A mermithid nematode, Cretacimermis aphidophilus sp. n. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), parasitising an aphid (Hemiptera: Burmitaphididae) in Myanmar amber: a 100 million year association

Nematology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 509-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
George O. Poinar
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Infective Stage ◽  
Root Parasite ◽  
Mermithid Nematode ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Root Feeding ◽  
Host Associations

A new species of fossil mermithid,Cretacimermis aphidophilussp. n. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), is described from the primitive extinct aphid,Caulinus burmitis(Hemiptera: Burmitaphididae), in mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Aphid parasitism by mermithid nematodes is rare today with only two known cases involving root-feeding aphids. Based on the habits of the parasitised extant aphid hosts, it is likely that the fossil aphid was also a root parasite and encountered the infective stage mermithid in the soil. Such fossils provide rare glimpses of nematode-host associations from the distant past and provide minimum dates for the appearance of specific mermithid clades.

A new species of Acanthormius (Braconidae: Lysiterminae) reared as a gregarious parasitoid of psychid caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) from India

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4388 (3) ◽  
pp. 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANKITA GUPTA ◽  
DONALD L. J. QUICKE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Larval Parasitoid ◽  
Gregarious Parasitoid ◽  
Bagworm Moth ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Host Associations

Acanthormius indicus Gupta & Quicke sp. nov. is described and illustrated. It is a gregarious larval parasitoid of an unidentified bagworm moth caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) from southern India. The biology and host associations of members of subfamily Lysiterminae are also discussed. 

scholarly journals A new species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) attacking Quadrastichus spp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) galling Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae), with a summary of African Eurytoma biology and species checklist

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1751 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. GATES ◽  
G. DELVARE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
African Species ◽  
Species Checklist ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Host Associations

Eurytoma erythrinae Gates and Delvare, new species, is described and illustrated. This species was reared from fieldcollected galls on Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae) induced by Quadrastichus spp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), in Tanzania, Ghana, and South Africa. It is compared with very similar African species, Eurytoma radicicola Risbec. Afrotropical species classified in Eurytoma are reviewed and twenty-seven new combinations are proposed: Aximopsis acaciacola (Hedqvist) comb. n., A. caryedocida (Rasplus) comb. n., A. lamtoensis (Rasplus) comb. n., A. mateui (Hedqvist) comb. n., A. mimosarum (Rasplus) comb. n., A. obocki (Risbec) comb. n., A. oryzivora (Delvare) comb. n., A. saharensis (Hedqvist) comb. n., A. senegalensis (Risbec) comb. n., A. tropicana (Risbec) comb. n., Bruchophagus conapionis (Rasplus) comb. n., Fronsoma ellenbergeri (Risbec) comb. n., Gibsonoma amborasahae (Risbec) comb. n., G. aphloiae (Risbec) comb. n., G. bararakae (Risbec) comb. n., G. eugeniae (Risbec) comb. n., G. mandrakae (Risbec) comb. n., G. pauliani (Risbec) comb. n., G. plectroniae (Risbec) comb. n., G. tavolae (Risbec) comb. n., Philolema arachnovora (Hesse) comb. n., P. arnoldi (Waterston) comb. n., P. bambeyi (Risbec) comb. n., P. braconidis (Ferrière) comb. n., and P. syleptae (Ferri_re) comb. n., Phylloxeroxenus cressoni (Howard) comb. n., and Sycophila plectroniae (Risbec) comb. n. Lectotypes are designated for ten species: Eurytoma perineti Risbec, E. radicicola Risbec, E. toddaliae Risbec, Gibsonoma amborasahae (Risbec), G. aphloiae (Risbec), G. eugeniae (Risbec), G. mandrakae (Risbec), G. pauliani (Risbec), G. tavolae (Risbec), and P. bambeyi (Risbec). We also provide a checklist of Afrotropical species that are or were classified in Eurytoma and tabulate the known host/associations of these species with references.

A new species of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from Argentina, an egg parasitoid of Tapajosa rubromarginata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1619 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN ◽  
GUILLERMO A. LOGARZO ◽  
EDUARDO G. VIRLA ◽  
JESSE H. DE LEÓN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Egg Parasitoid ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Homalodisca Vitripennis ◽  
Laboratory Conditions ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Corn Plants ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Host Associations

Specimens of Gonatocerus virlai S. Triapitsyn, Logarzo & de León sp. n., which belongs to the ater species group of Gonatocerus Nees (Mymaridae), were reared in Argentina mostly from wild-collected and sentinel eggs of the sharpshooter Tapajosa rubromarginata (Signoret) (Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) on citrus and corn plants. The distribution and host associations (both natural and laboratory) of G. virlai are given. Under quarantine laboratory conditions in the USA, it was successfully reared for many generations on an unnatural host, the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar).

Etude du parasitisme des simulies (Diptera : Simuliidae) par des Mermithidae (Nematoda) en Afrique de l'ouest. IV : Description de Isomermis lairdi, n.sp., parasite de Simulium damnosum

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 2011-2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Mondet ◽  
G. O. Poinar Jr. ◽  
J. Bernadou
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
Present Communication ◽  
Body Width ◽  
Spicule Length ◽  
The Third ◽  
Simulium Damnosum ◽  
Mermithid Nematode ◽  
A New Species

The present communication describes a new species of mermithid nematode, Isomermis lairdi, found parasitizing blackflies in the Ivory Coast, West Africa. This nematode is the most common mermithid parasite of Simulium damnosum Theobald and occurs in the larval, pupal, and adult stages of this blackfly in streams of various sizes. The diagnostic characters of the adults of I. lairdi are (1) terminal mouth. (2) strongly S-shaped vagina, (3) ratio of spicule length to anal body width (1.7–2.8), and (4) circular amphids and amphidial openings.The postparasitic juveniles of I. lairdi differ from those of I. tansaniensis Rubtsov, 1972, in having three or four rows of cells in the lateral cords and a longer tail appendage in the male.This is the third species of mermithid nematode described from blackflies (including Simulium damnosum) in West Africa, and the first of the genus.

Palaearctic occurrence of the genus Synophromorpha (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) confirmed on the basis of a new species from Japan

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihisa Abe
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Palaearctic Region ◽  
Disjunct Distribution ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Nearctic Region ◽  
Host Associations

AbstractSynophromorpha Ashmead is a genus of cynipid inquilines associated with Diastrophus galls on Rubus bushes. All described species, except S. tobiasi which doubtfully belongs to the genus, are restricted to the Nearctic Region. Synophromorpha taketanii sp. n., a fifth species of this genus, is described from Japan. This is the first reliable record of the genus from the Palaearctic Region and reveals that Synophromorpha has a disjunct distribution. Adults of S. taketanii emerged from stem galls on Rubus palmatus. Study of Periclistus natalis and P. quinlani showed that Synophromorpha and Periclistus intergrade. It is considered preferable to retain these two as separate genera on the basis of their host associations.

A new species of feather mite: Timalinyssus Mironov, 2001 (Astigmata: Pteronyssidae) from Garrulax canorus canorus (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Timaliidae) in China

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1962 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZI-YING WANG ◽  
JIN-JUN WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Prodorsal Shield ◽  
Feather Mite ◽  
Unique Character ◽  
Terminal Cleft ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Distinguishing Features ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Host Associations

Many regard the Pteronyssidae as a subfamily of Avenzoariidae Oudemans, 1905, but Mironov (2001) recently recognized the group as a family, based on the unique character of a ventral membrane on tarsi I, and other distinguishing features of the Pteronyssinae Oudemans, 1941 (vide: Gaud & Atyeo 1996) and the specificity their host associations. To date, 140 species in 23 genera are described (Mironov 2001, 2005). The genus Timalinyssus was established by Mironov (2001) to accommodate two species collected from babblers (Passeriformes: Timaliidae). It is closely related to Mouchetia Gaud but differs in the following characters: prodorsal shield is fused with the scapular shields, c2 setiform and short in both sexes; tarsi III are cone-like with acute apex in male; opisthosomal lobes are long and separated by narrow terminal cleft in female (Gaud & Atyeo 1996; Mironov 2001).

Endophyte-Host Associations in Forage Grasses. VI. A New Species of Acremonium Isolated from Festuca arizonica

Mycologia ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. White ◽  
Garry T. Cole ◽  
Gareth Morgan-Jones
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Forage Grasses ◽  
Festuca Arizonica ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Host Associations

Mermithid nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasites of a fossil black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Baltic amber

Nematology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 655-658
Author(s):  
George O. Poinar ◽  
Douglas C. Currie
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Black Fly ◽  
Internal Structures ◽  
Mermithid Nematode ◽  
A New Species

Summary A new species of fossil mermithid, Heydenius simulphilus sp. n. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), is described from two parasitic juvenile specimens adjacent to a male black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Baltic amber. It is proposed that the nematodes emerged from their developmental sites in the haemocoel of the black fly host through a wound in the abdomen of the latter, as indicated by the release of a droplet of haemolymph and damaged cuticle. Various internal structures of the nematodes are identified and related to those found on extant developing mermithids. This is the first fossil record of mermithid parasitism of a black fly.

A new species of tick (Acari: Ixodidae) from seabirds in New Zealand and Australia, previously misidentified as Ixodes eudyptidis

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4324 (2) ◽  
pp. 285 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALLEN C.G. HEATH ◽  
RICARDO L. PALMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
The Other ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Taxonomic History ◽  
Superficial Similarity ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Host Associations

The tick Ixodes eudyptidis Maskell, 1885 has long been recognised as a parasite of penguins and a number of other seabird hosts and, despite a convoluted taxonomic history, there has been no disagreement as to its validity. The opportunity to examine a larger series of ticks from a wider range of hosts than previously available has led to the finding of a morphologically close and hitherto undescribed species, which is herewith described and named as Ixodes laridis sp.nov. The new species has a superficial similarity to its sibling, I. eudyptidis, but on close examination it displays a number of morphological differences that justify its taxonomic separation. Also, the hosts of the new species are principally gulls, gannets and cormorants, while I. eudyptidis is restricted to penguins. The recognition of this new species has implications for faunal lists in both New Zealand and Australia, as well for seabird health, as it appears that I. eudyptidis does not cause paresis as originally thought, but it is I. laridis that causes potentially fatal paralysis in its hosts.        A taxonomic history and review of I. eudyptidis and keys to all stages of the species of Ixodes recorded from New Zealand, and from Australian seabirds are given. Reference to Ixodes kohlsi Arthur, 1955, a species currently restricted to Australia, is made for comparative purposes because of the similarity of both its morphology and host associations with the other species under consideration. Aspects of the distribution, zoogeography, hosts and ecology of all three species of ticks are discussed. 

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