<p class="Body">First record of the mite genus Denheyernaxoides Smiley (Acari: Bdelloidea: Cunaxidae) for North America and a redescription of D. americanus Rocha et al.

Here we present the first records of Denheyernaxoides from North America: D. americanus, collected from coniferous litter, soil, and moss in Nova Scotia, Canada. These new records significantly expand the known distribution of the species. Denheyernaxoides americanus is redescribed to include Canadian specimens and to rectify discrepancies in the species’ description identified during examination of the holotype. The deutonymph of D. americanus is also described. Sequences, representing a 658 bp region of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), were obtained from representative specimens collected in Canada. Comparison of these sequences with those from the Barcode of Life database (BOLD) suggests that a second species of Denheyernaxoides may occur in British Columbia, Canada. A revised key to world species of Denheyernaxoides is provided.

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Distributional Status of an Introduced Land Snail Discus rotundatus (Rotund Disc, Mollusca: Discidae) in Canada

The Canadian Field-Naturalist ◽

10.22621/cfn.v130i3.1887 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 130 (3) ◽

pp. 236

Author(s):

Robert G Forsyth ◽

John E Maunder ◽

Donald F McAlpine ◽

Ronald G Noseworthy

Keyword(s):

British Columbia ◽

Nova Scotia ◽

North America ◽

New Brunswick ◽

First Record ◽

Land Snail ◽

Avalon Peninsula

First collected in North America in 1937 on the Avalon Peninsula of the Island of Newfoundland, the introduced, primarily European land snail, Discus rotundatus, has now been recorded from the Island of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia. We review all known records from Canada, demonstrate that D. rotundatus is more widespread than was previously recognized on the Island of Newfoundland, and report the first record from New Brunswick.

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Three new species and two new records of the genus Phaenocarpa Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from South Korea

Journal of Hymenoptera Research ◽

10.3897/jhr.86.69998 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 86 ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Ju-Hyeong Sohn ◽

Cornelis van Achterberg ◽

Gyeonghyeon Lee ◽

Hyojoong Kim

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Cytochrome C ◽

South Korea ◽

Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽

New Records ◽

Dna Barcode ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time ◽

Genetic Comparison

The species of the genus Phaenocarpa Foerster, 1863 (Braconidae: Alysiinae) from South Korea are revised, and the genus is recorded for the first time from South Korea. Three species, Phaenocarpa artotemporalissp. nov., P. brachyurasp. nov. and P. lobatasp. nov., are new to Science, and two species, P. masha Belokobylskij, 1998 and P. fidelis Fischer, 1970, are newly recognized in South Korea. They are described and illustrated herein with a provision of the identification key to the Korean species. In addition, the DNA barcode region of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) has been analyzed for the six species including P. ruficeps for genetic comparison.

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First Record of Mansonia dyari From Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association ◽

10.2987/19-6859.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 214-216 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Krystal R. Seger ◽

Aubrey Drummond ◽

David Delgado ◽

Corey A. Day ◽

Charles B. Sither ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Cytochrome C ◽

Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽

United States Virgin Islands ◽

First Record ◽

Virgin Islands ◽

Representative Specimen ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽

Saint Croix ◽

Collection Methods

ABSTRACT The first report of Mansonia dyari on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands (USVI), is confirmed. Adult and larval specimens were collected in 2018 and 2019 through adult surveillance and larval collections. Specimens were identified by microscopic methods, and a representative specimen was confirmed by DNA sequencing (mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I). Morphological features are reviewed and compared with Mansonia flaveola, a species previously reported in the USVI. Notes are provided on the locations, collection methods, and mosquito associates found with Ma. dyari in the USVI.

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The identities of three species of Parahelice Sakai, Türkay & Yang, 2006 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae) from the western Pacific, based on morphological and molecular evidence

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4728.2.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4728 (2) ◽

pp. 249-265

Author(s):

HSI-TE SHIH ◽

JHIH-WEI HSU ◽

JHENG-JHANG LI ◽

NGAN KEE NG ◽

JUNG-HSIANG LEE

Keyword(s):

Cytochrome C ◽

Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽

New Records ◽

Oceanic Islands ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

Pacific Region ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽

Males And Females ◽

Morphological Differences ◽

The Western Pacific

Species of the varunid genus Parahelice Sakai, Türkay & Yang, 2006, inhabit high intertidal areas of oceanic islands of the tropical Indo-West Pacific region. As several species of Parahelice and Pseudohelice subquadrata (Dana, 1851) were found to be sympatric in some places, and their morphological differences are minor, especially in females, the misidentification of species is not uncommon in the literature. In this study, the DNA barcoding marker, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), was applied to confirm species identities and this was correlated with the specific characters of males and females. Distributions of three species of Parahelice were also updated, with Par. daviei (Sakai, Türkay & Yang, 2006), Par. pilimana (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873), and Par. pilosa (Sakai, Türkay & Yang, 2006) being new records to Taiwan, and Par. pilosa new to Bali, Indonesia.

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