scholarly journals Classification of the meridionally costellate Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera

2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed A. El-Nakhal
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Planktonic Foraminifera ◽  
Taxonomic Status

Abstract. The meridionally arranged rugosity, which is restricted to the Cretaceous globigerines, is given a superfamily taxonomic status. The globigerines displaying this type of ornamentation are placed in the Rugoglobigerinacea which is subdivided into two families the Rugoglobigerinidae and the Abathomphalidae. The Rugoglobigerinidae includes the forms having an umbilical primary aperture with a tegillum (Rugoglobigerina Brönnimann, Trinitella Brönnimann, and Plummerita Brönnimann). The Abathomphalidae includes the genera which have an umbilical–extraumbilical to spiro-umbilical primary aperture with a tegillum (Abathomphalus Bolli, Loeblich & Tappan, and Kassabella El-Nakhal), or a porticus (Meridionalla El-Nakhal, and Badriella n. gen.). Badriella is introduced as a new genus with B. mouradi n. sp. (= hypotype of Praeglobotruncana loeblichae Douglas) as a type species, to accommodate the meridionally costellate species with compressed chambers and umbilical–extraumbilical primary aperture, which were previously assigned to Praeglobotruncana Bermudez. The Rugoglobigerinacea may have evolved from a hedbergelline ancestor during the latest Albian via the development of the meridinally arranged rugosity.

Philippinozercon, a new genus of Heterozerconidae (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata), with description of all active instars

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4540 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
BEVERLY S. GERDEMAN ◽  
RUFINO C. GARCIA ◽  
ANDREW HERCZAK ◽  
HANS KLOMPEN
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Temperate Species ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
The Family

The generic classification of millipede associated Heterozerconidae in the Oriental region is revised. The genus Allozercon Vitzthum is re-diagnosed and Asioheterozercon Fain is designated as an subjective junior synonym of Allozercon. Philippinozercon gen. nov., with the type species P. makilingensis sp. nov., is described for all instars. This genus may be endemic for the Philippines, but is quite widespread in that country. All immature instars are described, making this the second species of Heterozerconidae known for all instars. The morphology of the immatures is compared with that of immatures of the temperate species Narceoheterozercon ohioensis and unnamed species from Brazil and Thailand. All immatures were collected from millipede frass and litter, never from millipedes. Adults are associated with millipedes in the family Trigoniulidae (Spirobolida). 

The current status of Neocnus Arredondo, 1961 (Mammalia: Edentata: Pilosa: Megalonichidae) and a replacement name for its junior homonym in the sea cucumber family Cucumariidae (Echinodermata :Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Cucumariidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4337 (2) ◽  
pp. 288
Author(s):  
AHMED S. THANDAR ◽  
LAZARO W. V. VINOLA
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Sea Cucumber ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Current Status ◽  
History Of

This short communication addresses the problem associated with the current taxonomic status of the prehistoric edentate genus Neocnus Arredondo, 1961 (with type species Micronocnus gliriformis Matthew, 1931) which has long been considered a senior homonym of the dendrochirotid sea cucumber genus Neocnus Cherbonnier, 1972 (type species Neocnus incubans Cherbonnier, 1972) and replaces the latter (junior homonym) with Incubocnus n.g. The diagnosis of the new genus is the same as the cucumariid Neocnus as amended by O’Loughlin & O’Hara (1992). A brief history of the senior homonym Neocnus (Edentata) is given followed by a short literature survey dealing with its junior homonym. 

On the taxonomic status of Cycnorhamphus and Gallodactylus (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea)

1996 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Christopher Bennett
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Upper Jurassic ◽  
Lateral Neck ◽  
World War ◽  
Southern Germany ◽  
Solnhofen Limestone

One of the rarest pterosaurs from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of southern Germany is Pterodactylus suevicus. Only two specimens are known: the holotype, consisting of a virtually complete skeleton described by Quenstedt (1855); and a second specimen, consisting of only postcranial elements described by Wagner (1858) and lost during World War II (Wellnhofer, 1970). Seeley (1870) noted that P. suevicus differed from P. antiquus, the type species of Pterodactylus, in a number of significant points. Therefore, he placed P. suevicus in a new genus, Cycnorhamphus. Seeley (1870:111) gave the following diagnosis of Cycnorhamphus:“Nares very small, looking upward from a swan-like beak. The middle hole of the skull very large and elongated and lateral. Neck long. Wing-metacarpal long. Four joints in wing-finger. Ilium widening in front. Epipubic bones meeting mesially. The type is Pterodactylus suevicus (Quenstedt).”The character “nares very small” was the result of a misinterpretation of depressions on the premaxillae that probably resulted from crushing, and “middle hole of the skull” referred to the confluent naris and antorbital fenestra, which Seeley apparently considered the antorbital fenestra alone.

scholarly journals Review of the New World genera of the Leafhopper Tribe Erythroneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocycbinae)

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (1-6) ◽  
pp. 118-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher H. Dietrich ◽  
Dmitry A. Dmitriev
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Previously Treated ◽  
One New Species

The genus-level classification of New World Erythroneurini is revised based on results of a phylogenetic analysis of 100 morphological characters. The 704 known species are placed into 18 genera. Erasmoneura Young and Eratoneura Young, previously treated as subgenera of Erythroneura Fitch, and Erythridula Young, most recently treated as a subgenus of Arboridia Zachvatkin, are elevated to generic status. Three species previously included in Erasmoneura are placed in a new genus, Rossmoneura (type species, Erythroneura tecta McAtee). The concept of Erythroneura is thereby narrowed to include only those species previously included in the nominotypical subgenus. New World species previously included in Zygina Fieber are not closely related to the European type species of that genus and are therefore placed in new genera. Neozygina, n. gen., based on type species Erythroneura ceonothana Beamer, includes all species previously included in the “ceonothana group”, and Zyginama, n. gen., based on type species Erythroneura ritana Beamer, includes most species previously included in the “ritana group” of New World Zygina. Five additional new genera are described to include other previously described North American Erythroneurini: Hepzygina, n. gen., based on type species Erythroneura milleri Beamer and also including E. aprica McAtee; Mexigina, n. gen., based on type species Erythroneura oculata McAtee; Nelionidia, n. gen., based on type species N. pueblensis, n. sp., three additional new species, and Erythroneura amicis Ross; Neoimbecilla, n. gen., based on type species Erythroneura kiperi Beamer and one new species; and Illinigina, n. gen., based on type species Erythroneura illinoiensis Gillette. Five new genera, based on previously undescribed species, are also recognized: Aztegina, n. gen, based on A. punctinota, n. sp., from Mexico; Amazygina, n. gen., based on type species A. decaspina, n. sp., and three additional new species from Ecuador; Hamagina, n. gen., based on type species H. spinigera, n. sp., and two additional new species from Peru and Ecuador; Napogina, n. gen., based on type species N. recta, n. sp., and one additional new species from Ecuador; Perugina, n. gen., based on type species P. denticula, n. sp., from Peru; and Spinigina, n. gen., based on type species S. hirsuta, n. sp., and an additional new species from Peru. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that the New World Erythroneurini consist of three lineages resulting from separate invasions from the Old World.

Revision of the old world Holothyridae (Arachnida : Anactinotrichida : Holothyrina)

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 767 ◽  
Author(s):  
PT Lehtinen
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Western Coast ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fly River ◽  
Taxonomic Categories

A revised classification of the Holothyridae is presented. The family is restricted to archipelagoes from Melanesia to the Seychelles, with no known records from any continent. Evolution of holothyrid characters, phylogenetic relationships of the eight holothyrid genera and criteria for taxonomic categories in Holothyridae are discussed.Holothyrus braueri Thon, 1905, from the Seychelle Islands, is selected as the type species of a new genus, Sternothyrus. A new genus, Lindothyrus, is created for L. rubellus, sp. nov., from the western coast of New Caledonia, and L. elongatus, sp. nov., from Lord Howe Island, Australia. Indothyrus greeni, gen. et sp. nov., is described from Sri Lanka. Hammenius (Leiothyrus) Hammen, 1983 is raised to generic rank and Holothyrus nitidissimus Thorell, 1882 from the Fly River, and H. armatus Canestrini from Tamara Island (Aitape), both New Guinea, are included in this genus. The two previously known New Guinean genera, Thonius Lehtinen, 1981 and Hammenius Lehtinen, 1981, are redefined and relimited, and their type species are redescribed. Five new holothyrid taxa are described from New Guinea: Thonius mendi from the Strickland River, T. berlesei from an unknown locality, Hammenius fujuge iora from the Central district, Oro Province, H. grandjeani gressitti from Mt Bosavi, and H. insularis from the Louisiade Archipelago. Holothyrus Gervais, 1842 is restricted to two species from Mauritius only. A new genus, Haplothyrus, is created for the New Caledonian species H. expolitissimus Berlese, 1924 and for H. hyatti, sp. nov., from an unknown locality. Haplothyrus is characterised by the possession of a single female genital valve instead of four valves, as in all other genera of this suborder. The poorly described Seychellian species with no preserved material could not be revised.

Urolabida graziae, new urostylidid species from the Philippines with comments on the current taxonomy and systematics of the family (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Urostylididae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4958 (1) ◽  
pp. 702-712
Author(s):  
MARCOS ROCA-CUSACHS ◽  
MERCEDES PARIS ◽  
ALMA MOHAGAN ◽  
SUNGHOON JUNG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
External Appearance ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Male Genital

A new species of Urostylididae from the Philippine islands (Mindanao) is herein described. This new species, similar to Urolabida bipunctata Stål, 1871, differs from the latter in the shape of the external male genitalia. Urolabida bipunctata and the new species, Urolabida graziae Roca-Cusachs, sp. nov., are extremely similar in external appearance, and fit into the (incomplete) description of genus Urolabida Westwood, 1837. The examination and comparison with the type specimens of other Urostylididae species, especially the male genital capsule, clearly separates this two species from Urolabida tenera Westwood, 1837, the type species of the genus Urolabida, however the taxonomy of this group is not resolved and needs a deep revision, therefore we refrain from description of a new genus-group taxon here. Additionally, images of the type specimens of Urolabida tenera, Urostylis histrionica Westwood, 1837, and Urostylis punctigera Westwood, 1837, are provided and discussion on the current systematics and classification of the family, and particularly of genus Urolabida are also given. 

A new genus of marine water striders (Hemiptera, Veliidae) with five new species from Malesia

1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Møller Andersen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Marine Water ◽  
Sunda Shelf ◽  
Water Striders ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago

AbstractThe generic classification of water striders belonging to the veliid subfamily Haloveliinae is discussed and revised and a key to the genera provided. A new genus of marine haloveliines, Haloveloides gen. n., is described. The type species of the new genus, H. papuensis (Esaki) comb. n., is redescribed and recorded from Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomons. H. browni (Lansbury) comb. n. is redescribed and recorded from the same areas as the type species. Five new species are described in the genus: H. brevicornis sp. n. (the Moluccas, Sulawesi, Palawan), sundaensis sp. n. (Sunda shelf areas), danpolhemi sp. n. (Palawan), cornuta sp. n. (Luzon), and femoralis sp. n. (Palawan). The cladistic relationships and biogeography of the species are discussed.

A new genus for North American Cicadetta species (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4306 (4) ◽  
pp. 537
Author(s):  
DAVID C. MARSHALL ◽  
KATHY B. R. HILL
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
North American ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Globally Distributed

The generic classification of cicadas within the globally distributed tribe Cicadettini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) has been challenging due to their often conservative morphology. A recent molecular analysis has indicated that the six North American taxa currently classified in Cicadetta are unrelated to the European type species of Cicadetta, C. montana Scopoli. Here we identify a set of diagnostic morphological characters for a new genus, which we distinguish from its closest relatives in Eurasia and Australasia. 

scholarly journals Polyphasic classification of the gifted natural product producer Streptomyces roseifaciens sp. nov.

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 899-908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lizah T. van der Aart ◽  
Imen Nouioui ◽  
Alexander Kloosterman ◽  
José-Mariano Igual ◽  
Joost Willemse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Gene Tree ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Morphological Properties ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Distinct Branch

A polyphasic study was designed to establish the taxonomic status of a Streptomyces strain isolated from soil from the QinLing Mountains, Shaanxi Province, China, and found to be the source of known and new specialized metabolites. Strain MBT76T was found to have chemotaxonomic, cultural and morphological properties consistent with its classification in the genus Streptomyces . The strain formed a distinct branch in the Streptomyces16S rRNA gene tree and was closely related to the type strains of Streptomyces hiroshimensis and Streptomyces mobaraerensis. Multi-locus sequence analyses based on five conserved house-keeping gene alleles showed that strain MBT76T is closely related to the type strain of S. hiroshimensis, as was the case in analysis of a family of conserved proteins. The organism was also distinguished from S. hiroshimensis using cultural and phenotypic features. Average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values between the genomes of strain MBT76T and S. hiroshimensis DSM 40037T were 88.96 and 28.4±2.3%, respectively, which is in line with their assignment to different species. On the basis of this wealth of data it is proposed that strain MBT76T (=DSM 106196T=NCCB 100637T), be classified as a new species, Streptomyces roseifaciens sp. nov.

Thaleropia, a New Genus for Metrosideros queenslandica (Myrtaceae) and its Allies

1993 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 251 ◽  
Author(s):  
PG Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Current Classification ◽  
Anatomical Characters

The taxonomic status of Metrosideros queenslandica, and related species from New Guinea, is reassessed on the basis of fundamental morphological and anatomical characters and these species are found to be more closely allied to Tristanin sens. str. than to Metrosideros sens. lat. The current classification of this group of species as Metrosideros subg. Mearnsia sect. Adnatae J. W. Dawson is rejected and a new genus, Thaleropia, is described and the new combinations T. queeirslandica, T. iteophylla and T. hypargyrea made.

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