New species and new records of Argasidae from Israel. Observations on the rudimentary scutum and the respiratory system of the larvae of the Argasidae

Parasitology ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 50 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 365-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Theodor ◽  
M. Costa
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Respiratory System ◽  
New Records ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Dorsal Plate ◽  
Emended Diagnosis

1. The dorsal plate which probably represents a rudimentary scutum in some Argasid larvae is discussed and described.2. The respiratory system of the larvae of some species of Argas and Ornithodorus is described.3. The systematic position of the lahorensis group of the genus Ornithodorus is discussed and the use of the name Alveonasus with an emended diagnosis for this group is suggested.4. Ornithodorus procaviae n.sp. is described. Two other probably new species are described provisionally, but not named.5. New records for other species of Argasidae in Israel are given.

scholarly journals New species and new records of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho ◽  
Giuseppe Montesanto ◽  
Paula Beatriz Araujo ◽  
Stefano Taiti
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Large Collection ◽  
Terrestrial Isopods ◽  
Two New Species

ABSTRACT. A large collection of terrestrial isopods from different Brazilian regions was examined. Two new species of Amazoniscus Lemos de Castro, 1967 (Scleropactidae) are described: A. zimmeri Campos-Filho, Montesanto & Araujo sp. nov. from the state of Pará and A. schmidti Campos-Filho, Montesanto & Taiti sp. nov. from the state of Minas Gerais. Pseudotyphloscia alba (Dollfus, 1898) (Philosciidae) is firstly recorded from Brazil. The systematic position of Venezillo tuberosus (Budde-Lund, 1904) is discussed and transferred to Ctenorillo Verhoeff, 1942. Androdeloscia lejeunei (Lemos de Castro & Souza, 1986) and Diploexochus echinatus Brandt, 1833 from the state of Pará, are redescribed.

Revision of Isoplenodia Prout, 1932 with new records from continental Africa (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2453 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
PASI SIHVONEN ◽  
HERMANN S. STAUDE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
African Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Mosaic Habitats

Three new species of Isoplenodia Prout, 1932 are described and illustrated from continental Africa, expanding the taxonomic scope and known geographic distribution of this previously endemic, monotypic Madagascan genus of geometrid moths. The new species are: I. vidalensis Sihvonen & Staude sp. n., from eastern South Africa; I. kisubiensis Sihvonen & Staude sp. n., from southern Uganda; and I. arabukoensis Sihvonen & Staude sp. n., from southeastern Kenya, central Zimbabwe and southwestern Rwanda. The paucity of available data suggest that the African species may be associated with wet forest or marsh mosaic habitats. Adults and genitalia of all known Isoplenodia species are illustrated, and the systematic position of the genus in relation to other genera in the tribe Scopulini is discussed.

Two new species and new records of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4564 (2) ◽  
pp. 422 ◽  
Author(s):  
IVANKLIN SOARES CAMPOS-FILHO ◽  
CAMILE SORBO FERNANDES ◽  
GIOVANNA MONTICELLI CARDOSO ◽  
MARIA ELINA BICHUETTE ◽  
JOSÉ OTÁVIO AGUIAR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Karst Area ◽  
Large Collection ◽  
Chapada Diamantina ◽  
Terrestrial Isopods ◽  
Two New Species

To date, approximately 190 species of terrestrial isopods are known from Brazil and only 14 are considered troglobiotic. After the examination of a large collection from caves in Bambuí and Una geomorphological areas, along the states of Bahia, Minas Gerais and Goiás, two new troglobiotic species were recognized. Pectenoniscus liliae Campos-Filho, Bichuette & Taiti sp. n. (Styloniscidae) is described from Serra do Ramalho karst area, and Benthana xiquinhoi Campos-Filho, Bichuette & Taiti sp. n. (Philosciidae) from sandstone caves of Chapada Diamantina region. The latter constitutes the second troglomorphic species of the genus. Xangoniscus aganju (Styloniscidae) is also recorded from two caves in the Serra do Ramalho karst area. The systematic position of Iuiuniscus iuiuensis is briefly discussed and Venezillo congener (Armadillidae) is redescribed from São Domingos karst area. 

scholarly journals A synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: an update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2205 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL HOFFMANN ◽  
PETER GRUBB ◽  
COLIN P. GROVES ◽  
RAINER HUTTERER ◽  
ERIK VAN DER STRAETEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
New Genera ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
African Mammals ◽  
The Status ◽  
Data Deficient

We provide a synthesis of all mammal taxa described from the African mainland, Madagascar and all surrounding islands in the 20 years since 1988, thereby supplementing the earlier works of G.M. Allen (1939) and W.F.H. Ansell (1989), and bringing the list of African mammals described over the last 250 years current to December 2008. We list 175 new extant taxa, including five new genera, one new subgenus, 138 new species and 31 new subspecies, including remarks, where relevant, on the current systematic position of each taxon. Names of seven species of primates are emended, according to the requirements of the ICZN. The taxonomic group in which the largest number of new taxa has been described is the Primates, with two new genera, 47 new species and 11 new subspecies, while geographically the biggest increase in new species descriptions has been on the island of Madagascar, accounting for roughly half (67) of all new species described in the past 20 years. Nearly half of all new species listed currently are assessed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (49 of 101 listed species) suggesting further research is urgently needed to help clarify the status of those recently described species.

scholarly journals Tardigrades of Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve with description of four new species from Sweden

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edoardo Massa ◽  
Roberto Guidetti ◽  
Michele Cesari ◽  
Lorena Rebecchi ◽  
K. Ingemar Jönsson
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
New Records ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Confocal Laser ◽  
Biological Value

AbstractKristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve [KVBR] is a UNESCO designated area of Sweden possessing high biological value. Although several studies on tardigrades inhabiting Sweden have been performed, the KVBR area has been neglected. The current study investigates the tardigrade fauna of five areas of the biosphere reserve and includes 34 samples of different substrates analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. In total, 33 species of tardigrades were found in the samples, including 22 new records for the Skåne region, 15 new records for Sweden, and four species new to science. Mesobiotus emiliae sp. nov., Xerobiotus gretae sp. nov., Itaquascon magnussoni sp. nov., and Thulinius gustavi sp. nov. were described with an integrative approach (when possible) using morphological characters (light, electron scanning, and confocal laser scanning microscopies) and molecular markers (ITS2, 18S, 28S, cox1). A new protocol to increase morphological data was developed recovering mounted specimens within old slides for SEM analysis. Emended diagnoses for the genus Itaquascon and the transfer of Platicrista itaquasconoide to the genus Meplitumen are proposed. This study enriches the knowledge of the tardigrade biodiversity both within the KVBR and in Sweden and contributes to the rapidly increasing number of tardigrade species reported worldwide. The 33 species identified in the KVBR area represents 28% of all water bear species found in Sweden so far. The restricted study areas and limited number of samples collected suggests that the KVBR is very rich of tardigrades.

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