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Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography
Invertebrate Systematics

Invertebrate Systematics

Volume 38 Number 8 2024


Picture showing Mesanthura sp. parasitised by female Anthuroniscus shimomuraisp. nov. (above), with A. shimomurai sp. nov. holotype female (below).

The parasitic isopod family Cabiropidae is known to utilise various isopods but lacks records of members parasitising Anthuroidea. We describe Anthuroniscus gen. nov. for three new cabiropid species, Anthuroniscus shimomurai sp. nov., Anthuroniscus dentatus sp. nov. and Anthuroniscus latus sp. nov., all of which are parasitic on anthuroid isopods. This is the first study reporting Cabiropidae from Japan and anthuroids as hosts for not only Cabiropidae but also Cryptoniscoidea. (Image credit: Shoki Shiraki.)

IS24032Panmixia and local endemism: a revision of the Eubranchus rupium species complex with a description of new species

Darya Y. Grishina 0000-0002-4511-6125, Dimitry M. Schepetov 0000-0002-1195-0461, Tatiana I. Antokhina 0000-0002-0857-4186, Manuel António E. Malaquias 0000-0002-9668-945X, Ángel Valdés 0000-0002-2347-4896 and Irina A. Ekimova 0000-0002-1846-0780

Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of Eubranchus nudibranch among the trans-Arctic Eubranchus rupium species complex

Species of the genus Eubranchus Forbes, 1838 are common in boreal benthic ecosystems. Recent studies suggest the trans-Arctic Eubranchus rupium (Møller, 1842) is a species complex. This paper conducts an integrative taxonomic study of Eubranchus rupium and related species, confirming its amphiboreal distribution. The divergence of the species complex is estimated from the late Miocene or the Miocene–Pliocene boundary to the late Pliocene with the north-western Pacific as the probable ancestral region, followed by dispersal and allopatric speciation. (Image credit: Darya Grishina.)

IS24040UCE-based phylogenomics of the lepidopteran endoparasitoid wasp subfamily Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) unveils a new Neotropical tribe

Eduardo M. Shimbori 0000-0003-4655-2591, Rubén Castañeda-Osorio 0000-0003-0507-5477, Jovana M. Jasso-Martínez 0000-0001-6497-7150, Angélica M. Penteado-Dias 0000-0002-8371-5591, Sian S. Gadelha 0000-0002-6612-6672, Seán G. Brady 0000-0003-0468-940X, Donald L. J. Quicke 0000-0003-4471-6775, Robert R. Kula and Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón 0000-0001-5837-1929

Phylogram of subfamily Rogadinae and Soraya venus Shimbori & Zaldívar-Riverón sp. nov. (inset), habitus and face.

Tribal relationships within the braconid subfamily Rogadinae are reconstructed based on nuclear UCE data and extensive taxon sampling. Our fully supported estimate of phylogeny and the morphological evidence led us to erect a new rogadine tribe, Gondwanocentrini Shimbori & Zaldívar-Riverón trib. nov. Facitorini was also confirmed as a separate rogadine tribe. Our updated classification expands the number of tribes and genera within Rogadinae to 8 and 66 respectively. (Image credit: Eduardo M. Shimbori.)


Colour patterning of a new species of plant bug, Carenotus schwartzi, showing myrmecomorphic traits

A new genus of an ant-mimetic plant bug, Carenotus gen. nov. and eight included species are described as new to science. The ant-mimetic or myrmecomorphic traits of Carenotus and other ant-mimetic taxa are documented. This genus is analysed phylogenetically using myrmecomorphic and genitalic characters. Three ant-mimetic genera form a monophyletic group on the basis of myrmecomorphic traits and the Carenotus species relationships are fully resolved on the basis of genitalic characters. (Image credit: Hannah Mathews.)

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