Description of a new species of the hippolytid shrimp genus Eualus Thallwitz, 1892 from Japan, and clarification of the status of E. kikuchii Miyake & Hayashi, 1967 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3546 (1) ◽  
pp. 68 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOMOYUKI KOMAI ◽  
YOSHIHIRO FUJIWARA
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Far East ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Southeastern Australia ◽  
The Status ◽  
East Russia ◽  
Kagoshima Prefecture ◽  
South Kuril Islands ◽  
A New Species

This study reports on two species of the hippolytid shrimp genus Eualus Thallwitz, 1892 from Japan. The first, Eualusctenomerus n. sp., is described on the basis of six specimens from off southern Kyushu. The new species appears closestto E. cteniferus (Barnard, 1950) from South Africa, E. drachi Noël, 1978 from the Mediterranean, E. lebourae Holthuis,1951 from the eastern Atlantic, and E. pectiniformis Hanamura, 2008 from southeastern Australia. The second is referredto E. kikuchii Miyake & Hayashi, 1967, which has been considered to be synonymous with E. bulychevae Kobjakova,1955, described from the South Kuril Islands, Far East Russia. Eualus kikuchii is redescribed as a valid species on thebasis of the holotype and additional specimens from various Japanese localities. Both species occurred in the whale-fall ecosystems located off Cape Nomamisaki, Kyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture.

A new species of Osteobrama (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Mahanadi River, India with a note on the validity of O. dayi

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4722 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-76
Author(s):  
BUNGDON SHANGNINGAM ◽  
SHIBANANDA RATH ◽  
ASHA KIRAN TUDU ◽  
LAISHRAM KOSYGIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Mahanadi River ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pectoral Fin Rays

A new species of the genus Osteobrama is described from the Mahanadi River, Tikarpada, Angul District, Odisha state, India. Osteobrama tikarpadaensis, new species, differs from its congeners in having two pairs of minute barbels; iii–iv unbranched dorsal-fin rays with 25–33 serrae on the last unbranched ray; 15–16 branched pectoral-fin rays, and 25–27 branched anal-fin rays. The status of Osteobrama dayi is discussed and shown to be a valid species. A key to the species of the genus is provided. 

Taxonomic Review of the perciform fish genus Acanthistius from the east coast of southern Africa, with description of a new species and designation of a neotype for Serranus sebastoides Castelnau, 1861

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2352 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILLIP C. HEEMSTRA
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Warm Temperate ◽  
A New Species

The genus Acanthistius Gill, 1862 comprises ten putative valid species occurring in shallow warm-temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere: South America (coasts of Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina) southern Africa (Namibia and South Africa), southern Australia, New Zealand, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Kermadec and Easter, and Sala y Gómez islands. Two species: Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau, 1861) and Acanthistius sp are known from shallow waters of the east coast of South Africa (Heemstra and Randall, 1986). The latter taxon, previously known from a brief description of a single specimen, is here described from 23 specimens and named Acanthistius joanae. Acanthistius sebastoides is redescribed from 13 specimens and compared with A. joanae and species of Acanthistius known from South America and Australia. A neotype is designated for Serranus sebastoides Castelnau, 1861, as the two syntypes are apparently lost.

Redescription of the type species of Strandesia Stuhlmann, 1888 and Cypricercus Sars, 1895 (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cypricercinae), with a description of a new species of Cypricercus from South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2007 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUKONTHIP SAVATENALINTON ◽  
KOEN MARTENS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
A New Species

We redescribe Cypricercus cuneatus Sars, 1895 and Strandesia mercatorum (Vavra, 1895), type species of their genera, in order to reassess the taxonomic position of species in Cypricercus s.l. and Strandesia s.l., as well as to clarify the distinction between Cypricercus s.s. and Strandesia s.s. The morphology, taxonomy and zoogeography of these two genera are discussed. Strandesia amati (Martens, 1984) is synonymised with Strandesia lineata Victor & Fernando, 1981. Strandesia trispinosa galantis Broodbakker, 1983 becomes a synonym of the nominotypical form. Cypricercus inermis (Brady, 1904) is herewith redescribed and reinstated as a valid species, not synonymous to the type species of the genus as was previously thought. One Cypricercus (C. salinus De Deckker, 1981) and eleven Strandesia (S. crassa Klie, 1939, S. dani George & Martens, 1993, S. decorata (Sars, 1903), S. lineata Victor & Fernando, 1981, S. parva Hartmann, 1964, S. tolimensis Roessler, 1990, S. trichurensis Victor et al., 1980, S. trispinosa (Pinto & Purper, 1965), S. tuberculata Hartmann, 1964, S. umbonata Victor & Fernando, 1981, S. weberi (Moniez, 1892)) are allocated to Bradleystrandesia. Cypricercus mongolicus Daday, 1909 is transferred to Eucypris. Cypricercus xhosa sp. nov. is here described from South Africa. We also propose a conservative list of species belonging to Cypricercus s.s. and Strandesia s.s.

Revalidation and resurrection of Panaspis massaiensis (Angel, 1924) and the description of a new species of Panaspis Cope (Squamata: Scincidae) from south-eastern Kenya

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4706 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
FELISTA KASYOKA KILUNDA ◽  
WERNER CONRADIE ◽  
DOMNICK VICTOR WASONGA ◽  
JIE-QIONG JIN ◽  
MIN-SHENG PENG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Northern Kenya ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Mitochondrial Data ◽  
The Status ◽  
Group A ◽  
A New Species

Historically Panaspis wahlbergi (Smith, 1849) has been the only assignable species present in Kenya. Recent studies have shown that it comprises multiple cryptic species and the nominal species is now restricted to southern Africa. Newly collected mitochondrial data (16S rRNA) helped to resolve the status of the Kenyan populations, which revealed the presence of two distant related species. Pairwise distances show average 5.87% differences between the two Kenyan species, and 3.58–5.27% and 8.62–9.15% to nominal P. wahlbergi and P. maculicollis Jacobsen & Broadley, 2000 respectively. Ablepharus massaiensis Angel, 1924 was described from the Maasai plains near Nairobi, but has long been considered a junior synonym of P. wahlbergi. We herein resurrect Panaspis massaiensis comb. nov. as a valid species and describe a new species, Panaspis tsavoensis sp. nov. from the Tsavo Conservation Area in south-eastern Kenya. Morphological examinations of specimens reveal minor differences from each other as well as nominal forms of P. wahlbergi and P. maculicollis. Panaspis massaiensis comb. nov. shares with the P. wahlbergi group a white ventrolateral stripe but can be distinguished by the presence of 26 midbody scale rows versus 24. Panaspis tsavoensis sp. nov. on the other hand, lacks the white ventrolateral stripe, most similar to the P. maculicollis group but differs in that P. maculicollis breeding males have a black patch on the neck with diagonal rows of white spots. Panaspis massaiensis comb. nov. is widespread in the Kenyan and northern Tanzanian highlands, isolated dryland montane forests and rocky hills, while P. tsavoensis sp. nov. occur in the expansive arid lowlands of Tsavo Conservation Area and should be present in similar arid lowlands in northern Kenya as well as in adjacent Tanzania. 

Description of a new species of Miltochrista Hübner from Vietnam, with eight new combinations (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4286 (1) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Wide Sense ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Large Genus ◽  
A New Species

Miltochrista Hübner, [1819] is a large genus of lichen-moths (family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae, tribe Lithosiini) including more than 160 valid species and widely distributed in Oriental and Palaearctic Regions. The genus for a long time was treated in a wide sense. Holloway (2001) treated as Miltochrista only a small group of species close to the type species of the genus Miltochrista miniata (Forster, 1771), resurrected genera Barsine Walker, 1854, and Lyclene Moore, [1860], and transferred the majority of former Miltochrista and Oriental Asura Walker, 1854 to these genera. Following Holloway's concept, many species were described as Lyclene during last two decades (Černý & Pinratana 2009; Kirti & Gill 2009; Bucsek 2012; 2014; Dubatolov & Bucsek 2013; 2014; Wu et al. 2013; Černý 2016). Kirti & Singh (2016) synonymized Lyclene with Miltochrista, but, nevertheless, the status of Lyclene is still debatable, and the generic/subgeneric structure of Miltochrista sensu lato needs revision (Volynkin et al., in prep.). 

Revision of the genus Callaspidia Dahlbom, 1842 (Hym.: Figitidae: Aspicerinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2105 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. ROS-FARRÉ ◽  
J. PUJADE-VILLAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Intraspecific Variability ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Intraspecific Diversity ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
General Lack ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species

Callaspidia Dahlbom is an Aspicerinae genus (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) with a Holartic distribution. One species, Callaspidia defonscolombei Dahlbom is cited from South America; however, it has probably been introduced. The morphological features needed to differentiate species of Callaspidia are described. Species in this genus possess much intraspecific variability compared with other morphologically homogeneous Aspicerinae genera. Callaspidia originally included 19 species and two subspecies prior to this study. The type material of 16 species of Callaspidia has been studied, but type material from Callaspidia areolata (Kieffer, 1901), C. dichroa Belezin, 1927, C. dufouri spp vitripennis (Kieffer, 1901), C. dusmeti Tavares, 1924, C. fonscolombei spp minima (Kieffer, 1901), C. marshalli (Kieffer, 1901), C. mediterranea Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 1910, and C. rubricrus Dettmer, 1924, is lost or has been destroyed. Out of these 16 studied species, only five are considered valid and are redescribed here. The examination of hundreds of additional specimens supplied by different institutions suggests that there is a general lack of knowledge concerning the intraspecific diversity. A new species is described: Callaspidia dahlbomi Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar n. sp. A key to the six valid species of Callaspidia is given. All species are illustrated. The status of Figites latreilli Hartig, 1840 is discussed, resulting in Omalaspis latreilli (Hartig) n. comb.

scholarly journals A new synonymy in the fidius group of Copris Müller 1764 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) and a new species from the highland grasslands of South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3949 (3) ◽  
pp. 431 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTIAN M. DESCHODT ◽  
ADRIAN L.V. DAVIS ◽  
CLARKE H. SCHOLTZ
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Body Dimensions ◽  
Lateral Horn ◽  
Basal Clade ◽  
Similar Body ◽  
New Synonymy ◽  
A New Species

The fidius group constitutes the basal clade in a phylogeny of the Afrotropical members of the genus, Copris Müller, 1764. In this paper we describe Copris crassus Deschodt and Davis as a new species in this group. We also demonstrate that the distributional function between two body dimensions (lateral horn length and mid-line elytron length) differs between Copris fidius (Olivier 1789) and C. crassus. Copris bihamatus Balthasar, 1965 is also a member of the fidius group. Nguyen-Phung (1988) suspected that it was a synonym of C. fidius (Olivier) so we compare specimens of similar body size and use the distributional function between body dimensions to demonstrate that C. bihamatus is indeed a synonym of C. fidius. We provide a key for all known valid species in the fidius group, except C. serius Nguyen-Phung, 1987. 

An annotated key to the adult males of the northwestern Nearctic species of Paraleptophlebia Lestage (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) with the description of a new species

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 1460-1468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Françoise Harper ◽  
P. P. Harper
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Short Account ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species

An illustrated key to the males of the northwestern Nearctic species of Paraleptophlebia Lestage is presented together with a short account of the taxonomy and the ecology of the species. Paraleptophlebia aquilina n.sp. is described and illustrated. Paraleptophlebia sculleni Traver is reinstated as a valid species and how it differs from P. gregalis (Eaton), with which it had been synonymized, is described. The status of P. memorialis (Eaton) and that of P. temporalis (McDunnough) are redefined.

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