A new species of burnetiid (Therapsida, Burnetiamorpha) from the early Wuchiapingian of South Africa and implications for the evolutionary ecology of the family Burnetiidae

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael O. Day ◽  
Roger M. H. Smith ◽  
Julien Benoit ◽  
Vincent Fernandez ◽  
Bruce S. Rubidge
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Evolutionary Ecology ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Wallametopa (Amphipoda, Stenothoidae) from South Africa, with description of a new species

Crustaceana ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 89 (14) ◽  
pp. 1669-1676
Author(s):  
Michael L. Zettler ◽  
Franziska U. Glück
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the family Stenothoidae,Wallametopa cylindricasp. nov., is described from samples collected in 2015 in the Knysna Estuary, Western Cape, South Africa. This is the first record of the genusWallametopain South Africa, a genus now being represented by two species found in Africa, Madagascar and Australia.Wallametopa cylindricais closely related to the Australian and MadagascanW. cabonBarnard, 1974, from which it differs by having a distinct cylindrical elongation of the merus of gnathopod 1 in both sexes but more striking in males. Both the basis and the merus of gnathopod 2 are also acutely produced postero-distally. The palmar margin of the propodus of gnathopod 2 in males is strongly, irregularly incised and with a deep, broad excavation (larger male). The dactylus reaches the whole length of the propodus and is densely setose on the inner margin.

scholarly journals A new species of the spider genus Cangoderces (Araneae, Telemidae) from South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
Chunxia Wang ◽  
Shuqiang Li ◽  
Charles R. Haddad
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the spider family Telemidae from South Africa, Cangodercesglobosa sp. n., is diagnosed, described and illustrated. This is the second species of the family to be recorded from the country. Consistent with the habits of most Afrotropical telemids, C.globosa sp. n. was collected by sifting leaf litter in forests.

scholarly journals A new species of Hysterothylacium (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from the giant mottled eel Anguilla marmorata in South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Moravec ◽  
H. Taraschewski ◽  
D. Appelhoff ◽  
O. Weyl
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Intestinal Caecum ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Precloacal Papilla ◽  
Anguilla Marmorata ◽  
The Family ◽  
Freshwater Eels ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Species Inquirendae

AbstractA new species of ascaridoid nematode, Hysterothylacium anguillae sp. n. (family Anisakidae), is described based on specimens recovered from the stomach and intestine of the giant mottled eel Anguilla marmorata Quoy et Gaimard from the Mngazi River, South Africa, collected in March–April 2011. It is characterized mainly by poorly developed lateral alae, a very short intestinal caecum and a long ventricular appendix, spicules 1.11–2.14 mm long (representing 5.2–5.8 % of body length), number of caudal papillae (19–21 pairs of preanals, 2 adanals and 5 postanals), presence of a median precloacal papilla (= ventromedian organ), tail tips of both sexes covered by minute spines, and by the shape and structure of lips. This is the first nominal species of Hysterothylacium described from an African freshwater fish and the second species of this genus reported from freshwater eels of the family Anguillidae. The following Indian congeneric species are considered species inquirendae: Hysterothalacium aetobathum Lakshmi, 2005, H. carutti Lakshmi, Rao et Shyamasundari, 1993, H. channai Lakshmi, 1995, H. fossillii Lakshmi, 1996, H. japonicum Rajialakshmi, 1996, H. kiranii Lakshmi, 1993, H. longicaecum Lakshmi, Rao et Shyamansundari, 1993, H. narayensis Lakshmi, 1997, H. nellorensis Lakshmi, 1996, H. neocornutum Rajialakshmi, Rao et Shyamasundari, 1992 and H. punctati Lakshmi, 1995. Of them, H. japonicum and H. neocornutum are transferred to Iheringascaris Pereira, 1935 as I. japonica (Rajialakshmi, 1996) comb. n. and I. neocornuta (Rajialakshmi, Rao et Shyamasundari, 1992) comb. n.

Pseudalataspora vanderlingeni n. sp. (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from gall bladders of the Cape hakes Merluccius capensis Castelnau, and M. paradoxus Franca (Teleostei: Merlucciidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4497 (3) ◽  
pp. 422
Author(s):  
CECILE REED ◽  
CHAGANTI KALAVATI ◽  
KEN MACKENZIE ◽  
CATHERINE COLLINS ◽  
WILLY HEMMINGSEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Marine Fish ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
The West ◽  
The Family ◽  
Myxosporean Parasite ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Molecular Description

A new species of myxosporean parasite is described from the gall bladders of the hakes Merluccius capensis Castelnau and M. paradoxus Franca (Pisces: Teleostei) caught off the west and south coasts of South Africa. The new species, Pseudalataspora vanderlingeni, is described morphologically and molecularly and compared with the 15 other species of Pseudalataspora previously described from marine fish. Although a molecular description is available on GenBank for only one of these 15 species, the morphological description supports the status of P. vanderlingeni as a new species. Earlier reports, without detailed descriptions, of Leptotheca sp. and Ceratomyxa sp. from the same hosts caught off Namibia were very likely to have been of P. vanderlingeni. These earlier studies reported high prevalences of infection, similar to those of >60% described in the present study. The effects of fixation and freezing on the dimensions of spores of Pseudalataspora spp. are described, and the status of the genus Pseudalataspora within the family Ceratomyxidae is discussed. 

Contribution to the knowledge of oribatid mites of the family Lohmanniidae (Acari, Oribatida) from South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 666
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee ◽  
Alexander A. Khaustov
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Oribatid Mites ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Family ◽  
Game Reserve ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Lohmannia (Oribatida, Lohmanniidae) is recorded for the first time in South Africa. A new species of Lohmannia is described from the nest of termites of the Franklin Game Reserve on Naval Hill, Bloemfontein, based on the adult and tritonymphal instar. Lohmannia (Lohmannia) lerallana sp. nov. differs from L. (Lohmannia) turcmenica Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1960 by the presence of distinct macrofoveolate ornamentation on the body, setiform subcapitular setae m1 and long lateral and posterior notogastral setae. A supplementary description of Papillacarus angulatus Wallwork, 1962 is presented based on the South African specimens. Information on distribution and ecology of known lohmanniids in South Africa is provided.

Description of a new species of Neoromicia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from southern Africa: A name for “N. cf. melckorum”

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4236 (2) ◽  
pp. 351 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEVEN M. GOODMAN ◽  
TERESA KEARNEY ◽  
MALALATIANA MICHÈLE RATSIMBAZAFY ◽  
ALEXANDRE HASSANIN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
12S Rrna ◽  
The Family ◽  
Nucleotide Divergence ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Rrna Sequences

The taxonomy of sub-Saharan small insectivore bats of the family Vespertilionidae is unresolved and currently five named species of the genus Neoromicia are recognized from southern Africa, with N. melckorum considered a synonym of N. capensis. Since several years, the name “N. cf. melckorum” has been used in the literature to designate an apparently undescribed and moderately large bodied vespertilionid bat known from different localities in southern and southeastern Africa. Using new data from molecular genetics, bacular morphology, and cranio-dental characters, we conclude that N. melckorum sensu stricto is indeed nested within N. capensis and obtain the needed evidence to formally describe “N. cf. melckorum”, named herein as N. stanleyi sp. nov. On the basis of molecular and bacular evidence, N. stanleyi is found in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia, and using a combination of other characters is presumed to occur in northern South Africa and Malawi. Bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses based on 12S rRNA sequences indicate that it belongs to a clade containing four species of Neoromicia (N. capensis, N. malagasyensis, N. matroka, and N. robertsi) and Laephotis. Neoromicia stanleyi shows at least 3.2% nucleotide divergence from its closest relatives. It is larger in cranial characters than other members of the capensis group occurring in the southern portion of Africa, and a number of bacular characters distinguish N. stanleyi from N. capensis. 

Coniosternum masneri sp. nov., a new species of the family Scathophagidae (Diptera) from Canada

2017 ◽  
Vol 186 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-116
Author(s):  
František Šifner
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A new Nearctic species of the genus Coniosternum Becker, 1894, C. masneri sp. nov., is described from Canada, and its important diagnostic characters are illustrated.

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