Geographical review of the ostracod genus Vestalenula (Darwinulidae) and a new subterranean species from southern France

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malvina Artheau
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Left Valve ◽  
Southern France ◽  
Recent Species ◽  
European Program ◽  
The Right ◽  
Subterranean Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Subterranean Environment

A new species of Vestalenula is described. Vestalenula carveli, sp. nov. was found in the interstitial habitat of rivers during the PASCALIS European program when sampling three sites on the Aude River and Tech River basins (Roussillon region, southern France). With its large caudal brooding cavity, the presence of an external keel on the right valve and an internal tooth on the left valve, V. carveli is a typical representative of the genus. This new record brings the worldwide number of Vestalenula species to 24. Vestalenula representatives are known from the Lower Miocene to the present. A review of present-day knowledge of the geographical distribution of the genus and a cladistic analysis are presented in order to assess the biogeography of this genus and the importance of the discovery of a new subterranean species in southern France. The geographical review of the genus showed that most species of Vestalenula occur in subtropical regions. However, V. cylindrica, V. boteai and V. danielopoli lived, or are living, in the Palearctic. Vestalenula pagliolii occurs in both hemispheres. Many of the Recent species live in semiterrestrial and/or interstitial habitats and occur in geographically restricted areas. The distribution of the species of Vestalenula suggests independent colonisation of the subterranean environment by several species; this hypothesis is supported by the cladistic analysis.

scholarly journals Paleoecological and paleobiogeographical significance of the rudist Macgillavryia chubbii sp. n. in the Campanian of Oman

GeoArabia ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-146
Author(s):  
Jean M. Philip
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Left Valve ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Right ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

ABSTRACT Excellently preserved specimens of the large rudist Macgillavryia have been described for the first time from the Campanian Samhan Formation in the vicinity of Filim and Hayy on the eastern side of the Haushi-Huqf massif in Oman. A new species, M. chubbii, was named and found to be equivalent to other species of Macgillavryia from the Caribbean domain. The exceptionally well-preserved holotype with its articulated valves allowed the reconstruction of the functional morphology of the mantle. The indications are that the left valve of M. chubbii covered only a small part of the commissural area, leaving a large part of the mantle of the right valve directly exposed to sea water and sunlight. As a result, M. chubbii has been proposed as a potential candidate for an association with zooxanthellae. Macgillavryia is a typical epifaunal rudist that probably lived in very shallow, clear seas. The shell was not buried during its lifetime but was exposed to epibionts and bioeroders. The excellent exposures allowed the reconstruction of relationships between Macgillavryia and other biotic or abiotic components. They formed a densely packed association with spaces filled by a very coarse bioclastic material. The superpositioning of two or more layers with superstratal growth fabrics created individual rudist banks more than 1 m thick covering several hundred square meters. Paleobiogeographic reconstructions have connected M. chubbii in Arabia with Macgillavryia in the Caribbean by eastward dispersion through the Pacific region.

The termite genus Glyptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) in Miocene amber from Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Valentine Bouju ◽  
Corentin Jouault ◽  
Vincent Perrichot
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
New Record ◽  
Obtuse Angle ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
Left Mandible ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A new species of drywood termite (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) is described from a nearly complete alate specimen preserved in early Miocene Ethiopian amber. Glyptotermes abyssinicus new species is distinguished by its U-shaped head with 12-segmented antennae, the ocelli separated from the eye margin, the right mandible with an obtuse angle between the apical and first marginal teeth, the left mandible with an obtuse angle between the apical and first + second marginal teeth, and the wing venation. This is the first termite reported from Ethiopian amber, and the fourth Miocene species of the extant genus Glyptotermes Froggatt, 1897, together with species previously described from diatomites of China and amber from the Dominican Republic. As the oldest report of the genus known from Africa, G. abyssinicus n. sp. constitutes an interesting new record for the biogeographical history of the kalotermitid lineage. UUID: http://zoobank.org/7670b045-fb31-4809-8116-4d14c4dd275b

scholarly journals On a new species of the genus Cyprinotus (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from a temporary wetland in New Caledonia (Pacific Ocean), with a reappraisal of the genus

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koen Martens ◽  
Mehmet Yavuzatmaca ◽  
Janet Higuti
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Main Island ◽  
Temporary Wetland ◽  
Recent Species ◽  
Doubtful Species ◽  
The Right ◽  
High Level ◽  
A New Species

The New Caledonia archipelago is known for its high level of endemism in both faunal and floral groups. Thus far, only 12 species of non-marine ostracods have been reported. After three expeditions to the main island of the archipelago (Grande Terre), about four times as many species were found, about half of which are probably new. Here, we describe a new species, Cyprinotus drubea sp. nov., which is characterised mainly by the hyper-developed dorsal hump on the right valve, much larger than in any other known Recent species in this genus. After a literature study of the other presumed species in Cyprinotus Brady, 1886, we retain seven Recent species in the genus, including the present new species. Cyprinotus crenatus (Turner, 1893), C. dentatus (Sharpe, 1910), C. flavescens Brady, 1898, C. inconstans Furtos, 1936, C. newmexicoensis Ferguson, 1967, C. ohanopecoshensis Ferguson, 1966, C. pellucidus (Sharpe, 1897), C. scytodus (Dobbin, 1941) and C. sulphurous Blake, 1931 are here all referred to the genus Heterocypris s. lat. Claus, 1892. Cyprinotus unispinifera Furtos, 1936 is assigned to the genus Cypricercus Sars, 1895. Cyprinotus tenuis Henry, 1923, C. fuscus Henry, 1919 and C. carinatus (King, 1855) are here classified as doubtful species. A checklist of the 14 non-marine ostracods, now including Cyprinotus drubea sp. nov. and Cypris granulata (Daday, 1910), thus far reported from New Caledonia, is provided. Herpetocypris caledonica Méhes, 1939 and H. caledonica var. minor Méhes, 1939 are synonymised with Candonocypris novaezelandiae (Baird, 1843).

New record of Agrisius Walker (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Cambodia, with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4915 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-574
Author(s):  
ULZIIJARGAL BAYARSAIKHAN ◽  
TAK-GI LEE ◽  
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN ◽  
URAL YUNUSBAEV ◽  
HYUNG WOOK KWON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Agrisius Walker (1855) is reported for the first time in Cambodia, for the new species Agrisius nigripunctata sp. n. Additionally, Agrisius fuliginosus is reported for the first time in Laos, Myanmar, China, Thailand and Vietnam. Illustrations of the adult and genitalia of Agrisius nigripunctata sp. n. and A. fuliginosus Moore are presented. 

Odontopleura (Trilobita, Silurian), and a method of constrained congruency analysis

1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 600-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan M. Adrain ◽  
Brian D. E. Chatterton
Keyword(s):  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Canadian Arctic ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Parsimony Analysis ◽  
Directed Tree ◽  
Shelf Slope ◽  
Major Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
The Universe ◽  
A New Species

Odontopleura (Odontopleura) arctica, a new species of odontopleurine trilobite, is described from the Canadian Arctic. A method of cladistic analysis is detailed. Parsimony analysis should be performed treating all characters as unordered. The universe of directed trees implied by the resulting rootless network(s) can then be examined and a preferred tree selected by a criterion of congruency. Namely, the most parsimonious directed tree that accommodates the most congruent arrangement of character-states should be taken as the preferred cladogram. Since this is essentially a general congruency method operating within the constraints of parsimony, it is termed “constrained congruency.” The method is applied to the genus Odontopleura, resulting in the recognition of two major species groups, the nominate subgenus and Sinespinaspis n. subgen. Odontopleura (Ivanopleura) dufrenoyi Barrande is tentatively included in the genus, but considered too poorly known for cladistic analysis. Species assigned to Odontopleura (Odontopleura) include Odontopleura ovata Emmrich, Odontopleura brevigena Chatterton and Perry, Odontopleura (Odontopleura) arctica n. sp., and Diacanthaspis serotina Apollonov. Species assigned to Sinespinaspis n. subgen. include Taemasaspis llandoveryana Šnajdr, Odontopleura greenwoodi Chatterton and Perry, Odontopleura maccallai Chatterton and Perry, and Odontopleura nehedensis Chatterton and Perry. Odontopleura bombini Chatterton and Perry is tentatively placed in synonymy with Odontopleura nehedensis. The genus had a wide distribution throughout the Early and Middle Silurian, due to preferences for deep-water, distal shelf or shelf-slope transition zone habitats.

scholarly journals The freshwater crabs of Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, East Malaysia, with a description of a new species of Thelphusula Bott, 1969 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Gecarcinucidae, Potamidae, Sesarmidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 760 ◽  
pp. 89-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter K. L. Ng ◽  
Paul Y. C. Ng
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
New Record ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Freshwater Crabs ◽  
East Malaysia ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Malaysian Borneo

Seven species of freshwater crabs from three families are recorded from and around the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo: Thelphusulacapillodigitus sp. n., Thelphusuladicerophilus Ng & Stuebing, 1990, Arachnothelphusaterrapes Ng, 1991, Terrathelphusasecula Ng & Tan, 2015, Parathelphusavalida Ng & Goh, 1987 (new record) (Gecarcinucidae); Isolapotamoningeri Ng & Tan, 1998 (Potamidae); and Geosesarmadanumense Ng, 2002 (Sesarmidae). The new species of Thelphusula Bott, 1979, can be distinguished from all congeners by a unique combination of morphological features, most notably the presence of dense patches of short setae on the fingers of the adult male chelipeds, as well as the structure of the male first gonopod. Arachnothelphusaterrapes is confirmed to be a phytotelm species. A key to all species in the conservation area is provided.

scholarly journals The Czech Nobility's Use of the Right of Patronage on Behalf of the Hussite Reform Movement

Slavic Review ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Klassen
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
European History ◽  
Reform Movement ◽  
Reform Movements ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Southern France ◽  
The Right ◽  
Instrumental Role

Throughout European history the aristocracy has been involved in reform movements which undermined either ecclesiastical or monarchical power structures. Thus the nobles of southern France in the twelfth century granted protection to the Cathars, and in fourteenth-century England lords and knights offered aid to the Lollards. The support of German princes and knights for Lutheranism is well known, as is the instrumental role played by the French aristocracy in initiating the constitutional reforms which gave birth to that nation's eighteenth-century revolution. The fifteenth-century Hussite reform movement in Bohemia similarly received aid from the noble class. Here, when the Hussites were under attack in 1417 from the authorities, especially the archbishop, sympathetic lords protected Hussite priests on their domains.

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