Review of Oculogaster Kluge 2016 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae, Procloeon Bengtsson 1915)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4820 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-437
Author(s):  
NIKITA J. KLUGE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Related Species ◽  
New South ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
African Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
African Group ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Single Larva

The subgenus Oculogaster Kluge 2016 is divided into two species groups: the «African group» includes Procloeon (Oculogaster) cylindroculum Kimmins 1956, P. (O.) barnardi sp. n., P. (O.) niger sp. n., unnamed species P. (O.) sp. «Wolfkloof» and presumably P. (O.) silvicola Gillies 1997; the «Asian group» includes P. (O.) album Kluge 2016, P. (O.) regularum Müller-Liebenau & Hubbard 1985, P. (O.) malabarensis sp. n., presumably Procloeon julia (Gillies 1949) comb. n. and unnamed species P. sp. «Thailand-3», P. sp. «Sulawesi» and P. sp. «Philippines». New South African species P. (O.) barnardi sp. n. and P. (O.) niger sp. n. are described from South Africa based on larvae, subimagines and imagines of both sexes associated by rearing; among them, P. (O.) barnardi sp. n. was formerly described by Barnard (1932) under the name «Austrocloeon africanum», being wrongly regarded to be the species originally described as Cloeon africanum Esben-Petersen 1913. Characters of larva and female subimago of another South African species, P. (O.) sp. «Wolfkloof» are described based on a single specimen. Two closely related species, P. (O.) regularum Müller-Liebenau & Hubbard 1985 from Sri Lanka and P. (O.) malabarensis sp. n. from India are described based on larvae, subimagines and imagines of both sexes associated by rearing; these two species have 2 (rarely 1 or 3) cross veins in pterostigma, in contrast to other species of Oculogaster which normally have one vein (rarely two veins). Procloeon julia is presumptively placed in Oculogaster based on the presence of one vein in pterostigma. Unnamed species P. sp. «Thailand-3», P. sp. «Sulawesi» and P. sp. «Philippines» are presumably placed in Oculogaster; each is briefly described based on a single larva.

A New Species of Chaperiopsis (Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida) From South Africa

1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 933-939
Author(s):  
E. Fernández Pulpeiro ◽  
O. Reverter Gil
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
New South ◽  
Original Material ◽  
African Species ◽  
Numerous Species ◽  
A New Species

A new South African species of the genus Chaperiopsis is described from material deposited in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Chaperiopsis stephensoni is redescribed and figured from the original material.The genus Chaperiopsis Uttley, 1949 is widely distributed in the southern hemisphere. Numerous species of this genus have been described in different works; notable amongst these are the works of Busk (1854, 1884), Kluge (1914), Uttley (1949), Gordon (1984), Hayward & Thorpe (1988), Reverter Gil & Fernández Pulpeiro (1995) and Hayward (1995). Some previous records of Chaperiopsis spp. from South Africa are included in the works of Jullien (1881), Busk (1884), O'Donoghue & De Watteville (1935), O'Donoghue (1957) and Hayward & Cook (1983).

Ten new species in the southern African genus Heliophila (Brassicaceae; Cruciferae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 434 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-88
Author(s):  
IHSAN A. AL-SHEHBAZ
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Chromosome Number ◽  
South African ◽  
New South ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Gauteng Province ◽  
African Species ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
African Genus

Ten new South African species of Heliophila (H. astyla, H. biseriata, H. clarkii, H. crassistyla, H. goldblattii, H. magaliesbergensis, H. pseudoeximia, H. roggeveldensis, H. volkii, and H. xylopoda) are described, illustrated, and their relationships and distinguishing characters from nearest relatives are discussed. The chromosome number 2n = 22 for H. goldblattii is reported. Four species (H. astyla, H. crassistyla, H. volkii, H. xylopoda) are endemic to the Western Cape, three (H. clarkii, H. goldblattii, H. pseudoeximia) to the Northern Cape, two (H. biseriata, H. roggeveldensis) in both provinces, and one (H. magaliesbergensis) in Gauteng Province. All species of the genus are native to South Africa, with the ranges of some extending in neighboring Namibia, Lesotho, and Swaziland. 

Stellarioides littoralis (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), a distinct new species from eastern South Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 177 (5) ◽  
pp. 261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil R. Crouch ◽  
Mario Martínez-Azorín ◽  
Angela J. Beaumont ◽  
David Styles
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
New South ◽  
Morphological Features

A new South African endemic species, Stellarioides littoralis is described and illustrated, with data provided on morphology, ecology and distribution. The species appears to be closely related to S. longibracteata and whilst it shares in common an epigeal habit of the bulb with the latter species, several reproductive and vegetative morphological features clearly distinguish it. The affinities and divergences with other close allies are also discussed.

New South African Review 3: The second phase – tragedy or farce? (John Daniel, Prishani Naidoo, Devan Pillay and Roger Southall, eds)

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Kotzé
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
New South ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
The South ◽  
Negotiated Settlement ◽  
The Third ◽  
Direct Competition

As the title indicates this publication is the third issue in a series of reviews. The first issue was subtitled 2010: Development or decline? (2010) and the second was New paths, old promises? (2011). These publications are edited in the Department of Sociology at Wits University as part of its Strategic Planning and Allocation of Resources Committee (SPARC) Programme. The series is intended to be a revival of the South African Review edited by the South African Research Service and published by Ravan Press in the 1980s and early 1990s. Arguably one of the best known of these series was issue seven edited by Steven Friedman and Doreen Atkinson, The Small Miracle: South Africa's negotiated settlement (1994). The latest publication should also be seen as direct competition for the Human Sciences Research Council's (HSRC) regular publication, State of the Nation. The New South African Review 3 is organised into four parts, namely Party, Power and Class; Ecology, Economy and Labour; Public Policy and Social Practice; and South Africa at Large. The four editors introduce each of the sections, consisting of 16 chapters in total. Thebook's format appears to be that of a yearbook but it is not linked to a specific year. It is therefore not in the same category as for example the South African Institute of Race Relations' annual South Africa Survey. The Review is organised around a theme, albeit very general in its formulation, and in the case of the third issue it is also not applicable to all its chapters. At the same time, though, it is not a yearbook as the choice of chapters and their foci are on the latest developments. 

Urban history in the new South Africa: continuity and innovation since the end of apartheid

Urban History ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIVIAN BICKFORD-SMITH
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Urban History ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
New South ◽  
New Work ◽  
Small Field ◽  
African Cities ◽  
South African Cities

The Soweto uprising of 1976 confirmed to most observers that the anti-apartheid struggle (in contrast to anti-colonial struggles in many other parts of Africa) would be largely urban in character. This realization gave impetus to a rapid growth in the hitherto small field of South African urban history. Much new work predictably sought to understand the nature of conflict and inequality in South African cities and its possible resolution.

Resolving the taxonomic identities and genetic structure of two cryptic Platynereis Kinberg species from South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyothi Kara ◽  
Cinthya S. G. Santos ◽  
Angus H. H. Macdonald ◽  
Carol A. Simon
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Structured Populations ◽  
The South ◽  
African Species ◽  
Cosmopolitan Species ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
Haplotype Networks ◽  
Platynereis Dumerilii

The perceived cosmopolitanism of polychaete worms could be an artefact of historical factors such as poor original species descriptions, lack of type material and the European taxonomic bias, to name a few. Thus, it is possible that several cosmopolitan species hide complexes of cryptic and pseudocryptic species. Two putative cosmopolitan species, Platynereis dumerilii and Platynereis australis, collected in South Africa were investigated here (1) to determine whether the South African taxa are conspecific with the morphologically identical taxa from France and New Zealand (the respective type localities of P. dumerilii and P. australis), (2) to compare the South African species morphometrically to determine whether their morphological characters are reliable enough to separate them, and (3) to investigate whether these species have geographically structured populations along the coast of South Africa. Molecular data (COI and ITS1) confirm that P. dumerilii and P. australis do not occur in South Africa. Instead, the South African taxon formerly thought to be Platynereis dumerilii is new and is described here as Platynereis entshonae, sp. nov.; the identity of the other South African species is currently unresolved and is treated here as Platynereis sp. Surprisingly, Platynereis massiliensis (type locality: Marseilles) nested within the South African Platynereissp. clade but, since it is part of a cryptic species complex in the Mediterranean, the name is considered doubtful. Morphological characters traditionally used to define these South African Platynereis species are not reliable as predefined morphological groupings do not match phylogenetic clades and principal component scores revealed no separation in morphological characters that could distinguish between them. Haplotype networks and phylogenetic trees revealed that P. entshonae, sp. nov. and Platynereis sp. have geographically structured populations along the South African coast. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6E36A210-9E48-430F-8A93-EDC27F0C5631

scholarly journals Cosmocercoid Nematode parasites from Frogs of Southern Africa

Koedoe ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R Baker
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Distal Part ◽  
Congeneric Species ◽  
African Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Nematode Parasites ◽  
Pan African ◽  
Frog Species ◽  
Cosmocerca Ornata

A survey of cosmocercoid nematode parasites of frogs in southern Africa revealed the presence of five species: Aplectana degraaffi n. sp. from Breviceps sylvestris of Transvaal, A. capensis n. sp. from Breviceps rosei and B. montanus of the southern Cape, A. macintoshii (Stewart, 1914), A. chamaeleonis (Baylis, 1929), Cosmocerca ornata (Dujardin^ 1845) from various frog species throughout the region. Aplectana degraaffi n. sp. differs from all other congeneric species in the possession of a characteristic projection on the distal part of the spicule shaft. Aplectana capensis n. sp. differs from the closely related species A. macintosh!! in the morphology and distribution of the caudal papillae in males and the shape of the capitulum of the spicules. Aplectana degraaffi and A. capensis are probably restricted in distribution and evolved respectively as vicariants of the pan-African species A. chamaeleonis and A. macintosh!!.

scholarly journals Interpreting the Bible in the 'new' South Africa: Remarks on some problems and challenges

1997 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Human
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
New South ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Biblical Hermeneutics ◽  
Christian Community ◽  
South African Society ◽  
The Bible ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
Interpretation Process

Interpreting the Bible in the 'new' South Africa DJ Human Department of Biblical Studies (Sec B) University of Pretoria The Bible plays an important role in South African society. The interpretation of this book within or outside the Christian community has become an increaslingly major source of debate. It has been used and misused in several spheres of society. This article does not intend providing an extensive and composite picture of the problems and character of biblical hermeneutics. Nor will it attempt to elaborate on or explain the origins, development and influences of all the different her-meneutical approaches. Rather, it poses to be an introduction to a few of the problem(s) encountered in the attempt to understand the Bible, especially in terms of the 'new' South Africa. Within the framework of this scope, remarks will be made regarding the challenges involved in interpreting the Bible, the role of the interpreter in the interpretation process, the varied forms of literature to be found in Scripture, and in the last instance, to take cognisance of a few methodological approaches to the text analysis of the Bible.

Cladocerans of the Alona affinis (Leydig, 1860) group from South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1990 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTEM YU SINEV
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Unknown Species ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
African Populations ◽  
Alona Affinis ◽  
The Republic

Study of South African populations of chydorid cladocerans in the Alona affinis-group (Anomopoda: Chydoridae) revealed two closely related species, Alona affinis (Leydig, 1860) and a second, previously unknown, species A. martensi sp. n. No significant differences were seen between South African and Eurasian populations of A. affinis sensu stricto. A. martensi sp. n. differs from other species of the affinis-group by a shorter spine on the basal segment of antennal exopodite, and can be distinguished from A. affinis by a number of additional morphological characters. A. affinis is distributed mainly in the East and South regions of the Republic of South Africa, and is less frequented in this region. Confined mainly to artificial water bodies its presence may be human-mediated. A. martensi sp. n. sems to be endemic to the Drakensberg mountains within the borders of the KwaZulu-Natal Province and Lesotho.

Descriptions of two new species of the genus Paragus Latreille (Diptera: Syrphidae), with a key to males of all South African species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4780 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-355
Author(s):  
TAMARA TOT ◽  
SNEŽANA RADENKOVIĆ ◽  
ZORICA NEDELJKOVIĆ ◽  
LAURA LIKOV ◽  
ANTE VUJIĆ
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
The South ◽  
African Species ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Republic

Two new species of the genus Paragus Latreille, 1804 are described from the Republic of South Africa: Paragus longipilus Tot, Vujić et Radenković sp. nov. and Paragus megacercus Tot, Vujić et Radenković sp. nov. These new species belong to the subgenus Pandasyopthalmus Stuckenberg, 1954a. Paragus longipilus sp. nov. is a member of the P. jozanus group, whereas Paragus megacercus sp. nov. belongs to the P. tibialis group. The taxonomic status of Paragus chalybeatus Hull, 1964 is revised and proposed as synonym of Paragus punctatus Hull, 1949. Additionally, an identification key to males of the South African species of Paragus is provided. Results of the present study confirm a significant level of endemism of Paragus in the Afrotropical Region (12 out of 29). 

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