New species of Microscleroderma and Amphibleptula (Demospongiae, Tetractinellida, Scleritodermidae) from two contrasting marine environments

Abstract We record for the first time a nominal species of the genus Microscleroderma in the Western Atlantic, and the first record of the genus Amphibleptula in Mexico. Two new species of ‘lithistid’ Tetractinellida are described: Microscleroderma mexica sp. nov. from crevices of two reefs in Veracruz, Mexico, and Amphibleptula aaktun sp. nov. from the anchialine cave El Aerolito, Cozumel Island, Mexico. Microscleroderma mexica sp. nov. is characterized by its tubular and cup-shaped to wavy laminar habitus, hirsute surface and two size categories of oxea diactines. Amphibleptula aaktun sp. nov. is characterized by its ficiform or lobular habitus with an exhalant area at the flat top of the body, divided into numerous vertical septa-like structures; its desmas have thinner epirhabds, and thinner oxea than those of Amphibleptula madrepora. This is the second species of Amphibleptula that has been described; hence, we propose the redefinition of the genus. Both species described have a shallow distribution (≤21 m depth); they are differentiated from each other by the disjunction between their habitats as well as by their morphology.

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First record of the genus Fagineura Vikberg & Zinovjev (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) with descriptions of two new species from China

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.829.30086 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 829 ◽

pp. 29-42

Author(s):

Mengmeng Liu ◽

Zejian Li ◽

Meicai Wei

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

Fagineura Vikberg & Zinovjev, 2000 is recorded from China for the first time. Two species of Fagineura are described as new, F.flactoserrulasp. n. and F.xanthosomasp. n. A key to the species of Fagineura worldwide is provided, now including four species. In addition, a simple phylogenetic analysis of Fagineura species is provided, based on sequences of the COI and NaK genes.

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Studies on neotropical Phasmatodea XXII: Two new species of Taraxippus (Phasmatodea: Cladomorphinae: Hesperophasmatini) and the first record of the genus from Central America

Journal of Orthoptera Research ◽

10.3897/jor.29.51328 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 101-114

Author(s):

Oskar V. Conle ◽

Frank H. Hennemann ◽

Pablo Valero

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Dominican Republic ◽

Central America ◽

First Record ◽

Distributional Pattern ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

Two new species of Taraxippus Moxey, 1971 are described and illustrated: T. samaraesp. nov. from Costa Rica and Panama and T. perezgelabertisp. nov. from the Dominican Republic. Both sexes and the previously unknown eggs are described. The genus is recorded from Central America for the first time. A distribution map and a discussion of the distributional pattern of Taraxippus are provided.

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First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3505.1.4 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3505 (1) ◽

pp. 53 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

MANUEL ORTIZ ◽

IGNACIO WINFIELD ◽

CARLOS VARELA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

Filamentous Algae ◽

First Report ◽

Blue Hole ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

First records of peracarid crustaceans obtained from the Cayo Matías Ocean Blue Hole, southwestern Cuba, aredocumented. In addition, two new species of isopod and amphipod are herein described. Gnathia micheli n. sp. (Isopoda,Gnathiidae) and Boca normae n. sp. (Amphipoda, Aristiidae) were associated with filamentous algae at a depth of 20 m.Both represent the first report for a blue hole and the amphipod constitutes the first record of the genus for Cuba and theCaribbean Sea. Three other isopods, i.e. Gnathostenetroides sp., Cirolana parva, and Cirolana crenulitelson, and the cumacean Procampylaspis sp. are documented for the first time from the same blue hole.

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First record of Athyreacaridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) from Asia with description of two new species of Athyreacarus from India and Sri Lanka

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4779 (2) ◽

pp. 260-272

Author(s):

ALEXANDER A. KHAUSTOV ◽

ANDREY V. FROLOV

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

First Record ◽

Key To Species ◽

The Family ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

Mites of the family Athyreacaridae are recorded from Asia for the first time. Two new species of Athyreacarus are described, A. indicus sp. nov., collected on the beetles Bolbohamatum laevicolle and B. marginale in India, and A. brevisetosus sp. nov., collected on a beetle Bolboceras sp. in Sri Lanka. An updated key to species of the genus Athyreacarus is provided.

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First record of the fig wasp genus Diaziella Grandi (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Sycoecinae) from the Asian mainland with description of two new species from China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1337.1.2 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1337 (1) ◽

pp. 39 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

SIMON VAN NOORT ◽

YAN-QIONG PENG ◽

JEAN-Y RASPLUS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Record ◽

First Record ◽

The Philippines ◽

Fig Wasp ◽

Two New Species ◽

Host Relationships ◽

First Time ◽

Asian Mainland

Diaziella bizarrea van Noort & Rasplus sp. nov. is described from specimens reared from Ficus glaberrima and Diaziella yangi van Noort & Rasplus sp. nov. is described from specimens reared from Ficus curtipes in Xishuangbanna, China. Together with a new record of Diaziella macroptera Grandi from Thailand this is the first time the genus has been recorded from the Asian mainland. Previously the twelve described species of Diaziella were known from the islands of Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi and the Philippines. Images are provided for both sexes of the two new species and for the female of D. macroptera. A key is included to all described species of Diaziella. An online key is available at: http://www.figweb.org/Fig_wasps/Pteromalidae/Sycoecinae/Key/ Diaziella.htm. Host relationships and biology are discussed.

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Tardigrades from Portugal: four new records and description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2030.1.2 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2030 (1) ◽

pp. 21-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

PAULO FONTOURA ◽

GIOVANNI PILATO ◽

OSCAR LISI ◽

PAULO MORAIS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Iberian Peninsula ◽

New Records ◽

First Record ◽

The Other ◽

New Name ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

Six species of Eutardigrada are recorded from Portugal; four of them, Macrobiotus crenulatus Richters, 1904, Hypsibius seychellensis Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2006, Diphascon (Diphascon) pingue (Marcus, 1936) and D. (Diphascon) patanei Binda & Pilato, 1971 are recorded for the first time in Portugal. Two species, Minibiotus orthofasciatus sp. nov. and Bertolanius (new name of Amphibolus) portucalensis sp. nov. are new to science. Minibiotus orthofasciatus sp. nov. is one of the species of the genus with three macroplacoids, microplacoid and cuticular pores forming transverse bands. The new species differs from all existing species by one or more of the following characters: distribution of the pores, shape of the pores, absence of dots on the legs, level of insertion of the stylet supports on the buccal tube. To the new species is attributed an unembryonated egg similar to those of Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1888), M. poricinctus Claxton, 1998, M. floriparus Claxton, 1998, and M. weglarskae Michalczyk, Kaczmarek & Claxton, 2005 but different from them in some details. Bertolanius portucalensis sp. nov. is very similar to the other species of the genus, but it differs from them in having very small cuticular tubercles. From some of them it differs by characters of the buccopharyngeal apparatus and/or of the eggs. This is the first record of the genus and of the Eohypsibiidae family in the Iberian Peninsula.

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First record of the family Liacaridae (Acari, Oribatida) from Vietnam, with description of two new species

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.22.4.2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 456 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sergey G. Ermilov ◽

JOSEF STARÝ

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

National Park ◽

Oribatid Mite ◽

First Record ◽

Northern Vietnam ◽

The Family ◽

Two New Species ◽

Tam Dao National Park ◽

First Time ◽

Mite Family

The oribatid mite family Liacaridae (Acari, Oribatida) is recorded in Vietnam for the first time. Two new species of liacarids of the genera Liacarus and Xenillus are described from Tam Dao National Park, northern Vietnam. Liacarus vietnamensis sp. nov. is similar to L. laterostris Mihelčič, 1954 in the morphology of lamellar cusps (inner teeth well-developed; interlamellar tubercle absent) and in having long interlamellar setae and short notogastral setae, but differs by the directions of lamellar cusps and morphology of bothridial setae. Xenillus tamdaoensis sp. nov. is similar to X. longipilus Pérez-Íñigo & Peña, 1995 in having long notogastral setae, insertion of notogastral setae lm posterior to la, and the presence of an interlamellar tubercle, but differs by the morphology and position of lamellar cusps, size of the interlamellar tubercle and length of interlamellar setae.

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First record of the genus Ptilocerus in the Australian Region, with the description of two new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4410.1.10 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4410 (1) ◽

pp. 177

Author(s):

M. B. MALIPATIL

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Papua New Guinea ◽

Type Species ◽

New Guinea ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Northern Territory ◽

Australian Region ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

The assassin bugs of the genus Ptilocerus Gray, 1831 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Holoptilinae) occurring in the Australian Region are reviewed for the first time, resulting in the description of two new species, viz., P. spangenbergi sp. nov. (Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia) and P. papuensis sp. nov. (Papua New Guinea). The latter species differs from P. fuscus Gray, 1831 (the type-species of genus Ptilocerus) in a couple of major external morphological characters, hence its tentative placement in the genus Ptilocerus is discussed. A key for the separation of the two new species is provided.

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Revision of batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) of New Zealand and adjacent waters, with description of two new species of the genus Malthopsis

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3626.1.8 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3626 (1) ◽

pp. 188-200 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

HSUAN-CHING HO ◽

CLIVE D. ROBERTS ◽

KWANG-TSAO SHAO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Zealand ◽

Nominal Species ◽

Taxonomic Review ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

Examination and taxonomic review of the batfishes collected from New Zealand and adjacent waters reveals five nominal species: Halieutopsis bathyoreos and Malthopsis mitrigera are recorded from New Zealand for the first time; the synon-ymy of Halieutaea maoria with H. stellata is confirmed, and two new species are described. Malthopsis asparata sp. nov. is unique in having stout principal bucklers with prominent spines. Malthopsis parva sp. nov. differs from congeners in having a naked abdomen, a short rostral spine directed upward, and all principal bucklers blunt.

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First record of the genus Rhopaltriplasia Diakonoff from China, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1082.1.2 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 1082 (1) ◽

pp. 29

Author(s):

HAI LI YU ◽

HOU HUN LI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

Rhopaltriplasia Diakonoff, 1973 is reported from China for the first time. Rhopaltriplasia rotundipetalina sp. nov. and Rhopaltriplasia spinalis sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Rhopaltriplasia insignata Kuznetsov is recorded for the first time from this country. A key for identification of the Chinese species is given.

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