Latest Articles from ZooKeys Latest 7 Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 17:10:37 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://zookeys.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ New records for the Western Balkans cranefly fauna (Diptera, Tipuloidea) with the description of a new Baeoura Alexander (Diptera, Limoniidae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/98997/ ZooKeys 1157: 1-42

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1157.98997

Authors: Levente-Péter Kolcsár, Micha Camiel d’Oliveira, Wolfram Graf, Clovis Quindroit, Kozo Watanabe, Marija Ivković

Abstract: The cranefly (Tipuloidea) fauna of the Western Balkans is still poorly known. In this study, occurrence data of 77 species is reported, of which two species are newly recorded for Albania, eight species for Bosnia and Herzegovina, twelve for Croatia, and seven for Slovenia, respectively. A new species, Baeoura neretvaensis Kolcsár & d’Oliveira, sp. nov. is described from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Slovenia. Images of the habitus, wing, and male and female terminalia of the new species are provided. Furthermore, images of male terminalia and wings of thirteen additional species are presented.

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Research Article Fri, 31 Mar 2023 18:46:38 +0300
Wing interference patterns are consistent and sexually dimorphic in the four families of crane flies (Diptera, Tipuloidea) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/69060/ ZooKeys 1080: 135-163

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1080.69060

Authors: Robert T. Conrow, Jon K. Gelhaus

Abstract: Wing interference patterns (WIP) are stable structural colors in insect wings caused by thin-film interference. This study seeks to establish WIP as a stable, sexually dimorphic, species-level character across the four families of Tipuloidea and investigate generic level WIP. Thirteen species of Tipuloidea were selected from museum specimens in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University collection. One wing from a male and female of each representative species was excised and mounted to a slide with coverslip, placed against a black background, and imaged using an integrated microscope camera. Images were minimally retouched but otherwise unchanged. Descriptions of the WIP for each sex of each species are provided. Twelve of thirteen species imaged had WIP, which were stable and species specific while eight of those twelve had sexually dimorphic WIP. Comparisons of three species of Nephrotoma were inconclusive regarding a generic level WIP. Gnophomyia tristissima had higher intraspecific variation than other species examined. This study confirms stable, species specific WIP in all four families of crane flies for the first time. More research must be done regarding generic-level stability of WIP in crane flies as well as the role sexual and natural selection play in the evolution of wing interference patterns in insects.

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Research Article Wed, 5 Jan 2022 11:11:24 +0200
Revision of Japanese species of Nipponomyia Alexander, 1924 (Diptera, Pediciidae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/55021/ ZooKeys 1000: 71-105

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1000.55021

Authors: Levente-Péter Kolcsár, Daichi Kato, Maribet Gamboa, Kozo Watanabe

Abstract: Japanese species of the genus Nipponomyia Alexander, 1924 are revised. Two new species, Nipponomyia okinawensis Kolcsár & Kato, sp. nov. and N. yakushimensis Kolcsár & Kato, sp. nov. are described from the Ryukyu Islands. Images of habitus and wings, illustrations of male and female terminalia, and distribution maps are provided for the Japanese species. A key to the world species of Nipponomyia is added. DNA barcodes of three Japanese Nipponomyia are provided, representing the first barcodes from the genus.

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Research Article Thu, 3 Dec 2020 21:25:22 +0200
Taxonomic revision of the Carpathian endemic Pedicia (Crunobia) staryi species–group (Diptera, Pediciidae) based on morphology and molecular data https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/7458/ ZooKeys 569: 81-104

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.569.7458

Authors: Avar Lehel Dénes, Levente-Péter Kolcsár, Edina Török, Lujza Keresztes

Abstract: Three new species of the genus Pedicia, subgenus Crunobia (Diptera: Pediciidae) belonging to the staryi group are described on the basis of a combination of molecular and morphology datasets, and a key to discriminate between species of the subgenus Crunobia is added. Geographic projection of the identified taxa suggests insular-like distribution and shows the importance of the Carpathians as a genetic center which is home to an exceptionally high aquatic diversity in Europe.

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Research Article Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0200
Additions to the Limoniidae and Pediciidae fauna of Morocco, with an updated checklist (Diptera, Tipuloidea) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/7384/ ZooKeys 563: 129-146

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.563.7384

Authors: Ouafaa Driauach, Boutaïna Belqat

Abstract: Eighteen species of Limoniidae and two species of Pediciidae are recorded for the first time in Morocco, of which 15 species are new to North Africa. An updated checklist of Moroccan short-palped craneflies (Limoniidae and Pediciidae) is appended, containing 73 species in 25 genera.

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Research Article Mon, 15 Feb 2016 08:53:49 +0200
New records of Limoniidae and Pediciidae (Diptera) from Croatia https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/5679/ ZooKeys 513: 23-37

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.513.10066

Authors: Levente-Péter Kolcsár, Marija Ivković, Ivančica Ternjej

Abstract: New records are provided for Limoniidae and Pediciidae from Croatia, with new distribution records for species in 12 different genera. Four genera and 18 species are newly recorded for Croatia. Until now, including this data, 87 Limoniidae and eight Pediciidae have been recorded from Croatia. In this paper we confirm presence of Ormosia (Oreophila) bergrothi (Strobl, 1895) and we give the first records of Dicranota (Paradicranota) pavida (Haliday, 1833) and Molophilus (Molophilus) repentinus Starý, 1971 from Balkan Peninsula.

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Research Article Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0300
Checklist of the infraorder Tipulomorpha (Trichoceridae, Tipuloidea) (Diptera) of Finland https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/4037/ ZooKeys 441: 21-36

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.441.7533

Authors: Jukka Salmela, Andrius Petrašiūnas

Abstract: A checklist of the infraorder Tipulomorpha: families Trichoceridae, Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae and Tipulidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland.

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Checklist Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0300