First record of Alainites sadati Thomas, 1994 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in Tunisia, description of the larval stage and ecology

Alainites sadati Thomas, 1994 is recorded for the first time in Tunisia. The first description of the larval stage of A. sadati Thomas, 1994 is provided based on material from Algeria, near the type locality, and Tunisia. This species can be separated from the other Palaearctic species by the number of gills, the setation of the legs, the prolongation of the paraproct and the reticulation of the tergites. Based on the new data, the ecology of A. sadati is discussed.

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Loneuroides García Aldrete (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Ptiloneuridae): new species and first record for Brazil

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia ◽

10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.19 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 58 ◽

pp. 19

Author(s):

Alberto Moreira da Silva Neto ◽

Alfonso Neri García Aldrete ◽

José Albertino Rafael

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

The Other ◽

Brazilian State ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

Loneuroides is registered for the first time in Brazil. A new species from the Brazilian state of Bahia, is here described and illustrated. It differs from all the other species in the genus in details of the female ninth sternum and by number of primary branches in vein M of fore- and hind- wings. A map with the distribution of the species of Loneuroides is included.

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Tardigrades from Portugal: four new records and description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2030.1.2 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2030 (1) ◽

pp. 21-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

PAULO FONTOURA ◽

GIOVANNI PILATO ◽

OSCAR LISI ◽

PAULO MORAIS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Iberian Peninsula ◽

New Records ◽

First Record ◽

The Other ◽

New Name ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

Six species of Eutardigrada are recorded from Portugal; four of them, Macrobiotus crenulatus Richters, 1904, Hypsibius seychellensis Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2006, Diphascon (Diphascon) pingue (Marcus, 1936) and D. (Diphascon) patanei Binda & Pilato, 1971 are recorded for the first time in Portugal. Two species, Minibiotus orthofasciatus sp. nov. and Bertolanius (new name of Amphibolus) portucalensis sp. nov. are new to science. Minibiotus orthofasciatus sp. nov. is one of the species of the genus with three macroplacoids, microplacoid and cuticular pores forming transverse bands. The new species differs from all existing species by one or more of the following characters: distribution of the pores, shape of the pores, absence of dots on the legs, level of insertion of the stylet supports on the buccal tube. To the new species is attributed an unembryonated egg similar to those of Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1888), M. poricinctus Claxton, 1998, M. floriparus Claxton, 1998, and M. weglarskae Michalczyk, Kaczmarek & Claxton, 2005 but different from them in some details. Bertolanius portucalensis sp. nov. is very similar to the other species of the genus, but it differs from them in having very small cuticular tubercles. From some of them it differs by characters of the buccopharyngeal apparatus and/or of the eggs. This is the first record of the genus and of the Eohypsibiidae family in the Iberian Peninsula.

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Range extension of Lymnaea cf. biacuminata Annandale & Rao, 1925 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hygrophila: Lymnaeidae), with its first record from Maharashtra state, India

Check List ◽

10.15560/10.6.1546 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 1546

Author(s):

Sangeeta Vallabharay Pandit ◽

Deepika Eknath Walunj ◽

Sameer Kumar Pati

Keyword(s):

First Record ◽

Freshwater Snail ◽

Madhya Pradesh ◽

Range Extension ◽

Type Locality ◽

Additional Information ◽

Breeding Behaviour ◽

Distributional Range ◽

First Time

Lymnaea biacuminata Annandale & Rao, 1925, is a rare freshwater snail with less than 10 locality records in the states of Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttarakhand of India. This species is taxonomically problematic and its relationship to the morphologically similar L. acuminata Lamarck, 1822, unresolved. We identify L. biacuminata from Maharashtra for the first time and this species’ distributional range to Pune, about 500 km westwards from the type locality at Hosainsagar lake between Hyderabad and Secunderabad in Telangana. In Maharashtra, we found L. cf. biacuminata sympatric with L. acuminata. To aid in distinguishing between these two species, additional information on breeding behaviour and shell morphometry of both species are provided.

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First record of Octopus vulgaris (Cuvier, 1797) (Octopodidae) in the Iraqi coastal waters, NW Arabian Gulf

Journal of Applied and Natural Science ◽

10.31018/jans.v13i3.2815 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 1048-1051

Author(s):

Anwar M.J. Al-Maliky ◽

Khaled Kh. Al-Khafaji ◽

Tariq H. Al-Maliky

Keyword(s):

Environmental Factors ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

Persian Gulf ◽

Arabian Gulf ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Features ◽

The Other ◽

Octopus Vulgaris ◽

The World ◽

First Time

The present study identifies one species of the genus Octopus in the order: Octopoda (Cephalopoda: Mollusca), recorded forthe first time in the Iraqi coastal waters and Arabian-Persian Gulf. The study extended from January 2019 to December of thesame year. The Octopus specimens were seasonally obtained from the fishing trawlers operating in the Iraqi coastal waters inthe South of Al- Fao District, Basrah- Iraq, NW Arabian Gulf. The Octopus was identified as O. vulgaris in Iraqi coastal watersdepending on morphological features. The habitats of living specimens are briefly described. Some observations were reported on the occurrence of this species and the measurement of some environmental factors. The species was identified up to spe-cies level using standard literature. This species looks similar morphologically to the species which is already identified from the other areas around the world. The present study records significant expansion in the distribution range of this species.

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First record of the genus Hartemita Cameron from Russia with description of a new species from the south of the Russian Far East (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Cardiochilinae)

Zoosystematica Rossica ◽

10.31610/zsr/2005.14.1.129 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 129-133

Author(s):

S.A. Belokobylskij

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

First Record ◽

Palaearctic Species ◽

The South ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species ◽

The Russian Far East

The genus Hartemita Cameron, 1910 is recorded from Russia for the first time. Hartemita spasskensis sp. n. is described from the Primorsk Territory of Russia. A key to Palaearctic species of Hartemita and a review of Cardiochilinae occurring in Russia are given.

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Species Diversity of Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Different Mountain Regions of Kashmir Himalayas

Journal of Scientific Research ◽

10.3329/jsr.v4i1.8815 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 263 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

M. S. Saini ◽

R. H. Raina ◽

Z. H. Khan

Keyword(s):

Species Diversity ◽

Diversity Index ◽

First Record ◽

The Other ◽

Mountain Regions ◽

Flowering Stage ◽

Mountain Ranges ◽

Kashmir Himalayas ◽

First Time ◽

Eleven Species

The species diversity of bumblebees was investigated in three provinces Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh during 2007-2010. Bumblebee queens, workers and males were collected right from the commencement till to the end of flowering stage in all the three mountain regions. In total, 27 species of bumblebees were collected and identified, of which eleven species were common in the two regions, e.g., Kashmir and Ladakh. A list of species assemblages and abundance is provided in each of the mountain ranges. Species diversity of three regions was determined with Shannon-Weiner diversity index and evenness was calculated with indices of Pielou. The obtained results showed species diversity; evenness and species richness were more observable in Kashmir compared with Ladakh and Jammu. The three sample sites within the Kashmir Himalayas indicate significant differences in species diversity; the Kashmir region had higher species diversity and richness than the other regions. Most species of bumblebees were collected in altitudinal ranges of 3000-4000m. Four species viz. Bombus cornutus, B. parthenius, B. miniatus and B. morawitizianus are recorded for the first time from this region, while B. morawitizianus turn out to be the first record to the national list.Key words: Species Diversity; Bumblebees; Kashmir Himalayas.© 2012 JSR Publications. ISSN: 2070-0237 (Print); 2070-0245 (Online). All rights reserved.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v4i1.8815J. Sci. Res. 4 (1), 263-272 (2012)

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Observations on the Sporozoa Inhabiting the Gut of the Polychaete Worm Polydora flava Claparède

Parasitology ◽

10.1017/s0031182000022599 ◽

1936 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 414-430 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

R. Ralph Fowell

Keyword(s):

Sea Water ◽

Cyst Formation ◽

First Record ◽

The Other ◽

Intestinal Cells ◽

Great Abundance ◽

Polar Groups ◽

Annelid Worm ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

1. A detailed description is given of a coccidian which parasitises the nuclei of the intestinal cells of the polychaete worm Polydora flava Claparède. The final stages in sporogony have not been observed; nevertheless, this is the first record, from an annelid worm, of an eimeriid which shows a striking resemblance to those Coccidia occurring in the higher animals. It is also the first record of an intranuclear parasite from an annelid.2. From the gut of the same worm, a new species of Selenidium is described. It differs from all other species, hitherto recorded, in the possession of an axial tube, which completely encloses the nucleus and extends from one end of the organism to the other: hence it is proposed to name this organism Selenidium axiferens. The anterior end of the trophozoite shows a circlet of siderophilous bodies, which Ray (1930 a) has shown to be characteristic of the genus.3. Both uninucleate and multinucleate intracellular forms, with polar groups of chromatic globules, have been discovered in great abundance on six occasions; no merozoites have been found, but evidence is submitted to show that these intracellular forms represent the schizogonic phase in the life-cycle of the Selenidium.4. Sporogony follows closely that described for other species, but the final stages have not been observed. The gametocysts measure 48 × 50–70 × 63μ.5. Association and cyst formation are described in Polyrhabdina polydorae Caul. & Mesn. (?) for the first time. Innumerable nuclei make their appearance in each gametocyte, before ejection of the cysts into the sea-water takes place. Gametocysts can easily be distinguished from those of Selenidium axiferens, not only by their morphology, but also by their greater size (98 × 90–105 × 100μ).

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First record of the genus Rutylapa from China, with description of a new species (Diptera: Keroplatidae)

Entomologica Fennica ◽

10.33338/ef.84474 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 179-181

Author(s):

Jian Cao ◽

Zuji Zhou ◽

Huachao Xu ◽

Hong Wu ◽

Yiping Wang ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

The Other ◽

Palaearctic Species ◽

First Report ◽

A New Species

This is the first report of the genus Rutylapa Edwards, 1929, from China. Rutylapa longa Cao & Xu sp. n. is described and figured, and it is compared to the other Palaearctic species of the genus, R. ruficornis Zetterstedt.

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The first record of the genus Laemostenus from China, with descriptions of two new species from the Himalaya (Carabidae, Sphodrini, Sphodrina)

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.1017.61383 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1017 ◽

pp. 77-88

Author(s):

Pingzhou Zhu ◽

Hongliang Shi ◽

Hongbin Liang

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

Type Locality ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time ◽

The Himalaya

The genus Laemostenus is recorded from China for the first time, and two new species are described: L. (Pristonychus) zhentangensissp. nov. (type locality: Dinggyê County, Xizang), and L. (P.) zhamensissp. nov. (type locality: Nyalam County, Xizang). The relationships of these new species are briefly discussed.

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A new species and first record of the genus Procerobaetis Kaltenbach & Gattolliat, 2020 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from Thailand

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.1023.61081 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1023 ◽

pp. 13-28

Author(s):

Chanaporn Suttinun ◽

Thomas Kaltenbach ◽

Jean-Luc Gattolliat ◽

Boonsatien Boonsoong

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Posterior Margin ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Genetic Distances ◽

The Other ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

Coi Sequences ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The genus Procerobaetis Kaltenbach & Gattolliat, 2020 is reported for the first time from Thailand, and Procerobaetis totuspinosussp. nov. is described as a new species based on larvae. It can be easily distinguished from other known Procerobaetis species by the presence of triangular spines at the posterior margin of tergites VI–IX. COI sequences were obtained from all known species. The genetic distances (Kimura 2-parameter) between the new species and the other species are between 20% and 23%. The morphological characters of the new species and its closely related species are discussed; larval key to all species of the genus Procerobaetis is also provided.

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