scholarly journals Taxonomic identity of invasive rabbits in Cuba: first record of Eastern Cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus (Mammalia: Lagomorpha)

Check List ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. Mancina ◽  
Efrén García Tió ◽  
Rafael Borroto-Páez ◽  
Hector M. Díaz ◽  
Fernando A. Cervantes
Keyword(s):  
Central Region ◽  
Oryctolagus Cuniculus ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sylvilagus Floridanus ◽  
Climatic Suitability ◽  
Wild Populations ◽  
The West ◽  
First Time ◽  
Zoogeographical Region ◽  
Niche Models

In islands of the West Indian zoogeographical region, rabbits are not native, and wild populations are the result of introductions. Oryctolagus cuniculus is the only lagomorph listed among the introduced mammals of the Cuban archipelago. We analyzed specimens of wild rabbits and we report the occurrence of Sylvilagus floridanus for the first time in Cuba. Capture data suggest that their distribution is currently limited to the west-central region of the island. However, the niche models showed high climatic suitability throughout the majority of Cuba, suggesting a high expansion probability.

Three new ameirid harpacticoids from Korea and first record of Proameira simplex (Crustacea: Copepoda: Ameiridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3368 (1) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOMISLAV KARANOVIC ◽  
JOO-LAE CHO
Keyword(s):  
Species Complex ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
First Record ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The World ◽  
South Sea ◽  
First Time ◽  
Caudal Rami

Ameiridae Monard, 1927 was previously known from Korea only after one endemic and four cosmopolitan species of the genus Nitokra Boeck, 1865, and a single widely distributed species of the genus Ameira Boeck, 1865, all from brackish enviroments. After a survey of 22 sampling sites and close to 3,500 harpacticoid specimens from various marine enviroments, we report on two new endemic species of Ameira, A. zahaae sp. nov. and A. kimchi sp. nov., from the West Sea and the South Sea respectively. They are both relatively closely related to the previously recorded cosmopolitan A. parvula (Claus, 1866), but show many novel morphological structures in the caudal rami shape and ornamentation. The identity of the cosmopolitan A. parvula in Korea is questioned, and an alternative hypothesis of a species-complex proposed. The fine ornamentation of body somites (especially the pores/sensilla pattern) is studied in detail, and proves to be a very useful new morphological tool in distinguishing closely related spacies in this genus. The genus Pseudameira Sars, 1911 is reported for the first time in Korea, after four females of P. mago sp. nov. from the South Sea. A single damaged female of Proameira cf. simplex (Norman & Scott, 1905) represents the first record of the genus Proameira Lang, 1944 in Korea, Asia, and anywhere in the Pacific. A key to Korean ameirids is also provided, and their apparent rarity in this part of the world noticed.

Gryllotalpa weisei Simeu-Noutchom & Kekeunou sp. nov. and the first record of Gryllotalpa microptera (Chopard 1939) (Orthoptera, Gryllotalpidae) from Cameroon with redescription of the species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4763 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
ALAIN SIMEU-NOUTCHOM ◽  
SEVILOR KEKEUNOU ◽  
ALAIN CHRISTEL WANDJI ◽  
MARCELLE MBADJOUN NZIKE ◽  
CHARLY OUMAROU NGOUTE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Segment ◽  
Hind Tibia ◽  
First Record ◽  
The West ◽  
Internal Process ◽  
Crop Fields ◽  
West Region ◽  
South West ◽  
Mixed Crop ◽  
First Time

Gryllotalpa weisei Simeu-Noutchom & Kekeunou sp. nov. was collected only in Tombel in the South-West region of Cameroon, during a survey conducted from March 2016 to March 2018 in the West, South-West and Centre regions of Cameroon. This species is close to Gryllotalpa microptera, collected for the first time in Cameroon during these investigations, only in the West region. G. weisei is different from G. microptera due to the hind wings that are vestigial; average fore wings length of 5.85±0.56 mm in male and 5.34±0.45 mm in female, not reaching the fifth abdominal segment; anal end of fore wings slightly concave; a stridulatory file with 54±8.02 teeth (47–71) in average, fairly spaced, with an average of 30±5.06 teeth per millimeter; hind tibia bearing 11 spines; internal process of ectophallus quite short. G. weisei abounds in mixed crop fields, followed by cocoa agro-forests; it is scarce in grassy fallows and in forest undergrowth. G. microptera was present in all types of vegetations in Bafoussam, Babeté and Bangoulap in the West region where it has been abundant in mixed crop fields, grass-fallow and coffee agro-forest but rare in forest undergrowth. 

scholarly journals First record of the rare crab Asthenognathus atlanticus Monod, 1933 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae) in the North Sea

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 352-358
Author(s):  
Marco Faasse ◽  
Hendrik Gheerardyn ◽  
Rob Witbaard ◽  
Joël Cuperus
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Distribution Range ◽  
Marine Waters ◽  
The West ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Northward Expansion ◽  
First Time

Abstract Several species new to the area were collected while monitoring Dutch marine waters using a dredge. The varunid crab Asthenognathus atlanticus Monod, 1933 was recorded for the first time in the North Sea. Until 2008, this relatively rare crab was known from the west coast of Africa and the western Mediterranean to northern Brittany in the north. In recent years, its distribution range has expanded, as indicated by records from the Bay of the Seine and the area around Dieppe-Le Tréport. Our finding from Brown Bank (southern North Sea) indicates a further, northward expansion of its distribution range. We list the hosts with which the crab is associated. Earlier arguments for climate change as an explanation for the northward range expansion are supported.

scholarly journals First record and geographic range extension of the coccolithophore Scyphosphaera apsteinii Lohman, 1902 (Haptophyta: Pontosphaeraceae) from the Pacific coast of Mexico

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2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco O. López-Fuerte ◽  
Ismael Gárate-Lizárraga ◽  
David A. Siqueiros-Beltrones ◽  
Ricardo Yabur
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
First Record ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Central Pacific ◽  
The West ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

The coccolithophorid Scyphosphaera apsteinii is here reported for the first time from waters off the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula. Scypho­sphaera apsteinii is the type species of the genus Scyphosphaera and had hitherto been recorded only in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean Seas. Specimens were found in samples collected in nets off Isla de Guadalupe in January 2013. This recording thus extends the geographical distribution of S. apsteinii from the Central Pacific (Hawaii) to the Eastern Pacific (NW Mexico).

Cetrelia alaskana (Parmeliaceae), a lichen from the Red Data Book of Russia: the first record for West Siberia

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 173-177
Author(s):  
E. A. Davydov ◽  
A. E. Sonnikova
Keyword(s):  
West Siberia ◽  
First Record ◽  
The West ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Data Book ◽  
First Time

Cetrelia alaskana has been found for the first time in the West Sayan Mountainsin the West Siberia. The distribution of the species is discussed.

First record of Thermosbaenacea (Crustacea) from the Southern Hemisphere: a new species from a cave in tropical Western Australia

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 719 ◽  
Author(s):  
GCB Poore ◽  
WF Humphreys
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
West Indies ◽  
First Record ◽  
The West ◽  
Saline Waters ◽  
First Time ◽  
Cave Habitat ◽  
A New Species

The crustacean order Thermosbaenacea is reported for the first time from the Southern Hemisphere, from almost fresh water in a cave habitat in tropical Western Australia. Halosbaena tulki, sp. nov. belongs to a genus previously known only from saline waters in the West Indies, Columbia and Canary Is. The discovery is consistent with a very ancient origin of the order and distribution of the genus by plate movements following the breakup of Pangaea.

scholarly journals First record of the non-native green palpworm Marenzelleria viridis (Annelida: Spionidae) in the Clyde Estuary

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Author(s):  
M. O’Reilly ◽  
S. Nowacki
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species ◽  
West Coast ◽  
First Record ◽  
The West ◽  
Low Salinity ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Marenzelleria Viridis ◽  
First Time

The non-native polychaete worm Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill, 1873) was found for the first time in the upper Clyde Estuary in 2016. This represents the first occurrence of this alien species on the west coast of Scotland. It appearsto be well established in low salinity waters at Govan Wharf where it dominated the biomass of riverbed infaunal invertebrates with densities of around 1,300 worms m-2.

scholarly journals Six new species of Anthuridae (Peracarida: Isopoda) from the southern Mexican Pacific

2021 ◽  
Vol 760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ubaldo Jarquín-Martínez ◽  
María del Socorro García-Madrigal
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
West Coast ◽  
First Record ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
The West ◽  
Mexican Pacific ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
First Time

Marine isopods, despite being a very diverse group, have been little studied in the Mexican South Pacific. After a revision of 171 specimens collected from Guerrero and Oaxaca, six new species, belonging to five genera, were discovered: Amakusanthura guerrerensis sp. nov., Cortezura caeca sp. nov., Mesanthura antenniformis sp. nov., M. estacahuitensis sp. nov., Skuphonura oaxaquensis sp. nov., and Tinggianthura mexicana sp. nov. In this work, the genera Amakusanthura Nunomura, 1977 and Tinggianthura Chew, Abdul-Rahim & Haji Ross, 2014, are recorded for the first time in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Also, the distribution range of the genus Skuphonura Barnard, 1925 is increased from the west coast of South America to the southern Mexican Pacific, this being the first record of this genus in the Mexican Pacific. This study doubles the number of species recorded of Anthuridae from the Mexican Pacific, of six to 12 species.

scholarly journals First record of a wild population of Laelia dawsonii f. dawsonii (Orchidaceae) for the state of Jalisco, Mexico

Lankesteriana ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel J. Cházaro-Basáñez ◽  
Alexander Jiménez-Vázquez ◽  
Eduardo A. Pérez-García
Keyword(s):  
Wild Population ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Wild Populations ◽  
Wide Geographical Distribution ◽  
Mexican State ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
Sierra Madre Del Sur ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
First Time

The existence of a wild population of Laelia dawsonii f. dawsonii is recorded for the first time in the Mexican State of Jalisco. Laelia dawsonii has a wide geographical distribution throughout the Sierra Madre del Sur (Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Jalisco); however, the populations are very isolated, and each one has very few individuals. Until now, no wild populations of this species had been registered outside of the State of Oaxaca. The population found in Jalisco is composed of about 100 plants. Due to its horticultural importance, L. dawsonii has been frequently extracted from the field, and its Oaxacan populations have been decimated since the end of the 19th century. Currently, this species is considered endangered in Mexico. Keywords: biogeography, conservation, Laeliinae, Laelia anceps

The first record of Catocala helena Eversmann, 1856 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) in Europe with notes on its distribution in Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 68-74
Author(s):  
Svyatoslav S. Knyazev ◽  
Pavel Yu. Gorbunov ◽  
Sergey F. Melyakh ◽  
Svetlana V. Nedoshivina ◽  
Nikolai D. Grebennikov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Distribution ◽  
West Siberia ◽  
First Record ◽  
South Urals ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
New Localities ◽  
First Time

First record of the nemoral Eastern Palaearctic species Catocala helena Eversmann, 1856 is reported from Samara Region as new to Europe. New localities in the South Urals and West Siberia are reported for the first time. The present records expand the species distribution for more than 2500 km to the west. The general species’ distribution and bionomics is provided. Species’ habitats in the South Urals are illustrated.

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