The first record of the genus Dipteranthus (Orchidaceae) in the Guyana, description of a new species

Abstract The orchid genus Dipteranthus, described by Rodrigues in 1882, comprises about 10 species distributed from Venezuela to Bolivia and Brazil. Plants of Dipteranthus are small epiphytes, reaching in total up to 10 cm in length, hence, are easily overlooked in the field. Modern classification of Dipteranthus is still under discussion. During the revision of orchids of the Guianas, we came across some specimens that do not match morphological characters of any previously known Dipteranthus species. Thus, we propose that these specimens represent a new species – Dipteranthus clarkei sp. nov. D. clarkei is the first representative of the genus known from Guyana.

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A new species of Golinca Thomson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae): first record of the genus for Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3919.1.9 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3919 (1) ◽

pp. 192

Author(s):

M. VALOIS ◽

F. SILVA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

A New Species

Golinca trevisani Valois & Silva, new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini: Incina) from Ouro Preto do Oeste, Rondônia, and Amazonas, Brazil is described, representing the first record of the genus Golinca for Brazil. Diagnosis, illustrations of key morphological characters, the first male genitalia description in the genus, and a key for identification of four species of Golinca are provided.

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Discovery of the genus Rybocyclops Dussart, 1982 (Crustacea, Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in subterranean groundwaters of southeastern India, with the description of a new species and its biogeographic significance

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1810.1.2 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1810 (1) ◽

pp. 40 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

YENUMULA RANGA REDDY ◽

DANIELLE DEFAYE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Endopodal Segment ◽

Generic Diagnosis ◽

Unique Combination ◽

Setal Formula ◽

A New Species ◽

Bore Well ◽

Copepoda Cyclopoida

Rybocyclops Dussart, 1982 is a little-known stygobitic genus, hitherto represented by its type and only species, R. pauliani (Lindberg, 1954), from Madagascar. A second species, named Rybocyclops dussarti sp. nov., is described herein from an agricultural bore-well in southeastern India. The new species has a unique combination of morphological characters, which, inter alia, include: genital double-somite enlarged; anal operculum moderately large; furcal rami somewhat outcurved and about twice as long as wide; female antennules 11-segmented; legs 1–4 with spine formula 2.2.2.2, and setal formula 5.5.5.4; legs 1 and 4 without seta on inner margin of coxa and basis; leg 4 male with one seta more than in female on second endopodal segment; leg 5 fused to somite and represented by vague protuberance, bearing three setae; and leg 6 reduced to two setae. The generic diagnosis is partially amended for accommodating the new species. The discovery of R. dussarti sp. nov. is of much biogeographic interest because it is the first record of Rybocyclops from Asia and only the second freshwater stygobitic cyclopoid taxon from India, with apparent Gondwanan distribution.

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A new species of Marphysa Quatrefages, 1865 (Polychaeta: Eunicida: Eunicidae) from northern Australia and a review of similar taxa from the Indo-west Pacific, including the genus Nauphanta Kinberg, 1865

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2352.1.2 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2352 (1) ◽

pp. 29 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

CHRISTOPHER J. GLASBY ◽

PAT A. HUTCHINGS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Fish Farm ◽

Unique Combination ◽

Northern Australia ◽

Coastal Regions ◽

West Pacific ◽

Peculiar Behaviour ◽

A New Species

A taxonomic survey of Marphysa species (Polychaeta: Eunicida: Eunicidae) from coastal regions of northern Australia including recently collected specimens from a fish farm near Darwin, yielded three species: M. mullawa Hutchings & Karageorgopolous, 2003, a first record from northern Australia; M. mossambica (Peters, 1854; was Nauphanta mossambica), first confirmed record from Australia; and a new species, M. fauchaldi. The new species was recorded from intertidal muddy shores as well as in the sediments of fish farm ponds, where it was extremely abundant. It is characterised by a unique combination of chaetal features. A newly proposed informal subgroup of Marphysa, the Teretiuscula-group, is erected to contain the new species and other Marphysa species that share the possession of compound spinigerous chaetae in anterior parapodia only and the peculiar behaviour of encapsulating embryos in jelly cocoons. Morphologically, the new species falls between a group of Marphysa species having only compound spinigers and the recently resurrected genus Nauphanta, which completely lacks compound chaetae. The discovery of this new species necessitated a re-evaluation of the morphological features of Nauphanta and Marphysa species lacking falcigers, in particular homology of fan chaetae, the only apparent synapomorphy of Nauphanta. Fan chaetae appear to be a specialised type of pectinate chaetae, which are found also in species of Marphysa including the new species. Based on this finding, and an evaluation of other characters, Nauphanta is returned to synonymy with Marphysa. Further, an analysis of size-related variation of key morphological characters in M. mossambica and comparison with those in the types of M. novaehollandiae (Kinberg, 1865; formerly Nauphanta) and M. simplex Treadwell, 1922, indicated that both species should be synonymised with M. mossambica. A key is provided to identify Marphysa species of the Indo-west Pacific.

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A new species of the genus Lucasioides Kwon, 1993 (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Agnaridae) from Siberia, Russia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4903.1.9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4903 (1) ◽

pp. 140-150

Author(s):

KONSTANTIN B. GONGALSKY ◽

PAVEL S. NEFEDIEV ◽

ILYA S. TURBANOV

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Altai Mountains ◽

The Family ◽

Southwestern Siberia ◽

A New Species ◽

Preliminary Phylogenetic Analysis

A new species of the family Agnaridae, Lucasioides altaicus sp. nov., is described from the Altai Mountains, southwestern Siberia, based both on morphological characters and molecular data. This species is the first record of Lucasioides from Russia, whose location is the northernmost habitat of terrestrial isopods in indigenous habitats presently known to Eurasia. The diagnostic characters of the new species and a preliminary phylogenetic analysis within Agnaridae are provided.

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A new species of Bonfilsus Scherer 1967 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the Dominican Republic

Journal of Insect Biodiversity ◽

10.12976/jib/2019.11.1.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

ANNETTE Y. MICHELI ◽

ALEXANDER S. KONSTANTINOV

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Dominican Republic ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Monotypic Genus ◽

Flea Beetles ◽

Distinguishing Features ◽

A New Species

A new species of previously monotypic genus of flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), Bonfilsus Scherer 1967, is described from the Dominican Republic. This is the first record of Bonfilsus from the island of Hispaniola. The new species is compared to the only known species of the genus [B. subpubenscens (Bechyne)] and its distinguishing features as well as other morphological characters are illustrated and described.

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Studies on the Family Opisthorchiidaæ Braun, 1901, with a description of a New Species of Opisthorchis from a Sarus Crane (Antigone antigone)

Journal of Helminthology ◽

10.1017/s0022149x00018654 ◽

1927 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 89-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

D. O. Morgan

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Systematic Position ◽

Minor Importance ◽

New Genera ◽

The Past ◽

The Family ◽

A New Species

The classification of the Trematode family Opisthorchiidæ presents some difficulties to the systematist. These difficulties arise partly from the fact that a number of the existing species appear to lack any real morphological characters by which they can be differentiated, slight variations in measurements, together with a difference in host, having been considered sufficient to justify the making of new species. This view has resulted in the placing of undue importance on somewhat minor differences when they do occur in other species, such differences being considered sufficient for creating new genera.The systematist is further confronted with the difficulty of forming definite opinions on the systematic position of some of the species made by earlier workers. Their descriptions and figures are often inadequate owing to the fact that characters which, in the past, were considered of minor importance are now given much closer attention. Examples of the confusion which has arisen from such a position will be referred to in this paper.

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New species of Poecilocloeus Bruner, 1910 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Proctolabinae) from Paraná State, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4341.1.12 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4341 (1) ◽

pp. 135

Author(s):

MARIA KÁTIA MATIOTTI DA COSTA ◽

MARCOS FIANCO ◽

FERNANDO DE FARIAS MARTINS ◽

VICTOR MATEUS PRASNIEWSKI ◽

NEUCIR SZINWELSKI ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Forest Edges ◽

Type Specimens ◽

Diagnostic Features ◽

Semideciduous Forest ◽

A New Species

In this study, we describe a new species of the genus Poecilocloeus from Renascença municipality, Paraná State, Brazil. Poecilocloeus renascensis n. sp. inhabits the Atlantic Semideciduous Forest edges of Renascença and adjacent areas, and our study is the first record of this genus from southern Brazil. The species belongs to the group bullatus (Rehn, 1908), and the descriptions are based on morphological characters, mainly from male genitalia. Morphological descriptions are provided together with illustrations emphasizing the most significant diagnostic features of external morphology and male genitalia. Information is given about type specimens, examined material and geographic distribution.

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A new species of Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 from the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with additional information on Oligodon annamensis Leviton, 1953 (Squamata: Colubridae)

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.8332 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. e8332 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hung Ngoc Nguyen ◽

Bang Van Tran ◽

Linh Hoang Nguyen ◽

Thy Neang ◽

Platon V. Yushchenko ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Medium Size ◽

12S Rrna ◽

Additional Information ◽

Sister Relationships ◽

High Level ◽

A New Species

We describe a new species of Oligodon from the highlands of the Langbian Plateau, southern Truong Son Mountains, Vietnam, based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses. The new species, Oligodon rostralis sp. nov is distinguished from its congeners by the following morphological characters: medium size in adults (male TL = 582 mm); small and broad head with long protruding snout; dorsal scale row formula 15-15-13; 167 ventrals, 47 subcaudals; single preocular, single postocular; loreal and presubocular absent; six supralabials, third and fourth entering orbit; six infralabials, anterior four contacting first pair of chin shields; internasals separate from prefrontals; nasal divided; single anterior and two posterior temporals; cloacal plate undivided; hemipenes short, bilobed, bifurcating in anterior one third of their length, extending to 8th subcaudal, lacking spines and papillae, with a prominent transverse flounces and distal calyces; six maxillary teeth, the posterior three enlarged; dorsal pattern consisting of 14+4 large dark-brown blotches and a bright-orange vertebral stripe on tail and dorsum; and ventral surfaces in life cream laterally with dark quadrangular spots; dark temporal streak present, edged with white. We also provide additional information on O. annamensis, including a morphological dataset of all specimens known from natural history collections and confirmation of an earlier record of O. annamensis from Cambodia. We also provide the first record of O. annamensis for Dak Lak Province. Phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA genes (3,131 bp of 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA and cyt b) suggest sister relationships of Oligodon rostralis sp. nov. and O. annamensis and place them in one clade with the O. cyclurus and O. taeniatus species groups, which is concordant with previous studies on the phylogenetic relationships of Oligodon. Our study demonstrates high level of herpetofaunal diversity and endemism of Langbian Plateau and further supports the importance of this area for conservation herpetofaunal diversity in Indochina.

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A new species and first record of the genus Procerobaetis Kaltenbach & Gattolliat, 2020 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from Thailand

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.1023.61081 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1023 ◽

pp. 13-28

Author(s):

Chanaporn Suttinun ◽

Thomas Kaltenbach ◽

Jean-Luc Gattolliat ◽

Boonsatien Boonsoong

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Posterior Margin ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Genetic Distances ◽

The Other ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

Coi Sequences ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The genus Procerobaetis Kaltenbach & Gattolliat, 2020 is reported for the first time from Thailand, and Procerobaetis totuspinosussp. nov. is described as a new species based on larvae. It can be easily distinguished from other known Procerobaetis species by the presence of triangular spines at the posterior margin of tergites VI–IX. COI sequences were obtained from all known species. The genetic distances (Kimura 2-parameter) between the new species and the other species are between 20% and 23%. The morphological characters of the new species and its closely related species are discussed; larval key to all species of the genus Procerobaetis is also provided.

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A new species and morphometric analysis of Cladonotella (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae)

Journal of Orthoptera Research ◽

10.3897/jor.28.32464 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 129-135 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ming Kai Tan ◽

Josef Tumbrinck ◽

Jessica B. Baroga-Barbecho ◽

Sheryl A. Yap

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Natural History ◽

Morphometric Analysis ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

The Philippines ◽

Neighbor Joining ◽

History Information ◽

A New Species ◽

Made In

The genus Cladonotella (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae) consists of four species of pygmy grasshoppers from Java and New Guinea. A new species of Cladonotella is described from Siargao Island, Philippines: Cladonotella spinulosasp. nov. This represents the first record of Cladonotella in the Philippines. To quantify differences between species of Cladonotella, we used morphological characters to construct a neighbor-joining tree, and recovered our new species as distinct from congeners. To address the lack of natural history information on Cladonotella, we described habitat and other ecological observations made in Siargao Island on our new species.

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