New species of the New Caledonian endemic genus Agnotecous (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Eneopterinae, Lebinthini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2559 (1) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
TONY ROBILLARD ◽  
ROMAIN NATTIER ◽  
LAURE DESUTTER-GRANDCOLAS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Acoustic Properties ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Genus 2

To analyze the pattern of endemism of Eneopterinae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Eneopteridae) in New Caledonia, available data sets have been completed by intensive field work and by the study of museum collections. Five new species of Agnotecous Saussure, 1878 (A. humboldti Robillard, n. sp., A. nekando Robillard, n. sp., A. minoris Robillard, n. sp., A. petchekara Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp., A. pinsula Robillard, n. sp.) and one new subspecies (A. brachypterus pocquensis Desutter-Grandcolas, n. ssp.) are described here from Grande Terre and Île des Pins. These new data (1) enhance the richness of Agnotecous in New Caledonia, with a total of 20 known species for the genus; (2) complete the distributional data about species sympatry; (3) further document the distribution of the genus in the archipelago; and (4) confirm the acoustic properties of Agnotecous calling songs.

A new species of the New Caledonian endemic genus Xanthochorema Kimmins, 1953 (Insecta: Trichoptera: Hydrobiosidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
KJELL ARNE JOHANSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
A New Species

Xanthochorema neocaledonia sp.n.is described from New Caledonia, raising to seven the number of Hydrobiosidae (Trichoptera) species now known from New Caledonia. A key for discrimination of males of these seven species is presented, and distributional maps are included for all species. In addition, new records are included for Xanthochorema bifurcatum Schmid, 1989, Xanthochorema calcaratum Schmid, 1989, and Xanthochorema celadon Schmid, 1989.

Kanakomyrtus (Myrtaceae): A New Endemic Genus from New Caledonia with Linear Stigma Lobes and Baccate Fruits

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Snow
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Reproductive Biology ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Windward Side ◽  
Generic Type ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Unisexual Flowers ◽  
Species Descriptions

Kanakomyrtus (Myrtaceae) is a newly described genus endemic to New Caledonia. Kanakomyrtus myrtopsidoides, the generic type, is transferred from Eugenia. Five new species are described: K. mcphersonii, K. revoluta, K. dawsoniana, K. prominens, and K. longipetiolata. The genus occurs in forests at elevations between 500–1,600 m on the relatively mesic windward side of the Grande Terre. It is distinct from other baccate genera of Myrtaceae by a combination of linear stylar lobes, densely glandular stamens and stigmas, and a short but densely hoary indumentum that is brownish when dry. The thinly membranous partitions that partially extend between the seeds of some species suggest a close relationship to Archirhodomyrtus and some species traditionally placed in Rhodomyrtus and Octamyrtus. Four of the six species have unisexual flowers, but much additional field work is needed to assess the reproductive biology of the genus. Following IUCN guidelines, four species are proposed as either Endangered or Critically Endangered, whereas the remaining species are considered Vulnerable and of Low Concern. Species descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps, and keys to species of the genus and related taxa of baccate Myrtaceae from New Caledonia are included.

scholarly journals A new Troglosiro species (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Troglosironidae) from New Caledonia

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1053 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
PRASHANT SHARMA ◽  
GONZALO GIRIBET
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Anterior Portion ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
The Real ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Cyphophthalmi belonging to the New Caledonian endemic genus Troglosiro Juberthie, 1979 is described and illustrated using SEM, including the first description of a troglosironid ovipositor. T. longifossa sp. nov., known only from its type locality in Port Boisé, and found at low elevation near sea level, constitutes the seventh species of Troglosiro to be described to date. The new species has a unique disposition of the four ventral opisthosomal gland pores in the anterior portion of a long depression of the sternal segments 3 to 7. Information on other specimens recently collected in New Caledonia indicates that the number of described species in the island is a gross underestimate of the real diversity of New Caledonian Cyphophthalmi, both in number of species and morphology.

scholarly journals New Oriental and Australasian taxa of Colobathristidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in the collection of the State Natural History Museum Stuttgart

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 403-422
Author(s):  
Viktor Hartung
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
First Record ◽  
History Museum ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Biogeographic Regions ◽  
The Tropics

Abstract The Colobathristidae are a poorly studied family of Lygaeoidea distributed in the tropics and subtropics of Australasian, Neotropical, and Oriental biogeographic regions. Phaenacantha Horváth, 1904 is the largest genus of the family, with 33 described species. Here, two new species of Phaenacantha are described from Borneo (P. grimmae sp. nov. and P. nigrispina sp. nov.) and one from New Caledonia (P. paveli sp. nov.), all of which represent the first record of the genus from these islands. Also, a specimen of genus Symphylax Horváth, 1904 from Borneo is described that has strong similarities to S. handschini Kormilev, 1953 from the same island, but differs from it in some minor features and is considered a new subspecies, S. handschini kinabaluensis subsp. nov.

The Papiliophyllidae (Lower Devonian Rugosa): Their systematics and reinterpreted biostratigraphic value in Nevada

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 601-624
Author(s):  
Alan E. H. Pedder ◽  
Michael A. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lower Devonian ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Novaya Zemlya ◽  
Lower Emsian ◽  
The Family ◽  
Conodont Zonation ◽  
North American Craton

Field work has greatly increased the number of well-dated papiliophyllid corals available from Nevada. The established range of the family is expanded from Pragian and lower Emsian to Pragian and almost the entire Emsian. Ranges of species are calibrated against Johnson faunal intervals and a revised Pragian and lowermost Emsian conodont zonation proposed by Murphy for Nevada. Study of all reposited material has led to some revision of every member of the family. Eurekaphyllum, previously imperfectly known from a single specimen of vague stratigraphic origin, is shown to be a useful upper Emsian index. Nine reported occurrences of the family in Europe and Asia are re-examined and, except for a possible occurrence on Novaya Zemlya, all are rejected. The three named genera of the family are apparently endemic to the southwestern North American craton. Papiliophyllum elegantulum asymmetricum new subspecies, P. murphyi new species and Eurekaphyllum vescum new species are described by Pedder.

Five new species and a systematic synopsis of Pycnandra (Sapotaceae), the largest endemic genus in New Caledonia

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf Swenson ◽  
Jérôme Munzinger
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Specific Substrate ◽  
Leaf Venation ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Substrate Preferences ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ultramafic Substrates

Pycnandra Benth. (Sapotaceae) is the largest endemic genus in New Caledonia and is subdivided into six subgenera. An addition of five species are here described in four subgenera, viz. P. comptonioides Swenson & Munzinger, P. kouakouensis Swenson & Munzinger, P. montana Swenson & Munzinger, P. poindimiensis Swenson & Munzinger and P. versicolor Swenson & Munzinger. Another seven to nine taxa are discussed but remain undescribed owing to the lack of adequate collections (and may remain undescribed pending the interpretation of the Nagoya Protocol). Pycnandra is characterised by a non-areolate higher leaf venation, sepals glabrous on the inner surface, no staminodes, and a single-seeded fruit. The members occur in a wide range of habitats and most species have very specific substrate requirements, growing on ultramafic, non-ultramafic or calcareous substrates. Almost 40 species are restricted to ultramafic substrates and many are now at risk of extinction because of deforestation, deliberately set fires and mining. We provide a systematic synopsis with keys to subgenera and species, phenology, substrate preferences, altitudinal ranges and preliminary IUCN Red List assessments for all described taxa. Four of the five new species are assessed as Critically Endangered. Pycnandra versicolor is in urgent need of conservation management beacuse its entire distribution is inside an active mine on the Koniambo massif.

An unorthodox, new endemic species in New Caledonian Marsdenia (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, Marsdenieae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 405 (3) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
GILDAS GÂTEBLÉ ◽  
DOMINIQUE FLEUROT ◽  
ULRICH MEVE ◽  
SIGRID LIEDE-SCHUMANN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Mining Site ◽  
Anthropogenic Fire ◽  
Fire Threat

In the course of the writing of the Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie treatment for Asclepiadoideae, Periplocoideae and Secamonoideae, several new species have already arisen partly due to more intensive field work and to a renewed interest in this group of plants. In December 2018, another striking and unorthodox new species was spotted and collected on the flanks of the Kopéto massif mining site. Because this new species has morphological characters from three genera (Dischidia, Gymnema and Marsdenia), further studies, especially molecular, were needed to assess its relationships. These studies show it as a member of one of the New Caledonian Marsdenia subclades. We herein propose to describe it as Marsdenia goromotoorum Gâteblé, Fleurot, Meve & Liede, the only species of Marsdenia in New Caledonia lacking both corolline and gynostegial coronas. It is a micro-endemic species with pinkish-red tubular flowers, growing on serpentines and known from only eight plants. Due to the anthropogenic fire threat, we propose to consider it as Critically Endangered.

scholarly journals The Brushed Jumping Spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from Eastern Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-73
Author(s):  
Barbara C. Baehr ◽  
Joseph Schubert ◽  
Danilo Harms
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Molecular Methods ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Jumping Spiders ◽  
Eastern Australia

The Australian fauna of Jumping spiders (family Salticidae) is highly diverse and includes iconic lineages such as the peacock spiders (genus Maratus Karsch, 1878) that are well-known for their vibrant colours and fascinating behaviours. Many other jumping spiders in Australia are also highly attractive but almost nothing is known about their diversity and taxonomic identity. Here, we describe and illustrate eight species of ‘brushed’ jumping spiders (genus Jotus L. Koch, 1881). Three of these were described more than 140 years ago and are redescribed and illustrated here: Jotusauripes L. Koch, 1881, J.braccatus L. Koch, 1881 and J.minutus L. Koch, 1881. Five new species are also described: Jotusalbimanussp. nov., J.fortiniaesp. nov., J.karllagerfeldisp. nov., Jotusmoonensissp. nov., and J.newtonisp. nov. While Jotus is a diverse and frequently observed genus in Australia, specimens are strangely rare in museum collections. A comprehensive revisionary framework including targeted field work and molecular methods will be required to fully document this charismatic and attractive group of spiders.

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