Aspiralizoros gen. nov. for Spiralizoros ceylonicus (Zoraptera: Spiralizoridae), an endemic species overlooked for more than a century

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17310%2F24%3AA25039QE" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17310/24:A25039QE - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s42690-024-01307-4" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s42690-024-01307-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42690-024-01307-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s42690-024-01307-4</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Aspiralizoros gen. nov. for Spiralizoros ceylonicus (Zoraptera: Spiralizoridae), an endemic species overlooked for more than a century

Original language description

Zoraptera is among the least studied insect orders, and basic information is lacking for many species. Filippo Silvestri described this order in 1913 based on three species (Zorotypus guineensis, Z. ceylonicus, and Z. javanicus), but interestingly, none of these species have been observed or described again. Although the original descriptions were prepared precisely, male copulatory organs, which are essential for identification and classification, were not presented, nor were descriptions of wing venation. Zorotypus ceylonicus Silvestri, 1913 was tentatively classified into the genus Spiralizoros Ko & ccaron;& aacute;rek, Hork & aacute; & Kundrata, 2020 based on its external morphology. In this study, we assessed unidentified Zoraptera deposited in the Biological Museum of Lund University, Sweden, and found numerous examples of Z. ceylonicus collected in 1962 in five different localities in Sri Lanka. We found that this species shared the ground morphology of the male copulatory organ with the genus Spiralizoros, but in contrast to all other members of this genus, it had a short and uncoiled intromittent organ that ended in tiny hooks and a spiky structure. Based on the characteristics of the male genitals, we describe a new nominotypical genus, Aspiralizoros gen. nov. Detailed supplementary descriptions of the morphology of male genitalia and wings of A. ceylonicus (Silvestri, 1913), comb. nov., are presented here and discussed in the context of current knowledge.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10600 - Biological sciences

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA22-05024S" target="_blank" >GA22-05024S: Evolution of angel insects (Zoraptera): from fossils and comparative morphology to cytogenetics and transcriptomes</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

ISSN

1742-7584

e-ISSN

1742-7592

Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

2463-2470

UT code for WoS article

001296521600003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85201808759