A revision of the family Thismiaceae (Dioscoreales) in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 441 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAXIM S. NURALIEV ◽  
SOPHIA V. YUDINA ◽  
BA VUONG TRUONG ◽  
THI XUYEN DO ◽  
HONG TRUONG LUU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
New Records ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Structural Differences ◽  
Single Genus ◽  
First Time

We present the first taxonomic account of the family Thismiaceae in the countries of Eastern Indochina. A single genus of Thismiaceae, Thismia, with eight species is known to inhabit this region. Six species, including four national endemics, are found in Vietnam, whereas Cambodia and Laos each has a single and endemic species of Thismia. We report new records of a number of species, which allowed us to establish for the first time their distribution areas. We show geographical distribution of all species of Thismia in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam on a map. We recognise Hon Ba Nature Reserve and Chu Yang Sin National Park as hotspots of known Thismia diversity in Eastern Indochina. We confirm the presence of T. javanica in Vietnam, earlier known as a doubtful report, by specimen investigation. We significantly amend morphological descriptions of several Vietnamese species. We highlight a number of characters with remarkable intraspecific variation, along with the most important structural differences between morphologically similar species. We discuss remaining taxonomic problems of Indochinese Thismia, and present an identification key to species of Thismiaceae in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

scholarly journals Two new records of flowering plants from Lesotho

Bothalia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khotso Kobisi ◽  
Lerato S. Kose ◽  
Annah Moteetee
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
New Records ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Plant Identification ◽  
The Family ◽  
National University ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

Background: A number of books, articles and checklists have been published on Lesotho’s flora. The species presented here have been recorded for South Africa but have not previously been recorded for Lesotho.Objectives: As part of a study aimed at updating biodiversity records of the southern parts of Lesotho (Qacha’s Nek and Quthing districts), with the main focus of compiling a checklist for the Sehlabethebe National Park, this report presents plant species that have until now not been recorded for the Lesotho flora.Method: Several field trips were undertaken between 2004 and 2009. Plant identification was done based on observation and photographic records. After the compilation of the checklist, it became clear that two of the species observed had not been previously recorded for Lesotho. A follow-up trip was carried out in February 2016, during which plant specimens of the presumed new records were collected and deposited at the National University of Lesotho Herbarium (ROML) [and the University of Johannesburg Herbarium (JRAU)]. Plant identification was confirmed by experts in the family Apocynaceae.Results: Two species not previously recorded for Lesotho, namely Ceropegia africana subsp. barklyi and Duvalia caespitosa subsp. caespitosa, were found during the exploration of the southern parts of Lesotho which included the Sehlabathebe National Park.Conclusions: The fact that two species have been recorded in Lesotho for the first time clearly indicates that documentation of the flora of Lesotho needs to be updated. This work is therefore regarded as complementary to previous publications on the Lesotho flora.

Revision of the Afrotropical genus Tritonus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1855 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW EDWARD Z. SHORT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
First Time ◽  
Scanning Electron

The previously monotypic genus Tritonus Mulsant is revised. Six new species are described from Madagascar, from which the genus is also recorded for the first time: T. complanatus sp.n., T. crenulatus sp.n., T. madagascarensis sp.n., T. riambavy sp.n., T. riana, sp.n., and T. steineri sp.n. New records for the previously described and Mauritian-endemic species Tritonus cribratus (Mulsant) are given. All known species occur in hygropetric habitats, consistent with the biology of other members of the Oocyclus-genus group of the tribe Laccobiini to which Tritonus belongs. A key to species, aedeagal illustrations, and scanning electron micrographs of diagnostic characters are provided.

scholarly journals A review of Gryllidae (Grylloidea) with the description of one new species and four new records from the Sindh Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riffat Sultana ◽  
Suriya Sanam ◽  
Santosh Kumar ◽  
Sheik Shamsudeen ◽  
Fakhra Soomro
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Taxonomic Key ◽  
The Family ◽  
One New Species ◽  
State Records

The family Gryllidae is reviewed, resulting in the recognition of seventeen species, of which one is Modicogryllus? described herein as new. Four species namely Acheta hispanicus Rambur, 1838, Gryllus septentrionalis F. Walker, 1869 and Callogryllus saeedi (Saeed 2000) and Miogryllus itaquiensis Orsini and Zefa, 2017 recorded as new country and state records. Differences to similar species are given and a taxonomic key to species of the Sindh Pakistan is provided.

scholarly journals Mamíferos del Parque Nacional Nombre de Dios, costa caribeña de Honduras, con nuevos registros para el Departamento de Atlántida

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-237
Author(s):  
Julio Enrique Mérida Colindres ◽  
Gustavo Adolfo Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
New Records ◽  
Mangrove Forests ◽  
Species List ◽  
Coastal Lakes ◽  
Tropical Wet Forest ◽  
First Time ◽  
Forest C

This is a preliminary species list for the mammals of Nombre de Dios National Park (PNND) based on 5 visits to 8 sampling sites in the following systems: a) low montane wet forest, b) Sub tropical wet forest, c) within the limits of these forests, and d) in Mangrove Forests of two coastal lakes.  We recorded 43 species belonging to 6 orders: Marsupialia, Xenarthra, Chiroptera, Primates, Perissodactyla, and Rodentia. The order with more families was Rodentia (6 = 35%), followed by Chiroptera with (5 = 29%). Nine species are in CITES, three in Appendix I, two in Appendix II  and three in Appendix III. We recorded the bat Hylonycteris underwoodi for the first time for Honduras and an endemic species from Central America Rhogeessa menchaue inhabits the park. There are 24 new records for Atlantis.

Spider diversity in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore

2019 ◽  
Vol 71 ((suppl.1)) ◽  
pp. 209-243
Author(s):  
J.K.H. Koh ◽  
D.J. Court
Keyword(s):  
Nature Reserve ◽  
New Records ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Vegetation Zones ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
First Time

This paper discusses the preliminary results of the first comprehensive survey of the spiders of the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (BTNR) in Singapore. Two plots were established in each of the three zones of vegetation, viz., primary forest, old secondary forest, and maturing secondary forest. They were repeatedly sampled over an 18-month period. Sorting of the collection so far suggests that the three vegetation zones harbour rather different spider assemblages. Only ~9% of the total spider fauna recovered was shared by all three zones. The results have also yielded a preliminary picture of dominance, abundance and rarity. Although first intended to obtain a baseline for future quantitative analyses, the survey became a testing ground to modify and refine methodology so as to conduct future quantitative surveys with greater scientific rigour. Taxonomic work on the samples so far shows that the spiders in the BTNR span over 43 families, of which six families are listed for the first time in Singapore. The tally is summarised in an interim checklist of BTNR spiders. The checklist, with a total of 317 entries, shows that there are 158 described species of spiders in BTNR, of which 25 species are new records for Singapore. Another 159 morphospecies are provisionally recognised as distinct species, some of which may be new to science. Our observations during the survey have allowed us to provide a narrative of BTNR spider diversity against a backdrop of their microhabitat specialisation.

New records of some rare species in the family Hyaloscyphaceae (Ascomycota, Helotiales) from Central Russia

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 135-142
Author(s):  
E. S. Popov
Keyword(s):  
Rare Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Moscow Region ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Central Russia ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

Three rare species of discomycetes in the family Hyaloscyphaceae are reported from Central Russia (Oryol and Bryansk Regions). Proliferodiscus tricolor is recorded for the first time in Russia. Comments are made on Aeruginoscyphus sericeus and Eriopezia caesia previously reported only from Moscow Region and North Caucasus respectively.

New records of the true bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha, Pentatomomorpha) for the Northeast of European Russia

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-247
Author(s):  
A.N. Zinovjeva
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
European Russia ◽  
True Bugs ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

Twenty seven species of the true bugs from the families Anthocoridae, Reduviidae, Miridae (Cimicomorpha), Coreidae, Thyreocoridae, Acanthosomatidae, and Pentatomidae (Pentatomomorpha) are recorded from the Northeast of European Russia for the first time. The family Thyreocoridae is for the first time reported from the region.

scholarly journals New records of Anthomyiidae (Diptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Komzáková ◽  
Verner Michelsen
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
New Records ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

Abstract Althogether 17 species of the family Anthomyiidae (Diptera) are recorded from the Czech Republic (or Moravia and Bohemia) (16 species) and Slovakia (1 species) for the first time. The most interesting findings are Delia dovreensis Ringdahl 1954 and northamerican species Pegomyia bifurcata Griffiths 1983.

scholarly journals Two new records of Viola L. (Violaceae) for Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 48-50
Author(s):  
Ramesh S Dani ◽  
Krishna K Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
New Records ◽  
Viola Odorata ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

Viola mandshurica W. Becker and Viola odorata L. belonging to the family Violaceae are reported for the first time from Nepal. The plants were collected along the trail between the suburbs Chovar and Jalbinayak, Kathmandu. Key words: Herbarium, Nepal, Viola Himalayan Journal of Sciences 2(3): 48-50, 2004

scholarly journals New and interesting species of the genera Galumna and Pergalumna (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae) from the Montagne d'Ambre National Park, Madagascar

Acarologia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-74
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Josef Starý
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
National Park ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Ethiopian Region ◽  
First Time ◽  
Interesting Species ◽  
Median Pore

This work includes taxonomic and faunistic data on galumnid mites (Oribatida, Galumnidae) belonging to the genera Galumna and Pergalumna collected from the Montagne d'Ambre National Park, North Madagascar. Two new species are described: Galumna sandormahunkai n. sp. differs from its closest species, Galumna sphagni by the larger body size, the presence of strongly protruding rostrum, lanceolate, pointed apically bothridial setae, the direction of lamellar lines, and the absence of median pore; Pergalumna janosbaloghi n. sp. differs from the most similar species, Pergalumna aegra, by the smaller body size and the presence of long lamellar setae and elongate, distinctly or slightly triangular porose areas Aa. Galumna granalata and Pergalumna amamiensis are recorded in the Ethiopian region for the first time; Pergalumna conspicua and P. frater are recorded in Madagascar for the first time.

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