Review of the fossil record of Bolitophilidae, with description of new taxa and discussion of position of Mangas Kovalev (Diptera: Sciaroidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4567 (3) ◽  
pp. 546 ◽  
Author(s):  
DALE E. GREENWALT ◽  
VLADIMIR A. BLAGODEROV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Marked Contrast ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

The dipteran family Bolitophilidae, with the single extant genus Bolitophila, is a small family of mycophagous flies. In marked contrast to related families such as Sciaridae and Mycetophilidae, the family has a poor fossil record with no definite species assigned to the genus. In addition, the position of the extinct Cretaceous subfamily Mangasinae Kovalev, 1986 (described in Bolitophillidae) has been controversial and it has been suggested that species in this clade may belong to other sciaroid families. This situation is made worse by misplacement of the type specimen. We herein describe two new species of Bolitophila, Bolitophila warreni sp. nov. from the 46-million-year-old Kishenehn Formation in Montana, USA and Bolitophila rohdendorfi sp. nov. from Baltic amber. Bolitophila pulveris Lewis, 1969 is reassigned to Sciaroidea incertae sedis. The subfamily Mangasinae is reviewed and its position within the Bolitophilidae confirmed. Two new species of Mangas, M. kovalevi sp. nov. and M. brevisubcosta sp. nov., both from the Lower Cretaceous of Khasurty in Western Transbaikalia, are described. 

Land salamanders of the family Hynobiidae from the Neogene and Quaternary of Europe

1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Márton Venczel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Carpathian Basin ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Lower Pleistocene ◽  
Extinct Genus

AbstractA new extinct genus with two new species of land salamanders of the family Hynobiidae, from the Late Miocene of Polgárdi (MN13), Hungary (Parahynobius kordosi gen. n. sp. n.) and from the Lower Pleistocene of Betfia IX/C (MQ1), Romania (Parahynobius betfianus gen. n. sp. n.), is described. The Late Miocene locality of Tardosbánya (MN12) and the Lower Pliocene locality of Osztramos 1C (MN 14), Hungary, also yielded several vertebrae, assigned with some doubt to the above genus (cf. Parahynobius). The new taxa belonged to the westernmost distributed stock of land salamanders of the Hynohius-group, which, based on the available fossil record, reached the Carpathian Basin during Late Miocene and disappeared from the area during Lower Pleistocene times. The Hynobiidae had a wider geographic distribution during the Tertiary and Quaternary compared to their present range, which is limited to Asia.

scholarly journals New species in Dictyosporium, new combinations in Dictyocheirospora and an updated backbone tree for Dictyosporiaceae

MycoKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 83-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Yang ◽  
Jian-Kui Liu ◽  
Kevin D. Hyde ◽  
E.B. Gareth Jones ◽  
Zuo-Yi Liu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Freshwater Fungi ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Backbone Tree

A survey of freshwater fungi on submerged wood in China and Thailand resulted in the collection of three species in Dictyocheirospora and four species in Dictyosporium including two new species in the latter genus. Morphological characters and phylogenetic analyses based on ITS, LSU and TEF1α sequence data support their placement in Dictyocheirospora and Dictyosporium (Dothideomycetes). An updated backbone tree is provided for the family Dothideomycetes. Descriptions and illustrations of the new taxa and re-collections are provided. Four new combinations are proposed for Dictyocheirospora.

Heterochrony in Haplomesus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Ischnomesidae): revision of two species and description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1120 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
FIONA A. KAVANAGH ◽  
GEORGE D.F. WILSON ◽  
ANNE M. POWER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Adult Type ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Argentine Basin

Two new species of Ischnomesidae, Haplomesus celticensis sp. nov. and Haplomesus hanseni sp. nov. are described from the southwest of Ireland and the Argentine Basin respectively. Both species lack the expression of pereopod VII, a characteristic that we argue is produced by progenesis, not neoteny as suggested by Brökeland & Brandt (2004). Haplomesus angustus Hansen, 1916 and Haplomesus tropicalis Menzies, 1962, also lack pereopod VII and are revised from the type material. The original description of Haplomesus angustus Hansen, 1916 describes the adult type specimen as a juvenile; the original description of Haplomesus tropicalis Menzies, 1962 fails to mention the lack of pereopod VII. Progenesis is discussed for the above species and within the family Ischnomesidae as a whole.

scholarly journals Two new species of the family Megalyridae (Hymenoptera) from China

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1043 ◽  
pp. 21-31
Author(s):  
Hua-yan Chen ◽  
Bo-jing Liuhe ◽  
Xiao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of the small and rarely collected family Megalyridae are described from China: Carminator daliensis Chen & Liuhe, sp. nov. from Yunnan and Ettchellsia hainanensis Chen & Liuhe, sp. nov. from Hainan. A key to megalyrid species of China is provided. The biogeographical implication of the new taxa is discussed.

The first discovery of fossil rhopalids (Heteroptera: Coreoidea) from Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1269 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUNZHI YAO ◽  
WANZHI CAI ◽  
DONG REN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Middle Jurassic ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
New Genera ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Jiulongshan Formation

Two new genera and two new species of fossil rhopalid, Miracorizus punctatus gen. & sp. nov. and Longiclavula calvata gen. & sp. nov., are described and illustrated. They were collected from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. This is the earliest fossil record of the family Rhopalidae in the world.

Two new Mesozoic species of Tipulomorpha (Diptera) from the Teete locality, Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 466-472
Author(s):  
KATARZYNA KOPEĆ ◽  
KORNELIA SKIBIŃSKA ◽  
AGNIESZKA SOSZYŃSKA-MAJ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
Fossil Insects ◽  
Eastern Siberia ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Important Site

In Siberia, there are numerous Jurassic and Cretaceous locations abundant in fossil insects. The Teete outcrop (renamed Kempendyay) located in the eastern Siberia (Russia) is an important site due to its age estimated to beginning of the Lower Cretaceous as well as its high taxa diversity and very good specimen preservation. However, it is poor in fossils of the Limoniidae. Study of the rare Tipulomorpha material from the Teete locality (= Kempendyay) is presented herein and two new species are described and illustrated. One of them belongs to the family Pediciidae, Prearchitipula ryszardi sp. nov., and the second to the family Limoniidae, Eotipula wieslawi sp. nov. Both species are dedicated to two well-known Polish specialists of fossil Diptera Nematocera.

New cyriacotheriid pantodonts (Mammalia, Pantodonta) from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada, and the relationships of Cyriacotheriidae

2010 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig S. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Unusual Combination ◽  
Early Paleocene ◽  
History Of

Cyriacotheriidae are a family of unusual small-bodied pantodonts known from the Paleocene of the Western Interior of North America. Cyriacotheriids possess a suite of dental characters similar to that of pantodonts (e.g., molar dilambdodonty, lingual molar hypoconulids), as well as several divergent features (e.g., molarized premolars, strong molar conules) that have been interpreted as “dermopteran-like.” the unusual combination of pantodont and dermopteran-like characters, combined with a limited fossil record, has made attempts at understanding the broader relationships of Cyriacotheriidae difficult. This paper reports on a new genus and two new species of cyriacotheriids from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada, with both species significantly older than those of the only previously described cyriacotheriid, Cyriacotherium. Collectively, the dentitions of these new taxa exhibit derived characters seen in Cyriacotherium (e.g., robust molar conules, strong molar dilambdodonty) in addition to a number of plesiomorphies seen in more basal pantodonts (e.g., conspicuous molar entoconids, deep premolar ectoflexus) and, importantly, posterior premolars that are weakly molariform and non-dilambdodont. A phylogenetic analysis of the new cyriacotheriid, basal pantodonts, dermopterans, and dermopteran-like eutherians resulted in Cyriacotheriidae nesting within a monophyletic Pantodonta. the results strengthen previous hypotheses regarding the pantodont affinities of the family, and suggest that the dermopteran-like features seen in the more derived Cyriacotherium were acquired convergently. Although the discovery of new cyriacotheriids sheds light on the evolutionary history of the family, it cannot resolve the ongoing questions of pantodont origins; nonetheless, their discovery in strata of early Paleocene age indicates that significant parts of the evolutionary history of Cyriacotheriidae, and North American pantodonts more generally, have yet to be discovered.

A new Chifengiinae species (Orthoptera: Prophalangopsidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (Liaoning, P.R. China)

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Fang ◽  
Haichun Zhang ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Daran Zheng
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
Upper Jurassic ◽  
Yixian Formation ◽  
Liaoning Province ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the family Prophalangopsidae, Ashanga borealis sp.n., is described from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Fomation (Liaoning Province, P.R. China). The male forewing of the new species is similar to that of the Middle/Upper Jurassic species Ashanga clara Zherikhin 1985, but differs from it in possessing a forewing arched anterior margin, RS branching more basally, and MP + CuA1 with more branches. The fossil record of Chifengiinae is reviewed.

scholarly journals The wasp genus Clystopsenella in Early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera: Scolebythidae)

2015 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Engel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Evolutionary Patterns ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Color Differences ◽  
A New Species

A new species of scolebythine wasp (Chrysidoidea: Scolebythidae) is described and figured from a female beautifully preserved in Early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic.  The specimen is the first fossil record of the extant genus <em>Clystopsenella</em> Kieffer, and is quite similar to the extant <em>Clystopsenella longiventris</em> Kieffer, a species that occurs widely from Brazil to Belize.  <strong><em>Clystopsenella mirabilis</em></strong> Engel, new species, is distinguished from <em>C. longiventris</em> on the basis of size; head, pronotal, and pterostigmal shape; and putative color differences.  The living and fossil diversity of the family is summarized and evolutionary patterns within the clade are discussed.

scholarly journals New taxa and new records of Afrotropical Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera) with a distributional checklist

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-364
Author(s):  
Reinhard Gaedike
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

The study of specimens, collected by David Agassiz in several African countries and in Madagascar, together with some specimens collected by Wolfram Mey, enabled not only the confirmation of some country records, but also the description of two new species (Epermenia (Calotripis) larseni and E. (C.) albofasciata), the description of the hitherto unknown female genitalia of Epermenia minuta Gaedike, 2004 and Ochromolopis namibica Gaedike, 2004 and the male genitalia of Ochromolopis xeropa (Meyrick, 1909). Two first records (Africepermenia tanzanica Gaedike, 2004 and Phaulernis montuosa Gaedike, 2013) for Zimbabwe and one for Kenya (Epermenia triacuta Gaedike, 2013) were made. A distribution list showing hitherto known occurrence of the family in the Afrotropics is presented. Nomenclatural acts Epermenia (Calotripis) larseni spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FD37A601-032A-472B-9599-9E6DBCE52738Epermenia (Calotripis) albofasciata spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EB6346C8-5761-4BFE-96F1-1FFD4B0A8FF0

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