scholarly journals Platacanthomyids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene Yuanmou Hominoid Locality of Yunnan, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 383-396
Author(s):  
Zhuding Qiu ◽  
Xijun Ni
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Small Mammals ◽  
South China ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Occlusal Surface ◽  
Dental Morphology ◽  
Evolutionary Lineage ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
The Family

Abstract Remains of platacanthomyids from Leilao, a late Miocene hominoid locality in Yuanmou, Yunnan, China are described. Five species in three genera are recognized: Neocometes sp., Platacanthomys dianensis Qiu, 1989, Typhlomys aff. T. primitivus Qiu, 1989, T. hipparionum Qiu, 1989 and T. storchi n. sp. Leilao is the only locality that produces fossils of all three known genera of the family Platacanthomyidae. The new species T. storchi is characterized by its huge dimensions and continuous endoloph(id)s and ectoloph(id)s incorporated with the anteroloph(id)s and posteroloph(id)s to encircle the occlusal surface. That the genus Neocometes from southeastern Asia shows a tendency of forming an ectoloph on the upper molars and an endolophid on the lower molars indicates that the South China species probably represents an evolutionary lineage independent from that of European Neocometes. Both P. dianensis and T. aff. T. primitivus exhibit more derived dental morphology than the related species from Shihuiba of Lufeng, suggesting a younger age of the Leilao Fauna, which is incompatible with the conclusion drawn from the studies of other groups of small mammals.

Two new species of Indonemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Fujian, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1001 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
WEIHAI LI ◽  
DING YANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South China ◽  
Related Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of the family Nemouridae, Indonemoura fujianensis sp. n. and Indonemoura masuensis sp. n., are described from Fujian, South China. Their relationships with related species are discussed.

scholarly journals Small mammals of the Estação Ecológica de Bananal, southeastern Atlantic Forest, Brazil, with description of a new species of Brucepattersonius (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edson Fiedler de Abreu-Júnior ◽  
Alexandre Reis Percequillo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Small Mammals ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Sampling Effort ◽  
Dental Morphology ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Intrapopulation Variation ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
A New Species

The Atlantic Forest harbors an impressive diversity of nonvolant small mammals. Despite having been the target of many ecological and taxonomical studies in the last decades, this group is still poorly known in several aspects – basic information on intrapopulational morphologic variation and proper diagnoses are lacking for many species, even for common taxa. This is related to the fact that large series of specimens from a single locality are extremely rare in scientific collections. A consistent sampling effort was conducted at Estação Ecológica de Bananal, northeastern São Paulo State, throughout seven field expeditions between 2003 and 2011, under the coordination of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, resulting in extensive series of nonvolant small mammals. We studied in detail the external and cranio-dental morphology of this sample (575 specimens), that we assigned to 31 known species besides one new species to science. Most species belong to order Rodentia (26 species) from the families Cricetidae (22 species) and Echimyidae (four species); the remaining (six species) are marsupials from the order Didelphimorphia, family Didelphidae. This is one of the most diverse assemblages ever recorded in this biome, and includes some of the rarest endemic rodents of the Atlantic Forest, such as Abrawayaomys ruschii, Blarinomys breviceps, Drymoreomys albimaculatus, Phaenomys ferrugineus, Phyllomys kerri and Rhagomys rufescens. This outstanding richness can be explained by the extensive sampling effort performed for a long period of time. Also, the capture success of the third expedition (8.25%) is among the highest rates obtained in the Atlantic Forest and the extensive use of pitfall traps was fundamental for trapping this high number of species. Herein, we provide an annotated list of nonvolant small mammals occurring at Estação Ecológica de Bananal, with comprehensive analyses of morphological variation and detailed diagnoses that will allow their proper identification, and will provide a sound basis for a better comprehension of the geographic variation of these taxa across the biome. We also present a formal description for a new species of Brucepattersonius from the mountain ranges along the Paraíba do Sul valley. For five species of sigmodontine rodents, we investigate the levels of ontogenetic and sexual variation, and while the first is accentuate in all analyzed species the second does not contribute significantly to intrapopulation variation.

A new species of Phanerotoma Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae), a parasitoid of Conopomorpha sinensis Bradley (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from South China

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2892 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
WINSON TSANG ◽  
LAN-SHAO YOU ◽  
CORNELIS VAN ACHTERBERG ◽  
GUANG-WEN LIANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South China ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Litchi Chinensis ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Solitary Parasitoid ◽  
Fruit Borer ◽  
Litchi Fruit ◽  
A New Species

Phanerotoma conopomorphae sp. nov. (Cheloninae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is described and illustrated; a solitary parasitoid of the litchi fruit borer Conopomorpha sinensis Bradley (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) of Litchi chinensis Sonn. in Guangdong (South China). The new species is compared with related species from the Oriental region.

Platythecium seychellense, a new species in the family Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) from the Seychelles and a world key to the genus

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard NEUWIRTH ◽  
André APTROOT ◽  
Elfie STOCKER-WÖRGÖTTER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Family ◽  
Lichen Substances ◽  
Lichen Fungus ◽  
A New Species

AbstractThe new corticolous lichen fungus Platythecium seychellense is described from the Seychelles. Morphological characters as well as distribution and resemblance to related species are discussed. The species is characterized by a crustose, grey-green, smooth thallus lacking lichen substances, elongate and slender apothecia having flat, red-brown discs and grey 3-septate ascospores. A world key to all currently known species in the genus is presented.

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision and new species/subspecies of Middle-Late Miocene (Bessarabian) miliolids of the Family Hauerinidae Schwager from Georgia — Eastern Paratethys

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 419-430
Author(s):  
Lamara Maisuradze ◽  
Kakhaber Koiava ◽  
Silvia Spezzaferri
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Eastern Paratethys ◽  
The Family ◽  
Shape And Size

Taxonomic revision and new species/subspecies of Middle-Late Miocene (Bessarabian) miliolids of the Family Hauerinidae Schwager from Georgia — Eastern ParatethysThree new miliolid taxa from Bessarabian sediments from Georgia (Eastern Paratethys) are described following the classification of Łuczkowska (1972), which has never been used before by ex-Soviet micropaleontologists. They are:Varidentella luczkowskae; Varidentella reussi(Bogdanowicz) subsp.costulata; andAffinetrina voloshinovae(Bogdanowicz) subsp.eldarica.This classification takes into account the morphology of the aperture and the shape and size of teeth as criteria to distinguish the species. This study contributes important criteria which will help to unify the taxonomical inconsistencies between the Eastern, Central and Western Paratethyan miliolids.

scholarly journals The Occurrence of Quill Mites (Arachnida: Acariformes: Syringophilidae) on Bee-Eaters (Aves: Coraciiformes: Meropidae: Merops) of Two Sister Clades

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3500
Author(s):  
Maciej Skoracki ◽  
Jakub Z. Kosicki ◽  
Bozena Sikora ◽  
Till Töpfer ◽  
Jan Hušek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Related Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Sister Clade ◽  
The Family ◽  
Host Lineage ◽  
A New Species

We studied the quill mite fauna of the family Syringophilidae, associated with bee-eaters. We examined 273 bird specimens belonging to nine closely related species of the genus Merops, representing two phylogenetic sister clades of a monophyletic group. Our examination reveals the presence of two species of the genus Peristerophila, as follows: (1) a new species Peristerophila mayri sp. n. from Merops viridis in the Philippines, M. leschenaulti in Nepal and Sri Lanka, and M. orientalis in Sri Lanka; and (2) P. meropis from M. superciliosus in Tanzania and Egypt, M. persicus in Sudan, Tanzania, Liberia, Senegal, Kenya, and D.R. Congo, M. ornatus in Papua New Guinea, M. philippinus in Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, and M. americanus in the Philippines. The prevalence of host infestations by syringophilid mites varied from 3.1 to 38.2%. The distribution of syringophilid mites corresponds with the sister clade phylogenetic relationships of the hosts, except for P. meropis associated with Merops americanus. Possible hypotheses for the host lineage shift are proposed.

scholarly journals A new species of Leiochrides Augener, 1914 (Annelida: Capitellidae) from the Beibu Gulf, South China Sea

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Hui Lin ◽  
María García-Garza ◽  
He-Shan Lin ◽  
Jian-Jun Wang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Northern South China Sea ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Beibu Gulf ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Chinese Waters ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Polychaetes of the family Capitellidae are poorly studied in Chinese waters. Amongst the known capitellid genera in China, Leiochrides Augener, 1914 is an unusual genus encountered in marine surveys. In this study, a Leiochrides specimen was obtained during a survey conducted in the Beibu Gulf, northern South China Sea and described herein as a new species Leiochrides guangxiensis sp. nov. The new species differs from its congeners by having uniramous chaetiger 1, chaetigers 11–12 with notopodial capillaries and neuropodial hooks, abdominal hooks with seven teeth above the main fang in three rows, pygidium with four anal cirri, and branchial fascicles with up to 17 filaments. The taxonomic status of the monospecific genus Pseudoleiocapitella Harmelin, 1964 and Leiochrides norvegicus Fauchald, 1972 are discussed.

Three new species of the family Eriophyidae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from South China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Wang ◽  
Gang Yao ◽  
Fengping Qin ◽  
Guoquan Wang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South China ◽  
Cryptomeria Japonica ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Leaf Surface ◽  
Lower Leaf Surface ◽  
Schima Superba ◽  
Eriophyoid Mites ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species

In this paper, three new species of eriophyoid mites of the family Eriophyidae from South China are described and illustrated. They are: Stenacis cryptomeris sp. nov. infesting Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. Ex L.f.) D.Don (Cupressaceae), Tetra guizhouensis sp. nov. infesting Caesalpinia sp. (Leguminosae), and Nothopoda schimae sp. nov. infesting Schima superba Gardner & Champ. (Theaceae). All of these three new species are vagrants on lower leaf surface and causing no apparent damages to their host plants.

Henckelia inaequalifolia (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 518 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
XI-ZUO SHI ◽  
JIA-CAI WANG ◽  
LI-HUA YANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Henckelia inaequalifolia, a new species in the genus Henckelia of the family Gesneriaceae is described here. The detailed morphological description, photographic illustration and geographical distribution of the new species are provided. Its morphological affinities between related species are also discussed in this paper.

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