Abstract

Based on cladistic analyses recently conducted by Sharkey and Chapman, the genus Zosteragathis Sharkey is revised. Twenty-two species are reported from Thailand, three previously described species, Z. samensis, Z. contrasta and Z. nuichuaensis, and 19 new species, i.e., Z. chaiyaphumensis, Z. eukos, Z. hinensis, Z. hongensis, Z. inthanonensis, Z. krachanensis, Z. lampangensis, Z. lampooensis, Z. luangensis, Z. ngamensis, Z. perknos, Z. petchaburiensis, Z. phahompokensis, Z. phuphanensis, Z. sakaeratensis, Z. sakonensis, Z. samensis, Z. surinensis, Z. taemensis, Z. tonensis. Members of Zosteragathis are known from the Australian, Ethiopian, Oceania, Oriental, and eastern Palaearctic regions.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-14-2018

Notes/Citation Information

Published in Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, issue 65, no. 2, p. 225-253.

© 2018 Michael J. Sharkey, Eric G. Chapman

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.65.25772

Funding Information

Funding was provided by NSF grants DEB-0542864 and EF-0337220 and by Hatch projects KY008041 and KY008065 (to MJS).

Related Content

ZooBank: http://zoobank.org/5A043F9D-93FA-4DD7-873A-1A0101C849FE

The information reported in this paper (No. 18-08-052) is part of a project of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station and is published with the approval of the Director.

Included in

Entomology Commons

Share

COinS