scholarly journals A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Geostiba Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR I. GUSAROV

Nearctic species of the genus Geostiba Thomson, 1858 are revised. Redescription and illustrations are provided for distinguishing the genus Geostiba from other aleocharine genera. Six new species of Geostiba are described (G. (Sibiota) crepusculigena Gusarov, sp. n. from Tennessee, G. (S.) pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. from North Carolina, G. (S.) coeligena Gusarov, sp. n. and G. (S.) nebuligena Gusarov, sp. n. from Tennessee and North Carolina, G. (S.) appalachigena Gusarov, sp. n. from West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Wisconsin and Québec; G. (S.) silvigena Gusarov, sp. n. from California). Nine species are redescribed (G. (S.) alticola Lohse & Smetana, 1988, G. (S.) balsamensis Pace, 1997, G. (S.) bicarinata Lohse & Smetana, 1988, G. (S.) graveyardensis Pace, 1997 and G. (S.) nubigena Lohse & Smetana, 1988 known from North Carolina, G. (S.) carteriensis Pace, 1997 and G. (S.) nimbicola Lohse & Smetana, 1988 known from Tennessee and North Carolina, G. (S.) impressula (Casey, 1906) known from Oregon, and G. (s. str.) circellaris (Gravenhorst, 1806) introduced from Europe to Newfoundland). A key for identification of Nearctic species of Geostiba is provided. Geostiba impressula (Casey, 1906) is removed from synonymy with G. circellaris. Ditroposipalia Scheerpeltz, 1951 is placed in synonymy with Sibiota Casey, 1906 (a valid subgenus of Geostiba), Geostiba fossata (Casey, 1910) with G. impressula (Casey, 1906), Sipaliella Casey, 1911 with Meotica Mulsant & Rey, 1873 (a valid genus in tribe Oxypodini) and Sipalia (Sipaliella) filaria Casey, 1911 with Meotica pallens (Redtenbacher, 1849). Tylosipalia Scheerpeltz, 1951 is confirmed to be a synonym of Typhlusida Casey, 1906 (a valid subgenus of Geostiba). The lectotype of Sipalia fossata Casey, 1906 is designated. The geographical distribution of Geostiba in the Southern Appalachians is discussed.

Author(s):  
J. M. Pérez

Abstract A description is provided for Sporisorium everhartii. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: No fruits develop in infected parts of the plants. HOSTS: Andropogon glomeratus, A. brachystachys, A. floridanus, A. furcatus, A. geradi, A. glomeratus, A. microstachyus, A. scoparius, A. ternarius, A. virginicus, Gayona densiflora, Hyparrhenia diplandra, H. ruprechtii, Schizachyrium hirtiflorum (A. hirtiflorus), S. tenerum (A. tener) and S. scorparium (Poaceae). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Congo, South Africa (Transvaal). NORTH AMERICA: Mexico, USA (Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia). CENTRAL AMERICA: Cuba. TRANSMISSION: Probably by air-borne teliospores. Wind is the most common dispersal mode of smut teliospores.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Ceratocystis platani (Walter) Engelbrecht & Harrington. Sordariomycetes: Microascales: Ceratocystidaceae. Hosts: Platanus spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (Albania, France, Corsica, Mainland France, Greece, Italy, Mainland Italy, Sicily, Spain, Switzerland), Asia (Turkey), North America (USA, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia).


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Ceratocystis platani (Walter) Engelbr. & T.C. Harr. Ascomycota: Sordariomycetes: Microascales. Hosts: Platanus spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (France, Corsica, Mainland France, Greece, Italy, Sicily, Spain, Switzerland), North America (USA, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia).


1899 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 251-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geo. B. King

(7) Chionapsis furfurus, Fitch; 1856-1869. N.A very common species in Massachusetts, recorded from Amherst, Worcester, Andover, Lawrence, and Methuen, on wild redcherry, pear, wild and cultivated apple, flowering quince, chokeberry, shad-bush, and black alder. It is known from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, West Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, New York, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Georgia, Utah, Kansas, New Jersey, and Washington, D. C., on choke-cherry, wild red cherry, wild and cultivated apple, crab apple, pear, peach, Japan quince, cherry currant, red flowering currant, and European mountain ash.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Phyllachora lespedezae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Desmodium marilandicum, Kummerowia stipulacea (syn. Lespedeza stipulacea), K. striata (syn. L. striata), Lespedeza capitata, L. hirta, L. intermedia (syn. L. frutescens), L. procumbens, L. repens, L. reticulata (possibly a synonym of L. virginica), L. stuevei, L. violacea, L. virginica. DISEASE: Tar spot of leaves. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Canada (Ontario), U.S.A. (Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin). TRANSMISSION: No research has been done, but probably primarily by wind dispersal of ascospores. The stromatic phase is an over-wintering device.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for "Candidatus Phytoplasma fraxini". Bacteria. Hosts: Fraxinus and Syringa species. Information is given on the geographical distribution in North America (Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan, Canada, and Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming, USA).


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Protoventuria alpina, which produces spots on living leaves but is more often encountered as ascomata on dead leaves which may have died as a result of parasitism by the fungus. It occurs in at least some of the habitats where its associated plants are found, including moorland and open conifer woodland. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, habitats, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America (Canada (Newfoundland, Quebec), USA (California, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington)), Europe (Austria, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK)) and hosts (including Arctostaphylos spp.). No reports of negative economic impacts of this fungus have been found.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Pseudovalsa lanciformis. Information on the host range (Betula lenta, B. nigra, B. papyrifera, B. pendula, B. populifolia and B. pubescens), geographical distribution (New Brunswick and Ontario, Canada; Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Vermont, USA; Kazakhstan; Russia; New Zealand; Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greenland; Hungary; Iceland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine; and UK), and dispersal and transmission of the pathogen is presented.


Author(s):  
J. E. M. Mordue

Abstract A description is provided for Sphacelotheca hydropiperis. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Polygonum hydropiper and many other species of Polygonum, mainly in section Persicaria. DISEASE: Flower smut of Polygonum. Infection is systemic. Hyphae in the flower stalk grow through the funicle into the ovule, from which the sorus develops leaving the perianth and stamens unchanged. Infected plants cannot normally set seed, but occasionally a portion of the inflorescence remains uninfected and some seed develops. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Widespread. Africa: Ethiopia; Asia: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, USSR (Central Asia, Turkestan); Australasia and Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea; Europe: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USSR, Yugoslavia; North America: Canada (Newfoundland, NT, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec); Greenland; Mexico; USA (Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, ME, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington State, Wisconsin, Wyoming); South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador (33: 450 & 634). TRANSMISSION: Ustilospores dispersed by wind and water contaminate seed and soil and eventually germinate and infect new season's growth.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Anisogramma virgultorum. Information on the host plants (Betula glandulosa, B. pendula and B. pubescens), geographical distribution (New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Vermont, USA; Czech Republic; Denmark; Eire; Finland; Germany; Greenland; Italy; Latvia; Norway; Russia; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine; and UK), and dispersal and transmission of the pathogen is presented.


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