Description of  Callistethus hamus  sp. nov. ( Coleoptera ,  Scarabaeidae ,  Rutelinae ) from continental Southeast Asia using synchrotron to illustrate the aedeagus

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A new species, Callistethus hamus Lu & Zorn, sp. nov., is described from China, Laos, and Vietnam. Additionally, we used synchrotron (Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility) to scan the aedeagus. The virtual 3D model of the aedeagus is reconstructed and provided.

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Systematics of the ant genus Proceratium Roger ( Hymenoptera , Formicidae , Proceratiinae ) in China – with descriptions of three new species based on micro-CT enhanced next-generation-morphology

Michael Staab, Francisco Hita Garcia, Cong Liu … (2018)

Abstract The genus Proceratium Roger, 1863 contains cryptic, subterranean ants that are seldom sampled and rare in natural history collections. Furthermore, most Proceratium specimens are extremely hairy and, due to their enlarged and curved gaster, often mounted suboptimally. As a consequence, the poorly observable physical characteristics of the material and its scarcity result in a rather challenging alpha taxonomy of this group. In this study, the taxonomy of the Chinese Proceratium fauna is reviewed and updated by combining examinations of traditional light microscopy with x-ray microtomography (micro-CT). Based on micro-CT scans of seven out of eight species, virtual 3D surface models were generated that permit in-depth comparative analyses of specimen morphology in order to overcome the difficulties to examine physical material of Proceratium . Eight Chinese species are recognized, of which three are newly described: Proceratium bruelheidei Staab, Xu & Hita Garcia, sp. n. and P. kepingmai sp. n. belong to the P. itoi clade and have been collected in the subtropical forests of southeast China, whereas P. shohei sp. n. belongs to the P. stictum clade and it is only known from a tropical forest of Yunnan Province. Proceratium nujiangense Xu, 2006 syn. n. is proposed as a junior synonym of P. zhaoi Xu, 2000. These taxonomic acts raise the number of known Chinese Proceratium species to eight. In order to integrate the new species into the existing taxonomic system and to facilitate identifications, an illustrated key to the worker caste of all Chinese species is provided, supplemented by species accounts with high-resolution montage images and still images of volume renderings of 3D models based on micro-CT. Moreover, cybertype datasets are provided for the new species, as well as digital datasets for the remaining species that include the raw micro-CT scan data, 3D surface models, 3D rotation videos, and all light photography and micro-CT still images. These datasets are available online (Dryad, Staab et al. 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h6j0g4p).

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Zookeys

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Zookeys

Journal ID (publisher-id): 2

Journal ID (index): urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:45048D35-BB1D-5CE8-9668-537E44BD4C7E

Journal ID (aggregator): urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:91BD42D4-90F1-4B45-9350-EEF175B1727A

Title: ZooKeys

Publisher: Pensoft Publishers

ISSN (Print): 1313-2989

ISSN (Electronic): 1313-2970

Publication date Collection: 2019

Publication date (Electronic): 17 October 2019

Volume: 881

Pages: 1-11

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[1 ] Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China

[2 ] Rostocker Strasse 1a, Gnoien 17179, Germany Unaffiliated Gnoien Germany

[3 ] Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ-128 43, Praha 2, Czech Republic Charles University Praha Czech Republic

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Corresponding author: Ming Bai ( baim@ 123456ioz.ac.cn )

Academic editor: Andrey Frolov

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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.881.34821

PMC ID: 6813177

SO-VID: d22df750-42ba-4d19-93bb-98f28f83e287

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†Alienoptera — A new insect order in the roach–mantodean twilight zone

A New Cretaceous Insect with a Unique Cephalo-thoracic Scissor Device

Systematics of the ant genus Proceratium Roger ( Hymenoptera , Formicidae , Proceratiinae ) in China – with descriptions of three new species based on micro-CT enhanced next-generation-morphology

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