DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY | South Africa

2003 ◽  
pp. 200-201
Author(s):  
H. Brichet
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Distribution And Ecology

Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite family Nesozetidae (Acari, Oribatida)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4358 (2) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
SERGEY G. ERMILOV ◽  
ELIZABETH A. HUGO-COETZEE ◽  
PIETER D. THERON ◽  
VALERIE M. BEHAN-PELLETIER
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
Oribatid Mite Species ◽  
Mite Family

A new oribatid mite species of the genus Nesozetes (Oribatida, Nesozetidae) is described from moss (Sphagnum sp.) on the seepage area below a permanent spring in South Africa. Nesozetes membranus sp. nov. differs from its only congener, Nesozetes rostropterus, described from Fiji, by the presence of a second pair of membranes located in the podosomal region, setiform bothridial setae and striate subcapitular mentum. A revised diagnosis of Nesozetidae, discussion on its taxonomic status, and information on distribution and ecology of Nesozetes species are given. 

Studies on the Red Bollworm of Cotton, Diparopsis castanea, Hampson.—Part I. The Distribution and Ecology of two natural Food-plants, Cienfuegosia hildebrandtii, Gürke, and Gossypium herbaceum var. africana, Watt.

1937 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Marshall ◽  
F. S. Parsons ◽  
H. Hutchinson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Food Plants ◽  
Natural Food ◽  
Wild Cotton ◽  
Gossypium Herbaceum ◽  
Natural Breeding ◽  
Distribution And Ecology

The present paper reports the principal results from a survey undertaken with the objects of ascertaining the extent of the natural breeding areas of the red bollworm in South Africa and whether the habitats of the food-plants are well defined ecologically. It has been known for some years that the red bollworm feeds on wild cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, and on Cienfuegosia Hildebrandtii (Parsons), but from increased knowledge of the topography and vegetation of the country there were reasons to suppose that the distribution of these food-plants is quite considerably limited in the present and potential cotton-growing areas, and it was desirable that the situation should be investigated in some detail.

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.

Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Lamellarea (Acari, Oribatida, Lamellareidae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 2008
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Elizabeth A. Hugo-coetzee ◽  
Alexander A. Khaustov
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Traits ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Game Reserve ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Mite Genus

A new species of the genus Lamellarea (Oribatida, Lamellareidae) is described from nests of the termite Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjöstedt) in the Franklin Game Reserve (Bloemfontein, South Africa). Lamellarea koki sp. nov. differs from all species of the genus by the following main morphological traits: lamellar cusps triangular, without anteromedial processes, separated; translamella long; rostrum with median indentation; several ridges located near tutoria. A revised generic diagnosis, an identification key to known species, and data on the distribution and ecology of Lamellarea are presented.

Revision of the genus Faucaria (Ruschioideae: Aizoaceae) in South Africa

Bothalia ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. E. Groen ◽  
L. J. G. Van der Maesen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
South Central ◽  
Central Eastern ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
Distinguishing Features ◽  
Small Genus

Faucaria Schwantes is a small genus of succulents, concentrated in south-central Eastern Cape. Distinguishing features of Faucaria are the characteristically dotted and toothed leaves and the structure of the seed capsule. A taxonomic review of the genus is presented, including relationship, diagnostic features, variation, distribution and ecology. The revision reduces the number of species from 33 to six:  F. bosschearui. F.felirui,  F. gratiae, F. nemorosa,  F. subintegra. and  F. tigrina. Two new subspecitic combinations,  F. felirtu subsp britteniae and  F. felina subsp tuberculosa have been made. A cladogram is included. A key to the taxa is provided and each species is described and illustrated.

Time and Latitude in South Africa

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
J. Hers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Astronomical Observations ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Astronomical Determination ◽  
Limited Accuracy ◽  
Better Than

In South Africa the modern outlook towards time may be said to have started in 1948. Both the two major observatories, The Royal Observatory in Cape Town and the Union Observatory (now known as the Republic Observatory) in Johannesburg had, of course, been involved in the astronomical determination of time almost from their inception, and the Johannesburg Observatory has been responsible for the official time of South Africa since 1908. However the pendulum clocks then in use could not be relied on to provide an accuracy better than about 1/10 second, which was of the same order as that of the astronomical observations. It is doubtful if much use was made of even this limited accuracy outside the two observatories, and although there may – occasionally have been a demand for more accurate time, it was certainly not voiced.

Combining Professional Interests and Travel: People to People Citizen Ambassador Program

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Alex Johnson ◽  
Amanda Hitchins
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Exchange Program

Abstract This article summarizes a series of trips sponsored by People to People, a professional exchange program. The trips described in this report were led by the first author of this article and include trips to South Africa, Russia, Vietnam and Cambodia, and Israel. Each of these trips included delegations of 25 to 50 speech-language pathologists and audiologists who participated in professional visits to learn of the health, education, and social conditions in each country. Additionally, opportunities to meet with communication disorders professionals, students, and persons with speech, language, or hearing disabilities were included. People to People, partnered with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), provides a meaningful and interesting way to learn and travel with colleagues.

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