>Stempellinella</em> Brundin, 1947 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, with the description of new species</strong> 2023-12-01T12:12:20+13:00 OKSANA V. OREL zorina@biosoil.ru <p lang="en-GB" align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Two new species of the genus <em>Stempellinella </em>Brundin, 1947, <em>S. bazovae </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong> and <em>S. chirka</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, from Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East are described. Illustrated redescriptions of males for further three species, <em>S. coronata </em>Inoue, Kawai et Imabayashi, 2004, <em>S. edwardsi</em> Spies et Saether, 2004, <em>S. tamaseptima</em> (Sasa, 1980) are given. <em>Stempellinella ministylus</em> Ree, 2015 is a <strong>new synonym</strong> <em>Stempellinella coronata </em>Inoue, Kawai et Imabayashi, 2004. Key to the males and pupae of the Russian Far East and Eastern Siberia <em>Stempellinella </em>species is provided.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> 2023-12-01T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5380.4.4 <strong>Redescription of <em>Hybusa occidentalis</em> (Westwood) (Orthoptera: Proscopiidae: Hybusinae): new images, description of male genitalia, pictorial key of <em>Hybusa</em> species and morphological comparison of Hybusinae with Xeniinae and Proscopiinae</strong> 2023-12-01T12:12:17+13:00 LARISSA LIMA DE QUEIROZ larissa.llq@gmail.com JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL jarafael2@gmail.com DIEGO GALVÃO DE PÁDUA paduadg@gmail.com RODRIGO DE OLIVEIRA ARAUJO rdeoliveira@ucm.cl RAPHAEL AQUINO HELEODORO raphaelnatal36@gmail.com <p lang="en-GB" align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Proscopiidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) are grasshoppers found in Central and South America, often mistaken for “true” stick insects (Phasmatodea) due to their stick-like appearance. The family comprises three subfamilies: Hybusinae, Proscopiinae, and Xeniinae, with Hybusinae as the smallest subfamily, housing the genus <em>Hybusa</em> Erichson, which contains four species endemic to Chile. Considering that the most recent comprehensive taxonomic assessment of this genus was conducted approximately three decades ago, herein we redescribe the type species of <em>Hybusa</em>, <em>H. occidentalis</em> (Westwood), based on males and females. The study includes new images of <em>H</em>. <em>occidentalis</em> body and male genitalia, along with a comprehensive pictorial key for all <em>Hybusa</em> species using available type material. Additionally, a morphological comparison between <em>Hybusa</em> and other Proscopiidae taxa is presented.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> 2023-12-01T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5380.4.5 <strong><em>Malakichthys formosus</em>, a new species of small seabass (Acropomatiformes: Malakichthyidae) from southwestern Taiwan</strong> 2023-12-01T12:12:14+13:00 SHING-LAI NG terryzxq1234567890@gmail.com KWANG-MING LIU kmliu@mail.ntou.edu.tw SHOOU-JENG JOUNG f0010@mail.ntou.edu.tw <p lang="en-GB" align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A new species of <em>Malakichthys </em>is described based on six specimens collected from deepwaters off southwestern Taiwan, northwestern Pacific Ocean. The new species, <em>M. formosus</em> sp. nov., exhibits distinct morphological characters, primarily characterized by the absence of chin spines, distinguishing it from other congeners with the exception of <em>M. levis</em> and <em>M. mochizuki</em>. It differs from the two species by having more lateral-line scales, a shorter distance between the snout and dorsal-fin origin, a shallower head, fewer scale rows below the lateral line, and the structure of the first anal-fin pterygiophore. Eight species are now recognized in <em>Malakichthys</em>.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> 2023-12-01T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5380.4.6 <strong>One new species of the genus <em>Phlugiolopsis </em>(Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Guizhou Province, China</strong> 2023-12-01T12:12:11+13:00 YANGYANG PAN YangyangPan@qq.com XUN BIAN xunbian2010@163.com <p lang="en-GB" align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Phlugiolopsi</em>s was proposed by Zeuner in 1940 with <em>Phlugiolopsis henryi</em> Zeuner, 1940. Chinese scholars Xia &amp; Liu first studied the genus in 1993 and described three new species from Wuling Mountains Area of Southwestern China, among which <em>Phlugiolopsis brevis</em> Xia &amp; Liu, 1993 and <em>Phlugiolopsis</em> <em>tuberculata</em> Xia &amp; Li, 1993 were mainly distributed in Guizhou Province. Twenty years later, Bian <em>et al.</em> (2013) described the third species of <em>Phlugiolopsis</em> from Guizhou, namely <em>Phlugiolopsis</em> <em>xinanensis</em> Bian, Shi &amp; Chang, 2013. Compared with Yunnan Province, the classification of <em>Phlugiolopsis</em> in Guizhou is far from sufficient. Herein based on new specimens deposited in Guangxi Normal University, we describe one new species from Guizhou, China. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> 2023-12-01T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5380.4.7 <strong>A new subspecies of <em>Purpuricenus temminckii</em> Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from China</strong> 2023-12-01T12:12:09+13:00 MAXIM LAZAREV cerambycidae@bk.ru 2023-12-01T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5380.4.8 <strong>The tadpole of <em>Hylodes amnicola</em> Pombal, Feio & Haddad 2002 (Anura: Hylodidae): External morphology and buccopharyngeal anatomy</strong> 2023-12-01T12:12:06+13:00 RACHEL MONTESINOS kelmontesinos@gmail.com ANDRÉ L. G. CARVALHO andreluizherpeto@gmail.com PEDRO HENRIQUE DOS SANTOS DIAS pedrodiasherpeto@gmail.com 2023-12-01T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2023