Polyctenidae (Hemiptera: Cimicoidea) species in the Afrotropical region: Distribution, host specificity, and first insights to their molecular phylogeny [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Polyctenidae bugs are rarely studied, hematophagous, and highly specialized ectoparasites of bats. There are only 32 described species worldwide, including six species in the Afrotropical region.
Tamara Szentiványi +7 more
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A checklist of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of the Afrotropical Region
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2021 A tentative checklist of 179 species belonging to the family Lecithoceridae (68 species of the subfamily Lecithocerinae and 111 species of the subfamily Torodorinae) is provided, with references to the original description, type species, and distribution.
Kyu-Tek Park +2 more
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On the genus Sericopimpla Kriechbaumer, 1895 (Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) in the Afrotropics, with the description of a new species [PDF]
ZooKeysSericopimpla Kriechbaumer, 1895 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) is a moderately large Darwin wasp genus distributed mostly in the Paleotropics and Australasian region. Here, we describe a new Afrotropical species of the genus, S.
Emil M. Österman +4 more
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Taxonomy of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region with a revision of the P. arnoldi clade and description of four new species [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2014 The taxonomy of the genus Proceratium Roger is updated for the Afrotropical region. We give an overview of the genus in the region, provide an illustrated identification key to the three clades (P. arnoldi, P. stictum and P.
Francisco Hita Garcia +2 more
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DBSCAN and GIE, Two Density-Based “Grid-Free” Methods for Finding Areas of Endemism: A Case Study of Flea Beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in the Afrotropical Region [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Paola D'Alessandro +2 more
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Taxonomic complexity in the genus Merodon Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Syrphidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 The genus Merodon Meigen, 1803 is distributed across the Palaearctic and Afrotropical Regions. The present work summarizes the knowledge from recent taxonomic and systematic revisions and includes an identification key for the five monophyletic lineages (
Ante Vujić +3 more
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Avian diversity of Fars province (Southwestern Iran) with note on the zoogeographical composition [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2021 Rich avifauna of Fars province, SW Iran, is a stem from high diversity of habitat and climate beside its geographical position as a crossroad between Palearctic, Oriental, and Afrotropical realms.
Ali Gholamhosseini
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An update to the taxonomy and distribution of the Arabian Tapinoma Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with an illustrated key and remarks on habitats [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 Tapinoma Foerster belongs to the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae and the vast majority of its species are arboreal or generalized foragers. The genus is composed of 71 described species and 24 known subspecies worldwide, while from Arabian Peninsula, three ...
Mahmoud Abdel-Dayem +3 more
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Faunistic and taxonomic notes on some Madagascan Muscidae (Diptera) and descriptions of three new species [PDF]
Contributions to Entomology, 2022 About 220 Muscidae collected from various locations in Madagascar and belonging to the subfamilies Azeliinae, Muscinae, Mydaeinae and Phaoniinae have been identified. Several specimens of the previously unknown female of Graphomya rossi Zielke, 1974 were
Eberhard Zielke
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The family Conopidae (Diptera) in Egypt and Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 The present study is one in a series of planned studies aiming to catalogue the whole order Diptera in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia.All known Egyptian and Saudi Arabian conopid taxa are systematically catalogued in the present study.
Magdi El-Hawagry +2 more
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