The Taxonomic Status of the North Long Branch, New Jersey, Mesoplodon in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, No. 7301

1964 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-368
Author(s):  
C. McCann
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
The North ◽  
Comparative Zoology

scholarly journals Catalog of Rose Gall, Herb Gall, and Inquiline Gall Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the United States, Canada, and Mexico

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Nastasi ◽  
Andrew Deans
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Original Description ◽  
The United States ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Vernacular Names ◽  
The North ◽  
Gall Wasps ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
Gall Induction

Cynipidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea) is a diverse group of wasps, many of which are capable of inducing plants to make novel structures, galls, that protect and nourish the wasps' larvae. Other cynipids, especially those species in Ceroptresini and Synergini, are understood to be usurpers of galls made by other cynipids. The North American cynipid fauna has not been fully cataloged since 1979, but there is renewed interest in revising the taxonomy and in doing research that sheds light on the mechanisms of gall induction, the evolution of this life history, and their ecological interactions more broadly. Significant taxonomic changes have impacted the group since 1979, thereby warranting a new catalog. The current state of knowledge of species classified in Aulacideini, Ceroptresini, Diastrophini, Diplolepidini, Phanacidini, and Synergini in the United States, Canada, and Mexico is summarized in catalog format. We report 323 names, including 170 valid species of rose gall wasps, herb gall wasps, and inquiline gall wasps, classified in 12 genera, from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Current taxonomic status, distribution, host associations, and vernacular names are listed for each species. The catalog also includes the original description of galls for many species of gall-inducer, as well as atomized characterizations of different gall traits as key-value pairs. For most galling species without existing vernacular names, new vernacular names are proposed.

Economic Impacts of Rail Transit on Recreational Shore Communities: Case of the north Jersey Coast line

2015 ◽  
Vol 2531 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Devajyoti Deka ◽  
Michael Lahr ◽  
Thomas Marchwinski ◽  
Maia de la Calle
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Coast Line ◽  
The North ◽  
Expenditure Data ◽  
Rail Line ◽  
State Taxes ◽  
The Impact

This study estimated the impact of spending by North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL) riders during summer weekends on the economies of the Jersey Shore communities known for beach-oriented recreational activities. The NJCL is a commuter rail line that provides many workers with access to their workplaces on weekdays throughout the year. The line also provides a large number of recreational visitors from New York City and other parts of New Jersey with direct access to the Jersey Shore communities on summer weekends. To estimate the economic benefits to the shore communities from spending by NJCL riders on summer weekends, this study used a software program (R/ECON) regional input–output (I-O) model developed by the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Visitor expenditure data from an onboard survey of NJCL riders were used as model inputs. The survey was conducted during the summer of 2013 and was completed by 2,241 riders returning from the shore area. The R/ECON I-O model provided estimates of economic benefits to the shore communities in terms of jobs, earnings, gross domestic product, state taxes, and local taxes. The model also generated return-on-investment multipliers for these variables. The study showed that the $14.8 million spent by NJCL riders on summer weekends in the shore communities generated approximately 225 annualized jobs, more than $9 million in earnings, and more than $1 million in state taxes. More than 80% of the economic benefit was generated by out-of-state visitor spending.

scholarly journals The North American species of the non-native flora of the Kyiv urban area (Ukraine): a checklist and analysis

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksana Yavorska
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
North American ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Invasive Alien Plants ◽  
Native Flora ◽  
The North ◽  
Degree Of Naturalization ◽  
Cultivated Species ◽  
Annotated Checklist

The North American species of the non-native flora of the Kyiv urban area (Ukraine): a checklist and analysisThis paper presents an annotated checklist of the North American species established in the flora of the Kyiv urban area (KUA). For each taxon, the following data are provided: distribution in the area, degree of naturalization, period of immigration, mode of immigration and ecological characteristics. The group of the North American neophytes consists of 114 species belonging to 71 genera and 36 families and 23 cultivated species and of problematic taxonomic status. Among them prevail ergasiophytes (26%), ergasiophygophytes (22%) and ephemerophytes (19%). The majority of neophytes (47%) have spread over all types of ecotopes. Among them 12 species are invasive alien plants in the KUA.

scholarly journals Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of Atlantic stalked barnacle (Scalpelliformes: Pollicipedidae) from the Cape Verde Islands

2011 ◽  
Vol 91 (7) ◽  
pp. 1537-1545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Quinteiro ◽  
Jorge Rodríguez-Castro ◽  
Pedro López ◽  
Luis F. López-Jurado ◽  
Nieves González-Henríquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Cape Verde Islands ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Central Eastern

The taxonomy of pedunculate cirripedes belonging to the genus Pollicipes has essentially remained unchanged since Charles Darwin described them in his exhaustive work on the Cirripedia. This genus includes three species of stalked barnacles: Pollicipes pollicipes in the north-eastern Atlantic, P. polymerus in the north-eastern Pacific and P. elegans in the central-eastern Pacific. However, a population genetics analysis of P. pollicipes suggested the presence of a putative cryptic species collected from the Cape Verde Islands in the central-eastern Atlantic. This study examines the morphology of these genetically divergent specimens and compares them with that of representative Atlantic samples of the biogeographically closely related P. pollicipes and with the poorly described P. elegans. Molecular data, including mitochondrial COX1 and nuclear ribosomal interspaces sequences, were obtained for all species of the genus Pollicipes. Morphological distinctiveness, diagnostic characters, congruent divergence level and monophyletic clustering, at both nuclear and mitochondrial loci support the taxonomic status of this new species, Pollicipes darwini.

The Seasonal Occurrence of the Grape Root Borer, (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) in the Eastern United States2

1991 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendell J. Snow ◽  
D. T. Johnson ◽  
J. R. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Sex Attractant ◽  
Seasonal Occurrence ◽  
The South ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
The North ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Melittia Cucurbitae

The Grape Root Borer, Vitacea polistiformis (Harris), (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) was trapped during 1985, 1986, and 1987 in seven, nine, and 13 eastern states, respectively, with pure (E,Z)-2,13 octadecadienyl acetate or a 99:1 blend of (E,Z)-2,13 octadecadienyl acetate and (Z,Z)-3,13 Octadecadienyl acetate. The length of adult activity periods ranged from six months in Florida to two or three months in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Ohio. Bimodal peaks of activity occurred most commonly in the South, and single peaks were most common in the North. Activity usually began in all states (except Central Florida) in June or early July, with principal activity occurring in August in the extreme South, in late July in the central states, and about the first of July in the northern states. In Central Florida, flight began in late July with principal activity in September. Twelve other species of sesiid moths were also collected with the sex attractant, including large numbers of Melittia cucurbitae (Harris), Paranthrene simulans (Grote), and Paranthrene asilipennis (Boisduval).

Systematics of north African Agama (Reptilia: Agamidae): a new species from the central Saharan mountains

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3098 (1) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILIPPE GENIEZ ◽  
JOSÉ M. PADIAL ◽  
PIERRE-ANDRÉ CROCHET
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Gene Fragment ◽  
North African ◽  
Mountain Ranges ◽  
The North ◽  
Lineage Divergence ◽  
Species Taxonomy

We studied the taxonomic status of the north African Agama species A. impalearis, A. castroviejoi, and A. boueti. The study of recently collected specimens and museum material, as well as phylogenetic analyses of a short 16S ribosomal RNA gene fragment, revealed the presence of an undescribed species in Adrar des Ifoghas (Mali), Aïr Mountains (Niger), Ahaggar Mountains (Algeria) and Tassili n’Ajjer (Algeria, Lybia), previously mistaken either as A. impalearis or A. agama. The new species, Agama tassiliensis n. sp., clearly belongs to the impalearis – boueti – spinosa species group but differs from these species, among other characters, by its red, reddish-orange or orange vertebral stripe in males, long and angular head, long limbs and toes (with 4 th toe usually slightly longer than 3 rd toe), long but low nuchal crest made of 10 to 15 spines (rarely 8–9 spines) and large number of supralabials (10–16, usually around 12). Interspecific uncorrected p- distances based on the 16S rDNA gene fragment are high, ranging from 3.9% between A. boueti and A. impalearis to 7.9% between A. spinosa and A. impalearis. The new species is sympatric with A. boueti at least in the Aïr Mountains and exhibits average mtDNA divergences of 6.2%, 7.4%, and 7.6% with A. spinosa, A. impalearis, and A. boueti, respectively. Agama boueti is paraphyletic relative to A. castroviejoi in the mtDNA tree, and mtDNA genetic divergences between populations of both species are lower than 1.0%, suggesting that A. castroviejoi is better treated as a junior synonym of A. boueti pending more detailed analyses. Scattered mountain ranges in the Sahara seem to have promoted lineage divergence and ultimately speciation in this group. Further work should be done to study species taxonomy and evolution in those areas.

Revisiting the biogeography of Sideroxylon (Sapotaceae) and an evaluation of the taxonomic status of Argania and Spiniluma

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail Stride ◽  
Stephan Nylinder ◽  
Ulf Swenson
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Divergence Time ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Migration Route ◽  
Gulf Of Aden ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
The North ◽  
Water Dispersal ◽  
Mascarene Islands

Biogeography of Sideroxylon (Sapotoideae) and whether the satellite genera Argania and Spiniluma merit recognition are revisited. The hypothesis of an African origin with a subsequent migration to Central America via Europe and the North Atlantic landbridge is challenged. We analysed 58 accessions of trnH-psbA and ITS sequences in a fossil-calibrated, relaxed lognormal clock model with BEAST for phylogenetic and biogeographic inference. Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels from Morocco must be united with Sideroxylon, whereas S. discolor Radcl.-Sm. and S. oxyacanthum Baill. belong to subfamily Chrysophylloideae and may be recognised as Spiniluma. The divergence time estimate suggests that Sideroxylon originated and first diversified in Central America 56.3–52.2 million years ago, contemporaneous with the landbridge, but an archipelago of islands and the Tethys Seaway halted eastward expansion to Africa until c.20 million years ago, i.e. 25 million years after establishment in Africa. Range expansion of Sideroxylon was therefore not powered by the landbridge, and a long-distance dispersal from Central America to Africa is proposed. The establishment of the Gomphotherium landbridge between Africa and Eurasia at 19 million years ago provided a land-migration route to Europe and Asia, which is reconcilable with the extension of Xantolis into Asia. Sideroxylon has colonised Socotra by over-water dispersal in the Gulf of Aden, Macaronesia, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands.

Review of Sarcotretes Jungersen, 1911 (Copepoda: Pennellidae) from midwater and demersal fishes in the north Atlantic Ocean

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 1371-1375 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. E. Hogans
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Type Species ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Parasitic Copepods ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Demersal Fishes

The genus Sarcotretes, parasitic copepods from midwater and demersal fishes in the Atlantic Ocean, is reviewed. The taxonomic status of the six nominal species is discussed. Two species, S. scopeli, from midwater fishes, and S. eristaliformis, from demersal fishes, are tentatively considered valid members of the genus. The remaining species (S. inflexus, S. lobatus, S. gempyli, and S. nodicornis) are probable synonyms of the type species, S. scopeli. A detailed description of S. scopeli from six midwater host species is presented.

scholarly journals The molecular phylogenetic status of <i>Elphidium williamsoni</i> (Haynes, 1973) as inferred from partial 18S-rDNA sequences

2001 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin R. Langer
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Small Subunit ◽  
The North ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Muddy Sediments

Abstract. Comparative studies on DNA nucleotide sequences have revolutionized our understanding of the phylogenetic relationships of many organisms and have become an important tool in evolutionary, ecological and palaeobiological inquiry. We have analysed partial small-subunit 18S sequences (srDNA) of Elphidium williamsoni (Haynes, 1973), a common intertidal benthic foraminiferid from the North Sea. The molecular phylogenetic analysis of the ribosomal rDNA sequence data indicate that E. williamsoni constitutes a well-defined genetic entity that is closely related to Elphidium aculeatum.Elphidium williamsoni is a prominent and frequently encountered foraminiferid in the North Sea and other tidal flats. It was originally described by Williamson (1858) as Polystomella umbilicata and subsequently renamed by Haynes (1973). Because of its phenotypic similarities with other elphidiids, this species has been frequently confused with, for example E. excavatum or Cribrononion alvarezianum (see Haynes for discussion). The molecular data provided here, and their direct comparison to other benthic foraminifera including one elphidiid, may therefore provide additional insight into the taxonomic status and the validity of this species.Individuals of the foraminiferid Elphidium williamsoni were collected in October 1997 from the intertidal mud flats of the Crildumersiel at the outer Jade Bay near Wilhelmshaven, North Sea (see Langer et al., 1989 for details). The mud flats are characterized by fine-grained, muddy sediments containing high contents of organic material. In the laboratory, specimens were transferred into petri dishes, examined and cleaned under a stereo microscope. Living specimens of E. williamsoni were picked out separately and placed into clean glass dishes containing filtered. . .

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