scholarly journals Taxonomy, habitat choice and distribution of Kimunpsocus flavonimbatus (Rostock, 1879) comb. n. (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Psocidae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gergely Várkonyi ◽  
Charles Lienhard
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Biology ◽  
Forest Structure ◽  
Habitat Choice ◽  
The Other ◽  
Habitat Specialist ◽  
Specialist Species ◽  
Habitat Specialist Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Bark Lice ◽  
A New Species

The bark lice Psocus flavonimbatus Rostock, 1879 and Ptycta chubsugulensis Günther, 1982 are assigned to the genus Kimunpsocus Yoshizawa, 2009. The male terminalia of K. flavonimbatus are described for the first time and compared to the corresponding structures of the other known species of the genus. Previously only known from the type locality in Estonia and the municipality of Kuhmo in Finland, K. flavonimbatus is now reported from 13 new sites and as a new species for four municipalities in eastern Central Finland. Analyses of an extensive material strongly suggest that K. flavonimbatus is a habitat-specialist species, confining its occurrence to pristine and semi-natural spruce-dominated forests. Nonetheless, its occurrence seems to be sporadic even in the old-growth forests. Forest structure of a subset of occupied and unoccupied sites is described and the conservation biology of K. flavonimbatus discussed.

scholarly journals Loneuroides García Aldrete (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Ptiloneuridae): new species and first record for Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Alberto Moreira da Silva Neto ◽  
Alfonso Neri García Aldrete ◽  
José Albertino Rafael
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Other ◽  
Brazilian State ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Loneuroides is registered for the first time in Brazil. A new species from the Brazilian state of Bahia, is here described and illustrated. It differs from all the other species in the genus in details of the female ninth sternum and by number of primary branches in vein M of fore- and hind- wings. A map with the distribution of the species of Loneuroides is included.

Checklist of the Pipunculidae (Diptera) of mainland France: further faunistic records and description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5067 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-547
Author(s):  
PHIL WITHERS ◽  
JOCELYN CLAUDE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Dna Analyses ◽  
Precise Data ◽  
New Material ◽  
First Time ◽  
Private Collections ◽  
A New Species

Since the first faunistic study of the Pipunculidae (Diptera) of mainland France in 2006, new material from 37 natural sites and four private collections has been evaluated by the authors of this article. A total of 5739 specimens of Pipunculidae collected in France were examined, of which 5214 were identified to species by the authors, for a total of 114 species. DNA analyses were also carried out on some specimens to confirm their morphological identifications. The list of Pipunculidae recorded in mainland France is updated to include 140 species. Tomosvaryella estebani sp. nov. is described from material collected in France and Italy. Twenty-four species are also reported for the first time from France. The records of Cephalops (Semicephalops) carinatus (Verrall, 1901), Cephalosphaera (Cephalosphaera) furcata (Egger, 1860), Eudorylas terminalis (Thomson, 1870) and Jassidophaga villosa (Roser, 1840), without precise data in the literature, are now precisely located in France with this work. For the other species, we provide new post-2006 records.  

Phylogeny and re-definition of the genus Melanophora (Diptera: Rhinophoridae), with description of a new species from Sardinia

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2318 (1) ◽  
pp. 552-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI ◽  
THOMAS PAPE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Generic Delimitation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A cladistic analysis of the genus Melanophora Meigen, 1803 (type-species: Musca grossificationis Linnaeus, 1758 [= Musca roralis Linnaeus, 1758]) is presented and the generic delimitation is critically redefined. The nominal genus-group taxon Bequaertiana Curran, 1929 (type-species: Bequaertiana argyriventris Curran, 1929) is synonymised with Melanophora Meigen syn. nov. The following new combinations are proposed: Melanophora argyriventris (Curran, 1929) comb. nov. and Melanophora basilewskyi (Peris, 1957) comb. nov. Melanophora chia sp. nov. from SW Sardinia is described, illustrated and compared with the other known species of the genus. The male of Melanophora asetosa Kugler, 1978 is described for the first time. Melanophora basilewskyi (Peris, 1957) is recorded from Kenya for the first time.

Dicamptus Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae) from Vietnam

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4830 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-382
Author(s):  
NHI THI PHAM ◽  
RIKIO MATSUMOTO ◽  
SO SHIMIZU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fore Wing ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Darwin wasp of the genus Dicamptus Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae), D. curvus Pham, Matsumoto & Shimizu sp. nov., is described on the basis of type specimen from Lai Chau Province, northwest Vietnam. The new species probably belongs to the giganteus species group and is easily distinguishable from the other species of the group by the smaller indices of fore wing AI and CI as well as the form of sclerites. Two species, D. cantoni Gauld & Mitchell and D. reticulatus (Cameron), are recorded for the first time from Vietnam; and additional distribution records for D. nigropictus (Matsumura) in Vietnam are provided. Through the present study, a total of four Dicamptus species have been recognized in Vietnam and illustrated. 

Taxonomic status of the genus Spermophilus (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Turkey and Iran with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1529 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
ŞAKIR ÖNDER ÖZKURT ◽  
MUSTAFA SÖZEN ◽  
NURI YIĞIT ◽  
IRFAN KANDEMIR ◽  
REYHAN ÇOLAK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
The Other ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Taurus Mountains ◽  
Spermophilus Citellus ◽  
Morphologic Data ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

We report a new species of Spermophilus ( Rodentia: Sciuridae), here designated as S. torosensis sp. nov., distributed in the Taurus Mountains in southern Anatolia, Turkey. A total of 161 specimens of the genus Spermophilus from Turkey and Iran were analyzed for their morphological, morphometric, and karyological characteristics. Uni- and multi-variate statistical analyses of morphologic data for 95 adult specimens yielded 4 distinct groups. Taxonomic evaluations classified the specimens into 4 species Spermophilus citellus, S. xanthopymnus, S. fulvus and S. torosensis sp. nov. Morphometrics, coat coloration, a brush-shaped tail, and a NFa value of 72 are diagnostic characters that distinguish S. torosensis sp. nov. from the other species. In Turkey, S. torosensis sp. nov. was found in 6 locations. The karyotype of S. fulvus also is described for the first time as 2n= 36, NFa= 70 and NFa= 66; new karyotypic data is reported for S. xanthoprymnus from Iran and Turkey.

The age of island-like habitats impacts habitat specialist species richness

Ecology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 1106-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Horsák ◽  
Michal Hájek ◽  
Daniel Spitale ◽  
Petra Hájková ◽  
Daniel Dítě ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Habitat Specialist ◽  
Specialist Species ◽  
Habitat Specialist Species

Amorphinopsis (Halichondrida: Demospongiae) from the Atlantic Ocean, with the description of a new species

2004 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. 925-930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana de S. Carvalho ◽  
Eduardo Hajdu ◽  
Beatriz Mothes ◽  
Rob W.M. van Soest
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
The Other ◽  
Exposed Surface ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Janeiro State ◽  
Northern Sector

A species of the genus Amorphinopsis is described for the first time for the Atlantic Ocean. The new species was described based on the study of 25 specimens, collected in the area of the São Sebastião Channel and its environs (northern sector of São Paulo State coastline) and in the Cabo Frio region (Rio de Janeiro State). The form is massive cushion-shaped, lobate, occasionally encrusting. The megascleres are styles [160–260 (N=20)/5–10 (N=10) μm; length/thickness] and oxeas [150–900 (N=100)/5–18 (N=20) μm]. Amorphinopsis atlantica sp. nov. differs from the other species of Amorphinopsis by its colour, dark-greyish-green with or without yellow tinges on the exposed surface, and the smaller size of its oxeas. Amorphinopsis excavans is the closest species to the Brazilian material, but can still be set apart by a series of smaller traits, such as oxeas and styles never overlapping (the smaller oxea is always larger than the larger style).

Observations on the Sporozoa Inhabiting the Gut of the Polychaete Worm Polydora flava Claparède

Parasitology ◽  
1936 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 414-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ralph Fowell
Keyword(s):  
Sea Water ◽  
Cyst Formation ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Other ◽  
Intestinal Cells ◽  
Great Abundance ◽  
Polar Groups ◽  
Annelid Worm ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

1. A detailed description is given of a coccidian which parasitises the nuclei of the intestinal cells of the polychaete worm Polydora flava Claparède. The final stages in sporogony have not been observed; nevertheless, this is the first record, from an annelid worm, of an eimeriid which shows a striking resemblance to those Coccidia occurring in the higher animals. It is also the first record of an intranuclear parasite from an annelid.2. From the gut of the same worm, a new species of Selenidium is described. It differs from all other species, hitherto recorded, in the possession of an axial tube, which completely encloses the nucleus and extends from one end of the organism to the other: hence it is proposed to name this organism Selenidium axiferens. The anterior end of the trophozoite shows a circlet of siderophilous bodies, which Ray (1930 a) has shown to be characteristic of the genus.3. Both uninucleate and multinucleate intracellular forms, with polar groups of chromatic globules, have been discovered in great abundance on six occasions; no merozoites have been found, but evidence is submitted to show that these intracellular forms represent the schizogonic phase in the life-cycle of the Selenidium.4. Sporogony follows closely that described for other species, but the final stages have not been observed. The gametocysts measure 48 × 50–70 × 63μ.5. Association and cyst formation are described in Polyrhabdina polydorae Caul. & Mesn. (?) for the first time. Innumerable nuclei make their appearance in each gametocyte, before ejection of the cysts into the sea-water takes place. Gametocysts can easily be distinguished from those of Selenidium axiferens, not only by their morphology, but also by their greater size (98 × 90–105 × 100μ).

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