Family Naticidae of the Tavda formation (Eocene, Western Siberia)

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
Y. S. Trubin
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Drill Holes

The present work is one of several planned articles on updating information on the biodiversity of malacofauna and palaeogeography of the Middle-Late Eocen Tavda Sea, which existed in the Western Siberia. Paper contains data on fossil species diversity of the family Naticidae of the Middle and Late Eocene West Siberian Sea and on drill holes. The drill holes indicate predator activity, prey of Naticidae and influence of abiotic factors on their behavior. Previously the invertebrate macroauna of the Eocene of Western Siberia was not studied. As a result, the biodiversity, paleogeography and paleoecology remained incompletely studied. This requires additional collecting, generalization and systematization of paleontological material.

Seidlitzella hoffeinsorum sp. nov., the first representative of the beetle tribe Gymnochilini (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) from Baltic amber

2016 ◽  
Vol 107 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 289-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Kolibáč ◽  
Vitalii Alekseev
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
The Family

ABSTRACTBased on two well-preserved specimens from late Eocene Baltic amber, a new fossil species belonging to the family Trogossitidae, Seidlitzella hoffeinsorum sp. nov., is described. This is the second known fossil species of the tribe Gymnochilini and the second known species of the genus Seidlitzella. The systematic and biogeographical relations of the genus to other members of the Gymnochilini are discussed. It is hypothesised that the extant eastern Mediterranean species Seidlitzella procera may be phylogenetically related to the genus Phanodesta, today distributed in New Zealand, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, Juan Fernandez Island and Sulawesi.

New Orthalicidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Venezuelan Guayana: unravelling secrets from the Lost World

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2065 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
ABRAHAM S.H. BREURE
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Habitat Diversity ◽  
Land Snails ◽  
Forest Types ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

Land snails of the family Orthalicidae from Venezuelan Guayana are revised and the following new species are described: Drymaeus (D.) rex, Plekocheilus (Eurytus) huberi, P. (E.) nebulosus, P. (E.) sophiae, and P. (E.) tepuiensis. Drymaeus (D.) griffini Haas, 1955 is now placed in the synonymy of D. (D.) extraneus (Haas, 1955). In addition, the genitalia of Plekocheilus (Eurytus) tatei Haas, 1955 are described for the first time. Plekocheilus (Eudolichotis) gibber (Oberwimmer, 1931) is now considered a member of P. (Eurytus). As a consequence, Antitragus Oberwimmer, 1931 is now regarded a junior synonym of Eurytus Albers, 1850. Of the 16 taxa treated here, 14 are endemic to the table-top mountains (‘tepuis’) of this area. A Principal Component Analysis has been used to study the biotic and abiotic factors that may influence species diversity and distributions. Habitat diversity explained 65% of the variability and was mainly influenced by plant diversity, number of forest types, elevation and slope area of the tepuis.

Review of fossil abalone (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae) with comparison to Recent species

1999 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 872-885 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Geiger ◽  
Lindsey T. Groves
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Recent Species ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Fossil Records ◽  
Extensive List

Compared to their Recent counterparts, fossil abalone are rare and poorly known. Their taxonomy is problematic, because most of the 35 fossil species have been described from single specimens and shell characteristics of Recent species are extremely plastic. Thus, the use of fossil species in phylogeny is questionable. Abalone first appear in the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichian) with one species each in California and the Caribbean, are unknown in the Paleocene, and appear again in the late Eocene and Oligocene of New Zealand and Europe. They are regularly found from the late Miocene to the Recent in tropical to temperate regions worldwide. Most records are from intensely studied areas: SW North America, Caribbean, Europe, South Africa, Japan, and Australia. Despite their highest present-day diversity being found in the Indo-Pacific, their scarcity in the fossil record in this region is remarkable. The family may have originated in the central Indo-Pacific, Pacific Rim, or Tethys. An extensive list of all known fossil records including new ones from Europe and western North America is given. Fossil and Recent abalone both apparently lived in the shallow, rocky sublittoral in tropical and temperate climates. No on-shore/off-shore pattern is detected.

First fossil record of mite family Barbutiidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea) from late Eocene Rovno Amber, with a replacement name Hoplocheylus neosimilis nomen novum (Tarsocheylidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 973-980
Author(s):  
Alexander A. Khaustov ◽  
Dmitry D. Vorontsov ◽  
Evgeny E. Perkovsky ◽  
Pavel B. Klimov
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Record ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Rovno Amber ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Nomen Novum ◽  
Mite Family

The first fossil representative of the family Barbutiidae is recorded from late Eocene Rovno amber. Barbutia theroni sp. nov. is described based on deutonymph female. An updated key to deutonymph females of Barbutia is provided. For recently described fossil species Hoplocheylus similis Khaustov, Vorontsov, Perkovsky & Lindquist, 2021 a replacement name H. neosimilis nom. nov. is proposed.

Three new cribrimorph bryozoans (order Cheilostomatida) from the early Miocene of Argentina, with a discussion on spinocystal shield morphologies

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Juan López-Gappa ◽  
Leandro M. Pérez ◽  
Ana C.S. Almeida ◽  
Débora Iturra ◽  
Dennis P. Gordon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Subjective Synonym

Abstract Bryozoans with calcified frontal shields formed by the fusion of costae, collectively constituting a spinocyst, are traditionally assigned to the family Cribrilinidae. Today, this family is regarded as nonmonophyletic. In the Argentine Cenozoic, cribrilinids were until recently represented by only two fossil species from the Paleocene of Patagonia. This study describes the first fossil representatives of Jolietina and Parafigularia: J. victoria n. sp. and P. pigafettai n. sp., respectively. A fossil species of Figularia, F. elcanoi n. sp., is also described. The material comes from the early Miocene of the Monte León and Chenque formations (Patagonia, Argentina). For comparison, we also provide redescriptions of the remaining extant species of Jolietina: J. latimarginata (Busk, 1884) and J. pulchra Canu and Bassler, 1928a. The systematic position of some species previously assigned to Figularia is here discussed. Costafigularia n. gen. is erected, with Figularia pulcherrima Tilbrook, Hayward, and Gordon, 2001 as type species. Two species previously assigned to Figularia are here transferred to Costafigularia, resulting in C. jucunda n. comb. and C. tahitiensis n. comb. One species of Figularia is reassigned to Vitrimurella, resulting in V. ampla n. comb. The family Vitrimurellidae is here reassigned to the superfamily Cribrilinoidea. The subgenus Juxtacribrilina is elevated to genus rank. Inferusia is regarded as a subjective synonym of Parafigularia. Parafigularia darwini Moyano, 2011 is synonymized with I. taylori Kuklinski and Barnes, 2009, resulting in Parafigularia taylori n. comb. Morphological data suggest that these genera comprise different lineages, and a discussion on the disparities among cribrilinid (sensu lato) spinocysts is provided. UUID: http://zoobank.org/215957d3-064b-47e2-9090-d0309f6c9cd8

On Candinia (Sacoglossa: Juliidae), a new fossil genus of bivalved gastropods

1996 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Le Renard ◽  
Bruno Sabelli ◽  
Marco Taviani
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
First Record ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Shallow Marine ◽  
Marine Deposits ◽  
The Family ◽  
Life Habits ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Fossil Genus ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The record of the fossil representatives of the family Juliidae is updated. The new genus Candinia is proposed, in the subfamily Juliinae, for two fossil species somewhat intermediate between Julia and Berthelinia. The new species Candinia pliocaenica is recorded from the lower Pliocene shallow marine deposits near Siena (Tuscany, Italy). This is the first record of Sacoglossa in the Mediterranean Basin. Based on the very specialized life habits of the Juliidae, it is suggested that subtropical Caulerpa algal prairies inhabited the Mediterranean during the early Pliocene, likely becoming extinct in this basin because of the mid-Pliocene climatic deterioration.

scholarly journals WATER MITES (ACARIFORMES: HYDRACHNIDIA, HALACAROIDEA) OF BOGS OF WESTERN SIBERIA (RUSSIA)

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 102-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitaly A. Stolbov ◽  
Victoria V. Popova ◽  
Sergei D. Sheikin ◽  
Sergei S. Tupitsyn
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
Seasonal Dynamics ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
Sphagnum Bogs ◽  
Temporary Water Bodies ◽  
Temporary Water

Water mites (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia, Halacaroidea) were studied in 8 different bogs and fens of Western Siberia. 28 species of Hydrachnidia and 5 species of Halacaridae were found in them. The species composition in the bogs was very different. In the fens the abundance and species diversity were higher than in sphagnum bogs and the fauna were based on spring species. The representatives of the halacarid mites dominated in sphagnum bogs, which were not found in the fens. The specific similarity of the studied bogs was low. At the same time, the peculiarities of seasonal dynamics in bogs and fens were similar and resembled temporary water bodies: high numbers in the spring and an abruptly decline in the summer, with a slight increase in autumn.

Chalcidoidea of Iran (Insecta: Hymenoptera)

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Parasitoid Species ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Differential Characters ◽  
Biological Attributes

Abstract Within Hymenoptera, the superfamily Chalcidoidea (chalcidoid wasps) is the second largest superfamily after Ichneumonoidea. Because of the preponderance of parasitoid species, Chalcidoidea is one of the most important groups in applied biological control. This book provides a comprehensive, accurate checklists for the chalcidoid fauna of Iran. The species listed in each family chapter include all the species recorded in the literature from Iran through 2019, with one exception as noted in Chapter 10 (Eurytomidae). Each family chapter includes differential characters to distinguish the family, hypothesized phylogenetic relationships with other families, and general biological attributes of the family. Previous cataloguing efforts of the Iranian fauna for the family are summarized, as well as the information included in the checklist of species for the family. This summary information includes the number of species recorded from Iran, any newly recorded species, a comparison of the Iranian fauna with those of adjacent countries, and major host attributes of the family in Iran. Also included for each species record are host records and plant associates in Iran, when known, and additional comments as necessary. The final chapter tabulates the species diversity of Iranian Chalcidoidea by family, the species newly exclude from Iran, the species presently considered as endemic to Iran and the number of species of each family that are known from each of the 31 provinces that comprise Iran. Because of the importance of chalcidoids for biological control of pests in Iran, host information for parasitoid species that is provided throughout the chapters is synthesized in an Appendix at the end of the book.

Family Ormyridae Förster, 1856.

2021 ◽  
pp. 281-288
Author(s):  
Marina D. Zerova ◽  
José Luis Nieves-Aldrey ◽  
Hassan Ghahari ◽  
Gary A. P. Gibson ◽  
Victor N. Fursov
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Palaearctic Region ◽  
The Family ◽  
World Distribution

Abstract This chapter provides a checklist for the family Ormyridae. It provides information on species diversity, host records, distribution records by province in Iran, as well as world distribution. Comparison of the ormyrid fauna of Iran with adjacent countries indicates that the fauna of Iran (13 species) is similar in diversity to Turkey (12 species) and Russia (11 species), but more diverse than Kazakhstan (six species), Turkmenistan and United Arab Emirates (both with five species), Azerbaijan (three species), Afghanistan (two species) and Armenia, Iraq, Oman, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia (each with one species); no species have been recorded from Bahrain, Kuwait or Qatar. Russia and Turkey both share eight known species with Iran, followed by Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan (each with three species) and Afghanistan, Armenia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (each with one species). A total of 44 species of Ormyridae from the Palaearctic region were recorded.

The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Insect Limestone (late Eocene), Isle of Wight, southern England

2019 ◽  
Vol 110 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 405-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander G. KIREJTSHUK ◽  
Alexander G. PONOMARENKO ◽  
Andrey S. KUROCHKIN ◽  
Anatoly V. ALEXEEV ◽  
Vadim G. GRATSHEV ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Eocene ◽  
Close Relative ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Isle Of Wight ◽  
Southern England ◽  
Generic Rank ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
Fossil Records ◽  
Faunistic Composition

ABSTRACTA review of the faunistic composition of the coleopterous taphocenoses from Bembridge Marls is given. Only two families (Cupedidae and Carabidae) have been recorded from this site before. A total of 31 families have been revealed and determined in the course of the recent study, and 42 species have been described:Agabus latissimusPonomarenko, sp. nov. andIlybius gratsheviPonomarenko, sp. nov. from Dytiscidae;Neothanes europaeusPonomarenko, sp. nov. from Carabidae;Spercheus punctatusPonomarenko, sp. nov.,Spercheus wightensisPonomarenko, sp. nov. from Spercheidae,Hydrochara woodwardiPonomarenko & Soriano, sp. nov. andBerosus barclayiPonomarenko & Soriano, sp. nov. from Hydrophilidae;Ochthebius rossiKirejtshuk, sp. nov.,Eolimnebius fossilisKirejtshuk, sp. nov.,Hydraenites gracilimmusKirejtshuk, sp. nov.,Metacoxites ventritalisKirejtshuk, sp. nov.,Davidraenites gratsheviKirejtshuk, sp. nov.,D. interruptusKirejtshuk, sp. nov. andD. spurcusKirejtshuk, sp. nov. from Hydraenidae;Aphodius vectisKrell, sp. nov. andPentodon dorcusKrell, sp. nov. from Scarabaeidae;Scirtes calcariferensKirejtshuk & Ponomarenko, sp. nov.,Scirtes khnzoryaniKirejtshuk & Ponomarenko, sp. nov.,Scirtes metepisternalisKirejtshuk & Ponomarenko, sp. nov.,Scirtes wightensisKirejtshuk & Ponomarenko, sp. nov.,Contacyphon insularisKirejtshuk & Ponomarenko, sp. nov.,Contacyphon involutusKirejtshuk & Ponomarenko, sp. nov. andContacyphon kozloviKirejtshuk & Ponomarenko, sp. nov. from Scirtidae;Eucinetes nikolaevaeKirejtshuk & Ponomarenko, sp. nov. from Eucinetidae;Macropunctum rossiAlexeev, sp. nov. from Elateridae;Byrrhites bembridgensisKirejtshuk, sp. nov. from Byrrhidae;Paralichas striatopunctatusKirejtshuk, sp. nov. from Ptilodactylidae;Trixagus barclayiKirejtshuk, sp. nov. from Throscidae;Themus(?Telephorops)polyakiKirejtshuk, sp. nov. from Cantharidae;Attalus flexusKirejtshuk, sp. nov. from Malachiidae;Epuraea(Epuraea)kozloviKirejtshuk & Kurochkin, sp. nov.,Phenolia(Lasiodites)vanescensKirejtshuk & Kurochkin, sp. nov.,Prometopia europaeaKirejtshuk & Kurochkin, sp. nov.,Cyllodes argutusKirejtshuk & Kurochkin, sp. nov. andCoxollodes palaeogenicusKirejtshuk & Kurochkin, sp. nov. from Nitidulidae;Telmatophilus britannicusKirejtshuk & Kurochkin, sp. nov. from Cryptophagidae;Corticariites kozloviKirejtshuk, sp. nov. from Latridiidae;Orthoperites antiquusKirejtshuk & Kurochkin, sp. nov. from Corylophidae;Octotemnites sepultusKirejtshuk, sp. nov. from Ciidae;Cyclodinus efficaxKirejtshuk, sp. nov. from Anthicidae; andPlateumaris robustusKurochkin & Kirejtshuk, sp. nov.,Plateumaris rubiconisKurochkin & Kirejtshuk, sp. nov. andPlateumaris wightensisKurochkin & Kirejtshuk, sp. nov. from Chrysomelidae.ByrrhitesKirejtshuk, gen. nov.,CorticariitesKirejtshuk, gen. nov.,DavidraenitesKirejtshuk, gen. nov.,EolimnebiusKirejtshuk, gen. nov.,HydraenitesKirejtshuk, gen. nov.,MetacoxitesKirejtshuk, gen. nov.,OctotemnitesKirejtshuk, gen. nov. andOrthoperitesKirejtshuk & Kurochkin, gen. nov. are proposed as taxa, partly as formal ones with generic rank and include species described herein. ForPlateumaris rubiconissp. nov., a new subgenusNecrodexisKurochkin & Kirejtshuk, subgen. nov. is proposed. A brief review of the published fossil records for the groups considered in the paper is made. The probable ecological circumstances of the lives of the groups and species considered are discussed in the paper, and comparison with other Palaeogene sites and some conclusions on probable climatic circumstances have been elaborated. The taxonomic interpretation of three fossil species from the Caenozoic is reconsidered. It is shown that the genusMiocyphonWickham, 1914 can be scarcely regarded as a close relative of representatives of either Dascillidae or Scirtidae. ‘Phenolia'incapaxScudder, 1890 andLithomacratriaWickham, 1914 are regarded here without family attribution, the first as a member of Cucujiformia (i.e., out of Nitidulidae) and the latter as a member of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea (i.e., out of both Anthicidae and Pyrochroidae).

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