The imago of Baetodes traverae Mayo, 1972 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae), with a redescription of the nymph

Zootaxa ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 5091 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-572
Author(s):  
KAREN VELÁSQUEZ-RODRÍGUEZ ◽  
ANA A. HUAMANTINCO ◽  
CAROLINA NIETO
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Segment ◽  
Original Description ◽  
The Other ◽  
Terminal Filament

Male imago of Baetodes traverae is described and its nymph is redescribed. The male imago is distinguished from the other known species of the genus by (1) abdominal tubercles absent, (2) turbinate eyes moderately large and not contiguous apically, (3) segment II of forceps without constriction, (4) coxal gills absent, and (5) abdominal tubercles absent. Baetodes traverae nymph is redescribed, with new illustrations aiming to improve the original description done by Mayo (1972). Its nymph has the following characters: (1) terminal filament very short, less than half the length of abdominal segment X, (2) labium with glossae very short, less than half the length of paraglossae, (3) labrum expanded laterally, with submarginal row of four setae, (4) coxal gills absent and (5) abdominal tubercles absent.  

Camelobaetidius francischettii: a new species of Baetidae (Ephemeroptera) from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1027 (1) ◽  
pp. 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. F. SALLES ◽  
M. B. ANDRADE ◽  
E. R. DA-SILVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Abdominal Segment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Fore Tibia ◽  
Labial Palp ◽  
Ventral Margin ◽  
Terminal Filament ◽  
Fore Femur ◽  
A New Species

Camelobaetidius francischettii, new species, is described based on nymphs collected from Alagoas and Rio de Janeiro states, Northeastern and Southeastern Brazil, respectively. The species can be distinguished from the other described species of the genus by the following combination of characters: (1) segment 2 of labial palp with distomedial process rounded and strongly produced; (2) fore femora with prominent protuberance; (3) fore tibia with indentation at apex; (4) ventral margin of fore femur and fore tibia entirely scattered with spines; (5) tarsal claws with 34 to 37 denticles; (6) small thoracic gill at the base of fore coxae; (7) prosternum with a single, medial protuberance; (8) paraprocts with ca. 22 marginal small spines; and (9) terminal filament about as long as the length of the 10 th abdominal segment.

A new species of Isonychia Eaton, 1871 (Ephemeroptera: Isonychiidae) from Kapila River, Central Western Ghats, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4908 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-291
Author(s):  
M. MUTHUKATTURAJA ◽  
C. BALASUBRAMANIAN ◽  
T. RATHINAKUMAR ◽  
K. G. SIVARAMAKRISHNAN ◽  
K. G. SIVARAMAKRISHNAN
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Abdominal Segment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Lateral Projection ◽  
Terminal Filament ◽  
Karnataka State ◽  
Central Western Ghats ◽  
Lateral Margins ◽  
Anterior Segments ◽  
A New Species

Isonychia (Isonychia) radhae n. sp. is described based on larvae and imagoes from Kapila River, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka State, India. The imagoes of I. radhae n. sp. can be distinguished from the other known Oriental species by the following combination of characters: (i) absence of rusty brown maculae in the costal, subcostal, and median areas of forewing; (ii) forelegs dark brown except coxae; (iii) Scattered barbs present in penis; (iv) Second segment of gonostylus long and slender; and (v) sterna of abdominal segment X in female not deeply cleft. Isonychia radhae n. sp. can be distinguished in the larval stage from other known Oriental species by the following combination of characters: (i) tergites II–IV without distinct stripe medially, tergites V–X with a pair vague oblique stripe; (ii) abdominal terga II–IX with median dark brown maculae progressively larger with dark brown slanting streaks in lateral margins; (iii) gills I and II small, tracheae of abdominal gills I–VII unbranched; (iv) postero-lateral projection on anterior segments of abdomen blunt and small, acute on segments VIII–IX and large at on segment IX; (v) median terminal filament slightly shorter than 1/3 length of cerci; (vi) distal segments of cerci dark, basal ¾ of mesal margin of cerci and lateral margin of terminal filament with long thin setae. Revised keys to the known larvae and male imagoes of Oriental species of Isonychia are also provided. 

The Leptobrachium (Anura: Megophryidae) of the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2804 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRYAN L. STUART ◽  
JODI J. L. ROWLEY ◽  
DAO THI ANH TRAN ◽  
DUONG THI THUY LE ◽  
HUY DUC HOANG
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New Species ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Original Description ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Upper Lip ◽  
Southern Vietnam ◽  
A New Species

We sampled two forms of Leptobrachium in syntopy at the type locality of L. pullum at upper elevations on the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam. The two forms differed in morphology (primarily in coloration), mitochondrial DNA, and male advertisement calls. One form closely agrees with the type series of L. pullum (but not to its original description due to error), and the other is described as new. Leptobrachium leucops sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by having small body size (males with SVL 38.8–45.2), the upper one-third to one-half of iris white, a blue scleral arc, a dark venter, and sexually active males without spines on the upper lip. Leptobrachium pullum and L. mouhoti, a recently described species from low-elevation slopes of the Langbian Plateau in eastern Cambodia, are morphologically divergent but genetically similar, warranting further investigation into geographic variation in the red-eyed Leptobrachium of southern Indochina.

scholarly journals The complex vocalization of Scinax cardosoi (Anura: Hylidae), with comments on advertisement calls in the S. ruber Clade

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Ribeiro de Carvalho ◽  
Lucas Borges Martins ◽  
Ariovaldo Antonio Giaretta
Keyword(s):  
Original Description ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The Other ◽  
Single Type ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Advertisement Calls ◽  
Call Duration ◽  
Phenotypic Characters ◽  
Acoustic Data ◽  
Lower Amplitude

The complex vocalization of Scinax cardosoi (Anura: Hylidae), with comments on advertisement calls in the S. ruber Clade. The complex vocalization of Scinax cardosoi from a population of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil is described and compared with available acoustic data for the other species of the S. ruber Clade. Three distinct types of high-pitched, pulsed calls were identified, and are referred to as “short,” “long,” and “trilled” calls. Short calls (16–66 ms) resemble squeaks, and consist of a pulsed signal (8–28 pulses/call) with regular amplitude modulations throughout their duration; the amplitude peak occurs at about the midpoint of the call duration. Long calls (268–518 ms) resemble giggles, and have lower amplitude than short calls; typically, they consist of pulsed note series (1–6 notes/call). Trilled calls resemble insect chirps and have the lowest amplitude of the three call types; they consist of long (1.1–3.0 s) pulsed note series (9–25 notes/call). Acoustic data are taxonomically informative in the Scinax ruber Clade and provide phenotypic characters diagnosing S. cardosoi in addition to those features proposed in its original description. The vocalization repertoire of S. cardosoi resembles the complex vocal repertoires (i.e., multiple call types emitted in variable combinations) of members of the S. catharinae Clade more than some species of the S. ruber Clade, which tend to have simpler call structures (i.e., a single type of multipulsed note).

Notes on a new marine peritrichous ciliate (Ciliophora: Peritrichida), Zoothamnium xuianum n. sp., with redescription of Z. paraentzii Song, 1991 from northern China

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1075 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
PING SUN ◽  
DAODE JI ◽  
WEIBO SONG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Silver Impregnation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Contractile Vacuole

The morphology, infraciliature and silverline system of two marine peritrichous ciliates, Zoothamnium xuianum n. sp. and Z. paraentzii Song, 1991, collected from a shrimp-hatching plant in northern China, were investigated using both in vivo and silver impregnation methods. The new species is recognized by the following characters: colony alternatively branched, zooids in vivo about 45 × 30 μm with single-layered peristomial lip; contractile vacuole apically located; macronucleus band-like and transversely positioned; more than 50 striations from peristomial area to aboral trochal band, about 14 from aboral trochal band to scopula; three equally long kineties in peniculus 3 parallel to each other. Based on both the Qingdao population and the original description, an improved diagnosis for Z. paraentzii is suggested: marine Zoothamnium with irregularly dichotomously branched stalk; zooid 50–80 × 25–45 μm in vivo with single-layered peristomial lip; contractile vacuole apically positioned; macronucleus C-shaped, transversely orientated; number of silverlines between anterior end and aboral trochal band about 75–83, between aboral trochal band and scopula, 28–33; inner row of peniculus 3 displaced from the other two and converges with peniculus 1 at aboral end.

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.

Redescription of the rare South American worm lizard Amphisbaena rozei (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrique C. Costa ◽  
Josefa Celsa Señaris ◽  
Fernando J.M. Rojas-Runjaic ◽  
Hussam Zaher ◽  
Paulo C.A. Garcia
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
The Other ◽  
South American ◽  
Type Specimens

Amphisbaena rozeiis endemic to the Caura River basin in Venezuela, and known only from the holotype and one paratype. Its original description is very brief, lacking relevant information used by taxonomists today. Additionally,A. rozeiappears to be similar toA. spurrelli, a species from northwestern Colombia and southern Panama. We present a redescription ofA. rozeibased on the examination of the type specimens and compare this taxon to the other known South American amphisbaenids, especiallyA. spurrelli. We concludeA. rozeiis a valid name, and the species is diagnosed mainly by the presence of four precloacal pores, a lateral sulcus, 205–209 body annuli, 20 caudal annuli, 15–16 dorsal and 14 ventral segments on a midbody annulus, and dorsal surface of tail covered by strong tubercles.

Larval morphology and analysis of primary chaetotaxy in the genus  Suphis Aubé, 1836 (Coleoptera: Noteridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4619 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUAN I. URCOLA ◽  
YVES ALARIE ◽  
CESAR J. BENETTI ◽  
GEORGINA RODRIGUEZ ◽  
MARIANO C. MICHAT
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Segment ◽  
Distal Portion ◽  
The Other ◽  
Larval Morphology ◽  
Larval Instars ◽  
Ancestral Condition ◽  
Ground Plan ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Segment Viii ◽  
First Time

The three larval instars of Suphis cimicoides Aubé, 1837 are described and illustrated, including morphometric and chaetotaxic analyses of the cephalic capsule, head appendages, legs, last abdominal segment and urogomphus. A preliminary ground plan of primary chaetotaxy for noterid larvae is presented for the first time, based on the species described herein and examination of larvae of the genera Hydrocanthus Say, 1823 and Suphisellus Crotch, 1873. This ground plan is compared with previous systems proposed for other adephagan families. Larvae of Noteridae can be distinguished from those of other families of Hydradephaga by the following combination of characters: (1) antennomere 3 with a rugged area on distal portion; (2) abdominal segment VIII with a U-shaped wavy membranous area ventrally; (3) absence of pore FRd; and (4) presence of seta AB16. Several sensilla present in noterid larvae (notably setae TR2 and TA1 and pores PAl, PAm, COd, TRb and FEb) are absent in larvae of Meruidae. On the contrary, parietal seta PA5 is present in Meruidae but absent in Noteridae. The presence of pore COc in Noteridae may indicate that this family has retained the ancestral condition found only in Carabidae. On the other hand, the absence of setae FE7, FE8, FE9 and FE10 in Noteridae is similar to the condition found in Carabidae, Gyrinidae and Meruidae. 

The systematics of the south-east Asian genus Fangensis Rambla (Opiliones:Cyphophthalmi:Stylocellidae)

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Schwendinger ◽  
Gonzalo Giribet
Keyword(s):  
East Asian ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Ribosomal Genes ◽  
The Other ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
New Material ◽  
Three New Species

The hitherto monotypic opilionid genus Fangensis Rambla, 1994 is re-evaluated from new material collected in northern, western and southern Thailand. The original description of F. leclerci Rambla (type material not traceable) was based on specimens belonging to at least three distinct species. Fangensis leclerci is thus redefined and the binomen restricted to specimens from a cave in northern Thailand only. Three new species are described, F. spelaeus, sp. nov. and F. cavernarus, sp. nov. from two caves in western Thailand and F. insulanus, sp. nov. from forests on two islands in southern Thailand. Taxonomic characters are discussed and relationships among Fangensis species and between Fangensis and other cyphophthalmids are evaluated using morphological data and ~4 Kb of molecular data from three loci, two nuclear ribosomal genes and a mitochondrial coding gene. Overall, data indicate monophyly of Stylocellidae and morphological and ribosomal data suggest monophyly of Fangensis, which is in turn divided into two clades, one composed of the three species from northern and western Thailand and the other represented by the species from southern Thailand. Observations on mating in F. leclerci are provided.

Redescription of Lophoura gracilis (Wilson, 1919) (Copepoda: Sphyriidae) from Synaphobranchus kaupi in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 2940-2943 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Hogans ◽  
Michael J. Dadswell
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Original Description ◽  
The Other ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Scotian Shelf ◽  
Northwest Atlantic

The mesoparasitic copepod Lophoura gracilis is redescribed from eight female specimens recovered from synaphobranchid eels captured at 600 m on the Scotian Shelf. This is the first documentation of L. gracilis since the original description. We conclude that L. gracilis is a valid species distinct from the other North Atlantic representatives of this genus.

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