Latest Articles from ZooKeys Latest 6 Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:24:50 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://zookeys.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ New species without dead bodies: a case for photo-based descriptions, illustrated by a striking new species of Marleyimyia Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from South Africa https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/6143/ ZooKeys 525: 117-127

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.525.6143

Authors: Stephen A. Marshall, Neal L. Evenhuis

Abstract: A new bombyliid species Marleyimyia xylocopae Marshall & Evenhuis, sp. n., an apparent mimic of the carpenter bee Xylocopa flavicollis (De Geer), is described from South Africa on the basis of photographs only. The pros and cons of species descriptions in the absence of preserved type specimens are discussed.

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Research Article Mon, 5 Oct 2015 01:16:39 +0300
Five new records of bee flies (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia with zoogeographical remarks https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/4946/ ZooKeys 489: 125-133

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.489.8794

Authors: Magdi El-Hawagry, Hathal Al Dhafer

Abstract: Five bee-fly species (Bombyliidae, Diptera) have been listed in this paper as new to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Four of the recorded species have been identified to the level of species, namely: Bombomyia discoidea (Fabricius, 1794), Spogostylum candidum (Sack, 1909), Exoprosopa linearis Bezzi, 1924, and Exoprosopa minos (Meigen, 1804), while the fifth one only to genus, Desmatoneura sp. The species have been collected from Al-Baha and Asir Provinces in the south-western part of the Kingdom. One of the four identified species, Exoprosopa linearis, has an Afrotropical affinity, and another two, Spogostylum candidum and Bombomyia discoidea, have considerable Afrotropical distributions, and this result agrees to some extent with studies considering these parts of the Arabian Peninsula, including Al-Baha and Asir Provinces, having Afrotropical influences and may be included in the Afrotropical Region rather than in the Palaearctic Region or the Eremic zone.

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Research Article Mon, 23 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0200
Checklist of the ‘lower Brachycera’ of Finland: Tabanomorpha, Asilomorpha and associated families (Diptera) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/4047/ ZooKeys 441: 165-181

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.441.7198

Authors: Jere Kahanpää, Kaj Winqvist, Theo Zeegers

Abstract: A checklist of the ‘lower Brachycera’ of Finland is presented. This part of the complete checklist of Finnish Diptera covers the families Acroceridae, Asilidae, Athericidae, Bombyliidae, Mythicomyiidae, Rhagionidae, Scenopinidae, Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Xylomyidae and Xylophagidae.

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Checklist Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0300
New records of bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3941/ ZooKeys 422: 49-85

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.422.7598

Authors: Omar Ávalos-Hernández, Joel Kits, Marysol Trujano-Ortega, Uri García-Vázquez, Zenon Cano-Santana

Abstract: Forty one new records of species of Bombyliidae are reported for Coahuila in northeastern Mexico. Nine of these species are reported for the first time for the country. The specimens were collected in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin and Sierra La Madera mountains during 2007–2013. The modified distributions of species are discussed. The gaps in the distribution of many species suggest an undersampling of this group of insects in the north of Mexico.

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Checklist Thu, 3 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0300
Two new species of Tovlinius Zaitzev, from China, with a key to the genera of Bombyliinae from China and a second key to the world species (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae, Bombyliini) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2060/ ZooKeys 153: 73-80

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.153.2031

Authors: Yao Gang, Ding Yang, Neal Evenhuis

Abstract: The genus Tovlinius Zaitzev is a Palaearctic genus with just one previously described species, T. albissimus Zaitzev. Tovlinius is here recorded from China for the first time, and two new species T. pyramidatus sp. n. and T. turriformis sp. n. are described and illustrated. A key to the genera of Bombyliinae from China and a second key to the World species of Tovlinius are also presented herein.

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Research Article Fri, 9 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0200
Bush Blitz aids description of three new species and a new genus of Australian beeflies (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Exoprosopini) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3030/ ZooKeys 150: 231-280

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.150.1881

Authors: Christine Lambkin, Justin Bartlett

Abstract: Bush Blitz is a three-year multimillion dollar program to document the plants and animals in hundreds of properties across Australia’s National Reserve System. The core focus is on nature discovery – identifying and describing new species of plants and animals. The Bush Blitz program has enabled the collection and description of beeflies (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from surveys in Western Australia and Queensland. Three new species of Australian beeflies belonging to the Exoprosopini are described; Palirika mackenziei Lambkin, sp. n., Palirika culgoafloodplainensis Lambkin, sp. n., and Larrpana bushblitz Lambkin, sp. n. Phylogenetic analysis of 40 Australian exoprosopine species belonging to the Balaana generic-group Lambkin & Yeates, 2003 supports the placement of the three new species into existing genera, and the erection and description of the new genus Ngalki Lambkin, gen. n. for Ngalki trigonium (Lambkin & Yeates, 2003), comb. n. Revised keys are provided for the genera of the Australian Balaana genus-group and the species of Palirika Lambkin & Yeates, 2003 and Larrpana Lambkin & Yeates, 2003. With the description of the three new species and the transferral of Munjua trigona Lambkin & Yeates, 2003 into the new genus Ngalki Lambkin, gen. n., three genera are rediagnosed; Munjua Lambkin & Yeates, 2003, Palirika and Larrpana.

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Research Article Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0200