Corrections to the description of Tasmanura (Pseudachorutinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4894 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-286
Author(s):  
PENELOPE GREENSLADE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Tasmanian Endemic

The original description of the Tasmanian endemic genus Tasmanura Womersley was based on a misunderstanding of its gross morphology. This probably led to a misidentification of the genus from South Africa. To prevent similar misidentifications, the genus is redescribed here from the holotype and comments made on its distribution and habitat as well as current and future risks to its persistence. 

On Filipinodiaptomus Lai, Mamaril Sr. & Fernando, 1979 (Calanoida, Diaptomidae): redescription and re-allocation of the Philippine endemic Diaptomus vexillifer Brehm, 1933

Crustaceana ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 513-536
Author(s):  
Huiming Li ◽  
Shea K. P. Guinto ◽  
Rey D. S. Papa ◽  
Bo-Ping Han ◽  
Francis S. Magbanua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Morphological Comparison ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Mtcoi Gene ◽  
Scanning Electron

Abstract The original description of Diaptomus vexillifer Brehm, 1933, endemic to Lake Danao (Leyte Island), was elementary and lacking taxonomically satisfactory characters. In this paper, we redescribe the Philippine-endemic genus Filipinodiaptomus Lai, Mamaril Sr. & Fernando, 1979 and the species D. vexillifer collected from its type locality, using light and scanning electron microscopy and an analysis of the mtCOI gene and the ITS of the nuclear 18S operon. We found that D. vexillifer is the second species under this endemic genus. A neotype and paraneotypes are hereby designated. Also a detailed morphological comparison is made between Filipinodiaptomus vexillifer (Brehm, 1933) comb. nov. and Filipinodiaptomus insulanus (Wright, 1928). Their taxonomic characters, interspecies relationship, and biogeography are likewise discussed.

Revision of Zorion Pascoe (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), an endemic genus of New Zealand

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1066 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANZ-RUDOLF SCHNITZLER ◽  
QIAO WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Longhorn Beetle

The genus Zorion Pascoe (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), commonly known as flower longhorn beetle, is endemic to New Zealand where it is widely distributed on the main and some offshore islands. A taxonomic revision of Zorion adults is given, including a description and illustrations of the genus. The previously known species Z. batesi Sharp, Z. guttigerum (Westwood), Z. minutum (Fabricius), and Z. opacum Sharp are redescribed; Z. castum Broun is synonymised with Z.guttigerum. Lectotypes are designated here for Z. guttigerum and Z. opacum. Six new species are described, Z. angustifasciatum sp. nov. from Three Kings Islands, Z. australe sp. nov. from South Island, Z. dugdalei sp. nov. from Poor Knights Island, Z. kaikouraiensis sp. nov. from the Kaikoura region, Z. nonmaculatum sp. nov. from D’Urville Islands, and Z. taranakiensis sp. nov. from the Taranaki region. The species Z. exiguum Gmelin has been excluded from the study because neither the original description nor the holotype could be located. A key to all ten species is included and diagnostic elytral spot patterns are illustrated. Biological information presented is based on publications, collecting records and our observations. A distribution map for all species is included and species distribution is discussed in relation to New Zealand’s biogeographical history.

scholarly journals Revision of the New Caledonian endemic genus Bohumiljania Monrós (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3000 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
C. A. M. REID ◽  
M. BEATSON
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Original Description ◽  
The Other ◽  
Main Island ◽  
Endemic Genus

The chrysomelid genus Bohumiljania Monrós, 1958, is revised, with nine species, seven new: B. aoupinie sp. nov., B. caledonica (Jolivet, 1957), B. lafoa sp. nov., B. humboldti Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2005, B. mandjelia sp nov., B. tango sp. nov., B. xanthogramma sp. nov., B. xaracuu sp. nov., B. yuaga sp. nov. All species are described. The type species, B. caledonica, is shown to have been misidentified in recent literature. The original description of the other described species, B. humboldti, is shown to include at least three species. A key is provided for identification of Bohumiljania species, all of which are endemic to the main island of New Caledonia. Six of the species are known from just 14 specimens, suggesting that further species remain to be discovered. The morphology and biology of Bohumiljania is reviewed, including description of the larva.

scholarly journals Studies on the genus Setaria Viborg, 1795 in South Africa. III. Setaria thwaitei Mönnig, 1933

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Watermeyer ◽  
J. Boomker ◽  
J.F. Putterill
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Roan Antelope ◽  
Hippotragus Equinus ◽  
North And South ◽  
Scanning Electron

Mönnig (1933) described Setaria thwaitei from a sable antelope, Hippotragus niger, the type host, as well as from roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus, and waterbuck, Kobus ellipsiprymnus. Yeh (1959) considered Setaria thwaitei to be synonym of Setaria hornbyi. Material collected from roan antelopes, sable antelopes and gemsbuck, Oryx gazella, from several localities in the north and south of South Africa, together with Mönnig's (1933) material, were re-examined. Measurements of the adult worms obtained in this study were compared with those in the original description of the species. Scanning electron microscopy of the anterior and posterior regions of the female worms confirmed S. thwaitei as a valid species.

scholarly journals A revised description of Synodontella zambezensis Douëllou et Chishawa, 1995 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) from the gills of Synodontis zambezensis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from South Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Raphahlelo ◽  
I. Přikrylová ◽  
M. M. Matla ◽  
J. Theron ◽  
W. J. Luus-Powell
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Dna Sequencing ◽  
Original Description ◽  
First Record ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Morphometric Characteristics ◽  
Geographical Record ◽  
Its1 Rdna ◽  
New Geographical Record

SummaryThis study supplements the original description ofSynodontella zambezensisDouëllou et Chishawa, 1995 and represents a new geographical record for this parasite fromSynodontis zambezensisfrom South Africa. The revision is based on morphometric characteristics and molecular data. Characterisation of LSU, partial SSU and ITS1 rDNA represents a first record of DNA sequencing forSynodontellaspecies.

scholarly journals Dana, replacement name for the New Zealand talitrid amphipod genus Tara Duncan, 1994 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae), preoccupied by Tara Peckham & Peckham, 1886 (Araneae, Salticidae, Amycinae, Astiini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2912 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
J. K. LOWRY
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Jumping Spiders ◽  
New Name ◽  
Identification Keys ◽  
Salticid Spiders

Tara Duncan, 1994, was established as a terrestrial genus of New Zealand talitrid amphipods, with the type species Orchestia sylvicola Dana, 1852. It was recently discovered to be a junior homonym of Tara Peckham & Peckham, 1886, a genus of salticid spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Amycinae, Astiini). Tara Peckham & Peckham, 1886, is a valid name in current use for a small endemic genus of Australian jumping spiders recently revised by Zabka (1987). Tara Duncan, 1994, appears in the literature at least three times: in the original description of the genus (Duncan 1994), in identification keys to the terrestrial amphipods of New Zealand (Fenwick & Webber 2008), and in the recent inventory of New Zealand biodiversity (Webber et al. 2010). The new name, Dana, is proposed to replace Tara Duncan, 1994.

Revisionary systematics of the endemic soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniina) of the Agulhas Bioregion, South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4363 (4) ◽  
pp. 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
CATHERINE S. MCFADDEN ◽  
LEEN P. VAN OFWEGEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Soft Corals ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Coral Fauna ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Endemic Genera

The Agulhas Bioregion of southern South Africa supports a unique octocoral fauna that is entirely endemic to the region. Recent molecular phylogenetic studies indicate that this endemism extends to deeper taxonomic levels than had previously been recognized, and that most of these endemic species belong to genera and families that are also endemic to South Africa. Here we revise the taxonomy of soft corals (subordinal group Alcyoniina) that were previously assigned to the cosmopolitan families Alcyoniidae, Nephtheidae and Nidaliidae, describing three new families endemic to South Africa, along with four new genera and four new species. We reassign the endemic genera Acrophytum, Pieterfaurea and Lampophyton to Acrophytidae n. fam, and describe a new species of Lampophyton, L. spinatum n. sp. The endemic species Protodendron bruuni is reassigned to a new, monotypic genus, Corymbophyton bruuni n. comb., and family, Corymbophytidae n. fam. The endemic genus Leptophyton is placed in a third new family, Leptophytidae n. fam., along with three new genera that are established for species previously assigned to Alcyonium: Circularius wilsoni n. comb., Porphyrophyton distinctum n. comb., and Tenerodus fallax n. comb. In addition, we describe new species of Leptophyton, L. fustis n. sp.; Tenerodus, T. pollex n. gen. n. sp.; and Alcyonium, A. dolium n. sp.; reassign Protodendron verseveldti to Tenerodus verseveldti n. comb.; and reassign the endemic genus Dimorphophyton to family Paralcyoniidae. Although molecular phylogenetic analyses unite Acrophytidae, Corymbophytidae and Leptophytidae within a well-supported monophyletic group, both morphological and molecular distinctions support maintaining them as three separate families. These revisions increase the number of endemic species of shallow-water soft corals known from the Agulhas Bioregion to 40, and the number of endemic genera to 13. 

scholarly journals Eliokarmos humanii (Hyacinthaceae, Ornithogaloideae), a new species from Namaqualand in South Africa and a new combination in the genus

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 474 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
MARIO MARTÍNEZ-AZORÍN ◽  
MANUEL B. CRESPO ◽  
MARÍA ÁNGELES ALONSO-VARGAS ◽  
MICHAEL PINTER
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the southern Africa endemic genus Eliokarmos, that includes the well-known chincherinchees, is described from the vicinity of Kotzesrus, Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Eliokarmos humanii sp. nov. is unique in the genus based on its single, slightly fleshy, suborbicular, convex leaf with ciliate margin, and the short subspiciform inflorescence with almost sessile flowers. A complete description is presented for this species, and data on morphology, ecology, and distribution are reported. In addition, Ornithogalum richtersveldensis, recently described from northwestern South Africa, is transferred to Eliokarmos based on its morphology and biogeography, and a new combination is presented for this species in the latter genus.

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