The first record of the subfamily Dasycerinae in Taiwan, with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4903 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-254
Author(s):  
FANG-SHUO HU ◽  
WEI-REN LIANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Direct Evidence ◽  
First Record ◽  
Disjunct Distribution ◽  
Micro Computed Tomography ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrograph ◽  
Southern Taiwan ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago ◽  
A New Species

Dasycerus poseidon Hu & Liang, sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on fresh specimens from central and southern Taiwan, which filled in the disjunct distribution between the Japanese archipelago and south-eastern Asia. The new species represents the first record of the subfamily Dasycerinae in Taiwan. The barcoding sequence of the holotype of D. poseidon Hu & Liang, sp. nov.is provided, and revealed a surprisingly large genetic distance within the genus. Detailed illustrations of D. poseidon Hu & Liang, sp. nov. by scanning electron micrograph and micro-computed tomography are also provided. Living individuals of D. poseidon Hu & Liang, sp. nov. were observed eating the mycelium of Pleurotus ostreatus in lab conditions, which represents the first direct evidence of mycophagous habits of Dasycerinae. 

The genus Corvospongilla Annandale, 1911 (Porifera: Demospongiae: Spongillida) from Madagascar freshwater with description of a new species: biogeographic and evolutionary aspects

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4612 (4) ◽  
pp. 544
Author(s):  
RENATA MANCONI ◽  
ROBERTO PRONZATO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
First Record ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Disjunct Distribution ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Hydrographic Basin ◽  
History Of ◽  
Evolutionary Aspects ◽  
A New Species

We report here the first record of five genera of Spongillida (Porifera, Demospongiae) in both lentic and lotic water of Madagascar and the discovery of a new species of the genus Corvospongilla from the Betsiboka River hydrographic basin. Corvospongilla lemuriensis sp. n. diverges from all the other known species of the genus in its unique combination of diagnostic morphotraits (a) sessile gemmules with chambered pneumatic layer within tri-layered theca and enveloped by spicular cage of dominant acanthostrongyles, (b) dominant acanthostrongyles and less frequent acanthoxeas-strongyloxeas as megascleres and gemmuloscleres. The new species is characterised by the exclusive presence of a well-developed pneumatic layer in sessile gemmules not described for the genus until now. The new record confirms a Gondwanian track for the genus Corvospongilla and increases the knowledge on Spongillida historical biogeography. In synthesis the present discovery of Corvospongilla in the Malagasy biogeographic province (a) contributes to the assessment of Afrotropical biodiversity, (b) enlarges the geographic range of the genus reducing its disjunct distribution, and (c) focus on the evolutionary history of adaptive morphofunctional traits of resting bodies and life cycle timing in ephemeral water of the south-eastern Austral hemisphere. 

First Record of Moroxylon (Moraceae) from the Neogene of China

IAWA Journal ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-176
Author(s):  
Ya-Fang Yin ◽  
Xiao-Li Liu ◽  
Ye-Ming Cheng
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
First Record ◽  
Fossil Wood ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
Anatomical Features ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Moroxylon, M. xinhuaensis Yin, Liu & Cheng, with wood anatomical features found in modern Morus (Moraceae), is described from the Neogene of Xinhua, Yuanmou Basin, Yunnan Province, southwest China. This wood represents the first fossil wood of Morus reported from Asia. It provides additional data for evaluating relationships between the Neogene floras of Europe and eastern Asia.

scholarly journals A new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae): first record of the genus for Colombia

PhytoKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 87-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Humberto Mendoza-Cifuentes ◽  
William Ariza ◽  
David E. Granados ◽  
Rosana Romero
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
First Record ◽  
Disjunct Distribution ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Guiana Shield ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

Microlicia (Melastomataceae) is a Neotropical genus nearly restricted to southeastern Brazil, and the Guiana Shield in Venezuela, with a few species in some places in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. A new species of Microlicia endemic to the mountains of eastern Andes of Colombia is described and illustrated. Its affinities with other morphologically similar species from Venezuela are also documented. This novelty is the first record of the genus for Colombia and the northern Andes. It is argued that this disjunct distribution of the genus is attributable to the phenomenon of long-distance seed dispersal by wind.

scholarly journals First record of a nonpaleotropical intejocerid cephalopod from Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) strata of central Spain

2019 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-278
Author(s):  
Björn Kröger ◽  
Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Marco
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
First Record ◽  
The United States ◽  
Central Spain ◽  
Middle Ordovician ◽  
A New Species

AbstractThe order Intejocerida is an enigmatic, short-lived cephalopod taxon known previously only from Early–Middle Ordovician beds of Siberia and the United States. Here we report a new genus, Cabaneroceras, and a new species, C. aznari, from Middle Ordovician strata of central Spain. This finding widens the paleogeographic range of the order toward high-paleolatitudinal areas of peri-Gondwana. A curved conch, characteristic for the new genus, was previously unknown from members of the Intejocerida.UUID: http://zoobank.org/21f0a09c-5265-4d29-824b-6b105d36b791

A new species of the genus Odorrana (Amphibia: Ranidae) and the first record of Odorrana bacboensis from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3999 (2) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
YING-YONG WANG ◽  
MICHAEL WAI-NENG LAU ◽  
JIAN-HUAN YANG ◽  
GUO-LING CHEN ◽  
ZU-YAO LIU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Crossodactylodes (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil: first record of genus within the Espinhaço Mountain Range

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3731 (4) ◽  
pp. 552 ◽  
Author(s):  
IZABELA M. BARATA ◽  
MARCUS T.T. SANTOS ◽  
FELIPE S.F. LEITE ◽  
PAULO C.A. GARCIA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Spiroberotha Adams 1989 (Neuroptera: Berothidae) and the first record of the genus in Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4093 (1) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
RENATO JOSE PIRES MACHADO ◽  
TIAGO KÜTTER KROLOW
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
A New Species
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