Mites of the subgenus Microtimyobia (Acariformes: Myobiidae: Radfordia) and their host-parasite relationships with cricetid rodents (Cricetidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2954 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRE V. BOCHKOV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Mekong River ◽  
Host Distribution ◽  
Microtus Pinetorum ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Host Parasite

Myobiid mites of the subgenus Radfordia (Microtimyobia) (Acariformes: Myobiidae) associated with hosts of the subfamilies Arvicolinae and Cricetinae (Cricetidae) are revised. Three new species are described from voles: R. (M.) dinaromys sp. nov. from Dinaromys bogdanovi from Montenegro, R. (M.) golenishchevi sp. nov. from Eothenomys wardi from China (Mekong River), and R. (M.) pitymys sp. nov. from Microtus pinetorum from USA (Virginia). Radfordia (M.) lemnina micromys Fain and Lukoschus, 1976 syn. nov., R. (M.) lemnina mikado Uchikawa et al., 1997 syn. nov., R. (M.) stekolnikovi Bochkov and Mironov, 1998 syn. nov., and R. (M.) stenocrani Bochkov and Mironov, 1998 syn. nov. are synonymized with R. (M.) lemnina (Koch, 1941); R. (M.) rutila Fain and Lukoschus, 1977 syn. nov. and R. (M.) lemnina hata Uchikawa et al., 1997 syn. nov. are synonymized with R. clethrionomys Fain and Lukoschus, 1977; R. (M.) lemnina japonica Uchikawa et al., 1997 syn. nov. is synonymized with R. (M.) rufocani Bochkov, 1995; R. (M.) macdonaldi Gill and Strandtmann, 1977 syn. nov. is synonymized with R. (M.) arctica Fain and Lukoschus, 1977; R. (M.) cricetulus pakistanensis Fain and Hyland, 1980 syn. nov. is synonymized with R. (M.) cricetulus Fain, 1973. The female and male keys to all 21 currently recognized Microtimyobia spp. are provided. The host distribution of Microtimyobia spp. is analyzed. These mites serve as peculiar “markers” of particular host groupings and in many cases are useful tools to test some controversial hypotheses of cricetid phylogeny, including the intriguing problem of phylogenetic relationships of the Palearctic and Nearctic voles of the genus Microtus.

Taxonomic revision of species of Haematoloechus Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Plagiorchioidea), with molecular phylogenetic analysis and the description of three new species from Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4526 (3) ◽  
pp. 251 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIRGINIA LEÓN-RÈGAGNON ◽  
JANET TOPAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Nomen Nudum ◽  
Phylogenetic Hypothesis ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Phylogenetic Hypotheses ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Host Parasite ◽  
Species Inquirendae

Lung flukes of the genus Haematoloechus Looss, 1899 are common parasites of anurans worldwide, but the taxonomy of the group has been confusing. In this taxonomic revision, 89 species of Haematoloechus (= Pneumonoeces Looss, 1902, Ostioloides Odening, 1960, Ostiolum Pratt, 1903, Skrjabinoeces Sudarikov, 1950, Neohaematoloechus Odening, 1960, Metahaematoloechus Yamaguti, 1971) are listed. Of these, 70 are considered valid, three are species inquirendae (H. legrandi Mañé–Garzón & Gil, 1959, H. latoricensis Kozák, 1968 & H. vitelloconfluentum (Rai, 1962) Saeed, Al–Barwari & Al-Harmni, 2007), one is a nomen nudum H. sudarikovi Belouss, 1962, 14 are junior synonyms and one belongs to Ostioloides. This publication also describes three new species, H. occidentalis n. sp., H. veracruzanus n. sp. and H. mexicanus n. sp., parasitizing species of Rana Linnaeus in Mexico and redescribes Haematoloechus caballeroi (Skrjabin & Antipin, 1962) Yamaguti, 1971. The phylogenetic hypotheses based on sequences of mitochondrial and ribosomal DNA of Haematoloechus spp. show that genera proposed on the basis of morphological characters are not supported. The host records for species of Haematoloechus, together with the phylogenetic hypothesis of the genus, suggest that this host-parasite association predates the ranid diversification in the Cretaceous. 

NEW NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES IN THE GENERA NEOTHREMMA AND FARULA, WITH HYPOTHESES ON PHYLOGENY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY (TRICHOPTERA: UENOIDAE)

1992 ◽  
Vol 124 (6) ◽  
pp. 1063-1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn B. Wiggins ◽  
Robert W. Wisseman
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Original Description ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Biogeographic Patterns ◽  
Multnomah County ◽  
Three New Species

AbstractThree new species are described in the caddisfly family Uenoidae: Neothremma prolata, from Hood River County, Oregon; Neothremma mucronata from Lassen County, California; and Farula constricta from Multnomah County, Oregon. Following examination of the holotypes of several species, misinterpretation of the male genitalia morphology of Farula wigginsi Denning is corrected, leading to the recognition of that name as a junior synonym of F. petersoni Denning. Interpretation of male genitalic morphology in the original description of F. geyseri Denning is revised. Phylogenetic relationships are inferred from male genitalic morphology for the species of Neothremma and Farula. Biogeographic patterns of the species in both genera are highly congruent with the phylogenies.

Review of the Nearctic Lonchopteridae (Diptera), including descriptions of three new species

2008 ◽  
Vol 140 (6) ◽  
pp. 649-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Klymko ◽  
S.A. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
New Hampshire ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Species Pairs ◽  
Three New Species

AbstractThe Nearctic species of Lonchoptera Meigen are reviewed, including three new species: L. barberi Klymko sp. nov. from Manitoba, Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and New Hampshire, L. megaloba Klymko sp. nov. from British Columbia and California, and L. longiphallus Klymko sp. nov. from British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. Lonchoptera borealis Curran is proposed as a new junior synonym of L. impicta Zetterstedt, and L. occidentalis Curran is proposed as a new junior synonym of L. uniseta Curran. Lonchoptera nigrociliata Duda, formerly known only from the Palaearctic Region, is recorded from the Yukon and Alaska. Descriptions, a key, and Nearctic distribution maps are presented. Phylogenetic relationships are briefly discussed and two sister species pairs are documented.

Three new species of free-living nematodes of the family Comesomatidae from the delta of the Mekong River, Vietnam (Nematoda, Monhysterida)

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-228
Author(s):  
V.G. Gagarin ◽  
Vu Thanh Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mekong River ◽  
Free Living ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species

Sabatieria parvula sp. n., Dorylaimopsis tumida sp. n. and Paracomesoma curvatum sp. n. from the delta of the Mekong River (Vietnam) are described and illustrated. Sabatieria parvula sp. n. differs from S. parabyssalis Wieser, 1954 and S. stekhoveni Vitiello, 1970 in the slenderer body, longer tail and narrowed labial region. Dorylaimopsis tumida sp. n. differs from D. mediterranea Grimaldi de Zio, 1968 in the shorter body, longer cephalic setae, shorter spicules and absence of striation of spicules. Paracomesoma curvatum sp. n. differs from P. longispiculum (Timm, 1961) in the longer body, shorter cephalic setae, longer stoma and spicules, and structure of cuticle areolation.

scholarly journals An appraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of Hypoptopomatini cascudinhos with description of two new genera and three new species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Laura S. Delapieve ◽  
Pablo Lehmann A ◽  
Roberto E. Reis
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Retention Index ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Data Matrix ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Consensus Tree ◽  
Strict Consensus Tree ◽  
Three New Species

ABSTRACT The discovery of three new taxa of Hypoptotopomatini with ambiguous generic assignment prompted a reanalysis of the phylogenetic relationships of the tribe. The analysis focused on a data matrix of 56 terminals and 107 morphological characters comprising the three new taxa, most species of Hypoptopoma and Otocinclus, and all other species of the tribe. The 162 maximally parsimonious trees of 382 steps, consistency index of 0.41, and retention index of 0.83 were then summarized in a strict consensus tree. The results confirm the monophyly of the Hypoptopomatini, recover four genera as monophyletic (Acestridium, Hypoptopoma, Niobichthys, and Otocinclus), revealed Hypoptopoma and Oxyropsis to be non-monophyletic; and revealed two new genera within Hypoptopomatini. Additionally, Otocinclus was found to be sister to a group with all remaining genera of the tribe; Acestridium and Niobichthys were found to be sister to each other and that clade sister to a group formed by ((Leptotocinclus + Hypoptopoma [part]) + (Nannoxyropsis (Oxyropsis + Hypoptopoma [part]))). Based on this framework, changes to the classification and the taxonomy of the Hypoptopomatini are suggested and the new taxa are described.

Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from wild birds in Senegal, with descriptions of three new species of the genera Brueelia and Philopteroides

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Najer ◽  
Oldřich Sychra ◽  
Ivan Literák ◽  
Petr Procházka ◽  
Miroslav Čapek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Wild Birds ◽  
Generic Level ◽  
New Host ◽  
Chewing Lice ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Host Parasite

AbstractA total of 170 wild birds from Senegal, belonging to 48 species and 9 orders, were searched for lice in 2005 and 2007. Chewing lice were found on 58 birds of 18 species and 5 orders (Columbiformes, Cuculiformes, Coraciiformes, Galliformes and Passeriformes). Twenty-two species of chewing lice of 13 genera were determined. Other nine samples of chewing lice that represent a new host-parasite association were determined at generic level only, because only one sex or nymph of these lice were found. Our records represent the first louse records from passerines Camaroptera brachyura (Cisticolidae), Chalcomitra senegalensis (Nectariniidae), Corvinella corvina (Laniidae), Laniarius barbarus (Malaconotidae), Prinia erythroptera (Cisticolidae) and Turdus pelios (Turdidae). Descriptions and illustrations are given for Brueelia chalcomitrae Najer et Sychra sp. nov. ex Chalcomitra senegalensis (Nectariniidae), Brueelia priniae Najer et Sychra sp. nov. ex Prinia subflava (Cisticolidae), and Philopteroides terpsiphoni Najer et Sychra sp. nov. ex Terpsiphone viridis (Monarchidae).

scholarly journals Phylogenomic and Morphological Reevaluation of the Bee Tribes Biastini, Neolarrini, and Townsendiellini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) With Description of Three New Species of Schwarzia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silas Bossert ◽  
Robert S Copeland ◽  
Trevor J L Sless ◽  
Michael G Branstetter ◽  
Jessica P Gillung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Host Choice ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Taxon Sampling ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Three New Species

Abstract Bees of the tribes Biastini, Neolarrini, and Townsendiellini are cleptoparasites in the subfamily Nomadinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) and parasitize solitary bees. Understanding their phylogenetic relationships has proven difficult for many decades. Previous research yielded ambiguous results because of conflicting phylogenetic signals of larval and adult morphological characters. Molecular data settled some of this disparity but our knowledge remains fragmented due to limited taxon sampling and the discovery of a new lineage associated with Biastini: the enigmatic Schwarzia Eardley, 2009. Schwarzia has unusual morphological features and seems transitional between previously established taxa. This puts limits on our ability to diagnose the groups, understand their antiquity and biogeography, and study the evolution of host-choice. To address this, we integrate phylogenomics and morphology to establish a fossil-calibrated phylogeny for the tribes Biastini, Neolarrini, and Townsendiellini. We show that Schwarzia is indeed closely related to Biastes Panzer, 1806, but Biastes itself is paraphyletic in respect to Neopasites Ashmead, 1898, and even Biastini is paraphyletic due to Townsendiella Crawford, 1916, which is sister to Rhopalolemma Roig-Alsina, 1991. To ensure monophyly, we lower Neopasites to subgeneric rank within Biastes and resurrect Melittoxena Morawitz, 1873 as a third subgenus. We then assess the diagnosability of different tribal concepts and establish an expanded tribe Neolarrini that includes Biastini and Townsendiellini as new synonyms for Neolarrini. Neolarrini in this new, expanded sense likely originated in the Nearctic in the mid-Eocene and is, as far we know, composed exclusively of parasites of oligolectic hosts. Lastly, our continued efforts to find the rare Schwarzia in Eastern Africa led to the discovery of three new species, which are described herein.

The phylogenetic relationships of three new species of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from poorly explored regions in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia

Zootaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3786 (3) ◽  
pp. 359 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
PERRY L. WOOD ◽  
SHAHRUL ANUAR ◽  
EVAN S. H. QUAH ◽  
MOHD ABDUL MUIN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Three New Species
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