scholarly journals First record of Carychium minimum Müller, 1774 in New Brunswick, Canada (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ellobioidea)

Check List ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1511
Author(s):  
Robert G. Forsyth
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
New Record ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
First Record ◽  
Land Snail ◽  
European Species

The minute land snail, Carychium minimum Müller, 1774 is reported from New Brunswick, Canada. This new record further adds additional data to support the supposition that this introduced, European species is probably more widespread over temperate North America than currently known.

A Note on the Occurrence of Sipha agropyrella Hille Ris Lambers (Homoptera: Aphidae) in Manitoba

1957 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
North America ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
New Record ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Control Unit ◽  
First Record

On October 16, 1956, during a routine monthly check of the Nurses Residence, Selkirk Mental Hospital, Selkirk, Manitoba, a professional exterminator noticed “thousands” of very small insects in a basement office. A number were submitted to the writer for identification and found to be aphids, which were later very kindly identified by W. R. Richards, Insect Systematics and Biological Control Unit, Ottawa, as Sipha agropyrella (H.R.L.). Richards stated (in litt.): “This is the first record of this species west of Ontario.” MacGillivray (1956) records the finding of this species in 1950 in New Brunswick as a new record for North America.

A New Record of Leptinillus validus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Leptinidae) in North America

1961 ◽  
Vol 93 (11) ◽  
pp. 1010-1010
Author(s):  
R. C. Clark
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
New Record ◽  
Castor Canadensis ◽  
First Record ◽  
Lake George ◽  
Research Institute

In November, 1957, several specimens of adult beetles were collected from beaver pelts taken in the Lake George area of New Brunswick by a local trapper, Mr. Donald Millican. These were referred to me and were later identified as Leptinillus validus (Horn), an ectoparasite of the beaver, Castor canadensis Kuhl, by Mr. W. J. Brown of the Entomology Research Institute, Ottawa. This is the first record of the species having been found in New Brunswick.

scholarly journals Distributional Status of an Introduced Land Snail Discus rotundatus (Rotund Disc, Mollusca: Discidae) in Canada

2016 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 236
Author(s):  
Robert G Forsyth ◽  
John E Maunder ◽  
Donald F McAlpine ◽  
Ronald G Noseworthy
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
North America ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
First Record ◽  
Land Snail ◽  
Avalon Peninsula

First collected in North America in 1937 on the Avalon Peninsula of the Island of Newfoundland, the introduced, primarily European land snail, Discus rotundatus, has now been recorded from the Island of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia. We review all known records from Canada, demonstrate that D. rotundatus is more widespread than was previously recognized on the Island of Newfoundland, and report the first record from New Brunswick.

Monoctonus crepidis (Haliday) (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) an Aphid Parasite New to North America

1962 ◽  
Vol 94 (10) ◽  
pp. 1089-1093 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. P. Mackauer
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
First Record ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
European Species ◽  
Aphid Parasite

Examination of the aphid parasites in the Canadian National Collection, Ottawa, provided evidence that several well-known European species are much more widely distributed than has been assumed. Material of the genus Monoctonus Haliday 1833 contained 11 females and 7 males of a species which was identified as Molonoctonus crepidis (Haliday 1834). A comparison with specimens from various European localities did not reveal any differences in the external morphology or in colour. This is the first record of this species from North America.

scholarly journals NOTES ON PEMPHIGUS TESSELATA, Fitch

1882 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-65
Author(s):  
Herbert Osborn
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
English Translation ◽  
First Record ◽  
Great Abundance ◽  
European Species ◽  
The One ◽  
Species Being

Chermes alni Kalm. Travels into North America, English translation, vol. 1, p. 154; p. 121, 2nd ed.Eriosoma tesselata Fitch. 4th Report State Cab. Nat. Hist., N. Y.Eriosoma tesselata Glover. Ag. Rept., 1876, p. 39.Eriosoma tesselata (or imbricata) Glover, unpublished plates Homoptera iii., fig. 19.Schizoneura tesselata Thomas, 8th Report Insects of Illinois, p. 139.Apparently the first record of this insect is given by Kalm., as cited above, where he says under date of Oct. 3rd, 1748: “I saw to-day the Chermes of the Alder (Chermes alni) in great abundance on the branches of that tree, which for that reason looks quite white, and at a distance appears as it were covered with mold.” This reference, in all probability, is to P. tesselata, and the reference to the European species, Chermes alni L., a mistake, since there are no later records of the European species being found here, and this one is specifically distinct from the one described by Linnæus.

scholarly journals NEW RECORD OF THE LAND SNAIL POLYGYRA CEREOLUS (MEGERLE VON MÜHLFELD, 1818) (GASTROPODA, STYLOMMATOPHORA, POLYGYRIDAE) FOR MALACOFAUNA OF IRAQ

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-428
Author(s):  
Hiba Mohammed Jihad ◽  
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Hayder Badri Ali ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
Land Snail ◽  
Land Snails ◽  
Digital Photographs ◽  
Molluscan Fauna

In this study, the specimens of land snails Polygyra cereolus (Megerle von Mühlfeldt, 1818) (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Polygyridae) are collected between March and April 2021 from gardens and nurseries in Baghdad province, this species was recorded as a new record to Iraq molluscan fauna. Description of the most important characteristics, measurements of the shell are presented with digital photographs, subsequently this study represents the first record of the Polygyridae in Iraq.

scholarly journals Introduced Prophysaon andersonii (J.G. Cooper, 1872) in Quebec, Canada: first record of Prophysaon (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Arionoidea) in eastern North America, confirmed by partial-COI gene sequence

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2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-316
Author(s):  
Annegret Nicolai ◽  
Robert G. Forsyth
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
New Record ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
First Record ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Native Range ◽  
First Time

We report for the first time the terrestrial slug Prophysaon andersonii (J.G. Cooper, 1872) from Quebec, Canada. Two specimens were collected in Parc national du Bic. The identification was determined by the external morphology and partial-COI gene sequence data. The genus Prophysaon is endemic to western North America, and the new record indisputably represents an introduction. No species of Prophysaon has, until now, been noticed in North America from outside its native range.

scholarly journals A new species of Plesiosorex (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla) from the Early Miocene of Japan: first record of the genus from East Asia

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 292-299
Author(s):  
Mitsuharu Oshima ◽  
Yukimitsu Tomida ◽  
Takamichi Orihara
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
First Record ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Central Japan ◽  
European Species ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A nearly complete dentary with preserved i2, p3 and m1 of a relatively large soricomorph from the Dota locality, Kani Basin, Early Miocene (ca. 18.5 Ma), Nakamura Formation of the Mizunami Group in central Japan, is described as a new species of Plesiosorex. It represents the first record of the genus in East Asia. Plesiosorex fejfari sp. nov. has a slender dentary, posteriorly elongated angular and condyloid processes, p3 with two roots, and m1 without hypoconulid or cingulid. Cladistic analysis of Butselia gracilis and seven species of Plesiosorex shows that Butselia is basally positioned with respect to Plesiosorex, and it seems likely that Plesiosorex originated in Europe at the beginning of the Miocene and expanded its distribution to East Asia and North America during the Early Miocene. Two Middle Miocene North American species are more closely related to each other than to European species of the same age.

Note on Paranthrene tabaniformis Rott., a Moth New to North America (Lepidoptera: Aegeriidae)

1956 ◽  
Vol 88 (11) ◽  
pp. 652-652
Author(s):  
Ray F. Morris
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
First Record ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Populus Balsamifera ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
States Department ◽  
European Species ◽  
Balsam Poplar ◽  
Insect Survey ◽  
Paranthrene Tabaniformis

In July, 1952, at Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, larvae were found boring into the trunk of an injured balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera L. In June, 1953, six moths emerged from sections of the injured trunk placed in a cage in an insectary.Dr. T. N. Freeman (in litt.), Entomology Division, Ottawa, who determined the moth as Pyranthrene tabaniformis Rott. (vespiformis Westwood), stated that this was probably the first record of this European species in North America. This was confirmed by Mr. Kelvin Dorward (in litt.), Economic Insect Survey Section, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

scholarly journals First record of the Holarctic least shrew (Sorex minutissimus) and associated helminths from Canada: new light on northern Pleistocene refugia

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (5) ◽  
pp. 367-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Cook ◽  
Bryan S. McLean ◽  
Donavan J. Jackson ◽  
Jocelyn P. Colella ◽  
Stephen E. Greiman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
New Record ◽  
Far East ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Dna Variation ◽  
The Last Glacial Maximum ◽  
The Last Glacial

We report the first Canadian record of the Holarctic least shrew (Sorex minutissimus Zimmermann, 1780) and associated helminth worms, collected along the Dempster Highway in central Yukon in 2014. We identify the specimen based on morphological characters, characterize the habitat, report other mammals and helminth species associated with this specimen, and use mitochondrial DNA sequences to place the specimen within a phylogenetic context and address Pleistocene refugial hypotheses. Although long considered an Eurasian endemic, the diminutive least shrew was first reported from Alaska in 1994. Our new record for Canada indicates that the species may occur at least as far east as the MacKenzie River and DNA variation suggests this species persisted only in the Beringian refugium in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum. The discovery of a new mammal and associated parasites for Canada points to the urgent need for more detailed information on high-latitude biotas in North America, data that are best obtained through museum-based field surveys, particularly for small, cryptic species.

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