Revision of the old world Holothyridae (Arachnida : Anactinotrichida : Holothyrina)

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 767 ◽  
Author(s):  
PT Lehtinen
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Western Coast ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fly River ◽  
Taxonomic Categories

A revised classification of the Holothyridae is presented. The family is restricted to archipelagoes from Melanesia to the Seychelles, with no known records from any continent. Evolution of holothyrid characters, phylogenetic relationships of the eight holothyrid genera and criteria for taxonomic categories in Holothyridae are discussed.Holothyrus braueri Thon, 1905, from the Seychelle Islands, is selected as the type species of a new genus, Sternothyrus. A new genus, Lindothyrus, is created for L. rubellus, sp. nov., from the western coast of New Caledonia, and L. elongatus, sp. nov., from Lord Howe Island, Australia. Indothyrus greeni, gen. et sp. nov., is described from Sri Lanka. Hammenius (Leiothyrus) Hammen, 1983 is raised to generic rank and Holothyrus nitidissimus Thorell, 1882 from the Fly River, and H. armatus Canestrini from Tamara Island (Aitape), both New Guinea, are included in this genus. The two previously known New Guinean genera, Thonius Lehtinen, 1981 and Hammenius Lehtinen, 1981, are redefined and relimited, and their type species are redescribed. Five new holothyrid taxa are described from New Guinea: Thonius mendi from the Strickland River, T. berlesei from an unknown locality, Hammenius fujuge iora from the Central district, Oro Province, H. grandjeani gressitti from Mt Bosavi, and H. insularis from the Louisiade Archipelago. Holothyrus Gervais, 1842 is restricted to two species from Mauritius only. A new genus, Haplothyrus, is created for the New Caledonian species H. expolitissimus Berlese, 1924 and for H. hyatti, sp. nov., from an unknown locality. Haplothyrus is characterised by the possession of a single female genital valve instead of four valves, as in all other genera of this suborder. The poorly described Seychellian species with no preserved material could not be revised.

Philippinozercon, a new genus of Heterozerconidae (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata), with description of all active instars

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4540 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
BEVERLY S. GERDEMAN ◽  
RUFINO C. GARCIA ◽  
ANDREW HERCZAK ◽  
HANS KLOMPEN
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Temperate Species ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
The Family

The generic classification of millipede associated Heterozerconidae in the Oriental region is revised. The genus Allozercon Vitzthum is re-diagnosed and Asioheterozercon Fain is designated as an subjective junior synonym of Allozercon. Philippinozercon gen. nov., with the type species P. makilingensis sp. nov., is described for all instars. This genus may be endemic for the Philippines, but is quite widespread in that country. All immature instars are described, making this the second species of Heterozerconidae known for all instars. The morphology of the immatures is compared with that of immatures of the temperate species Narceoheterozercon ohioensis and unnamed species from Brazil and Thailand. All immatures were collected from millipede frass and litter, never from millipedes. Adults are associated with millipedes in the family Trigoniulidae (Spirobolida). 

First records of Net-winged Midges (Diptera: Blephariceridae) from Papua New Guinea, with description of a new species

1989 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 361 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Zwick ◽  
KG Hortle
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
First Report ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fly River ◽  
A New Species

Curupirina papuana sp. n. and an unnamed species of a probably new genus of Apistomyiini (Diptera : Blephariceridae) are described from the Ok Tedi, a tributary of the Fly River, Papua New Guinea. This is the first report of the family from the island; its zoogeographical significance is discussed with reference to the long-presumed role of the island in the evolution and dispersal of the tribe Apistomyiini.

Urolabida graziae, new urostylidid species from the Philippines with comments on the current taxonomy and systematics of the family (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Urostylididae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4958 (1) ◽  
pp. 702-712
Author(s):  
MARCOS ROCA-CUSACHS ◽  
MERCEDES PARIS ◽  
ALMA MOHAGAN ◽  
SUNGHOON JUNG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
External Appearance ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Male Genital

A new species of Urostylididae from the Philippine islands (Mindanao) is herein described. This new species, similar to Urolabida bipunctata Stål, 1871, differs from the latter in the shape of the external male genitalia. Urolabida bipunctata and the new species, Urolabida graziae Roca-Cusachs, sp. nov., are extremely similar in external appearance, and fit into the (incomplete) description of genus Urolabida Westwood, 1837. The examination and comparison with the type specimens of other Urostylididae species, especially the male genital capsule, clearly separates this two species from Urolabida tenera Westwood, 1837, the type species of the genus Urolabida, however the taxonomy of this group is not resolved and needs a deep revision, therefore we refrain from description of a new genus-group taxon here. Additionally, images of the type specimens of Urolabida tenera, Urostylis histrionica Westwood, 1837, and Urostylis punctigera Westwood, 1837, are provided and discussion on the current systematics and classification of the family, and particularly of genus Urolabida are also given. 

A new genus of marine water striders (Hemiptera, Veliidae) with five new species from Malesia

1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Møller Andersen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Marine Water ◽  
Sunda Shelf ◽  
Water Striders ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago

AbstractThe generic classification of water striders belonging to the veliid subfamily Haloveliinae is discussed and revised and a key to the genera provided. A new genus of marine haloveliines, Haloveloides gen. n., is described. The type species of the new genus, H. papuensis (Esaki) comb. n., is redescribed and recorded from Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomons. H. browni (Lansbury) comb. n. is redescribed and recorded from the same areas as the type species. Five new species are described in the genus: H. brevicornis sp. n. (the Moluccas, Sulawesi, Palawan), sundaensis sp. n. (Sunda shelf areas), danpolhemi sp. n. (Palawan), cornuta sp. n. (Luzon), and femoralis sp. n. (Palawan). The cladistic relationships and biogeography of the species are discussed.

The Australian Lymexylidae (Coleoptera: Tenerionoidea) with one new genus and two genera new to Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4895 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-238
Author(s):  
JOHN F. LAWRENCE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The generic classification of Lymexylidae is reexamined, particularly with reference to the Australian fauna. The transfer of the Madagascar genus and species Alcestoma serropalpoides Fairmaire (1895) from Melandryidae to Lymexylidae, proposed by Nikitsky in Nikitsky et al. (1998), is confirmed and the genus is considered to be a senior synonym of Protomelittomma Wheeler (1986), syn. n. The occurrence of the genus Alcestoma in Australia is noted and a new species, Alcestoma queenslandicum, sp. n. is described from northern Queensland. The genus Arractocetus Kurosawa (1985) is also recorded for the first time from Australia, but the species is not described. A new genus, Leptonetron, gen. n., is described, based on the type species Atractocerus victoriensis Blackburn, 1891, which is considered to be a senior synonym of Atractocerus tasmaniensis Lea, 1917, syn. n. A key is provided for the Australian genera and species of Lymexylidae and the evolution of the family is briefly discussed. 

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of the new spider genus Hortophora, the Australasian Garden Orb-weavers (Araneae, Araneidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-334
Author(s):  
Volker W. Framenau ◽  
Renner L. C. Baptista ◽  
Francisca Sâmia M. Oliveira ◽  
Pedro de S. Castanheira
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Large Spine

The new genus Hortophora in the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 is established to include 13 species from the Australasian-Pacific region, with ten species known from Australia (five of which new to science): Hortophora biapicata (L. Koch, 1871), comb. nov. (type species) (= Araneus biapicatifera Strand, 1907, syn. nov.; = Epeira frosti Hogg, 1896, syn. nov.); H. cucullussp. nov.; H. lodicula (Keyserling, 1887), comb. nov. (= Epeira scutigerens Hogg, 1900, syn. nov.); H. megacanthasp. nov.; H. porongurupsp. nov.; H. tatianeaesp. nov.; H. transmarina (Keyserling, 1865), comb. nov.) (also known from Papua New Guinea); H. urbana (Keyserling, 1887), comb. nov.; H. walesiana (Karsch, 1878), comb. nov. (= Epeira rhombocephalaThorell 1881, syn. nov.; = Epeira lutulenta Keyserling, 1886, syn. nov.); and H. yesabahsp. nov. The following species of Hortophoragen. nov. are recognised from the Pacific region but not revised in detail due to a lack of material, specifically mature males: Hortophora capitalis (L. Koch, 1871), comb. nov. (removed from synonymy with H. transmarinacomb. nov.) from Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu; H. flavicoma (Simon, 1880), comb. nov. from New Caledonia (incl. Loyalty Islands) and H. viridis (Keyserling, 1865), comb. nov. (removed from synonymy with H. transmarinacomb. nov.) from Samoa. Epeira thyridota Thorell, 1870 is here removed from synonymy with H. transmarinacomb. nov. and transferred to Backobourkia Framenau, Dupérré, Blackledge & Vink, 2010, B. thyridota (Thorell, 1870), comb. nov.Hortophoragen. nov. includes medium-sized to large, nocturnal orb-weaving spiders typically with subtriangular to ovoid abdomen bearing humeral humps. The tibiae of the second leg in males is usually enlarged with numerous strong spines and an apico-ventral megaspur carrying a large spine in some species. Male pedipalps generally have an elongated, transverse median apophysis ending in a bifid tip in most species, a sinuous to straight embolus and a bubble-shaped terminal apophysis. The female epigyne scape is highly elongated and does not have a terminal pocket. Genital mutilation, i.e. breaking off the epigyne scape during copulation, is common in some species. Hortophoragen. nov. include the most frequently collected nocturnal orb-weaving spiders in Australia.

10.—Triradioxylon—a New Genus of Lower Carboniferous Petrified Stems and Petioles together with a Review of the Classification of Early Pterophytina

1975 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
pp. 231-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. D. W. Barnard ◽  
A. G. Long
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Bundle ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Secondary Xylem ◽  
Lower Carboniferous ◽  
Primary Xylem ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Bordered Pits ◽  
The Family

SynopsisTriradioxylongen. nov. is erected for petrified stems and petioles in which the primary xylem has a triradiate form and possesses protoxylem at the ends of the arms and in the central region. Secondary xylem is dense and composed of small tracheids having multiseriate bordered pits on all walls. Rays are narrow and high. The cortex has sclerotic nests and radial bands of fibres (sparganum structure).In the type speciesT. primaevumsp. nov. the petioles are borne 5–6 cm apart in a phyllotactic spiral of ⅓ on a stem about 1 cm (or more) diameter. The petiole is swollen at its base (about 8 mm diameter) and very gradually tapers to about 2 mm in the rachis which has not been seen to dichotomise. The length of petiole up to the first pinna may exceed 10 cm. Pinnae arose alternately and themselves branched. The T-shaped petiolar bundle has two protoxylem groups at the end of each arm and the central protoxylem divided into three in the rachis.Two detached rachises which cannot be assigned with certainty toTriradioxylon primaevumare placed in the genusLyginorachisand namedL. whitadderensissp. nov. In these the T-shaped vascular bundle is slightly larger than that in the rachises ofT. primaevumand the ends of the transverse arms are wider and may possess three protoxylem groups.The rachises in bothT.primaevumandL. whitadderensisbear alternate triarch pinna-traces but inL. whitadderensisa pair of sub-opposite monarch pinna-traces is also present.Triradioxylonis classified along withButeoxylonin the family Buteoxylonaceae placed tentatively asincertae sedisin the Pteridosperms although showing some affinity withAneurophytonin the Progymnospermopsida.

Phylogenomic analysis supports the reclassification of Burkholderia novacaledonica as Caballeronia novacaledonica comb. nov.

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauricio Javier Lozano ◽  
Ezequiel Gerdardo Mogro ◽  
Walter Omar Draghi
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Marker Genes ◽  
Phylogenomic Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Homologous Protein ◽  
Link Type ◽  
A Genome

Burkholderia novacaledonica is a Betaproteobacterial species isolated from ultramafic soils in New Caledonia. The characterization and classification of this species into the Burkholderia genus was done simultaneously with the proposal of the new genus Caballeronia , initially composed of closely related Burkholderia glathei -like species. Thereafter, some reports based on the use of phylogenetic marker genes suggested that B. novacaledonica forms part of Caballeronia genus. Lacking a formal validation, and with the availability of its genome sequence, a genome-based phylogeny of B. novacaledonica was obtained to unravel its taxonomic position in Burkholderia sensu lato. A partial gyrB gene phylogeny, extended multilocus sequence typing on homologous protein sequences, and genomic distance-based phylogeny, all support the placement of this species in the Caballeronia genus. Therefore, the reclassification of B. novacaledonica to Caballeronia novacaledonica comb. nov. is proposed.

Three new species, two new genera, and new family Biphragmosagittidae (Сhaetognatha) from Southwest Pacific Ocean

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-173
Author(s):  
A.P. Kassatkina
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Body ◽  
New Order ◽  
New Genera ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species

Resuming published and own data, a revision of classification of Chaetognatha is presented. The family Sagittidae Claus & Grobben, 1905 is given a rank of subclass, Sagittiones, characterised, in particular, by the presence of two pairs of sac-like gelatinous structures or two pairs of fins. Besides the order Aphragmophora Tokioka, 1965, it contains the new order Biphragmosagittiformes ord. nov., which is a unique group of Chaetognatha with an unusual combination of morphological characters: the transverse muscles present in both the trunk and the tail sections of the body; the seminal vesicles simple, without internal complex compartments; the presence of two pairs of lateral fins. The only family assigned to the new order, Biphragmosagittidae fam. nov., contains two genera. Diagnoses of the two new genera, Biphragmosagitta gen. nov. (type species B. tarasovi sp. nov. and B. angusticephala sp. nov.) and Biphragmofastigata gen. nov. (type species B. fastigata sp. nov.), detailed descriptions and pictures of the three new species are presented.

scholarly journals Deilagaon, a New Genus of Indo-Malayan and Papuan Fig Wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Agaonidae)

1977 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.T. Wiebes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Fig Wasps ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago

Introduction of the new genus Deilagaon with descriptions of new species chrysolepidis (type-species) from the Philippines (type-locality Luzon, ex Ficus chrysolepis Miq.), Celebes, New Guinea (ex F. novoguineensis Corner), Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Isis.; and annulatae from Thailand, Malaya (ex F.depressa Bl.), Sumatra, Borneo (type-locality N. Borneo, ex F. annulata Bl.), Philippines. Included is also Ceratosolen megarhopalus Grandi (1923) from Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines (Balabac Isl.).

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