A new species of night lizard of the genus Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from southern Puebla, México

A new species of Lepidophyma is described from the Sierra Negra in southern Puebla. This new species is known only from the type locality and is characterized by a combination of several characters (number of dorsal scales, total of femoral pores, number of lateral tubercles, number the dorsal interwhorls separated the whorls, number of the paravertebral rows, number of the toe lamellae and number of gulars). It lives between rocks in remnants of Tropical Evergreen Forest. The description of this new species increases the number of species in the genus to 19.

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Ischaemum mistryi (Poaceae: Andropogoneae): A new remarkable species from Sub-Tropical Evergreen Forest, India

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.509.3.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 509 (3) ◽

Author(s):

SHAHID NAWAZ LANDGE ◽

RAJENDRA D. SHINDE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Detailed Comparison ◽

Iucn Red List ◽

Red List ◽

Evergreen Forest ◽

Short Discussion ◽

Iucn Red List Categories ◽

Tropical Evergreen Forest ◽

Sessile Spikelet ◽

A New Species

Ischaemum mistryi, a new species from the Sub-Tropical evergreen forest of Tilari Ghat, Maharashtra, India, is described and illustrated. This grass is unique with its leaves drooping, mostly congregated near the base, basal sheath villous, culms compressed at the base, lower glume of the sessile spikelet linear-lanceolate to oblongish tapering and slightly curled upwards, without a sub-apical ridge, nodules absent (if present 2–4 obscure) on its keels, and upper lemma of sessile spikelet bi-partite. Morphologically it is somewhat similar to I. mangaluricum, I. travancorense and I. barbatum. We provided a table of its detailed comparison with close species as mentioned above. According to IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, we have assessed this new species as Critically Endangered (CR). The photo plates and illustration of the grass are given to facilitate its proper identification. A short discussion is also provided at the end.

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

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1053.1.4 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 1053 (1) ◽

pp. 47 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

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.

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A new species of Bolitoglossa (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) from the central highlands of Guerrero, Mexico

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/cjz-2019-0244 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 98 (6) ◽

pp. 359-365

Author(s):

Ricardo Palacios-Aguilar ◽

Antonio Yolocalli Cisneros-Bernal ◽

J. Diego Arias-Montiel ◽

Gabriela Parra-Olea

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Locality ◽

Central Portion ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

New Taxon ◽

Number Of Species ◽

Mexican State ◽

Sierra Madre ◽

Sierra Madre Del Sur ◽

A New Species

We describe a new species of salamander of Bolitoglossa (Oaxakia) Parra-Olea, García-París and Wake, 2004 from the cloud forests of the central portion of the Sierra Madre del Sur highlands in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Bolitoglossa coaxtlahuacana sp. nov. is currently known only from the type locality and can be differentiated from other members of the group by morphological, coloration, and molecular evidence. With the description of this new taxon, the number of species in the subgenus Oaxakia increases to six.

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A new species of Phrynus Lamarck, 1801 (Arachnida: Amblypygi), from Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, with a redescription of Phrynus pulchripes (Pocock, 1894)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4254.3.4 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4254 (3) ◽

pp. 357 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

DANIEL CHIRIVI JOYA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Trinidad And Tobago ◽

Type Locality ◽

Similar Species ◽

The Moment ◽

A New Species

We present the description of Phrynus calypso sp. nov. from Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela This species is very similar to Phrynus pulchripes (Pocock), however after examining Colombian specimens of P. pulchripes (ca. type locality), many differences were found. Characters commonly used in diagnosis of Phrynus species are variable and make identification difficult. Differences in a few structures, like pedipalpal spines, could not be enough to provide a useful diagnosis. It is necessary to account for variation of similar species in conjunction, and select non overlapping groups of characters. Observations in the variation in both species are presented, pointing out sources of confusion, and suggesting alternative characters to support diagnoses. At the moment, details about variation in many species in Phrynus, like that of P. pulchripes, are poorly known, and for this reason a redescription is provided.

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Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) deaneorum: a new species in the albitarsis complex (Diptera: culicidae)

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz ◽

10.1590/s0074-02761989000400011 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 84 (4) ◽

pp. 535-543 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Genetic Distance ◽

Adult Female ◽

Instar Larva ◽

Fourth Instar ◽

Type Locality ◽

Fourth Instar Larva ◽

External Appearance ◽

A New Species ◽

Nei's Genetic Distance

Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) deaneorum sp. n. is described from specimens collected in Guajará-Mirim, Rondônia state and Rio Branco, Acre state, Brazil, on human and animal baits, inside dwellings and from the progenies of engorged females. A detailed description of the shape of egg, external appearance of adult female and male, genitalias, female cibarial armature and complete chaetotaxy of pupa and larva show that it can be distinguished from Anopheles albitarsis from the type-locality and other areas by the paler general external appearance of the adult, the posterolateral tufts of scales, on the female abdominal terga and the branching of the outer anterior clypeal seta (3-C) of the fourth instar larva (as shown in illustrations). If species can also be distinguished from An. albitarsis from the type locality by the allele frequencies at 11 enzymic loci as represented by Nei's Genetic Distance.

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Nonmarine ostracods (Crustacea) from South Korea, including a description of a new species of Tanycypris Triebel (Cyprididae, Cypricercinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3161.1.1 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3161 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

CHEON YOUNG CHANG ◽

JIMIN LEE ◽

ROBIN J. SMITH

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South Korea ◽

Small Proportion ◽

Korean Peninsula ◽

New Records ◽

Actual Number ◽

Additional Species ◽

Number Of Species ◽

Freshwater Habitats ◽

A New Species

Preliminary surveys of brackish and freshwater habitats in the southeast and east of South Korea produced a total of fifteenspecies. Ten of these species are new records for Korea, and one additional species, belonging to the genus Tanycypris, isnewly described herein. Twenty-seven species of nonmarine ostracods are now reported from Korea, but this is probablyonly a small proportion of the actual number of species inhabiting the peninsula. The presence of Dolerocypris ikeyaiSmith & Kamiya, 2006, Cryptocandona brehmi (Klie, 1934), Cryptocandona tsukagoshii Smith, 2011, Physocypria nip-ponica Okubo, 1990 and Vestalenula cylindrica (Straub, 1952) on the Korean Peninsula demonstrates that these species are also distributed on the continent, and are not endemic to Japan.

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Redescription of the Central American genus Moribaetis Waltz & McCafferty 1985 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4521 (2) ◽

pp. 231

Author(s):

NIKITA J. KLUGE ◽

JUAN A. BERNAL VEGA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Type Species ◽

Central American ◽

Type Locality ◽

New Combination ◽

Single Male ◽

Male And Female ◽

A New Species

A new definition for the genus Moribaetis Waltz & McCafferty 1985 is given. Its type species, Moribaetis maculipennis (Flowers 1979) is redescribed based on male and female imagoes reared from larvae near the type locality in Panama. Larvae, formerly wrongly attributed to Moribaetis salvini (Eaton 1885), and a male imago, formerly wrongly attributed to Moribaetis macaferti Waltz 1985, belong to a new species Moribaetis latipennis sp. n., which is described here based on a male imago reared from larva in Panama. Both species, M. maculipennis and M. latipennis sp. n., are distinct from M. salvini, which is known as a single male imago (lectotype) from Costa Rica. All other species, formerly attributed to Moribaetis, are excluded from this genus; a new combination Caribaetis macaferti comb. n. is proposed for the species originally described as Moribaetis macaferti Waltz (in Waltz & McCafferty) 1985, and a new combination Baetis (Rhodobaetis) mimbresaurus comb. n. is proposed for the species originally described as Moribaetis mimbresaurus McCafferty 2007.

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Dacar Cas/Somali Red Aloe: a new species of Aloe (Asphodelaceae) from Somaliland

PhytoKeys ◽

10.3897/phytokeys.117.28226 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 117 ◽

pp. 85-97

Author(s):

Mary E. Barkworth ◽

Ahmed Ibrahim Awale ◽

Faisal Jama Gelle

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Indian Ocean ◽

Plant Diversity ◽

Species Density ◽

Number Of Species ◽

The Indian Ocean ◽

Eastern Highlands ◽

A New Species

A new species of Aloe (Asphodelaceae) is described from Somaliland. It differs from other species in forming large clumps and in having sap that is initially yellow but quickly turns bright red and then dark red or reddish-brown, paniculate red-flowered inflorescences and uniformly coloured leaves with red teeth. Its recognition raises the number of species known from the combined area of Somaliland and Somalia s.s. from 31 to 36. A map portraying species density of Aloe by country, as that genus is now interpreted, shows that Aloe has its highest density on islands in the Indian Ocean but that, within Africa, the greatest density is in countries along the eastern highlands. The data also reinforce the importance of field botanists in determining a country’s known plant diversity.

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Discovery of a new species of the genus Triarthron Märkel, 1840 (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) with a key to Japanese species of the tribe Sogdini

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.938.51614 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 938 ◽

pp. 87-95

Author(s):

Hideto Hoshina

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Japanese Species ◽

Number Of Species ◽

A New Species

In the genus Triarthron (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Leiodinae), only two species are known to occur in Palearctic and Nearctic regions. In this paper, a new species in Japan, Triarthron itoi Hoshina, sp. nov., is described. This brings the number of species in the genus to three. A key to the Japanese species of the tribe Sogdini is given.

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