An investigation of diversity and bioecology of araneofauna of Pathiramanal Island in Vembanad Lake, a Ramsar site, Kerala, India

A preliminary checklist of araneofauna of Pathiramanal Island is provided. A total of 147 species belonging to 26 families under 92 genera are documented. Tylorida ventralis (Thorell 1877) is considered to be the dominant species, and orb weavers are seen as the dominant guild. Araneidae, Salticidae, Theridiidae, Tetragnathidae and Thomisidae are five dominant families. The Shannon diversity, Simpson’s (1-D) diversity, evenness and Chao1 indices have been calculated. Seven species new to science such as Indopadilla insularis, Epeus triangulopalpis, Marengo sachintendulkar, Indomarengo chavarapater, Icius vikrambatrai, Piranthus planolancis (Salticidae) and Wolongia papafrancisi (Tetragnathidae) are documented as well as three genera and four species are added to the Indian spider taxonomy. The males of Meotipa picturara, Curubis tetrica and Pscellonus planus are described for the first time. Eight species are synonymized and redescribed. Mating plug formation in Argyrodes flavescens is reported for the first time. It is noted that spider species from Pathiramanl Island bear affinities with Oriental and Palearctic regions.

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A survey on poorly known rainforest litter-dwelling spiders of Orchid Island (Lanyu, Taiwan) with the description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Tetrablemmidae, and Theridiosomatidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4927.2.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4927 (2) ◽

pp. 197-208

Author(s):

FRANCESCO BALLARIN ◽

TAKESHI YAMASAKI ◽

YONG-CHAO SU

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Endemic Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Spider Species ◽

Orchid Island ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

Representatives of some poorly known spider species collected in the rainforest litter of the Orchid Island (Taiwan) are illustrated and discussed here. A new species, Brignoliella tao sp. nov. (Fam. Tetrablemmidae), endemic to Orchid Island, is described based on both sexes. The previously unknown female of Theridiosoma triumphale Zhao & Li, 2012 (Fam. Theridiosomatidae), is described for the first time. Zoma taiwanica (Zhang, Zhu & Tso 2006) comb. nov., from the same family, is illustrated and its transfer from the genus Theridiosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 to Zoma Saaristo, 1996 is proposed on the basis of morphological characters. Habitus and genitalia of the endemic species Gongylidioides angustus Tu & Li, 2006 (Fam. Linyphiidae) are also illustrated.

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The first report of ants (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) in salt marshes and salt pans in central parts of Iran

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity ◽

10.13057/biodiv/d200915 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (9) ◽

Author(s):

MOHAMMAD REZA MOHSENI ◽

SHAHROKH PASHAEI RAD

Keyword(s):

Salt Marshes ◽

Dominant Species ◽

Salt Lake ◽

Vegetation Density ◽

Chemical Parameters ◽

Salt Pans ◽

Mountain Station ◽

Physical And Chemical Parameters ◽

Physical And Chemical ◽

First Time

The present study was conducted in Salt marshes and Salt pans in central parts of Iran. 121 specimens of ants were collected by trapping and hand during spring, summer and autumn 2017 to 2019. Nine species belong to two subfamilies of Myrmicinae and Formicinae were identified. The vegetation, physical and chemical parameters of soil such as salinity, Ph, and other factors were investigated. Darband Shoor Mountain station with five species had the highest diversity and vegetation density and the lowest salinity of soil (72.14 ds/m) whereas Salt Lake station had only one species, with no vegetation and the highest salinity of soil (153.15 ds/m). Cataglyphis lividus (André, 1881) was the dominant species in all the stations except in Darband Shoor Mountain station. All the species were reported for the first time from salt marshes and salt pans in the central parts of Iran and were approved by Prof. Brian Taylor, in Royal Entomological Society of London, England.

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Benthos Algae Communities of Saline Rivers in the Lake Elton Basin: Taxonomic and Quantitative Structure

Povolzhskiy Journal of Ecology ◽

10.35885/1684-7318-2020-4-383-397 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 383-397

Author(s):

O. G. Gorokhova ◽

Т. D. Zinchenko

Keyword(s):

Dominant Species ◽

Structural Transformations ◽

Hypersaline Lake ◽

Quantitative Structure ◽

Volgograd Region ◽

Structure Of Communities ◽

Saline Rivers ◽

Critical Salinity ◽

Lake Elton ◽

First Time

For the first time, an assessment was given of the taxonomic and quantitative structure of the phytobenthos of seven saline rivers in the basin of the hypersaline lake Elton (Volgograd Region). Main types of algacenoses developing on substrates were revealed, namely: diatom phytobenthos, communities of diatoms with cyanoprokaryotes, cyanobacterial films and mats, and epiphyton. The phytobenthos consists of local, mosaic-distributed communities with a small similarity of their species composition. The algacenosis structure is determined by Bacillariophyta (with the predominance of species of the genus Navicula) and Cyanoprokaryota (of the genera Phormidium, Leptolyngbya, and Geitlerinema). The abundance and biomass values vary widely, reaching their highest values (109,834–417,472 mln cells/m2 and 523.6–567.6 g/m2 ) in cyanobacterial communities of mesohaline rivers with their salinity up to 16–19 g/L. Mineralization as a factor influencing the structure of communities, most rigidly acts in the estuarine sections of rivers, by controlling the composition of the dominant species. For critical salinity values (> 70 g/L), characteristic structural transformations of communities by the type of replacement of planktonic and benthic Bacillariophyta and Cyanoprokaryota by planktonic Chlorophyta (of the Dunaliella genus) and picoplankton were established.

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Two new spider species of the genus Conculus (Araneae, Anapidae) from Southeast Asia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4612.3.8 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4612 (3) ◽

pp. 423

Author(s):

QIQI ZHANG ◽

YUCHENG LIN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Natural History ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

Natural History Museum ◽

History Museum ◽

Spider Species ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

Two new species the spider family Anapidae are described from Southeast Asia: Conculus sagadaensis n. sp. from Philippines and Conculus yaoi n. sp. from Indonesia, both described after male specimens. Conculus is reported from Southeast Asia for the first time. Diagnoses and illustrations are provided for two new species. The types are deposited in the Natural History Museum of Sichuan University (NHMSU) in Chengdu, China.

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Batocrinidae (Crinoidea) from the Lower Mississippian (lower Viséan) Fort Payne Formation of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama: systematics, geographic occurrences, and facies distribution

Journal of Paleontology ◽

10.1017/jpa.2017.135 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 92 (4) ◽

pp. 681-712

Author(s):

William I. Ausich ◽

Elizabeth C. Rhenberg ◽

David L. Meyer

Keyword(s):

Shallow Water ◽

Deep Water ◽

Dominant Species ◽

Carbonate Facies ◽

Shallow Marine ◽

First Time ◽

Water Carbonate ◽

Shallow Water Carbonate ◽

Water Facies ◽

Mixed Carbonate

AbstractThe Batocrinidae are characteristic faunal elements in Lower Mississippian shallow-marine settings in North America. Recent delineation of objectively defined genera allows a reexamination of batocrinid species and their distribution in the Fort Payne Formation (early Viséan, late Osagean), a well-studied array of carbonate and siliciclastic facies. The Fort Payne batocrinid fauna has 14 species assigned to six genera, plus hybrid specimens.Magnuscrinus spinosus(Miller and Gurley, 1895a) is reassigned to its original placement inEretmocrinus. Hybrid specimens (Ausich and Meyer, 1994) are regarded asEretmocrinus magnificus×Eretmocrinus spinosus.Macrocrinus casualisis the dominant species ofMacrocrinusin the Fort Payne, andM.mundulusandM.strotobasilarisare recognized in the Fort Payne Formation for the first time.Magnuscrinus cumberlandensisn. sp. is named, 13 species are designated as junior synonyms, the name for the hybrid specimens is changed toEretmocrinus magnificus×Eretmocrinus spinosus, and the previous occurrences of two species in the Fort Payne are rejected. The Eastern Interior Seaway was a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic setting with both shallow- and deep-water epicontinental sea facies ranging from relatively shallow autochthonous green shales to deep-water turbidite facies.Dizygocrinuswas restricted to shallow-water carbonate and siliciclastic facies,Eutrochocrinuswas restricted to shallow-water carbonate facies, andMagnuscrinuswas restricted to deep-water facies. Species distributions varied fromAbatocrinus steropes,Alloprosallocrinus conicus,Macrocrinus mundulus, andUperocrinus nashvillae, which occurred throughout the Eastern Interior Seaway, to species that were restricted to a single facies.Eretmocrinus magnificus,Alloprosallocrinus conicus, andUperocrinus robustuswere the dominant batocrinids in the Fort Payne Formation.UUID:http://zoobank.org/703aafd8-4c73-4edc-9870-e2356e2d28b8

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Diversity of Diatrypaceae Species Associated with Dieback of Grapevines in South Africa, with the Description of Eutypa cremea sp. nov.

Plant Disease ◽

10.1094/pdis-05-17-0738-re ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 102 (1) ◽

pp. 220-230 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Providence Moyo ◽

Lizel Mostert ◽

Christoffel F.J. Spies ◽

Ulrike Damm ◽

Francois Halleen

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Cross Section ◽

Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽

Dominant Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Internal Transcribed Spacer Region ◽

Canker Pathogen ◽

Grapevine Canker ◽

First Time

Recent studies in grape-growing areas including Australia, California, and Spain have revealed an extensive diversity of Diatrypaceae species on grapevines showing dieback symptoms and cankers. However, in South Africa, little is known regarding the diversity of these species in vineyards. The aim of this study was, therefore, to identify and characterize Diatrypaceae species associated with dieback symptoms of grapevine in South Africa. Isolates were collected from dying spurs of grapevines aged 4 to 8 years old, grapevine wood showing wedge-shaped necrosis when cut in cross section as well as from perithecia on dead grapevine wood. The collected isolates were identified based on morphological characters and phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) and β-tubulin gene. Seven Diatrypaceae species were identified on grapevine, namely Cryptovalsa ampelina, C. rabenhorstii, Eutypa consobrina, E. lata, E. cremea sp. nov., Eutypella citricola, and E. microtheca. The dying spurs yielded the highest diversity of species when compared with the wedge-shaped necrosis and/or perithecia. C. ampelina was the dominant species in the dying spurs, followed by E. citricola, whereas E. lata was the dominant species isolated from the wedge-shaped necroses and perithecia. These results confirm E. lata as an important grapevine canker pathogen in South Africa, but the frequent association of C. ampelina with spur dieback suggests that this pathogen plays a more prominent role in dieback than previously assumed. In some cases, more than one species were isolated from a single symptom, which suggests that interactions may be occurring leading to decline of grapevines. C. rabenhorstii, E. consobrina, E. citricola, E. microtheca, and E. cremea are reported for the first time on grapevine in South Africa.

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Comparing amber fossil assemblages across the Cenozoic

Biology Letters ◽

10.1098/rsbl.2006.0442 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 266-270 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

David Penney ◽

A. Mark Langan

Keyword(s):

Structural Complexity ◽

Size Distributions ◽

Deep Time ◽

Spider Species ◽

Dominican Amber ◽

Ecological Information ◽

Pluralistic Approach ◽

Fossil Assemblages ◽

First Time ◽

Lines Of Evidence

To justify faunistic comparisons of ambers that differ botanically, geographically and by age, we need to determine that resins sampled uniformly. Our pluralistic approach, analysing size distributions of 671 fossilized spider species from different behavioural guilds, demonstrates that ecological information about the communities of two well-studied ambers is retained. Several lines of evidence show that greater structural complexity of Baltic compared to Dominican amber trees explains the presence of larger web-spinners. No size differences occur in active hunters. Consequently, we demonstrate for the first time that resins were trapping organisms uniformly and that comparisons of amber palaeoecosystem structure across deep time are possible.

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Butterfly Diversity of Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Journal of Insects ◽

10.1155/2014/254972 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-4 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sprih Harsh

Keyword(s):

Forest Management ◽

Host Plants ◽

Dominant Species ◽

Diversity Indices ◽

Shannon Index ◽

Indian Institute ◽

Butterfly Species ◽

Shannon Diversity ◽

Eurema Hecabe ◽

Evenness Index

A study to find out the diversity of butterflies at the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal, was carried out over a period of six months from October 2013 to March 2014. A total of 55 butterfly species belonging to 5 families, namely, Hesperiidae (7 species), Papilionidae (4 species), Pieridae (10 species), Lycaenidae (13 species), and Nymphalidae (21 species), were recorded (with photographic record) during the study from three different habitats of campus: open scrub, dry deciduous, and urbanized habitat. Shannon diversity indices and Pielou’s evenness index were calculated for all the habitats. Shannon index was found to be highest for open scrub (3.76). Out of 54 species, Eurema brigitta was the most dominant species followed by Eurema hecabe, Junonia lemonias, and Phalanta phalantha. Dominance of these species can be explained by the presence of their larval and host plants in the campus.

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Checklist of Mosses (Bryophyta) of Bodamalai Hills in Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu

Plant Science Today ◽

10.14719/pst.2017.4.1.278 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 49 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R Palani ◽

S Sahaya Sathish ◽

T Thamizharasi ◽

P Vijayakanth

Keyword(s):

Tamil Nadu ◽

Dominant Species ◽

Eastern Ghats ◽

Number Of Species ◽

First Time

Bodamalai Hills, situated on the Southern Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, were explored for mosses (bryophyta) for the first time. As a result a checklist of mosses has been prepared comprising 52 species belonging to 38 genera and 21 families. The dominant families with the maximum number of species are Pottiaceae, Bryaceae, Stereophyllaceae, Sematophyllaceae and Brachytheciaceae. The dominant genera are Brachymenium and Bryum and the dominant species are Barbula javanica and Bryum capillare.

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Icius subinermis, a Mediterranean jumping spider species new to the fauna of Romania (Araneae: Salticidae)

Folia Entomologica Hungarica ◽

10.17112/foliaenthung.2021.82.75 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 82 ◽

pp. 75-78

Author(s):

László Mezőfi

Keyword(s):

Copulatory Organ ◽

Jumping Spider ◽

Spider Species ◽

Mediterranean Origin ◽

Voucher Specimens ◽

Ornamental Trees ◽

First Time

Icius subinermis Simon, 1937 (Araneae: Salticidae), a jumping spider species of Mediterranean origin, is reported for the first time from Romania. Three specimens were collected from canopies of urban ornamental trees on the bank of the river Crișul Repede in Oradea in August 2021. Photographs of the copulatory organ and the habitus of voucher specimens from Romania are provided.

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