scholarly journals Synthesis of the Brazilian Poduromorpha (Collembola: Hexapoda) with Special Emphasis on the Equatorial Oceanic Islands

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 268
Author(s):  
Estevam C. A. de Lima ◽  
Maria Cleide de Mendonça ◽  
Gabriel Costa Queiroz ◽  
Tatiana Cristina da Silveira ◽  
Douglas Zeppelini
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Taxonomic Keys

We present new species and records of Poduromorpha for the Brazilian oceanic islands and synthesis of this order in Brazil. Friesea noronhaensis sp. nov., Friesea rochedoensis sp. nov., Willemia insularum sp. nov. and Paraxenylla zeliae sp. nov. are described and a diagnosis of the morphospecies Acherontiella sp. Lima and Zeppelini 2015 is provided. We present comparative tables, distribution and taxonomic keys of the Friesea, Arlesia, Brachystomella, Acherontiella, Paraxenylla, Xenylla, and Willemia found in the Brazilian oceanic islands and their respective congeners recorded in Brazil.

Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea IV: Taxonomy on Medaurini (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Clitumninae) of China

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4365 (5) ◽  
pp. 501
Author(s):  
GEORGE WAI-CHUN HO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Combination ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
New Genera ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Taxonomic Keys

This paper deals with the taxonomy of Chinese Medaurini with descriptions of two new genera, 14 new species and two new subspecies, proposal of two new combinations and report of two new records for China. A total of seven genera and 42 species are recognised in the tribe. Ten new species and two new subspecies from four recognised genera including Cnipsomorpha Hennemann, Conle, Zhang & Liu, 2008, Interphasma Chen & He, 2008, Medauroidea Zompro, 2000 and Parapachymorpha Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 are described. They are Cnipsomorpha bii sp. nov., C. daliensis sp. nov., C. maoershanensis sp. nov., C. wenxuani sp. nov., Interphasma elongatum elongatum sp. nov. & subsp. nov., I. elongatum parvum subsp. nov., I. huanglianshanense sp. nov., Medauroidea chenshuchuni sp. nov., Parapachymorpha dentata sp. nov., P. jinpingensis sp. nov. and P. sinica sp. nov. Two new genera, Neointerphasma gen. nov. and Neosinophasma gen. nov., are established. The former only includes Neointerphasma minutigranulatum sp. nov. The latter includes four species, N. biangulatum (Chen & Zhang, 2008) comb. nov. [transferred from Cnipsomorpha], N. tangliangi sp. nov., N. wenxuani sp. nov. and N. yunnanense sp. nov. A new combination is also suggested for Medauroidea nyalamensis (Chen, Shang & Pei, 2000) comb. nov. transferred from Ramulus Saussure, 1862. Parapachymorpha spiniger (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) and Medauromorpha foedata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) are new records for China. Taxonomic keys are given to Cnipsomorpha, Interphasma, Medauroidea, Medauromorpha, Neosinophasma gen. nov. and Parapachymorpha. 

scholarly journals Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Archipelago of São Pedro and São Paulo, Equatorial Atlantic, with emphasis on a new Hemicytheridae genus

2013 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
João C. Coimbra ◽  
Silvia R. Bottezini ◽  
Cláudia P. Machado
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Equatorial Atlantic ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Specific Level ◽  
Recent Sediments ◽  
Systematic Knowledge

The present study is a further contribution to the systematic knowledge of the shallow water marine ostracodes from the Brazilian oceanic islands. A total of 14 species belonging to 10 genera and eight families is herein identified. One new genus and species are described and illustrated: Berguecythere insularis gen. nov., sp. nov. In addition to this new taxon, the abundant species Loxocorniculum tricornatum Krutak, 1971, widely distributed in recent sediments in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, north and northeast of Brazil and the Rocas Atoll, along with the cosmopolitan tropical ostracode Triebelina sertata Triebel, 1948, were also identified at specific level. The remaining 11 species were left at the genus level, and should provide new species. Ecological, zoo- and paleozoogeographical aspects were also briefly discussed.

scholarly journals New Species of Exomalopsis and Its Associated Cleptoparasite Nomada from Colombia with Description of the Nest (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila: Apidae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita I. Velez-Ruiz ◽  
Allan H. Smith-Pardo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Nest Architecture ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The City ◽  
Taxonomic Keys

We describe two new species of bees from Colombia; one is a species of Exomalopsis found nesting in the city of Medellin, Colombia, (the host) and its cleptoparasitic bee, a species of the genus Nomada. In addition, we provide information on the nest architecture of the new species and provide data on occupancy by both the host bee and its cleptoparasite. We present an updated list of the species of Exomalopsis and Nomada of Colombia and taxonomic keys to the species of Exomalopsis.

Taxonomy of Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980 (Haplosclerida, Porifera) from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5004 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-287
Author(s):  
LÍVIA ROCHA ◽  
FERNANDO MORAES ◽  
SULA SALANI ◽  
EDUARDO HAJDU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Xestospongia Muta

Petrosiidae (Haplosclerida, Demospongiae) is characterized by the hard and friable consistency, and an isotropic reticulated skeleton of oxeas/ strongyles. The Brazilian coast and oceanic islands harbor three out of four known genera of Petrosiidae: Neopetrosia de Laubenfels, 1949; Petrosia (Petrosia) Vosmaer, 1885 and Xestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932. A taxonomic survey of samples from several expeditions housed at the Porifera Collection of Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, with additional comparative materials obtained from the Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, and Universidade Federal de Pernambuco enabled the description of two new species: P. (P.) revizee sp. nov. and X. dorigo sp. nov. We also recorded a range extention for Neopetrosia proxima and Xestospongia muta, and Xestospongia grayi was synonymized with X. muta. Other species reported from the country are diagnosed, and an identification key for Petrosiidae from Brazil is provided.

scholarly journals Sparisoma choati, a new species of Parrotfish (Labridae: Scarinae) from the tropical eastern Atlantic

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3152 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIZ A. ROCHA ◽  
ALBERTO BRITO ◽  
D. ROSS ROBERTSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Dark Spot ◽  
Terminal Phase ◽  
Rocky Reefs ◽  
Bright Yellow ◽  
Sao Tome And Principe ◽  
Eastern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
A New Species

The parrotfish Sparisoma choati is described from the tropical eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is genetically unique and alsodiffers from its congeners by coloration as follows: initial phase individuals and females greyish brown to greyish red,with chin and belly paler and reddish brown scales irregularly distributed along flanks resulting in a general mottled ap-pearance; terminal phase individuals with brownish red head and upper half of anterior two-thirds of body, ventral portionof central third of body bright yellow-green, posterior third of body dark greenish gray and dark spot on upper fifth ofpectoral fin base. The new species is found in rocky reefs along the coast and oceanic islands off West Africa, from Cape Verde and Senegal south to the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe and Angola.

A new cleaner species of Elacatinus (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1932 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
IVAN SAZIMA ◽  
ALFREDO CARVALHO-FILHO ◽  
CRISTINA SAZIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Distal Portion ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Bright Yellow ◽  
Fernando De Noronha ◽  
Eye Diameter ◽  
Blue Line ◽  
Cleaning Stations

A new species of cleaner goby, Elacatinus phthirophagus sp. n., is described from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off northeastern Brazil. It differs from its congeners of the putative “randalli-evelynae” cleaning clade by the following combination of characters: mouth subterminal, pale (bright yellow in life) elliptical spot on dark snout, width of lateral pale (bright yellow in life) stripe almost equal as eye diameter (slightly narrower in live individuals), light purplish sheen (in life) extending laterally from below eye to tail origin, no blue line (in life) from below eye to end of opercular margin, teeth multiserial on the distal portion of both jaws, males with 3 enlarged and recurved teeth on dentary inner row. The new species was recorded at depths ranging from 3 to 18 m and is ubiquitous in the archipelago islets. It tends cleaning stations on coral heads, sponges, and rocky substrata, with up to 15 individuals present in large stations, particularly those on sponges. Elacatinus phthirophagus sp. n. was recorded to clean about 30 species of fish clients, including large carnivores such as the shark Carcharhinus perezi and smaller carnivores such as the grouper Cephalopholis fulva, besides small clients like the planktivorous damselfish Chromis multilineata and the zoobenthivorous butterflyfish Chaetodon ocellatus. The new species increases to three the number of cleaner gobies recorded for Southwestern Atlantic, one from the coast and two from oceanic islands.

Species-group concepts and biogeography of the genus Crotonia (Acari: Oribatida: Crotoniidae), with new species from South and Central America

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2081 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTHEW J. COLLOFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Similar Distribution ◽  
Full Complement ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
St Helena

Five new species of oribatid mite belonging to the Gondwanan genus Crotonia are described from South and Central America: C. macfadyeni sp. nov. from the Falkland Islands, C. carioca sp. nov. from Brazil, C. valdivia sp. nov. and C. wallworki sp. nov. both from Chile, and C. aculeata sp. nov. from Guatemala. The nymphal stages of C. macfadyeni are also described. The species-groups of Crotonia delineated by Luxton (1982) are redefined in relation to these new species and a re-evaluation of characters. Previously, the primary character for defining species-groups was the arrangement of the caudal apophyses. Greater emphasis is placed herein on the fusion of the dorsal shield with the rest of the notogaster and the presence or absence of a lateral hyaline region. The Nukuhivae group is merged into the Unguifera group (containing C. carioca sp. nov., C. cervicornia, C. melanesiae, C. nukuhivae and C. unguifera) and the Caudalis group into the Obtecta group (containing C. blaszaki, C. obtecta, C. pulchra, C. caudalis, C. cupulata, C. longibulba and C. tuberculata). The biogeography of Crotonia is re-assessed based on 43 recognised species. The redefined Obtecta group has a disjunct trans-Pacific distribution. The Unguifera group, present in the Neotropics, is also found in an arc from New Zealand to the Philippines and has also dispersed to the mid-Pacific Marquesas Islands. Three new speciesgroups are established. The Flagellata group, containing C. flagellata and C. reticulata, also has a disjunct trans-Pacific distribution. The Lanceolata group is dominated by species from oceanic islands and contains C. brassicae, C. lanceolata and C. perforata from St. Helena, C. brevicornuta from Campbell Island, and C. ovata from Tasmania. The Capistrata group contains those species which possess the full complement of setae in the c series (C. alluaudi, C. americana, C. ardala, C. borbora, C. capistrata, C. dicella, C. ecphyla, C. pauropelor, C. tasmaniana and C. tryjanowskii). It has a disjunct continental distribution represented in the Neotropical, Afrotropical and Australasian regions. The Cophinaria group (C. aculeata sp. nov., C. brachyrostrum, C. chiloensis, C. cophinaria, C. jethurmerae, C. lyrata, C. macfadyeni sp. nov., C. marlenae, C. pyemaireneri, C. ramus, C. rothschildi, C. valdivia sp. nov. and C. wallworki sp. nov.) has a similar distribution to the Capistrata group. The Afrotropical region has lowest diversity (two species-groups, six

New fossil wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) from the Middle Jurassic of China

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 471-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menglun Wang ◽  
Longfeng Li ◽  
Chungkun Shih
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Middle Jurassic ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Interspecific Difference ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Jiulongshan Formation ◽  
Basal Position ◽  
Taxonomic Keys

Two new species,Symphytopterus gracilersp. nov. of the family Ephialtitidae andPraeaulacus byssinussp. nov. of the family Praeaulacidae, are described and illustrated from the late Middle Jurassic of Jiulongshan Formation at Daohugou in Inner Mongolia, China. Based on new information onS. gracilersp. nov. andP. byssinussp. nov., two taxonomic keys to the known species of generaSymphytopterusandPraeaulacusare provided. By comparing the wings ofSymphytopterus, we find that the change of the veins length is the main interspecific difference andS. liasinusmay occupy the most basal position inSymphytopterus.

scholarly journals DISTRIBUTION AND THE TAXONOMIC KEYS SPECIES OF THE GENUS DAPTONEMA COBB, 1920 IN VIETNAM

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tu Dinh Nguyen ◽  
Nguyen Vu Thanh
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
Seagrass Ecosystem ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Keys

Up to now, there were 22 nematodes species of the genus Daptonema Cobb, 1920 recognized for mangrove, river and estuary ecosystems in Vietnam, with 18 species described as a new species and 4 recognized for science. Three species as D. dihystera Gagarin and Nguyen Vu Thanh, 2005, D. salvum Gagarin, Nguyеn Vu Thanh & Nguyen Thi Thu, 2005 và D. rigidum Gagarin, Nguyеn Vu Thanh & Nguyen Thi Thu, 2005 founded in fresh water, other species distributed in the manrove, estuary and seagrass ecosystem. The distribution and taxonomic keys species of the genus Daptonema Cobb, 1920 in Vietnam have been provided.

Review of blenniid fishes from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil, with description of a new species of Scartella (Teleostei: Blenniidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2006 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLOS A. RANGEL ◽  
LIANA F. MENDES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
The Body ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Dark Line ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Caudal Vertebrae ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Fernando De Noronha ◽  
A New Species

Species of the family Blenniidae from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (03°51’S, 32°26’W), an oceanic island 345 km off northeastern Brazil, are reviewed in this study, which includes the description of a new species of Scartella. The new species differs from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: well-marked diagonal dark line just under the eye, tiny black spots on the head, small black and white spots along the body, 14 segmented dorsal-fin rays, 15 segmented anal-fin rays, and 23 caudal vertebrae. This is the second Scartella species described from Brazilian oceanic islands.

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