Discovery of the rare burrowing shrimp Calliapagurops charcoti de Saint Laurent, 1973 (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae) in shallow water: first record of the infraorder for Madeira Island

The genus Calliapagurops was established by de Saint Laurent (1973) for the new species C. charcoti based on a damaged specimen lacking the abdomen and both third and fourth pereopods. The specimen was collected south of the Azorean island of Flores from shelly sand in 190–230 m depth. The original description by de Saint Laurent (1973) was rather short; a redescription and figures were later provided by Sakai (1999) and Ngoc-Ho (2003). Ngoc-Ho (2002) described a second species in this genus, C. foresti, based on four specimens (three of them complete) collected between 186 and 198 m depth east of Luzon, The Philippines.

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Turleania rubriguttatus, a new species of pagurid hermit crab (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from shallow water in Japan, with notes on T. senticosa (McLaughlin & Haig, 1996)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4834.1.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4834 (1) ◽

pp. 96-106

Author(s):

TOMOYUKI KOMAI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Shallow Water ◽

Hermit Crab ◽

Dorsal Surface ◽

The Philippines ◽

The Status ◽

Shallow Subtidal ◽

The Right ◽

Kochi Prefecture ◽

A New Species

A new species of the pagurid hermit crab genus Turleania McLaughlin, 1997, T. rubriguttatus, is described on the basis of two specimens, including one male and one female, from shallow subtidal waters in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. The new species appears close to T. albatrossae (McLaughlin & Haig, 1996), known from the Philippines, but the proximally unarmed dorsal surface of the right chela palm and the lack of a dorsomesial row of spines on the left cheliped carpus easily distinguish T. rubriguttatus n. sp. from T. albatrossae. Examination of the type material of T. similis Komai, 1999 and T. spinimanus Komai, 1999, and supplemental material from Japan, confirms that the two taxa are synonymous with T. senticosa (McLaughlin & Haig, 1996), as was suggested by previous authors. Re-examination clarified that in T. senticosa the maxilliped 3 has no developed arthrobranchs, and this led the author to assess the status of T. sinensis Han, Sha & An, 2016, which is also synonymised with T. senticosa.

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A new deep-water goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from northern Australia and the Philippines, with a taxonomic account of U. subvittatus and remarks on U. mascareinsis

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3550.1.4 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3550 (1) ◽

pp. 61 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

FRANZ UIBLEIN ◽

MARK MCGROUTHER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Indian Ocean ◽

Deep Water ◽

Western Indian Ocean ◽

First Record ◽

The Philippines ◽

Northern Australia ◽

Meristic Characters ◽

The Pacific ◽

Interspecific Comparisons

Upeneus stenopsis n. sp. is described based on four specimens collected off northern Australia and Quezon Island,Philippines, at depths between 165 to 275 m and compared with four closely related species: the deep-water dwellingUpeneus davidaromi (Red Sea) and U. mascareinsis (Western Indian Ocean) and the shallow Indo-West Pacific species,U. subvittatus and U. vittatus. The new species can be distinguished from all other Upeneus species by a narrow caudalpeduncle and a combination of morphometric and meristic characters. This is the first record of a deep-water goatfish ofthe genus Upeneus from the Pacific. A juvenile Upeneus collected off Quezon at 127–142 m depth was also assigned tothe new species and compared to four similar-sized (69–79 mm SL) specimens of U. mascareinsis. A diagnosis is providedfor U. subvittatus, along with evidence of its occurrence in the Eastern Indian Ocean and interspecific comparisons. Thecontinued need to screen scientific fish collections for the occurrence of undescribed species that have successfully colonized and adapted to the depth zone surrounding the ocean margin is outlined.

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First record of the fig wasp genus Diaziella Grandi (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Sycoecinae) from the Asian mainland with description of two new species from China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1337.1.2 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1337 (1) ◽

pp. 39 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

SIMON VAN NOORT ◽

YAN-QIONG PENG ◽

JEAN-Y RASPLUS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Record ◽

First Record ◽

The Philippines ◽

Fig Wasp ◽

Two New Species ◽

Host Relationships ◽

First Time ◽

Asian Mainland

Diaziella bizarrea van Noort & Rasplus sp. nov. is described from specimens reared from Ficus glaberrima and Diaziella yangi van Noort & Rasplus sp. nov. is described from specimens reared from Ficus curtipes in Xishuangbanna, China. Together with a new record of Diaziella macroptera Grandi from Thailand this is the first time the genus has been recorded from the Asian mainland. Previously the twelve described species of Diaziella were known from the islands of Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi and the Philippines. Images are provided for both sexes of the two new species and for the female of D. macroptera. A key is included to all described species of Diaziella. An online key is available at: http://www.figweb.org/Fig_wasps/Pteromalidae/Sycoecinae/Key/ Diaziella.htm. Host relationships and biology are discussed.

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First record of the genus Dinophasma Uvarov from the Philippines (Phasmatodea: Aschiphasmatidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1530.1.4 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1530 (1) ◽

pp. 33-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

MARCO GOTTARDO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

The Philippines ◽

Identification Key ◽

Single Male ◽

Male Specimen

As presently defined, the genus Dinophasma Uvarov, 1940 (= Dina Redtenbacher, 1906, = Xylobistus Zompro, 2004) includes 8 species (Otte & Brock, 2005), 7 of which are widespread in Borneo and one is represented in India. A study of several unidentified specimens of Philippine Aschiphasmatidae allowed recognition of a single male specimen of Dinophasma that cannot be assigned to any known species. The new species is described and illustrated in the present paper and marks the first record of the genus from the Philippines. An identification key to all species of Dinophasma, revised from that presented by Bragg (2001), is also provided

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First record of the genus Pareumenes de Saussure, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from the Philippine Islands with description of a new species

Journal of Insect Biodiversity ◽

10.12976/jib/2016.4.17 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (17) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Marco Selis

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

East Asia ◽

First Record ◽

The Philippines ◽

South East Asia ◽

A New Species

A new species of the genus Pareumenes de Saussure, 1855, from the Philippine Islands (Mindanao and Samar), P. impunctatus sp. nov., is described. This is the first record of the genus from the Philippines. A key to the species of the genus occurring in insular South-East Asia is provided.

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Robinson, A.S., Gironella, E.P. & Cervancia, J.M. (2016) New orchid species of Sigmatodactylus (Orchidoideae; Diurideae) and a new record of Cryptostylis carinata from central Palawan, Philippines. Phytotaxa 252 (2): 99–113.

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.257.1.8 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 257 (1) ◽

pp. 98

Author(s):

ALASTAIR S. ROBINSON ◽

ELIZABETH P. GIRONELLA ◽

JEHSON M. CERVANCIA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Record ◽

New Guinea ◽

First Record ◽

The Philippines ◽

Orchid Species ◽

Two New Species ◽

Palawan Island

Two new species of Stigmatodactylus from Palawan Island in the Philippines are described and illustrated. The taxa, which represent the first records for the genus Stigmatodactylus in the Philippines, are restricted to the ultramafic peaks of central Palawan. Cryptostylis carinata, originally described from New Guinea, is also documented, representing a first record for this species in Palawan.

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A new species of Drosera section Arachnopus (Droseraceae) from the western Kimberley, Australia, and amendments to the range and circumscription of Drosera finlaysoniana

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.501.1.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 501 (1) ◽

pp. 56-84

Author(s):

THILO KRUEGER ◽

ANDREAS FLEISCHMANN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Western Australia ◽

First Record ◽

The Philippines ◽

Similar Species ◽

Annual Species ◽

A New Species ◽

Made In

A new annual species of Drosera section Arachnopus, Drosera margaritacea, from the western Kimberley region (Western Australia) is described and illustrated, including detailed comparisons with the morphologically most similar species, D. finlaysoniana. The latter name is lectotypified here. The global range of D. finlaysoniana is provided, including a doubtful first record for Thailand, while the species, in contrast with statements made in some published references, does not occur in India, Laos, Cambodia and the Philippines. Additionally, the first record from Indonesia of the frequently misidentified D. aquatica is reported.

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Philippine mossy forest stick insects: first record of the genus Otraleus Günther, 1935 in the country, with four new species, and the new genus Capuyanus gen. nov. (Phasmida, Diapheromeridae, Necrosciinae)

European Journal of Taxonomy ◽

10.5852/ejt.2017.265 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Joachim Bresseel ◽

Jérôme Constant

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Single Species ◽

First Record ◽

The Philippines ◽

Identification Key ◽

Distribution Maps ◽

Stick Insects ◽

First Time

The genus Otraleus Günther, 1935 is recorded from the Philippines for the first time. Four new species, Otraleus bellemansae sp. nov., O. applai sp. nov., O. christianae sp. nov. and O. elizabethae sp. nov., are described from the highlands of Northwestern Luzon. The characters allowing separation from O. hypsimelathrus Günther, 1935 and O. labanrataensis Soew-Choen, 2016, are given. A new genus closely related to Otraleus, Capuyanus gen. nov., is described with a single species, C. magwilangi sp. nov., as type-species. An identification key and distribution maps are provided for all species.

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A new species of Stenonabis from the Philippines (Heteroptera: Nabidae)

Zoosystematica Rossica ◽

10.31610/zsr/2008.17.1.79 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 79-80

Author(s):

I.M. Kerzhner

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Original Description ◽

The Philippines ◽

A New Species

Stenonabis confusulus sp. n. is described from the Philippines. The species is similar to S. leytensis Kerzh. and was confused with it in the original description of the latter.

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