A southward range extension of a wreckfish, Stereolepis doederleini (Actinopterygii: Acropomatiformes: Polyprionidae), to tropical water off eastern Taiwan

The Cameroon Scaly-tail Zenkerella insignis is the only known extant species in the family Zenkerellidae. It is a rare mammal endemic to the thick rainforests of central and western Africa. This species is so rarely encountered that the first picture of a live specimen was taken in 2015. We encountered and photographed the elusive scaly-tail in the core zone of Omo Forest Reserve in Nigeria in May 2019. Its behaviour was also observed. This sighting is the first record of the Cameroon Scaly-tail in Nigeria and a significant westward range extension.

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Southward range extension of the goldeye rockfish, Sebastes thompsoni (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), to northern Taiwan

Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria ◽

10.3897/aiep.51.68832 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 51 (2) ◽

pp. 153-158

Author(s):

Tak-Kei Chou ◽

Chi-Ngai Tang

Keyword(s):

Northern Hemisphere ◽

New Record ◽

Cold Water ◽

Range Extension ◽

Reported Study ◽

Water Species ◽

Cold Water Species ◽

Northern Taiwan

The goldeye rockfish, Sebastes thompsoni (Jordan et Hubbs, 1925), is known as a typical cold-water species, occurring from southern Hokkaido to Kagoshima. In the presently reported study, a specimen was collected from the local fishery catch off Keelung, northern Taiwan, which represents the first specimen-based record of the genus in Taiwan. Moreover, the new record of Sebastes thompsoni in Taiwan represented the southernmost distribution of the cold-water genus Sebastes in the Northern Hemisphere.

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The first record of Diclidurus ingens Hernandez-Camacho, 1955 (Emballonuridae) in Central Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/s1676-06032009000400025 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 249-252 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Julio Cesar Dalponte ◽

Ludmilla Moura de Souza Aguiar

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

First Record ◽

Range Extension ◽

Central Brazil ◽

The Family ◽

First Occurrence ◽

Vast Area

Species of sheath-tailed bats in the family Emballonuridae are pantropical in distribution. Ghost bats in the genus Diclidurus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) comprehend four species that occur in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America. However, distributional records are sparsely documented across this vast area. The objective of this study is to report the first occurrence of D. ingens in Central Brazil, representing a range extension of 850 kilometers.

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Trochochaeta mexicana, a new species from an unusual family of Polychaeta, with comments on the world distribution of Trochochaetidae

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s002531541000144x ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 91 (2) ◽

pp. 403-413 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pablo Hernández-Alcántara ◽

Vivianne Solís-Weiss

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Northern Hemisphere ◽

First Record ◽

Eastern Pacific ◽

Biogeographic Province ◽

Cold Environments ◽

The Family ◽

The World ◽

World Distribution ◽

A New Species

The small, monogeneric family of polychaetes known as Trochochaetidae has been exclusively collected in the northern hemisphere, mainly in temperate–cold environments. Nine species have been described so far including Trochochaeta mexicana sp. nov. described herein, while one species remains unnamed. Only two species had previously been recorded in the eastern Pacific, so T. mexicana sp. nov. is the first record for the family in the tropical Mexican Biogeographic Province. The new species is characterized by having a pair of eyes, acicular neurochaetae on chaetigers 2 and 3, a small knob-like antenna and a nuchal crest projecting through chaetiger 1. Trochochaeta mexicana sp. nov., together with Trochochaeta kirkegaardi, Trochochaeta diverapoda and Trochochaeta cirrifera are the only trochochaetids that have been found exclusively in warm environments.

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First record of Pallenopsis fluminensis (Krøyer, 1844) (Pycnogonida: Pallenopsidae) for the coast of the state of Paraíba (northeastern Brazil)

Pesquisa e Ensino em Ciências Exatas e da Natureza ◽

10.29215/pecen.v1i1.164 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 19

Author(s):

Rudá Amorim Lucena ◽

Silvio Felipe B. Lima ◽

Martin Lindsey Christoffersen

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Atlantic Coast ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Tropical Region ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

The Family ◽

Fourth Species ◽

Distal Border

Uma espécie de picnogonídeo classificada na família Pallenopsidae Fry, 1978 e no gênero Pallenopsis Wilson, 1881 é registrada neste estudo para a costa do estado da Paraíba (nordeste do Brasil), com base na identificação de três espécimes fêmeas coletadas na zona infralitoral em profundidades de 12 a 34 metros. Pallenopsis fluminensis (Krøyer, 1844) é a quarta espécie de Pycnogonida registrada para a região. Até então, apenas Anoplodactylus batangensis (Helfer, 1938), A. eroticus Stock, 1968 e A. mirim Lucena, Araújo & Christoffersen, 2015 haviam sido registradas para a costa da Paraíba. Pallenopsis fluminensis é diagnosticada pelo tronco com setas pequenas na borda distal de cada segmento; probóscide com setas terminais; processos laterais com pequenas setas dorsais; palpos sem setas e reduzidos a um pequeno tubérculo; quela com muitas setas, palma 1.5 vezes mais longa que larga; ovígeros com oito artículos nas fêmeas, sendo os artículos 5 e 6 subiguais, e o 8 pouco menor que o 7; e a tíbia 1 sem uma cobertura densa de setas. Até o momento, P. fluminensis é a única congênere proveniente da costa Atlântica da América do Sul sem uma densa cobertura de setas sobre a tíbia 1.Palavras chave: Arthropoda, Chelicerata, Pantopoda, Atlântico oeste, região tropical, zona costeira.Abstract: A pycnogonid species classified in the family Pallenopsidae Fry, 1978 and the genus Pallenopsis Wilson, 1881 is recorded in this study for the coast of the state of Paraíba in northeastern Brazil based on the identification of three female specimens collected from the infralittoral zone at depths of 12 to 34 meters. Pallenopsis fluminensis (Krøyer, 1844) is the fourth species of Pycnogonida recorded for the region. To date, only Anoplodactylus batangensis (Helfer, 1938), A. eroticus Stock, 1968 and A. mirim Lucena, Araújo & Christoffersen, 2015 have been recorded for the coast of the state of Paraíba. Pallenopsis fluminensis is diagnosed by a trunk with small setae on the distal border of each segment; proboscis with terminal setae; lateral processes with small setae; palps without setae and reduced to a small knob; chela with many setae, palm 1.5 times longer than wide; ovigers with eight articles on females, articles 5 and 6 subequal and article 8 not much smaller than 7; and tibia 1 without dense cover of the setae. To date, P. fluminensis is the only congener from the Atlantic coast of South America without a dense cover of setae on tibia 1.Key words: Arthropoda, Chelicerata, Pantopoda, Western Atlantic, tropical region, coastal zone.

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Southward range extension of the goldeye rockfish, Sebastes thompsoni (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), to northern Taiwan

Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria ◽

10.3897/aiep.51.e68832 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 51 (2) ◽

pp. 153-158

Author(s):

Tak-Kei Chou ◽

Chi-Ngai Tang

Keyword(s):

Northern Hemisphere ◽

New Record ◽

Cold Water ◽

Range Extension ◽

Reported Study ◽

Water Species ◽

Cold Water Species ◽

Northern Taiwan

The goldeye rockfish, Sebastes thompsoni (Jordan et Hubbs, 1925), is known as a typical cold-water species, occurring from southern Hokkaido to Kagoshima. In the presently reported study, a specimen was collected from the local fishery catch off Keelung, northern Taiwan, which represents the first specimen-based record of the genus in Taiwan. Moreover, the new record of Sebastes thompsoni in Taiwan represented the southernmost distribution of the cold-water genus Sebastes in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Range extension of Lygophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1901) (Reptilia: Squamata: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) to Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/13.2.2077 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 2077

Author(s):

Thiago Marcial de Castro ◽

Jane C. F. de Oliveira

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Range Extension ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

The Family ◽

Espirito Santo

We present the first record of Lygophis meridionalis for the state of Espírito Santo, in southeastern Brazil, and a distribution map based on indexed literature. This species of the family Dipsadidae is widely distributed in South America, although records from Brazil are only available for the states of São Paulo, Amazonas, Pará, Goiás, Tocantins, and Bahia. Our report is only the second record of L. meridionalis from the Atlantic Forest and represents a range extension of 998 km from the nearest record in this biome.

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The first record of Tischeriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Madagascar, with description of Coptotriche alavelona sp. n. and an updated distributional checklist of Afrotropical Tischeriidae

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1645.1.3 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1645 (1) ◽

pp. 35-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

DAVID C. LEES ◽

JONAS R. STONIS

Keyword(s):

Male Genitalia ◽

First Record ◽

High Elevation ◽

Distribution Map ◽

The Family ◽

Moist Forest ◽

First Time

The family Tischeriidae is recorded from Madagascar for the first time. Coptotriche alavelona Lees and Stonis, sp. n., is described from high elevation tropical moist forest of Madagascar, and its proposed generic placement discussed. DNA of this species has been extracted and conserved for future phylogenetic or barcoding studies. The external features and male genitalia are figured and described. An updated checklist and a distribution map for all 13 Tischeriidae species currently recorded from the Afrotropics are provided.

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Two new species of the genus Syngastes (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Tegastidae) from South Korea

Crustaceana ◽

10.1163/15685403-00003533 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 89 (4) ◽

pp. 431-458 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jong Guk Kim ◽

Tae Won Jung ◽

Jong Guk Kim ◽

Tae Won Jung ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South Korea ◽

First Record ◽

Exopodal Segment ◽

Key To Species ◽

Korean Waters ◽

The Family ◽

Two New Species ◽

Almost All

Herein two new species of the genusSyngastesMonard, 1924 are described from South Korea, with detailed descriptions and illustrations. Both new copepods,Syngastesmulticavussp. nov. andS. pseudofoveatussp. nov., have two inner setae on the first exopodal segment of P2 and P3.Syngastesmulticavussp. nov. most closely resemblesS. gibbosusBartsch, 1999 reported from Australia, as they both have a five-segmented antennule in the female. However,Syngastesmulticavussp. nov. has a rounded body outline instead of the gibbose outline observed inS. gibbosus.Syngastespseudofoveatussp. nov. resemblesS. foveatusBartsch, 1994 in almost all aspects. However, they differ clearly in the number of setae on the first exopodal segment of P2 and P3. We also provide a key to species of the genusSyngastesworldwide. The present study is the first record of the family Tegastidae in Korean waters.

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A new species of the genus Isoperla (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) from TIANMU MOUNTAIN NATURE RESERVE, China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4504.2.8 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4504 (2) ◽

pp. 276

Author(s):

QING-BO HUO ◽

YU-ZHOU DU

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

First Record ◽

Ventral Surface ◽

Zhejiang Province ◽

The Family ◽

A New Species ◽

Coastal China

A species of the genus Isoperla Banks, 1906, I. oncocauda Huo & Du, sp. nov. is described as new to science and is the first record for the family Perlodidae from the Tianmu Mountain Nature Reserve, Zhejiang Province of eastern coastal China. Both sexes of the new species are characterized by tergum 10 with a developed process. The partially extruded aedeagus of the male is membranous without conspicuous larger sclerites and with the ventral surface covered with dense scale-like and nail-shaped spines.

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