Pagastia (P.) donoliveri sp. nov.—a new Nearctic alpine stream chironomid species (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4755 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-176
Author(s):  
EUGENYI A. MAKARCHENKO ◽  
DEAN C. HANSEN
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Chironomid Species ◽  
Alpine Stream ◽  
Holarctic Species

An illustrated description of the adult male of Pagastia (P.) donoliveri sp. nov. from the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming, of North America is provided. An updated key to the determination of all known Holarctic species of Pagastia Oliver for males is also provided.  

Origin and distribution of the Chironomidae (Diptera) from the Saskatchewan River, Saskatchewan, Canada

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 876-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Mason ◽  
D. M. Lehmkuhl
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Aquatic Animals ◽  
Chironomid Species ◽  
Holarctic Species

Approximately one third of the named Saskatchewan River chironomid species have Holarctic distributions, the remaining species are strictly Nearctic. Only 6 of the 143 species so far recorded from the Arctic are present in the Saskatchewan River. In contrast, 69 of the 76 named Saskatchewan River species are also found in eastern North America. Of the remaining seven, Cyphomella gibbera Saether, Chernovskiia amphitrite (Townes), Parakiefferiella (s.str.) torulata Saether, and the Holarctic Cricotopus (Isocladius) intersectus (Staeger) have previously been recorded only from Manitoba in the Nearctic. Synorthocladius semivirens Kieffer, a Holarctic species, is known only from northern and western Canada in North America, and Cryptotendipes darbyi Sublette and Stictochironomus quagga (Townes) have western distributions. Analysis of distribution records from recent subgeneric revisions of Orthocladius (Orthocladius) and Polypedilum (Polypedilum) suggest that the majority of Saskatchewan River species originated from southern refugia. This conclusion is supported by studies of other aquatic animals in western Canada, which also appear to be derived from southern refugia.

Review of the genus Pagastia Oliver (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from North America, with description of P. (P.) subletteorum sp. nov.

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4664 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-128
Author(s):  
EUGENYI A. MAKARCHENKO
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Adult Males

Illustrated description of the adult male of Pagastia (P.) subletteorum sp. nov., redescription of the pupa and adult male of P. (P.) orthogonia Oliver and P. (P.) partica (Roback), with redescription of the adult male of P. (Hesperodiamesa) sequax (Garrett) from North America are provided. An emended generic diagnosis and a key to determination of adult males of all known species of Pagastia Oliver are also provided.  

A NOTE ON THE BIOLOGY OF ANOPLIUS TENUICORNIS (TOURNIER) IN NORTH AMERICA (HYMENOPTERA: POMPILIDAE)

1987 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-103
Author(s):  
S. Koponen ◽  
M.S. Wasbauer
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
The Other ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Broad Distribution ◽  
Widespread Occurrence ◽  
Rotten Wood ◽  
Holarctic Species

Anoplius tenuicornis (Tournier) is a holarctic species with a broad distribution both in Europe (Wolf 1967) and North America (Wasbauer and Kimsey 1985). Despite the widespread occurrence of the species, individuals are not frequently encountered, so it is not surprising that biological information on it has not been available for North America and very little for Europe. Richards and Hamm (1939) gave two fragmentary reports of some significance on A. tenuicornis in England, reported as A. piliventris (Morawitz). In one case, cocoons of the wasp were found in dead thistle stems. In the other, an old burrow of Ectemnius continuus (Fabricius) (Sphecidae) (reported as Solenius) in rotten wood contained a series of wasp cocoons and fragments of clubionid spiders, the presumed prey.

Do centers of origin have a center?

Paleobiology ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Briggs
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Important Criterion ◽  
Centers Of Origin ◽  
Single Region ◽  
Evolutionary Radiation ◽  
A Current ◽  
Considerable Intensity

A current question being debated with considerable intensity is whether or not certain geographic areas act as centers of evolutionary radiation and supply species to other areas that are less active or less effective in an evolutionary sense. Darwin (1859) was the first to write about centers of origin which he called “single centers of creation.” He argued that each species was first produced within a single region and that it subsequently migrated from that area as far as its powers of migration and subsistence under past and present conditions permitted. Adams (1902), in discussing the influence of the southeastern United States as a center of distribution for the flora and fauna of North America, provided a series of criteria for the determination of “centers of dispersal.” His first, and evidently most important criterion was the location of “the greatest differentiation of a type.”

scholarly journals Integrative taxonomy of Nearctic and Palaearctic Aleocharinae: new species, synonymies, and records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1041 ◽  
pp. 27-99
Author(s):  
Adam J. Brunke ◽  
Mikko Pentinsaari ◽  
Jan Klimaszewski
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Rove Beetles ◽  
Adventive Species ◽  
The Status ◽  
Taxonomic Studies ◽  
Holarctic Species

A long tradition of separate Nearctic and Palaearctic taxonomic studies of the diverse aleocharine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) has obscured the recognition of Holarctic species and detection of adventive species in both regions. Recently, integrated study of the two regions through detailed morphological comparisons and development of an authoritatively identified DNA barcode reference library has revealed the degree to which these two aleocharine faunas are interconnected, both naturally and through human activity. Here this approach is adopted to recognize new species, reveal Holarctic species, and recognize adventive species in both North America and Europe. The following new species are described: Isoglossa triangularis Klimaszewski, Brunke & Pentinsaari, sp. nov. from British Columbia; Gnypeta impressicollis Klimaszewski, Brunke & Pentinsaari, sp. nov., from Ontario, Maryland and North Carolina; Aloconota pseudogregaria Klimaszewski, Brunke & Pentinsaari, sp. nov., from Ontario and Virginia; and Philhygra pseudolaevicollis Klimaszewski, Brunke & Pentinsaari, sp. nov. from eastern Canada. Dasygnypeta velata and Philhygra angusticauda are revealed to be Holarctic species, resulting in the following synonymies: Dasygnypeta velata (Erichson, 1839) = Gnypeta minuta Klimaszewski & Webster, 2008, syn. nov. and Philhygra angusticauda (Bernhauer, 1909) = Atheta (Philhygra) pinegensis Muona, 1983, syn. nov. The Nearctic species Hylota ochracea (and genus Hylota), Thecturota tenuissima, and Trichiusa robustula are newly reported from the Palaearctic region as adventive, resulting in the following synonymies: Hylota ochracea Casey, 1906 = Stichoglossa (Dexiogyia) forticornis Strand, 1939, syn. nov.; Thecturota tenuissima Casey, 1893 = Atheta marchii Dodero, 1922, syn. nov.; and Trichiusa robustula Casey, 1893 = T. immigrata Lohse, 1984, syn. nov. The Palaearctic species Amarochara forticornis, Anomognathus cuspidatus, Oligota pumilio, and Parocyusa rubicunda are newly confirmed from the Nearctic region as adventive, resulting in the following synonymies: Parocyusa rubicunda (Erichson, 1837) = Chilopora americana Casey, 1906, syn. nov. and Anomognathus cuspidatus (Erichson, 1839) = Thectura americana Casey, 1893, syn. nov. The genus Dasygnypeta, sensu nov. is newly reported from North America, Paradilacra is newly reported from eastern North America, and Haploglossa is newly reported from Canada, resulting in the following synonymy: Paradilacra densissima (Bernhauer, 1909) = Gnypeta saccharina Klimaszewski & Webster, 2008, syn. nov. Native Cyphea wallisi is newly reported from across Canada and C. curtula is removed from the Nearctic fauna. The status of both Gyrophaena affinis and Homalota plana is uncertain but these species are no longer considered to be adventive in North America. Three new combinations are proposed: Dasygnypeta baranowskii (Klimaszewski, 2020) and D. nigrella (LeConte, 1863) (both from Gnypeta) and Mocyta scopula (Casey, 1893) (from Acrotona). Dolosota Casey, 1910, syn. nov. (type species Eurypronota scopula Casey), currently a subgenus of Acrotona, is therefore synonymized with Mocyta Mulsant & Rey, 1874. Additionally, four new Canadian records and 18 new provincial and state records are reported.

A new species of the genus Odonteus (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from northern Pakistan

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 968 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
GIUSEPPE M. CARPANETO ◽  
ROBERTO MIGNANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Northern Pakistan ◽  
Relict Species ◽  
Old World ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A New Species

A remarkable new species, Odonteus gandhara Carpaneto & Mignani, n. sp., is described from northern Pakistan. The holotype (adult male) and the paratype (adult female) are illustrated and compared with O. armiger (Scopoli, 1772) and O. orientalis Mittal, 1998, the only two species of this genus recognized in the Old World. Both O. armiger and O. orientalis have the eye not completely divided by the canthus and have a sensory area on the external side of the last antennomere (this character has never been discussed in the literature until now). These two character states in O. armiger and O. orientalis compel emendations to the definition of the genus. The new species has a great zoogeographical relevance because similar species occur in North America (O. obesus LeConte, 1859 and O. falli Wallis, 1928), and probably represents a relict species endemic to the Himalayan range.

Description of the postembryonic stages of Mulcticola macrocephalus (Kellogg, 1896) (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera: Philopteridae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 152 (6) ◽  
pp. 723-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamila M.D. Kuabara ◽  
Michel P. Valim ◽  
Terry D. Galloway
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Postembryonic Development ◽  
Chewing Louse ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Anterior Dorsal

AbstractThe nymphs I, II, III, and adult male and adult female stages of Mulcticola macrocephalus (Kellogg) (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera: Philopteridae), a monoxenous species of chewing louse infesting common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor (Forster) (Caprimulgiformes: Caprimulgidae), in North America, are described. Line drawings of whole nymphs and adults are presented, as are details of anterior dorsal head plates, metasternal plates, female subvulvar plates, and male genitalia. Ontogenetic characters exhibited during the postembryonic development of this species of chewing louse are described and discussed in relation to previous information in the literature.

Determination of Honey Authenticity by Anion-Exchange Liquid Chromatography

1994 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 695-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin W Swallow ◽  
Nicholas H Low
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
North America ◽  
Anion Exchange ◽  
Amperometric Detection ◽  
High Fructose Corn Syrup ◽  
Pulsed Amperometric Detection ◽  
Corn Syrup ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
High Fructose

Abstract Methodology using anion-exchange liquid chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection was developed to determine the addition of invert syrups (beet or cane) and high-fructose corn syrup to honey. The invert syrups used were either chemically (commercially) or enzymatically prepared. Fingerprint oligosaccharides were shown to be present in these sweeteners, which were either not detectable or present at low concentrations in pure honey. Forty-four pure honey samples produced in continental North America, Hawaii, China, and Australia were used in this study.

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