The millipede Craspedosoma raulinsii Leach, 1814 (Chordeumatida: Craspedosomatidae) in North America with comments on the derivation of its binomial name

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4455 (2) ◽  
pp. 389 ◽  
Author(s):  
DONALD F. McALPINE ◽  
WILLIAM A. SHEAR
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
New World ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Widespread Occurrence ◽  
The Third ◽  
Southern Scandinavia ◽  
First Time

The millipede Craspedosoma raulinsii (Craspedosomatidae) is widespread in Central Europe from Belarus and southern Scandinavia west to Britain and Ireland. Although the species is often not common and rarely encountered (Blower 1985, Hoffman 1999, Lee 2006), Kime (2004) reports C. raulinsii as the third most widespread millipede in Belgium. Shelley (1990) reported C. raulinsii (as C. rawlinsii) for the first time from North America (from Gatineau Park, Quebec, Canada) and noted the occurrence is the first introduction of a representative of the order Chordeumatida in the New World. Here we report new records that suggest widespread occurrence of this introduced millipede in eastern Canada and comment on the commonly-applied spelling of the specific epithet of the species. Vouchers have been deposited in the collections of the New Brunswick Museum (NBM).

A NEW SPECIES AND TWO NEW RECORDS OF POLYCHAETA FROM EASTERN CANADA

1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Berkeley ◽  
C. Berkeley
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Nereis Diversicolor ◽  
The Third ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Two of the three species recorded in this paper (Ceratonereis scotiae sp. n. and Nereis diversicolor O. F. Müller) were collected some years ago, but hitherto their occurrence has not been noted. The third (Tharyx marioni (Saint-Joseph)) was collected recently for the first time in Canadian waters.

Aspects of teliospore germination in North American smut fungi. II.

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 2569-2574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruben Duran
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Exotic Species ◽  
North American ◽  
New World ◽  
New Records ◽  
Smut Fungi ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Teliospore Germination ◽  
First Time

Teliospore germination is described for 28 additional species of smut fungi, most of which were recently collected in Mexico.Germination for most species is reported here for the first time. Included are some rarely collected species, some recently described by the author, and some previously unknown to exist in the New World. Where new records of exotic species for North America are indicated, germination was used to verify diagnoses, even though reported by previous workers in some instances. In demonstrating germination, family and generic affinities for most species were corroborated, although one required generic transfer.

Early Permian fossil vertebrate footprints and their stratigraphic setting in megacyclic sequence II red beds, Prim Point, Prince Edward Island

1989 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Mossman ◽  
Craig H. Place
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
River Sediments ◽  
Early Permian ◽  
Red Beds ◽  
Sparse Vegetation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Fossil Vertebrate ◽  
Crevasse Splay ◽  
First Time

Vertebrate trace fossils are reported for the first time from red beds near the top of megacyclic sequence II at Prim Point in southwestern Prince Edward Island. They occur as casts of tetrapod trackways. The ichnocoenose also includes a rich invertebrate ichnofauna. The trackmakers thrived in an area of sparse vegetation and occupied out-of-channel river sediments, most likely crevasse-splay deposits.Amphisauropus latus, represented by three trackways, has been previously reported from Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. It is here interpreted as the track of a cotylosaur. It occurs together with the track of Gilmoreichnus kablikae, which is either a captorhinomorph or possibly a juvenile pelycosaur. These facilitate the assignment of a late Early Permian (late Autunian) age to the strata. The third set of footprints, those of a small herbivorous pelycosaur, compare most closely with Ichniotherium willsi, known hitherto from the Keele beds (latest Stephanian) of the English Midlands.This ichnocoenose occurs in a plate-tectonically rafted segment of crust stratigraphically equivalent to the same association of ichnofauna in the English Midlands and central Europe. The community occupied piedmont-valley-flat red beds within the molasse facies of Variscan uplands.

Three new records of the genus Solenostoma (Solenostomataceae, Marchantiophyta) in Indian bryoflora from Sikkim

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-240
Author(s):  
Devendra Singh
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Himalaya ◽  
First Time

Three species of the genus Solenostoma Mitt., viz. Solenostoma baueri (Schiffn.) Steph. earlier known from Indonesia, S. fusiforme (Steph.) R.M.Schust. from China, Korea, Japan, Russia and North America and S. vulcanicola (Schiffn.) Va?a, Hentschel & Heinrichs from Indonesia and Japan, are described for the first time in Indian bryoflora from Sikkim in Eastern Himalaya.

scholarly journals New records and AMS radiocarbon dates on Quaternary Walrus ( Odobenus Rosmarus ) from New Brunswick

2002 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall F. Miller
Keyword(s):  
New Brunswick ◽  
New Records ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Late Glacial ◽  
Bay Of Fundy ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Odobenus Rosmarus ◽  
Sand And Gravel ◽  
Past Summer

Abstract Walrus fossils are occasionally recovered during scallop dragging in the Bay of Fundy and from sand and gravel deposits along the coastline of New Brunswick in eastern Canada. Six new fossils and four new AMS radiocarbon dates significantly increase the information concerning late-glacial to postglacial walrus in New Brunswick. Dates range from about 12 800 BP to 2 900 BP, almost half falling between 9 000 and 10 000 BP. Temporal distribution of walrus, compared to estimates of past summer sea surface temperature, suggest that in the Bay of Fundy walrus occurred in waters ranging from 12 to 15° C.

Ptiliidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera): new records and bionomic notes

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1423 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA ◽  
MIKAEL SÖRENSSON
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Maritime Provinces ◽  
The Family ◽  
Saproxylic Species ◽  
Undisturbed Forest ◽  
First Time ◽  
Forest Conditions

The Ptiliidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada is surveyed. Twenty-nine new provincial records from the Maritime Provinces of Canada are reported including the first records of the family from Prince Edward Island. Fourteen species are recorded for the first time for the Maritime Provinces as a whole. Acrotrichis josephi (Matthews) is recorded for the first time in eastern North America and Acrotrichis haldemani (LeConte) is recorded for the first time in Canada. The genus Pteryx is reported for the first time in Canada. At least 29 species of Ptiliidae are now known to occur in the region. The fauna is briefly discussed in terms of its overall composition, introduced species, and species associated with particular habitats. Saproxylic species found in mature forests are discussed and attention is drawn to their possible relationship to undisturbed forest conditions and the scarcity of old-growth habitats in the region.

New records of leaf-mining Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) in North America, with the description of a new species of Grapholita

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4748 (3) ◽  
pp. 514-530
Author(s):  
CHARLES S. EISEMAN ◽  
KYHL A. AUSTIN ◽  
JULIA A. BLYTH ◽  
TRACY S. FELDMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Larval Development ◽  
New Records ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Leaf Mining ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

We discuss seven species of tortricid moths that are leafminers at least in early instars. These include Grapholita thermopsidis Eiseman & Austin, new species, which feeds on Thermopsis rhombifolia (Pursh) Richardson (Fabaceae), along with two others for which larval hosts were previously unknown: Catastega triangulana Brown (Ericaceae: Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth) and Sparganothis xanthoides (Walker) (Polemoniaceae: Phlox divaricata L.). Parasitoids of G. thermopsidis include Dolichogenidea sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Zagrammosoma mirum Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). The female genitalia of Epinotia nigralbana (Walsingham), a species that mines leaves of Arctostaphylos throughout larval development, are illustrated for the first time. Rhopobota finitimana (Heinrich), which feeds on Ilex spp. (Aquifoliaceae), is confirmed to mine leaves as has been documented previously in R. dietziana (Kearfott). Talponia plummeriana (Busck), which is known to feed in the developing ovaries of pawpaw (Annonaceae: Asimina spp.), also feeds in leaves before boring in the twigs and stems. Cenopis lamberti (Franclemont), previously reported from Persea sp. (Lauraceae), was reared from Symplocos tinctoria (L.) L’Hér. (Symplocaceae). Apart from the two exceptions noted above, all of these species exit their mines in later instars to feed in leaf shelters. 

scholarly journals Molecular evidence for multiple introductions of the banded grove snail (Cepaea nemoralis) in North America

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.K.S. Layton ◽  
C.P.K. Warne ◽  
A. Nicolai ◽  
A. Ansart ◽  
J.R. deWaard
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Multiple Introductions ◽  
Cepaea Nemoralis ◽  
Haplotype Networks ◽  
Base Pair Fragment

Global identification and monitoring programs for invasive species aim to reduce imminent impacts to biodiversity, ecosystem services, agriculture, and human health. This study employs a 658 base pair fragment of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene to identify and categorize clades of the banded grove snail (Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)) from native (European) and introduced (North American) ranges using a maximum-likelihood phylogeny and haplotype networks. This work corroborates the existence of eight clades within C. nemoralis and further identified three clades that were common to both Europe and North America (A, D, O). Clades A and D were found in eastern Canada, Ontario (Canada), and British Columbia (Canada), whereas clade O was restricted to Ontario, possibly introduced from Poland or central Europe. Haplotype networks suggest clade A was introduced from northern Europe, whereas clade D was introduced from western and central Europe. Networks contained many private haplotypes and a lack of haplotype sharing, suggesting strong genetic structure in this system, possibly resulting from reduced dispersal in this species. This study describes the contemporary distribution of C. nemoralis in Canada and demonstrates the efficacy of DNA barcoding for monitoring the spread of invasive species, warranting its widespread adoption in management policies.

Thecate Hydroids from the Shelf Waters of Northern Canada

1970 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 1501-1547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale R. Calder
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
New Records ◽  
High Arctic ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Hudson Bay ◽  
Northern Canada ◽  
Foxe Basin ◽  
First Time

Based largely on collections from the Calanus–Salvelinus expeditions, 54 species of thecate hydroids were identified from the shelf waters of northern Canada between northeastern Newfoundland and the Alaska–Yukon border. Common species included Halecium muricatum, Calycella syringa, Campanularia integra, C. speciosa, C. volubilis, Gonothyraea loveni, Filellum serpens, Lafoea gracillima, Sertularella polyzonias, S. tricuspidata, Sertularia schmidti, and S. similis. Halecium groenlandicum, H. scutum, Cuspidella procumbens, Calycella gracilis, and Sertularia schmidti are new records for North America; Ptychogena lactea is previously known from this continent only as the medusa. Twenty-two species are reported in northern Canada for the first time, bringing to 71 the number of thecate species recorded from the region. Nearly half of the 71 species recorded are circumpolar in distribution, and over two-thirds transgress both arctic and subarctic zones.Most samples had a paucity of hydroids, particularly those from the high arctic. Collection records indicate that the most favourable regions for hydroids in northern Canada are the Strait of Belle Isle, eastern Ungava Bay, eastern Hudson Strait, northern and southeastern Hudson Bay, Foxe Channel, and northern Foxe Basin.

The lichen genusRinodina(Physciaceae,Caliciales) in north-eastern Asia

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 617-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. SHEARD ◽  
Alexander K. EZHKIN ◽  
Irina A. GALANINA ◽  
Dmitry HIMELBRANT ◽  
Ekaterina KUZNETSOVA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
North American ◽  
New Records ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
First Time

AbstractRinodinais a widespread, polyphyletic genus of crustosePhysciaceaewithc. 300 species worldwide. A major missing link in understanding its global biogeography has been eastern Asia where the genus has never been systematically revised. Here we review specimen and literature records forRinodinafor north-eastern Asia (Russian Far East, Japan and the Korean Peninsula) and recognize 43 species. We describe two species,R. hypobadiaandR. orientalis, as new to science.Rinodina hypobadiais distinguished by its pigmented hypothecium,Dirinaria-type ascospores and pannarin in both thallus and epihymenium.Rinodina orientalisis characterized by its erumpent apothecia that remain broadly attached, with discs sometimes becoming convex and excluding the thalline margins, ascospores belonging to thePhyscia-type and secondary metabolites absent. Nine other species are reported from the region for the first time. These includeR. dolichospora,R. freyi,R. metaboliza,R. sicula,R. subminutaandR. willeyi. Of particular biogeographical interest are three additional new records that have western North American–eastern Asian distributions: the corticolous speciesR. endospora,R. macrosporaandR. megistospora. Six species have the better known eastern North American–eastern Asian distributions:R. ascociscana(syn.R. akagiensis,R. melancholica),R. buckii,R. chrysidiata,R. subminuta,R. tenuis(syn.R. adirondackii) andR. willeyi, and two have eastern North American–eastern Asian–European distributions:R. excrescensandR. moziana(syn.R. destituta,R. vezdae). Our study begins to close one of the largest gaps in our knowledge of circumboreal species distributions inRinodinaand, together with previous studies in North America and Europe, provides new insights into circumboreal crustose lichen biogeography.Rinodina cinereovirens(syn.R. turfaceavar. cinereovirens) is also reported as new to North America.

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