Article
Zoology
Nikola Burdikova, David Kasprak, Jostein Kjaerandsen, Andrea Spalek Tothova, Jan Sevcik
Summary: The phylogeny of the subfamilies Sciophilinae and Leiinae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) is reconstructed, revealing the monophyly of Sciophilinae and the narrower monophyly of Leiinae compared to previous morphological analyses. The synonymy of Taiwanosciaroides with Deimyia is confirmed. A new molecular phylogeny of Sciaroidea is presented, including the placement of outlier genera within Sciophilinae and Sciaridae. The results stimulate a debate on the interpretation and combination of molecular and morphological data.
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2023)
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Zoology
Olavi Kurina, Erki Ounap
Summary: Fifteen new Zygomyia Winnertz species, including the redescribed Zygomyia bicolor Edwards, 1934, were collected from one location in Ecuador during a short period of time. These discoveries increase the number of Neotropical Zygomyia species to 30 and report unexpectedly high level of interspecific genetic variation between Neotropical Zygomyia species.
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Zoology
Olavi Kurina
Summary: The study of fungus gnats in Georgia based on 2682 specimens collected from 57 localities during 2011-2019 has identified 245 species, including several first-time records. Additionally, three new species were described, with photographs provided for 38 species to showcase their variability.
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Entomology
Jan Sevcik, Heikki Hippa, Nikola Burdikova
Summary: Two-winged flies, particularly the fungus gnats and gall midges, are highly diverse and still poorly known insect groups. This study describes 17 new species of fungus gnats and introduces two new genera from amber fossils, providing new insights into the diversity and evolution of Diptera.
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Zoology
Zuluan Chen, Xue Yang, Frank Menzel, Hong Wu, Junhao Huang
Summary: The genus Pseudoaerumnosa was originally described with only one species from Taiwan, China, but recent revisions added 24 new species, mostly found in the Oriental region with some in the Afrotropical and Australian regions. Key characteristics of Pseudoaerumnosa include the structure of the palpus, antennal flagellomeres, foretibia, and gonostylus.
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Zoology
Frank Menzel, Pekka Vilkamaa
Summary: This study redescribed and illustrated several new species of the genus Lycoriella Frey sensu Vilkamaa & Menzel, and provided new faunistic records for some previously described species. The newly described species increased the number of known Lycoriella species from 38 to 50.
Article
Entomology
Olavi Kurina, Heli Kirik
Summary: A new species called Docosia caucasica sp. n. has been described from material collected in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains in Georgia (Sakartvelo). It is distinguished by specific characteristics in male terminalia and a unique COI sequence compared to other closely related species. The use of multiple sets of characters, such as morphology and DNA sequencing, is encouraged for accurate species description.
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Zoology
Edna maria Amaral, Sarah siqueira Oliveira, Rafaela lopes Falaschi
Summary: This paper describes a new species of Monoclona, a Neotropical fungus gnat, and provides information about its morphology and life cycle. It is the first study to describe the immature form of a Neotropical Monoclona species and the first record of the genus in the state of Parana, Brazil.
Article
Zoology
Wen-Xuan Zhang, Fang-Shuo Hu, Zi-Wei Yin
Summary: This paper describes six new species of the Oriental pselaphine genus Horniella, including species from Taiwan, Thailand, northern India, and eastern Malaysia. Additionally, a species originally described from Yunnan, China, is newly recorded from Thailand.
Article
Zoology
Scott J. Fitzgerald
Summary: Two new species of Leptomorphus from Guatemala, L. guatemalensis sp. n. and L. juxtafurcatus sp. n., are described and compared with congeners, suggesting their placement within the furcatus and walkeri species-groups as defined by Borkent & Wheeler (2012). L. guatemalensis sp. n. is distinguished by morphology of gonocoxite, while L. juxtafurcatus sp. n. is suggested to be closely related to L. furcatus based on male terminalia structure.
Article
Zoology
Tatiana A. Sepulveda, Luciane Marinoni
Summary: The genus Chaetonerius Hendel has 25 valid species, predominantly distributed in the Afrotropical Region with only three species recorded for the Oriental Region. A new species, Chaetonerius colavitei sp. n., from material collected in Thailand and Malaysia, is described in this study.
Article
Entomology
Olavi Kurina, Aleksander Pototski
Summary: This article describes two new species of Phronia Winnertz, 1864 - P. hannarostiae sp. nov. and P. ristoi sp. nov. - discovered in the Taita Hills of Kenya. These are the first named species of this genus on the African continent. The similarities and differences between these new species and P. flobertae Matile, a species described from the Comoro Islands, are discussed, with a focus on the structures of the male terminalia.
AFRICAN INVERTEBRATES
(2022)
Article
Entomology
Di Li, Horst Aspoeck, Ulrike Aspoeck, Xingyue Liu
Summary: The pleasing lacewings (Dilaridae) are a little known family of Neuroptera with distinct sexually dimorphic antennae. Recent research has discovered new species of the pleasing lacewing genus Dilar, showcasing their diverse morphology and distribution, with southwestern China's Yunnan region standing out as a biogeographic hotspot for endemism and species diversity. The species diversity of insects is rich but remains insufficiently explored or underestimated, especially for uncommon groups.
Article
Zoology
Olavi Kurina, Heikki Hippa
Summary: This study focuses on the Neotropical species of the genus Manota, describing four new species and providing new records for 13 additional species, while also listing the first record of Manota defecta since its description more than a century ago. The total number of Neotropical Manota species has now risen to 96.
Article
Entomology
Qi-Cheng Yang, Xiao-Yan Liu, Ding Yang
Summary: This study reports the discovery of two new species, Matileola motuoensis and Matileola sejilaensis, belonging to the family Keroplatidae. These species are found in mainland China and a key to all known Matileola species worldwide is provided.
JOURNAL OF ASIA-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
David Kasprak, Peter Kerr, Vit Sykora, Andrea Tothova, Jan Sevcik
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Zoology
Tomas Sikora, Mathias Jaschhof, Michal Mantic, David Kasprak, Jan Sevcik
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2019)
Article
Zoology
Pekka Vilkamaa, Hans-Georg Rudzinski, Nikola Burdikova, Jan Sevcik
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Nikola Burdikova, Jostein Kjaerandsen, Jon Peder Lindemann, David Kasprak, Andrea Tothova, Jan Sevcik
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Zoology
Mathias Jaschhof, Jan Sevcik
Review
Plant Sciences
Martina Vasutova, Piotr Mleczko, Alvaro Lopez-Garcia, Irena Macek, Gergely Boros, Jan Sevcik, Saori Fujii, Davorka Hackenberger, Ivan H. Tuf, Elisabeth Hornung, Barna Pall-Gergely, Rasmus Kjoller
Article
Entomology
Michal Mantic, Tomas Sikora, Nikola Burdikova, Vladimir Blagoderov, Jostein Kjaerandsen, Olavi Kurina, Jan Sevcik
Article
Plant Sciences
Jan Sevcik, Nikola Burdikova, David Kasprak, Olavi Kurina
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY
(2020)
Article
Entomology
Jan Sevcik, Wieslaw Krzeminski, Kornelia Skibinska
Article
Entomology
Wieslaw Krzeminski, Iwona Kania-Klosok, Ewa Krzeminska, Jan Sevcik, Agnieszka Soszynska-Maj
Summary: The establishment of a new subfamily Drinosinae in the Limoniidae family from Cretaceous Burmese amber exhibits a unique reduction of radial veins combined with a complete set of medial veins.
Article
Entomology
Jan Sevcik, John Skartveit, Wieslaw Krzeminski, Kornelia Skibinska
Summary: This study describes a new fossil fly from Burmese amber, exhibiting characteristics typical of the Brachycera suborder. This suggests that the Brachycera-like antennal modification has evolved multiple times in the evolutionary history of Diptera.
Article
Entomology
Jan Sevcik, Wieslaw Krzeminski, Kornelia Skibinska
Summary: Burmese amber is an important source for the study of taxonomy and evolution due to its rich collection of perfectly preserved insects. In this paper, the presence of a primitive genus of Keroplatidae, Paleoplatyura, is reported in Burmese amber for the first time. Three new species of Paleoplatyura are described, suggesting that this genus was already diverse in the Cretaceous period. The study confirms the existence of Paleoplatyura in the Mesozoic.
Article
Entomology
Jan Sevcik, Heikki Hippa, Nikola Burdikova
Summary: Two-winged flies, particularly the fungus gnats and gall midges, are highly diverse and still poorly known insect groups. This study describes 17 new species of fungus gnats and introduces two new genera from amber fossils, providing new insights into the diversity and evolution of Diptera.
Article
Entomology
Olavi Kurina, Michal Mantic, Jan Sevcik
AFRICAN INVERTEBRATES
(2017)
Article
Entomology
Michal Mantic, Jan Sevcik
ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE
(2017)
