A new boreopterid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China, with a reassessment of the phylogenetic relationships of the Boreopteridae

2014 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 823-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shun-Xing Jiang ◽  
Xiao-Lin Wang ◽  
Xi Meng ◽  
Xin Cheng
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
Equal Length ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Western Liaoning ◽  
Large Size ◽  
A New Species

A new species of boreopterid pterosaur from the new fossil locality, Heichengzi, Beipiao, western Liaoning, China allows a reassessment of the Boreopteridae. In this new analysis, three species, Boreopterus cuiae, Boreopterus giganticus n. sp., and Zhenyuanopterus longirostris, are included within the Boreopteridae united by the autopomorphic occurrence of two main tooth morphologies, an equal length of the tibia and femur, and weak feet. Other taxa previously placed within the Boreopteridae are not in a monophyletic group with the former three species. Boreopterus has fewer teeth and a shorter tooth row than that in Zhenyuanopterus. This new Boreopterus species has a large size, a piriform orbit, an extensively fenestrated lacrimal, and a posteriorly directed lacrimal process, that differs from Boreopterus cuiae.

A new species of Protopsychoda Azar et al., 1999 from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera: Psychodidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 352-356
Author(s):  
DANY AZAR ◽  
SIBELLE MAKSOUD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Separate Family ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
A New Species

Psychodidae Newman, 1834 is a large family of small, hairy nematoceran dipterans, comprising more than 2,600 described extant species. It is currently subdivided into seven subfamilies: Bruchomyiinae Alexander, 1920, Horaiellinae Enderlein, 1936, Phlebotominae Rondani, 1840, Psychodinae Newman, 1834, Sycoracinae Jung, 1954, Trichomyiinae Tonnoir, 1922, and the fossil subfamily Protopsychodinae Stebner et al., 2015. Some authors consider the group to consist of two families, i.e., Psychodidae and Phlebotomidae (Williams, 1993; Azar et al., 1999). This fact is founded only on the hematophagous and medically important aspects of the phlebotomines, nevertheless this arrangement is unfounded, because the phylogenetic relationships between the psychodid subfamilies remain unresolved, even if there is a possible sister-group relationship between the Phlebotominae and Psychodinae (Curler & Moulton, 2012). We consider recognizing phlebotomines as a separate family would necessitate also giving separate familial status to all the currently recognized subfamilies, which is not adopted here.

An unusual preservation of a new species of Cicadomorpha (Auchenorrhyncha) from the Crato formation, Lower Cretaceous of Brazil

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Mateo Daniel Monferran ◽  
Flaviana Jorge de Lima ◽  
Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner ◽  
Juliana Manso Sayão ◽  
Edilson Bezerra Santos Filho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
A New Species

A New Species of Cupressinocladus from the Lower Cretaceous of Guyang Basin, Inner Mongolia, China and Cluster Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 1200-1214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peihong JIN ◽  
Teng MAO ◽  
Junling DONG ◽  
Zixi WANG ◽  
Mingxuan SUN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
And Cluster Analysis ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Leptodactylus Fitzinger (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Serra do Brigadeiro, State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1861 (1) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
ULISSES CARAMASCHI ◽  
RENATO N. FEIO ◽  
VINÍCIUS A. SÃO-PEDRO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Large Size ◽  
O 31 ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Leptodactylus belonging to the L. fuscus species group, and related to the L. mystaceus complex, is described from the Lagoa das Bromélias (20 o 53’S, 42 o 31’W; 1,227 m above sea level), Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro, Municipality of Ervália, State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Leptodactylus cupreus sp. nov. is characterized by the large size for the group (SVL 50.1–55.1 mm in males) and color pattern. The new species has a non-pulsed advertisement call, with call rate about 12 calls/s and a dominant frequency between 2,800 and 3,058 Hz.

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