Notes on the genus Afropachyiulus Schubart, 1960 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae) with a description of a new species from Algeria and a redescription of A. comatus (Attems, 1899)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1872 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
NESRINE AKKARI ◽  
HENRIK ENGHOFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North African ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Material ◽  
A New Species ◽  
African Genus

The North African genus Afropachyiulus Schubart, 1960 is a poorly defined genus of the tribe Pachyiulini, the taxonomy of which is still obscure. In this paper we retrace the history of the genus Afropachyiulus, we describe A. mauriesi n. sp., from Algeria, and we redescribe the very similar A. comatus (Attems, 1899) from Tunisia based on type and new material.

A new species of Acantothereva Séguy, 1935, from Tunisia (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae): taxonomic consequences and phylogenetic implications

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2155 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEVIN C. HOLSTON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
North African ◽  
The North ◽  
Interspecific Differences ◽  
Close Phylogenetic Relationship ◽  
Phylogenetic Implications ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species ◽  
African Genus

A new Tunisian species of Acantothereva Séguy is described, reducing several diagnostic characters for this North African genus to interspecific differences among the three included species. An expanded vertex and frons were formerly considered diagnostic for the genus, but the new species, A. oblata, sp. nov., has a vertex lower than the dorsal eye margin and a non-dilated ocellar tubercle. Previously recognized male genitalic characters, however, support the hypothesis that Acantothereva is a monophyletic group. The ability to recognize Acantothereva using external characters is marginally reduced with respect to therevine genera due to the inclusion of the new species, notably relative to Neotherevella Lyneborg. The apparent close phylogenetic relationship among Acantothereva, Acrosathe Irwin & Lyneborg, Irwiniella Lyneborg, and Neotherevella Lyneborg species are discussed herein, based on recent molecular phylogenetic analyses and the morphology of the Tunisian Acantothereva species. A key to the North African therevine genera is included; head and genitalia illustrations and a key to the three Acantothereva species are also presented.

Centaurea akroteriensis (Asteraceae), a new species discovered in Salento (Southern Apulia, Italy)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 436 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-269
Author(s):  
ROBERTO GENNAIO ◽  
QUINTINO GIOVANNI MANNI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
North African ◽  
Morphological Variant ◽  
Large Group ◽  
The North ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Morphological Investigations

In the first months of 2013, a large group of plants of Centaurea belonging to the section Seridia, initially identified as a morphological variant of C. seridis subsp. sonchifolia, has been found during a naturalistic excursion in the Regional Natural Park of Punta Pizzo—Sant’Andrea Island. Morphological investigations, direct comparisons with species belonging to the same section, both through herbarium’s specimens and in vivo, and punctual bibliographical research indicate that this population belongs to a new species with some similarities with the Euro-Mediterranean C. seridis, C. polyacantha (a species with a distribution comprising the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco), or the North-African C. bimorpha and C. ferox, but is quite different by many characters illustrated in the present work. The new species here described is named C. akroteriensis Gennaio & Q.G. Manni.

Ocnogyna mooseri, a new peculiar species from Libya (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)

2022 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Günter Müller ◽  
Aidas Saldaitis ◽  
Anton V. Volynkin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
North African ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Ocnogyna Graslin, [1837], O. mooseri sp. n. is described from north-eastern Libya. The female of the new species is fully winged but differs from all known species groups of Ocnogyna in a number of diagnostic features and is also externally reminiscent of Tajigyna gansoni Dubatolov, 1990 endemic to Tajikistan. The diagnostic comparison is made with the North African Ocnogyna advena (Fabricius, 1787) having externally similar males but brachypterous females and to the externally dissimilar Ocnogyna parasita (Hübner, 1790) species group having the most similar female genitalia structures.

The genus Mallacoota (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Maeridae) in New Zealand

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2929 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-36
Author(s):  
NIAMH M. KILGALLEN ◽  
SHANE T. AHYONG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
Amphipod Crustacean ◽  
North And South ◽  
A New Species

The New Zealand species of the amphipod crustacean genus Mallacoota are revised. Previous records of Mallacoota subcarinata (Haswell, 1879) from New Zealand are based on a new species, Mallacoota chiltoni sp. nov. and M. petriei (Thomson, 1882), which is re-established as valid based on a neotype. Mallocoota chiltoni apparently has a southern distribution in New Zealand, occurring only south of the Subtropical Convergence, whereas M. petriei ranges widely in both the north and south islands. A history of the genus Mallacoota in New Zealand is given.

Rharodesmus Schubart, 1960—a tropical element in the North African fauna: a new species from Tunisia and notes on the family Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2985 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
NESRINE AKKARI ◽  
HENRIK ENGHOFF
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
New Species ◽  
North African ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron

The family Pyrgodesmidae and the genus Rharodesmus Schubart, 1960 are recorded for the first time from Tunisia. A new species, Rharodesmus tabarkensis, is described using scanning electron microscopy, and its membership in the genus and the family is discussed. Notes on west Palaearctic pyrgodesmid species are provided with considerations on the family Pyrgodesmidae.

scholarly journals VIII.—The Dolmens and Megalithic Tombs of Spain and Portugal

Archaeologia ◽  
1920 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 201-232
Author(s):  
E. Thurlow Leeds
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
North African ◽  
Important Place ◽  
New Era ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Material ◽  
Megalithic Tombs ◽  
Work Done

The work done by archaeologists in Spain, particularly within the last decade, in recording and exploring megalithic graves in that country has begun a new era in the study of the megalithic problem in Western Europe, since it is now at last possible to collate this new material with the evidence accumulated over a longer period in Portugal and thus to rewrite in a measure the history of the megalithic period in the peninsula.1 It is self-evident that in any investigation of the megaliths of Europe those of the peninsula must take an important place. For, if the theory of a diffusion of the megalithic idea from oriental sources is to hold good, those of the peninsula constitute, as it were, the half-way house, where the stream begins to bend round from the North African series on its northerly course towards its limit in Scandinavia. The present paper is an attempt to present certain points which seem to emerge from the evidence at present available, and for that purpose it is proposed to treat first of the forms, secondly of their distribution, and thirdly of the grave-finds, followed by some conclusions and suggestions.

A Synopsis of Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) in Brazil, with the Description of Two New Species

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-348
Author(s):  
James Lucas da Costa-Lima ◽  
Earl Celestino de Oliveira Chagas
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
The North ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—A synopsis of Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) for Brazil is presented. Six species are recognized: Dicliptera ciliaris, D. sexangularis, and D. squarrosa, widely distributed in South America; D. purpurascens, which ranges from the North Region of Brazil (in the state of Acre) to eastern Bolivia; D. gracilirama, a new species from the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil; and D. granchaquenha, a new species recorded in dry and semideciduous forests in Bolivia and western Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Furthermore, we propose new synonyms and designate lectotypes for eleven names. An identification key to the six accepted Dicliptera species in Brazil is provided.

scholarly journals Further observations on North African and South Iberian Bathyporeia (Crustacea, Amphipoda), with the description of a new species

2005 ◽  
Vol 74 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 279-300
Author(s):  
Cédric d’Udekem d’Acoz ◽  
Hind Myrieme Chams Echchaoui ◽  
Mohamed Menioui
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Africa ◽  
New Records ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
North African ◽  
Characteristic Species ◽  
South Portugal ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of amphipod, Bathyporeia watkini sp. nov. from the Atlantic coasts of North Africa is described. This very characteristic species is abundant in some lagoons and estuaries near 28°N. New morphological information on B. elkaimi d’Udekem d’Acoz and Menioui, 2004 is given after specimens that were recently collected on the Atlantic coasts of southern Spain and South Portugal. The male of B. ledoyeri d’Udekem d’Acoz and Menioui, 2004 is described for the first time and new records of North African B. guilliamsoniana (Bate, 1857) and B. chevreuxi d'Udekem d'Acoz and Vader, 2005a are discussed.

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