A new species of Raspy cricket genus Gryllacris (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae) from Central India

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4350 (1) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
SUNIL KUMAR GUPTA ◽  
KAILASH CHANDRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Central India ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
A New Species

Gryllacris durgensis sp. nov. is described from the Durg district, Chhattisgarh, India. The detailed morphological characters of adult male, female and nymph are provided. 

Fifty Shades of Grey: giving colour to the poorly known Angolan Ashy reed frog (Hyperoliidae: Hyperolius cinereus), with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3635 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
WERNER CONRADIE ◽  
WILLIAM R. BRANCH ◽  
KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Drainage Basin ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
River Systems ◽  
Fresh Material ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
A New Species

Phylogenetic reconstruction using the mitochondrial 16S marker shows that geographically separated populations of the poorly known Hyperolius cinereus (Anura: Hyperoliidae) from Angola form two distinct clades. The description of H. cinereus was originally based on only a single preserved adult male. Fresh material of both sexes allowed a detailed redescription of the species, which is restricted mainly to the south-draining Cunene and Cubango river systems. Bioacoustic and morphological characters, in conjunction with colouration differences, allow the description of a cryptic sister species from Lagoa Carumbo in north-eastern Angola, occurring in the Luele and Lovuo river systems of the Congo drainage basin. Tadpoles, for H. cinereus and the new species, are described.

Mansonia (Mansonia) iguassuensis sp. nov. (Diptera: Culicidae) from Brasil

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1527 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREIA APARECIDA BARBOSA ◽  
MÁRIO ANTÔNIO NAVARRO DA SILVA ◽  
MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Fourth Instar ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Mansonia (Mansonia) iguassuensis sp. nov., is described and defined based on morphological characters of adult male and female, male genitalia, fourth-instar larvae and pupae. Descriptions were based on specimens collected in the states of Paraná and São Paulo. Female and male genitalia, fourth-instar larvae and pupae are illustrated.

A new species of elongate seps from Udzungwa grasslands, southern Tanzania (Reptilia, Gerrhosauridae, Tetradactylus Merrem, 1820)

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Menegon ◽  
David Moyer ◽  
Sebastiano Salvidio ◽  
Roberto Sindaco
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Udzungwa Mountains ◽  
Hind Limbs ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Montane Grasslands

AbstractA new Tetradactylus from Udzungwa Mountains is described on the basis of one adult male and one adult female. The species has tridactyle forelimbs with the longest toes bearing four scales, didactyle hind limbs, 14 dorsal longitudinal row scales, four femoral pores and frontoparietals in broad contact. This combination of morphological characters distinguishes the species from the similar T. eastwoodae, a South African endemic. The new species has smooth head scales, six ventral rows, and the male possess on either side of the vent a prominent claw-like scale lacking in the female. The species has been found in swampy montane grasslands at about 1880 m. It is syntopic with three other specialised grass lizards: Ellenberger's long-tailed Seps (Tetradactylus ellenbergeri), Zambian grass lizard (Cordylus macrolepis), and the Grass-top skink (Mabuya megalura).

An updated checklist and key to the Zambian species of freshwater crabs, with the description of a new species of Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838 (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-425
Author(s):  
Neil Cumberlidge ◽  
Clare Fastiggi ◽  
Paul F Clark
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Freshwater Crab ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Freshwater Crabs ◽  
Major Cheliped ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A new species of the freshwater crab genus PotamonautesMacLeay, 1838 from Mporokoso, northern Zambia, southern Africa is described. Potamonautes caputanatisn. sp. is morphologically distinct from other species of this genus found in Zambia and its neighboring countries. The new species is recognised by a unique combination of morphological characters of the carapace, thoracic sternum, major cheliped, and adult male first gonopod. Illustrations of P. caputanatisn. sp. are provided and differences with congeners found elsewhere in Zambia and southern Africa are discussed. The addition of P. caputanatis n. sp. raises the number of species of freshwater crabs known to occur in Zambia to eleven. An updated checklist and key are provided to the Zambian species of freshwater crabs.

A New Species of Justicia (Acanthaceae: Acanthoideae: Justicieae) from Northeastern Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-333
Author(s):  
Camila Alcantara ◽  
Gleison Soares ◽  
Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos ◽  
Marccus Alves
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—Justicia rubrobracteata, a new species from northeastern Brazil, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to J. aequilabris due to its shrubby habit, and terminal and axillary spicate inflorescences with red flowers. However, J. rubrobracteata is differentiated mainly by the shape and color of its bracts and bracteoles as well as an orangish macula in the corolla, and a torulose capsule. In addition, J. rubrobracteata is only known from northeastern Brazil, from the states of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte, while J. aequilabris is widely distributed in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. A table with the main morphological characters of both species is included, as well as photographs, a key to species of Justicia for the states of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte in northeastern Brazil, a distribution map of both species, and conservation data for the new species.

A remarkable pogonophoran from a desalted shallow near the mouth of the Yenisey River in the Kara Sea, with the description of a new species of the genus Galathealinum (Annelida: Pogonophora: Frenulata)

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-154
Author(s):  
R.V. Smirnov ◽  
O.V. Zaitseva ◽  
A.A. Vedenin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
Anterior Part ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Kara Sea ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
External Layer ◽  
The Arctic Ocean ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Unusual Finding

A new species of Pogonophora obtained from one station at a depth of 25 m from near the Dikson Island in the Kara Sea is described. Galathealinum karaense sp. nov. is one of the largest pogonophorans, the first known representative of the rare genus Galathealinum Kirkegaard, 1956 in the Eurasian part of the Arctic Ocean and a highly unusual finding for the desalted shallow of the Yenisey Gulf. Several characters occurring in the new species are rare or unique among the congeners: under-developed, hardly discernible frills on the tube segments, extremely thin felted fibres in the external layer of the tube, and very faintly separated papillae in the anterior part of the trunk. Morphological characters useful in distinguishing species within the genus Galathealinum are defined and summarised in a table. Diagnosis of the genus Galathealinum is emended and supplemented by new characters. Additionally, three taxonomic keys are provided to the species of Galathealinum and to the known species of the Arctic pogonophorans using either animals or their empty tubes only, with the brief zoogeographical information on each Arctic species.

Two late-spring braconid genera of the subfamily Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) new for the fauna of Russia

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.A. Belokobylskij ◽  
T.S. Kostromina
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Late Spring ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
The Urals ◽  
Asian Continent ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Two braconid genera from the subfamily Alysiinae, Lodbrokia Hedqvist, 1962 and Asyntactus Marshall, 1898, are recorded in the fauna of Russia and in the Asian continent for the first time. A new species Lodbrokia uralica sp. nov. is described from the Urals, and a key to species of this genus is provided. Redescriptions of the female and male of Asyntactus rhogaleus Marshall, 1898 with information about the level of variability of its morphological characters are given. Asyntactus sigalphoides Marshall, 1898 is synonymised with A. rhogaleus Marshall, 1898 (syn. nov.).

New Findings on Scrophularia sect. Mimulopsis (Scrophulariaceae) from Iran

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-247
Author(s):  
Massoud Ranjbar ◽  
Narges Rahchamani
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pollen Morphology ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Northern Iran ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Tehran Province ◽  
Micromorphological Characters ◽  
A New Species

Scrophularia dianatnejadii Ranjbar & Rahchamani, a new species from Tehran Province in northern Iran, is described and illustrated. It is closely related to S. amplexicaulis Benth. and shares with it some diagnostic morphological characters such as habit, plant indument, phyllotaxy, and corolla shape and color. Both species are placed in Scrophularia L. sect. Mimulopsis Boiss. Macro- and micromorphological characters of the two are examined and compared. Pollen morphology of these species is investigated using SEM. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps, and conservation status of both species are provided.

scholarly journals A survey on poorly known rainforest litter-dwelling spiders of Orchid Island (Lanyu, Taiwan) with the description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Tetrablemmidae, and Theridiosomatidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4927 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-208
Author(s):  
FRANCESCO BALLARIN ◽  
TAKESHI YAMASAKI ◽  
YONG-CHAO SU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Spider Species ◽  
Orchid Island ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Representatives of some poorly known spider species collected in the rainforest litter of the Orchid Island (Taiwan) are illustrated and discussed here. A new species, Brignoliella tao sp. nov. (Fam. Tetrablemmidae), endemic to Orchid Island, is described based on both sexes. The previously unknown female of Theridiosoma triumphale Zhao & Li, 2012 (Fam. Theridiosomatidae), is described for the first time. Zoma taiwanica (Zhang, Zhu & Tso 2006) comb. nov., from the same family, is illustrated and its transfer from the genus Theridiosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 to Zoma Saaristo, 1996 is proposed on the basis of morphological characters. Habitus and genitalia of the endemic species Gongylidioides angustus Tu & Li, 2006 (Fam. Linyphiidae) are also illustrated. 

scholarly journals The freshwater crabs of Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, East Malaysia, with a description of a new species of Thelphusula Bott, 1969 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Gecarcinucidae, Potamidae, Sesarmidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 760 ◽  
pp. 89-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter K. L. Ng ◽  
Paul Y. C. Ng
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
New Record ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Freshwater Crabs ◽  
East Malaysia ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Malaysian Borneo

Seven species of freshwater crabs from three families are recorded from and around the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo: Thelphusulacapillodigitus sp. n., Thelphusuladicerophilus Ng & Stuebing, 1990, Arachnothelphusaterrapes Ng, 1991, Terrathelphusasecula Ng & Tan, 2015, Parathelphusavalida Ng & Goh, 1987 (new record) (Gecarcinucidae); Isolapotamoningeri Ng & Tan, 1998 (Potamidae); and Geosesarmadanumense Ng, 2002 (Sesarmidae). The new species of Thelphusula Bott, 1979, can be distinguished from all congeners by a unique combination of morphological features, most notably the presence of dense patches of short setae on the fingers of the adult male chelipeds, as well as the structure of the male first gonopod. Arachnothelphusaterrapes is confirmed to be a phytotelm species. A key to all species in the conservation area is provided.

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