scholarly journals A coral-eating barnacle, revisited (Cirripedia, Pyrgomatidae)

1995 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-175
Author(s):  
Arnold Ross ◽  
William A. Newman
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Circulatory System ◽  
Host Tissue ◽  
Coral Tissue ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Hermatypic Coral ◽  
Internal Parasite ◽  
Basal Margin ◽  
Metabolic Activities

The coral-eating barnacle Hoekia monticulariae (Gray, 1831), the only internal parasite among the Thoracica described to this day, is characterized by an irregularly-shaped shell nestled cryptically between the polyps of the hermatypic coral Hydnophora Fischer, 1807, which occurs throughout most of the Indo-West Pacific. Because of its protean form, cirripedologists have failed to appreciate the diversity of taxa related to Hoekia, a presumed monotypic genus. We describe seven new species divided between Hoekia and three new genera, Eohoekia, Parahoekia, and Ahoekia for which the Tribe Hoekiini is proposed. As in other pyrgomatids, calcareous overgrowth by the coral is inhibited around the edge of the wall and aperture. But in Hoekiini a pseudopolyp, upon which the barnacle feeds with modified trophi, covers the wall and aperture. Furthermore, rather than articulating with a calcareous basis, the wall is suspended in coral tissue. Its hypertrophied lateral margin ( = basal margin), in contact with the host’s tissue, is the site where metabolic activities are inferred to take place. In Hoekia and Ahoekia, the wall develops simple or connecting tubes that lead to openings in the margin, which serve as circulatory pathways. A hypertrophied margin and elaborated circulatory system suggests that the Hoekiini may not be wholly dependent on feeding directly on host tissue and/or coelenteronic material, but may also be absorptive parasites. Although other pyrgomatids, in the tribes Pyrgopsellini nov. and Pyrgomatini nov., exercise some control over their hosts by an apertural frill and through discontinuities between the shell and basis, they are still planktotrophic.

Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: New genera and species from North Queensland (Tettigoniidae; Conocephalinae; Armadillagraeciini trib. nov. and Agraeciini; Listroscelidinae; Requenini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3173 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DCF RENTZ ◽  
YOU NING SU ◽  
NORIHIRO UESHIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Prescribed Burning ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
New Tribe ◽  
A New Species

A new tribe of the Conocephalinae, Armadillagraeciini Rentz, Su, Ueshima is described to include three known Australiangenera: Armadillagraecia, Kapalgagraecia and Lichenagraecia gen. nov. Lichenagraecia gen. nov. is the eastern repre-sentative of the tribe, the others from the Northern Territory, northern Western Australia and western Queensland. Threenew genera in the tribe Agraeciini are described from the rainforests of north-eastern Queensland, Australia. Ingrischa-graecia gen. nov. is known from a single species, I. iterika sp. nov. Emeraldagraecia gen. nov. is known from two spe-cies, E. munggarifrons and E. windsorana spp. nov. Miniagraecia gen. nov. is described from two species: M. milyali andM. goorijupa spp. nov. In the Listroscelidinae; Requenini, a new species of the previously monotypic genus Xingbaoia,X. irvineorum sp. nov. is described from two localities in peril from repeated prescribed burning. Distribution maps, keys, measurements, song patterns and cytological observations are provided for most species.

A new monotypic genus of ant-mimicking Coraebini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae ) from Madagascar

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1817 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. BELLAMY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The One ◽  
One New Species

Following the itemization of the described Madagascan Coraebini (Buprestidae: Agrilinae) (Bellamy 2001a), additional new genera and species of this large fauna have been described (Bellamy 2001b, 2003, 2006). After a preliminary study of the perceived ant-mimicking species I have accumulated in loans from, and during previous visits to, the vast collection of this fauna held by the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, a new monotypic myrmecomorphic genus and species is described. All other putative ant-mimicking species amongst previously described and currently available specimens belong to the genus Entomogaster Saunders, 1871. The new genus is described now for the one new species found to not be congeneric with Entomogaster. In deference to the classification for the tribe Coraebini Bedel, 1921 presented by Kubáň, et al. (2001), the genus-group taxon described herein is provisionally placed in the subtribe Toxoscelina Majer, in Kubáň, et al., 2001.

New genera of Psocoptera (Insecta), from Mexico, Belize and Ecuador (Psoquillidae, Ptiloneuridae, Lachesillidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1319 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALFONSO N. GARCÍA ALDRETE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Monotypic Genus

Four new species of Psocoptera are described, each in a new monotypic genus: Rhyopsocoides typhicolus (Psoquillidae) and Omilneura circumvittata (Ptiloneuridae) from Mexico, Belicania cervantesi (Ptiloneuridae) from Belize, and Waoraniella erwini (Lachesillidae) from Ecuador. Relationships within each family are discussed, and keys to the genera in each family are included.

Copepods (Cyclopoida) associated with ascidian hosts: Ascidicolidae, Buproridae, Botryllophilidae, and Enteropsidae, with descriptions of 84 new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4978 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-286
Author(s):  
IL-HOI KIM ◽  
GEOFF A. BOXSHALL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Taxonomic Research ◽  
Single Genus

The Monniot collection of copepods associated with ascidian hosts was built up over several decades of field collecting and taxonomic research on ascidians by Drs Claude & Françoise Monniot (MNHN, Paris). This paper describes a total of 84 new species of copepods collected from ascidian hosts and five new genera are established. Prior to this study the family Ascidicolidae comprised two genera accommodating five valid species; here we add two new genera, Hamistyelicola gen. nov. and Bathycopola gen. nov., and eight new species in total. The family Buproridae comprised a single genus consisting of three species; here we add a new monotypic genus, Buprorides gen. nov. The family Botryllophilidae comprised 68 valid species in seven genera and here we add 45 new species; 13 of Botryllophilus Hesse, 1864, nine of Schizoproctus Aurivillius, 1885, three of Haplostomides Chatton & Harant, 1924, 12 of Haplostoma Chatton & Harant, 1924, seven of Haplostomella Chatton & Harant, 1924 and a single new species of Haplosaccus Chatton & Harant, 1924. The Enteropsidae comprised 42 species in five genera and here we add two new genera, Monnioticopa gen. nov. and Periboia gen. nov., plus a total of 30 new species; 15 of Enterocola van Beneden, 1860, two of Enterocolides Chatton & Harant, 1922, five of Enteropsis C.W.S. Aurivillius, 1885, five of Monnioticopa gen. nov., two of Mychophilus Hesse, 1865, plus the type species of Periboia gen. nov. Generic diagnoses are provided for all genera represented in the collection. A further 13 known species are also reported and brief supplementary descriptive notes or full redescriptions are provided, as appropriate. 

Phylogenetic re-examination of the “Gammiella ceylonensis” complex reveals three new genera in the Pylaisiadelphaceae (Bryophyta)

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-64
Author(s):  
HIROYUKI AKIYAMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Disjunct Distribution ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
Section Level

Taxonomic re-examination of the Gammiella ceylonensis complex is done in the light of Sematophyllaceae-Pylaisiadelphaceae circumscription based on morphological and molecular (cpDNAs: rbcL, rps4, and trnL-F) phylogenetic analyses. Three new genera are proposed to accommodate the newly recognized clades. The first is Clastobryellina that is raised from a section level under Clastobryella to include four species—two are existing species with new combinations proposed here (C. ceylonensis, C. merrillii), and two are new species described here (C. lutea, C. orientalis). Clastobryum sect. Clastobryellina is lectotypified by Clastobryum merrillii. The second is Bonnosukea, a new genus described to accommodate only B. serrulata, which is formerly included in Clastobryum, but is shown to be sister to the genus. The last is Microgammiella, a new monotypic genus that is sister to Aptychella, with a newly described species M. flagelliformis. Three species of Clastobryellina, except for a northern Thailand endemic C. lutea, show wide and disjunct distribution in East Asia.

Micropterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southwestern Pacific: a revision with the establishment of five new genera from Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2520 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORGE W. GIBBS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetics ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
A New Species

With the discovery of new taxa and developments in biogeography and molecular phylogenetics, it has become clear that the diversity of Micropterigidae in the SW Pacific region is inadequately represented by the current taxonomy. The existing taxonomy implies a single lineage in this region, while an unpublished molecular analysis reveals the presence of three distinct lineages in Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand, hence the need for revision. Currently only three named species are described from eastern Australia, all placed within the genus Sabatinca Walker. This revision isolates porphyrodes Turner 1932, from northern Queensland, as a new monotypic genus Austromartyria, here recognised as a member of a diverse ‘southern sabatincoid lineage’ distributed around the Southern Hemisphere. The bulk of the fauna covered in this revision includes: S. calliplaca Meyrick 1902, together with 6 new taxa in a new Australian genus Tasmantrix; S. sterops Turner 1921 plus a new species from New Caledonia, in another new genus Aureopterix. The New Zealand species Sabatinca zonodoxa Meyrick 1888, is synonymised with S. rosicoma Meyrick 1914 and placed in a new monotypic genus Zealandopterix. Finally, a new genus Nannopterix is erected for a new species from New Caledonia. The assemblage of four new genera (excluding Austromartyria) together comprise the basal lineage of Micropterigidae, previously referred to as the ‘Australian-group.’ All five new genera are distinguished from Sabatinca s.str., the focus of diversity in the region (confined to New Caledonia and New Zealand), but not revised here.

scholarly journals TWO NEW GENERA AND A NEW SPECIES OF SCHIZOMIDS (ARACHNIDA: SCHIZOMIDA) FROM ISLA DE PINOS, CUBA

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 33-49
Author(s):  
Rolando Teruel
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Locality Record ◽  
Species Being ◽  
A New Species

The schizomid fauna of Isla de Pinos (the second largest island in the Cuban archipelago), is revised. A new genus is described to accommodate Schizomus insulaepinorum Armas, 1977 (currently in the genus Luisarmasius Reddell & Cokendolpher, 1995), which is redescribed and fully illustrated according to the modern standards in schizomid taxonomy; its geographical distribution is also updated, with a new locality record. A second new, monotypic genus with a new species is also described from the same geographical area: the residual marble hills of the northeast of the island. As results, the schizomid fauna of Isla de Pinos is now known to comprise two nominal genera and species (both endemic to the island), the Cuban schizomid fauna reaches 13 genera and 57 species (being endemics 10 and 56 of them, respectively), and Luisarmasius is left monotypic and becomes the only genus endemic to Puerto Rico.

The Madagascan Coraebini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae): Part 4, New genera and species

Zootaxa ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 174 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. BELLAMY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Distinguishing Features

Three new genera and seven new species from Madagacar are described: one new monotypic genus, Dejongiella gen. nov., is proposed for Discoderes cavifrons Fairmaire, 1904 comb. nov.; a second new genus, Neefia gen. nov. for seven new species: N. gracilis, N. humeralis, N. magna, N. montana, N. rufofascia, N. rufovestita, N. semivestita and a third new monotypic genus, Neefioides gen. nov., for Cisseis rufobasalis Fairmaire, 1897 comb. nov. The genera and species are described, each species is illustrated and the species of Neefia and Neefioides are distinguished in a key. A table lists the distinguishing features for species of Neefia and Neefioides.

Revision of the southern African genera Nemopterella Banks and Nemia Navás (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae: Nemopterinae), with descriptions of new genera and species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4635 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-89
Author(s):  
ISHTIAG H. ABDALLA ◽  
MERVYN W. MANSELL ◽  
CATHERINE L. SOLE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Two New Species

The southern African genera Nemopterella Banks, 1910 and Nemia Navás, 1915 (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae: Nemopterinae) are revised. Nemopterella is split into three genera: Nemopterella sensu stricto with type species Nemopteryx africana Leach, 1815 (= Nemopterella africana), Afroptera gen. nov., with type species Nemopterella munroi Tjeder, 1967, and the monotypic genus Siccanda gen. nov., with type species Nemopterella arenaria Tjeder, 1967. Eight new species are described in Afroptera gen. nov.: A. acuta Abdalla & Mansell sp. nov., A. alba Mansell & Abdalla sp. nov., A. brinkmani Abdalla & Mansell sp. nov., A. balli Abdalla & Mansell sp. nov., A. cylindrata Abdalla & Mansell sp. nov., A. folia Abdalla & Mansell sp. nov., A. koranna Mansell & Abdalla sp. nov., A. maraisi Abdalla & Mansell sp. nov., as well as two new species in the genus Nemopterella: N. kabas Mansell & Abdalla sp. nov., and N.cedrus Mansell & Abdalla sp. nov.  

New cheirurinid trilobites from the lower Whittaker Formation (Ordovician), southern Mackenzie Mountains

1976 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 947-959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf Ludvigsen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Late Ordovician ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Northern Canada ◽  
Mackenzie Mountains ◽  
Anticosti Island ◽  
Early Late

Two new genera of cheirurinid trilobites are described from the lower Whittaker Formation (?Rocklandian to Edenian; late Middle and early Late Ordovician) of the southern Mackenzie Mountains. The monotypic genus, Whittakerites n. gen., is a probable descendant of Ceraurus and is presently known only from northern Canada. Borealaspis n. gen. is established for two species from northern Canada, one of which possibly occurs in northern Greenland, and includes B. numitor (Billings) from Anticosti Island. New species described are Whittakerites planatus, Borealaspis whittakerensis, and B. biformis.

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