Cowanomyia hillaryi gen. et sp. n., a remarkable new gnoristine (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae) from New Zealand

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2117 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
MATHIAS JASCHHOF ◽  
CATRIN JASCHHOF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Striking Feature ◽  
The One ◽  
A New Species

A new genus and a new species, Cowanomyia hillaryi gen. et sp. n., of Gnoristini (Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae) is described from New Zealand. A striking feature of Cowanomyia is the one-branched media in combination with the furcate anterior cubitus, which is a pattern found among Mycetophilidae only in Adicroneura. Cowanomyia and Adicroneura are evidently not closely related. The position of Cowanomyia among world Gnoristini, as presently known, remains unresolved for the time being.

Ahnea, a new genus from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), with description of a new species

2014 ◽  
Vol 147 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Seok Park ◽  
Christopher E. Carlton
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
A New Species

AbstractAhnea keejeongi Park and Carlton (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), a new genus and new species of New Zealand endemic beetle belonging to the supertribe Faronitae is described. Six previously described species are included to this genus and four species are synonymised as follow: Sagola dissonans Broun, 1921 and S. planicula Broun, 1921 under Ahnea ventralis (Broun, 1912); S. carinata Broun, 1912 and S. lineiceps Broun, 1921 under Ahnea lineata (Broun, 1893). A key to species, habitus photographs, line drawings of diagnostic characters, and distribution maps are provided.

Primagistemus gen. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
QING-HAI FAN ◽  
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Fujian Province ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
A New Species

Primagistemus gen. nov. (Acari: Stigmaeidae) is described and its taxonomic position discussed. Adult females of this new genus are distinguished from those of Agistemus by having four pairs of setae on the propodosomal shield, by lacking postocular bodies, by having three pairs of aggenital setae and by having two setae on genu II. They are also distinguished from those of Stigmaeus by the terminal eupathidia on the palptarsus mostly fused and subterminally separated into three minute prongs, by both subcapitular setae posterolaterad of the pharynx, by having only one seta on coxa II, and by lacking endopodal shields around coxae III-IV. A new species, Primagistemus wuyiensis, from leaves of Araucaria sp. in Fujian Province of China, is described and illustrated. This new species is distinguished from the other species of the genus from New Zealand, Primagistemus loadmani (Wood) comb. nov. (transferred from Stigmaeus), by the distally truncated dorsal body setae and by setal lengths.

scholarly journals A new species of Polycoelia (Kallymeniaceae, Rhodophyta), P. kurariirapa, from the Three Kings Islands/Manawatāwhi, New Zealand

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
R D'Archino ◽  
B Ngauma ◽  
JH Norman ◽  
Giuseppe Zuccarello
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sister Relationship ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
A New Species

© 2020, © 2020 International Phycological Society. A new species of Polycoelia, P. kurariirapa, is described from the Three Kings Islands/Manawatāwhi, representing the first record of the genus in New Zealand. Polycoelia includes two species from Australia, P. laciniata (generitype) and P. fastigiata, and one from South Africa, P. harveyana. Polycoelia kurariirapa shares with the two Australian species the characteristic vegetative anatomy of the genus consisting of a single layer of medullary cells surrounded by a cortex of small-celled, anticlinal filaments, and branched thalli. The rbcL phylogenetic analysis confirmed the close, and sister, relationship of P. kurariirapa with the Australian taxa, while they were only weakly grouped with P. harveyana. This new genus adds to the unique seaweed flora of these islands in northern New Zealand and indicates that this area may harbour even more hidden diversity.

Taxonomy of the genus Phaulacridium and a related new genus (Orthoptera : Acrididae)

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 197 ◽  
Author(s):  
KH L Key
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
A New Species

The economically important grasshopper genus Phaulacridium is comprehensively revised. Three Australian and two New Zealand species are recognised and described, of which P. crassum and P. howeanum (both Australian) are new. The species Phaulacridium nanum is removed and allocated to a new genus, Minyacris, along with a new species, M. occidentalis. Distributions of all species are plotted and interpreted.

New spider mite genus (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) from Australia & New Zealand, with a discussion of Yezonychus Ehara

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2578 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JENNIFER BEARD ◽  
DAVID EVANS WALTER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Spider Mite ◽  
New Genus ◽  
East Coast ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Mite Genus

The concept of Yezonychus Ehara is revised. A new genus, Neonidulus, is erected to accommodate four species: N. cornus (Pritchard & Baker), N. falsicornus (Zhang & Martin) and N. brevipilus (Zhang & Martin) from New Zealand, and a new species described from the central east coast of Australia, N. tereotus.

Micropterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southwestern Pacific: a revision with the establishment of five new genera from Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2520 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORGE W. GIBBS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetics ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
A New Species

With the discovery of new taxa and developments in biogeography and molecular phylogenetics, it has become clear that the diversity of Micropterigidae in the SW Pacific region is inadequately represented by the current taxonomy. The existing taxonomy implies a single lineage in this region, while an unpublished molecular analysis reveals the presence of three distinct lineages in Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand, hence the need for revision. Currently only three named species are described from eastern Australia, all placed within the genus Sabatinca Walker. This revision isolates porphyrodes Turner 1932, from northern Queensland, as a new monotypic genus Austromartyria, here recognised as a member of a diverse ‘southern sabatincoid lineage’ distributed around the Southern Hemisphere. The bulk of the fauna covered in this revision includes: S. calliplaca Meyrick 1902, together with 6 new taxa in a new Australian genus Tasmantrix; S. sterops Turner 1921 plus a new species from New Caledonia, in another new genus Aureopterix. The New Zealand species Sabatinca zonodoxa Meyrick 1888, is synonymised with S. rosicoma Meyrick 1914 and placed in a new monotypic genus Zealandopterix. Finally, a new genus Nannopterix is erected for a new species from New Caledonia. The assemblage of four new genera (excluding Austromartyria) together comprise the basal lineage of Micropterigidae, previously referred to as the ‘Australian-group.’ All five new genera are distinguished from Sabatinca s.str., the focus of diversity in the region (confined to New Caledonia and New Zealand), but not revised here.

scholarly journals New species of Marthamyces and Ramomarthamyces gen. nov. from New Zealand and the Cook Islands

Mycotaxon ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
pp. 489-516
Author(s):  
Peter R. Johnston ◽  
Duckchul Park
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Cook Islands ◽  
Fallen Leaves ◽  
A New Species

A leaf-spotting fungus common on Phormium tenax in New Zealand is described here as Marthamyces harakeke sp. nov. The phylogenetic analysis prepared for the description of this new species showed Marthamyces to be polyphyletic. To resolve this, three Marthamyces species from Australia and New Zealand, M. barbatus, M. dracophylli, and M. gilvus, are recombined in the new genus Ramomarthamyces. Morphologically the Ramomarthamyces species differ from Marthamyces in having paraphyses distinctly branched, rather than propoloid. A fungus common on recently fallen leaves of Metrosideros spp. in New Zealand has been previously referred to as Marthamyces emarginatus, but is recognised here as a new species, Marthamyces metrosideri. In addition, two new Marthamyces species, M. maccormackii on Metrosideros collina, and M. renga on Metrosideros collina, Vaccinium cereum, and Weinmannia samoensis, are described from the Cook Islands, and a new Ramomarthamyces species, R. tuku on Juncus sp., is described from New Zealand. Finally, Naemacyclus culmigenus is recombined in Marthamyces .

Bindius triquetrus gen. nov. sp. nov. (Eutardigrada, Hypsibiidae) from Sicily (Italy)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2058 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIOVANNI PILATO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Frontal Plane ◽  
Dorsal Margin ◽  
Pharyngeal Bulb ◽  
The Family ◽  
Pharyngeal Apparatus ◽  
Long Rod ◽  
The One ◽  
A New Species

A new species is described for which a new genus, Bindius gen. nov., is also instituted. This new genus belongs to the family Hypsibiidae. The claws are of the Hypsibius type; the bucco-pharyngeal apparatus is of the Diphascon model (i.e., with an anterior rigid buccal tube and a posterior, flexible pharyngeal tube), and it is a variant of the Diphascon type; it is characterized by large apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles, asymmetrical with respect to the frontal plane for shape and dimensions; the dorsal apophysis is triangular in shape with rectilinear dorsal margin and posterior apex very distant from the buccal tube wall; the ventral apophysis is similar to the one of Diphascon, i.e., in the shape of a semilunar hook, but larger. The new species, Bindius triquetrus sp. nov., has smooth cuticle; eye spots absent; elongated pharyngeal bulb with small apophyses and three long, rod-shaped macroplacoids; a small, very faint, microplacoid may be present; septulum absent; claws slender; lunules and other cuticular thickenings on the legs absent.

scholarly journals A new species of Polycoelia (Kallymeniaceae, Rhodophyta), P. kurariirapa, from the Three Kings Islands/Manawatāwhi, New Zealand

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
R D'Archino ◽  
B Ngauma ◽  
JH Norman ◽  
Giuseppe Zuccarello
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sister Relationship ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
A New Species

© 2020, © 2020 International Phycological Society. A new species of Polycoelia, P. kurariirapa, is described from the Three Kings Islands/Manawatāwhi, representing the first record of the genus in New Zealand. Polycoelia includes two species from Australia, P. laciniata (generitype) and P. fastigiata, and one from South Africa, P. harveyana. Polycoelia kurariirapa shares with the two Australian species the characteristic vegetative anatomy of the genus consisting of a single layer of medullary cells surrounded by a cortex of small-celled, anticlinal filaments, and branched thalli. The rbcL phylogenetic analysis confirmed the close, and sister, relationship of P. kurariirapa with the Australian taxa, while they were only weakly grouped with P. harveyana. This new genus adds to the unique seaweed flora of these islands in northern New Zealand and indicates that this area may harbour even more hidden diversity.

The enigmatic Amazonian genus Eutrachelophis: morphological evidence and description of new taxa (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontini)

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussam Zaher ◽  
Ana L.C. Prudente
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Middle Surface ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Unique Structure ◽  
Link Type ◽  
The One ◽  
A New Species

Abstract Eutrachelophis contains two species – Eu. bassleri and Eu. steinbachi – that are known from the lowland rainforests of western Amazonia (Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia). Due to their unusual hemipenial morphology, they have been considered to belong to a separate tribe – Eutrachelophiini – of dipsadids. Here, we describe a new species of Eutrachelophis that fills an important morphological gap in the hemipenial pattern known for this genus. Although highly modified, apical disks are recognizable in the hemipenes of both species, supporting their inclusion in the tribe Xenodontini. We further allocate Eu. steinbachi in a new genus, due to the contrasting morphological disparities and lack of uniquely derived features shared with the remaining species of Eutrachelophis. The new genus can be distinguished from all other genera of Dipsadidae by the presence of deeply divided lobes with lobular projections that expand beyond the tip of the sulci, the latter ending on the middle surface of the lobes where it opens at the base of a small nude area considered to be the remnant of the Xenodontini apical disks. The two remaining species of Eutrachelophis retain well-developed Xenodontini apical disks that are expanded throughout the lobular region reaching each other’s edges at midline due to the fusion of both lobes in one unique structure. The condition observed in the genus Lygophis is morphologically intermediate between the highly specialized condition present in Eutrachelophis and the one known to characterize other Xenodontini, supporting the allocation of this genus in the tribe. (Zoobank: www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:96725BD0-D9E6-4A85-A4BD-D6BF988CFC5E)

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