Diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the University of Kerala Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, India

ENTOMON ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-356
Author(s):  
Anupa K. Antony ◽  
Merin Elizabeth George ◽  
G. Prasad
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Introduced Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Anoplolepis Gracilipes ◽  
Tetramorium Bicarinatum ◽  
Paratrechina Longicornis ◽  
The University ◽  
Ant Diversity

Survey conducted on the ant diversity in the Kerala University Campus revealed a total 64 species under six subfamilies. Species belonging to the Myrmicinae dominated (51.5%) followed by Formicinae (20.6%), Ponerinae (13.2%), Dolichoderinae (4.4%), Pseudomyrmicinae (4.4%) and Dorylinae (1.5%). Endemic species Camponotus invidus Forel, 1892 , Cardiocondyla parvinoda Forel, 1902, Carebara spinata Bharti & Kumar, 2013 and Tetramorium rossi (Bolton, 1976) were recorded in the campus. Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith, 1857), Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802), Monomorium carbonarium Smith 1858, Solenopsis geminate (Fabricius, 1804), Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869, Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846) and Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894) (introduced species) were found in the campus. The results showed that the campus is rich in ant diversity. The sites with human interference showed less diversity. A potential new species in the genus Lepisiota was recorded. Trichomyrmex abberans, Carebara spinata, Crematogaster anthracina, Crematogaster biroi and Nylanderia indica are new records.

Cockroaches of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, with descriptions of three new species (Insecta: Blattodea)

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 2202-2217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stewart B. Peck ◽  
Louis M. Roth
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Introduced Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Nauphoeta Cinerea ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Periplaneta Australasiae

Eighteen species of cockroaches are reported to occur on the Galápagos Islands. Five species are endemic and in this paper three of these are described as new species: Chorisoneura cristobalensis Roth, C. carpenteri Roth, and Ischnoptera santacruzensis Roth. Endemic Ischnoptera snodgrasii (McNeill) COMB.NOV. is transferred from Anisopygia, and redescribed. Previous reports of the introduced species Periplaneta brunnea, Nauphoeta cinerea, and Phoetalia pallida could not be confirmed. These species may not have become established or may have become extinct. New records of native or introduced species are given for Holocompsa nitidula, Holocompsa sp., Anaplecta lateralis, Blaberus parabolicus, and Rhyparobia maderae. Of the introduced species, only Periplaneta australasiae, Symploce pallens, and Pycnoscelus surinamensis seem to have invaded native (undisturbed) habitats. The endemic species are partially or wholly flightless. This may not be a result of island life per se, but may be a specialization for life in more homogeneous litter or cave habitats at higher elevations on the islands.

Two new species of flattie spiders (Araneae: Selenopidae) and descriptions of undescribed males from the Caribbean

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4446 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
SARAH C. CREWS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Caribbean Island ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Caribbean

Two new species of Selenops, S. anacaona sp. nov. (♀) and S. caonabo sp. nov. (♀), are described from the Dominican Republic on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. These two new species increase the number of endemic Selenops on Hispaniola to 13, surpassing Cuba, which currently has 11 endemic species. Additionally, the male of S. pensilis Muma, 1953 from Hispaniola is described, as well as the male of S. petrunkevitchi Alayón, 2003 from Jamaica. Full distribution records are given for the new species and the newly described males, and new records are provided for the following species: S. aequalis Franganillo, 1935, S. bocacandensis Crews, 2011, S. candidus Muma, 1953, S. micropalpus Muma, 1953, S. morro Crews, 2011, S. simius Muma, 1953, S. souliga Crews, 2011, and S. submaculosus Bryant, 1940. 

Earthworms (Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Ocnerodrilidae) of the coastal region of Gamba, Ogooué-Maritime Province, southwestern Gabon

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3458 (1) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAMUEL W. JAMES ◽  
GILDAS BRICE DIVINA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Introduced Species ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
New Records ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
Species Descriptions ◽  
Maritime Province ◽  
Large Taxon

This is the first account of earthworms from the Gamba Complex of Protected Areas, a highly biodiverse coastal area ofequatorial Africa. We describe five new species of Dichogaster Beddard, 1888: Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus)moussavoui sp. nov., D. (Diplothecodrilus) tchignoumbai sp. nov., D. (Diplothecodrilus) tobii sp. nov., D.(Diplothecodrilus) alonsoi sp. nov., and D. (Dichogaster) gambaensis sp. nov.; report several more taxa for which thematerial was not adequate to serve as the basis for new species descriptions, and present new records of several exoticspecies. Coastal Gamba is now known to have ten indigenous species and four introduced species, some of which areknown invasives. Characteristics shared by several Gamba Dichogaster conflict with characters used to define subgenera of Dichogaster, indicating that additional data are needed to resolve relationships within this large taxon.

scholarly journals Two new species of the plant bug genus Sejanus Distant from Japan (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Leucophoropterini), inhabiting urbanized environments or gardens

2013 ◽  
Vol 156 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 151-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomohide Yasunaga ◽  
Tadashi Ishikawa ◽  
Motomi Ito
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Residential Quarters ◽  
The University

Two new species of the plant bug genus Sejanus Distant, S. komabanus and S. vivaricolus, are described from Japan, with information on their ecology. Both species are recently confirmed within urbanized environments, including the university campus in the Tokyo metropolis, and gardens and residential quarters in Kyushu. They are considered to have been widespread originally, but their populations are now fragmented and can survive only in some restricted campuses and artificial zones where traditional vegetation is partly preserved. A checklist with known distribution and a revised key are provided for proper recognition and identification of the Japanese Sejanus species.

Occurrence of Distinct Carabid Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Eastern Visayas, Philippines

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-519
Author(s):  
Myra A. Abayon ◽  
Richard B. Parilla ◽  
Bernard Lassalle ◽  
Rainer Schnell
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Protected Forests ◽  
Closed Canopy

Abstract Surveys were conducted in six protected forests of Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) of the Philippines, namely Lake Danao, Mt. Nacolod, Kuapnit Balinsasayao, Asug Forest, City Forest, and Closed Canopy, from January to June of 2019. A total of 7,844 individuals belonging to 41 species, 25 genera, 13 tribes, and 2 subfamilies were recorded in the six selected forests of Leyte and Samar, Eastern Visayas, Philippines. Twenty-six species were recorded from Lake Danao, 32 species in Mt. Nacolod, 20 species in Kuapnit Balinsasayao Forest, 11 species in Asug Forest, 19 species in City Forest, and 26 species in Closed Canopy Forest. A total of 19 endemic species were recorded, of which 12 are endemic to the Philippines, 6 are endemic to Leyte, and 1 is endemic to Samar. The survey found new species and new records of carabid beetles in the region. The new records include Brachinus leytensis (Lassalle & Schnell), Trigonotoma goeltenbothi (Lassalle, Roux & Schnell), Pheropsophus uliweberi (Lassalle & Schnell) in Leyte, and Lesticus samarensis (Dubault, Lassalle & Roux) in Samar. The new species are Pheropsophus uliweberi (Lassalle & Schnell) and Pheropsophus sp. (Lassalle & Schnell), both found in Leyte. These findings demonstrate that the forests in Eastern Visayas can be considered as centers of carabid diversity. Appropriate protection and conservation strategies should be implemented.

A new Philippine endemic species and new records of Lasianthus (Lasiantheae, Rubiaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 288 (3) ◽  
pp. 296 ◽  
Author(s):  
MUHAMMAD JEFTE C. ARSHED ◽  
GRECEBIO JONATHAN D. ALEJANDRO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Leaf Surface ◽  
The Other ◽  
Abaxial Leaf Surface ◽  
Stem Leaf ◽  
A New Species

A new species named as Lasianthus halconensis from Mt. Halcon, Mindoro, Philippines is described and illustrated. This species is easily distinguished from the other Lasianthus by having strigose indumentum on branches, abaxial leaf surface, petioles and calyx; lanceolate leaves, cuneate at base; obconical calyx and drupes with 8 pyrenes. This species is allied to L. obliquinervis and L. chrysoneurus but differs in stem, leaf and calyx indumentum, leaf and calyx shape and the absence of bracts. Moreover, three new records of Lasianthus in the country are reported including their diagnosis.

Ten new species from Anatolia and two new records for the Flora of Turkey

1991 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Sümbül
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Flora Of Turkey ◽  
First Time

Ten new endemic species are described from Anatolia: Astragalus chamberlainianus H. Sümbül, Astragalus citriniflorus H. Sümbül, Astragalus anamurensis H. Sümbül, Astragalus turcicus H. Sümbül (Fabaceae), Cephalaria peshmenii H. Sümbül, Cephalaria gazipashensis H. Sümbül (Dipsacaceae), Scorzonera longiana H. Sümbül (Asteraceae), Alkaima angustifolia H. Sümbül, Alkanna milliana H. Sümbül, Alkanna dumanii H. Sümbül (Boraginaceae). The following two taxa are recorded from Turkey for the first time: Cirsium libanoticum DC. subsp. libanoticum. Euphorbia forsskalii (Boiss.) Gay.

scholarly journals FLORISTIC STUDY OF MEKONGGA PROTECTED FOREST: TOWARDS ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MEKONGGA NATIONAL PARK

REINWARDTIA ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Anita Widjaja ◽  
Daniel Potter
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Introduced Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Baseline Data ◽  
Floristic Study ◽  
Time Of Collection

Mekongga is one of the highest mountains in Southeast Sulawesi. The Mekongga region was declared as protected forest in 1994, after logging had been done in this area. A floristic study of this forest was conducted from 2009 through 2011 by visiting the area twice a year, once each during the dry and wet seasons, and collecting specimens from the flowering and fruiting plants. Other species were also recorded, but most of them cannot be identified because the plants were too young or were not in flower or fruit at the time of collection.  Specimens of 855 species in 155 families were collected, of which 5% (44 species) are endemic to Sulawesi and 11% (91 species) are introduced species from China, South America, India, or even Madagascar.  In addition, new records for Sulawesi were collected from Mekongga for species originally recorded from Java (50 species), Malaysia (35 species), the Philippines (28 species), New Guinea (14 species), Sumatera (13 species), Borneo (11 species), Moluccas (4 species), and the Lesser Sunda Islands (3 species). Based on these data, it seems that species have mostly migrated to Mekongga from Java, then from Malaysia and the Philippines. More than 10 new species are proposed from this area, including a bamboo (Poaceae) and members of the families Orchidaceae, Gesneriaceae, Melastomataceae, Myrtaceae, and Araliaceae. Further study of the floristic account will be done, which can be used as baseline data in support of an important proposal to designate the Mekongga area as a national park.

scholarly journals New species and new records of Japanese Lumbriculidae (Annelida, Clitellata)

Zoosymposia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-33
Author(s):  
STEVEN V. FEND ◽  
AKIFUMI OHTAKA ◽  
TAKAAKI TORII
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Records ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
Lumbriculus Variegatus ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Northern Island ◽  
The Family ◽  
Honshu Island

Most Japanese records and descriptions of the family Lumbriculidae are from the work of H. Yamaguchi, who described 6 endemic species and one genus, in addition to reporting the cosmopolitan Lumbriculus variegatus (Müller, 1774). Yamaguchi's work focused largely on the northern island of Hokkaido; since then, only one new Japanese lumbriculid genus and species has been described, also from Hokkaido. Recent collections from Honshu Island include several species not recorded in earlier literature, and here we report 4 new species of Lumbriculidae, plus a range extension of the Korean Lamprortus orientalis Rodriguez, 1994. Of the new species, only Styloscolex (Styloscolex) tazawaensis can be confidently assigned to an accepted genus using current morphological diagnoses. Styloscolex (Neoscolex) tatsukoae n. sp. is provisionally assigned to that Asian genus and subgenus based on the prosoporous male duct, spermathecae in the preatrial segment, and penial sheath—despite differing from congeners in having a single, median atrium in X, and single spermatheca in IX. Two additional species are here attributed to a new genus, Honshudrilus, which is distinguished by a combination of characters: spermathecae 2 or more segments anterior to the male pores, non-functional anterior male ducts (with loss of anterior testes), elongate-petiolate atria, penes formed by extruding the atrial duct lining, and spermathecal ducts with vestibules.

Contribution to knowledge of the Trichoptera of northwestern Algeria: New species records for the Algerian fauna and taxonomic remarks for the Maghreb fauna

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5068 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-210
Author(s):  
SOUMYA BEMMOUSSAT-DEKKAK ◽  
KARIMA ABDELLAOUI-HASSAINE ◽  
MICHEL SARTORI ◽  
CARMEN ZAMORA-MUÑOZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Species Checklist ◽  
Limnephilus Lunatus

The caddisfly fauna of Algeria is far from complete. In this study, we present data from Trichoptera sampling in northwestern Algeria (Tafna and Ghazouana River basins) during 2014–2019, enhancing knowledge of this group in the country. We were able to identify 30 species and 17 genera in the study area. Among the listed taxa, five species (Hydroptila fortunata, Ecnomus deceptor, Tinodes waeneri, Limnephilus lunatus, Setodes argentipunctellus,) are new records for Algeria. An updated species checklist of Algerian Trichoptera includes 63 species. We also provide an update of the Maghreb checklist with comments on species distributions. The Maghrebian caddisfly checklist, which includes 44 Maghrebian endemic species, is still very poor in relation to that of neighboring Mediterranean geographical areas and countries, such as the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), France, or Italy.  

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