A new species of Cyrtopodium (Orchidaceae: Cyrtopodiinae) from Belize

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 424 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUSTAVO A. ROMERO-GONZÁLEZ ◽  
GERMÁN CARNEVALI ◽  
RODRIGO DUNO ◽  
WILLIAM R. CETZAL-IX ◽  
IVÓN M. RAMÍREZ-MORILLO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Comparative Anatomy ◽  
Abscission Layer ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Cyrtopodium from Belize, C. vestitum, is described and illustrated. Its flowers are indistinguishable from those of Cyrtopodium macrobulbon, but the pseudobulbs are relatively shorter and thicker, ovoid ellipsoid, bearing proportionately more, densely packed internodes, and the leaves do not present an articulation, i.e., an abscission layer, between the sheath and the blade and are thus marcescent. A comparative anatomy study of this tissue is presented, contrasting its presence in C. macrobulbon and the lack thereof in the new species. This species should be considered Endangered (EN) because of its restricted geographical distribution in central Belize. An updated key to the species of Cyrtopodium from North America, the Caribbean, and Central America is also included.

scholarly journals Cerrorchestia taboukeli sp. nov., a new terrestrial amphipod (Amphipoda, Talitridae) from Martinique Island

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Piscart ◽  
Khaoula Ayati ◽  
Mathieu Coulis
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
Forest Floor ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Tropical Rainforest ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Terrestrial Invertebrates ◽  
Caribbean Islands ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species

During recent investigations on the terrestrial invertebrates of the tropical rainforest on Martinique Island (Pitons du Carbet), specimens of a new species of the terrestrial amphipod genus Cerrorchestia Lindeman, 1990, C. taboukeli sp. nov., were collected by means of different quantitative and non-quantitative methods (hand collection and Tullgren extraction) in the forest floor. The new species can be easily distinguished from the only other species of the genus, C. hyloraina Lindeman, 1990, by gnathopod 2 (carpus short, palm longer than wide), pereopod 4 dactylus with a denticulate patch, pereopod 5 basis ovate with a deep posterodistal lobe reaching the distal end of the ischium, pleopod 3 ramus with more than six articles. Cerrorchestia tabouleki sp. nov. is the first forest-hopper discovered in the Lesser Antilles, raising the question of island colonization by terrestrial amphipods. Ecological data and a key to terrestrial Talitridae of Central America and the Caribbean islands are provided.

A new species of Hohenbergia (Bromeliaceae) endemic to the Dolphin Head Mountains in western Jamaica

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 247 (2) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIÁN AGUIRRE-SANTORO ◽  
KERON C. ST. E. CAMPBELL ◽  
GEORGE R. PROCTOR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Habitat Conservation ◽  
Head Region ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Geographic Distributions ◽  
A New Species

Recent botanical expeditions to the Dolphin Head Mountains in western Jamaica allowed the collection of different specimens of a new species, Hohenbergia rohan-estyi, an enigmatic plant that resembles the also Jamaican-endemic H. negrilensis. In this study, we describe H. rohan-estyi and include notes on its geographical distribution, habitat, conservation status and taxonomy. The length of the stipes and number of flowers per spike permit the differentiation of H. rohan-estyi from H. negrilensis. In addition, the geographic distributions of these two species do not overlap, as H. rohan-estyi inhabits mountainous forests of the Dolphin Head region while H. negrilensis occurs in coastal areas of western Jamaica. Finally, H. rohan-estyi is the third species of Hohenbergia reported as endemic to the Dolphin Head Mountains, indicating the importance of this area in the evolution and conservation of the genus in Jamaica and the Caribbean.

scholarly journals A new species of Moraria (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the Laurentian Great Lakes

Zootaxa ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 205 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JANET W. REID ◽  
LYNN T. LESKO
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Lake Michigan ◽  
Lake Huron ◽  
Laurentian Great Lakes ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
A New Species

Moraria hudsoni n. sp. is described from Trails End Bay in Lake Michigan and Prentiss Bay in Lake Huron, Michigan, USA. The new species differs from its congeners in chaetotaxy, body ornamentation, and other characters. We review published records of members of Moraria from North and Central America; no species is known from South America. Species of this genus have been found in the mountains of southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, but none of these has been validly described. In North America, eight species have been recorded from Alaska, Canada, and the conterminous USA as far south as North Carolina. We report new geographical records of M. affinis from Virginia, and of both M. cristata and M. virginiana from Maryland and Virginia. We provide a tabular key to aid in identification of the named species of Moraria in North America.

A new species of the genus Mahanarva Distant, 1909 (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Cercopidae), with a key to the species from Central America and Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ulises Castro-Valderrama ◽  
Daniel C. Peck ◽  
Gervasio Silva Carvalho ◽  
Jorge Manuel Valdez–Carrasco ◽  
Jesús Romero–Nápoles
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Central America ◽  
The North ◽  
Pasture Grasses ◽  
A New Species

The genus Mahanarva Distant, 1909 (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Cercopidae) currently includes two subgenera: Mahanarva Distant, 1909 with 38 species and six subspecies, and Ipiranga Fennah, 1968 with nine species. The Manaharva species are all from the Americas, and a few species are important pests in pasture grasses and sugarcane. There are no reports of any Manaharva species from North America, including Mexico and areas to the north. Here, a new species is described from Mexico and a key to the species of Mahanarva from Central America and Mexico is proposed.

ON THE NEMATODE GENUS RHABDOCHONA RAILLIET, 1916 (NEMATODA: SPIRUROIDEA)

1951 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. P. E. Choquette
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Nematode Genus ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Host List

The systematic position of the genus Rhabdochona Railliet, 1916 and its diagnosis is reviewed. The genus comprising 33 species has a world-wide distribution and has been found, with one exception, in fish. Species from fish in North America are discussed and R. cascadilla Wigdor, 1918 is redescribed; R. laurentiana Lyster, 1940 is considered to be identical with the latter. A new species, R. milleri, is described. A host list and the geographical distribution of the 33 species of Rhabdochona so far recorded are given.

scholarly journals The largest blindsnake in Mesoamerica: a new species of Typhlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from an isolated karstic mountain in Honduras

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1932 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSIAH H. TOWNSEND ◽  
LARRY DAVID WILSON ◽  
LORRAINE P. KETZLER ◽  
ILEANA R. LUQUE-MONTES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
The Body ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Santa Barbara ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species

A distinctive new species of Typhlops is described from Parque Nacional Montaña de Santa Bárbara, 1550 m elevation, Departamento de Santa Bárbara, Honduras. The holotype and only known specimen of this new taxon is the largest specimen of the genus thus far reported from Mexico and Central America, and is further differentiated from all other Mesoamerican Typhlops by having 22–22–22 scales around the body and by having a dark brownish gray dorsum with a well-defined pale yellowish gray to immaculate white ventral coloration. This species is a member of the Caribbean Arc Group of Typhlops. An updated key to the Typhlopidae of Mesoamerica is provided.

Systematics of the Dendrophidion nuchale complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) with the description of a new species from Central America

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3513 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN E. CADLE ◽  
JAY M. SAVAGE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Apical Region ◽  
The North ◽  
The Andes ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Eastern Half

We review the systematics of the Dendrophidion nuchale complex in Central America and northern South America andrecognize three species. The names D. nuchale (W. Peters) and D. clarkii Dunn apply to two of the species. The third isdescribed as a new species, D. rufiterminorum. It differs from D. clarkii and D. nuchale in coloration and hemipenial char-acters but all three species of the nuchale complex are very similar in scutellation characters. Dendrophidion nuchale isdistributed in the coast ranges and adjacent foothills of northern Venezuela, and in a seemingly disjunct population in theSerranía de Perijá in western Venezuela. The name clarkii was recently applied to all populations of the nuchale complexfrom Belize and Guatemala in the north to western Colombia and Ecuador in the south. Herein, we restrict the name D.clarkii to populations in lower Middle America (Costa Rica and Panama) and west of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador.Dendrophidion rufiterminorum is distributed in northern Central America (Belize, Guatemala, northern Honduras) fol-lowed by a broad disjunction without records of the species throughout most of Honduras and Nicaragua; thereafter, a fewspecimens and photographs document the presence of D. rufiterminorum on the Caribbean versant of southern Nicaraguaand Costa Rica, and uplands of northwestern Costa Rica (Pacific versant). Two localities of sympatry between D. rufiter-minorum and D. clarkii are known in Costa Rica (one on the Atlantic versant, the other on Pacific versant). Nonetheless,there is sparse documentation of either species in Costa Rica. The populations referred to D. clarkii in southwestern CostaRica, the eastern half of Panama, and western Colombia and Ecuador need further study. Hemipenes of species of thenuchale complex are described. All three species have a pair of enormously enlarged sulcate spines and a regular lineararray of enlarged spines (spinose annulus) encircling the base of the apical region. These characters are also shared with D. dendrophis sensu lato but not other members of the dendrophis species group.

scholarly journals Floresorchestia kongsemae sp. n. a new species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) from Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anotai Suklom ◽  
Patchara Danaisawadi ◽  
Koraon Wongkamhaeng
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Left Mandible ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species

The genus Floresorchestia Bousfield, 1984 is widely distributed in terrestrial and marine coastal habitats. It has been found from coastal South Africa through to the Indo-Pacific region and the Caribbean Sea in Central America. Two species of Floresorchestia have been reported in Thailand, Floresorchestia boonyanusithii Wongkamhaeng et al. 2016 and Floresorchestia buraphana Wongkamhaeng et al. 2016. This work reports on a new species of Floresorchestia found at Kasetsart University in a man-made pond and neighbouring areas. Classification of the new species was achieved by considering the left mandible 5-dentate; gnathopod 2 posterior margin merus carpus and propodus of gnathopod 2 covered in palmate setae, palm reaching about 33% along posterior margin; uropod 3 peduncle with three robust setae; telson dorsal mid-line half the length of its breadth and four robust setae per lobe.

Platanthera fujianense (Orchidaceae, Orchideae), a putatively holomycotrophic orchid from eastern China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 286 (2) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
BING-HUA CHEN ◽  
XIAO-HUA JIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Central America ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Terrestrial Orchid ◽  
Floral Characters ◽  
A New Species

Platanthera consists about 150–200 species and is among the largest terrestrial orchid genera; it is distributed across Asia, North America and Europe with a few species extending into North Africa and Central America (Bateman et al. 2003, 2009, Chase et al. 2015, Chen et al. 2009, Luer 1975, Pearce & Cribb 2002, Pridgeon et al. 2001, Lang 1999, Efimov 2016, Raskoti et al. 2016). There are about 50 species of Platanthera in China, out of which 25 species are endemic (Lang 1999, Chen et al. 2009, Jin et al. 2012, 2013,2014,2015, Efimov 2016). During fieldwork in eastern China, a leafless but visibly green Platanthera was discovered. This species is sympatric and similar to Platanthera minor, but it is easy to distinguish from the latter on the basis of vegetative and floral characters. Here we considered this little known Platanthera as a new species.

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