Fossil Leaves of Meliosma (Sabiaceae) With Associated Pollen and a Eupodid Mite From the Eocene of Maoming Basin, South China

A first occurrence of the genus Meliosma (Sabiaceae) is reported from the upper Eocene of the Maoming Basin of South China. This fossil is one of the oldest reliable records of the genus within its modern center of diversity. Fossil leaves are assigned to a new species, Meliosma eosinica sp. nov. based on leaf morphology and epidermal characters. The leaf epidermal anatomy of fossil Meliosma is illustrated for the first time. We also provide the first SEM observation of pollen grains associated with Meliosma. This study also documents an occurrence of mites within the leaf domatia previously unknown from the fossil record. We presume that the studied mite belongs to the superfamily Eupodoidea (Arthropoda), and probably the family Eupodidae, which comprises very small soft-bodied cosmopolitan mites occupying a wide range of terrestrial habitats. Additionally, we analyze the damage types on the fossil leaves of Meliosma. They exhibit exclusively external foliage feeding damage caused by arthropods and traces of probable fungal infection. A review of currently known fossil occurrences of leaves, fruits, and wood of Meliosma provides evidence for the geological and geographical distribution of the genus.

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The family Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) from Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea), with descriptions of five new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4995.3.12 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4995 (3) ◽

pp. 581-593

Author(s):

KYU-TEK PARK ◽

TIMM KARISCH

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Equatorial Guinea ◽

Bioko Island ◽

The Family ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

Five new species belonging to the subfamily Torodorinae of Lecithoceridae are described from Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea), based on specimens which were collected during a short expedition on the island by the second author in 1994. The new species are three species of the genus Thubdora Park, 2018 (T. biocoica sp. nov., T. vernaculella sp. nov., and T. angustiala sp. nov.), and a new species of Ptilothyris Walsingham, 1891and Dragmatucha Meyrick, 1908 respectively (Ptylothyris ruicheensis sp. nov.; and Dragmatucha vulcaniella sp. nov.). In addition, Thubdora bilobella Park, 2018 is reported for the first time from Equatorial Guinea. Images for adults and the genitalia of all species are given.

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A new species of Fissicepheus and a supplementary description of Leptotocepheus murphyi (Mahunka, 1989) (Acari, Oribatida, Otocepheidae) from Malaysia

Acarologia ◽

10.24349/acarologia/20194348 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 59 (4) ◽

pp. 456-474

Author(s):

Sergey G. Ermilov ◽

Stanislav Kalúz

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Traits ◽

Oribatid Mites ◽

The Family ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

This work includes taxonomic data on two species of oribatid mites of the family Otocepheidae from Malaysia. A new species of the genus Fissicepheus is described. Fissicepheus parastriganovae n. sp. differs from Fissicepheus striganovae Ermilov and Anichkin, 2014 by body ornamentation, length of interlamellar and notogastral setae and morphology of genital plates. The species Leptotocepheus murphyi (Mahunka, 1989) is recorded in Malaysia for the first time. A supplementary description of this species which was originally described from Singapore is given on the basis of the Malaysian specimens. The main morphological traits for L. murphyi are summarized.

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A new species of Litarachna Walter, 1925 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) from Corozal Bay (Belize), described based upon morphology and DNA barcodes

Acarologia ◽

10.24349/r7no-ludg ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 61 (3) ◽

pp. 602-613

Author(s):

Lucia Montes-Ortiz ◽

Tom Goldschmidt ◽

Lourdes Vásquez-Yeomans ◽

Manuel Elías-Gutiérrez

Keyword(s):

Dna Barcode ◽

Morphological Description ◽

Estuarine System ◽

Dna Barcodes ◽

Sem Images ◽

The Family ◽

Coi Sequences ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species ◽

Electronic Microscope

A new planktonic species of the marine water mites of the family Pontarachnidae Koenike, 1910 is described from Corozal Bay, an estuarine system in Belize. The morphological description includes Scanning Electronic Microscope (SEM) images and is augmented by an analysis of DNA cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) sequences, the DNA barcode, used for the first time for a species description in this group.

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Delimitation, new species and teleomorph-anamorph relationships in Codinaea, Dendrophoma, Paragaeumannomyces and Striatosphaeria (Chaetosphaeriaceae)

MycoKeys ◽

10.3897/mycokeys.74.57824 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 74 ◽

pp. 17-74

Author(s):

Martina Réblová ◽

Jana Nekvindová ◽

Jacques Fournier ◽

Andrew N. Miller

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

Morphological Traits ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Axenic Culture ◽

Monophyletic Clade ◽

Morphological Comparison ◽

The Family ◽

Terrestrial Habitats ◽

First Time

The Chaetosphaeriaceae are a diverse group of pigmented, predominantly phialidic hyphomycetes comprised of several holomorphic genera including Chaetosphaeria, the most prominent genus of the family. Although the morphology of the teleomorphs of the majority of Chaetosphaeria is rather uniform, their associated anamorphs primarily exhibit the variability and evolutionary change observed in the genus. An exception from the morphological monotony among Chaetosphaeria species is a group characterised by scolecosporous, hyaline to light pink, multiseptate, asymmetrical ascospores and a unique three-layered ascomatal wall. Paragaeumannomyces sphaerocellularis, the type species of the genus, exhibits these morphological traits and is compared with similar Chaetosphaeria with craspedodidymum- and chloridium-like synanamorphs. Morphological comparison and phylogenetic analyses of the combined ITS-28S sequences of 35 isolates and vouchers with these characteristics revealed a strongly-supported, morphologically well-delimited clade in the Chaetosphaeriaceae containing 16 species. The generic name Paragaeumannomyces is applied to this monophyletic clade; eight new combinations and five new species, i.e. P. abietinussp. nov., P. eleganssp. nov., P. granulatussp. nov., P. sabinianussp. nov. and P. smokiensissp. nov., are proposed. A key to Paragaeumannomyces is provided. Using morphology, cultivation studies and phylogenetic analyses of ITS and 28S rDNA, two additional new species from freshwater and terrestrial habitats, Codinaea paniculatasp. nov. and Striatosphaeria castaneasp. nov., are described in the family. A codinaea-like anamorph of S. castanea forms conidia with setulae at each end in axenic culture; this feature expands the known morphology of Striatosphaeria. A chaetosphaeria-like teleomorph is experimentally linked to Dendrophoma cytisporoides, a sporodochial hyphomycete and type species of Dendrophoma, for the first time.

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Description of Prozercon caspiansis sp. nov. (Acari: Mesostigmata: Zerconidae) from Iran, with descriptions of male and larva of P. dominiaki Błaszak, 1979

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.26.9.6 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Fatemeh Moghimi ◽

Ali Ahadiyat ◽

Mehmet Karaca ◽

Hadi Kiadaliri ◽

Raşit Urhan

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Mazandaran Province ◽

Northern Iran ◽

The Family ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

A new species of zerconid mites, Prozercon caspiansis sp. nov. is described based on female, male, and protonymph specimens collected from different forestland areas in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran. In addition, the male and larval specimens of P. dominiaki Błaszak were found in the same region and described for the first time. An updated key for the Iranian Prozercon species is provided, and the situation of the Iranian genera and species of the family is briefly discussed.

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First fossil record of a nymph (Ephemeroptera, Teloganellidae) from the Indian subcontinent

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4838.1.8 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4838 (1) ◽

pp. 137-142

Author(s):

PRIYA AGNIHOTRI ◽

KAJAL CHANDRA ◽

ANUMEHA SHUKLA ◽

HUKAM SINGH ◽

RAKESH C. MEHROTRA

Keyword(s):

Fossil Record ◽

Indian Subcontinent ◽

Early Eocene ◽

Lignite Mine ◽

Modern Species ◽

The Family ◽

Mayfly Nymph ◽

Modern Genus ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

A fossil of a mayfly nymph that shows similarities with the modern genus Teloganella Ulmer, 1939 of the family Teloganellidae is recorded for the first time from the Indian subcontinent. It is systematically described from the Gurha lignite mine of Bikaner, Rajasthan which belongs to the Palana Formation (late Paleocene-early Eocene). As assignment of the fossil to a modern species of Teloganella is difficult due to indistinguishable location of gills in the impression, a new species, Teloganella gurhaensis Agnihotri et al., sp. nov. is instituted to include this fossil naiad resembling the extant Teloganella.

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A new species and immature stages of the skiff beetle genus Yara Reichardt and Hinton (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Hydroscaphidae) from Nicaragua

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4544.1.8 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4544 (1) ◽

pp. 125

Author(s):

SCARLETH MARGARITA RAUDEZ REYES ◽

ROBERTO ANTONIO CANO ESPINOZA ◽

JENNIFER C. GIRÓN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Immature Stages ◽

Water Beetle ◽

The Family ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

Yara marmontsedu, a new species in the family Hydroscaphidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga), is described and illustrated. Specimens of Y. marmontsedu were collected at the Pijibay Creek, tributary of the Mico River in Chontales, Nicaragua. The immature stages are described and illustrated for the first time for a species of Yara. This is a contribution to the knowledge of the water beetle fauna of Nicaragua.

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Oribatid mites of the family Astegistidae (Acari: Oribatida) in Mongolia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1472.1.3 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1472 (1) ◽

pp. 55

Author(s):

BADAMDORJ BAYARTOGTOKH

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Oribatid Mite ◽

Oribatid Mites ◽

The Family ◽

Northern Mongolia ◽

Cool Temperate ◽

Distribution And Ecology ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species ◽

Mite Family

The oribatid mite family Astegistidae is represented in Mongolia by four species in two genera. A new species, Cultroribula taigagica sp. nov., collected from cool temperate forests in Northern Mongolia is described based on adults. In addition, three known species, Astegistes pilosus (C.L. Koch, 1840), Cultroribula dentata Willmann, 1950 and Cultroribula vtorovi Krivolutsly, 1971 are recorded for the first time from Mongolia, which are redescribed along with data on their distribution and ecology. A key to Mongolian species of Astegistidae is given.

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Mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Cheyletoidea) parasitizing waxbills of the genus Estrilda (Passeriformes: Estrildidae)

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.24.9.15 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (9) ◽

pp. 1799-1808

Author(s):

Maciej Skoracki ◽

Martin Hromada ◽

Petra Prevuznakova ◽

Wanyoike Wamiti

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Host Species ◽

New Host ◽

Quill Mites ◽

The Family ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species ◽

New Host Species

Quill mites (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) parasitizing waxbills of genus Estrilda Swainson (Aves: Passeriformes: Estrildidae) from the Sub-Saharan region are studied for the first time. Among them, a new species, Syringophiloidus estrildus sp. nov., is described and new host species for Neosyringophilopsis lonchurus Skoracki, 2008, Neoaulonastus oryzivorus (Skoracki, 2011) comb. nov., and Picobia lonchurae Skoracki et al., 2016 are recorded. In our study, we examined 120 specimens belonging to seven of the 16 (44%) species of the genus Estrilda. The prevalence of infestation by syringophilid species varied from 3.7 to 25%. The host and habitat (feather type) specificity are discussed.

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Review of Chinese species of the leafhopper genus Amrasca Ghauri (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae), with description of a new species, species checklist and notes on the identity of the Indian cotton leafhopper

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.7 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4353 (2) ◽

pp. 360 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

YE XU ◽

YURU WANG ◽

CHRISTOPHER H. DIETRICH ◽

MURRAY J. FLETCHER ◽

DAOZHENG QIN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South China ◽

Key To Species ◽

Important Species ◽

Incertae Sedis ◽

Holotype Specimen ◽

Species Checklist ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species ◽

Scientific Name

The leafhopper genus Amrasca Ghauri from China is reviewed. Six species are included, of which three are reported for the first time from China. A new species, A. (Amrasca) complana Qin, Wang & Xu, sp. nov. is described based on specimens from south China. A complete checklist of the genus and an identification key to species in the Chinese fauna are provided. Jacobiasca curvata (Ahmed & Samad) comb. nov. is removed from Amrasca and A. (A.) singularis Einyu & Ahmed is treated as a species incertae sedis. Habitus photos of all Chinese Amrasca species and illustrations of male genitalia of the new species are also given. The male holotype specimen of Chlorita bimaculata Matsumura is here designated as the neotype of Empoasca biguttula Ishida to fix the identity of this economically important species and Sundapteryx Dworakowska is reinstated from synonymy as a subgenus of Amrasca. Thus, the correct scientific name of the Indian cotton leafhopper is Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida).

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