scholarly journals A revision of the Pedrocortesellidae, fam. n. (Acari: Oribatei)

1986 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 385-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adilson D. Paschoal
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
The Family

The family Pedrocortesellidae, fam. n., includes the following genera and specie : Pedrocortesella Hammer, with the species: puchra Hammer (Peru) and gymnonota Hammer (New Zealand), which are redescribed; Pedrocortesella africana Pletzen (South Africa), P. parva Pletzen (South Africa) and P. hardyi Balogh (New Guinea) are considered incertae sedis: and Hexachaetoniella, gen. n., with the species sexpilosa (Hammer), n. comb., the type-species, and japonica (Aoki & Suzuki), n. comb. (Japan).

Tertiary Bryozoan genera in the present-day Australiasian fauna — Implications for classification and biogeography

1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 283 ◽  
Author(s):  
DP Gordon
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
South America ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
South West ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Subjective Synonym

The type species of three little-known Tertiary bryozoan genera have been examined and redescribed. Victorian Bitectipora lineata, previously the only recognised species of Bitectiporidae, is shown to be related to a present-day New Zealand species which may now also be included in Bitectipora. Further, the family Bitectiporidae MacGillivray, 1895 is here considered to be a senior subjective synonym of Hippoporinidae Brown, 1952. Schizosmittina, a French Miocene genus, is confirmed to be congeneric with a suite of Holocene Australasian species and removed from the Smittinidae to the Bitectiporidae. However, on the basis of ovicellular morphology, both families are considered to be closely related. The scarcely used superfamily taxon Smittinoidea is re-established for those families with 'smittinid' ovicells (in contradistinction to 'schizoporellid' ovicells). The genus Stephanollona, based on a French Miocene species, is recognised to be a senior subjective synonym of Brodiella (Phidoloporidae), which includes present-day species from Australasia, South Africa, southern South America, Madeira, south-west Britain and the Mediterranean.

The systematics of the spider family Nicodamidae ( Araneae : Amaurpbioidea)

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 279 ◽  
Author(s):  
MS Harvey
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Irian Jaya ◽  
The Family ◽  
Senior Synonym

A review of the spider family Nicodamidae reveals two subfamilies, Nicodaminae and Megadictyninae, with 29 species. The Nicodaminae contains Nicodamus Simon and six new genera, Ambicodamus, Dimidamus, Durodamus, Litodamus, Novodamus and Oncodamus, from Australia, Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. Nicodamus is restricted to N. peregrinus (Walckenaer) and N. mainae, sp. nov.; N. peregrinus is treated as a senior synonym of Theridium semiflavum L. Koch, Centropelma bicolor L. Koch and Ozaleus tarandus Thorell. Ozaleus Thorell is confirmed as a junior synonym of Nicodamus by designation of a lectotype for the type species, 0. tarandus. Durodamus contains one species: D. yeni, sp. nov. (type species). Ambicodamus contains 11 species: A. marae, sp. nov. (type species), A. audax, sp. nov., A. crinitus (L. Koch), comb. nov., A. dale, sp. nov., A. darlingtoni, sp. nov., A. emu, sp. nov., A. kochi, sp. nov., A. leei, sp. nov., A. sororius, sp. nov., A. southwelli, sp. nov. and A. urbanus, sp. nov. Litodamus contains three species: L. hickmani, sp. nov. (type species), L. olga sp. nov. and L. collinus, sp. nov. Dimidamus contains six species: D. dimidiatus (Simon), comb. nov. (type species), D. simoni, sp. nov., D. leopoldi (Roewer), comb. nov., D. arau, sp. nov., D. sero, sp. nov. and D. enaro, sp. nov. Novodamus contains two species: N. nodatus (Karsch), comb. nov. (type species) and N. supernus, sp. nov.; Linyphia meianozantha Urquhart is treated as a junior synonym of N. nodatus. Oncodamus contains two species: 0. bidens (Karsch), comb. nov. (type species) and 0. decipiens, sp. nov. The Megadictyninae, stat. nov., contains two genera from New Zealand, Megadictyna Dahl with M. thilenii Dahl and Forstertyna, gen. nov. with F. marplesi (Forster), comb. nov. Cladistic analysis confirms the division of the family into two subfamilies, and recognises several subgroups within the Nicodaminae: Nicodamus + Durodamus, Ambicodamus + Litodamus, and Novodamus + Oncodamus.

Adult morphology of the therocephalian Simorhinella baini from the middle Permian of South Africa and the taxonomy, paleobiogeography, and temporal distribution of the Lycosuchidae

2014 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 1139-1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Abdala ◽  
Christian F. Kammerer ◽  
Michael O. Day ◽  
Sifelani Jirah ◽  
Bruce S. Rubidge
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Middle Permian ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
The Family ◽  
Assemblage Zone

The Middle Permian tetrapod fauna of the South African Beaufort Group is taxonomically diverse and includes representatives of all major therapsid groups, including the earliest records of Eutheriodontia. In the Middle Permian, eutheriodonts are represented mainly by large therocephalians, which made up a large proportion of the vertebrate predators in these faunas. Here we describe the skull and partial skeleton of a large therocephalian from the uppermost Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone (AZ) of South Africa. A combination of features, including the short snout, presence of three to four upper postcanines and presence of teeth on the pterygoid processes, indicates that the new specimen belongs to the earliest-diverging therocephalian family, Lycosuchidae. The presence of a well-developed midline ridge on the ventral surface of the vomer indicates that the new specimen can be referred to Simorhinella baini, a species previously represented only by a tiny juvenile skull. The new specimen forms the basis for a taxonomic re-evaluation of the Lycosuchidae as well as of the geographic and stratigraphic range of the family. We recognize two valid species within the Lycosuchidae: the type species Lycosuchus vanderrieti represented by five specimens and Simorhinella baini represented by two specimens, with an additional 22 specimens currently identifiable as Lycosuchidae incertae sedis. Lycosuchid specimens range throughout the Tapinocephalus and Pristerognathus AZs; specimens of Simorhinella are restricted to the Tapinocephalus AZ, whereas Lycosuchus specimens are documented in both the Tapinocephalus and Pristerognathus AZs.

scholarly journals A revision of the Pheroliodidae, fam. n. (Acari: Oribatei)

1986 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 357-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adilson D. Paschoal
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
New Family

The new family Pheroliodidae, herei nproposed, includes the following genera and species Pheroliodes Grandjean (in whose synonymy Pedrocortesia Hammer is placed), with the species: casa-branquensis, sp. n. (Brazil, São Paulo, Casa Branca), pellitus, sp. n. (Brazil, São Paulo, Piracicaba), nemoricultricis, sp. n. (Brazil, São Paulo, Piracicaba), wehnekei (Willmann) (Guatemala, Venezuela), roblensis Covarrubias (Chile), mirabilis (Hammer), n. comb. (Argentina): Pedrocortesia elegans Hammer, P. intermedia Hammer, both from Peru, P. fissurata Balogh & Mahunka and P. inaequalis Balogh & Mahunka, both from Mongolia, P. franzi Balogh (Chad), P. africana Balogh (Kenya), P. vermicularis Balogh (New Guinea) and P. sculptrata Aoki (Corea) are considered incertae sedis; Lopholiodes, gen. n., includes the species micropunctinatum, sp. n., the type-species (Brazil, São Paulo, Anhumas) and macropunctinatum, sp. n. (Brazil, São Paulo, Piracicaba): Octoliodes, gen n., includes the species leuteomarginatus (Hammer), n. comb., the type-species (New ealand) and rotoruensis (Hammer), n. comb. (New Zealand): and Licnoliodes Grandjean, with the species: andrei Grandjean, type-species (Spain and Algeria), adminensis Grandjean, type-species (Spain and Algeria), adminensis Grandjean (Maroc, Algeria, Spain) and apunctatus Mahunka (Greece).

Cochliobolus cynodontis. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sivanesan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Cynodon Dactylon ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Leaf Blight ◽  
Bermuda Grass

Abstract A description is provided for Cochliobolus cynodontis. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Cynodon dactylon (very common on this host), other Cynodon spp., Agropyron, Ammi, Arecastrum, Axonopus, Calathea, Chamaedorea, Chrysalidocarpus, Dactyloctenium, Eleusine, Hordeum, Ipomoea, Lycopersicon, Muhlenbergia, Oryza, Panicum, Pennisetum, Poa, Rhapis, Secale and Zea. DISEASE: Leafspot of Bermuda grass end other crops, leaf blight end brown patches of turf, lawns end golflinks. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Brunei, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, India, Israel, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Spain, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad, Turkey, USA, USSR, Venezuela, Yugoslavia and Zambia. TRANSMISSION: By wind-borne conidia and seed-borne.

Ceroplastes destructor. [Distribution map].

1960 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
North America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Shade Trees ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Southern Rhodesia ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Ceroplastes destructor Newst. (Homopt., Coccoidea) (White Wax Scale). Hosts: Citrus, coffee, various fruit and shade trees. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Bechuanaland, Congo, British Cameroons, Kenya, Madagascar, Nyasaland, San Thomé, Southern Rhodesia, Sudan, Tanganyika, Uganda, Union of South Africa, AUSTRALASIA and PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, NORTH AMERICA, Mexico, U.S.A.

Puccinia cynodontis. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1971 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Mulder
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Leaf Rust ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Cynodon Dactylon ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Bermuda Grass

Abstract A description is provided for Puccinia cynodontis. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Aecial stage on species of Plantago. Uredial and telial stages on species of Cynodon, particularly C. dactylon. DISEASE: Leaf rust of Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Widespread. Africa: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mauritius Morocco, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia and Zambia. Americas: Argentina, Barbados, Bermuda, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rieo, Salvador, Trinidad, USA (South) and Venezuela. Asia: Cambodia, Ceylon, China, India, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and USSR. Australasia & Oceania: Australia, Hawaii, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Papua & New Guinea. Europe: Cyprus, France, Malta and Rumania. TRANSMISSION: No studies appear to have been reported. Since the aecial stage has not been found in USA the urediospores presumably survive during the dormant periods of the tdial host.

Nectria flammea. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Booth
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Scale Insects ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Aspidiotus Nerii ◽  
Pseudaulacaspis Pentagona

Abstract A description is provided for Nectria flammea. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: The fungus occurs on a variety of scale insects, Aspidiotus nerii, Hemiberlesia rapax (53, 1-694), Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (55, 2093) etc. on a wide range of hosts, Acacia, Brachyglottis, Camellia, Citrus, Coffea, Morus, Ribes, Salix, Thea, Weinmannia, etc. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Belize, Fiji, India, Japan, New Zealand, Papua and New Guinea, Tanzania, Tonga, Uganda, South Africa, Sarawak, Zambia. TRANSMISSION: Airborne by ascospores or by moisture droplets as conidia.

A revision of Palaeacmaea (Upper Cambrian) (?Cnidaria)

1999 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 598-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald F. Webers ◽  
Ellis L. Yochelson
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Upper Cambrian ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Late Cambrian ◽  
The Family

Palaeacmaea typica, the type species of the genus, and P. irvingi, the only other Late Cambrian taxon considered congeneric are redescribed herein. Their morphology suggests that they are neither Monoplacophora, where they are currently assigned, nor are they Mollusca. Specimens of P. irvingi demonstrate considerable variation in shape, interpreted as distortion of a flexible integument, of essentially no thickness. A neotype is designated for P. irvingi; it is interpreted as a medusiform fossil, possibly a cnidarian. Only the holotype of P. typica is known, but it shows comparable features. The genus and the family Palaeacmaeide are placed in Phylum Incertae Sedis. Four Ordovician species previously assigned to Palaeacmaea, show none of the characteristics noted, and they are tentatively reassigned to other genera.

The weevil genus Trigonopterus Fauvel (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) and its synonyms—a taxonomic study on the species tied to its genus-group names

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2977 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER RIEDEL
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Taxonomic Study

The genus Trigonopterus Fauvel, 1862 is briefly diagnosed. At present, four junior subjective synonyms of the genus exist: Idotasia Pascoe, 1871, Eurysia Pascoe, 1885, Mimidotasia Voss, 1960 (syn. n.), and Microgymnapterus Voss, 1960 (syn. n.). Trigonopterus vossi nom.n. is proposed as a replacement name of the secondary homonym T. submetallicus (Voss, 1960) nec T. submetallicus Marshall, 1921, and T. micros nom.n. to replace T. minutus (Voss, 1960: 327) nec T. minutus (Voss, 1960: 341). Idotasia nasuta Pascoe is designated type species of Idotasia. Lectotypes are designated for the following names: Eurysia fulvicornis Pascoe, Idotasia ebriosa Pascoe, Idotasia elliptica Pascoe, Idotasia inclusa Pascoe, Idotasia nasuta Pascoe, Idotasia scaphioides Pascoe, and Microgymnapterus minutus Voss. The type species of Trigonopterus, Eurysia, Mimidotasia and Microgymnapterus, as well as the five species included in Pascoe´s original description of Idotasia are redescribed: T. ebriosus (Pascoe), T. ellipticus (Pascoe), T. fulvicornis (Pascoe), T. inclusus (Pascoe), T. insignis Fauvel, T. micros nom.n., T. nasutus (Pascoe), T. scaphioides (Pascoe), and T. vossi nom.n.. Trigonopterus egenus (Pascoe) is recognized as a junior synonym of T. scaphioides (Pascoe), syn.n.. Trigonopterus oblitus sp.n., is described based on specimens labeled as paratypes of Microgymnapterus minutus. Douttia basimaculata Voss 1960 is transferred to Trigonopterus: T. basimaculatus (Voss) comb.n.. Trigonopterus insignis Fauvel is endemic to New Caledonia, T. fulvicornis (Pascoe) to Sulawesi; the remaining species treated herein are restricted to parts of New Guinea and Maluku. The record of T. egenus (Pascoe) for New Zealand is incorrect.

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