A New Species of Micropeza Meigen from Morocco and a Provisional Key to the West Palaearctic Species (Diptera: Acalyptrata, Micropezidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 155 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Martin J. Ebejer
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Africa ◽  
First Record ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
The West ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Micropezidae, Micropeza kettaniae, is described from Morocco and the twelve west Palaearctic species of Micropeza Meigen are keyed. This is the first record of the family from Morocco and the second species to be described from North Africa.

A new species of Talitridae (Amphipoda: Gammaridea) from Tioman Island, Malaysia

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1454 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. H.R. OTHMAN ◽  
B. A.R. AZMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Related Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
The West ◽  
The Family ◽  
Amphipod Crustacean ◽  
A New Species

The amphipod crustacean Talorchestia morinoi sp. nov. collected on the west coast of Tioman Island, Malaysia is described and illustrated.  So far no species belonging to the genus is known from Malaysia and this is the first record of the family Talitridae from Malaysia.  Differences between the new species and related species within the Talorchestia sensu Morino & Miyamoto, 1988 group are discussed and a key is also included.

A new species of the genus Isoperla (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) from TIANMU MOUNTAIN NATURE RESERVE, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4504 (2) ◽  
pp. 276
Author(s):  
QING-BO HUO ◽  
YU-ZHOU DU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
First Record ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Zhejiang Province ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Coastal China

A species of the genus Isoperla Banks, 1906, I. oncocauda Huo & Du, sp. nov. is described as new to science and is the first record for the family Perlodidae from the Tianmu Mountain Nature Reserve, Zhejiang Province of eastern coastal China. Both sexes of the new species are characterized by tergum 10 with a developed process. The partially extruded aedeagus of the male is membranous without conspicuous larger sclerites and with the ventral surface covered with dense scale-like and nail-shaped spines. 

scholarly journals A new species of the genus Smacigastes Ivanenko & Defaye, 2004 (Tegastidae, Harpacticoida, Copepoda) from the Onnuri Vent Field in the Indian Ocean

2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 699-714
Author(s):  
Jong Guk Kim ◽  
Jimin Lee
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Hydrothermal Vent ◽  
Hydrothermal Vents ◽  
First Record ◽  
Cold Seeps ◽  
Dichotomous Key ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
A New Species

The genus Smacigastes Ivanenko & Defaye, 2004 (Harpacticoida, Copepoda) is the most primitive genus in the family Tegastidae Sars, 1904, occurring in deep-sea chemosynthetic environments, such as hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, whale falls and wood falls. Our exploration of the Onnuri Vent Field, the sixth active hydrothermal vent system in the Central Indian Ridge, resulted in the discovery of a new species in the genus Smacigastes. A detailed morphological analysis of S. pumilasp. nov. reveals that it most resembles S. barti Gollner, Ivanenko & Martínez Arbizu, 2008, described from a hydrothermal vent in the East Pacific Ridge; the new species can be distinguished from the existing species by the 8-segmented female antennule, the absence of an abexopodal seta on the antennary basis, the mandibular exopod represented by a single seta and the exopod of the first leg with five setae. This is the first record of Smacigastes in the Indian Ocean. A dichotomous key to species of the genus Smacigastes worldwide is provided.

scholarly journals Rharodesmus tabarkensis n. sp., a new pyrgodesmid from Tunisia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

Zootaxa ◽  
10.11646/6 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3195 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
NESRINE AKKARI ◽  
HENRIK ENGHOFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
The West ◽  
History Museum ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Recently, we (Akkari & Enghoff 2011) described a new species of the genus Rharodesmus Schubart, 1960, discussing the taxonomic state of the family Pyrgodesmidae and providing notes on the four genera occurring in the west Palaearctic area. However, we failed to present details on the holotype of the new species, which we now provide in this note in order to make the species name available. Thus, we describe here the new species Rharodesmus tabarkensis Akkari & Enghoff by reference to the full description given in Akkari & Enghoff (2011) with the following information on the type material: Holotype ♂, TUNISIA, NW, Jendouba Governorate, Tabarka, N36°57.8, E8°44.6, alt. < 40 m, coastal slope below the Genoese fort, under stones, 9.iii.2009, N. Akkari & H. Enghoff leg. (Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, ‒ ZMUC); Paratypes: 12 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, 14 juveniles, same locality and date as holotype, N. Akkari & H. Enghoff leg. (ZMUC).

Filling the gap of whip spider distribution in Asia: Phrynichus persicus sp.n. (Arachnida, Amblypygi), a new Phrynichidae from Iran

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4413 (2) ◽  
pp. 339 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUSTAVO SILVA DE MIRANDA ◽  
ALIREZA ZAMANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Middle East ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

The whip spider genus Phrynichus (Phrynichidae, Amblypygi) is widely distributed in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Asia with a total of 17 species. No records, however, are known from several countries in the Middle East. Here we provide the first record of a whip spider from Iran (Ilam Province), with the description and illustration of a new species, Phrynichus persicus sp. n. This discovery fills a gap in the distribution of the group that is known from both sides of this biogeographically interesting region and is also the northernmost record of the family Phrynichidae. Moreover, all distribution records of the Phrynichus species are mapped (including the first verified record of the order from the United Arab Emirates), an updated key to the species of the deflersi and ceylonicus groups is provided, and Phrynichus andhraensis Bastawade, Rao, Maqsood Javed and Krishna, 2005 (India) is assigned to the ceylonicus group. 

A review of the luteitarsis group of the genus Pipiza Fallen (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of a new species from the Balkan Peninsula

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1845 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTE VUJIĆ ◽  
SNEŠANA RADENKOVIĆ ◽  
DUBRAVKA POLIĆ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
The West ◽  
European Species ◽  
Conservation Implications ◽  
A New Species

The luteitarsis species group of the aphidophagous genus Pipiza Fallén is defined as a monophyletic unit and the European species of this group are revised. Based on material from Serbia found at two lowland localities, P. luteibarba n. sp. is described. This species is closely related to P. luteitarsis Zetterstedt and P. accola Violovitsh. A key for the West Palaearctic species of the Pipiza luteitarsis species group is provided and records of all species from the Balkan Peninsula are presented. The distribution of the new species is discussed and conservation implications considered.

Description of a new species of Anisitsiellidae Koenike, 1910 (Acari, Hydrachnidia), the first record of the family from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2158 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-56
Author(s):  
TIANCI YI ◽  
DAOCHAO JIN ◽  
JIANJUN GUO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
First Record ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
Water Mite ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Rich Fauna

Considering the geographical location of China, a very rich fauna of water mites should be expected. Previously, seventeen families have been reported from China (Jin, 1997; Smit, 2002; Guo & Jin, 2005): Eylaidae Leach, 1815, Limnocharidae Grube, 1859, Hydryphantidae Piersig, 1896, Hydrodromidae Viets, 1936, Hydrachnidae Leach, 1815, Sperchontidae Thor, 1900, Lebertiidae Thor, 1900, Oxidae Viets, 1926, Teutoniidae Koenike, 1910, Limnesiidae Thor, 1900, Hygrobatidae Koch, 1842, Unionicolidae Oudemans, 1909, Pionidae Thor, 1900, Mideopsidae Koenike, 1910, Arrenuridae Thor, 1900 and Pontarachnidae Koenike, 1910. The species described in this paper belongs to the subgenus Dartia Soar, 1917 in the genus Nilotonia Thor, 1905 of the family Anisitsiellidae Koenike, 1910, which increases the number of known water mite families in the Chinese fauna to eighteen.

Peniculus asinus (Copepoda: Pennellidae), a new species of copepod parasitic on fishes of the genus Sebastes along the west coast of North America

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 1988-1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Kabata ◽  
S. N. Wilkes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
The West ◽  
Unique Member ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Peniculus asinus, a new species of copepod parasitic on Sebastes (Pisces: Teleostei) off the Pacific coast of Canada is described and illustrated. The copepod is an unique member of its genus in that it possesses cephalothoracic holdfast processes. The discovery of a Peniculus with these processes is taken as evidence confirming the place of this genus in the family Pennellidae.

First Discovery of the Family Tanaostigmatidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China with a Description of a New Gall-Making Species Utilizing Kudzu Leaves

2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Zhong-qi ◽  
Sun Jiang-hua ◽  
James P. Pitts
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
New Species ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Biological Control Agent ◽  
First Record ◽  
Control Agent ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Tanaostigmodes (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Tanaostigmatidae) is described from China—Tanaostigmodes puerariae sp. nov. This is the first record of this family in China. This new species has potential as a biological control agent for control of kudzu, Pueraria lobate, in the U. S., because its preference for making leaf galls on kudzu. It was determined that the wasp has two generations per year, with the second generation overwintering as mature larvae in the gall on leaves that have dropped to the ground. Normally, only one wasp was found per gall, and a single kudzu leaf could have as many as 20 to 50 galls on its surface.

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

Zootaxa ◽  
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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