Review of the family Ibaliidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea) with keys to genera and species of the World

1994 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Göran Nordlander
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Wing Colour ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World

AbstractThe archaic cynipoid family Ibaliidae is revised. All described taxa are included in a checklist, and keys to valid taxa are presented. Host records include larvae of several woodwasp species (Siricidae: Siricinae and Tremicinae). Ibaliidae is considered to include the East Asian genus Heteribalia Sakagami, with five valid species, and the mainly Holarctic genus Ibalia Latreille, with 13 valid species, seven in the subgenus Ibalia and six in the subgenus Tremibalia. Heteribalia aureopilosa Maa, 1949 and H. subtilis Maa, 1949 are raised from subspecies to species level. Ibalia (T.) hunanica sp. n., is described from Oriental China. Three morphs of I. (T.) anceps, differing in wing colour pattern, are recognized, and distribution records of these morphs in North America are mapped. I. scalpellator Westwood, 1837 is synonymized with I. anceps Say, 1824; I. takaehihoi Yasumatsu, 1937 with I. jakowlewi Jacobson, 1899; I.fulviceras Yang, 1991 with I. ornata Belizin, 1968; and I. yunshae Yang et Liu,1992 with I. rufipes drewseni Borries, 1891. Lectotypes are designated for I. picea Matsumura, 1912 (syn. of I. leucospoides (Hochenwarth, 1785)) and for I. japonica Matsumura, 1912.

scholarly journals The Genera of Nearctic Therevidae

1980 ◽  
Vol 32 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 193-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E. Irwin ◽  
Leif L. Lyneborg
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Phylogenetic Placement ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many ◽  
Preliminary Classification

During the course of preparing the Therevidae chapter for the soon-to-be published Manual of Nearctic Diptera (Canada Department of Agriculture 1981), we've found that the previously published descriptions of genera were totally inadequate to form a framework for the therevid species of North America. The genus Psilocephala Zett., for instance, was found to be polyphyletic, containing species from several diverse ancestors. An effort to describe the many new genera contained herein was begun because we realized the definitive nature of the forthcoming Manual of Nearctic Diptera and the importance of establishing a generic base for the Therevidae founded on synapomorphies. We have restrained ourselves from grouping the genera beyond the subfamilial level simply because we feel that better natural groupings can be formed once genera from other parts of the world are included in the scheme. We have attempted to place the described species in the new generic concepts at the end of each diagnosis. All North American genera are diagnosed, and male terminalia are figured for all genera. In total, 29 genera and 143 currently valid species have been described for North America, excluding Apsilocephala Krober (1914) and its included species, longistyla Krober (1914), which we feel does not belong within the family Therevidae. We have not included Melanothereva MaWoch (1932:249) that occurs in Chile, Peru, and parts of Argentina and contains a single Nearctic species, nigra (Bellardi) [1861:92, (Psilocephala)] that, to our knowledge, has not been rediscovered since it was first described from Mexico. The descriptions and keys follow morphological terminology developed by us. Male terminalia characters were originally defined and described by Lyneborg (1968a) and have since been modified slightly by Lyneborg (1972, 1976, and 1978) and by Irwin (1977a and 1977b). Female terminalia characters were defined and described by Irwin (1976) . Other morphological features are generally accepted in Diptera literature, and we refrain from detailing them here. The immature stages of Therevidae have not been used in developing this preliminary classification. Larval and pupal stadia are being gathered and associated with adults in the hope that eventually they will help to elucidate the proper phylogenetic placement of species within genera and genera within suprageneric taxa.

Review of Eohiodon (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha) from western North America, with a phylogenetic reassessment of Hiodontidae

1997 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 1109-1124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Guo-Qing ◽  
Mark V. H. Wilson ◽  
Lance Grande
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fossil Records ◽  
Fossil Genus ◽  
Freshwater Teleosts

Review of recently collected material of Eohiodon from North America suggests that there are two valid species, E. rosei (Hussakof) and E. woodroffi Wilson. Eohiodon falcatus Grande is identical to E. woodruffi in known skeletal features and nearly all meristic features and is treated as a junior synonym of the latter. The fossil genus Eohiodon Cavender differs from Hiodon Lesueur, which is known from both fossil and extant species, in numerous meristic and osteological features. The caudal skeleton in Eohiodon is nearly identical to that in Hiodon.The traditionally accepted Notopteroidei, containing Lycopteridae, Hiodontidae, and Notopteridae, is a polypheletic group. The Asian fossil family Lycopteridae is not more closely related to Hiodontidae than it is to other taxa in the Osteoglossomorpha, but is sister to all other Osteoglossomorpha. The Hiodontiformes sensu stricto, including only the family Hiodontidae, is the sister-group of the Osteoglossiformes. This family is not more closely related to notopterids than to other taxa in Osteoglossiformes. The Notopteridae are most closely related to the Mormyroidea; together they and the fossil family Ostariostomidae constitute the sister-group of the Osteoglossoidei.Fossil records of Hiodontiformes sensu stricto and Notopteroidei indicate a widespread pre-Neogene biogeographic range of these freshwater teleosts, suggesting that extinction must have been involved in the Cenozoic evolution of these two osteoglossomorph sublineages.

Red-headed Love Child

2020 ◽  
pp. 46-53
Author(s):  
J. Drew Lanham
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Platte River ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Sandhill Cranes

This chapter shows how the author journeyed out to Nebraska in the last days of March to witness the tail end of one of the great ornithological wonders in North America: the northward migration of sandhill cranes along the Platte River. For probably 10,000 years or more, the tall, steel-gray birds have thrown their unmusically beautiful calls across the shallow floodplain that is now in the heart of America's corn and burger-producing breadbasket. In the air they were gracefully buoyant and powerful fliers. On the ground they were just as stately — walking, stalking, dancing, and prancing as crane-kind does. When one is surrounded by cranes it is easy to understand how the family of birds have generated awe and worship around the world.

Checklist of marine and freshwater halacarid mite genera and species (Halacaridae: Acari) with notes on synonyms, habitats, distribution and descriptions of the taxa

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1998 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
ILSE BARTSCH
Keyword(s):  
Brackish Water ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Species Inquirendae

At the end of 2007, the family Halacaridae, superfamily Halacaroidea, included 1118 valid species in 63 genera. The genera and the number of species (in parentheses) are: Acanthohalacarus (1), Acanthopalpus (2), Acarochelopodia (8), Acaromantis (11), Acarothrix (5), Actacarus (24), Agaue (42), Agauides (2), Agauopsis (85), Anomalohalacarus (19), Arenihalacarus (1), Arhodeoporus (31), Astacopsiphagus (1), Atelopsalis (7), Australacarus (5), Bathyhalacarus (12), Bradyagaue (17), Camactognathus (3), Caspihalacarus (1), Coloboceras (3), Colobocerasides (2), Copidognathides (3), Copidognathus (359), Corallihalacarus (1), Enterohalacarus (1), Halacarellus (47), Halacaroides (2), Halacaropsis (5), Halacarus (75), Halixodes (3), Hamohalacarus (1), Himejacarus (1), Isobactrus (26), Limnohalacarus (13), Lobohalacarus (6), Lohmannella (36), Metarhombognathus (2), Mictognathus (3), Parasoldanellonyx (3), Parhalixodes (2), Pelacarus (1), Peregrinacarus (2), Phacacarus (1), Porohalacarus (2), Porolohmannella (1), Rhombognathides (6), Rhombognathus (103), Ropohalacarus (1), Scaptognathides (11), Scaptognathus (30), Simognathus (45), Soldanellonyx (9), Spongihalacarus (1), Stygohalacarus (1), Thalassacarus (1), Thalassarachna (14), Thalassophthirius (1), Troglohalacarus (1), Tropihalacarus (2), Werthella (10), Werthelloides (1), Winlundia (2), and Xenohalacarus (1). More than 1000 species live in marine and brackish water and almost 60 species exclusively in fresh or oligohaline to mesohaline brackish water (< S18‰). The checklist presents names used for halacarid genera and species of the world, names recognized as valid, synonyms, nomina nuda, names of species inquirendae and species erroneously attributed to the family Halacaridae. All valid species are supplemented with distributional data, namely, biogeographical provinces, depth zones and habitats, and references of descriptions of genera and species.

scholarly journals Taxonomy of family Benthopectinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in the Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (Suppl.1) ◽  
pp. 118-131
Author(s):  
Magdalena De los Palos-Peña ◽  
Francisco-Alonso Solís-Marín ◽  
Alfredo Laguarda-Figueras
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Sea Stars ◽  
Dichotomous Key ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World

Introduction: The family Benthopectinidae is composed of deep-sea sea stars distributed in eight genera and approximately 70 valid species. So far, only five species of this family have been reported for the Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Objective: To provide an updated local taxonomy of this family. Methods: A total of 566 specimens deposited in the Echinoderm National Collection, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, collected from 1952 to 2015, were taxonomically examined. Results: We present descriptions, photographs, and an illustrated dichotomous key for Benthopecten simplex simplex, Cheiraster (Barbadosaster) echinulatus, Cheiraster (Cheiraster) planus, Cheiraster (Christopheraster) blakei, and Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis in the region. Conclusions: The five studied species represent 6 % of the world biodiversity of the family and can now be identified with the illustrated key.

scholarly journals Using pollen DNA metabarcoding to profile nectar sources of urban beekeeping in Kōtō-ku, Tokyo

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiske Tanaka ◽  
Akinobu Nozaki ◽  
Hazuki Nakadai ◽  
Yuh Shiwa ◽  
Mariko Shimizu-Kadota
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Sampling Strategy ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Urban Greening ◽  
Operational Taxonomic Units ◽  
Ecosystem Protection ◽  
The Family ◽  
Dna Metabarcoding ◽  
The World ◽  
Nectar Sources

Abstract ObjectiveApis mellifera is a species of honeybee that has been introduced around the world as an industrial beekeeping species. Recently, urban beekeeping has attracted attention as a means of ecosystem protection and urban greening. This study aimed to investigate nectar sources of urban beekeeping in Kōtō-ku, Tokyo using pollen DNA metabarcoding.ResultsWe extracted DNA from pollen collected by the honeybees of a local urban beekeeping operation. DNA metabarcoding analysis was carried out by sequencing a part of the rbcL region of the chloroplast genome. A total of 31 samples collected between mid-March, 2018 and mid-October, 2018 yielded 54 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) comprising 14 families, 32 genera, and 8 species. Whereas 5 OTUs were profiled throughout all seasons, 38 OTUs were season-specific (spring, summer, or autumn). Therefore, we were able to infer seasonal nectar sources for the beekeeping operation at the family or genus level, as well as at the species level to a lesser extent. Our pollen-sampling strategy was effective for profiling season-specific nectar sources, with the exception of a few anomalies that can be accounted for by out-of-season flowering associated with artificial gardening and/or pollen accumulation over multiple seasons.

The milliped genus Tidesmus Chamberlin, 1943 (Polydesmida: Macrosternodesmidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1656 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM A. SHEAR ◽  
ROWLAND M. SHELLEY
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
The Family ◽  
Generic Distribution

The family Macrosternodesmidae is redefined and recorded from western North America. Four small-bodied species in Arizona and California, USA, and Baja California Norté, Mexico, are assigned to Tidesmus Chamberlin 1943; Phreatodesmus and Oodedesmus, both authored by Loomis, 1960, are placed in synonymy. Phreatodesmus torreyanus Loomis, 1960 and O. variabilis Loomis, 1960, are transferred into Tidesmus as valid species; P. cooki Loomis, 1960, is a synonym of T. episcopus Chamberlin, 1943, the type species, and P. dentatus Loomis, 1960, is a synonym of P. torreyanus. Brachydesmus hastingsus Chamberlin, 1941, also is referable to Tidesmus; a topotypical male is needed to establish its identity in the absence of authentic type specimens. Tidesmus hubbsi Chamberlin, 1943, based on unidentifiable females, is geographically segregated and incompatible with the otherwise coherent generic distribution. A topotypical male is also necessary to determine its identity; for now, we remove hubbsi from Tidesmus and leave it unassigned.

ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE GENUS CLADOTAENIA, THE LIFE HISTORIES OF C. GLOBIFERA (BATSCH, 1786) AND C. CIRCI YAMAGUTI, 1935, AND A NOTE ON DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE PLEROCERCOIDS OF THE GENERA PARUTERINA AND CLADOTAENIA

1959 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reino S. Freeman
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Peromyscus Maniculatus ◽  
Tamiasciurus Hudsonicus ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Tamias Striatus ◽  
Napaeozapus Insignis ◽  
The World ◽  
Sorex Cinereus ◽  
Circus Cyaneus

A review of the taxonomy of the genus Cladotaenia established that at least four species of this genus occur in Europe, Egypt, and Sudan; that four species occur in North America; and that there are 10 valid species in the world. C. circi Yamaguti, 1935 is redescribed from Circus cyaneus hudsonius and Accipiter cooperi, and C. globifera (Batsch, 1786) is redescribed from Accipiter gentilis atricapillus, A. striatus velox, Buteo p. platypterus, B. jamaicensis, and C. cyaneus hudsonius all collected in North America. The development of the plerocercoid of both species is described. Natural infections with the plerocercoid of C. circi, are reported from Peromyscus maniculatus sonoriensis, and with the plerocercoid of C. globifera in the rodents, Clethrionomys gapperi, Napaeozapus insignis, Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis, P. leucopus noveboracensis, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, and the insectivore Sorex cinereus. The ratio of the length of the hook to length of guard of the large hooks of Cladolaenia is less than 3.5:1, whereas this ratio is more than 3.5:1 on the large rostellar hooks of Paruterina, which is considered a good criterion for distinguishing the plerocercoids of the two genera.

scholarly journals THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF NEMISTRINIDÆ

1883 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Williston
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
General Appearance

The family of Nemistrinidæ comprises throughout the world one hundred and ten described species, six or seven of which are from Southern Europe and three from North America; the remainder nearly equally distributed in Asia, Africa, Australia and South America. In their habits, so far as known, the species approach the Bombylidæ most closely, as also do many in their general appearance. Structurally they are of interest to the Dipterologist, on account of their intricate and diverse neuration, which in some species is almost Neuropter-like in the reticulation.Doubtless the number of our species will be augmented by future discoveries, but yet we can never expect a very material increase.

scholarly journals The world Polleniidae (Diptera, Oestroidea): key to genera and checklist of species

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 971 ◽  
pp. 105-155
Author(s):  
Silvia Gisondi ◽  
Knut Rognes ◽  
Davide Badano ◽  
Thomas Pape ◽  
Pierfilippo Cerretti
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
World Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World

A key to the world genera and a checklist of the world species for the family Polleniidae, including distributions, are provided. The following taxonomic and nomenclatural changes are proposed: Nitellia hermoniella Lehrer, 2007 = Pollenia mediterranea Grunin, 1966, syn. nov., Pollenia bentalia Lehrer, 2007 = Pollenia semicinerea Villeneuve, 1911, syn. nov., Dasypoda angustifrons Jacentkovský, 1941 = Pollenia tenuiforceps Séguy, 1928, syn. nov.; Anthracomyza Malloch, 1928, resurrected name (monotypic; type species Anthracomyia atratula Malloch) is considered a valid name and tentatively assigned to Polleniidae, giving Anthracomyza atratula (Malloch, 1927) as a resurrected combination; Morinia crassitarsis (Villeneuve, 1936), stat. rev. is considered a valid species, and Micronitellia Enderlein, 1936, stat. nov. is considered an available name.

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