First record of an extant species of the family Stenurothripidae from China (Insecta:Thysanoptera)

The Cameroon Scaly-tail Zenkerella insignis is the only known extant species in the family Zenkerellidae. It is a rare mammal endemic to the thick rainforests of central and western Africa. This species is so rarely encountered that the first picture of a live specimen was taken in 2015. We encountered and photographed the elusive scaly-tail in the core zone of Omo Forest Reserve in Nigeria in May 2019. Its behaviour was also observed. This sighting is the first record of the Cameroon Scaly-tail in Nigeria and a significant westward range extension.

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A revision of the genus Conocrinus d’Orbigny, 1850 (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Rhizocrinidae) and its place among extant and fossil crinoids with a xenomorphic stalk

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4560.1.3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4560 (1) ◽

pp. 51 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

MICHEL ROUX ◽

MARC ELÉAUME ◽

NADIA AMÉZIANE

Keyword(s):

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

First Record ◽

New Genera ◽

Fossil Species ◽

Extinct Species ◽

Extant Genus ◽

Extant Species ◽

The Family ◽

Lower Campanian

The genus Conocrinus d’Orbigny, 1850 (Crinoidea, Bourgueticrinina) was established on the basis of two aboral cups that had previously been described as Bourgueticrinus thorenti d’Archiac, 1846. One of these (now considered lost) came from the “Rocher du Goulet” at the base of the Biarritz section (Bartonian, Côte des Basques, southwest France). D’Archiac figured only the second cup; this belongs to the d’Orbigny Collection and is still housed in the palaeontological collection of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris) as the lectotype of the species, C. thorenti. It appears that it was collected from Priabonian levels exposed near Castellane (Alpes de Haute Provence, southeast France). New observations on this cup, as well as a detailed study of the characters of aboral cups, columnals and proximal brachials in a few extant and fossil species classically attributed to Conocrinus or to closely related genera such as Democrinus, Rhizocrinus and Tormocrinus, have yielded arguments for a revision of the taxonomy and interrelationships of extant and fossil taxa in the family Bourgueticrinidae. Conocrinus (= Tormocrinus), as here interpreted, includes six Eocene species: C. thorenti, C. archiaci, C. cahuzaci n. sp., C. duperrieri, C. cf. suessi and C. veronensis. Numerous extinct species previously attributed to Conocrinus or Democrinus are here transferred to two new genera which first occur in the lower Paleocene: Paraconocrinus n. gen. (type species: P. pyriformis) and Pseudoconocrinus n. gen. (type species: P. doncieuxi). Aboral cups from the “Rocher du Goulet” (Biarritz) are here assigned to Paraconocrinus pellati n. gen., n. sp., while the Danian species Democrinus maximus is transferred to Pseudoconocrinus n. gen. A new genus, Cherbonniericrinus, is created to accommodate a single extant species, Ch. cherbonnieri, previously attributed to Conocrinus, while the extant genus Rhizocrinus, closely related to Democrinus, is resurrected. Conocrinus and closely related genera are derived from a bourgueticrinine lineage the first record of which is from the lower Campanian, with the new genus Carstenicrinus. These are all attributed to the family Rhizocrinidae which is here considered distinct from the family Bourgueticrinidae. Rhizocrinids rapidly diversified immediately after the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/Pg) event. Cretaceous taxa previously placed within the family Bourgueticrinidae now appear to be polyphyletic. Some of them do not belong to Bourgueticrinina, such as those of the Dunnicrinus lineage. Interrelationships of Rhizocrinidae and other post-Palaeozoic families having a xenomorphic stalk are discussed.

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Diverse Milichiella Giglio-Tos (Diptera: Milichiidae) in Miocene Dominican amber

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/187631206788831498 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 17-26

Author(s):

Irina Brake

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

Species Level ◽

Fossil Species ◽

Dominican Amber ◽

Extant Species ◽

The Family ◽

First Descriptions

AbstractSeven new species of Milichiella are described from Dominican amber: M. archaia n. sp., M. dolichosurstyla n. sp., M. dominicana n. sp., M. hennigi n. sp., M. margaretae n. sp., M. quadrisetosa n. sp., and M. theodori n. sp. These species represent the first record of the sub-family Milichiinae in amber and the first descriptions of the family in Dominican amber. The fossil species differ from extant species only in species-level details except M. archaia, which probably belongs to the stemline of Milichiella + Ulia.

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Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene

Communications Biology ◽

10.1038/s42003-021-01714-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Martin Košťák ◽

Ján Schlögl ◽

Dirk Fuchs ◽

Katarína Holcová ◽

Natalia Hudáčková ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Deep Sea ◽

First Record ◽

Low Oxygen ◽

Central Paratethys ◽

Extant Species ◽

Physiological Adaptations ◽

The Family ◽

Geochemical Analyses ◽

Vampyroteuthis Infernalis ◽

Early Cenozoic

AbstractA marked 120 My gap in the fossil record of vampire squids separates the only extant species (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) from its Early Cretaceous, morphologically-similar ancestors. While the extant species possesses unique physiological adaptations to bathyal environments with low oxygen concentrations, Mesozoic vampyromorphs inhabited epicontinental shelves. However, the timing of their retreat towards bathyal and oxygen-depleted habitats is poorly documented. Here, we document a first record of a post-Mesozoic vampire squid from the Oligocene of the Central Paratethys represented by a vampyromorph gladius. We assignNecroteuthis hungaricato the family Vampyroteuthidae that links Mesozoic loligosepiids with RecentVampyroteuthis. Micropalaeontological, palaeoecological, and geochemical analyses demonstrate thatNecroteuthis hungaricainhabited bathyal environments with bottom-water anoxia and high primary productivity in salinity-stratified Central Paratethys basins. Vampire squids were thus adapted to bathyal, oxygen-depleted habitats at least since the Oligocene. We suggest that the Cretaceous and the early Cenozoic OMZs triggered their deep-sea specialization.

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The first record of Tischeriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Madagascar, with description of Coptotriche alavelona sp. n. and an updated distributional checklist of Afrotropical Tischeriidae

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1645.1.3 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1645 (1) ◽

pp. 35-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

DAVID C. LEES ◽

JONAS R. STONIS

Keyword(s):

Male Genitalia ◽

First Record ◽

High Elevation ◽

Distribution Map ◽

The Family ◽

Moist Forest ◽

First Time

The family Tischeriidae is recorded from Madagascar for the first time. Coptotriche alavelona Lees and Stonis, sp. n., is described from high elevation tropical moist forest of Madagascar, and its proposed generic placement discussed. DNA of this species has been extracted and conserved for future phylogenetic or barcoding studies. The external features and male genitalia are figured and described. An updated checklist and a distribution map for all 13 Tischeriidae species currently recorded from the Afrotropics are provided.

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Three new cribrimorph bryozoans (order Cheilostomatida) from the early Miocene of Argentina, with a discussion on spinocystal shield morphologies

Journal of Paleontology ◽

10.1017/jpa.2020.108 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Juan López-Gappa ◽

Leandro M. Pérez ◽

Ana C.S. Almeida ◽

Débora Iturra ◽

Dennis P. Gordon ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Type Species ◽

Systematic Position ◽

Early Miocene ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Fossil Species ◽

Extant Species ◽

The Family ◽

Subjective Synonym

Abstract Bryozoans with calcified frontal shields formed by the fusion of costae, collectively constituting a spinocyst, are traditionally assigned to the family Cribrilinidae. Today, this family is regarded as nonmonophyletic. In the Argentine Cenozoic, cribrilinids were until recently represented by only two fossil species from the Paleocene of Patagonia. This study describes the first fossil representatives of Jolietina and Parafigularia: J. victoria n. sp. and P. pigafettai n. sp., respectively. A fossil species of Figularia, F. elcanoi n. sp., is also described. The material comes from the early Miocene of the Monte León and Chenque formations (Patagonia, Argentina). For comparison, we also provide redescriptions of the remaining extant species of Jolietina: J. latimarginata (Busk, 1884) and J. pulchra Canu and Bassler, 1928a. The systematic position of some species previously assigned to Figularia is here discussed. Costafigularia n. gen. is erected, with Figularia pulcherrima Tilbrook, Hayward, and Gordon, 2001 as type species. Two species previously assigned to Figularia are here transferred to Costafigularia, resulting in C. jucunda n. comb. and C. tahitiensis n. comb. One species of Figularia is reassigned to Vitrimurella, resulting in V. ampla n. comb. The family Vitrimurellidae is here reassigned to the superfamily Cribrilinoidea. The subgenus Juxtacribrilina is elevated to genus rank. Inferusia is regarded as a subjective synonym of Parafigularia. Parafigularia darwini Moyano, 2011 is synonymized with I. taylori Kuklinski and Barnes, 2009, resulting in Parafigularia taylori n. comb. Morphological data suggest that these genera comprise different lineages, and a discussion on the disparities among cribrilinid (sensu lato) spinocysts is provided. UUID: http://zoobank.org/215957d3-064b-47e2-9090-d0309f6c9cd8

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Review of Eohiodon (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha) from western North America, with a phylogenetic reassessment of Hiodontidae

Journal of Paleontology ◽

10.1017/s0022336000036064 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 71 (6) ◽

pp. 1109-1124 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Li Guo-Qing ◽

Mark V. H. Wilson ◽

Lance Grande

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Sister Group ◽

Sensu Stricto ◽

Valid Species ◽

Western North America ◽

Extant Species ◽

The Family ◽

Fossil Records ◽

Fossil Genus ◽

Freshwater Teleosts

Review of recently collected material of Eohiodon from North America suggests that there are two valid species, E. rosei (Hussakof) and E. woodroffi Wilson. Eohiodon falcatus Grande is identical to E. woodruffi in known skeletal features and nearly all meristic features and is treated as a junior synonym of the latter. The fossil genus Eohiodon Cavender differs from Hiodon Lesueur, which is known from both fossil and extant species, in numerous meristic and osteological features. The caudal skeleton in Eohiodon is nearly identical to that in Hiodon.The traditionally accepted Notopteroidei, containing Lycopteridae, Hiodontidae, and Notopteridae, is a polypheletic group. The Asian fossil family Lycopteridae is not more closely related to Hiodontidae than it is to other taxa in the Osteoglossomorpha, but is sister to all other Osteoglossomorpha. The Hiodontiformes sensu stricto, including only the family Hiodontidae, is the sister-group of the Osteoglossiformes. This family is not more closely related to notopterids than to other taxa in Osteoglossiformes. The Notopteridae are most closely related to the Mormyroidea; together they and the fossil family Ostariostomidae constitute the sister-group of the Osteoglossoidei.Fossil records of Hiodontiformes sensu stricto and Notopteroidei indicate a widespread pre-Neogene biogeographic range of these freshwater teleosts, suggesting that extinction must have been involved in the Cenozoic evolution of these two osteoglossomorph sublineages.

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Two new species of the genus Syngastes (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Tegastidae) from South Korea

Crustaceana ◽

10.1163/15685403-00003533 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 89 (4) ◽

pp. 431-458 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jong Guk Kim ◽

Tae Won Jung ◽

Jong Guk Kim ◽

Tae Won Jung ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South Korea ◽

First Record ◽

Exopodal Segment ◽

Key To Species ◽

Korean Waters ◽

The Family ◽

Two New Species ◽

Almost All

Herein two new species of the genusSyngastesMonard, 1924 are described from South Korea, with detailed descriptions and illustrations. Both new copepods,Syngastesmulticavussp. nov. andS. pseudofoveatussp. nov., have two inner setae on the first exopodal segment of P2 and P3.Syngastesmulticavussp. nov. most closely resemblesS. gibbosusBartsch, 1999 reported from Australia, as they both have a five-segmented antennule in the female. However,Syngastesmulticavussp. nov. has a rounded body outline instead of the gibbose outline observed inS. gibbosus.Syngastespseudofoveatussp. nov. resemblesS. foveatusBartsch, 1994 in almost all aspects. However, they differ clearly in the number of setae on the first exopodal segment of P2 and P3. We also provide a key to species of the genusSyngastesworldwide. The present study is the first record of the family Tegastidae in Korean waters.

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A new species of the genus Isoperla (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) from TIANMU MOUNTAIN NATURE RESERVE, China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4504.2.8 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4504 (2) ◽

pp. 276

Author(s):

QING-BO HUO ◽

YU-ZHOU DU

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

First Record ◽

Ventral Surface ◽

Zhejiang Province ◽

The Family ◽

A New Species ◽

Coastal China

A species of the genus Isoperla Banks, 1906, I. oncocauda Huo & Du, sp. nov. is described as new to science and is the first record for the family Perlodidae from the Tianmu Mountain Nature Reserve, Zhejiang Province of eastern coastal China. Both sexes of the new species are characterized by tergum 10 with a developed process. The partially extruded aedeagus of the male is membranous without conspicuous larger sclerites and with the ventral surface covered with dense scale-like and nail-shaped spines.

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Caryospora bigenetica (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in South America: new hosts and distribution records

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária ◽

10.1590/s1984-29612015002 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 101-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lúcio André Viana ◽

Kamilla Costa Mecchi ◽

Leonardo França do Nascimento ◽

Heitor Miraglia Herrera ◽

Paula Helena Santa-Rita ◽

...

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Polar Granule ◽

First Record ◽

Stieda Body ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Sporocyst Residuum ◽

The Family ◽

New Hosts ◽

Crotalus Durissus ◽

Bothrops Moojeni

The coccidian Caryospora bigenetica was first described in the snake Crotalus horridus (Viperidae) from United States of America. This study represents the first record of the occurrence of C. bigenetica in snakes in South America. Feces were sampled between November 2013 and May 2014 from 256 wild snakes maintained in scientific breeding facilities in the states of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS; n = 214) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ; n = 42), Brazil. Caryospora bigenetica was found in 14 (5.6%) snakes, all belonging to the family Viperidae. Ten Bothrops moojeni and two Crotalus durissus from MS were infected. The coccidian was also found in one C. durissus and in one Bothrops jararacussu from the state of RJ. The oocysts were spherical with a double wall, the exterior lightly mammillated, striations apparent in transverse view, 13.0 µm (12 – 14); polar granule fixed in the internal wall. Sporocysts oval or pyriform, 10.0 × 8.0 µm (9 – 11 × 8 – 9); Stieda body discoid; sub-Stieda body present; sporocyst residuum present, formed by a group of spheroid bodies between sporozoites. This study increases the number of viperid hosts of C. bigenetica and expands the geographical distribution to South America.

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