Polystoma vernonin. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from the sharp nosed grass frogPtychadena oxyrhynchus(Smith, 1849) in South Africa

2010 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.H. du Preez
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Urinary Bladder ◽  
West Africa ◽  
African Species ◽  
Mean Intensity ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Unique Shape ◽  
A New Species

AbstractPolystoma vernoni(Polystomatidae) is a new species in the urinary bladder ofPtychadena oxyrhynchusin KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.Ptychadenais a true African species and the 49 currently known species in Africa harbour 11 polystome parasites.Ptychadena oxyrhynchushas an extensive distribution through Africa and harboursPolystoma prudhoeiin West Africa. This new parasite differs significantly fromP. prudhoei. The new species is distinguished by its long body relative to its haptor length, its unique shape and its ratio of marginal hooklets. In a sample of 13 frogs, 53.8% were infected with up to 18 parasites per host (mean intensity 4.86).

scholarly journals Gymnosporia swazica (Celastraceae), a new species from southern Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 192 (4) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
Marie Jordaan ◽  
Abraham E. Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Restricted Range ◽  
Small Tree ◽  
African Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
A New Species

Gymnosporia swazica, a new restricted-range southern African species, is described and illustrated here. Known from only a few localities in Swaziland and bordering parts of South Africa (Mpumalanga and northeastern KwaZulu-Natal), G. swazica grows as an understorey shrub or small tree in forest, often among granite boulders. Diagnostic characters for G. swazica include chartaceous leaves, usually shorter than 25 mm, 3-valved capsules usually 6–7 mm long, which are smooth, green turning yellow, and a white aril partially covering the brownish seed. Its closest relative appears to be G. buxifolia (capsules rugose, mottled white-and-brown), one of the most widespread members of the genus in southern Africa, but it can also be confused with G. maranguensis (capsules red, 2-valved) and G. harveyana (capsules pink to red, 3-valved; aril orange, completely covering the seed).

A new species of Palpares Rambur (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) with an identification key to the species of West Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2792 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
MASSOUROUDINI AKOUDJIN ◽  
BRUNO MICHEL
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
West Africa ◽  
West African ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
The West ◽  
African Species ◽  
A New Species

Palpares longimaculatus nov. sp. is described from West Africa. This species resembles P. radiatus Rambur, 1842 and P. incommodus (Walker, 1853) from the same region and is very similar to P. kalahariensis Stitz, 1912 from South Africa. The characters differentiating these species are indicated. An identification key to the West African species of Palpares is provided and all the keyed species are illustrated.

scholarly journals A review of Southern African Choerades Walker, 1851 with the description of a new species (Diptera, Asilidae, Laphriinae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-65
Author(s):  
Jason G. H. Londt ◽  
Torsten Dikow
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Larval Development ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Distributional Information ◽  
Indigenous Forest ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Forest Habitats

Southern AfricanChoeradesWalker, 1851 are reviewed. Six species are recognised (C.analogossp. n.described from South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal,C.bella(Loew, 1858),C.flavipes(Wiedemann, 1821),C.multipunctata(Oldroyd, 1974),C.nigrapex(Bigot, 1878),C.nigrescens(Ricardo, 1925)) and a key for their separation is provided. Distributional information demonstrates that species are found primarily in moderate to higher rainfall regions. The little that is known of their biology is discussed. Species are usually associated with indigenous forest habitats where larval development takes place in decomposing wood.

Pteridophyta–Marsileaceae

Bothalia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-204
Author(s):  
N. R. Crouch ◽  
J. Wesley-Smith
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
A New Species

Pilularia dracomontana, a new species of pillwort from the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa.

scholarly journals A new species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) attacking Quadrastichus spp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) galling Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae), with a summary of African Eurytoma biology and species checklist

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1751 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. GATES ◽  
G. DELVARE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
African Species ◽  
Species Checklist ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Host Associations

Eurytoma erythrinae Gates and Delvare, new species, is described and illustrated. This species was reared from fieldcollected galls on Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae) induced by Quadrastichus spp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), in Tanzania, Ghana, and South Africa. It is compared with very similar African species, Eurytoma radicicola Risbec. Afrotropical species classified in Eurytoma are reviewed and twenty-seven new combinations are proposed: Aximopsis acaciacola (Hedqvist) comb. n., A. caryedocida (Rasplus) comb. n., A. lamtoensis (Rasplus) comb. n., A. mateui (Hedqvist) comb. n., A. mimosarum (Rasplus) comb. n., A. obocki (Risbec) comb. n., A. oryzivora (Delvare) comb. n., A. saharensis (Hedqvist) comb. n., A. senegalensis (Risbec) comb. n., A. tropicana (Risbec) comb. n., Bruchophagus conapionis (Rasplus) comb. n., Fronsoma ellenbergeri (Risbec) comb. n., Gibsonoma amborasahae (Risbec) comb. n., G. aphloiae (Risbec) comb. n., G. bararakae (Risbec) comb. n., G. eugeniae (Risbec) comb. n., G. mandrakae (Risbec) comb. n., G. pauliani (Risbec) comb. n., G. plectroniae (Risbec) comb. n., G. tavolae (Risbec) comb. n., Philolema arachnovora (Hesse) comb. n., P. arnoldi (Waterston) comb. n., P. bambeyi (Risbec) comb. n., P. braconidis (Ferrière) comb. n., and P. syleptae (Ferri_re) comb. n., Phylloxeroxenus cressoni (Howard) comb. n., and Sycophila plectroniae (Risbec) comb. n. Lectotypes are designated for ten species: Eurytoma perineti Risbec, E. radicicola Risbec, E. toddaliae Risbec, Gibsonoma amborasahae (Risbec), G. aphloiae (Risbec), G. eugeniae (Risbec), G. mandrakae (Risbec), G. pauliani (Risbec), G. tavolae (Risbec), and P. bambeyi (Risbec). We also provide a checklist of Afrotropical species that are or were classified in Eurytoma and tabulate the known host/associations of these species with references.

Obuloides crinitus sp. nov., sixth African species of the gall forming mites of the genus Obuloides Baker and Tuttle, 1975 (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), with a key to known species 

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 995
Author(s):  
Pholoshi Abram Maake ◽  
Edward Ueckermann
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
African Species ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Obuloides, Obuloides crinitus sp. nov., is described based on females and males collected from the galls and twigs of Grewia occidentalis (Tiliaceae) in South Africa. Obuloides crinutus is closely related to O. namibiensis and O. rajamohani but can be distinguished by the finely granulated shields, a character that no other species of this genus has. Another notable difference is the length of prodorsal setae v2, which are longer and more strongly serrated compared to the other species of this genus which have very short and mostly smooth setae. Males of this species lack setae d1. A key to known species is provided.

A new species of Platepistoma Rathbun, 1906 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cancridae) from deep water off South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3522 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
PETER J. F. DAVIE ◽  
PETER K. L. NG
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Dorsal View ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
A New Species

Platepistoma seani sp. nov. is described from deep water off KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. It can be separatedfrom its nearest relative, Platepistoma guezei (Crosnier, 1976), by its thicker setal covering that completely hides the an-terolateral teeth from dorsal view, less well defined carapace regions, more spinous anterolateral and posterolateral cara-pace margins, sparser but more prominent dorsal carapace spines, more prominent spines on the carpus of the cheliped, and a relatively narrower male telson.

First record of the genus Kimulodes Tjeder & Hansson in West Africa with description of a new species (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3497 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
BRUNO MICHEL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Africa ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
First Record ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
African Species ◽  
A New Species

The genus Kimulodes was described by Tjeder and Hansson (1992) to accommodate two species, Kimulodes sinuatus originally described as Helicomitus sinuatus by Kimmins (1949) and a new species they named K. angulicornis. Within the tribe Ascalaphini, this genus is characterized by the hairless genae, the absence of a tuft of hairs at the base of the forewing in males, in contrast to the African species of Ascalaphus, and the antennae of males being sinuate or sharply arched with stout tufts of hairs on the basal flagellomeres. The genus Kimulodes was known from Central and East Africa, but remained unrecorded from West Africa. The material collected by a colleague, Jean-Michel Maldès (CIRAD), during a prospecting mission in Togo in 1990 included a male of an undescribed species of Kimulodes, which is described below. Furthermore, examination of the collection of the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, yielded a male and a female of K. angulicornis from an unrecorded locality in the Central African Republic.

Periglossum podoptyches (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae), a new species from KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 282 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
STOFFEL P. BESTER ◽  
ASHLEY NICHOLAS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The Face ◽  
A New Species

Periglossum podoptyches is described as a new species from the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. As a rare species its conservation status is assessed as Vulnerable. This new species is closely related to both Periglossum mackenii and P. kassnerianum from which it differs mainly in having folded flaps of tissue at the base of the face of the restricted basal stalk of the staminal corona lobes. A comparative table with diagnostic morphological features and a key to the species of Periglossum are provided.

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