First record of the littoral genus Alismobates (Acari: Oribatida) from the Atlantic ocean, with a redefinition of the family Fortuyniidae based on adult and juvenile morphology

Alismobates inexpectatus sp.n., found on rocky shores of the archipelago of Bermuda is described from larva to adult. Addi-tionally a detailed description of the immatures of Fortuynia atlantica, also known from Bermuda, is given. Based on adult andjuvenile morphology the position of the genus Alismobates within the family of Fortuyniidae is clearly confirmed. Furthermorethe definition of the family Fortuyniidae is revised and the classification of its members is discussed. The Fortuyniidae are bestcharacterized by the presence of a “van der Hammen’s Organ”, whereas the configuration of cuticular channels differs remark-ably between the genera Fortuynia and Alismobates. The juveniles of A. inexpectatus and F. atlantica Krisper et Schuster, 2008exhibit conformity in most aspects, whereas porose areas associated with notogastral setae and singular pores in the lateral andposterior ventral folds leading into fine tracheal tubes are documented for the first time in fortuyniid immatures. These poresare part of a complex plastron system expressed in immatures to withstand tidal inundation. The present discovery of Alismo-bates inexpectatus is the first record of a member of this genus from Atlantic coasts and therefore represents a considerable extension of the geographic distribution of this taxon.

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First record of Polyneura bonnemaisonii (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Atlantic Ocean of Africa

Marine Biodiversity Records ◽

10.1017/s1755267215001190 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mustapha Hassoun ◽

Hanaa Moussa ◽

Hanaa Zbakh ◽

Hassane Riadi ◽

Mohamed Kazzaz ◽

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Keyword(s):

Atlantic Ocean ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

Related Species ◽

Algal Species ◽

First Record ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

North West ◽

Red Algal ◽

First Time

A red algal species,Polyneura bonnemaisonii(Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta), is described for the first time in the Atlantic Ocean of Morocco. This is also the first reference of the occurrence of this species in Africa. This species was collected in the lower intertidal to subtidal zones, from Hyayda (north-west of Morocco). The Moroccan specimen is studied in detail and compared with other closely related species. Habitat, geographic distribution, description and illustration of the macroscopic and microscopic characters are presented and discussed in this work.

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First record and a new species of the fossil dragonfly genus Proinogomphus (Odonata: Liassogomphidae) from the Early Jurassic of Bascharage in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4450 (1) ◽

pp. 108

Author(s):

GÜNTER BECHLY

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Black Shale ◽

Hind Wing ◽

First Record ◽

Early Jurassic ◽

The Family ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species ◽

Grand Duchy

A new species of fossil dragonfly, Proinogomphus kreuzerorum sp. nov. (Liassogomphidae), is described from the Early Jurassic black shale of Bascharage in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, based on a very well-preserved isolated female hind wing. This genus was previously only known from the Liassic of Braunschweig region in Germany, and is here recorded for the first time for this fossil locality. The classification of the family Liassogomphidae Tillyard, 1935 and the genus Proinogomphus Cowley, 1942 is briefly discussed and the diagnosis of the latter is emended.

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The first record of Tischeriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Madagascar, with description of Coptotriche alavelona sp. n. and an updated distributional checklist of Afrotropical Tischeriidae

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1645.1.3 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1645 (1) ◽

pp. 35-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

DAVID C. LEES ◽

JONAS R. STONIS

Keyword(s):

Male Genitalia ◽

First Record ◽

High Elevation ◽

Distribution Map ◽

The Family ◽

Moist Forest ◽

First Time

The family Tischeriidae is recorded from Madagascar for the first time. Coptotriche alavelona Lees and Stonis, sp. n., is described from high elevation tropical moist forest of Madagascar, and its proposed generic placement discussed. DNA of this species has been extracted and conserved for future phylogenetic or barcoding studies. The external features and male genitalia are figured and described. An updated checklist and a distribution map for all 13 Tischeriidae species currently recorded from the Afrotropics are provided.

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A comparison of methodological approaches to the subfamilial classification of the Naididae (Oligochaeta)

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z87-108 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 65 (3) ◽

pp. 691-707 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

A. F. L. Nemec ◽

R. O. Brinkhurst

Keyword(s):

Data Matrix ◽

Jaccard Coefficient ◽

Data Set ◽

Parsimony Method ◽

Fit Statistics ◽

Reconstruction Methods ◽

Linkage Methods ◽

The Family ◽

First Time

A data matrix of 23 generic or subgeneric taxa versus 24 characters and a shorter matrix of 15 characters were analyzed by means of ordination, cluster analyses, parsimony, and compatibility methods (the last two of which are phylogenetic tree reconstruction methods) and the results were compared inter alia and with traditional methods. Various measures of fit for evaluating the parsimony methods were employed. There were few compatible characters in the data set, and much homoplasy, but most analyses separated a group based on Stylaria from the rest of the family, which could then be separated into four groups, recognized here for the first time as tribes (Naidini, Derini, Pristinini, and Chaetogastrini). There was less consistency of results within these groups. Modern methods produced results that do not conflict with traditional groupings. The Jaccard coefficient minimizes the significance of symplesiomorphy and complete linkage avoids chaining effects and corresponds to actual similarities, unlike single or average linkage methods, respectively. Ordination complements cluster analysis. The Wagner parsimony method was superior to the less flexible Camin–Sokal approach and produced better measure of fit statistics. All of the aforementioned methods contain areas susceptible to subjective decisions but, nevertheless, they lead to a complete disclosure of both the methods used and the assumptions made, and facilitate objective hypothesis testing rather than the presentation of conflicting phylogenies based on the different, undisclosed premises of manual approaches.

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Flabelloporina, a new genus in the Porinaceae (Ascomycota, Ostropales), with the first record of F. squamulifera from Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.358.1.4 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 358 (1) ◽

pp. 67 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

PRISCYLLA NAYARA BEZERRA SOBREIRA ◽

MARCELA EUGENIA DA SILVA CÁCERES ◽

LEONOR COSTA MAIA ◽

ROBERT LÜCKING

Keyword(s):

Costa Rica ◽

New Genus ◽

First Record ◽

Lichenized Fungi ◽

New Combination ◽

The Family ◽

First Time

A new genus of lichenized fungi of the family Porinaceae is described, known from Costa Rica and Brazil. Flabelloporina Sobreira, M. Cáceres & Lücking is a thus far monospecific genus with an isolated position of its only species in the family, morphologically different from all other genera in Porinaceae. The genus is characterized by the production of numerous, flabelliform squamules on the surface of the thallus, together with black perithecia and transversally septate ascospores (with three septa in the only species). The new combination Flabelloporina squamulifera (Breuss, Lücking & Navarro) Sobreira, M. Cáceres & Lücking is proposed, based on Porina squamulifera Breuss, Lücking & Navarro, and the species is for the first time reported from Brazil.

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Vallicula multiformis Rankin, 1956 (Ctenophora, Platyctenida): first record from the Indian Ocean

Check List ◽

10.15560/11.1.1544 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 1544 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Amruta Prasade ◽

Deepak Apte ◽

Purushottam Kale ◽

Otto M.P. Oliveira

Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

West Coast ◽

Arabian Sea ◽

First Record ◽

West Coast Of India ◽

The Pacific ◽

The Indian Ocean ◽

First Time

The benthic ctenophore Vallicula multiformis Rankin, 1956 is recorded for the first time in the Arabian Sea, from the Gulf of Kutch, west coast of India in March 2013. This occurrence represents a remarkable extension of its geographic distribution that until now included only known the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

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New records of Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) from northern Brazil

Mammalogy Notes ◽

10.47603/mano.v6n2.168 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 168 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fernando Araujo Perini ◽

Júlia Quintaneiro Mota

Keyword(s):

Odocoileus Virginianus ◽

Geographical Distribution ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

First Record ◽

Museum Collections ◽

Ecological Data ◽

Northern Brazil ◽

Scientific Collections ◽

First Time

We report new records of the White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Brazil based on specimens deposited in scientific collections. These new records expand the known geographic distribution of the species in Brazil southwards in the states of Roraima and Amapá, the latter the first record of the species below the equator line in Brazil, and register it for the first time in the state of Amazonas. These records contribute to increase the knowledge of the geographical distribution of O. virginianus in Brazil and highlights the importance of museum collections as a source of biogeographic and ecological data.

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Neotype designation and generic re-definition of the monotypic genus Dialeurotrachelus Takahashi (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), and first record of its occurrence in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4695.6.7 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4695 (6) ◽

pp. 568-576

Author(s):

ANIL KUMAR DUBEY

Keyword(s):

Type Species ◽

First Record ◽

Andaman And Nicobar Islands ◽

Andaman Island ◽

Camera Lucida ◽

Nicobar Islands ◽

Generic Description ◽

Definition Of ◽

First Time ◽

Scanning Electron

Takahashi (1942) described Dialeurotrachelus cambodiensis, the type species of the monotypic whitefly genus, Dialeurotrachelus Takahashi from three syntype specimens collected on an unidentified tree in Cambodia, which were subsequently lost or destroyed. It was rediscovered after eight decades in the Indian territories of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A neotype is designated for D. cambodiensis Takahashi, from specimens collected on Diospyros kurzii Hiern (Ebenaceae) from Andaman Island, India. It is recorded for the first time from the Indian territories, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Pupal morphology is assessed for redefining the generic description with differential diagnoses from related genera, and anomalies involved with structure of the vasiform orifice and associated structures are discussed. Illustrations are provided of the puparia in life, camera lucida drawings, slide mounts, and scanning electron photomicrographs.

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New perspectives on the evolution of the genus Typhlatya (Crustacea, Decapoda): first record of a cavernicolous atyid in the Iberian Peninsula, Typhlatya miravetensis n. sp.

Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde ◽

10.1163/26660644-06502002 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 65 (2) ◽

pp. 79-99

Author(s):

Sebastián Sanz ◽

Dirk Platvoet

Keyword(s):

Iberian Peninsula ◽

First Record ◽

Evolutionary Development ◽

The Family ◽

The World ◽

The Status ◽

History Of ◽

World Distribution ◽

A New Species

On several occasions, shrimps belonging to a new species of the genus Typhlatya were collected in a cave in the province of Castellón, Spain. This is the first record of the genus in the Iberian Peninsula. The species is described and the validity, distribution, and zoogeography of the genus, as well as the status of the genus Spelaeocaris, are discussed. Former models for the evolution of the genus Typhlatya and its genus group are reviewed, as well as the system of inner classification of the Atyidae and its biogeographical meaning. For the age and evolution of the genus we developed a new model based on vicariance principles that involves further evolution of each species after the disruption of the ancestral range. This allows new estimations for the age of the genus. Accordingly, we suppose that other proposals, such as recent dispersal through the sea, should be disregarded for this genus. The evolutionary development of this species is discussed in the context of the geological history of the area and the world distribution of the genus, the genus group, and the family.

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First record of Athyreacaridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) from Asia with description of two new species of Athyreacarus from India and Sri Lanka

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4779 (2) ◽

pp. 260-272

Author(s):

ALEXANDER A. KHAUSTOV ◽

ANDREY V. FROLOV

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

First Record ◽

Key To Species ◽

The Family ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

Mites of the family Athyreacaridae are recorded from Asia for the first time. Two new species of Athyreacarus are described, A. indicus sp. nov., collected on the beetles Bolbohamatum laevicolle and B. marginale in India, and A. brevisetosus sp. nov., collected on a beetle Bolboceras sp. in Sri Lanka. An updated key to species of the genus Athyreacarus is provided.

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