scholarly journals Brahmaculus gen. nov. (Leotiomycetes, Chlorociboriaceae)

MycoKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. 19-43
Author(s):  
Peter R. Johnston ◽  
Duckchul Park ◽  
Matthew E. Smith ◽  
Alija B. Mujic ◽  
Tom W. May
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Terrestrial Habitat ◽  
New Name ◽  
Bright Yellow

A second genus in Chlorociboriaceae is described here as Brahmaculusgen. nov. Macroscopically distinctive, all species have bright yellow apothecia with several apothecial cups held on short branches at the tip of a long stipe. The genus is widely distributed across the Southern Hemisphere; the four new species described here include two from Chile (B. magellanicussp. nov., B. osornoensissp. nov.) and one each from New Zealand (B. moonlighticussp. nov.) and Australia (B. packhamiaesp. nov.). They differ from species referred to Chlorociboria, the only other genus in Chlorociboriaceae, in their terrestrial habitat and ascomata that are noticeably more hairy than the known Chlorociboria species, most of which have apothecia with short, macroscopically indistinct hair-like elements. Based on our analyses, Chlorociboria as accepted here is paraphyletic. Additional study is needed to clarify where alternative, monophyletic generic limits should be drawn and how these genera may be recognised morphologically. Also described here are three new Chlorociboria spp. from New Zealand (C. metrosiderisp. nov., C. solandrisp. nov., C. subtilissp. nov.), distinctive in developing on dead leaves rather than wood and in two of them not forming the green pigmentation characteristic of most Chlorociboria species. New Zealand specimens previously incorrectly identified as Chlorociboria argentinensis are provided with a new name, C. novae-zelandiaesp. nov.

scholarly journals Prochelator tupuhi sp. nov., the first record of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 (Crustacea: Isopoda) from New Zealand waters

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1866 (1) ◽  
pp. 482 ◽  
Author(s):  
SASKIA BRIX ◽  
NIEL L. BRUCE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Lateral Lobe ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Family

Prochelator tupuhi sp. nov. is the first record of the genus Prochelator Hessler, 1970 from Southern Hemisphere waters, and the first record of the family Desmosomatidae from New Zealand. The new species can be distinguished from all other species of the genus by the following characters: body elongate, without spine-like ventral elongations on pereonites 1–4, pereonite 1 as high as pereonite 5, mesial lobe of the maxilla much shorter than in the other species of the genus, reaching only half the length of the lateral lobe, carpus of pereopod 1 distinctly produced at the base of the claw, propodus broadest at the articulation to the carpus, tapering distally.

Modicella albostipitata, a new species of sporocarp-forming fungus from New Zealand (Mortierellaceae: Mortierellomycota)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 453 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-296
Author(s):  
JERRY A. COOPER ◽  
DUCKCHUL PARK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
A New Species

Modicella is an unusual genus within the Mortierellaceae because it forms relatively large terrestrial sporocarps. The two existing described species are rarely encountered. We describe a new species, M. albostipitata, from New Zealand in the southern hemisphere, which is both morphologically and phylogenetically distinct from the described species.

Rhytismatales of Australia: the genus Coccomyces

2000 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter R. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Tropical Asia ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Tropical America

Thirteen species of Coccomyces are reported for Australia; a further species is recognised but not described because of insufficient material. Six of the species are described as new. Most of the Australian species are C. leptosporus-like in morphology, a characteristic of most Coccomyces spp. from tropical and Southern Hemisphere regions. One of the new species, C. cunninghamii, found on Nothofagus cunninghamii, is morphologically similar to Lophodermium medium, a species occurring on N. menziesiiin New Zealand. The seven previously described species also occur in New Zealand, and three of them are widespread in tropical Asia and tropical America. All species are described and illustrated, and a key to the Australian Coccomyces species is provided.

Species limits and taxonomic revision of the bracteate-prostrate group of southern hemisphere forget-me-nots (Myosotis, Boraginaceae), including description of three new species endemic to New Zealand

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi M. Meudt ◽  
Jessica M. Prebble
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Species Descriptions

A taxonomic revision of southern hemisphere bracteate-prostrate forget-me-nots (Myosotis L., Boraginaceae) is presented here. The group comprises mostly species endemic to New Zealand plus the South American Myosotis antarctica Hook.f. (also Campbell Island) and M. albiflora Hook.f. The statistical analyses of morphological data from herbarium specimens reported here support recognition of five main subgroups on the basis of habit. Excluding the M. pygmaea Colenso species group (M. antarctica, M. brevis de Lange & Barkla, M. drucei (L.B.Moore) de Lange & Barkla, M. glauca (G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson) de Lange & Barkla, and M. pygmaea), which is being treated elsewhere, 14 species are recognised in the following four remaining subgroups: (1) creeping-species group: M. matthewsii L.B.Moore, M. chaffeyorum Lehnebach, M. spatulata G.Forst., M. tenericaulis Petrie, and M. albiflora; (2) cushion-species group: M. uniflora Hook.f., M. pulvinaris Hook.f., and M. glabrescens L.B.Moore; (3) M. cheesemanii + M. colensoi species group: M. cheesemanii Petrie and M. colensoi J.F.Macbr.; and (4) M. lyallii species group: M. lyallii Hook.f. and new species M. retrorsa Meudt, Prebble & Hindmarsh-Walls. New species Myosotis umbrosa Meudt, Prebble & Thorsen and M. bryonoma Meudt, Prebble & Thorsen do not fit comfortably within these subgroups. Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore is treated as M. lyallii subsp. elderi (L.B.Moore) Meudt & Prebble. For each of the 14 species revised here, a key to species, descriptions, phenology, distributions, maps, illustrations, specimens examined and notes are provided. Some specimens examined do not fit within these species and require additional comparative studies, including with certain ebracteate-erect species, before taxonomic decisions can be made. Future research on these and other southern hemisphere Myosotis should incorporate the morphological data presented here, with additional genetic, cytological, pollen, and other data in an integrative systematic framework.

scholarly journals Synonymy of the water mite families Malgasacaridae and Zelandothyadidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia) reveals an interesting disjunct distribution in the Southern Hemisphere

Acarologia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 617-631
Author(s):  
Reinhard Gerecke ◽  
Mark L.I. Judson ◽  
David R. Cook
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Disjunct Distribution ◽  
Water Mite ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Zelandothyas, Z. balloti, is described from South Island, New Zealand. The deutonymph and larva of Zelandothyas diamphida Cook, 1983 are described for the first time. The deutonymph of Malgasacarus rarus Tuzovskij et al., 2008 is redescribed. The family Malgasacaridae Tuzovskij, Gerecke and Goldschmidt, 2008 is synonymized with Zelandothyadidae Cook, 1983 and Malgasacarus Tuzovskij et al., 2008 is transferred to the subfamily Zelandothyadinae. Thus redefined, the family Zelandothyadidae shows an interesting disjunction in the southern hemisphere. Here, it is considered a family incertae sedis, provisionally comprising the monophyletic Zelandothyadinae and the enigmatic Australiothyadinae Cook, 1986. Zelandothyadidae are unusual in combining character states previously considered diagnostic for either Eylaoidea or Hydryphantoidea.

A new species of deep-water triplefin (Pisces: Tripterygiidae) in the genus Ruanoho from coastal New Zealand waters

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4981 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-136
Author(s):  
ANDREW L. STEWART ◽  
STEEN W. KNUDSEN ◽  
KENDALL D. CLEMENTS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Bright Yellow ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Anterior Body ◽  
Shelf Region ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A New Species

A new endemic species of triplefin Ruanoho scurra is described from deep water (108–216 m) on the shelf region around coastal New Zealand (Northland to Stewart Island). It is differentiated from its congeners by the combination of fresh colour (bright yellow spots on the head and anterior body, oblique lines on the dorsal and anal fins, and sub-vertical lines on the caudal) as well as some proportional measurements. Comments are made on the relationship with its congeners, and evolutionary history of the family in New Zealand waters, along with observations on the habitat in which this new species is found. This paper formally describes the species first mentioned in Stewart & Clements 2015:1523 as the polkadot triplefin. 

scholarly journals An amblyopinine rove beetle (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Amblyopinini) from the earliest Miocene Foulden Maar fossil-Lagerstätte, New Zealand

2020 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 1082-1088
Author(s):  
Josh Jenkins Shaw ◽  
Alexey Solodovnikov ◽  
Ming Bai ◽  
Uwe Kaulfuss
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Abdominal Tergite ◽  
Rove Beetle

AbstractThe first fossil rove beetle (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from New Zealand is described from the earliest Miocene Foulden Maar fossil-Lagerstätte, Otago. The new species, Sphingoquedius meto n. sp., is attributable to the tribe Amblyopinini of the subfamily Staphylininae based on the scutellum with anterior scutellar ridge only; isodiametric microsculpture on the pronotum; multidirectional arranged setae on the elytra; and presence of radiating setae on the fourth abdominal tergite. Sphingoquedius meto n. sp. is the first Southern Hemisphere fossil record of Amblyopinini and its affinity to the extant fauna as well as biogeographic and paleocological implications are discussed.UUID: http://zoobank.org/52275b83-d5ff-48af-A66F-2d62c3461677

A revision of the Iblidae and the stalked barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica), including new ordinal, familial and generic taxa, and two new species from New Zealand and Tasmanian waters

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1136 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN S. BUCKERIDGE ◽  
WILLIAM A. NEWMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
New Order ◽  
Marine Fauna ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Ordinal Level

The discovery of two diminutive and very distinct ibliform barnacles from shallow waters off northern New Zealand and northeastern Tasmania provides an opportunity to re-evaluate the Iblidae, the most primitive of the living thoracicans. These are retained within the Superorder Thoracica, but are distinguished at ordinal level from the remainder of the Pedunculata s.l. The resultant new order, the Ibliformes nov., comprises barnacles with predominantly chitinous rather than calcareous capitular plates; two families are recognized, the Iblidae s.s., comprising two subfamilies, the Iblinae (Ibla s.s.) and the Neoiblinae nov. (Neoibla gen. nov.), and the Idioiblidae nov. comprising the Idioiblinae nov. (Idioibla gen. nov.) and the Chaetolepadinae nov. (Chaetolepas Studer, 1889 and Chitinolepas gen. nov.). The monotypic Chitinolepas further highlights the high endemism and relict nature of the New Zealand marine fauna in particular and the southern hemisphere in general. On the basis of morphology and, where possible, genetic and larval work, it is recommended that the remainder of the stalked thoracicans be divided between three new orders, the †Cyprilepadiformes, Ibliformes, Lepadiformes and Scalpelliformes.

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