scholarly journals A second record of the Eastern Spadefoot Toad (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae: Leptobrachium bompu Sondhi & Ohler, 2011) with a note on its morphological variations and natural history

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 10692
Author(s):  
Bhaskar Saikia ◽  
Bikramjit Sinha ◽  
Ilona J. Kharkongor
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Morphological Variations ◽  
Spadefoot Toad ◽  
Present Collection ◽  
Specific Variation

A single male specimen of Leptobrachium bompu was collected from Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh in 2015.  This is the first report of this species after its original description in 2011 based on a male specimen.  The present collection locality is about 200km from the type locality.  Additional notes on morphological variations have added to the much-needed study on the intra-specific variation of the species.

Description of the female of Myopsocus arthuri Nel, Waller & Poinar, 2006 from Miocene Dominican amber (Psocodea: Psocomorpha: Myopsocidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-147
Author(s):  
MARINA HAKIM ◽  
DIYING HUANG ◽  
ANDRE NEL ◽  
DANY AZAR
Keyword(s):  
Original Description ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Species Diagnosis ◽  
The Family

Nel et al. (2006) described Myopsocus arthuri from Dominican amber based on a single male specimen. We herein describe the female of this species, give a species diagnosis (missing in the original description) and recognize additional characters. Myopsocus arthuri represents the first and only described fossil in the family Myopsocidae.

An illustrated key to the species of Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) of Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1073 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. B. QUERINO ◽  
R. A. ZUCCHI
Keyword(s):  
Original Description ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
New Material ◽  
The University

Lygodactylus klemmeri Pasteur, 1964 is a small diurnal gekkonid lizard described on the basis of a single male specimen from Antsingy forest in western Madagascar, deposited in the Paris museum. This specimen could not be retrieved during recent years in the Paris collection and might be lost. Hence, the only existing information on this gecko is the original description and some subsequent remarks on the holotype by G. Pasteur. We here report on new material of L. klemmeri from the collection of the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, and provide a comparison to published morphological data of the holotype.

Rediscovery of Cnemaspis nilagirica Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita and Pethiyagoda, 2007 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Kerala, India with notes on morphology and distribution 

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4586 (1) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
VIVEK PHILIP CYRIAC ◽  
ALEX JOHNY ◽  
PAVUKANDY UMESH ◽  
MUHAMED JAFER PALOT ◽  
PATRICK D CAMPBELL
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Female Specimen ◽  
Single Female ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Fresh Material

Cnemaspis nilagirica was described by Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita and Pethiyagoda in 2007 based on a single female specimen that was a syntype of Gonatodes kandianus var. tropidogaster described by Boulenger in 1885. However, a living population of this species has not been reported since its original description by Boulenger. Based on fresh material and comparisons with the holotype of C. nilagirica, we here report the collection of this species after over 130 years. We provide the first description of a male specimen and additional information on morphological variation, distribution and natural history. 

Rediscovery and redescription of the Malagasy dwarf gecko Lygodactylus klemmeri

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1073 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTA PUENTE ◽  
ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA ◽  
MIGUEL VENCES
Keyword(s):  
Original Description ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
New Material ◽  
The University

Lygodactylus klemmeri Pasteur, 1964 is a small diurnal gekkonid lizard described on the basis of a single male specimen from Antsingy forest in western Madagascar, deposited in the Paris museum. This specimen could not be retrieved during recent years in the Paris collection and might be lost. Hence, the only existing information on this gecko is the original description and some subsequent remarks on the holotype by G. Pasteur. We here report on new material of L. klemmeri from the collection of the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, and provide a comparison to published morphological data of the holotype.

A second new species of Nanophyllium Redtenbacher, 1906 from the northern coast of New Guinea (Phasmida, Phylliidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4238 (2) ◽  
pp. 246 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROYCE T. CUMMING
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
San Diego ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

A new species of leaf insect, Nanophyllium larssoni n. sp. is described and illustrated bringing the known species in the genus to a total of six. Like all species of Nanophyllium Redtenbacher, 1906, the new species is named from a single male specimen, which is deposited in the San Diego Natural History Museum. With this newly identified species, two clear species-groups emerge and are described, in detail, in the species key. Measurements of anatomical figures were made to the nearest 0.1 mm. 

Taxonomic re-evaluation of Parastagmatoptera abnormis Beier, 1963 (Dictyoptera, Mantidae: Stagmatopterinae): An unusual case of “parasite-induced” synonymy

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2735 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCESCO LOMBARDO ◽  
RITA UMBRIACO
Keyword(s):  
Unusual Case ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen

The Neotropical genus Parastagmatoptera Saussure includes medium-sized species distributed in tropical and subtropical areas of Central and Southern America. Thirteen nominal species have been so far described (Agudelo et al. 2007), with most species currently known from few specimens, often of one sex only. Beier (1963) described Parastagmatoptera abnormis Beier, 1963 based on a single male specimen from Surinam. Unfortunately, Beier’s original description lacks enough details to allow an accurate literature-based identification and, since its original description, no additional specimens ascribable to P. abnormis have been recorded.

scholarly journals A first record of Camacinia harterti Karsch, 1890 (Odonata: Libellulidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 15922-15926
Author(s):  
Arajush Payra ◽  
K.A. Subramanian ◽  
Kailash Chandra ◽  
Basudev Tripathy
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Global Distribution ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
First Time

The large forest dwelling libellulid dragonfly Camacinia harterti Karsch, 1890 is recorded from Arunachal Pradesh and India for the first time in 115 years.  The present record is based on a single male specimen collected from Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India.  We provide detailed diagnostic characters in photographs and information on the global distribution of the species.  

A black sheep in Eresus (Araneae: Eresidae): taxonomic notes on the ladybird spiders of Iran and Turkey, with a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4851 (3) ◽  
pp. 559-572
Author(s):  
ALIREZA ZAMANI ◽  
ÇAĞATAY ALTIN ◽  
TAMÁS SZŰTS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Black Sheep ◽  
Eastern Turkey ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Semnan Province

New taxonomic data are provided on the ladybird spider genus Eresus Walckenaer, 1805 in Turkey and Iran. Eresus adaleari Zamani & Szűts, sp. n. is described as a new species, on the basis of a single male specimen collected in Semnan Province, northeastern Iran, and Eresus lavrosiae Mcheidze, 1997, previously known solely from the original description of the male holotype from Georgia, is re-described on the basis of one newly collected male specimen from Kars Province, eastern Turkey. Both of these species are generally dark-colored, which contrasts with the usual coloration of males of this genus. Finally, a few methods and suggestions that might accelerate and improve taxonomic procedures for studying this group are discussed. 

Parasitic Flies of the Genus Mochlosoma (Tachinidae, Diptera)

1958 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Reinhard
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
History Museum ◽  
American Worker ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Host Relationships ◽  
Original Species

Members of the present genus are commonly encountered in faunistic studies of the southwestern United States and Mexico, but little or no informati,on has been recorded concerning their biology or ,host relationships and taxonomic status.Brauer and Bergenstamm established Mochlosoma with validum, new, as the type and sole original species, (Zweifl. d. Kaiserl. Mus., IV, 1889, 126). The type series is in the Vienna Natural History Museum, and apparently it was not seen by any American worker in Diptera until 1925, when Aldrich recharacterized the genotype and restricted the type series to the single male specimen from Pennsylvania, (Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., XVIII, 116-118). More recently Townsend also redefined the genus (Manual of Myiology, part VII, 1938, 346-347). These interpretations of the generic characters are now generally accepted for Mochlosoma and are summarized for ready reference to all species included in the accompanying key.

Expanded description of Opisthoteuthis hardyi based on new specimens from the Patagonian slope

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 605-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin A. Collins ◽  
Vladimir Laptikhovsky ◽  
Jan M. Strugnell
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Polar Front ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Antarctic Polar Front ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Bathymetric Range ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
North West ◽  
The Antarctic

Opisthoteuthis hardyi was originally described from a single male specimen caught near Shag Rocks (north-west of South Georgia) and no further specimens have been attributed to this species. During research fishing on the Patagonian slope to the south-east of the Falkland Islands 33 specimens of Opisthoteuthis were caught at depths ranging from 630 to 1391 m. Morphological measurements indicated that these specimens were conspecific to the holotype of O. hardyi. The mitochondrial gene 16S rDNA was sequenced from two of these specimens and compared with a published sequence of the holotype and other Opisthoteuthidae to confirm the morphological data. This extends the geographical and bathymetric range of the species, which spans the Antarctic Polar Front. We also expand the original description, providing details of the digestive system and of the female reproductive system, with preliminary estimates of fecundity.

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