Two new species of Pisolithus (Sclerodermataceae) from Australasia, and an assessment of the confused nomenclature of P. tinctorius

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 348 (3) ◽  
pp. 163 ◽  
Author(s):  
TERESA LEBEL ◽  
SHAUN PENNYCOOK ◽  
MATTHEW BARRETT
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Sequence Analyses ◽  
Acacia Species ◽  
Distribution Ranges ◽  
Its Nrdna ◽  
Phylogenetic Grouping

Based on morphological data and ITS nrDNA sequence analyses, we formally describe two species from the phylogenetic grouping ‘Martin sp. 10’ as Pisolithus thermaeus sp. nov., endemic to New Zealand, and P. tympanobaculus sp. nov. from Australia. All Pisolithus species in New Zealand are restricted in distribution to geothermally active areas, in ectomycorrhizal association with Kunzea tenuicaulis. In Australia species occur in a broad range of habitats in association with Eucalyptus or Acacia species; and in New Caledonia species form associations with various Myrtaceae or an Acacia species. The distribution ranges of Pisolithus albus, P. marmoratus and P. croceorrhizus are extended to include the Kimberley and Top End regions of northern Australia. We also confirm that neither P. arenarius, nor P. tinctorius sensu stricto, nor P. arhizus are currently known to occur in Australia or New Zealand. The long-used but never formalized combination Pisolithus albus (Cooke & Massee) Priest is validated here and nomenclatural knots relating to three different usages of the name Pisolithus tinctorius are unraveled and suggestions made for their resolution.

A revision of Vittadinia A.Rich. (Compositae) together with reinstatement of Eurybiopsis DC. and description of a new geunus, Camptacra.

Brunonia ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
NT Burbidge
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Single Species ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Specific Rank

It is reported that Gaudichaud was correct in describing, under Brachycome Cass., three species, B. triloba, B. dentata and B. spathulata. Reference is made to the nomenclatural status of these species in accordance with the results of a revision of Brachycome by Davis (1948). De Candolle erred in transferring the species to Vittadinia A. Rich, for which the New Zealand V. australis is the type. Reasons are given for regarding V. triloba (Gaudich.) DC. as synonymous with V. australis var. dissecta Benth., and the variety is raised to specific rank. Included with V. australis and V. dissecta in Vittadinia s. str. (i.e. in Vittadinia subgenus Vittadinia) are V. cuneata DC. (a name which can be applied to a complex group of taxa widespread in southern and eastern Australia) and a further 17 species of which the following are new: V. cervicularis (with four varieties), V. constricta, V. condyloides, V. decora, V. eremaea, V. humerata, V. nullarborensis, V. pustulata, V. simulans and V. sulcata, while V. gracilis (J. D. Hook.) N. Burbidge and V. australasica (Turcz.) N. Burbidge are new combinations. V. scabra DC. and a group of taxa which have been referred to it or, incorrectly, to V. macrorhiza (DC.) A. Gray have been placed in a new subgenus of Vittadinia under the name Peripleura. Within this subgenus nine species are recognized: V. scabra DC., V, hispidula F. Muell. ex A. Gray (with two varieties), and the new species V. arida, V. bicolor, V. diffusa, V. obovata, V. sericea, V. spechtii (with two varieties) and V. virgata. With the exception of V. australis which is endemic to New Zealand and V. simulans, a New Caledonian species, all are endemic to Australia; however, V. hispidula has been reported for New Caledonia where it is deemed to be an alien and V. gracilis and possibly V. muelleri appear to have become naturalized in New Zealand. V. brachycomoides (F. Muell.) Benth. becomes the type of a new genus, Camptacra, with two species, both distributed in northern and north-eastern Australia. Eurybiopsis DC. is reinstated, with its single species, E. macrorhiza DC., found only in northern Australia.

Evolutionary biogeography and tectonic history of the ghost moth families Hepialidae, Mnesarchaeidae, and Palaeosetidae in the Southwest Pacific (Lepidoptera: Exoporia)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4415 (2) ◽  
pp. 243 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN R. GREHAN ◽  
CARLOS G.C. MIELKE
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Fault Zone ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Lateral Displacement ◽  
Southwest Pacific ◽  
Biogeographic History ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Distribution Ranges ◽  
History Of

The biogeographic history of Exoporia (Lepidoptera) in the Southwest Pacific is reconstructed for genera and species that show distributional boundaries corresponding to tectonic structures in the region. Correlations with tectonic formations of Mesozoic origin such as the Whitsunday Volcanic Province and Otway-Bass-Gippsland Basin system in Australia, the Vitiaz Fracture Zone in northern Melanesia, and the Western Province-Eastern Province boundary, Waitaki Fault Zone, and Waihemo Fault Zone of New Zealand are presented as evidence of an East Gondwana origin for genera and species before the geological separation of Australia and New Zealand. The correlated boundaries also suggest that many extant species retain at least parts of their original East Gondwana distribution ranges. The presence of Exoporia on the northern Melanesian Arc, New Caledonia, and New Zealand is attributed to the tectonic isolation of these areas when East Gondwana expanded into the Pacific following retreat of the Pacific Plate subduction zone. Local endemism of Mnesarchaeidae in New Zealand is interpreted as the result of an original vicariance from a widespread ancestor (‘Exoporia’) resulting in two allopatric descendants —a narrowly distributed Mnesarchoidea and a widely distributed Hepialoidea. The current overlap of these two groups in New Zealand is explained as the result of subsequent range expansion by the Hepialoidea prior to geological fragmentation of East Gondwana. The potential impact of Cretaceous geography on modern distributions is also considered for Exoporia in southern Africa and northern America. Along with lateral displacement of Exoporia, tectonic processes also contributed to the origin of high elevation endemics through a process of passive tectonic uplift. 

The systematics and biology of the spider genus Nephila (Araneae:Nephilidae) in the Australasian region

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Harvey ◽  
Andrew D. Austin ◽  
Mark Adams
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
East Asia ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Allozyme Data ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Nephila Plumipes ◽  
Australasian Region

Five species of the nephilid genus Nephila Leach are found in the Australasian region, which for the purposes of this study was defined as Australia and its dependencies (including Lord Howe I., Norfolk I., Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is), New Guinea (including Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian province of West Papua), Solomon Is, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, Niue, New Zealand and other parts of the south-west Pacific region. All species are redescribed and illustrated. Nephila pilipes (Fabricius) occurs in the closed forests of eastern and northern Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Is and Vanuatu (through to South-East Asia); N. plumipes (Latreille) is found in Australia (including Lord Howe I. and Norfolk I.), New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Is and New Caledonia; N. tetragnathoides (Walckenaer) inhabits Fiji, Tonga and Niue; N. antipodiana (Walckenaer) occurs in northern Australia (as well as Christmas I.), New Guinea and Solomon Is (through to South-East Asia); and N. edulis (Labillardière) is found in Australia (including Cocos (Keeling) Is), New Guinea, New Zealand and New Caledonia. Epeira (Nephila) walckenaeri Doleschall, E. (N.) hasseltii Doleschall, N. maculata var. annulipes Thorell, N. maculata jalorensis Simon, N. maculata var. novae-guineae Strand, N. pictithorax Kulczyński, N. maculata var. flavornata Merian, N. pictithorax Kulczyński, N. maculata var. flavornata Merian, N. maculata piscatorum de Vis, and N. (N.) maculata var. lauterbachi Dahl are proposed as new synonyms of N. pilipes. Nephila imperialis var. novaemecklenburgiae Strand, N. ambigua Kulczyński, N. sarasinorum Merian and N. celebesiana Strand are proposed as new synonyms of N. antipodiana. Meta aerea Hogg, N. meridionalis Hogg, N. adelaidensis Hogg and N. meridionalis hermitis Hogg are proposed as new synonyms of N. edulis. Nephila picta Rainbow is removed from the synonymy of N. plumipes and treated as a synonym of N. edulis, and N. nigritarsis insulicola Pocock is removed from the synonymy of N. plumipes and treated as a synonym of N. antipodiana. Allozyme data demonstrate that N. pilipes is distinct at the 80% FD level from N. edulis, N. plumipes and N. tetragnathoides. Nephila plumipes and N. tetragnathoides, deemed to represent sister-taxa owing to the shared presence of a triangular protrusion of the male pedipalpal conductor, were found to differ at 15% FD in the genetic study. No genetic differentiation was found between 10 populations of N. edulis sampled across mainland Australia. Species of the genus Nephila have been extensively used in ecological and behavioural studies, and the biology of Nephila species in the Australasian region is extensively reviewed and compared with studies on Nephila species from other regions of the world.

A cryptic complex of species related to Transversotrema licinum Manter, 1970 from fishes of the Indo-West Pacific, including descriptions of ten new species of Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944 (Digenea: Transversotrematidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3176 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JANET A. HUNTER ◽  
THOMAS H. CRIBB
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Susceptible Host ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Moreton Bay ◽  
Ningaloo Reef ◽  
As Species ◽  
Lizard Island

Transversotrema licinum Manter, 1970 was described from two species of fishes from Moreton Bay, Queensland, and sub-sequently reported from 13 further species from six families in the Indo–West Pacific region. This study records specimensmorphologically similar to T. licinum from 48 fish species from 11 families. A combined analysis of the second internaltranscribed spacer region (ITS2) of ribosomal DNA and morphological data revealed a complex of at least 15 species andfrom these data ten new species of Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944 are described here. T. licinum sensu stricto is char-acterised in terms of morphology, distinct genotype, wide host distribution (Kyphosidae, Lutjanidae, Monodactylidae,Mugilidae, Pomacentridae and Sparidae) and, at present, is known only in Moreton Bay. The following new species areproposed: T. atkinsoni n. sp. from nemipterids from Heron Island (southern GBR) and Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia);T. borboleta n. sp. from chaetodontids and lutjanines (Lutjanidae) from Lizard Island and Heron Island; T. cardinalis n.sp. from lutjanines and a haemulid from Lizard Island; T. carmenae n. sp. from nemipterids from Lizard Island; T. dam-sella n. sp. from pomacentrids, a labrid and a mugilid from Lizard Island; T. espanola n. sp. from lutjanines from Heronand Lizard Islands; T. fusilieri n. sp. from caesionines (Lutjanidae) from Lizard Island; T. manteri n. sp. from caesioninesfrom Lizard Island and Ningaloo Reef; T. nova n. sp. from a nemipterid from New Caledonia; and T. witenbergi n. sp.from caesionines from Heron Island. Transversotrema borboleta n. sp. is itself probably a complex of at least three closelyrelated species but these are not yet sufficiently well delineated to allow separate descriptions. Four putative species re-ferred to as Species A–D recognised from molecular analysis have not been described because of insufficient data. Mostspecies are evidently strongly restricted to families or subfamilies of fishes. Only T. licinum appears to be genuinely eu-ryxenic. Transversotrema borboleta infects chaetodontids and lutjanids but the nature of the distribution may be an indi-cation that it represents a species complex. Most of the species appear to have restricted ranges, being absent from susceptible host species at some localities.

New Caledonian Triassic Bryozoa

2015 ◽  
Vol 89 (5) ◽  
pp. 730-747
Author(s):  
Andrej Ernst ◽  
Priska Schäfer ◽  
Jack A. Grant-Mackie
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Upper Triassic ◽  
Bryozoan Species ◽  
Middle Paleozoic

AbstractFour trepostome bryozoan species are described from the Upper Triassic of New Caledonia. They include one new genus Metastenodiscus n. gen. The studied fauna shows strong paleobiogeographic relations to New Zealand and less so to Japan. Morphological similarities between Middle Paleozoic and Triassic trepostome bryozoans (e.g., abundant diaphragms) are explained by homeomorphy.

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans. [Distribution map].

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Fusarium Oxysporum ◽  
Central America ◽  
West Indies ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. f. sp. conglutinans (Wollenw.) Snyder & Hansen. Hosts: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflover etc. (Brassica oleracera vars.). Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Cameroon, Morocco, South Africa, Zaire, Zimbabwe, ASIA, China (Canton), India (West Bengal), (Assam), Iraq, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA, Australia (Queensland), (NT), New Caledonia, New Zealand, Samoa (Am.), EUROPE, France, Hungary, Italy (Sardinia), Netherlands, USSR (Lithuania), (Ukraine), NORTH AMERICA, Canada (Quebec), (Manitoba, Ontario), USA, CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, Salvador, Trinidad, SOUTH AMERICA, Brazil (Sao Paulo).

A review of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) described from Mesozoic deposits

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 001-014
Author(s):  
MATHIAS JASCHHOF
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
North America ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Morphological Diversity ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Gall Midges ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
New Tribe

Twenty-four fossil gall midges (Cecidomyiidae) described from 1917–2020 from Mesozoic deposits, mostly ambers, are reviewed. Information from the original publications is used as the basis for reinterpretation, when such is regarded as appropriate here. As a result, the fossil record of cecidomyiids from the Mesozoic comprises representatives of the following subfamilies and tribes, all mycophagous (numbers in parentheses refer to species described): Catotrichinae (1); Micromyinae: Catochini (2), Amediini (1), Campylomyzini (1), Micromyini (2) and Aprionini (1); Winnertziinae: Heteropezini (2), Diallactiini (4) and Winnertziini (1); Porricondylinae: Dicerurini (1). Other Winnertziinae (3) and Micromyinae (5) cannot be classified to tribe because information on critical morphological structures is unavailable; they are thus considered incertae sedis. Members of the Lestremiinae sensu stricto are unrecorded from the Mesozoic, as are any Cecidomyiinae (the only subfamily containing phytophages and predators). Commonly occurring reasons for misinterpretation of amber fossils are the non-recognition of artefacts and the unfamiliarity with group-specific literature regarding prevailing taxonomic concepts and the morphological diversity found in Cecidomyiidae. These causes as well as obvious differences between neontological and paleontological taxonomic practices are discussed. Amediini trib. nov. Jaschhof, 2021 is introduced as a new tribe of the Micromyinae, to absorb the genera Amedia Jaschhof, 1997 (extant, North America, type genus), Amediella Jaschhof, 2003 (extant, New Zealand) and Eltxo Arillo & Nel, 2000 (extinct, Alava amber). A diagnosis of the new tribe is given. Krassiloviolini Fedotova & Perkovsky, 2017 is a new junior synonym of Heteropezini Schiner, 1868. Amediini Plakidas, 2017 and Zarqacecidomyius singularis Kaddumi, 2007 are nomina nuda.

Alternaria passiflorae. [Distribution map].

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Norfolk Island ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Alternaria passiflorae Simmonds. Dothideomycetes: Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae. Host: passionflower (Passiflora sp.). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Asia (Bhutan, China, Guangdong, India, Kerala, Sikkim, West Bengal), Africa (Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe), North America (Canada, British Columbia, Florida, Hawaii), South America (Brazil, Sao Paulo, Colombia, Venezuela), Oceania (Australia, Queensland, Western Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Tonga).

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