Systematic Review of Endemic Sulawesi Squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae), with Descriptions of New Species of Associated Sucking Lice (Insecta, Anoplura), and Phylogenetic and Zoogeographic Assessments of Sciurid Lice

A systematic review of the genus Abiskomyia Edwards, 1937 is presented based on materials from the Russian Far East and bordering territories. Three new species: A. korbokhon sp. nov., A. levanidovi sp. nov., A. rivalis sp. nov. and one subspecies A. virgo orientalis subsp. nov. are described and figured. Emended generic diagnoses and keys to determination of adult males, pupae and fourth instar larvae of all known species and subspecies of the Abiskomyia of the Palaearctic region are provided.

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Systematic review of Atractus schach (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) species complex from the Guiana Shield with description of three new species

Systematics and Biodiversity ◽

10.1080/14772000.2019.1611674 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 207-229 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Paulo Roberto Melo-Sampaio ◽

Paulo Passos ◽

Antoine Fouquet ◽

Ana Lucia Da Costa Prudente ◽

Omar Torres-Carvajal

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

New Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Guiana Shield ◽

Three New Species

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A new species of Temnocephala (Platyhelminthes) with an unusual pharynx, including an amendment of the diagnosis of the genus

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4378.3.2 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4378 (3) ◽

pp. 323 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

RODRIGO PONCE DE LEÓN ◽

ODILE VOLONTERIO

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

New Species ◽

Seminal Vesicle ◽

Sympatric Species ◽

Lower Number ◽

The Other ◽

Nematode Larvae ◽

Fourth Species ◽

Normal Work ◽

A New Species

Three species of Temnocephala have been reported on Aegla from Uruguay: Temnocephala axenos, Temnocephala mertoni and Temnocephala talicei. As part of a systematic review of the Uruguayan species of Temnocephala, a fourth species was found on Aegla platensis and Aegla uruguayana. This species, new for the genus, has the following diagnostic characters: Large temnocephalan; slightly curved penial stylet (225 µm in length) with a symmetrical introvert (27 long by 18 µm in diameter) that has at least 44 spine-like projections, each bearing 7 rows of internal spines; a seminal vesicle that opens sub-polarly into the contractile vesicle; a muscular vagina with a strong asymmetrical sphincter; preequatorial nephridiopores close to the internal borders of the elongate-oval excretory syncytia; a large pharynx with anterior and posterior sphincters of about the same diameter and a narrow pharyngeal lumen with nearly uniform width. To contemplate the characters of the pharynx, an amendment of the genus Temnocephala is given. The new species resembles Temnocephala cyanoglandula, which also has a very long, slightly curved penial stylet, but differs from it by having a shorter penial stylet, a lower number of rows of spines in the introvert, a larger, different type of pharynx, a smaller contractile vesicle and a larger sucker. The new species is carnivorous and feeds on whole preys, which are mainly annelids (Stratiodrilus) and other species of Temnocephala. The new species was found to be hyperparasitised by plerocercoid and nematode larvae, but hyperparasites were not found in the other sympatric species of Temnocephala. Based on the findings presented here, it is clear that detailed histological descriptions of the pharynx should be contemplated as part of the normal work in taxonomy of temnocephalans.

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Eight New Species of Sucking Lice (Psocodea: Phthiraptera) From Endemic Murine Rodents in Australia and an Updated Identification Key

Journal of Medical Entomology ◽

10.1093/jme/tjaa206 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Wei Wang ◽

Lance A Durden ◽

Haylee Weaver ◽

Renfu Shao

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Host Species ◽

Identification Key ◽

Museum Specimens ◽

Dichotomous Key ◽

Sucking Lice ◽

Single Host ◽

Murine Rodents ◽

Louse Species ◽

Comprehensive Study

Abstract Based on a comprehensive study of museum specimens, eight new species of sucking lice of the genus Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904 (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae), are described from six genera of Australian Old Endemic rodents: Conilurus Ogilby, 1838 (Rodentia: Muridae), Leggadina Thomas, 1910 (Rodentia: Muridae), Leporillus Thomas, 1906 (Rodentia: Muridae), Mesembriomys Palmer, 1906 (Rodentia: Muridae), Pogonomys Milne-Edwards, 1877 (Rodentia: Muridae), and Xeromys Thomas, 1889 (Rodentia: Muridae). The description of these new species increases the number of sucking louse species from endemic Australian rodents from 13 to 21 and extends the records of sucking lice to all of the 14 genera of endemic rodents in Australia. Our results show that sucking lice are much more diverse among rodents in Australia than previously known. Furthermore, the Australian Hoplopleura species are host specific—each Hoplopleura species, including the eight new species described in the present study, parasitizes only a single host species, except Hoplopleura irritans Kuhn and Ludwig, 1967 (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae) and Hoplopleura melomydis Weaver, 2017 (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae), each of which is found on two host species. An updated dichotomous key for identifying Australian Hoplopleura species is included.

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Two New Species of Sucking Lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae and Polyplacidae) from Grant's Rock Mouse, Micaelamys granti, in South Africa

Journal of Parasitology ◽

10.1645/19-187 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 106 (4) ◽

pp. 478

Author(s):

Lance A. Durden ◽

Sonja Matthee ◽

Johannes C. Bothma ◽

Stephen E. Greiman ◽

Conrad A. Matthee

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Two New Species ◽

Sucking Lice

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Systematic Review of New Guinea Leptomys (Muridae, Murinae) with Descriptions of Two New Species

American Museum Novitates ◽

10.1206/587.1 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 3624 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Guy G. Musser ◽

Kristofer M. Helgen ◽

Darrin P. Lunde

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

New Species ◽

New Guinea ◽

Two New Species

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A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.860.33597 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 860 ◽

pp. 67-182

Author(s):

Elizabeth Anne Horvath

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

New Species ◽

Natural History ◽

Species Identification ◽

Coral Species ◽

Santa Barbara ◽

Gorgonian Coral ◽

The Family ◽

Research Collection ◽

A New Species

Gorgonian coral specimens from the Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae held in the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH) were reviewed and evaluated for species identification. The specimens were collected from within, and adjacent areas of, the California Bight. The SBMNH collection has encompassed within it a large percentage of specimens collected by the Allan Hancock Foundation (AHF) ‘Velero’ Expeditions of 1931–1941 and 1948–1985. This historic collection displays an emphasis on species belonging to the Holaxonia, particularly the gorgoniids and plexaurids; thus, this second part presents a thorough discussion of well-known genera from within the California Bight, with more extensive discussions of several genera that have historically, and currently, led to confusion (and thus, misidentification). A brief discussion of a California Bight grouping, referred to within as the “red whips,” is presented; this grouping encompasses several species with very similar colony appearance across a number of genera. Two species, the gorgoniid Leptogorgiachilensis (Verrill, 1868) and the plexaurid Chromoplexauramarki (Kükenthal, 1913) each required the designation of a neotype from within the collection. A new species in the genus Eugorgia Verrill, 1868, a whip or thread-like form belonging to the family Gorgoniidae, is described. One additional plexaurid genus (Placogorgia) is discussed, a genus not commonly reported for the California Bight region. This is the first comprehensive work, in three parts, focusing on all species of gorgonian coral known to inhabit the California Bight. This paper, Part II of the full work, continues the systematic review of all species represented in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection begun in Part I.

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A systematic review of the genus Dila Fischer von Waldheim, 1844 (= Caenoblaps König, 1906, syn.n.) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Caucasus, Turkey and boundary territories of Iran

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/1876312x-00001006 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 51 (4) ◽

pp. 753-783 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ivan Chigray ◽

Maxim Nabozhenko ◽

Gayirbeg Abdurakhmanov ◽

Bekir Keskin

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

New Species ◽

The Caucasus ◽

Taxonomic Review ◽

Taxonomic History ◽

Three New Species ◽

West Azerbaijan ◽

New Synonymy ◽

Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

The taxonomic history, composition, morphology, distribution, and bionomics of the genus Dila Fischer von Waldheim, 1844 are discussed. The following new generic synonymy is established: Dila Fischer von Waldheim, 1844 = Caenoblaps König, 1906, syn.n. As a result, four species are transferred from Caenoblaps to the genus Dila: Dila difformis (König, 1906), comb.n., Dila nitida (Schuster, 1920), comb.n., Dila baeckmanni (Schuster, 1928), comb.n., Dila kulzeri (Schuster, 1928), comb.n. A new synonymy is established: Blaps kulzeri Pierre, 1964 = Caenoblaps kulzeriana Pierre, 1964, syn.n. A taxonomic review of the eight known Caucasian, Turkish and Iranian species is given. Lectotypes of Caenoblaps nitida and Caenoblaps difformis are designated. Three new species are described: Dila hakkarica sp.n. and Dila svetlanae sp.n. from the Hakkary Province of Turkey and Dila crenatopunctata sp.n. from West Azerbaijan Province of Iran. The position of the genus Dila within the tribe Blaptini and subtribal classification are discussed.

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