Plant-macrofossil assemblages during Pliocene uplift, South Island, New Zealand

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Pole
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Plant Macrofossils ◽  
Tectonic Uplift ◽  
The Other ◽  
The South ◽  
Plant Macrofossil ◽  
Late Neogene ◽  
Two New Species

Organically preserved plant macrofossils, which accumulated during the period of late Neogene tectonic uplift, were documented from four localities in the South Island. These include Arapito Road (near Karamea), Waitahu River (near Reefton), Tadmor (south of Nelson) and Grey River (north of Christchurch). The assemblages from these localities were species-poor compared with older Cenozoic assemblages, but included a range of conifers and angiosperms. Of note was the presence of Acmopyle (currently extinct in New Zealand) and Cupressaceae in all four localities. At least two new species of Acmopyle were present, with leaf shapes distinctly different from any currently known. One of them (A. kirrileeae sp. nov.) had unflattened, awl-like foliage, whereas the other (A. biformis sp. nov.) had dimorphic foliage, including very distinct bilaterally flattened leaves with a mucronate apex. Both of these were distinct from the flattened foliage, which predominates on extant Acmopyle. Other conifers included Araucaria, Dacrycarpus, Dacrydium, Phyllocladus and Libocedrus. Angiosperms included Beauprea (now extinct in New Zealand) Beilschmiedia, Knightia sp., Metrosideros, Nothofagus and probably Pseudowintera, Pseudopanax and Cunoniaceae. The assemblages suggest temperate conditions.

Two new species of Paramunnidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) from the South Shetland Islands

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ CASTELLÓ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
The South ◽  
Shetland Islands ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Lateral Margins

Two new species of Paramunnidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) from the South Shetland Islands (sub-Antarctic) are described. Austrosignum escandellae sp. nov. has long eyestalks, dorsum slightly sculpted (transverse bumps on pereonites 1–5), and lateral margins of pereonites rounded. The closest species is A. spinosum Kussakin, 1982 that also shows dorsum sculpted. The main differences are the ocular peduncle (short in A. spinosum) and the lateral margins of pereonites (pointed in A. spinosum). Coulmannia ramosae sp. nov. differs from the other two species of this genus (C. australis Hodgson, 1910 and C. frigida Hodgson, 1910) in that only the margins of pereonites 2–4 are expanded (into one point). A discussion of the Austrosignum/Munnogonium complex is provided with a comparative table of the species involved.

Weeding the nettles IV: A redefinition of Urtica incisa and allies in New Zealand and Australia, including the segregation of two new species Urtica sykesii and U. perconfusa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 245 (4) ◽  
pp. 251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadette Grosse-Veldmann ◽  
Barry J Conn ◽  
Maximilian Weigend
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Plant Size ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
Leaf Lamina ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Critical Revision

Taxon differentiation in Urtica from Australia and New Zealand initially appears to be uncomplicated, with taxa being easy to distinguish. However, a revision of the type material, more recent collections and a comparison of Australian and New Zealand material shows that three of the names are misapplied. Urtica gracilis (as U. dioica subsp. gracilis, North America) has been reported as introduced to New Zealand, but molecular data retrieve the corresponding specimens with the other NZ-species and we argue that they belong to the polygamous Australian species Urtica incisa. A critical revision of the protologues and type collections reveals that the names Urtica incisa, originally described from mainland Australia, and U. incisa var. linearifolia from Tasmania, have been misapplied to New Zealand taxa. Both New Zealand “Urtica linearifolia” and “U. incisa” represent unnamed taxa and are here formally described as Urtica perconfusa and Urtica sykesii, respectively. Urtica perconfusa corresponds to what is erroneously known as U. linearifolia. Urtica sykesii is an overlooked species, erroneously interpreted as U. incisa in New Zealand. It may be differentiated from U. incisa Poir. by its smaller, deltoid leaf lamina with a truncate to subcordate base (versus truncate to cuneate), fewer leaf teeth (9–12 on each side rather than 14–20 in U. incisa) and smaller plant size (20–60 cm rather than 60–200 cm in U. incisa). We found evidence for the presence of true introduced U. dioica subsp. dioica in New Zealand, but not for U. gracilis. Rather, New Zealand specimens assigned to the putatively introduced northern hemisphere U. gracilis belong to U. incisa as described from Australia. Typifications for the species treated here are provided, including an updated key to the Australian and New Zealand taxa. There are thus six native species of Urtica in New Zealand, four of them endemic, and two also indigenous in Australia.

Proteaceae leaf fossils from the Oligo - Miocene of New Zealand: new species and evidence of biome and trait conservatism

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond J. Carpenter ◽  
Jennifer M. Bannister ◽  
Daphne E. Lee ◽  
Gregory J. Jordan
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Leaf Traits ◽  
The Other ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Fossil Evidence ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Fossil Genus

At least seven foliar taxa of Proteaceae occur in Oligo–Miocene lignite from the Newvale site. These taxa include two new species of the fossil genus Euproteaciphyllum, and previously described species of tribe Persoonieae and Banksia. Other specimens from Newvale are not assigned to new species, but some conform to leaves of the New Caledonian genus Beauprea, which is also represented in the lignite by common pollen. Two other Euproteaciphyllum species are described from the early Miocene Foulden Maar diatomite site. One of these species may belong to Alloxylon (tribe Embothrieae) and the other to tribe Macadamieae, subtribe Gevuininae. Ecologically, the species from Newvale represented important components of wet, oligotrophic, open vegetation containing scleromorphic angiosperms and very diverse conifers. In contrast, Proteaceae were large-leaved and rare in Lauraceae-dominated rainforest at the volcanic Foulden Maar site. Overall, the Oligo–Miocene fossils confirm that Proteaceae was formerly much more diverse and dominant in the New Zealand vegetation, and provide fossil evidence for biome conservatism in both leaf traits and lineage representation.

scholarly journals XXVII.—On the Fossil Osmundaceæ.

1907 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 759-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kidston ◽  
D. T. Gwynne-Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
The Other ◽  
Microscopical Examination ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Jurassic Rocks ◽  
The One

The two new species of Osmundites described in this paper are based upon two fossils from the Jurassic rocks near Gore, Otago district, New Zealand. The one was discovered by Mr Robert Dunlop, and the other by Mr Robert Gibb. Both specimens eventually came into the possession of Mr Dunlop, who generously handed them over to the authors for investigation, with full permission to have them cut for microscopical examination, and to whom we take this opportunity of expressing our indebtedness.

NEW SPECIES AND NEW COMBINATIONS IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN GENUS LESSINGIANTHUS (ASTERACEAE: VERNONIEAE)

2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Dematteis
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
South American ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
The South ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of the South American genus Lessingianthus (Asteraceae: Vernonieae) are described and illustrated. One of these species, Lessingianthus arctatus, bears a resemblance to L. linearis (Spreng.) H.Rob. and L. rosmarinifolius (Less.) H.Rob., but can be separated from them by its almost glabrous phyllaries, solitary heads and longer internodes. The other new taxon, Lessingianthus longicuspis, can be easily separated from L. cataractarum (Hieron.) H.Rob. and L. bardanoides (Less.) H.Rob., and other taxa of the genus, by the combination of petiolate leaves, aristate phyllaries and inflorescence bracts alternate to the heads. Four other taxa previously included in Vernonia are transferred to the genus Lessingianthus.

scholarly journals Review of the endemic New Zealand genus Arctesthes Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae), with descriptions of two new range-restricted species

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 121-136
Author(s):  
Brian H. Patrick ◽  
Hamish J.H. Patrick ◽  
Robert J.B. Hoare
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
The South ◽  
Restricted Area ◽  
North West ◽  
Mountain Ranges ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Very High

The genus Arctesthes Meyrick (Geometridae: Larentiinae: Xanthorhoini), endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, is revised. Four species are recognised, including two new species, as follows: Arctesthescatapyrrha (Butler, 1877), A.siris (Hudson, 1908), A.titanicasp. nov. and A.avatarsp. nov. All except A.catapyrrha are restricted to subalpine and alpine localities. Adults and genitalia are fully described and illustrated for all species; larvae of A.catapyrrha are also briefly described and illustrated. Only Arctesthescatapyrrha is widespread; A.siris is restricted to a few mountain ranges of Central Otago; A.titanica is only known from two wetland localities in the Von Valley of the Otago Lakes district, and A.avatar is only known from a few wetlands in a restricted area of north-west Nelson. The two new species are considered of very high priority for conservation.

Revision of the Australian species of Anatomidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda)

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 415 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL L. GEIGER ◽  
PATTY JANSEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
South African ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
The South ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

The Australian members of the vetigastropod family Anatomidae are revised and two new species are described. The family has thus far been treated as a subfamily of Scissurellidae, but recent molecular evidence (Geiger & Thacker, unpubl. data) indicates that Scissurellinae plus Anatominaeis not monophyletic, and full family rank is warranted for a group containing the genera Anatoma and Thieleella. Seven species from Australia belonging in Anatomidae are discussed and illustrated by SEM: Anatoma aupouria (Powell, 1937) mainly from New Zealand, though with some Australian records; A. australis (Hedley, 1903), A. funiculata n. sp., An turbinata (A. Adams, 1862), which has been misidentified in the past as the South African A. agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925), A. tobeyoides n. sp., Thieleella equatoria (Hedley, 1899) with a second known specimen, and T. gunteri (Cotton & Godfrey, 1933). Other species that have been (erroneously) indicated from Australia are discussed. A neotype is designated for A. agulhasensis from South Africa for taxon stabilization.

Kiwisaldula waiho and K. hurunui, two new species of Saldidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the South Island of New Zealand, with redescriptions of K. butleri (White) and K. laelaps (White)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4341 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
MARIE-CLAUDE LARIVIÈRE ◽  
ANDRÉ LAROCHELLE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
The South ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Two New Species

Kiwisaldula waiho new species and K. hurunui new species, are described from the South Island of New Zealand. Kiwisaldula butleri (White, 1878) and K. laelaps (White, 1878), two taxonomically little-known taxa, are redescribed. Morphological descriptions are provided together with illustrations emphasising the most important diagnostic features of external morphology and male genitalia. Information is given on synonymy, type specimens, material examined, geographic distribution and biology. 

Description of two new species of Dysidea (Porifera, Demospongiae, Dictyoceratida, Dysideidae) from Tauranga Harbour, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4780 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAMUEL P. MC CORMACK ◽  
MICHELLE KELLY ◽  
CHRISTOPHER N. BATTERSHILL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Exclusive Economic Zone ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Fresh Material ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Northeast Coast

Differentiation of species within the genus Dysidea Johnston, 1842 (Order Dictyoceratida Minchin, 1900, Family Dysideidae Gray, 1867) is extremely difficult as they lack spicules which are strongly diagnostic in other Demospongiae, and their primary and secondary fibres and the mesh that they form, may be irregular in shape and thickness, thus difficult to measure for comparisons. Here we review species of Dysidea known from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), validating five species: Dysidea cristagalli Bergquist, 1961a, from the Hauraki Gulf; D. hirciniformis (Carter, 1885a) sensu Dendy (1924), from North Cape; D. navicularis Lendenfeld, 1888, from Port Lyttleton on the east coast of the South Island; D. ramsayi (Lendenfeld, 1888) from the Chatham Islands; D. spiculivora Dendy, 1924, from Cape Maria Van Diemen and the Three Kings Islands to the north of New Zealand. Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1818) sensu Bergquist (1961b), from Mernoo Bank on Chatham Rise, is now considered to be invalid, and D. elegans (Nardo, 1847) sensu Brøndsted (1927), from the Coromandel Peninsula, is considered unrecognisable. Several partially characterised species have also been cited in the literature. Two new species from Tauranga Harbour, on the northeast coast of the North Island, Dysidea tuapokere sp. nov. and D. teawanui sp. nov., are described. These descriptions are based on fresh material and in situ photography, facilitating clear, informative descriptions, that will enable ease of identification of these species in the future. 

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