Pauropoda (Myriapoda) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A., with descriptions of four new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2962 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
ULF SCHELLER
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Biodiversity Inventory ◽  
Smoky Mountains

As a part of the All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee, North Carolina, U.S.A.) a collection of 192 specimens of Pauropoda has been studied. Eighteen species belonging to six genera in three families have been identified. Four of the species in Pauropodidae are new to science and described: Decapauropus arcuatilis n. sp., Stylopauropus plicatus n. sp., Donzelotauropus dividuus n. sp. and Donzelotauropus tenuitarsus n. sp. With the four new species the number of known species in GSMNP now stands at 49. A key is presented to the genera collected up to now in GSMNP.

A preliminary checklist of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1856 (1) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRUCE A. SNYDER
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
National Park ◽  
Appalachian Mountains ◽  
The United States ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Biodiversity Inventory ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
Near Future

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited National Park in the United States, is home to a wide diversity of millipede species. A preliminary list of these species is provided, based on literature records and new collections from the All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory and the author’s research. This report establishes that the Park’s presently known fauna consists of 62 species (one of which contains two subspecies) in 21 families and all 10 orders known from eastern North America, and includes at least five new state records and 18 new Park records. In the near future several undescribed species will likely be added to the list, as well as described species that are currently known to occur near the Park, but have never been reported from within the Park’s boundary.Key words: Appalachian Mountains, ATBI, North Carolina, Tennessee, biodiversity, inventory, GSMNP

scholarly journals A New Species of Land Planarian, Diporodemus merridithae, and Cohabitant Specimens from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina, U.S.A

2013 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Benny C. Glasgow
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
The United States ◽  
Internal Anatomy ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Land Planarian

Abstract A new endemic species of land planarian, Diporodemus merridithae, belonging to subfamily Microplaninae is described from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This is the first report of a new land planarian of the subfamily Microplaninae from the United States since 1954 (Hyman 1954). Species external and internal anatomy is described using photographs and a drawing and notes on species distribution, habitat, and conservation are provided. Identifications and previous reports of land planarians from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the United States, and Europe is discussed, as are collections of two cohabitants and the observation of asexual reproduction observed in one cohabitant specimen.

Macrobiotus (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee/North Carolina, USA (North America): two new species and six new records

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2022 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL J. BARTELS ◽  
GIOVANNI PILATO ◽  
OSCAR LISI ◽  
DIANE R. NELSON
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
National Park ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphometric Characters ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
Two New Species

As part of the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (http://www.dlia.org), we are conducting a large-scale multihabitat inventory of tardigrades in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) in Tennessee and North Carolina, USA. Here we report our findings for the genus Macrobiotus (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae). Two new species, Macrobiotus martini sp. nov. and Macrobiotus halei sp. nov., are described from moss, lichen, soil and leaf litter samples. Macrobiotus martini sp. nov. differs from all other species of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group by having a very simple buccal armature without bands of teeth, very large elliptical cuticular pores, unique characteristics of the egg, and other morphometric characters. Macrobiotus halei sp. nov. differs from other species in the Macrobiotus richtersi group by having very small cuticular tubercles, well-developed macroplacoids, unique characteristics of the egg, and other morphometric characters. Seven additional Macrobiotus species have been identified in the GSMNP: M. harmsworthi Murray, 1907, M. hufelandi Schultze, 1834, M. islandicus Richters, 1904, M. montanus Murray, 1910, M. pallarii Maucci, 1954, M. recens Cuénot, 1932, and M. tonollii Ramazzotti, 1956. All of these except M. harmsworthi are new records for the national park. In addition, M. pallarii is a new record for North Carolina, M. islandicus is a new record for North Carolina and Tennessee, M. montanus is a new record for the eastern USA, and M. recens is a new record for the USA.

New species of Anillinus Casey (Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A. and phylogeography of the A. langdoni species group

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1542 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
IGOR M. SOKOLOV ◽  
YULIYA Y. SOKOLOVA ◽  
CHRISTOPHER E. CARLTON
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
Habitat Corridors ◽  
The Impact

The Anillinus langdoni–species group is characterized and two new species are described, Anillinus cieglerae Sokolov and Carlton sp. nov. and A. pusillus Sokolov and Carlton sp. nov., both from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The langdoni–group includes four species at present, three apparently endemic to the Great Smoky Mountains and adjacent mountains of western North Carolina/Tennessee, and a fourth from South Mountains of middle North Carolina. They are distinguished mainly using characters of the male genitalia and to a lesser extent, differences in shapes of female spermathecae. Phylogenetic analyses based on aedeagal morphology and COI gene sequences yielded conflicting results, with the later providing a phylogeny that was more parsimonious with expectations based on geographic distributions. Speciation within the group may derive from ecological constraints and altitudinal fluctuations of habitat corridors during past climate changes combined with the impact of local watersheds as fine scale isolating mechanisms.

An online key and field guide to the tardigrades of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina & Tennessee, USA, North America) with taxonomic revisions of two species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3249 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL J. BARTELS ◽  
DIANE R. NELSON
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
North America ◽  
National Park ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Field Guide ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Biodiversity Inventory ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
The University

An online key and field guide is now freely available for the tardigrades of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP). This project is the culmination of a ten-year inventory of the tardigrades in the park as part of the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (www.dlia.org). The key was produced using Lucid 3.5.2 (www.lucidcentral.org) developed by the Centre for Biological Information Technology at the University of Queensland, Australia.

A surprising rediscovery and description of a new species of Soyedina Ricker, 1952 (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
SCOTT A GRUBBS ◽  
BORIS C KONDRATIEFF ◽  
RICHARD W BAUMANN
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Apical Portion ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
A New Species

Soyedina parkeri sp. nov. (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) is described from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. This species was recognized as new over 15 years ago by the junior authors but had yet to be formally described until now. Soyedina parkeri sp. nov. appears closely-related only to S. sheldoni Grubbs & Baumann, 2019 due to shared characteristics of the scle­rotized inner member of the epiproct. Soyedina parkeri sp. nov. can be readily separated from all other nine species of eastern Nearctic Soyedina by the broadly rounded apical portion of the outer paraproct lobe.Key words: Plecoptera, Nemouridae, Soyedina, new species, Nearctic, North Carolina, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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