First record of the Caribbean genus Cittarium (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) from the Oligocene of Europe and its paleobiogeographic implications

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-770
Author(s):  
Pierre Lozouet
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Common Species ◽  
The West ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Modern Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Top Shell ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Cittarium Pica

The West Indian Top-shell, Cittarium pica (Linnaeus, 1758), is a very classic and common species of the Caribbean faunal province. Until now the only known fossil occurrence of Cittarium pica, and of the genus Cittarium, is from Pleistocene deposits restricted to the Caribbean province (Clench and Abbott, 1943). Despite the turbiniform shell, the monotypic genus Cittarium belongs to the family Trochidae and was assigned to the tribe Gibbilini Stoliczka, 1868 by Hickman and McLean (1990). This paper reports a new species of Cittarium and the only record outside the Caribbean province. More than twenty million years separate the single modern species of Cittarium and the new fossil species. All material collected is deposited in Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN).

A New Species of Micropeza Meigen from Morocco and a Provisional Key to the West Palaearctic Species (Diptera: Acalyptrata, Micropezidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 155 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Martin J. Ebejer
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Africa ◽  
First Record ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
The West ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Micropezidae, Micropeza kettaniae, is described from Morocco and the twelve west Palaearctic species of Micropeza Meigen are keyed. This is the first record of the family from Morocco and the second species to be described from North Africa.

A new species of Talitridae (Amphipoda: Gammaridea) from Tioman Island, Malaysia

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1454 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. H.R. OTHMAN ◽  
B. A.R. AZMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Related Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
The West ◽  
The Family ◽  
Amphipod Crustacean ◽  
A New Species

The amphipod crustacean Talorchestia morinoi sp. nov. collected on the west coast of Tioman Island, Malaysia is described and illustrated.  So far no species belonging to the genus is known from Malaysia and this is the first record of the family Talitridae from Malaysia.  Differences between the new species and related species within the Talorchestia sensu Morino & Miyamoto, 1988 group are discussed and a key is also included.

scholarly journals Notes on the feeding habits of the Caribbean Watersnake, Tretanorhinus variabilis (Dipsadidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-153
Author(s):  
Yaira López-Hurtado ◽  
L. Yusnaviel García-Padrón ◽  
Adonis González ◽  
Luis M. Díaz ◽  
Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
Feeding Habits ◽  
West Indian ◽  
First Record ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Cayman Islands ◽  
Freshwater Crab ◽  
The West ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Caribbean

The Caribbean Watersnake, Tretanorhinus variabilis (Dipsadidae) is one of two aquatic West Indian snakes. Despite being a relatively common species in Cuba and the Cayman Islands, its feeding habits have been poorly stud­ied. Herein we report several new instances of predation by this species on fishes, frogs, and a freshwater crab. The latter represents the first record of durophagy in this species and the third snake reported as a crab eater in the West Indies.  

A new species of the genus Isoperla (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) from TIANMU MOUNTAIN NATURE RESERVE, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4504 (2) ◽  
pp. 276
Author(s):  
QING-BO HUO ◽  
YU-ZHOU DU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
First Record ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Zhejiang Province ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Coastal China

A species of the genus Isoperla Banks, 1906, I. oncocauda Huo & Du, sp. nov. is described as new to science and is the first record for the family Perlodidae from the Tianmu Mountain Nature Reserve, Zhejiang Province of eastern coastal China. Both sexes of the new species are characterized by tergum 10 with a developed process. The partially extruded aedeagus of the male is membranous without conspicuous larger sclerites and with the ventral surface covered with dense scale-like and nail-shaped spines. 

On Candinia (Sacoglossa: Juliidae), a new fossil genus of bivalved gastropods

1996 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Le Renard ◽  
Bruno Sabelli ◽  
Marco Taviani
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
First Record ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Shallow Marine ◽  
Marine Deposits ◽  
The Family ◽  
Life Habits ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Fossil Genus ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The record of the fossil representatives of the family Juliidae is updated. The new genus Candinia is proposed, in the subfamily Juliinae, for two fossil species somewhat intermediate between Julia and Berthelinia. The new species Candinia pliocaenica is recorded from the lower Pliocene shallow marine deposits near Siena (Tuscany, Italy). This is the first record of Sacoglossa in the Mediterranean Basin. Based on the very specialized life habits of the Juliidae, it is suggested that subtropical Caulerpa algal prairies inhabited the Mediterranean during the early Pliocene, likely becoming extinct in this basin because of the mid-Pliocene climatic deterioration.

scholarly journals A male of the bee genus Agapostemon in Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

2013 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Engel ◽  
Laura C.V. Breitkreuz
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
West Indian ◽  
The West ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Modern Species

Thefirst fossil species of the caenohalictine bee genus Agapostemon Guérin-Méneville (Halictinae: Caenohalictini:Agapostemonina) is described and figured from a single male preserved in EarlyMiocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican Republic.  Agapostemon (Notagapostemon) luzziiEngel & Breitkreuz, new species, is compared with modern species and isnoteworthy for the absence of metafemoral modifications [in this regardplesiomorphically resembling the West Indian A. kohliellus (Vachal)and A. centratus (Vachal)], form of the head and protibial antennalcleaner, integumental sculpturing, and male terminalia, the latter of which arefortunately exposed and cleared.  Briefcomments are made on the affinity of the species to others in the West Indiesand surrounding regions as well as possible biogeographic implications.

scholarly journals REVISIÓN TAXONÓMICA DE LA FAMILIA ANTENNARIIDAE PARA COLOMBIA (PISCES: LOPHIIFORMES), INCLUYENDO UN NUEVO REGISTRO DE ANTENNARIUS

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luz M. Mejía Ladino ◽  
Arturo Acero P. ◽  
Luz S. Mejía M. ◽  
Andrea Polanco F.
Keyword(s):  
Common Species ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Caribbean

The family Antennariidae is represented by two genera (Antennarius and Histrio) and seven species in the Western Atlantic, and by two genera (Antennarius and Antennatus) and five species in the Eastern Pacific. All the species are known from Colombian waters, with the exception of Antenanrius coccineus. In this study we review the family Antenariidae in Colombia, based on the examination of 51 specimens. Antennarius radiosus is first recorded from the Colombian Caribbean, based on two specimens collected with trawls at 20 m depth in Buritaca (Magdalena) and Isla Fuerte (Córdoba). Antennarius radiosus, Antennarius bermudensis, Antennarius multiocellatus, Antennarius ocellatus and Antennarius pauciradiatus are restricted to the Western Atlantic. The most common species found in Colombian seas are Antennarius striatus in the Caribbean and Antennarius avalonis in the Pacific. Histrio histrio is the only species with an almost circumglobal distribution. A key to identify antenariid fishes from Colombia is provided.

scholarly journals A new species of the genus Smacigastes Ivanenko & Defaye, 2004 (Tegastidae, Harpacticoida, Copepoda) from the Onnuri Vent Field in the Indian Ocean

2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 699-714
Author(s):  
Jong Guk Kim ◽  
Jimin Lee
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Hydrothermal Vent ◽  
Hydrothermal Vents ◽  
First Record ◽  
Cold Seeps ◽  
Dichotomous Key ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
A New Species

The genus Smacigastes Ivanenko & Defaye, 2004 (Harpacticoida, Copepoda) is the most primitive genus in the family Tegastidae Sars, 1904, occurring in deep-sea chemosynthetic environments, such as hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, whale falls and wood falls. Our exploration of the Onnuri Vent Field, the sixth active hydrothermal vent system in the Central Indian Ridge, resulted in the discovery of a new species in the genus Smacigastes. A detailed morphological analysis of S. pumilasp. nov. reveals that it most resembles S. barti Gollner, Ivanenko & Martínez Arbizu, 2008, described from a hydrothermal vent in the East Pacific Ridge; the new species can be distinguished from the existing species by the 8-segmented female antennule, the absence of an abexopodal seta on the antennary basis, the mandibular exopod represented by a single seta and the exopod of the first leg with five setae. This is the first record of Smacigastes in the Indian Ocean. A dichotomous key to species of the genus Smacigastes worldwide is provided.

First fossil record of a nymph (Ephemeroptera, Teloganellidae) from the Indian subcontinent

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4838 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-142
Author(s):  
PRIYA AGNIHOTRI ◽  
KAJAL CHANDRA ◽  
ANUMEHA SHUKLA ◽  
HUKAM SINGH ◽  
RAKESH C. MEHROTRA
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Record ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Lignite Mine ◽  
Modern Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mayfly Nymph ◽  
Modern Genus ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A fossil of a mayfly nymph that shows similarities with the modern genus Teloganella Ulmer, 1939 of the family Teloganellidae is recorded for the first time from the Indian subcontinent. It is systematically described from the Gurha lignite mine of Bikaner, Rajasthan which belongs to the Palana Formation (late Paleocene-early Eocene). As assignment of the fossil to a modern species of Teloganella is difficult due to indistinguishable location of gills in the impression, a new species, Teloganella gurhaensis Agnihotri et al., sp. nov. is instituted to include this fossil naiad resembling the extant Teloganella. 

scholarly journals Rharodesmus tabarkensis n. sp., a new pyrgodesmid from Tunisia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

Zootaxa ◽  
10.11646/6 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3195 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
NESRINE AKKARI ◽  
HENRIK ENGHOFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
The West ◽  
History Museum ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Recently, we (Akkari & Enghoff 2011) described a new species of the genus Rharodesmus Schubart, 1960, discussing the taxonomic state of the family Pyrgodesmidae and providing notes on the four genera occurring in the west Palaearctic area. However, we failed to present details on the holotype of the new species, which we now provide in this note in order to make the species name available. Thus, we describe here the new species Rharodesmus tabarkensis Akkari & Enghoff by reference to the full description given in Akkari & Enghoff (2011) with the following information on the type material: Holotype ♂, TUNISIA, NW, Jendouba Governorate, Tabarka, N36°57.8, E8°44.6, alt. < 40 m, coastal slope below the Genoese fort, under stones, 9.iii.2009, N. Akkari & H. Enghoff leg. (Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, ‒ ZMUC); Paratypes: 12 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, 14 juveniles, same locality and date as holotype, N. Akkari & H. Enghoff leg. (ZMUC).

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