Three new species of Austrocarabodes (Oribatida: Carabodidae) and notes on Austrocarabodes pinnatus Mahunka, 1986, from South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3011 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELIZABETH A. HUGO-COETZEE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
African Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Mite Genus

Three new species of the oribatid mite genus, Austrocarabodes, from South Africa are described, namely A. nortoni sp. nov., A. longisetosus sp. nov. and A. crassimarginatus sp. nov.. A supplementary description is given of A. pinnatus Mahunka, 1986. The known distribution of these species is given and a key to all South African species is presented.

New southern African species and a revalidation in the dung beetle genus Gyronotus van Lansberge, 1874 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with an updated key

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4624 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-282
Author(s):  
CHRISTIAN M. DESCHODT ◽  
ADRIAN L.V. DAVIS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Coastal Forest ◽  
Forest Species ◽  
The South ◽  
African Species ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species are described in the genus Gyronotus van Lansberge, 1874 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), from upland grasslands of South Africa. They are Gyronotus dracomontanus Deschodt & Davis, new species, Gyronotus ovalis Deschodt & Davis, new species and Gyronotus kearneyorum Deschodt & Davis, new species. The South African coastal forest species, Gyronotus marginatus Péringuey, 1888, status revised, is removed from synonymy with Gyronotus pumilus (Boheman, 1857) and revalidated at species level. An updated key to all South African and eSwatini species is provided. 

A new genus and three new species of South African Cicadettini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4885 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-590
Author(s):  
ALLEN F. SANBORN ◽  
MARTIN H. VILLET
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Three New Species

Ingcainyenzane irhiniensis n. gen., n. sp. and Ingcainyenzane nolukhanyoensis n. gen., n. sp. are described from Eastern Cape and Ingcainyenzane umgeniensis n. gen., n. sp. is described from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Notes on its biology of the species and a key to species of the genus are also provided. 

Descriptions of two new species of the genus Paragus Latreille (Diptera: Syrphidae), with a key to males of all South African species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4780 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-355
Author(s):  
TAMARA TOT ◽  
SNEŽANA RADENKOVIĆ ◽  
ZORICA NEDELJKOVIĆ ◽  
LAURA LIKOV ◽  
ANTE VUJIĆ
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
The South ◽  
African Species ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Republic

Two new species of the genus Paragus Latreille, 1804 are described from the Republic of South Africa: Paragus longipilus Tot, Vujić et Radenković sp. nov. and Paragus megacercus Tot, Vujić et Radenković sp. nov. These new species belong to the subgenus Pandasyopthalmus Stuckenberg, 1954a. Paragus longipilus sp. nov. is a member of the P. jozanus group, whereas Paragus megacercus sp. nov. belongs to the P. tibialis group. The taxonomic status of Paragus chalybeatus Hull, 1964 is revised and proposed as synonym of Paragus punctatus Hull, 1949. Additionally, an identification key to males of the South African species of Paragus is provided. Results of the present study confirm a significant level of endemism of Paragus in the Afrotropical Region (12 out of 29). 

A New Species of Chaperiopsis (Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida) From South Africa

1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 933-939
Author(s):  
E. Fernández Pulpeiro ◽  
O. Reverter Gil
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
New South ◽  
Original Material ◽  
African Species ◽  
Numerous Species ◽  
A New Species

A new South African species of the genus Chaperiopsis is described from material deposited in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Chaperiopsis stephensoni is redescribed and figured from the original material.The genus Chaperiopsis Uttley, 1949 is widely distributed in the southern hemisphere. Numerous species of this genus have been described in different works; notable amongst these are the works of Busk (1854, 1884), Kluge (1914), Uttley (1949), Gordon (1984), Hayward & Thorpe (1988), Reverter Gil & Fernández Pulpeiro (1995) and Hayward (1995). Some previous records of Chaperiopsis spp. from South Africa are included in the works of Jullien (1881), Busk (1884), O'Donoghue & De Watteville (1935), O'Donoghue (1957) and Hayward & Cook (1983).

scholarly journals Review of the fish parasitic genus Elthusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from South Africa, including the description of three new species

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 841 ◽  
pp. 1-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serita van der Wal ◽  
Nico J. Smit ◽  
Kerry A. Hadfield
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
South African ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Worldwide Distribution ◽  
Lateral Margins ◽  
Three New Species

The branchial-attaching cymothoid genus, Elthusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 is a genus with a worldwide distribution of 36 species, including the three species described here. Elthusaraynaudii (Milne Edwards, 1840) is the only species that has been described from southern Africa. All South African material held at the National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France (MNHN) and the Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC) identified as, or appearing to belong to, Elthusa was examined. Four species were identified, Elthusaraynaudii and three species that proved to be undescribed. Elthusaxenasp. n. can be distinguished by an evenly rounded pereonite 1 anterior margin, a roughly rectangular pleotelson, and narrowly rounded uropod apices that extend to more than half the length of the pleotelson. Elthusaacutinasasp. n. is identified by the produced and narrowly rounded cephalon anterior margin, acute uropods that are shorter than half the length of the pleotelson, and pereonite 1 anterior margin with medial projection. Elthusarotundasp. n. is characterised by the round body shape, broadly rounded uropod apices, and protrusions on the proximal and lateral margins of the merus and carpus of pereopod 7. A key to the South African Elthusa species is provided, together with a table summarising the hosts and localities of the 33 previously known species of Elthusa.

scholarly journals Taxonomy of the Cryptopygus complex. III. The revision of South African species of Cryptopygus and Isotominella (Collembola, Isotomidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 945 ◽  
pp. 99-127
Author(s):  
Mikhail B. Potapov ◽  
Charlene Janion-Scheepers ◽  
Louis Deharveng
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Ventral Side ◽  
Complex Iii ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
African Species ◽  
Anterior Side ◽  
Species Being ◽  
One New Species

Species of the genera of the Cryptopygus complex in South Africa are morphologically revised. Five new species of the genus Cryptopygus Willem, 1902 s. s. and one new species of the genus Isotominella Delamare Deboutteville, 1948 are described. Cryptopygus abulbussp. nov. and C. bulbussp. nov. have only one chaeta on the anterior side of dens and no chaetae on the anterior side of manubrium, the latter species being characterized by the presence of a bulb at apex of antennae; C. inflatussp. nov. shows a rare combination of eight ocelli on each side of the head with a tridentate mucro; C. longisensillussp. nov. has five long s-chaetae on the fifth abdominal segment; C. postantennalissp. nov. is unique by having a very long and slender postantennal organ with strong inner denticles; Isotominella laterochaetasp. nov. is the second member of the genus and differs from the type species by many more anterior chaetae on the manubrium and the presence of chaetae on ventral side of metathorax. The genera are discussed and a key to all species of the Cryptopygus complex recorded in South Africa is given. The focus is on the Western Cape Province where the complex is the most diverse and sampling more complete than in other provinces of South Africa.

scholarly journals New Chummidae (Araneae): quadrupling the size of the clade

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudy Jocqué ◽  
Mark Alderweireldt
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
African Species ◽  
Sister Clade ◽  
The Family

The recently described family Chummidae, now the sister clade of Macrobuninae, so far only known from two South African species, is extended with seven new species, six from the southern part of South Africa and one from Lesotho: Chumma bicolor sp. nov. (♀), C. foliata sp. nov. (♂♀), C. interfluvialis sp. nov. (♂♀), C. lesotho sp. nov. (♀), C. striata sp. nov. (♂♀), C. subridens sp. nov. (♂♀) and C. tsitsikamma sp. nov. ♂. A key to the species is provided. Although Chumma is part of a clade containing the Macrobuninae, it is argued that the family name Chummidae should remain valid.

Three New South African Embrithini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4555 (2) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
ROMAN BOROVEC
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
New South ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species of Embrithini from South Africa are described: Heisonyx griseoviridis sp. nov., H. oberprieleri sp. nov., and Porpacus wanati sp. nov. The male of Heisonyx giustocaroli Borovec, Colonnelli & Osella, 2009 is newly described. 

New species of oribatid mites of the subfamily Brachioppiinae (Acari, Oribatida, Oppiidae) from Hogsback, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 684-697
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee ◽  
Alexander A. Khaustov ◽  
Vladimir A. Khaustov
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Body Length ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Relative Length ◽  
The Body ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Mite Family

Three new species of the oribatid mite family Oppiidae are described from soil and coniferous litter of Hogsback State Forest, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Brachioppia bituberculata sp. nov. differs from its related species, Brachioppia excrescens and B. louwi, by the localization of cilia on the bothridial head and length and placement of dorsal notogastral setae. Kokoppia macrotuberculata sp. nov. differs from its related species, Kokoppia longisetosa, by the body length, the length of notogastral setae, the localization of notogastral setae la and lm, and the presence of interbothridial macrotubercle. Pletzenoppia ethiopica sp. nov. differs from its related species, Pletzenoppia pletzenae, by the body length, different number of cilia on bothridial seta, the relative length of prodorsal setae, the localization of notogastral setae la and lm, and the absence of interbothridial tubercle. An identification key to known species of Pletzenoppia is presented.

New Latrunculiidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from the Agulhas ecoregion of temperate southern Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4896 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOUFIEK SAMAAI ◽  
MICHELLE KELLY ◽  
BENEDICTA NGWAKUM ◽  
ROBYN PAYNE ◽  
PETER R. TESKE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
Nuclear Its ◽  
Recent Addition ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
African Genus

Sixteen species of Latrunculiidae Topsent, 1922, belonging to the genera Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869, Strongylodesma Lévi, 1969, Cyclacanthia Samaai & Kelly, 2004, Samaai & Kelly, 2002, are currently known from the temperate waters of South Africa. Extensive new sponge collections from the Amathole region of South Africa revealed the existence of three new species of Tsitsikamma, T. amatholensis sp. nov., T. madiba sp. nov., and T. beukesi sp. nov., and a new species of the endemic South African genus Cyclacanthia, C. rethahofmeyri sp. nov. With the recent addition of two new species of Tsitsikamma from Algoa Bay and Tsitsikamma National Park (T. michaeli Parker-Nance, 2019; T. nguni Parker-Nance, 2019) the total number of known South African Latrunculiidae is now 20 species in four genera. Here we propose two new subgenera of Tsitsikamma, Tsitsikamma Samaai & Kelly, 2002 and Clavicaulis subgen. nov., based on the morphological groups “favus” and “pedunculata” hypothesized by Parker-Nance et al. (2019). Species in the nominotypical subgenus Tsitsikamma, containing the type species, are thick encrusting to hemispherical with a rigid honeycombed choanosome, while species in the new subgenus Clavicaulis subgen. nov. have a purse or sac-like morphology with little choanosomal structure. Despite the obvious species-level differences in morphology, multivariate analysis based on spicule measurements (anisostyle length, discorhabd length, shaft and whorl length) was not able to distinguish between the proposed Tsitsikamma species, but separated known species T. favus Samaai & Kelly, 2002, T. pedunculata Samaai & Kelly, 2003, and T. scurra Samaai & Kelly, 2003, from each other. Similarly, DNA barcoding of the mitochondrial COI  and the nuclear ITS of Tsitsikamma specimens failed to clearly differentiate between species, but was able to differentiate sister taxon relationships within the Latrunculiidae. 

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