A new species of sucking louse (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) from the pale field rat, Rattus tunneyi (Rodentia: Muridae), in Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 5091 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
WEI WANG ◽  
LANCE A. DURDEN ◽  
RENFU SHAO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Introduced Species ◽  
Rodent Species ◽  
Louse Species ◽  
A New Species

We describe and illustrate a new species of sucking louse, Hoplopleura tunneya new species, from the Australian pale field rat, Rattus tunneyi Thomas (Rodentia: Muridae). Currently, 22 species of the genus Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904 (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) are known from Australian endemic rodents. Among the seven “new endemic” rodent species of the genus Rattus in Australia, R. tunneyi is one of five hosts to Hoplopleura lice. In addition, we give a list of all the species of Hoplopleura known from Australian endemic rodents. Including the introduced species Polyplax spinulosa, the total number of sucking louse species known from Australian endemic rodents is now 24.  

scholarly journals The identity of the ascidians Styela mammiculata Carlisle and S. clava Herdman

1960 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Millar
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Introduced Species ◽  
South Coast ◽  
The South ◽  
The World ◽  
Favourable Environment ◽  
Range Of Variation ◽  
A New Species

Carlisle (1954) described Styela mammiculata, a new species of stalked ascidian from the Plymouth area, and suggested that it had been brought into British waters, probably with oysters. Its recent discovery on other parts of the south coast of England (Houghton & Millar, 1960) supports the idea that it is an introduced species which is now spreading through a favourable environment. It is well, therefore, to consider whether this may not be a species known from another part of the world. Tokioka (1955) examined one of Carlisle's specimens and suggested that it fell within the range of variation of S. clava Herdman. As many specimens of S.mammiculata are now available, a more extensive comparison has been made and is reported in this paper.

scholarly journals A new species of Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe (Araneae, Sicariidae), with updated distribution records and biogeographical comments for the species from Mexico, including a new record of Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 802 ◽  
pp. 39-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Valdez-Mondragón ◽  
Mayra R. Cortez-Roldán ◽  
Alma R. Juárez-Sánchez ◽  
Karen P. Solís-Catalán
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Introduced Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Baja California Sur ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Data Bases ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the spider genusLoxoscelesHeineken & Lowe, 1832,Loxoscelesmalintzisp. n., is described from the states of Puebla, Morelos and Guerrero, in the central region of Mexico. The description is based on adult males and females with morphological and ultra-morphological images. Updated distribution maps are provided for the 39 species recorded from the Mexican territory (including the new species). The states with the greatest diversity are Baja California Sur, Baja California and Sonora, with five species each. A total of 441 records for the 39 species, based on arachnological collections, data bases and literature, were used to update the distribution maps.LoxoscelesbonetiGertsch, 1958 is the species with the highest number of records in Mexico, with a total of 58 records from different localities. The states with the most records so far are Guerrero, with 55 records, Morelos, with 35 records, and Baja California Sur, with 30 records.Loxoscelesrufescens(Dufour, 1820), an introduced species, is recorded for the second time in Mexico, from the state of Chihuahua, being the first well-documented record for the country. Mexico has the greatest diversity of species ofLoxoscelesworldwide, with 39 (two introduced species) of the 134 described species. Additionally, biogeographical comments for the species from Mexico are provided.

Review of the Fern Aphids in North America With Descriptions of a New Species and a New Genus

1966 ◽  
Vol 98 (12) ◽  
pp. 1252-1259 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Introduced Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
A New Species

AbstractSeven indigenous and four introduced species of aphids occur on ferns (Polypodiaceae) in North America. A new species,Macrosiphum cystopteris, is described, andMacrosiphum sleesmaniPepper is designated as type of a new genusPapulaphis.

scholarly journals A revision of Strigiphilus (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4779 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-521
Author(s):  
MEGUMI SHIMADA ◽  
KAZUNORI YOSHIZAWA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Japanese Species ◽  
Strix Aluco ◽  
Type Host ◽  
New Hosts ◽  
Louse Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The Japanese species of the genus Strigiphilus Mjöberg, 1910 (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) are revised. Six species are recorded, including a new species belonging to the cursitans species-group: Strigiphilus stenocephalus new species, described from the type host Otus bakkamoena semitorques and based on specimens originally identified and reported by Uchida (1949) as Strigiphilus rostratus (Burmeister, 1838). A lectotype for Strigiphilus laticephalus (Uchida, 1949) (type host: Strix aluco yamadae) is designated and redescribed, and this louse species is synonymized under Strigiphilus cursor (Burmeister, 1838). Strigiphilus ceblebrachys (Denny, 1842), S. heterogenitalis Emerson & Elbel, 1957 and S. tuleskovi Balát, 1958 are recorded for the first time in Japan. Also, Strix uralensis and Otus sunia japonicus are recorded as new hosts for Strigiphilus heterogenitalis and S. tuleskovi respectively. 

Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from parrots and parakeets of the genera Cyanoliseus and Enicognathus in Chile and Argentina, with descriptions of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2117 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARMANDO CICCHINO ◽  
DANIEL GONZÁLEZ-ACUÑA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
Southern Chile ◽  
New Host ◽  
Chewing Lice ◽  
Louse Species ◽  
Close Relatives ◽  
A New Species

The following three species of parrots: Enicognathus leptorhynchus (King) (Choroy = Slender-billed Parakeet), E. ferrugineus (-Müller) (Cachaña = Austral Parakeet) and Cyanoliseus patagonus (Vieillot) (Tricahue or Barranquero Parrot = Burrowing Parrot) from Southern Chile and Argentina were examined for chewing lice. Four louse species were found: Psittacobrossus patagoni Price and Beer and Heteromenopon macrurum (Eichler) ex the Austral Parakeet, Paragoniocotes meridionalis Guimarães, H. macrurum and P. patagoni ex the Burrowing Parrot, and H. macrurum and a new species of Paragoniocotes Cummings ex the Slender-billed Parakeet and the Austral Parakeet. P. meriodionalis is a new record for Chilean fauna, and E. leptorhynchus is a new host for H. macrurum. Paragoniocotes enicognathidis n. sp. is described and illustrated, discussing the morphological affinities with its close relatives.

Chewing lice from the white-rumped vulture in Nepal, with description of a new species of Aegypoecus

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4691 (5) ◽  
pp. 491-500
Author(s):  
PRATICHHYA SHRESTHA ◽  
BILAL DIK ◽  
MAHENDRA MAHARJAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Chewing Lice ◽  
Louse Species ◽  
Gyps Bengalensis ◽  
A New Species

The purpose of this study was to record the species of chewing lice parasitising Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, 1788), the white-rumped vulture, in Pithauli, Nawalparasi District, Nepal, from February to June 2017. Three louse species were identified: Cuculiphilus (Aegypiphilus) gypsis (Eichler, 1944), Colpocephalum sp., and the new species Aegypoecus bengalensis, described herein. 

Three new species of the sucking louse genus Hoplopleura (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) from rodents (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) in northern Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4247 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAYLEE J. WEAVER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Rodent Species ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Cape York ◽  
Louse Species ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species of the rodent louse genus Hoplopleura (Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) are described and illustrated from Australia: H. melomydis new species from Melomys burtoni (Muridae: Hydromyini, grassland melomys) and M. capensis (Muridae: Hydromyini, Cape York melomys) from Queensland; H. notomydis new species and H. setosa new species from Notomys alexis (Muridae: Hydromyini, spinifex hopping mouse) from the Northern Territory. These new louse species are the first lice recorded from each of the three host rodent species. 

The terrestrial herpetofauna of Torres and Banks Groups (northern Vanuatu), with report of a new species for Vanuatu

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2198 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
IVAN INEICH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Introduced Species ◽  
Solomon Island ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Field Trip ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
The North ◽  
Island Group ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A recent herpetological field trip to the Torres Group, an island group located at the northernmost border of Vanuatu, about 150 km from the southernmost Solomon Islands, allowed the collection of about 300 reptile specimens. Among these, Lepidodactylus guppyi is a new species record for Vanuatu. I also provide many new species records for the Torres Group, including two recently introduced species. The terrestrial herpetofauna of the islands of the Torres Group is reviewed for the first time and compared (1) to that of the Solomon Islands and particularly the southern Solomon island groups (Santa Cruz Group) bordering the Torres Group in the north, (2) to the remainder of Vanuatu and particularly Espiritu Santo Island which I recently surveyed, and (3) to a neighbouring group of islands in northern Vanuatu, the Banks Group. The Banks and Torres Groups share the same herpetofauna and their affinities are much stronger to the remainder of Vanuatu than to the southern Solomon Islands, thus suggesting their similar paleopositions during Melanesian arc movements.

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