https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/issue/feed European Journal of Taxonomy 2024-11-27T20:33:14+01:00 Laurence Benichou benichou@mnhn.fr Open Journal Systems <p>The <em>European Journal of Taxonomy</em> is a peer-reviewed international journal in descriptive taxonomy, covering the eukaryotic world. Its content is fully electronic and <a href="https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/openaccess">Open Access</a>. It is published and funded by a <a href="https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/about">consortium</a> of European natural history institutions. Neither authors nor readers have to pay fees. All articles published in <em>EJT</em> are compliant with the different nomenclatural codes. <em>EJT</em> is an archived and indexed journal that welcomes scientific contributions from all over the world, both in content and authorship. If you have any questions about <em>EJT</em>, please <a href="mailto:ejteditorialoffice@gmail.com">contact us</a></p> https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2749 Embidobia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species 2024-11-27T20:33:14+01:00 Kamalanathan Veenakumari veenapmraj@gmail.com Sreedevi Kolla kolla.sreedevi@gmail.com Satya Nand Sushil Satya.Sushil@icar.gov.in Duleep Kumar Samuel dksamuel2@gmail.com Farmanur Rahman Khan insectqh11@gmail.com Prashanth Mohanraj veenaprashi@rediffmail.com <p><em>Embidobia</em> (Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) are known to be egg parasitoids of Embioptera. The type species <em>Embidobia urichi</em> was described by Ashmead in 1896. In the last 127 years, eleven species of <em>Embidobia</em> were described worldwide of which two (<em>Embidobia brittanica</em> Girault, 1917 and <em>E. orientalis</em> Dodd, 1939) are from the Oriental region. While the former was described from India, the latter was from Sri Lanka. In this paper we describe 13 new species from India – <em>Embidobia agastya</em> Veenakumari sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. barbarika</em> Veenakumari sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. dooranetra</em> Veenakumari sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E.&nbsp;gauriputra</em> Veenakumari sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. hiranya</em> Veenakumari sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E.&nbsp;hrdaya</em> Veenakumari sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. jatayu</em> Veenakumari sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. mahabali</em> Veenakumari sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. omkara</em> Veenakumari sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E.&nbsp;procera</em> Veenakumari sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E.&nbsp;sankirna</em> Veenakumari sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. saroma</em> Veenakumari sp.&nbsp;nov. and <em>E. yuyutsu</em> Veenakumari sp.&nbsp;nov. The two previously known species, <em>E.&nbsp;orientalis</em> and <em>E. brittanica</em>, are redescribed. A key to the females of all Oriental species is provided along with illustrations.</p> 2024-11-27T11:46:37+01:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Kamalanathan Veenakumari, Sreedevi Kolla, Satya Nand Sushil, Duleep Kumar Samuel, Farmanur Rahman Khan, Prashanth Mohanraj https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2747 Two new species and a new record of Cortinarius subgenus Telamonia (Agaricales) from India 2024-11-25T20:32:28+01:00 Arunima Bose arunimabose96@gmail.com Tuula Niskanen tuula.niskanen@helsinki.fi Sudeshna Datta datta_su09@yahoo.in Aniket Ghosh ghosh.aniket87@gmail.com Alfredo Vizzini alfredo.vizzini@unito.it Kanad Das daskanadbsi@gmail.com <p>The genus <em>Cortinarius</em> (Pers.) Gray is one of the dominating mushroom-forming ectomycorrhizal genera in the Indian Himalaya. <em>Cortinarius</em> subgenus <em>Telamonia</em> (Fr.) Trog is the most species-rich group within this genus. In this subgenus, two novel species, namely <em>C. thindi</em>i A.Bose &amp; K.Das sp. nov. and <em>C.&nbsp;dhakuricus</em> A.Bose &amp; K.Das sp. nov. (under <em>C</em>.&nbsp;section <em>Hinnulei</em> Melot), and one new record for Indian mycobiota, namely <em>C. pseudotorvus</em> A.Naseer, J.Khan, &amp; A.N.Khalid (under <em>C</em>. section <em>Telamonia</em> (Fr.) Gillot &amp; Lucand), collected from the state of Uttarakhand are presented here with morphological descriptions, illustrations and nrITS-based molecular phylogenetic inferences. Additionally, <em>Cortinarius parvisporus</em> Vizzini is here proposed as nom. nov., for <em>C. brunneocarpus</em> var. <em>microsporus</em> J.Khan.</p> 2024-11-25T08:32:15+01:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Arunima Bose, Tuula Niskanen, Sudeshna Datta , Aniket Ghosh, Alfredo Vizzini, Kanad Das https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2745 The Afrotropical and West-Palaearctic species of Ecrizotes Förster (Hymenoptera: Pirenidae) 2024-11-22T20:31:40+01:00 Mircea-Dan Mitroiu mircea.mitroiu@uaic.ro Ionel Andriescu anion@uaic.ro Gheorghe Manic manic.gheorghe@gmail.com <p>The Afrotropical and West-Palaearctic species of <em>Ecrizotes</em> Förster, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Pirenidae) are reviewed. The genera <em>Ecrizotomorpha</em> Mani, 1939 syn.&nbsp;nov. and <em>Spathopus</em> Ashmead, 1904 syn.&nbsp;nov. are treated as junior synonyms of <em>Ecrizotes</em> based on morphological evidence. Eighteen world species of <em>Ecrizotes</em> are recognized, including six described as new: <em>E. acer</em> Mitroiu sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E.&nbsp;alternativa</em> (Xiao &amp; Huang, 1999) comb. nov., <em>E. anomalipes</em> (Ashmead, 1904) comb.&nbsp;nov., <em>E.&nbsp;brevicauda</em> Mitroiu sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. caudatus</em> (Thomson, 1876), <em>E. filicornis</em> (Thomson, 1876), <em>E. hofferi</em> (Bouček, 1964) comb.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. incisus</em> Mitroiu sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. longicauda</em> Mitroiu sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. longicornis</em> (Walker, 1848), <em>E. longus</em> Mitroiu sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. montanus</em> (Huggert, 1976) comb.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. monticola</em> Förster, 1861, <em>E. nasalis</em> (Springate &amp; Noyes, 1990) comb. nov., <em>E. rovumae</em> Mitroiu sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>E. taskhiri</em> (Mani, 1939) comb.&nbsp;nov., and <em>E. tenkasiensis</em> (Jamal Ahmad &amp; Shafee, 1993) comb. nov. All world species, except for the three East-Palearctic ones (<em>E. alternativa</em>, <em>E. taskhiri</em>, and <em>E. tenkasiensis</em>), and the single Nearctic species (<em>E. anomalipes</em>), are diagnosed, illustrated and keyed; <em>Ecrizotes</em> is newly reported from the Afrotropical region and new country records are given for several European species.</p> 2024-11-22T08:30:51+01:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Mircea-Dan Mitroiu, Ionel Andriescu, Gheorghe Manic https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2743 Taxonomic revision of the antlion tribe Myrmeleontini (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) of Taiwan 2024-11-21T20:31:36+01:00 Yu-Hsiu Hugh Lin hughlin06@gmail.com Chiun-Cheng Ko hughlin06@gmail.com Hui-Yun Tseng hytseng1216@ntu.edu.tw <p>The species of the antlion tribe Myrmeleontini from Taiwan are revised. In total, nine species from two genera <em>Baliga </em>(2 spp.) and <em>Myrmeleon </em>(7 spp.) are redescribed and an identification key is provided. One new combination, <em>B. brunneipennis</em> (Esben-Petersen, 1913) comb. nov., and one new synonymy, <em>M. alticolus</em> Miller &amp; Stange, 1999 syn. nov. = <em>B. brunneipennis</em> (Esben-Petersen, 1913), are proposed. <em>Myrmeleon wangi</em> Miller &amp; Stange, 1999 stat. rev. is resurrected from the synonymy as a valid species under <em>M. trivialis</em> Gerstaecker, 1885. In addition, four species groups are proposed for <em>Myrmeleon</em>: the <em>M. tenuipennis</em>, <em>M. littoralis</em>, <em>M. wangi</em> and <em>M. punctinervis</em> groups. A phylogenetic analysis of the COI gene of the Taiwanese Myrmeleontini species is also provided.</p> 2024-11-21T01:50:41+01:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Yu-Hsiu Hugh Lin, Chiun-Cheng Ko, Hui-Yun Tseng https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2741 A revision of the Afrotropical hover fly genus Afroxanthandrus Kassebeer, 2000 (Diptera, Syrphidae), with the description of two new species and one new synonymy – Corrigendum 2024-11-19T16:22:53+01:00 John M. Midgley jmidgley@nmsa.org.za Georg Goergen G.Goergen@cgiar.org Kurt Jordaens kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be <p>The present corrigendum corrects figure numbers that were incorrect in Midgley <em>et al. </em>(2024).</p> 2024-11-19T02:47:27+01:00 Copyright (c) 2024 John M. Midgley, Georg Goergen, Kurt Jordaens https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2737 A new genus and species of spring snails (Caenogastropoda, Tateidae) from the ultramafic South of New Caledonia 2024-11-18T16:22:42+01:00 Ove Schröder ove.schroeder@outlook.de Peter M. Schächinger peter.schaechinger@uni-greifswald.de Philippe Bouchet pbouchet@mnhn.fr Martin Haase martin.haase@uni-greifswald.de <p>During an expedition in 2016, a rich fauna of freshwater gastropods of the family Tateidae Thiele, 1925 was discovered on the ultramafic terrains of the Southeast of New Caledonia (NC). Hitherto, only three of the 62 known NC family members were reported from this type of bedrock. With less than 1.5 mm in length, many of the new species are particularly small. In order to establish a methodological setup for the description and phylogenetic analyses of these new species, we here describe <em>Viriiella touaouroua</em> gen. et sp. nov. and assess its relationships based on three gene fragments. <em>Viriiella</em> is morphologically well defined and resembles <em>Fluviopupa</em> Pilsbry, 1911 not present in NC. In the phylogenetic analyses, though, <em>Viriiella</em> appeared as a member of the Hemistomia-clade, the NC tateids occurring on non-ultramafic terrain. However, <em>Viriiella</em> had the longest branch and, sister group to different genera in maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses, its position was unstable, probably an artifact due to long-branch attraction. Considering that <em>Viriiella</em> does not share the defining character states of <em>Hemistomia</em> s. lat., it may well be possible that inclusion of more related genera will show that the new taxa share a most recent common ancestor with the Hemistomia-clade, but as sister group.</p> 2024-11-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Ove Schröder, Peter M. Schächinger, Philippe Bouchet, Martin Haase https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2733 A second species of Stenasellus Dollfus, 1897 (Isopoda, Stenasellidae) from sulfidic groundwater of Iran described using morphological and molecular methods 2024-11-15T16:21:34+01:00 Jure Jugovic jure.jugovic@upr.si Mohammad Javad Malek-Hosseini javad.malek@zrc-sazu.si Colin Issartel colin.issartel@univ-lyon1.fr Lara Konecny-Dupré lara.konecny-dupre@univ-lyon1.fr Matjaž Kuntner matjaz.kuntner@nib.si Yaser Fatemi y.fattemi@gmail.com Jean-François Flot jean-francois.flot@ulb.be Christophe J. Douady christophe.douady@univ-lyon1.fr Florian Malard florian.malard@univ-lyon1.fr <p>We report on a new species of Stenasellus Dollfus, 1897 (Isopoda, Stenasellidae) from groundwater of Iran. Stenasellus stygopersicus Jugovic, Malek-Hosseini &amp; Issartel sp. nov. inhabits the Chah Kabootari Cave that is adjacent to the Tashan Cave, the type locality of the first recorded species of Stenasellidae from Iran, Stenasellus tashanicus Khalaji-Pirbalouty, Fatemi, Malek-Hosseini &amp; Kuntner, 2018. Both caves are fed by sulfidic groundwater and belong to the Tashan-Chah Kabootari species-rich aquifer on the Zagros Mountains. Both species are characterized by a large body size (≥ 20 mm), a female-biased sexual size dimorphism, and a distinct black-pigmented Bellonci’s organ. Stenasellus stygopersicus differs from S. tashanicus by a short and wide protopodite of pleopod I, setae set essentially along the apical margin of pleopod I exopodite, the subequal length and width of the male pleopod II protopodite, and deeply bilobed endopodites of pleopods III–V. Molecular evidence suggests that while Stenasellus stygopersicus is sister to S. tashanicus, the species are genetically distinguishable, with divergence time estimates ranging from 23 to 39.8 Ma.</p> 2024-11-15T00:11:54+01:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Jure Jugovic, Mohammad Javad Malek-Hosseini, Colin Issartel, Lara Konecny-Dupré, Matjaž Kuntner, Yaser Fatemi, Jean-François Flot, Christophe J. Douady, Florian Malard https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2731 Two fancy spines and a collar: a taxonomic review of the myrmecomorphic spider genus Mazax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae) in South America 2024-11-13T16:21:16+01:00 Cláudio J. Silva-Junior claudioir.uepa@gemail.com Leonel Martínez leonelmarbio@gmail.com Eduardo Villarreal edsuardo95@gmail.com Alexandre B. Bonaldo bonaldo@museu-goeldi.br <p>The South American species of the myrmecomorphic spider genus <em>Mazax</em> O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 (Castianeirinae, Corinnidae) are revised for the first time, increasing the number of known species from South America from two to six and the number of species in the genus from seven to 11. Here, we reevaluate the identity of <em>Apochinomma acanthaspis</em> Simon, 1896, propose its transfer to <em>Mazax</em>, and consider <em>M</em>.<em> akephaloi</em> Perger &amp; Pett, 2022 as a junior synonym of <em>M. acanthaspis</em> comb. nov. Additional documentation of <em>M. ramirezi</em> Rubio &amp; Danişman, 2014 is provided. The species <em>M. pax</em> Reiskind, 1969 and <em>M. spinosa</em> (Simon, 1898) are recorded from South America for the first time. Three new species are proposed, all based on both sexes: <em>Mazax mokana</em> sp. nov. and <em>M. leonidas</em> sp. nov. from Colombia, and <em>M. tembe</em> sp. nov. from Brazil. Emended diagnoses of the genus and of all six known South American species, as well as a key to males and females for all 11 species in the genus, are provided.</p> 2024-11-13T02:03:26+01:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Cláudio J. Silva-Junior, Leonel Martínez, Eduardo Villarreal, Alexandre B. Bonaldo https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2729 New species and new combination in Calotelea Westwood, 1837 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India 2024-11-11T16:20:57+01:00 Rupam Debnath rupam.zoology@gmail.com Keloth Rajmohana mohana.skumar@gmail.com Abhilash Peter abhilashpeter@gmail.com <p>Four new species under the genus <em>Calotelea</em> Westwood, 1837 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) namely, <em>C.&nbsp;acuta </em>Rajmohana&nbsp;&amp; Debnath sp.&nbsp;nov.,<em> C.&nbsp;chitraka</em> Rajmohana&nbsp;&amp; Debnath sp.&nbsp;nov., <em>C.&nbsp;foveata</em> Rajmohana &amp; Debnath sp. nov. and <em>C.</em> <em>fulva</em> Rajmohana &amp; Debnath sp. nov., are described from India. <em>Calotelea malabarica</em> (Narendran &amp; Ramesh Babu, 1999) comb. nov. is transferred from <em>Calliscelio</em> Ashmead. In addition, a checklist and key to the Oriental species of <em>Calotelea</em> are provided.</p> 2024-11-11T00:29:33+01:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Rupam Debnath, Keloth Rajmohana, Abhilash Peter https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2727 Resurrection of Painjunirmus Ansari, 1947 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) as a subgenus of Brueelia Kéler, 1936, with description of one new species 2024-11-07T16:20:32+01:00 Daniel R. Gustafsson kotatsu@fripost.org Sarah E. Bush bush@biology.utah.edu <p>The genus <em>Painjunirmus</em> Ansari, 1947 is resurrected from synonymy with <em>Brueelia</em> Kéler, 1936, and considered a subgenus of <em>Brueelia </em>Kéler, 1936. A formal redescription and diagnosis for <em>Painjunirmus </em>is given. Four of the five previously described species of <em>Painjunirmus</em> are redescribed and illustrated: <em>Brueelia </em>(<em>Painjunirmus</em>) <em>brevipennis</em> Ansari, 1956, from <em>Argya squamiceps squamiceps</em> (Cretzschmar, 1826); <em>Brueelia </em>(<em>Painjunirmus</em>) <em>chilchil</em> Ansari, 1955, from <em>Argya caudata eclipes</em> (Hume, 1877); <em>Brueelia </em>(<em>Painjunirmus</em>) <em>magnini</em> Ansari, 1956a, from <em>Argya fulva acaciae</em> (Lichtenstein, 1823); <em>Brueelia </em>(<em>Painjunirmus</em>) <em>pengya</em> (Ansari, 1947) from <em>Argya striata sindiana</em> (Ticehurst, 1920) and <em>A.&nbsp;s. striata</em> (Dumont, 1823). The species <em>Brueelia</em> (<em>Painjunirmus</em>) <em>parvus</em> (Mey, 2017) is discussed. The species <em>Brueelia </em>(<em>Painjunirmus</em>) <em>alba</em> sp.&nbsp;nov. is described from a Nepalese population of <em>Argya striata striata</em> (Dumont, 1823). A neotype is designated for <em>Brueelia chilchil</em> Ansari, 1956. A key to almost all species of the subgenus <em>Painjunirmus</em> is provided.</p> 2024-11-07T00:15:23+01:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Daniel R. Gustafsson, Sarah E. Bush