Review of the plant bug tribe Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of India and Sri Lanka with description of two new genera and six new species

Konstantinov, Fedor V.; Yeshwanth, H. M.

doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.745.1311

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“…Two keys had either one (David et al 2021-the one most relevant for the new genus) or all (Colombo et al 2022) images hyperlinked to the couplet. Other figures cited in keys were generally dispersed throughout the manuscript except in three papers (Ślipiński et al 2021;Yeshwanth and Konstantinov 2021;Viswayjothi and Clark 2022) in which they were grouped, along with all other figures, at the end of the paper.…”

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A survey of keys for the identification of newly described insect genera: recommendations for authors, reviewers, editors and publishers

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2024

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Large numbers of new taxa are described annually and while there is a great need to make them identifiable, there seems little consistency in how this might be facilitated. I surveyed 427 papers published in 2021 and 2022, which described 587 new insect genera. I found that only 136 of the papers included keys, and these allowed the identification of 233 of the new genera 31.9% of papers and 39.7% of the new genera). The proportion of papers that included a key varied significantly among insect orders but not among the handful of journals wherein the bulk of the new genera were described. Overall, for 17 key-related variables assessed in a binary fashion (optimal vs suboptimal), the average key had almost six criteria that were scored as being suboptimal. For example, less than one-fifth facilitated retracing and less than 12% had illustrated keys where the images were conveniently located close to the relevant key couplets. Progress towards confirming a putative identification was possible in all papers, through the inclusion of a diagnosis, habitus images or both. Based upon this analysis, and expanding on previous suggestions for key construction, I make 23 recommendations on how to make an identification key maximally useful for users and indicate the relative ease with which each could be adhered to. I suggest that identification keys should accompany all new taxon descriptions, that guidelines for effective key construction be added to journals’ instructions to authors, that editors and reviewers should check keys carefully and that publishers should be attentive to the needs of users through, for example, permitting duplication of images to make keys easier to use. My recommendations are likely relevant to all levels in the taxonomic hierarchy for all organisms, despite the data being derived from generic-level keys for insects.

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A survey of keys for the identification of newly described insect genera: recommendations for authors, reviewers, editors and publishers

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2024

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Revision of the New World Plant Bug Genus Cyrtocapsus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae: Eccritotarsini), with New and Revised Synonymies, Lectotype Designations, and Descriptions of 12 New Species

Henry

2022

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The New World eccritotarsine genus Cyrtocapsus Reuter (Miridae: Bryocorinae) is revised. Cyrtocapsus andinus Carvalho, 1954, n. syn. is synonymized as a junior synonym of Capsus caligineus Stål, 1859; Pirithous pallipes Distant, 1884, is resurrected from synonymy as the next available name for C. caligineus of authors; Miccus elutipes Bergroth, 1910, is resurrected from synonymy as the next available name for C. femoralis of authors and is considered the senior synonym of C. nanus Carvalho, 1954, n. syn.; C. xinguanus Carvalho, 1985, n. syn. is synonymized as a junior synonym of C. intermedius Reuter, 1909; the identities of C. caligineus and C. femoralis Reuter are clarified; lectotypes are designated for five species (Capsus caligineus, Cyrtocapsus femoralis, Cyrtocapsus intermedius, Cyrtocapsus rostratus Reuter, 1908, and Miccus elutipes); and 12 new species are described: C. apicalis, n. sp.; C. atrametatibialis, n. sp.; C. costatus, n. sp.; C. discalis, n. sp.; C. fiuzai, n. sp.; C. glabratus, n. sp.; C. lazelli, n. sp.; C. mesoamericanus, n. sp.; C. metafemoratus, n. sp.; C. schaffneri, n. sp., C. spatulatus, n. sp., and C. suturalis, n. sp. A color dorsal illustration of the adult male and SEM micrographs of C. lazelli, color habitus images of all species, and male genitalia for 19 species are provided, and a revised identification key to the 25 known species of the genus is given to facilitate identification.

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Review of the plant bug tribe Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of India and Sri Lanka with description of two new genera and six new species

Cited by 1,180 publications

References 25 publications

A survey of keys for the identification of newly described insect genera: recommendations for authors, reviewers, editors and publishers

A survey of keys for the identification of newly described insect genera: recommendations for authors, reviewers, editors and publishers

Revision of the New World Plant Bug Genus Cyrtocapsus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae: Eccritotarsini), with New and Revised Synonymies, Lectotype Designations, and Descriptions of 12 New Species

Insecta filtered data for inventories completeness analysis

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