scholarly journals Aster and Brachyactis in Illinois

1989 ◽  
Vol 34 (1-6) ◽  
pp. 139-194
Author(s):  
Almut G. Jones
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
The State ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
World Species ◽  
Old World ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cultivated Species ◽  
Comprehensive Study

The need for a comprehensive study and taxonomic revision of asters in Illinois becomes apparent when one looks at the varied treatments of this genus in the principal floristic literature of the state (G.N. Jones 1945, 1950, 1963; Jones and Fuller 1935: Mohlenbrock 1975. 1986; Mohlenbrock and Ladd 1978. Three factors contribute to the differences found in these works: the number of taxa recorded for Illinois, nomenclatural considerations such as those dictated by the principle of priority, and differences in taxonomic concepts and interpretations. In the first edition of Flora of Illinois (G.N. Jones 1945). 33 species are treated under Aster, not counting hybrids. Three additional species appear in the third edition (G.N. Jones 1963): A. chasei G.N. Jones in Jones & Fuller, a species newly described from Illinois: A. tartaricus L.f.. an occasionally escaped cultivated species; and A.parviveps (Burgess in Britton & Brown) Mack. & Bush, probably inadvertently omitted from the first two editions but included in Jones and Fuller (1955). In the most recent (Guide to the Vascular Flora of Illinois. Mohlenbrock (1986) treats 35 species. A notable change involves the transfer of A. ptarmicoides (Nees) Torrey & Gray to Solidago. In this revision, I recognize 31 species of Aster in the state of Illinois. My research has concentrated on New World and some Old World species of Aster (sensu lato) forever 15 years (A.G. Jones 1974, 1977, 1978a, b, c. I980a, b, 1982, 1983,1984, 1987; Jones and Hiepko 1981; Jones and Young 1983; Jones and Lowry 1986; and others), and much additional infomation has been introduced in this current study. My taxonomic concepts are summarized in the conspectus of classification of Illinois Aster species.

Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Ocotea complex (Lauraceae): an analysis with emphasis on the Old World taxa and description of the new genus Kuloa

2020 ◽  
Vol 192 (3) ◽  
pp. 510-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrij Trofimov ◽  
Jens G Rohwer
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
African Region ◽  
Molecular Systematic ◽  
World Species ◽  
Old World ◽  
Phylogenetic Classification ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Mascarene Islands

Abstract Ocotea is one of the largest genera in the Lauraceae (c. 400 spp.), and it has been known to be paraphyletic with respect to most other genera of the New World Lauraceae for almost 20 years. In the traditional circumscription, Ocotea contains not only Neotropical species, but also about 45 species from the African region, including Macaronesia, Madagascar, and the Comoro and Mascarene Islands. Only a few of the species have been included in previous molecular systematic analyses. Here we present a phylogenetic analysis, based on ITS and psbA-trnH sequences of 168 Lauraceae species, including 151 taxa from the Ocotea complex, among them 26 of the 45 Palaeotropical species currently placed in Ocotea. Our results show that the Old World species belong to two well-supported and morphologically distinguishable clades, one of which is placed unresolved among the Neotropical clades of the Ocotea complex, whereas the other is sister to Cinnamomum section Cinnamomum. The two clades can also be differentiated based morphologically. As a step towards a phylogenetic classification, we recognize the second group as the new genus Kuloa.

The planthopper genus Stenocranus in Canada: implications for classification of Delphacidae (Hemiptera)

2006 ◽  
Vol 138 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
K G.A. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Hierarchical Classification ◽  
Species Concepts ◽  
Evolutionary Relationships ◽  
World Species ◽  
Old World ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time

AbstractThe Canadian species of Stenocranus Fieber are keyed by external characters correlated with species concepts defined by known genitalic characters. Stenocranus is differentiated from Terauchiana Matsumura (Asian; here reported from the New World for the first time) and Embolophora Stål (from Africa) by the remarkable development of the female pygofers, which completely conceal the ovipositor. Based on both head and genitalic characters, the genus is divided into two subgenera: typical Stenocranus with many Old World species and two Canadian species, and subgenus Codexnov. for other New World species. The type of Delphax dorsalis Fitch, 1851 is a specimen of Stenocranus pallidus Beamer, 1946 syn. nov., and "S. dorsalis" sensu Beamer is S. unipunctatus (Provancher, 1872). A lectotype of Delphax vittata Stål, 1862 is designated for the taxon S. unipunctatus (sensu Beamer, nec Provancher); its paralectotypes are specimens of S. acutus Beamer. The apparent evolutionary relationships of this fauna to other species of the world Stenocranini and within the superficially similar Saccharosydnini reveal numerous homoplasies and dramatic autapomorphies, contrasted with only a few reliable synapomorphies. A hierarchical classification of Delphacidae, based on the most distinctive synapomorphies, defines subfamily Delphacinae as encompassing at least four tribes: Vizcayini, Stenocranini, Tropidocephalini, and Delphacini, with "Kelisiinae" reduced to subtribe of Stenocranini and "Saccharosydnini" placed within Tropidocephalini.

MEDITERRANEAN AND ASIAN TAXA OF ANEMONE (SECTION ERIOCEPHALUS) WITH TUBEROUS ROOTSTOCKS

1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 725-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecily Madahar
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
New World ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
World Species ◽  
Old World ◽  
Limited Success ◽  
Mediterranean Regions

Old World species of Anemone L. (section Eriocephalus Hook. f. & Thoms.) with tuberous rootstocks have been classified into three groups on the basis of their distribution and karyotypes. Anemone coronaria L., A. pavonina Lam., and A. hortensis L. of the northern, central, and eastern Mediterranean regions have karyotypes characteristic of the genus: three acrocentric, one submetacentric, and four metacentric chromosomes. Chromosomes of A. coronaria are smaller than those of A. pavonina and A. hortensis. Anemone palmata L. from the western Mediterranean differs from these in having four acrocentric and four metacentric chromosomes. Karyotypes of taxa from central Asia received as A. "bucharica", A. "petiolulosa", and A. "biflora" have three acrocentrics, two submetacentrics, and only three metacentrics. All taxa are diploid, 2n = 16, except A. palmata in which tetraploid populations are also known.Crosses between Old and New World species of Anemone with tuberous rootstocks were failures while those between Old World species with tuberous rootstocks and New World species with fibrous or woody rootstocks met with limited success.

Taxonomic revision of the myrmecophilous, meliponiphilous and rhizophilous soft scale genus Cryptostigma Ferris (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2709 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAKUMASA KONDO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New World ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Scale Insects ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
World Species ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
First Instar

The present study revises the soft scale insects of the genus Cryptostigma Ferris (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae), which comprises a group of New World species associated with ants or bees or of hypogeal habit. It includes 17 species, of which 10 species are new to science. The study is based on the external, mostly cuticular morphology of the adult females and first-instar nymphs. Taxonomic keys based on adult females and known first-instar nymphs are provided. For each species a description or redescription is given, followed by information on its distribution, host plants, and known biological information including associated ants or bees. The new species described are Cryptostigma chacoensis sp. nov., C. gullanae sp. nov., C. jonmartini sp. nov., C. longinoi sp. nov., C. melissophilum sp. nov., C. mexicanum sp. nov., C. philwardi , sp. nov. C. rhizophilum sp. nov., C. serratum sp. nov., and C. tuberculosum sp. nov. Neolecanium urichi (Cockerell) is transferred to Cryptostigma as C. urichi (Cockerell) comb. nov., and C. quinquepori (Newstead) is synonymized with Cryptostigma urichi, comb. nov. Lectotypes are designated for Cryptostigma saundersi Laing, Lecanium silveirai Hempel, Lecanium urichi Cockerell and Akermes quinquepori Newstead. Cryptostigma inquilina (Newstead) is amended to C. inquilinum in order to match the neutral ending “stigma”. The following names are treated as nomina nuda: Cryptostigma jamaicensis and Lecanopsis jamaicensis (Ben-Dov, 1993: 97).

scholarly journals Morphology of immature stages of Paraegidium costalimai (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) and remarks on egg-busters in Scarabaeidae first‑instar larvae

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Clayton De Jesus e Sousa ◽  
Juares Fuhrmann
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
New World ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Old World ◽  
The Third ◽  
First Instar ◽  
Third Instar Larvae

Studies about the immature stages of Orphninae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) species are scarce. The subfamily includes 214 species, but only 5 have the immature stages described: Chaetonyx robustus liguricus Mariani, 1946, Hybalus benoiti Tournier, 1864, H. rotroui Petrovitz, 1964 and Triodontus nitidulus (Guérin, 1844) from Old World; and Aegidium cribratum Bates, 1887 from the New World. The Neotropical genus Paraegidium Vulcano, Pereira & Martinez, 1966 encompass five species, mainly recorded from Brazil. Herein, the immature stages of P. costalimai Vulcano, Pereira & Martinez, 1966 are described and illustrated, along with remarks on the presence of egg-buster in Scarabaeidae first-instar larvae. A key to the third-instar larvae of known Orphninae and a comparative study of chaetotaxy are also provided.

NEW WORLD SPECIES OF CHLORITA, NOTUS, AND FORCIPATA (RHYNCHOTA: HOMOPTERA: CICADELLIDAE: TYPHLOCYBINAE) WITH A NEW TRIBE FORCIPATINI

1998 ◽  
Vol 130 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.G.A. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New World ◽  
Yukon Territory ◽  
Lake Huron ◽  
World Species ◽  
Old World ◽  
New Tribe

AbstractChlorita nearctica is described from the Yukon Territory and is the first member of its genus found in the New World. A synopsis is presented to the Old World species of Chlorita Fieber, 1866 (Typhlocybinae, tribe Empoascini). A new typhlocybine tribe Forcipatini is created for Forcipata DeLong & Caldwell, 1936 and Notus Fieber, 1866. A synopsis of the genus Notus is presented, with Curta as a subgenus containing only the type species. Notus isolatus sp.nov. is described from Drummond Island, Michigan, in Lake Huron and from Quebec. A synopsis of the genus Forcipata DeLong & Caldwell is presented; all species belong to a single subgenus. Five new species are described: F. forficula from Florida, F. ips from Alaska and Yukon, F. montana from the mountains of British Columbia and Montana, and F. unica and F. xlix from Wisconsin. The New World species of the forcipatine genera are keyed.

QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ANISOCOTYLY IN HABERLEA RHODOPENSIS AND RAMONDA MYCONI

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-391
Author(s):  
B.-H. Huang ◽  
K. Nishii ◽  
C.-N. Wang ◽  
M. Möller
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
New World ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
World Species ◽  
Old World ◽  
Haberlea Rhodopensis ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Irregular Growth ◽  
Basal Meristem ◽  
Ramonda Myconi

Anisocotyly, the unequal development of cotyledons post germination, is a unique trait observed only in Old World Gesneriaceae (Lamiales). New World Gesneriaceae have isocotylous seedlings. In both Old and New World Gesneriaceae, cotyledons initially grow equally for a short period just after germination. In the New World species, both cotyledons cease their growth at the same time early on, whereas in Old World species one cotyledon continues to expand to become a macrocotyledon while the other withers away. In this study, cotyledon growth was observed in two European Old World Gesneriaceae: Haberlea rhodopensis and Ramonda myconi. The results were compared with those for the typical anisocotylous species Streptocarpus rexii and the typical isocotylous species Corytoplectus speciosus. We found that the cotyledon growth patterns in Haberlea rhodopensis and Ramonda myconi were intermediate between the typical anisocotylous or isocotylous species. Haberlea rhodopensis and Ramonda myconi showed irregular growth patterns, with some plants being slightly anisocotylous but most being isocotylous. The developmental basis for the residual anisocotyly, the extended basal meristem activity in the macrocotyledon, appeared to be identical in the European species to that in the typical Old World Streptocarpus rexii but weakly expressed, rare and terminated early. In conclusion, European Gesneriaceae retain a reduced anisocotylous growth that may be linked to their early plumule development.

scholarly journals The Old-World genus Ceratothripoides (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with a new genus for related New-World species

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2230 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAURENCE A. MOUND ◽  
DAVID A. NICKLE
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
World Species ◽  
Old World

A key is provided to five Old World species that comprise the genus Ceratothripoides Bagnall, and the species C. revelatus (Priesner) is recalled from synonymy with C. brunneus Bagnall. Five New World species previously placed in this genus are here allocated to Retanathrips Mound & Nickle gen.n., with Physothrips funestus Hood as type species.

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