A new genus and species of Leeuwenhoekiinae (Acari: Trombiculidae) from rodents collected in Chile, and a key to the new world genera of Leeuwenhoekiinae

1989 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lee Goff ◽  
James P. Webb
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species

scholarly journals A minute stingless bee in Eocene Fushan amber from northeastern China (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

2013 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Engel ◽  
Charles D. Michener
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Stingless Bee ◽  
Northeastern China ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Eocene Amber

The first fossil bee in Eocene amber of the Fushan Coalfield, Liaoning, China is described and figured.  Exebotrigona velteni Engel & Michener, new genus and species (Apinae: Meliponini) is based on a stingless bee worker and is remarkably similar in several apomorphic traits to the species of the New World genus Trigonisca Moure s.l.  The diversity of fossil and subfossil Meliponini is briefly summarized, as are the characters and possible affinities of Exebotrigona.

scholarly journals New phiocricetomyine rodents (Hystricognathi) from the Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e12074
Author(s):  
Shorouq F. Al-Ashqar ◽  
Erik R. Seiffert ◽  
Dorien de Vries ◽  
Sanaa El-Sayed ◽  
Mohamed S. Antar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
Early Oligocene ◽  
Species Type ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Latest Eocene

Background The rich rodent assemblages from the Eocene–Oligocene deposits of the Jebel Qatrani Formation (Fayum Depression, Egypt) have important implications for our understanding of the origin and paleobiogeography of Hystricognathi, a diverse clade that is now represented by the Afro-Asiatic Hystricidae, New World Caviomorpha, and African Phiomorpha. Methods Here we present previously undescribed material of the enigmatic hystricognath clade Phiocricetomyinae, from two stratigraphic levels in the lower sequence of the Jebel Qatrani Formation—a new genus and species (Qatranimys safroutus) from the latest Eocene Locality 41 (~34 Ma, the oldest and most productive quarry in the formation) and additional material of Talahphiomys lavocati from that species’ type locality, early Oligocene Quarry E (~31–33.2 Ma). Results The multiple specimens of Qatranimys safroutus from L-41 document almost the entire lower and upper dentition, as well as mandibular fragments and the first cranial remains known for a derived phiocricetomyine. Specimens from Quarry E allow us to expand comparisons with specimens from Libya (late Eocene of Dur at-Talah and early Oligocene of Zallah Oasis) that have been placed in T. lavocati, and we show that the Dur at-Talah and Zallah specimens do not pertain to this species. These observations leave the Fayum Quarry E as the only locality where T. lavocati occurs.

scholarly journals A new genus and species of natricine snake from northeast India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4603 (2) ◽  
pp. 241 ◽  
Author(s):  
VARAD B. GIRI ◽  
DAVID J. GOWER ◽  
ABHIJIT DAS ◽  
H.T. LALREMSANGA ◽  
SAMUEL LALRONUNGA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Molecular Variation ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Indian Populations ◽  
Western Palearctic ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

Based on the first molecular phylogenetic analyses of samples from northeast India, specimens referred to Rhabdops from this region are more closely related to the southeast and east Asian natricine genera Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 and Sinonatrix Rossman & Eberle, 1977 (as well as to New World and western Palearctic natricines) than to peninsular Indian (true) Rhabdops. Morphologically, these northeast Indian populations differ from other natricines by having a single (‘fused’ or unpaired) internasal shield and a single prefrontal shield. Given the morphological and phylogenetic distinctiveness of these northeast Indian populations, we refer them to a new genus, Smithophis gen. nov., and transfer Rhabdops bicolor (Blyth, 1854) to Smithophis bicolor comb. nov. Based on morphological and molecular variation within our northeast Indian sample, we additionally describe Smithophis atemporalis sp. nov. from the state of Mizoram.

scholarly journals Renefouqueosis peruviensis, a new genus and species of Stenosini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Peru with a key to the Stenosini of the World and notes on the genera Anchomma and Fitzsimonsium

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf L. Aalbu ◽  
Aaron D. Smith ◽  
Kojun Kanda ◽  
Patrice Bouchard
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Old World ◽  
The World ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

Renefouqueosis peruviensis gen. et sp. nov., a new tenebrionid genus and species of the tribe Stenosini (subtribe Stenosina) is described from the arid mountains of Northern Peru. Including the new genus Renefouqueosis gen. nov., the tribe Stenosini now includes 40 valid genera of which nine are from the New World. The genera are placed in six subtribes (two worldwide, two New World and two Old World). Type species and subtribal assignment for each genus is presented. Notes on the placement of the genera Anchomma LeConte, 1858 and Fitzsimonsium Koch, 1962 are given. The proper placement of these genera is uncertain. Because of numerous morphological similarities to the Stenosini, we have decided to place these in a key to the world genera of Stenosini, which we provide.

An Early Condor-Like Vulture from North America

The Auk ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 529-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven D. Emslie
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
North America ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
New World ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Large Body ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Large Body Size ◽  
Near Extinction

Abstract A new genus and species of condor-like vulture (Ciconiiformes: Vulturidae) is described from the middle Miocene (Barstovian) of North America and is the earliest condor now known in the New World. The fossil record at present indicates that the Vulturidae originated in the Old World, but diversified in the New World. Large body size in vultures developed in North America at least 4 million years (Ma) earlier than thought previously, and the condors probably evolved in North America. Condors were most diverse in the late Pleistocene but are now near extinction.

A new genus and species of Sophiini Townsend, 1936 (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Brazil, with an updated key to the genera of the tribe

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4500 (3) ◽  
pp. 433
Author(s):  
MARCELO DOMINGOS DE SANTIS
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Instar Larva ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Pale Yellow ◽  
First Instar

Sophiini is a New World tribe of Tachinidae composed, prior to this study, of 19 species in eight genera. Cryptosophia aurulenta gen. and sp. nov. from Amazonas, Brazil, is described and assigned to that tribe. The new genus can be easily distinguished from the other genera in the tribe, mainly by: head with occiput clearly swollen medially; thorax without a proepisternal seta; and meron with pale yellow setae almost indistinguishable from the yellow integument. It is most similar to members of the genera Neosophia Guimarães and Sophiella Guimarães. An updated and illustrated key to the genera of Sophiini is provided, including Cryptosophia gen. nov. Descriptions and illustrations of the female terminalia, spermatheca, and first instar larva are also provided for the new genus and species. 

A new genus and species of Stigmoderini Lacordaire, 1857 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae) from Southeast Brazil with notes on its hypothesized mimicry complex

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4686 (4) ◽  
pp. 542-550
Author(s):  
CRISTIAN R. PINEDA ◽  
RICARDO M. KOIKE ◽  
RAFAEL C. BARROS
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Southeast Brazil

Lampygnatha ikuoi gen. & sp. nov. is described and illustrated from southeast Brazil. A hypothesized mimicry complex that involves the new taxon, Allocerus spencei Kirby (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and Cratomorphus splendidus (Drury, 1782) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) is discussed. A key to the identification of all genera of New World Stigmoderini is presented. 

An unusual new genus and species of centrotine treehopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Centrotinae) from Nicaragua

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4729 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-292
Author(s):  
BRENDAN O. MORRIS ◽  
CHRISTOPHER H. DIETRICH
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Dorsal Margin ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Old World

A new genus and species of treehopper (Membracidae: Centrotinae) from Nicaragua, Kaikaia gaga, is described and illustrated. Kaikaia is particularly notable in having an assemblage of features more characteristic of the Old World centrotine tribe Beaufortianini than currently recognized New World centrotine tribes. Kaikaia lacks cucullate setae of the mesothoracic femora, which are present in the Boocerini and to some extent, the Platycentrini. The new genus also has an additional m-cu crossvein in the forewing, as well as a frontoclypeal shape and overall appearance similar to Platycentrus Stål. Nevertheless, Kaikaia differs from Platycentrus in its narrow, straight shape of the second valvulae, which bear several prominently raised dorsal teeth and an acute projection along the dorsal margin that resemble those of some members of Nessorhinini. 

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