An emended description of Stemphylium amaranthi with its first record for Iran mycobiota

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 371 (2) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
ALIREZA POURSAFAR ◽  
YOUBERT GHOSTA ◽  
MOHAMMAD JAVAN-NIKKHAH
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
First Record ◽  
Its Rdna ◽  
Morphological Identification ◽  
Sexual Morph ◽  
Species Circumscription ◽  
New Information ◽  
Emended Description ◽  
First Time

Stemphylium amaranthi was originally described from the leaves of Amaranthus retroflexous in China based only on asexual morphological characteristics. New collections of S. amaranthi from wheat and barley plants with symptoms of black (sooty) head mould in Golestan and Qazvin Provinces, Iran, revealed abundant formation of a sexual morph. The morphological identification was confirmed by sequences obtained from ITS-rDNA and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) genomic loci. New information on the sexual morph of S. amaranthi is provided and the species circumscription is emended. Wheat and barley are reported as new substrates for S. amaranthi, and this species is recorded for the first time in Iran.

FIRST RECORD ON HOST PLANTS AND TAXONOMICAL DESCRIPTION ON Aptopus opata (ELATERIDAE: CARDIOPHORINAE: CARDIOPHORINI) FROM SINDH PAKISTAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 415-424
Author(s):  
Shabana Mangi
Keyword(s):  
Light Trap ◽  
Lateral Lobe ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
First Record ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
South Central ◽  
Sindh Province ◽  
Significant Damage ◽  
Germinating Seeds ◽  
First Time

Aptopus Eschscholtz is a native of the Mexico sonar light trap Huachuca Mountain of south central Arizona. This species has been first time observed from district Khairpur Sindh province of Pakistan from (March 2018 to October 2019), these observation represent first record of this species from Sindh or Pakistan. This description and illustrations are provided for easy identification, they cause significant damage to crops, they are pest species and omnivores feeder, especially on maize crops, potatoes, tomatoes and germinating seeds, weeds and small grasses overall in worldwide, its larva is yellowish to brown in color, from damage use the granules insecticides at planting time will prevent from wireworm, Aptopus opata is a differ from the closely allied species on the basis of genitalial and morphological characteristics body lengthened, dark brown to blackish with densely punctuations, prontal angles lengthened, pointed, scutellum blackish spot like, legs lengthened, aedeagus wider than longer, base broader, lateral lobe parameres slightly bigonal, with have golden hairs, at apex, median lobe parameres, broad at basal, rapidly narrowing apically, hairs like structure view from the ventral aspects.

First record of the Granulate Ambrosia Beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), in the Iberian Peninsula

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4273 (3) ◽  
pp. 431 ◽  
Author(s):  
DIEGO GALLEGO ◽  
JOSÉ LUIS LENCINA ◽  
HUGO MAS ◽  
JULIA CEVERÓ ◽  
MASSIMO FACCOLI
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
Ambrosia Beetle ◽  
Morphological Identification ◽  
Asian Origin ◽  
Mediterranean Regions ◽  
First Time

The Granulate Ambrosia Beetle Xylosandrus crassiusculus, an alien species of Asian origin, was recorded for first time in the Iberian Peninsula. Many specimens were collected in October 2016 in the Valencia region (Spain) from infested carob trees. The species is included in the EPPO Alert List as causing serious damage in many Mediterranean regions. A key for the morphological identification of the Xylosandrus species occurring in Europe is also reported. 

Contribution to the taxonomy and biology of two Balkan endemic Isoperla Banks, 1906 (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) species

Zoosymposia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 73-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
DÁVID MURÁNYI ◽  
TIBOR KOVÁCS ◽  
KIRILL MÁRK ORCI
Keyword(s):  
Total Duration ◽  
First Record ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
New Information ◽  
New Localities ◽  
Apical Half ◽  
Repetition Pattern ◽  
High Elevations ◽  
First Time

We contribute new information on the taxonomy and biology of two recently described Balkan endemic stonefly species of the genus Isoperla Banks, 1906 (Plecoptera: Perlodidae). The hitherto unknown larva of Isoperla pesici Murányi, 2011 can be distinguished from related species on the basis of more laterally positioned abdominal stripes, and the long hairs on the apical half of the cerci. This species has a wide distribution in the Central Balkans, and we add six new localities, including the first record from Albania. It emerges from late spring to mid-summer, and occurs at low to moderately high altitudes. Isoperla pesici seems to be associated with springs, especially karst spring outlets, although it occurs in both small and large springs. The hitherto unknown larva of Isoperla citrina Murányi, 2011 is distinguished by its brown coloration with an indistinct pattern, quadrangular lacinia and lack of long hairs on the apical half of the cerci. The female lacks distinctive terminalia or egg characters and its habitus is similar to the male and sufficient to distinguish it from other known Balkan taxa. The male mating call is a sequence of beat-groups with a total duration of 3–6 s (at 22 °C); each group generally containing 3 beats, while the beat repetition pattern within beat groups is rather simple. This species is restricted to the high mountains of the western-Central Balkans, where we record four new localities, including the first record from Macedonia. It emerges from June to October, and is associated with very small creeks, lined with bushes at high elevations. Amongst the accompanying species, eleven are reported for the first time from Albania: (Brachyptera helenica Aubert, 1956, B. graeca Berthélemy, 1971, Leuctra bronislawi Sowa, 1970a, L. hirsuta Bogoecu & Tabacaru, 1960, L. hippopoides Kaçanski & Zwick, 1970, L. pseudosignifera Aubert, 1954, Protonemura hrabei Raušer, 1956, P. nitida (Pictet, 1836), Nemurella pictetii (Klapálek, 1900), Chloroperla russevi Braasch, 1969 and Siphonoperla neglecta (Rostock, 1881)), while one from Macedonia (Nemoura caligula Zwick, 1978) and Leuctra pseudohippopus Raušer, 1965 is reported from outside the Moesian ranges for the first time.

New species and new distributional records of Neotropical Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4413 (2) ◽  
pp. 295 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADRIAN ARDILA-CAMACHO ◽  
ARLEY CALLE-TOBÓN ◽  
MARTA WOLFF ◽  
LIONEL A. STANGE
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Information ◽  
Neotropical Fauna ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

The Neotropical fauna of Mantispidae is currently composed of 106 species. We provide new distributional records of Mantispidae from Colombia and Panama. Three new species are described, one in Symphrasinae from Colombia, and two in Mantispinae from Colombia and Panama. Haematomantispa nubeculosa (Navás, 1933) and Leptomantispa axillaris (Navás, 1908) are reported from Colombia for the first time, the former being the first record of the genus in the country. New locality records for other species previously known from Colombia are also given. For Panama, we report Anchieta fasciatella (Westwood, 1867) and Trichoscelia iridella (Westwood, 1867) for the first time, the former is herein newly transferred from Plega to Anchieta. Three names Mantispa confluens Navás, 1914, n. syn., Buyda apicata Navás, 1926, n. syn., and Mantispa neotropica Navás, 1933, n. syn., are here synonymized with Buyda phthisica (Gerstaecker, 1885). Updated keys for the genera of Mantispinae, and species of genera Trichoscelia, Buyda, and Climaciella from Colombia are included. With this new information, the known species richness of Mantispidae from Colombia increases from 21 to 26, and from 16 to 19 species in Panama. 

scholarly journals A first record of Pestalotiopsis clavispora in Argan mass cutting propagation: Prevalence, prevention and consequences for plant production

2011 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-120
Author(s):  
Mustapha Bakry ◽  
Guy Bussières ◽  
Mohammed S. Lamhamedi ◽  
Hank A. Margolis ◽  
Debra C. Stowe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Success Rate ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
First Record ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Mass Propagation ◽  
Cutting Propagation ◽  
Apical Buds ◽  
First Time

A trial involving the mass propagation of Argania spinosa cuttings was established following two protocols: in mini-bouturathèques without mist and in a greenhouse under mist. Symptoms of petiole necrosis, foliar yellowing and abundant black acervuli were observed under both protocols. These symptoms were responsible for a 90% mortality rate in the mini-bouturathèques while under the mist treatment premature fatal necrosis of the apical buds resulted in 100% mortality. The disease’s causal agent, Pestalotiopsis clavispora, was identified on the basis of its morphological characteristics and by molecular analysis. Alternating weekly treatments of systemic and contact fungicides resulted in a 41% success rate in controlling this pathogen, described for the first time on argan cuttings.

scholarly journals Molecular identification of Auxis spp. larvae (Pisces: Scombridae) from the Gulf of California: Solving morphological identification limits

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 157 ◽  
Author(s):  
María J. Ochoa-Muñoz ◽  
Noé Díaz-Viloria ◽  
Laura Sánchez-Velasco ◽  
Sylvia P. A. Jiménez-Rosenberg ◽  
Ricardo Pérez-Enríquez
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Identification ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Fish Larvae ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Morphological Identification ◽  
Larval Stages ◽  
Marine Fish Larvae ◽  
Coi Sequences ◽  
First Time

The larvae of the Auxis genus are abundant in the Gulf of California during summer; however, their identification to the species level by morphological methods is a challenge. The goal of this study was to identify A. thazard and A. rochei larvae for first time, through molecular markers using COI sequences of mtDNA, and look for distinctive morphological characteristics between species, mainly in pigmentation patterns. Larvae were obtained by zooplankton tows in 3 oceanographic cruises in the southern Gulf of California and adjacent waters. The presence of A. thazard and A. rochei larvae was genetically confirmed. The sequences of 7 larvae showed genetic divergences lower than 1% when were compared to sequences of A. thazard adults, while 15 larvae showed genetic divergences lower than 2% when where compared to sequences of A. rochei adults. Genetic divergences between both Auxis species were higher than 2%. These results suggest the spawning of both species in the Gulf of California. On the other hand, pigmentation patterns and morphometric characteristics, in all larval stages, did not permit the secure differentiation between species. Thus, the use of molecular identification by COI is recommended to identify Auxis larvae to the species level, as well as in other marine fish larvae collected in other regions of the world, that have identification troubles.

scholarly journals FIRST RECORD OF HERMETIA ILLUCENS (LINNAEUS, 1758) – BLACK SOLDIER FLY, FROM NEPAL

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-23
Author(s):  
Biplov Sapkota ◽  
Shristi Upadhyaya ◽  
Anuj Lamichhane ◽  
Rajendra Regmi ◽  
Kuldip Ghimire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Waste ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
First Record ◽  
Feed Ingredient ◽  
Black Soldier Fly ◽  
Hermetia Illucens ◽  
Animal Feeding ◽  
Simple Systems ◽  
First Time

Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758)- Black soldier fly is a beneficial insect which has been used in simple systems, to treat organic waste efficiently and rapidly, and to produce animal feed ingredient and fertilizer as end products. These flies are naturally found in warmer parts of the globe. The incidence of Black soldier fly was recorded for the first time in Nepal in between April and May 2020 in the sub urban area of Chitwan District, Nepal. Identification of the insect was done in the Laboratory of Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal. Both adult and larval forms of the insect were identified based on the study of morphological characteristics of captured specimens using simple microscope and stereomicroscope. The record of this insect in Nepal opens up a new dimension for its use in bio-systems to treat organic waste and produce more sustainable ingredient for animal feeding, and rich fertilizer to be used in agriculture.

First record of Aegagropila linnaei (Cladophoraceae, Chlorophyta) in the Udmurt Republic

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 114-120
Author(s):  
E. V. Chemeris ◽  
O. A. Kapitonova ◽  
I. A. Kargapoltseva
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
First Record ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Udmurt Republic ◽  
Data Book ◽  
First Time

Aegagropila linnaei (Chlorophyta, Cladophoraceae) is reported for the first time for the territory of the Udmurt Republic from Pazelinskiy Bay of Izhevsk Reservoir. The habitat description and morphological characteristics of the alga are provided. It is suggested that the species is threatened in the habitat. A. linnaei is recommended to include in the Red Data Book of the Udmurt Republic.

scholarly journals Morphological and molecular-based identification of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae), a main vector of Dengue Fever, the first record in Iran after decades.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hedayat Dorzaban ◽  
Aboozar Soltani ◽  
Hamzeh Alipour ◽  
Jafar Hatami ◽  
Seyed Aghil Jaber Hashemi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Dengue Fever ◽  
First Record ◽  
Molecular Study ◽  
Surveillance Program ◽  
Morphological Identification ◽  
Vector Surveillance ◽  
Arboviral Diseases ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
First Time

Abstract Background : Aedes aegypti is an important vector for transmission of some dangerous arboviral diseases including Dengue Fever. This study was conducted for the first time in Iran in order to survey the existence of this invasive species in oriental parts of the country located near the Persian Gulf during August 2017 to January 2020. Methods : Different sampling methods were used to collect all stages of mosquitoes in five selected cities of Hormozgan province, south of Iran. After morphological identification, a molecular study based on Cytochrome Oxidase (CO1) gene-specific primers was performed to identify them more precisely. Then, the CO1 gene were sequenced via the Sanger method. Results : Totally, 4560 adults and 3520 larvae were collected from all sampling areas. Thirty-one Aedes aegypti specimens were identified from Bandar Khamir and Bandar Lengeh seaports. Conclusion : Based on the biology and ecology of Aedes aegypti , the possibility of establishment of this species in this region is very high due to the tropical climate of this region. Considering the detection of this invasive vector, high incidence of some arboviral diseases in the neighboring countries, and continuous movements of the settlers of these areas, some potential outbreaks of arboviral diseases can be predicted. Thus, planning and implementing an immediate preventative and surveillance program is vital in order to prevent the establishment of this invasive vector in this area. Keywords : Aedes aegypti , Dengue Fever, vector surveillance, CO1 Gene, Iran

On morphology of the stomatocyst 53 Duff et Smol, 1991 (Chrysophyceae) from a mire pool on Bali Island (Indonesia)

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-81
Author(s):  
D. A. Kapustin
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Emended Description ◽  
First Time

The stomatocyst 53 Duff et Smol 1991 was recorded in Indonesia for the first time. This is the first record of this morphotype outside Holarctic. Based on SEM observations we revealed that stomatocyst 53 has a true complex collar rather than a simple one. An emended description of stomatocyst 53 is given.

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