scholarly journals Longitarsus ozbeki sp. n., a new species from Asia Minor (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifran Aslan ◽  
Andrzej Warchalowski
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
The Other ◽  
Asia Minor ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
North West ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Ca 50 ◽  
A New Species

A series of ca. 50 specimens of a small Longitarsus Latr. in the undescribed species were collected from the North-East of Asia Minor in the field research during the 21.VIII—1.IX.2003. Longitarsus ozbeki sp. n. is described and illustrated from north west of Turkey. This species is phenotypically similar to Longitarsus albineus (Foudras) and Longitarsus artvinus Gruev & Aslan. L. ozbeki sp. n. differs from the other two species by the outline of pronotum, coloration of body, punctuation of elytra, coloration of claws, tarsomeres, and metanotum, central lobe of anal sternite in male, aedeagus and spermathecae. Length ofbody is 1.9— 2.2 mm (mean 2.13 mm) and 2.4—2.6 mm (mean 2.46 mm) in male and female, respectively.

scholarly journals A review of Norwegian streptaster-bearing Astrophorida (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida), new records and a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3253 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
PACO CÁRDENAS ◽  
HANS TORE RAPP
Keyword(s):  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
East Atlantic ◽  
North West ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
New Material ◽  
Distinct Morphology ◽  
Partial Fragment ◽  
A New Species

We report and describe new material of streptaster-bearing Astrophorida sponges collected in Norway: Characellapachastrelloides, Pachastrella nodulosa sp. nov., Poecillastra compressa, Vulcanella cf. aberrans, Thenea abyssorum,Thenea levis, Thenea muricata and Thenea valdiviae. Because many of these species were described in the end of the 19thcentury their original descriptions are often incomplete. The Norwegian specimens are the basis for a revision of themorphology, taxonomy and distribution of these species. These are the first records of C. pachastrelloides and V. cf.aberrans from the Norwegian coast. Pachastrella nodulosa sp. nov. differs from Pachastrella monilifera by (i) its knobbysurface and (ii) the absence of large oxeas, (iii) its amphiasters have on average less actines and are less spiny, finally (iv)microxeas are rare and with a distinct morphology (although there is some doubt concerning their origin). In the presentstudy, Characella tuberosa (from South Africa), Pachastrella abyssi (from the North-West Atlantic) and Thenea schmidti(from the North-East Atlantic) are resurrected. To help their future identifications, all the Norwegian species describedwere associated with DNA barcodes: a cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene partial fragment and/or a 28S ribosomalgene partial fragment (C1–D2 domains). Furthermore, a key to the streptaster-bearing Astrophorida of the North-East Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea is also given (lithistids not included).Nous signalons la présence et décrivons des spécimens d’Astrophorida à streptasters nouvellement récoltés en Norvège:Characella pachastrelloides, Pachastrella nodulosa sp. nov., Poecillastra compressa, Vulcanella cf. aberrans, Theneaabyssorum, Thenea levis, Thenea muricata et Thenea valdiviae. Plusieurs de ces espèces ont été décrites de manièreincomplète à la fin du 19ème siècle. Les spécimens norvégiens sont l’occasion de réviser la morphologie, la taxonomie etla distribution de ces espèces. C’est la première fois que C. pachastrelloides et V. cf. aberrans sont mentionnés sur la côtenorvégienne. Pachastrella nodulosa sp. nov. se distingue de Pachastrella monilifera par (i) sa surface noduleuse et (ii)l’absence de grands oxes, (iii) ses amphiasters ont en moyenne moins d’actines et sont moins épineux, enfin (iv) lesmicroxes sont rares et ont une morphologie distincte (bien qu’il y ait encore des doutes sur leur origine). Au cours de notreétude, Characella tuberosa (d’Afrique du Sud), Pachastrella abyssi (de l’Atlantique Nord-Ouest) et Thenea schmidti (del’Atlantique Nord-Est) sont ressuscités. Afin d’aider leurs identifications futures, toutes les espèces de Norvège décritesont été associées à des code-barres moléculaires: un fragment partiel du gène de la sous-unité I du cytochrome c oxydase(COI) et/ou un fragment partiel du gène ribosomique 28S (domaines C1-D2). De plus, une clé pour identifier les Astrophorida à streptasters de l’Atlantique Nord-Est et de Méditerrannée est également fournie (lithistides non inclus).

Ophlitaspongia and Ophlitaspongia papilla reinstated, and a new species of Ophlitaspongia described (Porifera: Demospongiae: Microcionidae)

1999 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.M. Howson ◽  
S.J. Chambers
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
The Other ◽  
East Atlantic ◽  
Halichondria Panicea ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Ophlitaspongia (Porifera: Microcionidae) from wave-exposed sublittoral rock in the north-east Atlantic is described and compared to the two other species recorded from the genus in the north-east Atlantic. The species known as Ophlitaspongia seriata is considered to be a junior synonym of Halichondria panicea. Consequently, the name O. papilla has been reinstated. The other recorded species O. basifixa, is from deep water. Ophlitaspongia basifixa has characters which differentiate it from Ophlitaspongia sp. nov. The genus Ophlitaspongia has been separated from related genera and reinstated for species in the North Atlantic.

The Underground Structure of Eastern England

1927 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Rastall
Keyword(s):  
Underground Structure ◽  
The Other ◽  
General Shape ◽  
North West ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
General Line ◽  
Geological Features ◽  
The One ◽  
Southern Flank

The foregoing sketch brings out marked resemblances in the geological features of eastern and southern England on the one hand, and the neighbouring parts of the continent on the other. In both areas we find an old plateau of pre-Devonian rocks, against which Devonian and Carboniferous rocks are violently thrust from the south by Armorican and Variscan folds, giving rise to highly complex coal-basins in Belgium, France and Somerset, a type of structure possibly to be encountered in the future in Kent. In Belgium this plateau sinks to the north-east under the Campine coalfield, while in England its north-west margin is complicated by the incidence of posthumous folds of Charnian strike.In eastern England, east of the Charnwood line, there is evidence for the existence of Professor Kendall's Willoughby axis, with north-west strike; between this and the Charnwood line there are indications of similar parallel buried trend-lines in the folding and faulting of the visible Yorks-Derby-Notts coalfield, and also, as suggested by Professor Fearnsides, in the general shape of this basin.Further to the north, however, the general line of the Cleveland and Market Weighton axes is not Charnian, being about west 5° north. The Market Weighton axis, which is of Charnian type, with many repeated movements, does not form the boundary of the coalfield; this is in fact constituted by the southern flank of the broad Cleveland uplift, which is of Wealden type; an anticline superposed on an earlier sinking area.

Molecular systematics of Malagasy poison frogs in the Mantella betsileo and  M. laevigata species groups

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1501 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
FALITIANA C.E. RABEMANANJARA ◽  
ANGELICA CROTTINI ◽  
YLENIA CHIARI ◽  
FRANCO ANDREONE ◽  
FRANK GLAW ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sister Group ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Poison Frogs ◽  
North West ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome B ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome B Gene ◽  
Species Groups

Malagasy poison frogs of the genus Mantella with its 16 species are currently sub-divided into 5 major groups. Of these, the Mantella betsileo group is traditionally understood as containing four species, Mantella betsileo, M. expectata, M. viridis and M. manery, while the M. laevigata group is considered to be monospecific. A phylogenetic analysis of samples from multiple localities of all species in these two groups, based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene, shows the existence of several well-distinct clades in what is currently considered to be Mantella betsileo: (1) central-western populations from Kirindy, Isalo, and near Antsirabe close to the Betsileo region, to which the name M. betsileo is to be applied, (2) populations of the north-east and north-west, which are closely related to M. viridis and to which the name M. ebenaui is to be applied, and (3) a clade from southernmost Madagascar and from the Tsingy de Bemaraha, which is sister to M. expectata and furthermore includes important intra-clade variation, therefore probably representing one or two undescribed species. Our data also support a large genetic distance of M. manery to all other species and its probable sister-group relationship to the sympatric M. laevigata; M. manery is consequently transferred from the M. betsileo group to the M. laevigata group.

scholarly journals Kos Astypalaia

1898 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
Duncan Mackenzie
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Mountain Region ◽  
The South ◽  
North West ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
South West ◽  
The Village

From the modern town of Kos, on the site of the ancient capital at the north-east extremity of the island, to the village of Kephalos at the southwest end is a ride of eight hours.The village stands on a chalky plateau which beyond the isthmus marks the beginning of the mountain district of south-west Kos. This in turn is a repetition on a smaller scale of the mountain region, at the other end of the island, which forms the lofty termination to the long central tableland. The highest points of the mountain district are towards the south-east where the fall to the sea is very rapid. The highest neighbouring peak, Mount Ziní, is about an hour distant from the village in a south-easterly direction, while all that lies to the north-west of the main range is high pastoral country with many torrent beds.

Monogenean parasites of deep-sea fishes from the Rockall Trough (N.E. Atlantic) including a new species

1987 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 603-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. Pascoe
Keyword(s):  
Deep Sea ◽  
East Atlantic ◽  
North West ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Rockall Trough ◽  
Species Lists ◽  
Considerable Work ◽  
A New Species

Considerable work on deep-sea parasite faunas, including monogeneans, has been carried out in the north-west Atlantic (Suydam, 1971; Campbell, Haedrich & Munroe, 1980; Munroe, Campbell & Zwerner 1981; Zubchenko, 1981) and some in the Pacific (Gusev, 1957; Robinson, 1961), but work of this nature in the north-east Atlantic is limited mainly to species lists and descriptions (Gallien, 1937; Rees & Llewellyn, 1941; Brinkmann, 1952). The present paper presents observations on monogenean parasites of fishes from the Rockall Trough area of the north-east Atlantic.

scholarly journals Dancing Butterflies of the East Himalayas

2017 ◽  
pp. 69-96
Author(s):  
Toshio Yoshida ◽  
Rinchen Yangzom ◽  
David Long
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Botanical Exploration ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Eastern Tibet ◽  
Rich Flora ◽  
A New Species ◽  
India And China

The region from eastern Bhutan to Arunachal Pradesh of India and the adjacent south-eastern Tibet and northern Myanmar seems to be one of the last frontiers not only for Meconopsis hunting but also for other botanical exploration. Although there remain political difficulties for foreigners to approach the unsettled border between India and China, including the famous Tsari valley with its prominently rich flora, which was visited by Frank Ludlow, George Sherriff, Frank Kingdon-Ward and a few other plant hunters before 1950, some botanical and horticultural treasures in this region have gradually been revealed to recent travellers. As a result of examining the photographs taken by these travellers and our own botanical field research in eastern Bhutan in 2014, accompaniedby subsequent herbarium studies, two species new to science are described. The first, from eastern Bhutan and adjacent Arunachal Pradesh and Tibet, has long been cultivated under the names M. grandis or M. grandis GS600, and has recently been described as M. grandis subsp. orientalis (Grey-Wilson, 2010). It is the national flower of Bhutan. However, the type of M. grandis from Sikkim belongs to a species quite distinct from the eastern populations and the latter is now described as a new species, Meconopsis gakyidiana. The second novelty, Meconopsis merakensis,is newly described from eastern Bhutan and adjacent Arunachal Pradesh. In the past this species was confused with the closely allied M. prainiana. The two species are isolated geographically, M.prainiana being found only much further to the north-east, in south-eastern Tibet, including theTsari valley. The title of this article is based on a comparison made by Frank Kingdon-Ward of Meconopsis flowers with butterflies in Tibet (see below).

scholarly journals The Glacial Drifts of the Leinster Mountains

1949 ◽  
Vol 1 (05) ◽  
pp. 220-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Farrington
Keyword(s):  
Ice Sheets ◽  
The Other ◽  
North West ◽  
Ice Caps ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Local Origin ◽  
Five Phases

AbstractFive glacial phases are recognized in the area described. Two of these are represented by the deposits of ice-sheets from the north-east and north-west respectively; the other three were of local origin. The materials composing the drifts differ sufficiently to enable the stratigraphy to be seen clearly. This shows that the local ice caps alternated with the invading ice sheets—which brings out a point of considerable climatological interest in that it is clear that the local ice advanced not simultaneously with the invading ice sheets but alternated with them. The order in which the five phases occurred is well established, but the importance of the intervals between the phases is at present uncertain.

The East Tomb and other Tomb Buildings at Balboura

1993 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 41-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. Hallett ◽  
J. J. Coulton
Keyword(s):  
Similar Type ◽  
The Other ◽  
Asia Minor ◽  
Original Form ◽  
Simple Design ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Lower Chamber ◽  
Splendid Isolation ◽  
The City

To the north east of Balboura, on the far side of the stream-bed, lie the ruins of an imposing tomb (see Fig. 1), the largest and most elaborate so far discovered in the area. Built directly on and partly into the hillside, the building was oriented to look straight across the valley towards the city (orientation: 27° E of true north—see Fig. 2; i.e. the tomb faces approx. SSW); and apparently it stood in splendid isolation, at some distance from the other tombs of the northern necropolis, and on somewhat higher ground. The remains of another tomb of similar type, but of smaller dimensions, can be seen across the valley in the neighbouring cemetery; and a third faces the city from the slopes to the south.Although at first sight there seems to be little of the building left in place Pl. 1 (a, b); Fig. 2), enough remains for us to be fairly sure of its original form. It was built on two levels: above, standing on a stepped podium, a monumental building designed to house large stone sarcophagi—a structure most often described in inscriptions throughout Asia. Minor as a heroön (and for convenience so designated here); and below, within the podium, a lower chamber or crypt, often referred to in inscriptions as a hyposorion, normally intended for the various dependants of those entombed above. The building was constructed from the local white limestone; and while certainly the most ambitious sepulchral monument yet known from Balboura, it shows a relatively simple design, and the same rather rough-and-ready workmanship as the other buildings of the site.

Passage-grave art in the Boyne Valley

1973 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 354-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire O'Kelly
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
The Other ◽  
North West ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Megalithic Tombs

The art in question is found on the structural slabs of a group of megalithic tombs in the valley of the Boyne in Ireland. The tombs are all passage-graves and are characteristically situated on the highest local ground and grouped in a ‘cemetery’. The Boyne cemetery is about 15 km from the east coast and about 50 km by road north of Dublin. In an area approximately 4 × 4 km are situated the three large tumuli of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth, as well as over 40 other monuments, more than half of which are passage-graves (fig. 1).The three large mounds are only a few kilometres apart; in fact, from any one of them the other two can be seen since all are in commanding situations. They are similar as regards size and appearance, that is to say, each consists of a mound of stones, or stones, earth, etc., circular in plan and flat-topped, about 85 m in diameter at the base and 12 to 15 m in height. The base of each is surrounded by a continuous kerb of large slabs, 97 at Newgrange, an estimated 110 at Dowth, and an estimated 120 at Knowth. Newgrange is the central tumulus, Dowth is to the north-east, and Knowth to the north-west.

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