Contribution to the taxonomy of human-infesting chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) in Europe

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandr A. Stekolnikov ◽  
Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Zoological Institute ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Capra Hircus ◽  
Museum Specimen ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
The Uk ◽  
First Time

Three species of chigger mites, which are supposed to be agents of human trombiculiasis in Europe, have been studied based on museum collections and specimens collected by the authors. Trombicula toldti Winkler, 1953 has been transferred to the monotypic genus Blanciella Vercammen-Grandjean, 1960. The type species of this genus, Blanciella deschiensi (Vercammen-Grandjean, 1956), was synonymized with Blanciella toldti comb. nov., and B. toldti was re-described. Lectotype of B. toldti was designated based on the type material donated to Zoological Institute RAS (St. Petersburg, Russia). The lectotype of Kepkatrombicula desaleri (Methlagl, 1928) was found in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France), and the previously designated neotype of K. desaleri has been set aside. Both B. toldti and K. desaleri have been recorded for the first time in Switzerland infesting goats (Capra hircus L., 1758). Human parasitism by Neotrombicula inopinata (Oudemans, 1909) in the UK has been confirmed for the first time with an examined museum specimen.

scholarly journals Systematics and description of the lungfish genus Sagenodus from the Carboniferous of the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-74
Author(s):  
Esther L. BEEBY ◽  
Timothy R. SMITHSON ◽  
Jennifer A. CLACK
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Early Carboniferous ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Late 19Th Century ◽  
Lower Tooth ◽  
Jaw Joint ◽  
The Uk ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACTThe Carboniferous lungfish genus Sagenodus is reviewed from all available British specimens and described in detail for the first time. We identify two species exclusive to the UK: Sagenodusinaequalis, the type species, deriving from the late Carboniferous (=Pennsylvanian); and Sagenodus quinquecostatus derived from the early Carboniferous (=Mississippian). The genus is probably the most widespread of the known Carboniferous lungfish genera, but the British species have not been formally described since their discovery in the mid–late 19th Century. This work will provide data to help resolve existing questions about the position of Sagenodus in the phylogeny of Palaeozoic lungfishes, and provide a template for the recognition of isolated elements in museum collections and the finds from recent and future field work. The early Carboniferous species, S. quinquecostatus, shows a so far unique functional mechanism in which the lower tooth plates appear to rotate relative to the upper plates during jaw closure, implying a kinetic function at the symphysis or jaw joint.

scholarly journals Highly disjunct and highly infected millipedes – a new cave-dwelling species of Chiraziulus (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Cambalidae) from Iran and notes on Laboulbeniales ectoparasites

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira ◽  
Mohamad Javad Malek Hosseini ◽  
Saber Sadeghi ◽  
Henrik Enghoff
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Intraspecific Variability ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
First Time ◽  
Scanning Electron

Chiraziulus is a highly disjunct, hitherto monotypic genus of cambalid millipedes, geographically isolated in Iran by more than 7000 km from its presumed closest relatives in East Asia and North America. Recent fieldwork in caves of Iran has provided several specimens of this genus, allowing the description of Chiraziulus troglopersicus sp. nov. The intraspecific variability of the type species, C. kaiseri Mauriès, 1983, is illustrated with scanning electron micrographs. Chiraziulus is characterized by exceedingly long microtrichose gonopod flagella which from their insertion points on the posterior face of the anterior gonopod coxites first point distad instead of basad or basad-posteriad as in most other flagelliferous Cambalidea (and Julida), then traverse a groove on the mesal surface of the anterior gonopod coxites, making a full (360°) loop. The same feature is also illustrated for the first time in the genus Cambala. The patterns and prevalence of the infection with a species of ectoparasitic fungus of the genus Rickia (order Laboulbeniales) in the type material of C. kaiseri is described. An updated review of the cave-adapted fauna of Iran is given.

Taxonomic re-evaluation of the monotypic genus Pararhabdophis Bourret, 1934 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) with discovery of its type species, P. chapaensis, from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4486 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
JIN-LONG REN ◽  
KAI WANG ◽  
TAO THIEN NGUYEN ◽  
CHUNG VAN HOANG ◽  
GUANG-HUI ZHONG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
History Data ◽  
Lao Cai ◽  
Available Information ◽  
First Time

The Asian monotypic genus Pararhabdophis Bourret, 1934 has long been known from a single holotype of the type species Pararhabdophis chapaensis Bourret, 1934 only. The limited available information hampered the identification of the natricine species. On the basis of eight newly collected specimens of P. chapaensis from the type locality in Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam and from Pingbian, Yunnan Province in southwestern China, the taxonomic position of the genus Pararhabdophis was re-evaluated using both morphological and molecular datasets for the first time. Pararhabdophis chapaensis is nested within the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 with strong support, and morphologically indistinguishable from the latter genus. As a consequence, we herein synonymize the genus Pararhabdophis with Hebius and discuss about the existing paraphyly of some Hebius species. In addition we report Hebius chapaensis for the first time from China and provide redescription and natural history data of this poorly known species. To facilitate future taxonomic work, an identification key to all known natricine genera from China and Vietnam is also provided. 

A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1178 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. JOHN TENNENT
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
First Time

A systematic checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia is presented. A significant number of previously unpublished island records were found in major museum collections in the UK, Australia and the USA. Aspects of butterfly distribution, authorship of names, and taxonomy are addressed, and sources for about 2,200 published butterfly names are incorporated in a comprehensive bibliography of Pacific butterflies. Combined with recent publications dealing with specific areas, such as Papua New Guinea, a working systematic checklist of Pacific Region butterflies is available for the first time.

A new species of Nyleta Dodd (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from Southeast Asia

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (18) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Veenakumari Kamalanathan ◽  
Prashanth Mohanraj
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Remote Island ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The monotypic genus Nyleta was described by Dodd from Australia in 1926, with Nyleta striaticeps Dodd as the type species. A new species of Nyleta is now described and imaged from the remote island of Little Andaman in the Andaman and Nicobar group of Islands in the Indian Ocean. Variants of the same species were also collected from Tamil Nadu. The images of the holotype of N. striaticeps are also provided for the first time.

Brazilian Polycladida (Rhabditophora: Platyhelminthes): Rediscovery of Marcus’ type material and general revision

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4490 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIANA BAHIA ◽  
MICHAEL SCHRÖDL
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Marine Invertebrates ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
First Time ◽  
Future Reference ◽  
Eleven Species

Polyclads are a conspicuous group of marine invertebrates, the most charismatic members of the phylum Platyhelminthes. From Brazil, a total of 71 polyclad species were reported or described. Only three of them were recently described, five are recent records for the Brazilian coast, and 55 were described by Ernest and Eveline Marcus, who were by far the most productive workers. However, they quite often published in Portuguese or German, rather than English, and have not designated type material or specified material deposited in museum collections. Most of the polylcad material studied by the Marcus was found to be in the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Here we summarize the knowledge about Brazilian polyclad biodiversity, give information about deposited material in different museums for future reference, and designate type material for the species that did not have any. We examined 58 polyclad species reported from Brazil and designated type material and information available on type series of 52 species. Lectotypes (89 vouchers) were designated for 30 species and paralectotypes (73 specimens / 70 vouchers) were designated for 22 Brazilian species. Among the 261 type vouchers examined in this work, 22 species (77 vouchers) had material recognized as holotypes and 2 vouchers were recognized as paratypes. Of the total number of species reported from Brazil, 10 species remain without information about type material. In the present paper we also propose a new combination (Lurymare cynarium nov. comb.). Eleven species have their geographical distribution range broadened and 42 were photographed for the first time, five of those were photographed live as well. The number of Brazilian polyclad species is expected to rise when different regions and environments are surveyed. 

scholarly journals Redescription of the monotypic genus Volkeliopsis Poppius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1676 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
IZABELA SADOWSKA-WODA ◽  
FRÉDÉRIC CHÉROT
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
First Time ◽  
Male Genital

The monotypic genus Volkeliopsis POPPIUS and its type species Volkeliopsis frontalis are redescribed. The male genital structures are described for the first time.

The Neotropical spider genus Paradossenus (Araneae, Trechaleidae): a new species, taxonomic notes and new records

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2781 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
ESTEVAM L. CRUZ DA SILVA ◽  
ARNO A. LISE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The male of Paradossenus pulcher Sierwald, 1993 and a new species, P. macuxi, from Roraima, Northern Brazil are described and illustrated for the first time. The monotypic genus Magnichela Silva & Lise, 2006 is a junior synonym of Paradossenus F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903. Paradossenus amazonensis Carico & Silva, 2010 is a junior synonym of Magnichela santaremensis Silva & Lise, 2006 (type species). New data on the Brazilian distributions of Paradossenus acanthocymbium Carico & Silva, 2010, P. tocantins Carico & Silva, 2010 and P. pozo Carico & Silva, 2010 are presented.

scholarly journals Revision of the ant-eating spider genus Mallinus Simon, 1893 (Araneae, Zodariidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 822 ◽  
pp. 141-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Haddad ◽  
Arnaud Henrard ◽  
Rudy Jocqué
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Species Inquirenda ◽  
Ant Eating ◽  
First Time

The zodariine spider genus Mallinus Simon, 1893 is redescribed and diagnosed. The type species, M.nitidiventris Simon, 1893 from South Africa, was originally described from subadult specimens. Adults of both sexes of M.nitidiventris are described for the first time, based on recently collected material, and the genus is rediagnosed, redescribed, and its relationships discussed. A single aberrant male specimen from Namibia is here described as a morphospecies, as it is presumed to only be superficially related. A second species, M.defectus Strand, 1906 from Tunisia, is considered a ‘species inquirenda’, as the type specimens could not be traced, but this species is in any case unlikely to be congeneric. The genus is one of 10 cases of a monotypic genus in the Zodariidae. Notes are provided on the biology of M.nitidiventris.

A revision of the genus Pochyta Simon, with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5052 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-41
Author(s):  
WANDA WESOŁOWSKA ◽  
TAMÁS SZŰTS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Jumping Spiders ◽  
First Time ◽  
Established Genus ◽  
New Distribution

Thiratoscirtina is an African endemic subtribe of aelurilline jumping spiders. Among the 18 genera belonging here, the genus Pochyta Simon, 1901 and its ten currently recognized species is yet to be revised, and the described species have been not studied from a taxonomical perspective. We examined all the species thought to belong here based on the type material. The limits of the genus are redefined. Pochyta moschensis Caporiacco, 1947 is proposed as the junior synonym of Natta horizontalis Karsch, 1879. Pochyta simoni Lessert, 1925 is transferred to the newly established genus Kibo gen. n., and a new combination Kibo simoni comb. n. is proposed for it. Both P. albimana Simon, 1902 and P. pannosa Simon, 1903 are proposed as a junior synonym of P. spinosa Simon, 1901, the type species. P. occidentalis Simon, 1902 is proposed as a junior synonym of P. pulchra (Thorell, 1899). Lectotypes are designated for Pochyta insulana and P. simoni. Seven new species are described: Pochyta aurantiaca sp. n. (♂♀), P. equatorialis sp. n. (♂♀), P. lucida sp. n. (♀), P. maddisoni sp. n. (♂♀), P. tendicula sp. n. (♂)—all from Gabon, P. konilokho sp. n. (♂) from Guinea, and P. minuta sp. n. (♀) from Nigeria. The yet unknown females of Pochyta fastibilis Simon, 1903, P. major Simon, 1902 and P. pulchra (Thorell, 1899) are described for the first time. New distribution data for some species are given.  

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