Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) from taiga and tundra habitats of northeastern U.S.S.R.

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 2594-2609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R. Piper ◽  
Stephen F. MacLean ◽  
Bent Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Unique Feature ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Siberian Islands ◽  
Taiga Forest ◽  
Generic Position ◽  
The Rich

The terrestrial Enchytraeidae were studied at two sites in northeastern U.S.S.R., one in taiga forest (Magadan) and one in tundra (Chaun Bay). Twenty-two taxa are reported, 13 at Magadan and 17 at Chaun Bay. Following review of the original descriptions and specimens, we designate Mesenchytraeus primaeuus Eisen, 1878 as type species for the genus. Five new species of Mesenchytraeus are described: M. diverticulatus from Magadan and M. chaunus, M. tundrus, M. kontrimavichusi, and M. svetae from Chaun Bay. Mesenchytraeus diverticulatus has an esophageal expansion and intestinal diverticula that are unique within this genus. Another new species with complex nephridia in segment II is described, but left in uncertain generic position. Henlea diverticulata Cejka, 1912, known previously only from the New Siberian Islands, occurred at Chaun Bay. Bryodrilus arctica (Bell, 1962), known only from St. Lawrence Island, was found at both Magadan and Chaun Bay. The other species are circumboreal in distribution. The Enchytraeid fauna of northeastern U.S.S.R. is similar to that of arctic and subarctic Alaska. The rich complement of species of Mesenchytraeus is a unique feature of the Beringeal region. Both abundance and species richness were higher in tundra than in taiga forest.

Phylogeny and re-definition of the genus Melanophora (Diptera: Rhinophoridae), with description of a new species from Sardinia

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2318 (1) ◽  
pp. 552-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI ◽  
THOMAS PAPE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Generic Delimitation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A cladistic analysis of the genus Melanophora Meigen, 1803 (type-species: Musca grossificationis Linnaeus, 1758 [= Musca roralis Linnaeus, 1758]) is presented and the generic delimitation is critically redefined. The nominal genus-group taxon Bequaertiana Curran, 1929 (type-species: Bequaertiana argyriventris Curran, 1929) is synonymised with Melanophora Meigen syn. nov. The following new combinations are proposed: Melanophora argyriventris (Curran, 1929) comb. nov. and Melanophora basilewskyi (Peris, 1957) comb. nov. Melanophora chia sp. nov. from SW Sardinia is described, illustrated and compared with the other known species of the genus. The male of Melanophora asetosa Kugler, 1978 is described for the first time. Melanophora basilewskyi (Peris, 1957) is recorded from Kenya for the first time.

A new species of Liophloeothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from leaf litter from Iran

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4571 (1) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
MAHSA HAKIMARA ◽  
KAMBIZ MINAEI ◽  
SABER SADEGHI ◽  
LAURENCE MOUND
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Single Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Single Female ◽  
Label Data ◽  
Fungal Hyphae ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
A New Species

Of the 16 species listed in the genus Liophloeothrips (ThripsWiki 2018), 13 are known only from India, and all of these are phytophagous with some inducing galls in various plant families (Tyagi & Kumar 2011). However, the biology of the type species, L. glaber, as well as that of the other two species, L. hungaricus and L. pulchrisetis, remains in doubt. Each of these three species is from Europe, with L. pulchrisetis known from a single female, L. glaber from two specimens, and hungaricus recorded from Hungary, Finland and Iran on a very few individuals (Minaei & Mound 2014). The record of L. hungaricus from Iran was published without any information concerning the locality, date of collection, or number of specimens (Mortazawiha 1995). However, Minaei and Mound (2014) pointed out that the slide label data of L. hungaricus specimens from Europe suggested that this species is associated with the bark of certain Salicaceae. Moreover, they indicated the possibility that the three names might actually represent a single species, although the male of L. glabrus has a sternal pore plate whereas this is apparently absent in hungaricus. Given the few known specimens, it is not possible to know if these thrips live under bark and feed on fungal hyphae, or if the few specimens collected were actually leaf-feeders that were sheltering under bark. In this paper, a new species of the genus is described from southern Iran, based on both sexes. These specimens were extracted from leaf litter using a Berlese funnel, thus again it is not possible to be certain if the species is part of the community of fungus-feeding litter thrips, or if the specimens were merely sheltering. 

scholarly journals A NEW SPECIES OF MALDIVEA GERLACH, 1962 (NEMATODA, OXYSTOMINIDAE) FROM FELIDHOO ATOLL (MALDIVES, INDIAN OCEAN) AND AN EMENDED DIAGNOSIS OF THE SUB-FAMILY AND GENUS

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Federica Semprucci ◽  
Maria Balsamo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Distal Part ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Dorsal Side ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ventral Part ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
A New Species

Maldivea Gerlach, 1962 is a possible endemic genus of the Maldivian archipelago for which only M. xarifae Gerlach, 1962 has been described so far. A new species of this genus, M. complexa n.sp., was recently found in Felidhoo atoll. It reveals a more complex structure of gubernaculum than in type species which appears to be divided into two pieces: one is a sort of long wing in the ventral part of the spicule and the other one, more complex, is characterized by several curved stripes which envelop the dorsal side of the spicule distal part. According to the present considerations, diagnoses of Paroxystomininae and Maldivea are emended.

A new species of Chrysilla Thorell, 1887 from China (Araneae: Salticidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3243 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
LU-YU WANG ◽  
ZHI-SHENG ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Jumping Spider ◽  
A New Species

The jumping spider genus Chrysilla, established by Thorell (1887) based on the male of C. lauta Thorell, 1887, is insufficiently known. Presently, seven species are included, but none of them is known by both sexes: three of them only by males (C. deelemani Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010; C. doriai Thorell, 1890 and the type species) and the other four only by females (C. albens Dyal, 1935; C. delicata Thorell, 1892; C. kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1947 and C. pilosa (Karsch, 1878)) (Platnick 2011). Only the type species and C. deelemani from the Southeast Asia seem to belong to Chrysilla. Three species (C. delicata, C. doriai and C. pilosa) need to be revised and the others (C. albens and C. kolosvaryi) are misplaced (Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold 2010; Prószyński 2011).

On Schornikovdona gen. nov. (Ostracoda, Candonidae) from rheocrene springs in Texas (U.S.A.)

Crustaceana ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 90 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1443-1461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Okan Külköylüoğlu ◽  
Mehmet Yavuzatmaca ◽  
Derya Akdemi̇r ◽  
Peter H. Diaz ◽  
Randy Gibson
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Terminal Segment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Surface Normal ◽  
Diagnostic Characteristics ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sensory Seta

A new candonid genus,Schornikovdonagen. nov., with its type speciesSchornikovdona bellensissp. nov., is described from rheocrene springs of Bell County, Texas. It is designated to the tribe Candonini due to the smooth carapace surface, normal pore openings with sensory seta, the presence of a 5-segmented first antenna, two long sexual bristles on the second antenna in males, the narrowly fused terminal segment of the Md palp, a long penultimate segment of the Mxl palp, two long and one short setae on the terminal segment of T3, the absence of an “e” seta on T3, the presence of a posterior seta on the uropod, the presence of 5 + 2 rows of spines on Zenker’s organ, and other characteristics found in the tribe. The main diagnostic characteristics separating the new genus from the other genera in the tribe are the shape of the carapace, the reduced numbers of segments in the first antenna, reduction or absence of exopodial setae in the second antenna, asymmetrical clasping organs, the uropod with one rod-shaped claw, the different shape of the hemipenis, and differences in parts of the chaetotaxy. Based on these differences, we proposeSchornikovdonagen. nov. as a new genus, with the new speciesS. bellensissp. nov., in the subfamily Candoninae in the family Candonidae.

The ‘xenosmatoid’ group of Cortinarius (Agaricales) in New Zealand

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 438 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-236
Author(s):  
BÁLINT DIMA ◽  
KARL SOOP
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Other ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Nrdna Its ◽  
One New Species

Cortinarius section Xenosmatae, originally based on solely morphological characters, was subsequently shown to contain phylogenetically distantly related species. The type species C. xenosma is a singleton, and this study aims to revise the other members of the section using combined molecular (nrDNA ITS and LSU) and morphological data. Based on phylogenetic analyses using RAxML, PhyML and Bayesian Inference and additional morphological features one new species (C. paraxenosma) and one new section (sect. Olorinati) are proposed. Furthermore sect. Carbonelli is extended and emended to include two former members of sect. Xenosmatae. A key to the species in New Zealand with xenosmatoid morphology is provided.

New euophryine jumping spiders from Southeast Asia and Africa (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3581 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUN-XIA ZHANG ◽  
WAYNE P. MADDISON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Old World ◽  
Jumping Spiders

Sixteen new species and four new genera of euophryine jumping spiders from the Old World (China, Malaysia and SouthAfrica) are described. The new genera are Chinophrys gen. nov. (type species C. pengi sp. nov.), Foliabitus gen. nov.(type species F. longzhou sp. nov.), Parabathippus gen. nov. (type species Bathippus shelfordi Peckham & Peckham, andnew species P. cuspidatus sp. nov., P. kiabau sp. nov., P. magnus sp. nov.) and Parvattus gen. nov. (type species P. zhui sp.nov.). The other new species belong to the genera Colyttus Thorell, 1891 (C. robustus sp. nov.), Emathis Simon, 1899 (E.gombak sp. nov.), Lagnus L. Koch, 1879 (L. edwardsi sp. nov.), Laufeia Simon, 1889 (L. concava sp. nov. and L. eximiasp. nov.), Thiania C. L. Koch, 1846 (T. latibola sp. nov. and T. tenuis sp. nov.) and Thyenula Simon, 1902 (T. laxa sp. nov.,T. nelshoogte sp. nov. and T. wesolowskae sp. nov.). The following species from Southeast Asia once described as Bathip-pus Thorell, 1892 are transferred to Parabathippus gen. nov.: Bathippus birmanicus Thorell, B. digitalis Zhang, Song &Li, B. macilentus Thorell, B. petrae Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, B. rectus Zhang, Song & Li, B. sedatus Peckham& Peckham and B. shelfordi Peckham & Peckham. Laufeia liujiapingensis Yang & Tang is transferred to Chinophrys gen.nov.. Laufeia scutigeraŻabka is transferred to Foliabitus gen. nov.. Diagnostic illustrations are provided for all of the described new species. Photographs of living spiders are also provided for some new species.

New species in the Tricholoma pardinum complex from Eastern Himalaya

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 305 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHU L. YANG ◽  
XIAO-XIA DING ◽  
G. KOST ◽  
K.-H. REXER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Type Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coniferous Forests ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Eastern Himalaya ◽  
Similar Morphology ◽  
Two New Species

Species of Tricholoma sect. Pardinicutis (Singer) Bon are relatively easily recognizable even in the field, and the type species of section, T. pardinum (Pers.) Quél., was reported from the eastern Himalaya and adjacent areas. However, such reports were largely based on superficially similar morphology. In this study, we have generated DNA sequences of samples from southwestern China, and found that there are molecular discrepancies between the Chinese collections and European ones. Further detailed morphological analyses indicated the two independent new species occur in southwestern China, one in subtropical coniferous forests mixed with fagaceous plants between 2400 and 2800 m altitude, the other in subalpine dark coniferous forests between 3300 and 4100 m altitude. Consequently, two new species, namely, T. highlandense and T. sinopardinum, are described and illustrated.

scholarly journals A new species of Long-eared Brown Bat of the genus Histiotus (Chiroptera) and the revalidation of Histiotus colombiae

Caldasia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel E. Rodríguez-Posada ◽  
Darwin M. Morales-Martínez ◽  
Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves ◽  
Daniela Martínez-Medina ◽  
Camilo A. Calderón-Acevedo
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Evolutionary Relationships ◽  
South American ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Cordillera Central ◽  
Bolivian Andes ◽  
Mammal Fauna ◽  
A New Species

The South American bats of the genus Histiotus comprise between four and eight species, but their taxonomy has been controversial and the limits between species and their distribution are not well understood. In Colombia, Histiotus humboldti and H. montanus colombiae have been recorded, but undescribed species has been suggested. We evaluated the species richness and distribution of Colombian Histiotus using morphological, molecular, and acoustic traits. Our results evidence three species in Colombia, the two previously recorded taxa and a new species from the Cordillera Central of Colombia and northern Ecuador that we describe here. We also revalidated H. colombiae as a full species. H. humboldti is widely distributed in the Colombian and Ecuadorean Andes and can be sympatric with the other two species. H. colombiae is restricted to the Colombian Cordillera Oriental. Finally, we highlight the potential hidden diversity within Histiotus in the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes, the need to resolve the evolutionary relationships of the genus, and its implications to the understanding of the processes that have structured the Andean mammal fauna.

New euophryine jumping spiders from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3491 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUN-XIA ZHANG ◽  
WAYNE P. MADDISON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Jumping Spiders ◽  
Genital Structure

Thirty-four new species and five new genera of euophryine jumping spiders from Papua New Guinea are described. Thenew genera are Chalcolemia (type species C. nakanai sp. nov.), Phasmolia (type species P. elegans sp. nov.), Variratina(type species V. minuta sp. nov.), Viribestus (type species V. suyanensis sp. nov.) and Zabkattus (type species Z. brevis sp.nov., plus new species Z. furcatus sp. nov., Z. richardsi sp. nov. and Z. trapeziformis sp. nov.). The other new species belong to the genera Bathippus (B. directus sp. nov., B. gahavisuka sp. nov., B. korei sp. nov., B. madang sp. nov.), Canama(C. extranea sp. nov., C. fimoi sp. nov., C. triramosa sp. nov.), Omoedus (O. brevis sp. nov., O. darleyorum sp. nov., O.meyeri sp. nov., O. omundseni sp. nov., O. papuanus sp. nov., O. swiftorum sp. nov., O. tortuosus sp. nov.), Paraharmochi-rus (P. tualapaensis sp. nov.), Sobasina (S. wanlessi sp. nov.), Thorelliola (T. aliena sp. nov., T. crebra sp. nov., T. joannaesp. nov., T. squamosa sp. nov., T. tamasi sp. nov., T. tualapa sp. nov., T. zabkai sp. nov.) and Xenocytaea (X. agnarssonisp. nov., X. albomaculata sp. nov., X. proszynskii sp. nov.). The genera Pystira and Zenodorus are both considered as juniorsynonyms of Omoedus because of their similar genital structure. Species of these two genera are therefore transferred toOmoedus. Diagnostic illustrations are provided for all new species, and photographs of living spiders are also provided when available.

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