Synonyms of the species Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) solskyi Bernhauer, 1908 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)

The paper discusses the synonymy of the species Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) solskyi Bernhauer, 1908. In 1991, Toth described a new species Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) drugmandi by a single specimen from Dobrudja. In this work he also gives redescriptions of the following species: Coprophilus bimaculatus Luze, 1904; C. longicornis Bernhauer, 1903; C. pentatoma Fauvel, 1897 and C. solskyi Bernhauer, 1908. Toth illustrates the detailed characteristics of these species with drawings of the aedeagus, antennae, and pronotal contours. Despite the serious differences in the structure of the aedeagus and antennae illustrated by Toth, it should be noted that when studying the holotype of C. longicornis and the lectotypes of C. bimaculatus and C. pentatoma, we did not reveal any differences in the structure of these species and they were synonymized. Later, Toth described another new species from Azerbaijan, Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) fauveli Tth, 1992. When describing C. fauveli, in addition to the structure of the aedeagus, Toth considered a brown spot in the scutellum and a shiny clypeus as the key features that distinguish this species from C. solskyi and a shiny clypeus as a distinctive feature from C. drugmandi. Toth considered the structure of the clypeus a significant feature as for C. solskyi and C. drugmandi it is opaque, as for C. pentatoma, C. bimaculatus, C. longicornis and C. fauveli it is shiny. The study of type materials for C. pentatoma, C. bimaculatus, C. longicornis, C. solskyi and C. fauveli showed that they all has a shiny clypeus without signs of shagreening and opacity. The holotype of C. fauveli does not have a pronounced brown spot in the scutellum region, which contradicts Toths description; there are also no differences between C. fauveli and C. solskyi in the structure of the aedeagus these species were synonymized. Considering that the differences in the structure of the aedeagus of C. pentatoma, C. bimaculatus, and C. longicornis cited by Toth, as well as the differences in the structure of the aedeagus between C. solskyi and C. fauveli, have not been confirmed, the only feature that distinguishes C. drugmandi from C. solskyi should be considered as having a brown spot in the scutellum region. However, the specimens of C. solskyi studied by us also have such a spot. Thus, considering the study of the features set out in the descriptions of C. solskyi, C. fauveli and C. drugmandi, as well as materials for the species C. solskyi, including the types, we consider it reasonable to establish the synonymy: Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) solskyi Bernhauer, 1908 = Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) drugmandi Tth, 1991, syn. n.

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Occella impi, a New Species of Sea Poacher from British Columbia with Notes on Related Species (Agonidae, Pisces)

Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada ◽

10.1139/f70-126 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 27 (6) ◽

pp. 1109-1114 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

C. G. Gruchy

Keyword(s):

British Columbia ◽

New Species ◽

Related Species ◽

Single Specimen ◽

Queen Charlotte Islands ◽

A New Species

Occella impi, a new species of sea poacher, is described from a single specimen captured in the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Occella impi differs from other species of Occella in having spinous plates on the breast, the anus nearer the anal fin, and fewer anal rays; also, the numbers of bony body plates are distinctive. A key to the known species of Occella, based primarily on the numbers of bony body plates, is included. The size of the maxillary barbel and number of infralateral plates are shown to be characteristic of the genera Occella and Stellerina.

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Gobiesox lanceolatus, a new species of clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Los Frailes submarine canyon, Gulf of California, Mexico

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4221.3.8 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4221 (3) ◽

pp. 393 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

PHILIP A. HASTINGS ◽

KEVIN W. CONWAY

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Posterior Margin ◽

Gulf Of California ◽

Baja California ◽

Submarine Canyon ◽

Single Specimen ◽

Dorsal Fin ◽

Fin Rays ◽

A New Species ◽

Pectoral Fin Rays

Gobiesox lanceolatus is described from a single specimen collected from 300 meters depth in the Los Frailes submarine canyon in the southwestern Gulf of California. The "Canyon Clingfish" is unique within Gobiesox in having a lanceolate caudal fin, with the central rays longer than those above and below them. It is also distinguished by 14 dorsal-fin rays (first tiny and unsegmented), 11 anal-fin rays, 28 pectoral-fin rays, anus slightly closer to anal-fin origin than to posterior margin of pelvic disc, and dorsal-fin origin in front of vertical from anus. It is most similar to Gobiesox eugrammus, known from Isla Guadelupe, the coast of outer Baja California and southern California. This is the deepest record for a species of Gobiesox and only four other species of clingfishes are known from greater depths.

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A new species of Amazonian snouted treefrog (Hylidae:Scinax) with description of a novel species-habitat association for an aquatic breeding frog

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.4321 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. e4321 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Miquéias Ferrão ◽

Rafael de Fraga ◽

Jiří Moravec ◽

Igor L. Kaefer ◽

Albertina P. Lima

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Abundance ◽

Dominant Frequency ◽

Lateral View ◽

Habitat Associations ◽

Brown Spot ◽

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Habitat Association ◽

Dark Brown Spot ◽

A New Species

The genusScinaxis one of the most specious genera of treefrogs of the family Hylidae. Despite the high number of potential new species ofScinaxrevealed in recent studies, the rate of species descriptions for Amazonia has been low in the last decade. A potential cause of this low rate may be the existence of morphologically cryptic species. Describing new species may not only impact the taxonomy and systematics of a group of organisms but also benefit other fields of biology. Ecological studies conducted in megadiverse regions, such as Amazonia, often meet challenging questions concerning insufficient knowledge of organismal alpha taxonomy. Due to that, detecting species-habitat associations is dependent on our ability to properly identify species. In this study, we first provide a description of a new species (including its tadpoles) of the genusScinaxdistributed along heterogeneous landscapes in southern Amazonia; and secondly assess the influence of environmental heterogeneity on the new species’ abundance and distribution.Scinax ruberoculatussp. nov. differs from all nominal congeners by its small size (SVL 22.6–25.9 mm in males and 25.4–27.5 mm in females), by having a dark brown spot on the head and scapular region shaped mainly like the mothCopiopteryx semiramis(or a human molar in lateral view, or a triangle), bicolored reddish and grey iris, snout truncate in dorsal view, bilobate vocal sac in males, by its advertisement call consisting of a single pulsed note with duration of 0.134–0.331 s, 10–23 pulses per note, and dominant frequency 1,809–1,895 Hz. Both occurrence and abundance of the new species are significantly influenced by silt content in the soil. This finding brings the first evidence that edaphic factors influence species-habitat association in Amazonian aquatic breeding frogs.

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On the Anatomy and Histology of Phreoryctes

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ◽

10.1017/s0370164600006180 ◽

1890 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

pp. 117-119

Author(s):

Frank E. Beddard

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Zealand ◽

Natural History ◽

Reproductive System ◽

Single Specimen ◽

Published Account ◽

A New Species

(Abstract.)The genus Phreoryctes has been known to zoologists since the year 1843, but there is no published account of the reproductive system sufficiently detailed to permit of comparison with other Oligochæta. The gonads (testes and ovaries) and spermathecœ were discovered by Leydig, who did not distinguish between ovaries and testes, owing to the immature condition of the specimens studied. This writer considered that the genital products were evacuated through the nephridia of their segment. The supposition is, however, incorrect, as genital ducts exist. Mr W. W. Smith of Ashburton, New Zealand, forwarded to the author in the spring of 1888 a single specimen of a new species of Phreoryctes, which was described in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for June 1888 as Phreoryctes Smithii. In that paper the gonads and their ducts were briefly described and figured.

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A new species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from Rocky Montane Fields in Southeastern and Central Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2269.1.4 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2269 (1) ◽

pp. 53-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

ADRIANA PUGLIESE ◽

DÉLIO BAÊTA ◽

JOSÉ P. POMBAL, JR.

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Dominant Frequency ◽

Lateral View ◽

Brown Spot ◽

Inguinal Region ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Medium Size ◽

Advertisement Call ◽

Tree Frog ◽

A New Species

We describe a new species of tree frog of the Scinax ruber clade from rocky field mountains in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais in central and southeastern Brazil. Scinax rogerioi sp. nov. is characterized by medium size (SVL males 25.0–35.6 mm; females 28.0–34.5 mm); snout protruding in lateral view and almost subovoid in dorsal view; loreal region concave; adhesive discs on fingers medium-sized, wider than long; interrupted, irregular dark brown blotches on dorsum from behind eyes to inguinal region from head to inguinal region; inverted brown triangular interocular blotch; brown spot in loreal region; advertisement call is a multipulsed note, with 6 to 12 pulses (interval between pulses 0.02 to 0.03s), and a dominant frequency of 1.38 to 3.19 kHz. Description of the advertisement call and data on natural history are provided.

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A new squat lobster species of the genus Munida Leach, 1820 (Crustacea: Anomura: Galatheoidea: Munididae) from hydrothermal vents on the Eastern Pacific Rise

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4743.1.12 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4743 (1) ◽

pp. 131-136 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

XINMING LIU ◽

XINZHENG LI ◽

RONGCHENG LIN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Deep Sea ◽

Hydrothermal Vent ◽

Hydrothermal Vents ◽

Eastern Pacific ◽

Single Specimen ◽

Squat Lobster ◽

The Third ◽

A New Species

A new species of the genus Munida Leach, 1820, is described and illustrated based on a single specimen from the deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the Eastern Pacific Rise. Munida alba sp. nov. closely resembles M. ampliantennulata Komai, 2011, M. watatsumin Komai, 2014. and M. magniantennulata, but differences in the morphologies of the third maxilliped, pollex of the cheliped and the third segment of the antennal peduncle readily distinguish the new species from the three relatives. The new species is the fourth of the genus occurring at the hydrothermal vent areas.

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A new shrimp species of the genus Leptomenaeus Bruce, 2007 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae) from Vietnam

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1872.1.4 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1872 (1) ◽

pp. 45

Author(s):

ZDENEK ĎURIŠ ◽

IVONA HORKÁ

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Abdominal Segment ◽

Carapace Length ◽

Lower Surface ◽

Single Specimen ◽

Shrimp Species ◽

A New Species ◽

Orbital Angle ◽

Antennular Peduncle

A new species of pontoniine shrimp, Leptomenaeus nhatrangensis sp. nov., is described and illustrated. This new species is the second representative of the genus. It is distinguishable from L. dolichosternum (Okuno and Mitsuhashi 2003) by the straight dorsal outline of the carapace and rostrum (1), by the rostrum overreaching the basal antennular peduncle (2), a subacute lower orbital angle (3), serrate cutting edges on the first pereiopod chela (4), fingers of the second pereiopod chela not markedly longer than palm (5), and the sixth abdominal segment not distinctly longer than postorbital carapace length (6). A single specimen of this new species was found in shallows of the Nhatrang Bay, southeastern Vietnam, on the lower surface of a large boulder.

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A colorful new species of the digger wasp genus Pseudoplisus Ashmead from the Southwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Crabronidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2009.1.2 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2009 (1) ◽

pp. 27-34

Author(s):

MICHAEL OHL

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

New Species ◽

New Mexico ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

Color Pattern ◽

Single Specimen ◽

Southwestern United States ◽

Digger Wasp ◽

A New Species

A new species of apoid wasps, Pseudoplisus willcoxi sp. nov., is described from Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. It is compared with all other species currently assigned to the genus. It has a remarkable overall color pattern, unique in Pseudoplisus, and a restricted collecting record: only a single specimen was collected outside of the Willcox area in Arizona (defined here as including the Animas area, New Mexico). Additionally, of the 34 remaining specimens, one was collected in 1974 and all other after 2001. In the present paper, the new species is diagnosed, described, and the relevant characters are illustrated. The geographic distribution and its heterogeneous collecting record are briefly discussed.

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Ischyroceridae

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.27 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2260 (1) ◽

pp. 463-486 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

JEAN JUST

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Great Barrier Reef ◽

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Barrier Reef ◽

Single Specimen ◽

Lizard Island ◽

A New Species

Eight species in the Ischyroceridae are reported from Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Five species are new to science: Coxischyrocerus rhombocoxus gen. et sp. nov., Tropischyrocerus pugilus gen. et sp. nov., Cerapus nudus sp. nov., Ericthonius parabrasiliensis sp. nov., and Ericthonius tropicalis sp. nov. Ericthonius pugnax Dana is new to the Great Barrier Reef. Ambicholestes magellani (Just) and Cerapus volucola Lowry & Berents have been recorded previously from the area. A single specimen, possibly a new species, is reported as Ericthonius sp. Ischyrocerus inexpectatus Ruffo (Mediterranean Sea) is transferred to Coxischyrocerus. Ischyrocerus socia (Myers) from Bora Bora is transferred to Tropischyrocerus.

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Taxonomic Review of the perciform fish genus Acanthistius from the east coast of southern Africa, with description of a new species and designation of a neotype for Serranus sebastoides Castelnau, 1861

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2352.1.4 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2352 (1) ◽

pp. 59 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

PHILLIP C. HEEMSTRA

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

South America ◽

Southern Africa ◽

East Coast ◽

Valid Species ◽

Shallow Waters ◽

Single Specimen ◽

Warm Temperate ◽

A New Species

The genus Acanthistius Gill, 1862 comprises ten putative valid species occurring in shallow warm-temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere: South America (coasts of Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina) southern Africa (Namibia and South Africa), southern Australia, New Zealand, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Kermadec and Easter, and Sala y Gómez islands. Two species: Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau, 1861) and Acanthistius sp are known from shallow waters of the east coast of South Africa (Heemstra and Randall, 1986). The latter taxon, previously known from a brief description of a single specimen, is here described from 23 specimens and named Acanthistius joanae. Acanthistius sebastoides is redescribed from 13 specimens and compared with A. joanae and species of Acanthistius known from South America and Australia. A neotype is designated for Serranus sebastoides Castelnau, 1861, as the two syntypes are apparently lost.

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