A new species of Grandjeana (Acari: Trombiculidae) from heart-nosed bat (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae) in Ethiopia (Africa) with notes to biogeography of this genus

Biologia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanislav Kalúz ◽  
Martin Ševčík
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South Asia ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Chigger Mite ◽  
North East ◽  
A New Species

AbstractA new chigger mite Grandjeana kanuchi sp. n. collected from the bat Cardioderma cor (Peters, 1872) (Megadermatidae) in Ethiopia (North-East Africa) is described. Additional comments on hosts and distribution records of the chiggers of genus Grandjeana are provided. With the newly described species the genus Grandjeana includes 10 species, three of them are occurring in Africa and seven in South Asia. Present findings suggest that this genus has the geographic distribution in Ethiopian and Oriental regions with a strong association with selected families of Chiroptera.

Crinum bambusetum, a New Species of Amaryllidaceae from North East Africa

Kew Bulletin ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 465
Author(s):  
Inger Nordal ◽  
Sebsebe Demissew
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Africa ◽  
North East ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Contomastix (Squamata, Teiidae) supported by total evidence, with remarks on diagnostic characters defining the genus

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
Mario. R. Cabrera
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
Total Evidence ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Proximal Margin ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Molecular Characters

Formerly Cnemidophorus was thought to be the most speciose genus of Teiidae. This genus comprised four morphological groups that were later defined as four different genera, Ameivula, Aurivela, Cnemidophorus and Contomastix. The last appears as paraphyletic in a recent phylogenetic reconstruction based on morphology, but monophyletic in a reconstruction using molecular characters. Six species are allocated to Contomastix. One of them, C. lacertoides, having an extensive and disjunct geographic distribution in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Preliminary analyses revealed morphological differences among its populations, suggesting that it is actually a complex of species. Here, we describe a new species corresponding to the Argentinian populations hitherto regarded as C. lacertoides, by integrating morphological and molecular evidence. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the presence of notched proximal margin of the tongue is a character that defines the genus Contomastix.

On a new Temnocephala (Platyhelminthes) from Southern Patagonia (Chile, Argentina), with a redescription of T. chilensis and some systematic and biogeographical insights

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4852 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-395
Author(s):  
RODRIGO PONCE DE LEÓN ◽  
ERICH H. RUDOLPH ◽  
ODILE VOLONTERIO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Southern Chile ◽  
Host Preferences ◽  
Southern Patagonia ◽  
Diagnostic Key ◽  
A New Species

To date, only one species of Temnocephala is known from Chile, Temnocephala chilensis, and three from southern Argentina (Patagonia), namely T. chilensis, Temnocephala dionii, and Temnocephala mexicana. Here we describe a new species of Temnocephala and provide an updated description of T. chilensis based on material found on an anomuran crab (Aeglidae) from southern Chile. Additional hosts and localities are reported for both species in southern Argentina and Chile, and a diagnostic key for all species of Temnocephala hosted on Aegla and Parastacidae is included as well. In southern Chile, both T. chilensis and the new species were found on the crayfish Samastacus spinifrons and on the anomuran crabs Aegla abtao and Aegla alacalufi; in addition, the new species was found on Aegla manni, and T. chilensis on Aegla rostrata. In southern Argentina, T. chilensis and the new species were found on Aegla riolimayana and S. spinifrons. Based on their shared traits (morphology of the penial stylet, host preferences and geographic distribution), the temnocephalans hosted in Aegla are tentatively gathered into two clusters, the Chilensis and Axenos groups. 

A new species of the montane lacewing genus Rapisma McLachlan (Neuroptera, Ithonidae) from northwestern Yunnan, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4763 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-443
Author(s):  
XINGYUE LIU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Northwestern Yunnan

The genus Rapisma McLachlan, 1866 (montane lacewings) is a rare and little known group of the family Ithonidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). There have been 21 described species of Rapisma, and all of them are distributed from East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Here I report a new species of Rapisma from northwestern Yunnan, China, namely Rapisma weixiense sp. nov. The new species belongs to a group of Rapisma species with very short antennae. 

A new species of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Sagantole Formation, Middle Awash, Ethiopia

2004 ◽  
Vol 175 (5) ◽  
pp. 525-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Renaud Boisserie
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
General Morphology ◽  
Middle Awash ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A new species of Hippopotamidae, Hexaprotodon dulu nov. sp., was discovered in the Middle Awash valley, Afar, Ethiopia. It was found in the Sagantole Formation, within volcaniclastic beds aged between 5.2 Ma and 4.9 Ma (40Ar/39Ar). It is therefore the oldest hippo species described as yet from Ethiopia. This hexaprotodont hippo exhibits a general morphology that is primitive, close in that respect to other Mio-Pliocene forms. However, its cranium and dentition display a distinctive association of measurements and features. This new species increases the hippo fossil record in East Africa. It also reinforces the hypothesis of hippo endemism in each African basin as early as the basal Pliocene.

A new species of Dryopteris from Tropical East Africa

Webbia ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo E.G. Pichi Shrmolli
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Africa ◽  
A New Species

Premna mwadimei (Lamiaceae), a new species from Cha Simba, a remnant of coastal forests of Kenya, East Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 510 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
VERONICAH MUTELE NGUMBAU ◽  
PAUL MUTUKU MUSILI ◽  
GUANG-WAN HU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Floral Morphology ◽  
Leaf Shape ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
A New Species

Premna mwadimei (Lamiaceae), a distinct new species from the coastal forests of Kenya, Cha Simba area in Kilifi County, is described here with photographs. It is closely similar to P. chrysoclada and P. tanganyikensis but mainly differs from both by its habit, nature of the older stems, indumentum, leaf shape and floral morphology.

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