Some Chlorophycean Algae From Maipokhari Lake, Ilam, East Nepal

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiva Kumar Rai
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
New Records ◽  
Present Communication

The present communication describes the morpho-taxonomy of ten chlorophycean algae from Maipokhari lake, Ilam. They belong to eight genera viz. Scenedesmus (1), Cylindrocapsa (1), Netrium (2), Closterium (2), Euastrum (1), Cosmarium (1), Staurodesmus (1), and Staurastrum (1) under four families viz. Scenedesmaceae (1), Cylindrocapsaceae (1), Mesotaeniaceae (2), and Desmidiaceae (6). Out of these, two genera and six taxa are new records for Nepal.Key Words: Algae; Chlorophyceae; Cylindrocassa; Staurodesmus;  Mai Pokhari lake; Nepal.Journal of Natural History MuseumVol. 24, 2009,Page: 1-8  

Catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4505 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
KAILASH CHANDRA ◽  
ARNA MAZUMDER ◽  
ABESH KUMAR SANYAL ◽  
ANIRBAN ASH ◽  
UTTARAN BANDYOPADHYAY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
New Records ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Field Sampling ◽  
Present Communication ◽  
North East ◽  
Indian Himalayas

The present communication consists of the first ever catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 comprising systematic accounts of 242 species (including nominotypical subspecies) and 10 subspecies under 116 genera of 10 subfamilies with four new records to India viz. Phalera (Phalera) birmicola Bryk, 1949, Spatalina desiccata stolida Schintlmeister, 2007, Hiradonta hannemanni Schintlmeister, 1989 and Kamalia tattakana (Matsumura, 1927). The account was prepared by compiling findings from both literature survey and field sampling carried out at various Protected Areas in the Indian Himalayas and Chhattisgarh state in the Deccan Peninsular region of India. Zoogeographic analysis of Indian Notodontidae reveals a majority of the assemblage showing Oriental (58.27%) and Palaearctic (40.49%) affinities with maximum species of Sundanian (80.00%), followed by Himalayan (77.65%) origins. In India, the majority of the species are distributed in the Himalayan (35.33%) and North-East (39.40%) biogeographic zones, reflecting maximum endemicity. Extensive surveys in the less explored southern part of the country are expected to enrich the inventory of Indian Notodontidae. The distribution map and detailed illustrations of the four new records are provided. 

Description of the female of Eilica pomposa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) with new records and notes on species distribution

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3041 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
RICARDO Ott ◽  
EVERTON NEI LOPES RODRIGUES
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
South American ◽  
First Time

The genus Eilica Keyserling, 1891 is worldwide distributed including 28 species (Platnick, 2011). South American Eilica are represented by 10 species of which seven are known by more meridional distribution: E. amambay Platnick, 1985; E. maculipes (Vellard, 1925); E. modesta Keyserling, 1891 E. myrmecophila (Simon, 1903); E. pomposa Medan, 2001; E. trilineata (Mello-Leitão, 1941) and E. uniformis (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942). Eilica pomposa was described from Argentina based on only two known males collected around 1000 km apart from each other in a considered suspect wide distribution by Medan (2001:404). In this paper we describe and illustrate for the first time the female of E. pomposa and present notes on its natural history and distribution.

New species reveal unexpected interspecific microhabitat diversity in the genus Uthina Simon, 1893 (Araneae : Pholcidae)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard A. Huber ◽  
Kai R. Caspar ◽  
Jonas Eberle
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Diversity ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Species Pairs ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Colour Dimorphism

Representatives of the Southeast Asian pholcid spider genus Uthina Simon, 1893 have been thought to be very homogeneous in their ecology and morphology. The 14 previously known species all inhabit near-ground microhabitats and cave entrances, and range from pale to dark brown in colour. Even their genitalia are partly very similar, with some species pairs being barely distinguishable based on morphological characters. Here we describe three new species from Bali, Java and Sulawesi that represent three further microhabitats and demonstrate considerable ecological and morphological diversity within the genus: U. maya, sp. nov. from Bali is a large dark species on tree trunks; U. hylobatea, sp. nov. from Bali and eastern Java is a pale leaf-dwelling species that exhibits colour dimorphism; and U. mimpi, sp. nov. is a pale troglomorphic species collected in the aphotic zones of two South Sulawesi caves. In addition, we present new data for five previously described species, including ultrastructure, natural history, new records, taxonomic notes and a description of the previously unknown female of Uthina khaosokensis Yao, Li & Jäger, 2014. Molecular data suggest that all previously described species are very closely related to each other (constituting the monophyletic luzonica-group), and that the three new species represent separate clades within the genus. However, the basal trichotomy could not be resolved: U. maya + (U. hylobatea + U. mimpi) + luzonica-group.

scholarly journals A New Genus, New Species and New Records of Ulidiidae (Diptera, Tephritoidea) from Colombia

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. P. Kameneva ◽  
V. A. Korneyev ◽  
Y. Ramos-Pastrana
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Records ◽  
National Museum

Abstract A preliminary list of the picture-winged flies known from Columbia is supplemented by 15 species based predominantly on the materials from the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA and now contains 28 species, including Xycores igniceps gen. & sp. n. from Venezuela and Colombia. The new genus belongs to the subfamily Otitinae and is preliminarily assigned to the tribe Cephaliini by the combination of the high clypeus, strongly widened palp, setulose vein R1, and ejaculator with short sperm pump and long fan-like apodeme. It clearly differs from other members of the tribe by the combination of elongate, narrow, apically truncated flagellomere 1, robust, mainly shining thorax with pair of microtrichose vittae, well developed proepisternal, postpronotal, acrostichal, 2 pairs of dorsocentral and scutellar setae, wing with entirely setulose vein R1 abdominal tergites devoid of microtrichia, sternites and abdominal pleura narrow, male genitalia with short epandrium, numerous (7–8) prensisetae arranged into a row along posterior margin, shallow hypandrium with pair of setulose pregonites, no postgonites or epiphallus, and an almost bare phallus with a pair of long spines submedially.

The natural history and morphology of two bromeliad associated hispines from Brazil: Acentroptera basilica Thomson, 1856 and A. cf. tessellata Baly, 1958 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Sceloenoplini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4243 (3) ◽  
pp. 521
Author(s):  
FABIANO F. ALBERTONI ◽  
SÔNIA A. CASARI
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
New Records ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Leaf Miners ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

The natural history of Acentroptera basilica Guérin-Méneville, 1844 and A. cf. tessellata Baly, 1958 (Cassidinae: Sceloenoplini) associated with Aechmea aquilega Salisb. and Vriesea sp. (Bromeliaceae), respectively, is registered. Adults of both species are leaf scrapers, although larvae are leaf-miners. The immature stages of both species of Acentroptera are described and illustrated for the first time. The male and the female genitalia of A. basilica and new records for both species are also included. 

scholarly journals XIII. On the anatomy of Doris

1852 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 207-252 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Present Communication ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Stock Of Knowledge ◽  
Anatomical Part

Whilst engaged in arranging the materials for their Monograph on the Nudibranchiate Mollusks now in course of publication by the Ray Society, it became evident to Messrs. Alder and Hancock, that not only the external characters, but also the internal strucutre, of this interesting group of animals, should be fully investigated. Since then the writers of the following paper have taken up the anatomical part of the subject, and have already been enabled to publish in the 'Annals of Natural History' an account of the anatomy of one genus, Eolis ; another genus, Doris , forms the subject of the present communication. On entering on the present investigation, we were naturally anxious to avail ourselves of the stock of knowledge already collected by our predecessors in this walk of science.

Six new species of silk-lined burrow spider genus Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) from southern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4254 (4) ◽  
pp. 435 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAFAEL P. INDICATTI ◽  
JOÃO L. CHAVARI ◽  
MAURÍLIO ZUCATELLI-JÚNIOR ◽  
SYLVIA M. LUCAS ◽  
ANTONIO D. BRESCOVIT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
New Records ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
New Diagnosis ◽  
Santa Catarina State

A new diagnosis for the genus Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881 is presented and six new species are described from Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil: S. pavesii sp. nov. and S. leticiae sp. nov. from Blumenau and Balneário Camboriú; S. sevegnaniae sp. nov. from Blumenau; S. gugai sp. nov., S. peri sp. nov. and S. pescador sp. nov. from Santa Catarina Island, Florianópolis. New records of S. palmar Goloboff, 1995 from southern Brazil are provided. Information on the natural history and habitat are included for all the species. In addition, Hermacha iricolor Mello-Leitão, 1923, described from Blumenau, is transferred to Rachias Simon, 1892. 

The current status of the rare Usambara Mountain Forest-Viper, Atheris ceratophorus WERNER, 1895, including a probable new record of A. nitschei rungweensis BOGERT, 1940, and a discussion of its validity (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae)

1982 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Bødtker Rasmussen ◽  
Kim M. Howell
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Intraspecific Variation ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Mountain Forest ◽  
History Of ◽  
Usambara Mountain

AbstractThe recent collecting of five specimens of Atheris ceratophorus WERNER, 1895, together with an examination of material already deposited in various museums documents new records outside the Usambara Mountains to which the species had been believed to be endemic. Lepidosis and hemipenial characters have been investigated and tabulated to give an impression of the intraspecific variation. The data of the new specimens provide some information on the natural history of this species. The validity of A. nitschei rungweensis is discussed and a probable new record is given.

scholarly journals New records and distribution extensions of centrolenid frogs for Venezuela

Check List ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic ◽  
Edwin E. Infante-Rivero ◽  
Pedro Cabello
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record

We report the first record of Centrolene notostictum for Venezuela, the first records of Centrolene venezuelense and Hyalinobatrachium pallidum for Zulia state, and extend the distribution of Hyalinobatrachium tatayoi and Espadarana andina based on specimens coming from the eastern versant of the Sierra de Perijá in northwestern Venezuela. The altitudinal ranges of all species are extended, and comments and notes on natural history provided.

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