scholarly journals First record of a homolid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Homoloidea) from the early Eocene of the Iberian Peninsula

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. A311220
Author(s):  
Fernando A. Ferratges ◽  
José Luis Domínguez ◽  
Àlex Ossó
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
The Rich ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of homolid crab from the Ypresian (early Eocene) Roda Formation of Huesca province (Aragon, Spain). In spite of the fragmentary condition of the sole specimen, some preserved frontal elements, and in particular the complete left cheliped, allow inclusion it within the genus Paromola Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason and Alcock, 1891, based on morphological similarities with the extant species of this genus. Direct comparison with specimens of the extant Paromola cuvieri (Risso, 1815) confirms this systematic assignment. Paromola bretoni n. sp. is the first homolid reported in the Cenozoic of the Iberian Peninsula, and expands the rich decapod fossil record of the Eocene basins of southern Pyrenees.

First record of Dynomene (Brachyura, Dromioidea) from the Eocene of the Iberian Peninsula and remarks on the generic placement of Eoacantholobulus oscensis (Brachyura, Xanthoidea)

2020 ◽  
Vol 296 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-192
Author(s):  
Àlex Ossó ◽  
José Luis Domínguez ◽  
Antonio De Angeli ◽  
Fernando A. Ferratges
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Present Note ◽  
Decapod Crustacean ◽  
First Record ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Central Pyrenees

A new species of Dynomene from the Priabonian (Upper Eocene) of the central Pyrenees in Aragón (Spain) is described as the first record of the genus from the Iberian Peninsula. The new species reveals close similarities to other dromioid species described from the Priabonian of Hungary. The panopeid Eoacantholobulus oscensis Ossó & Domínguez, 2017, from the same locality, is reviewed and transferred to the genus Sculptoplax, after comparisons with specimens of Sculptoplax rigida Müller & Collins, 1991 from the Priabonian of Italy. The present note again provides evi- dence of the close relationship between the Late Eocene decapod crustacean faunas of the western-most Tethys and the Pyrenean basins.

Five new records and one new species of Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) for the Cantabrian coast (North Atlantic) of the Iberian Peninsula

2014 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Marquina ◽  
Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez ◽  
Carolina Noreña
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
Invertebrate Biodiversity ◽  
Cantabrian Coast ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

The Iberian Peninsula is part of the South European Atlantic Shelf within the Lusitanian ecoregion. Given the characteristics of this region, a great invertebrate biodiversity is expected. Nevertheless, no literature records of Polycladida are known for the Cantabrian Sea. Here, we report the presence of six polyclad species, including one new species.Notoplana vitrea, considered endemic to the Mediterranean Sea, was found in the Cantabrian Sea, demonstrating its presence in Atlantic waters. This species was previously reported for these waters on two natural history photographic websites: the importance of searching, indexing and disseminating this type of record for the scientific community is discussed.Discocelis tigrinais reported for the first time for the Cantabrian Sea, and is the northernmost record to date. In this paper,Pleioplana atomatais reported for the second time for the Iberian Peninsula, yet is the first record for the Cantabrian Sea. Although a literature record ofLeptoplana tremellarisfor the Iberian Peninsula exists, it is considered a misidentification ofL. mediterranea; therefore, this work provides the first record ofL. tremellarisfor the Iberian Peninsula. The cosmopolitan speciesCycloporus papillosusis also reported for the Cantabrian Sea. A new species,Imogine fafaisp. nov., is described and taxonomically compared with other species of the genus.

scholarly journals A new species of <i>Lacinius</i> in amber (Arachnida: Opiliones)

Fossil Record ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Mitov ◽  
J. A. Dunlop ◽  
D. Penney
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Extinct Species ◽  
Unique Character ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
A New Species

Abstract. A new specimen of Lacinius Thorell, 1876; (Opiliones: Phalangiidae) from Eocene Baltic amber is described. We interpret it as conspecific with a slightly younger record from the German Bitterfeld amber, originally referred to as the extant species L. erinaceus Staręga, 1966. Our new specimen reveals pedipalpal apophyses on both the patella and the tibia, features which we can now confirm in the Bitterfeld fossil too. This unique character combination for the genus justifies a new, extinct species: Lacinius bizleyi sp. nov. The Baltic amber inclusion dates to ca. 44–49 Ma, and is thus the oldest putative example of Lacinius in the fossil record. It is a further example of an arachnid species shared between Baltic and Bitterfeld amber.

scholarly journals First Record of Mites of the Family Stigmaeidae (Acari, Raphignathoidea) from Rovno Amber with Description of a New Species of the Genus Mediolata

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. e-49-e-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kuznetsov ◽  
A. Khaustov ◽  
E. Perkovsky
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Rovno Amber ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

First Record of Mites of the Family Stigmaeidae (Acari, Raphignathoidea) from Rovno Amber with Description of a New Species of the Genus Mediolata A new species, Mediolata eocenica Kuznetsov, Khaustov et Perkovsky, sp. n., is described from the Late Eocene Rovno amber. It is the first fossil record of Stigmaeidae.

First record of the genus Phanerotomella (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Baltic amber with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4482 (1) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
REBECCA N. KITTEL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fore Wing ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Wing Vein ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Modern Genus ◽  
A New Species

A new but exinct chelonine wasp species, Phanerotomella brevivena Kittel sp. nov. (Braconidae: Cheloninae) of the modern genus Phanerotomella is described from Baltic amber. This new species differs from all other extant Phanerotomella species by having the fore wing vein SR-1 only partially sclerotised. This is the first fossil record of the genus in amber. 

scholarly journals Palinurellus bericus n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palinuridae) from the late Eocene (Priabonian) of San Feliciano (Orgiano, Vicenza, northeastern Italy)

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio De Angeli ◽  
Alessandro Garassino
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Northeastern Italy ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Main Component ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Stratigraphic Range

The rich decapod community from the late Eocene (Priabonian) of San Feliciano (Orgiano, Vicenza, northeastern Italy) was partially described by De Angeli &amp; Garassino (2002). Anomurans and brachyurans are the main component of this community, whereas the macrurans are very scarce. The studied specimen is the first report of macrurans from this locality after twenty years of field research. Similar carapace morphological characters allow the studied specimen to be assigned to the extant <em>Palinurellus</em> von Martens, 1878, and differences with the two species of <em>Palinurellus</em> allow erection of a new species <em>P. bericus</em> n. sp. The report of <em>Palinurellus</em> in the fossil record is significant because it expands the stratigraphic range of this genus back to the late Eocene. It also represents the second report of the Palinuridae from the Eocene of Vicenza.

scholarly journals Diplacodes lefebvrii in Sardinia, a new species for the Italian fauna (Odonata: Libellulidae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Rattu ◽  
Piero Leo ◽  
Raynald Moratin ◽  
Sönke Hardersen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
The South ◽  
Single Male ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Small Wetland ◽  
A New Species

<em>Diplacodes lefebvrii</em> (Rambur, 1842) is a libellulid dragonfly, which is common and widespread in Africa and across the Indian Ocean. While this species is fairly common in the south and east of the Mediterranean, its European range is confined to Cyprus, the island of Rhodes and the south of the Iberian Peninsula. Here we report the first record of <em>D. lefebvrii </em>for Italy, which was captured near Cagliari (Sardinia) on 11.IX.2013. In October 2014, a population of the same species was observed at a small wetland on the island “Isola di San Pietro” (Sardinia). Here the observed sex ratio of <em>D. lefebvrii</em> was strongly biased in favour of females and only a single male was observed.

First record of Undabracon Quicke, 1986 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Braconinae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4664 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-150
Author(s):  
A.P. RANJITH ◽  
SERGEY A. BELOKOBYLSKIJ ◽  
M. NASSER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
First Record ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The Australasian braconine genus Undabracon Quicke, 1986 is recorded from the Indian subcontinent for the first time and we describe a new species, U. binduae Ranjith sp. nov. An illustrated key is provided for all the extant species together with the re-illustration of the species U. jacundus (Enderlein, 1920). 

scholarly journals Systematics and phylogeny of the Zygodactylidae (Aves, Neognathae) with description of a new species from the early Eocene of Wyoming, USA

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4950 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Adam Smith ◽  
Aj M. DeBee ◽  
Julia A. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Green River Formation ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Green River ◽  
Exceptional Preservation ◽  
Taxonomic History ◽  
Ancestral States ◽  
A New Species

Zygodactylidae are an extinct lineage of perching birds characterized by distinct morphologies of the foot and wing elements. Although the clade has a complex taxonomic history, current hypotheses place Zygodactylidae as the sister taxon to Passeriformes (i.e., songbirds). Given the rather sparse fossil record of early passeriforms, the description of zygodactylid taxa is important for inferring potentially ancestral states in the largest radiation of living birds (i.e., the ∼6,000 species of extant passeriforms). Despite the exceptional preservation of many specimens and considerable species diversity in Zygodactylidae, the relationships among species have not been previously evaluated in a phylogenetic context. Herein, we review the fossil record of Zygodactylidae from North America and describe five new well-preserved fossils from the early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming. Two specimens are identified as representing a new species and the first records of the taxonZygodactylusoutside Europe. Anatomical comparisons with previously named taxa and the results of phylogenetic analysis including newly described specimens and previously named zygodactylid taxa provide the first hypothesis of the species-level relationships among zygodactylids. The monophyly of Zygodactylidae is supported in these new analyses. However, the monophyly ofPrimozygodactylusand the taxonomic distinction betweenZygodactylusandEozygodactylusremain unresolved and would likely benefit from the description of additional specimens.

scholarly journals A new Dicranophragma (Diptera: Limoniidae) from a hypogeous environment in Catalonia (Iberian Peninsula)

2020 ◽  
Vol 724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Mederos ◽  
Sergi Gago ◽  
Neus Brañas ◽  
Floren Fadrique ◽  
Berta Caballero-López ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
First Record ◽  
Ecological Conditions ◽  
The Third ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Limnophilinae (Diptera: Limoniidae), Dicranophragma (Brachylimnophila) relictum Mederos sp. nov., is described. This is the third species of this genus recorded from the Iberian Peninsula. This new species was discovered in a cave in the Sant Llorenç del Munt i Serra de l’Obac Natural Park, Barcelona Province (Catalonia) and it is the first record of a species of this genus from a hypogeous environment. The absence of suitable ecological conditions for the survival of this new species, particularly in the vicinity of the cave, suggests that this population of D. relictum Mederos sp. nov. is isolated. Dicranophragma relictum Mederos sp. nov. is characterized by the following features: a general grey-to-greenish-grey coloration on its thorax and a dark-grey abdomen; wings more than four times longer than wide; pale-brown-to-yellowish tinted wings, with brown veins and a well-marked stigma; in the male genitalia the upper part of the aedeagus is acute when viewed laterally and is longer than the lower part. A key is provided for separating the three species of Dicranophragma known to be present in the Iberian Peninsula.

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