Stenomastigus pseudofranzi sp. n., from South Africa (Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3268 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species ◽  
African Genus

A new species of the endemic South African genus Stenomastigus Leleup (Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae, Mastigini), S.pseudofranzi sp. n. is described. Because some morphological structures of the new species highly resemble those of S.franzi Leleup, description of the latter species is supplemented with previously unknown details of the aedeagus (includingthe copulatory piece). Habitus, aedeagi, modified fore legs of males and other diagnostic characters of both species are illustrated.

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. 

The Erythrothrips complex of tropical Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera) with new taxa from Australia and South Africa

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Marullo ◽  
Laurence A. Mound
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
African Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
African Genus

AbstractThe New World genus Erythrothrips is redefined and a key to the species provided. A new genus and species, Erythridothrips cubilis, is described from Australian tropical rain-forest. The South African genus Audiothrips is withdrawn from synonymy with Erythrothrips and a new species, A. senckenbergiana, is described. The sole African species in the American genus Stomatothrips is transferred to the African genus Allelothrips. The relationships of these taxa are discussed, together with reasons for questioning the validity of the tribe Orothripini.

A new species group of the genus Trechosia from the Cape region of South Africa (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1469 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
GERNOT GEGINAT
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The South ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

Trechodes intermedia sp. nov. and T. kogelbergensis sp. nov. are described from South Africa. A third species, T. humeralis (Jeannel, 1930) comb.nov. is transferred to Trechosia Jeannel from the genus Cothresia Jeannel. All three species are macropterous, endemic to the South African Cape region, and together represent a new species group of the genus Trechosia. Keys to the species groups of the genus Trechosia and to the species of the new T. intermedia group are provided.

scholarly journals Gymnosporia swazica (Celastraceae), a new species from southern Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 192 (4) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
Marie Jordaan ◽  
Abraham E. Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Restricted Range ◽  
Small Tree ◽  
African Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
A New Species

Gymnosporia swazica, a new restricted-range southern African species, is described and illustrated here. Known from only a few localities in Swaziland and bordering parts of South Africa (Mpumalanga and northeastern KwaZulu-Natal), G. swazica grows as an understorey shrub or small tree in forest, often among granite boulders. Diagnostic characters for G. swazica include chartaceous leaves, usually shorter than 25 mm, 3-valved capsules usually 6–7 mm long, which are smooth, green turning yellow, and a white aril partially covering the brownish seed. Its closest relative appears to be G. buxifolia (capsules rugose, mottled white-and-brown), one of the most widespread members of the genus in southern Africa, but it can also be confused with G. maranguensis (capsules red, 2-valved) and G. harveyana (capsules pink to red, 3-valved; aril orange, completely covering the seed).

A NEW SPECIES OF ROELLA (CAMPANULACEAE) FROM WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. N. Cupido
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Conservation Assessment ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Roella uncinata Cupido (Campanulaceae), from Western Cape, South Africa, is described and illustrated, and its known distribution mapped. A proposed conservation assessment is provided, and its diagnostic characters and affinity are discussed.

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 Revision of the southern African genus Stuckenbergomyia Smith, 1971 (Diptera, Empidoidea) and proposal of a new subfamily

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-145
Author(s):  
Bradley J. Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Western Cape Province ◽  
A New Species ◽  
African Genus

The genus Stuckenbergomyia Smith is revised with the description of a new species from Namibia (S.namibiensissp. nov.) and an undescribed species based on females from Western Cape Province of South Africa. The genus is fully illustrated and its phylogenetic relationships within the Hybotidae are discussed with the proposal of a new subfamily, Stuckenbergomyiinaesubfam. nov.

scholarly journals A new species of Berkheya (Asteraceae, Arctotideae) from the Northern Cape, South Africa

Bothalia ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola G. Bergh ◽  
Nick A. Helme
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
International Union ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
Tall Shrub ◽  
A New Species ◽  
African Genus

Background: Berkheya is a large, mainly southern African genus of approximately 75 species, several of which are poorly known and under-collected. Since revision in 1959, only a few new species have been described. Publication of new taxa facilitates conservation objectives and contributes to a better understanding of the southern African flora.Objectives: The objectives of this study were to describe a new species of Berkheya, consider its taxonomic position within the genus and assess its conservation status.Methods: Macromorphology and micromorphology of the new species were compared with known species.Results: Berkheya dumicola N.G.Bergh Helme was described from two subpopulations from the northern Bokkeveld escarpment, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The species is a tall shrub with radiate flowerheads, toothed receptacle alveole margins, a uniseriate pappus of small, rounded scales and very short twin-hairs on the cypsela.Conclusion: Berkheya dumicola is a new species with a unique combination of features. Based on morphological characteristics, its closest relative within the genus is likely to be the recently describedBerkheya chrysanthemoides J.C.Manning Goldblatt. The limited geographic extent and small population size of B. dumicola warrant an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) status of ‘Endangered’.

Four new species of Pteronia (Astereae, Asteraceae) from South Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 430 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
ANIFAT O. BELLO ◽  
JAMES S. BOATWRIGHT ◽  
MICHELLE VAN DER BANK ◽  
ANTHONY R. MAGEE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Ecological Information ◽  
Taxonomic Studies ◽  
African Genus

During taxonomic studies of the southern African genus Pteronia, four new species, P. armatifolia, P. decurrens, P. flava and P. glandulosa were uncovered from the Northern and Western Cape provinces of South Africa. We formally describe these four new species here and provide detailed descriptions, diagnostic characters, geographical distributions, as well as ecological information for each of the species.

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