Hagenia abyssinica and its fungal decayers in natural stands

1998 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Niemelä ◽  
P. Renvall ◽  
K. Hjortstam
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Mountains ◽  
The South ◽  
East African ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
The North ◽  
Hagenia Abyssinica ◽  
Natural Stands ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Hagenia abyssinica J.F. Gmel. (Rosaceae) is an Afromontane endemic, whose range extends from Ethiopia in the north to Zimbabwe and Mozambique in the south. This thick-stemmed but low-growing tree is restricted to East African high mountains, and is one of the dominants of upper montane forests, often making up the timberline. In this paper 17 aphyllophoroid basidiomycetes are reported on Hagenia from Tanzania. Trees which have been partly debarked by elephants are often troubled by Hymenochaete ochromarginata Talbot. A new species, Hyphodontia submucronata Hjortstam & Renvall is described. Dendrothele griseocana (Bres.) Bourdot & Galzin is reported for the first time from Africa.

II.—Sedgwick Museum Notes

1906 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 301-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. R. Cowper Reed
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
North American ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Generic Position ◽  
Small Collection ◽  
First Time

A Small collection of fossils from the Bokkeveld Beds has recently been sent to me for identification by the South African Museum, and some of them have been generously presented to the Sedgwick Museum. Amongst this material it is interesting to find some genera not previously recorded from the Cape and some new species. The majority of the specimens are in the condition of internal casts, and hence present especial difficulties in their determination, so that in a few cases some uncertainty must remain as to the generic position of the fossils. However, I am able to record for the first time from these beds the occurrence of the well-known lamellibranchiate genus Buchiola, and of a shell which may be identified with Nyussa arguta, Hall, of the North American Devonian. The genus Buchiola occurs in argillaceous nodules from the Zwartberg Pass crowded with individuals of the species which I have named B. subpalmata and with a few examples of an undetermined species. No other associated fossils can be recognised in these nodules, but I am informed that an abundant fauna is found in the beds at this locality.

A new species of Dichagyris Lederer, 1857 from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4927 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-600
Author(s):  
PETER GYULAI ◽  
AIDAS SALDAITIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Wing Pattern ◽  
High Mountains ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
A New Species

Dichagyris is a diverse genus with a Holarctic distribution. Only a few taxa of the subgenus Albocosta Fibiger & Lafontaine, 1997 occur in the northwesternmost part of the Oriental region. The genus is most diverse in Turkey, Iran and the Central Asiatic high mountains. However, there is a distinct Sino-Tibetan group of species, possibly representing an undescribed subgenus. However, this idea is provisional and awaits revision of the genus. For present purposes, we assign these species to the subgenus Dichagyris. They share the following putative synapomorphies: black, dark brown or dark greyish forewing ground colour (with one exception), with obscure, reduced wing pattern and a broad-based, short, conical harpe in the male genitalia. Species of this group can be subdivided to two species-groups. In the astigmata-group which was mentioned for the first time by Hreblay et al. (1998) but without description or diagnosis from the minuta-group, the vesica is elongate and tubular (males), the appendix bursae and corpus bursae are long, sack–like, almost equal in size (females). In the minuta-group, the vesica is more ample than in the astigmata-group, and coiled, and the appendix bursae is globular and much shorter than the corpus bursae. The astigmata-group includes Dichagyris astigmata (Hampson, 1906), D. gansuensis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998, D. geochroides (Boursin, 1948) and D. vargazoli (Gyulai & Ronkay, 2001). The minuta-group comprises D. minuta Hreblay & Plante, 1998 and D. kormos Gyulai & Ronkay, 2001. During a research expedition in Sichuan in 2019, the existence of a third species in the minuta-group was recognized, which is described here. In addition, the female and its genitalia of D. gansuensis, which was described by Hreblay & Ronkay (1998) based on a single male, are illustrated here for the first time. 

A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae) from the North Papuan Mountains

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2930 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL OLIVER ◽  
KELIOPAS KREY ◽  
MUMPUNI _ ◽  
STEPHEN RICHARDS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Mountain Ranges ◽  
The North ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Dorsal Pattern ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Cyrtodactylus from lower montane forests on the Torricelli and Foja Mountain ranges of northern New Guinea. Cyrtodactylus boreoclivus sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other described Cyrtodactylus by the combination of moderately large size (SVL 104–109 mm), males with pores extending to the knee and arranged in independent precloacal and femoral series, transversely enlarged subcaudal scales, and dorsal pattern consisting of five to seven indistinct transverse dark bands. The known distribution of this species is similar to many other vertebrate taxa apparently restricted to isolated ranges within the North Papuan Mountains, and supports the biogeographic association of these poorly known upland areas.

New and little known species of Azotus Howard, Ablerus Howard and Physcus Howard (Hym., Aphelinidae) from Africa and Mauritius

1970 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. P. Annecke ◽  
H. Patricia Insley
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
East African ◽  
African Species ◽  
Ethiopian Region ◽  
Genus One ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Descriptions are given of five new species of Azotus Howard from the Ethiopian region, including one from Mauritius. These bring the total number of Azotus species known from this region to eight. Two described species, A. capensis Howard and A. elegantulus Silvestri, are annotated and figured, and a key to the species is given. The related genus, Ablerus Howard, is recorded from Africa for the first time on the basis of a new species from the eastern Cape Province, and a new East African species of Physcus Howard, is described. A second East African species of the latter genus, one with flightless females, is characterised but not named to species.

A new species of Pedicia s.str. (Diptera: Pediciidae) from the North Caucasus, Russia

Zoosymposia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
NIKOLAY M. PARAMONOV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
The North ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Pedicia (Pedicia) savtshenkoi, is described from Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. This species of nominative subgenus Pedicia is discovered for the first time in the Caucasus. A key to males of West Palaearctic species of Pedicia (Pedicia) is presented.

A new species of Hyla (Anura: Hylidae) from eastern Brazil

1996 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rogério P. Bastos ◽  
José P. Pombal
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dorsal View ◽  
Color Patterns ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Full Species ◽  
Eastern Brazil ◽  
Large Head ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
A New Species

AbstractA new species of small treefrog, related to Hyla branneri (here considered a full species), H. decipiens, and H. oliveirai, is described. The new species is known from the south of Bahia State to the north of Espirito Santo State in eastern Brazil. The new species is characterized by small size, snout mucronate or rounded in dorsal view and nearly truncate in profile, canthus rostralis evident, and large head. In most specimens, the color patterns show a light triangular mark on the head and light lateral stripes.

New species of toad, genus Frostius Cannatella, 1986, from the Atlantic Rain  Forest of Bahia, Brazil (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1508 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRUNO V.S. PIMENTA ◽  
ULISSES CARAMASCHI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
The State ◽  
Southern Region ◽  
Atlantic Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Fragments ◽  
The South ◽  
Size And Shape ◽  
The North ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the previously monotypic bufonid genus Frostius is described from Atlantic Rain Forest fragments in the southern region of the State of Bahia, Brazil. The new species is distinguished from F. pernambucensis by life colors of body and iris, length and width of digits, development of apical discs, and size and shape of tympanum. New locality records extend the distribution of the genus 105 km to the north (to the State of Paraíba), and 190 km to the south (southern region of the State of Bahia).

Taxonomy of the Passerina filiformis complex (Thymelaeaceae)

Bothalia ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
C. L. Bredenkamp ◽  
A. E. Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Anatomy ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Cape Peninsula ◽  
Great Escarpment ◽  
St Helena ◽  
A New Species

Revision of the genus Passerina L. indicated a new delimitation of taxonomic entities within the Passerina filiformis L. complex. Evidence from leaf anatomy greatly assisted in the recognition of taxa.  P. filiformis is here divided into two sub­species. namely P. filiformis subsp.  filiformis and P. filiformis subsp. glutinosa (Thoday) Bredenkamp A.E.van Wyk. and a new species. P. montivagus Bredenkamp A.E.van Wyk, which is also described. The new taxa are geographically separated: subsp. filiformis ranges from Piquetberg in the north through the Cape Peninsula in the south, where it is quite com­mon. to Attaquaskloof in the southwestern Cape: subsp. glutinosa occurs along the coast between Vredendal and St Helena Bay; and  P. montivagus has a wide distribution from Mossel Bay and Oudtshoom in the south through Eastern Cape and along the Great Escarpment northwards to Zimbabwe, with outliers in Tanzania.

A new species of Aegidium Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) from Colombia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4927 (4) ◽  
pp. 583-586
Author(s):  
ANDREY V. FROLOV ◽  
LILIA A. AKHMETOVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
The South ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
The North ◽  
A New Species

In the Neotropical Region, Orphninae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) are represented by the endemic tribe Aegidiini, which comprises five genera and 49 species (Paulian 1948; Colby 2009; Frolov & Vaz-de-Mello 2015; Frolov et al. 2017a, 2017b, 2017c, 2019). Aegidium Westwood is the largest genus of the tribe and it comprises 24 valid species known from the southern Mexico in the north to Central Bolivia in the south (Frolov et al. 2015; Rojkoff & Frolov 2017; Frolov & Akhmetova 2020). 

First record of the genus Hartemita Cameron from Russia with description of a new species from the south of the Russian Far East (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Cardiochilinae)

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-133
Author(s):  
S.A. Belokobylskij
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
First Record ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
The South ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
The Russian Far East

The genus Hartemita Cameron, 1910 is recorded from Russia for the first time. Hartemita spasskensis sp. n. is described from the Primorsk Territory of Russia. A key to Palaearctic species of Hartemita and a review of Cardiochilinae occurring in Russia are given.

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