A new species of Phyllomedusa (Anura: Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae) from northwestern Venezuela

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1309 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
CÉSAR L. BARRIO-AMORÓS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
History Data ◽  
San Luis ◽  
Mating Call ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the Phyllomedusa tarsius group (Anura: Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae) from northwestern Venezuela can be differentiated from other species in the group by its small size, white and pink bars on the concealed surfaces of legs, and distinctive mating call; it is known only from xeric areas in the vicinity of Serranía de San Luis, Estado Falcón, Venezuela. The call is described, and some natural history data is also provided. The Phyllomedusa tarsius group includes five species and is defined by morphological characters (with one putative synapomorphy).

scholarly journals An elusive new species of gymnophthalmid lizard (Cercosaurinae, Selvasaura) from the Andes of northern Peru

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-187
Author(s):  
Lourdes Y. Echevarría ◽  
Pablo J. Venegas ◽  
Luis A. García-Ayachi ◽  
Pedro M. Sales Nunes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Other ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
The Andes ◽  
New States ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Selvasaura from the montane forests of the eastern slopes of the Andes in northern Peru, based on external and hemipenial morphological characters and previous phylogenetic analyses. The new species can be differentiated from the other two Selvasaura species in having keeled dorsal scales usually flanked by longitudinal striations, in adults and juveniles; adult males with a yellow vertebral stripe bordered by broad dark brown stripes on each side and a unilobed hemipenis surrounded by the branches of the sulcus spermaticus. The description of the new species contributes information about new states of diagnostic characters of Selvasaura and natural history.

scholarly journals A new species of Indo-Papuan groundsnake, genus Stegonotus Duméril et al., 1854 (Serpentes, Colubridae), from the Bird’s Head Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia, with comments on differentiating morphological characters

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4590 (2) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
CHRISTINE M. KAISER ◽  
MARK O’SHEA ◽  
HINRICH KAISER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
The Past ◽  
West Papua ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Bird's Head

We describe a new species of Indo-Papuan groundsnake (Stegonotus) from a single adult male specimen collected in 1953 near Kamro, a village in Maybrat Regency, West Papua, Indonesia. The specimen had been considered a member of S. batjanensis, a well-defined species from the northern Maluku Islands over 500 km to the northwest with which it shares the key characteristic of having the 3rd, 4th, and 5th supralabial scales touching the eyes. The new species can be differentiated from S. batjanensis as well as all other species of Stegonotus by having its 5th supralabial scale projecting forward from behind the eye to form a narrow contact zone with the eye. In addition, it is differentiated by the combination of the following characteristics: seven supralabials, the 3rd–5th touching the eye; eight infralabials, the 1st–4th touching the anterior genial; four scales separating the posterior genial and the first gastrostege; dorsal scales in 17 rows, diminishing to 15 posteriorly; a low number of ventrals (181 in the holotype) combined with a high number of subcaudals (105 in the holotype), the latter comprising 37% of the scales on the ventral surface, the highest proportion in the genus. The description of this species is of interest beyond adding to the species diversity of Stegonotus: it allowed us to explore additional characteristics to resolve taxonomic questions in a morphologically conservative genus, it illustrates the need for additional herpetological survey work on the Bird’s Head Peninsula, and its initial misidentification serves as a reminder of the continued relevance and importance of natural history collections as repositories for specimens and data that influence our knowledge today by reaching out from the past.

Notes on the morphology, taxonomy, and natural history of the genus Platycerus Geoffroy from China, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2087 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
HAO HUANG ◽  
CHANG-CHIN CHEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
History Of ◽  
Character Matrix ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Southern Shaanxi ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
A New Species

A checklist of the genus Platycerus Geoffroy is updated. A method for the observation of endophallus is introduced and used for the study of four species of Platycerus from China. The morphology of Chinese species of Platycerus is reviewed, and all the useful morphological characters are clarified. A character matrix is made to accumulate all the current information on morphology of Chinese species. Platycerus yingqii sp. nov. is described from the northern slope of Mount Taibaishan, southern Shaanxi, China. This new species is similar to Platycerus rugosus, but can be distinguished by male with a browner dorsal surface, remarkably shorter tarsi, lighter and redder ventrites, shorter gap between incisor teeth and mola, male genitalia with different endophallus, female with shorter metatarsi, and female genitalia with the inner apex of hemisternite not protruding beyond the outer apex. The morphological characters of the other three species from China are also studied. A key to the geographical species groups of Platycerus is presented. Keys to the Chinese species are provided for both males and females. Finally some natural history notes are given for some species of Platycerus from China.

A new species of Larinus Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from China

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (24) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Levent Gültekin ◽  
Christopher H. C. Lyal
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Digital Photographs ◽  
A New Species

Based on specimens in the Natural History Museum (London), a new species of the genus Larinus Dejan, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae), Larinus barclayi sp. nov., is described from China. The new species is assigned to the subgenus Phyllonomeus Gistel, 1856, compared with closely related species, and colour digital photographs of morphological characters are presented.

scholarly journals Fossil seeds from the La Cantera Formation, Early Cretaceous, San Luis Province, Argentina

2020 ◽  
pp. 181-198
Author(s):  
María A. Gómez ◽  
Gabriela G. Puebla ◽  
Mercedes B. Prámparo ◽  
Andrea B. Arcucci
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Fossil Flora ◽  
San Luis ◽  
Fossil Seeds ◽  
Dispersal Vectors ◽  
A New Species

In a study of fossil seeds recovered from the La Cantera Formation, Early Cretaceous, San Luis Basin, we establish a new species, Carpolithus volantus, and describe other specimens attributed to Carpolithus spp. and Ephedra canterata. The botanical affinity of winged seeds assigned to Carpolithus volantus is discussed in relation to the fossil flora recovered from this formation. Based on the abundance of Gnetales in the San Luis Basin (pollen grains, reproductive and vegetative structures assigned to Ephedra), we propose that Carpolithus volantus is affiliated with Gnetales (Weltwitschia). We suggest that Carpolithus spp. seeds may be angiospermous, because this group, represented by leaves and flowers, dominates the fossil macroflora of the La Cantera Formation. Micro- and macrofloral analyses of the La Cantera Formation and an assessment of available dispersal vectors suggests that wind (anemochory) and water (hydrochory) may have been the most important dispersal strategies for these seeds. The abundance and small size of seeds recovered from the La Cantera Formation, together with their morphological characters, such as the presence of wings in Carpolithus volantus, also favour abiotic mechanisms of dispersal such as anemochory or hydrochory.

scholarly journals A new species and morphometric analysis of Cladonotella (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Kai Tan ◽  
Josef Tumbrinck ◽  
Jessica B. Baroga-Barbecho ◽  
Sheryl A. Yap
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Morphometric Analysis ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Neighbor Joining ◽  
History Information ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Made In

The genus Cladonotella (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae) consists of four species of pygmy grasshoppers from Java and New Guinea. A new species of Cladonotella is described from Siargao Island, Philippines: Cladonotella spinulosasp. nov. This represents the first record of Cladonotella in the Philippines. To quantify differences between species of Cladonotella, we used morphological characters to construct a neighbor-joining tree, and recovered our new species as distinct from congeners. To address the lack of natural history information on Cladonotella, we described habitat and other ecological observations made in Siargao Island on our new species.

scholarly journals A century of waiting: description of a new Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) based on specimens housed for more than 100 years in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NMW)

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Koch ◽  
Angele Martins ◽  
Silke Schweiger
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Anterior Part ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Epictia based on eight specimens from Nicaragua collected and housed in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna for more than a century. The species differs from the congeners by the combination of external morphological characters: midtail scale rows 10; supralabials two, anterior one large and in broad contact with supraocular; infralabials four; subcaudals 14–19; middorsal scale rows 250–267; supraocular scales present; frontal scale distinct; striped dorsal color pattern with more or less triangular dark blotches on each scale; small white blotch in anterior part of dorsal surface of rostral present in five out of six specimens (two further specimens are lacking their heads); terminal spine and adjacent scales white. Eidonomic species separation from other Epictia spp. is also supported by a few qualitative and quantitative differences in vertebrae count and morphology. The new species is putatively assigned to the Epictia phenops species group based on external morphological characters and distribution.

A new species of rainfrog of the genus Diasporus (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from Serranía de Tabasará, Panama

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3410 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
ABEL BATISTA ◽  
MARCOS PONCE ◽  
ANDREAS HERTZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Skin Texture ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Mating Call ◽  
Central Panama ◽  
A New Species

A new frog species of the genus Diasporus is described from Llano Tugrí, Corregimiento de Peña Blanca, Distrito de Müna,Comarca Ngöbe-Buglé, Serranía de Tabasará, west-central Panama, around 1700 m a.s.l. The new species differs from all othermembers of the genus by a combination of morphological characters, in particular, its large size, its dorsal skin texture and itsbright coloration. This species is the largest species in the genus Diasporus; it is an inhabitant of cloud forest, living amongmosses and bromeliads. All specimens were found between the understory (≈ 1–2 m) and the mid-canopy (≈ 2–10 m). The callof this species consists of single, short notes that are reminiscent of a “whistle” and range from 2.0 to 2.7 kHz. Herein we pres-ent, besides morphological data used to describe the new species, the description of the male mating call, a distribution map, and brief ecological notes.

Notes on the genus Ceruchus MacLeay from China, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2906 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAO HUANG ◽  
YÛKI IMURA ◽  
CHANG-CHIN CHEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
Japanese Species ◽  
New Localities ◽  
China And Japan ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The taxonomy is reviewed for most Chinese species of Ceruchus. New localities are recorded for Ceruchus minor Tanikado & Okuda. Ceruchus yangi Huang, Imura & Chen, sp. nov. is described from Guizhou, China. Morphological characters of most species from China and Japan are studied and summarized into tables. Female genitalia of seven species of Ceruchus are described and illustrated for the first time. A key to males of the Palaearctic species and a key to females of the Chinese and Japanese species are provided. Natural history notes are given for some species from China.

scholarly journals First record of the tarantula genus Euathlus (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) in Peru, with the description of a threatened new species

2021 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar M. Quispe-Colca ◽  
Nelson Ferretti
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
First Record ◽  
History Data ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Iucn Criteria

ABSTRACT A new species of Euathlus Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), Euathlus vanessae sp. nov. is described and diagnosed. The genus is known from Chile and Argentina, and E. vanessae sp. nov. represents the first record for the genus in Peru, being the new northernmost limit of its known distribution. Distribution and natural history data are provided. Additionally, the conservation status of the new species is discussed and it is proposed as Endangered (EN) according to IUCN criteria.

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