Thyreophagus plocepasseri sp. n., a new parthenogenetic species of acarid mites (Acariformes: Acaridae) from Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 2250-2262
Author(s):  
P. B. Klimov ◽  
Edward Mwangi ◽  
Jonas Merckx ◽  
Marcus V. A. Duarte ◽  
Felix L. Wäckers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
New Species ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Light Microscope ◽  
Mass Rearing ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Phytoseiid Mites ◽  
Factitious Prey ◽  
Microscope Imaging ◽  
A New Species

To date, some species in the genus Thyreophagus, such as Th. entomophagus and Th. cracentiseta, have been shown to be useful factitious prey for mass-rearing of predacious phytoseiid mites, one of the most common groups of mites used for biological control. Here, we describe a new species, Thyreophagus plocepasseri sp. n. from Kenya that can serve as a factitious prey as well. In addition, the new species is asexual, a trait that can be advantageous for its mass-rearing in industrial settings. In the description, we use high-resolution light microscope imaging and extensive comparison with a similar species, Thyreophagus athiasae, for which the type was studied. We review the literature on asexual acarid mites and point to a lack of data on the presence of sex-manipulating bacteria (Wolbachia, Cardinium) in these asexual mite lineages. Based on the literature, these bacteria are known to induce parthenogenesis in several haplodiploid mites, but they have not been linked so far to parthenogenesis inducement in diplodiploid acarid mites.

scholarly journals Didymodon hengduanensis (Bryophyta, Pottiaceae), a new species from the Hengduan Mountains, Southwestern China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 275 (3) ◽  
pp. 287 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUAN A. JIMÉNEZ ◽  
DAVID G. LONG ◽  
JAMES R. SHEVOCK ◽  
JUAN GUERRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Light Microscope ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Hengduan Mountains ◽  
Basal Cells ◽  
A New Species

Didymodon hengduanensis is described as a new species from the Hengduan Mountains in the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan, China. It is characterized mainly by its lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate and appressed-incurved leaves when dry, acute leaf apices, recurved to revolute margins, the yellowish color in KOH, percurrent to subpercurrent costa, and marginal basal cells forming a distinctly differentiated area of smooth and transversely thick-walled cells. Drawings and light microscope photographs of the new species are provided. The principal characters that separate it from the most similar species are discussed.

An account of cassava mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) with a description of a new species

1981 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Cox ◽  
D. J. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
New Species ◽  
Natural Enemies ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Phenacoccus Manihoti ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Cassava Mealybug ◽  
A New Species

AbstractThe literature on the history and biology of the cassava mealybug in Africa Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero is reviewed, and reports on the search for natural enemies of this species in the Neotropics for biological control purposes are summarised. Further records of the distribution of P manihoti in Africa are presented. A new closely-related species of Phenacoccus, P. herreni sp. n., which causes distortion to cassava in the Neotropical Region is described, and a key is provided to separate it from P. manihoti and from a similar species from the Neotropical Region, P. surinamensis Green, which apparently does not occur on cassava. P. surinamensis is redescribed and illustrated.

Cercospora rodmanii, a new pathogen of water hyacinth with biological control potential

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (10) ◽  
pp. 1079-1083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth E. Conway
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
New Species ◽  
Water Hyacinth ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Control Potential ◽  
Biological Control Potential ◽  
Water Hyacinths ◽  
A New Species

A species of Cercospora was isolated from declining water hyacinths in the Rodman Reservoir in Florida. Differences between this isolate and a previously reported C. piaropi from water hyacinths and other morphologically similar species of Cercospora from other hosts warranted the establishment of a new species, C. rodmanii. Field evaluations of C. rodmanii indicate that it has biological-control potential for water hyacinth.

A new species of Phrynus Lamarck, 1801 (Arachnida: Amblypygi),  from Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, with a redescription of Phrynus pulchripes (Pocock, 1894)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4254 (3) ◽  
pp. 357 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL CHIRIVI JOYA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
The Moment ◽  
A New Species

We present the description of Phrynus calypso sp. nov. from Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela This species is very similar to Phrynus pulchripes (Pocock), however after examining Colombian specimens of P. pulchripes (ca. type locality), many differences were found. Characters commonly used in diagnosis of Phrynus species are variable and make identification difficult. Differences in a few structures, like pedipalpal spines, could not be enough to provide a useful diagnosis.  It is necessary to account for variation of similar species in conjunction, and select non overlapping groups of characters. Observations in the variation in both species are presented, pointing out sources of confusion, and suggesting alternative characters to support diagnoses. At the moment, details about variation in many species in Phrynus, like that of P. pulchripes, are poorly known, and for this reason a redescription is provided. 

scholarly journals Multigene phylogeny and morphology reveal Phaeobotryon rhois sp. nov. (Botryosphaeriales, Ascomycota)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 205 (2) ◽  
pp. 90 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIN-LEI FAN ◽  
KEVIN D. HYDE ◽  
JIAN-KUI LIU ◽  
YING-MEI LIANG ◽  
CHENG-MING TIAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Multigene Phylogeny ◽  
Fruiting Bodies ◽  
Canker Disease ◽  
Multigene Analysis ◽  
The Family ◽  
Rhus Typhina ◽  
A New Species

The family Botryosphaeriaceae encompasses important plant-associated pathogens, endophytes and saprobes with a wide geographical and host distribution. Two dark-spored botryosphaeriaceous taxa associated with Rhus typhina dieback and canker disease were collected from Ningxia Province, in northwestern China. Morphology and multigene analysis (ITS, LSU and EF-1α) clearly distinguished this clade as a distinct species in the genus. Phaeobotryon rhois is introduced and illustrated as a new species in this paper. The species is characterized by its globose, unilocular fruiting bodies and small, brown, 1-septate conidia. It can be distinguished from the similar species P. cercidis, P. cupressi, P. mamane and P. quercicola based on host association and conidial size and colour.

Protomauroania mikhailovi—a new species of malachite beetles (Coleoptera, Dasytidae) in Rovno amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5006 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-194
Author(s):  
SERGEI E. TSHERNYSHEV ◽  
EVGENY E. PERKOVSKY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Rovno Amber ◽  
Fossil Genus ◽  
A New Species

A new species of malachite beetles, Protomauroania mikhailovi Tshernyshev & Perkovsky, sp. n. is described from late Eocene Rovno amber. The new beetle is the second species of the Eocene fossil genus Protomauroania Tshernyshev, 2021 that was first recorded in Rovno amber and shows fauna similarity of dasytids in Baltic and Rovno amber. The new species is typical owing to the following characters: antennae with 5-segmented wide club, surface covered with dark-brown long semi-erect thin setae, and the ultimate ventrite (apical sternite) simple, narrow, not depressed. Digital high resolution pictures of the beetle are provided.

A new species Cyclocephala Dejean, 1821 from Bolivia (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini)

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
BRETT RATCLIFFE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
A New Species

Cyclocephala vulcanorum is described as a new species from the Refugio Los Volcanes in Santa Cruz de la Sierra Department in Bolivia. A description, a diagnosis separating the new species from similar species, illustrations, and a distribution map are provided.

Chirocephalus sanhadjaensis sp. nov., a new chirocephalid species (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from Numidia (Algeria)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4526 (3) ◽  
pp. 381
Author(s):  
LYLIA BOUMENDJEL ◽  
NICOLAS RABET ◽  
MOUNIA AMAROUAYACHE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Resting Eggs ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Freshwater Ponds ◽  
Restricted Distribution ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Northeastern Algeria

A new species of Chirocephalus collected in temporary freshwater ponds in Northeastern Algeria is described. Chirocephalus sanhadjaensis sp. nov. seems to be restricted to Ain-Magroun and Belkroun pools (Skikda Province). The most similar species is C. marchesonii Ruffo & Vesentini, 1957, which is endemic to Italy. The new taxon, belonging to the “diaphanus” species group of the genus Chirocephalus, is identifiable from all congeners primarily by the shape of the antennal appendages and that of the apex of the distal antennomere of the antennae. The resting eggs of C. sanhadjaensis sp. nov. are similar to those of C. diaphanus or C. salinus but are larger (448.24 ± 30.93 µm). The restricted distribution of this species confirms the high biological diversity of the area of the Guerbes-Sanhadja eco-complex. 

Phyllagathis stellata (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae), a new species from southwestern Sarawak, Borneo

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 365 (3) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
CHE-WEI LIN ◽  
CHI-HUNG LEE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
The Past ◽  
A New Species

Reknowned for its high biodiversity and endemism, over one third of the Bornean species of Phyllagathis were discovered in Sarawak over the past two years. In this study, we report an addition of a new species of Phyllagathis, namely P. stellata from southwestern Sarawak. In addition to the taxonomic account, color plates, line drawings, a distribution map, and comparisons with morphologically similar species are provided to aid in identification.

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