scholarly journals Cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions of China with descriptions of four new hypogean species of Parobisium (Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae) from Guizhou Province

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 61-98
Author(s):  
Zegang Feng ◽  
J. Judson Wynne ◽  
Feng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Arthropod Communities ◽  
Karst Caves ◽  
The Family ◽  
Detailed Diagnosis

We summarize and discuss the 29 known cave-dwelling pseudoscorpion species from China. Four new troglomorphic pseudoscorpion species, Parobisium motianensesp. nov., P. qiangzhuangsp. nov., P. sanlouensesp. nov., and P. tianisp. nov., belonging to the family Neobisiidae, are described based on specimens collected in karst caves in Guizhou, China. Detailed diagnosis, descriptions, and illustrations are presented. We also provide recommendations for management of caves where they occur, as well as the cave arthropod communities and the habitats that support them.

scholarly journals NOTES ON TWO SPECIES OF THE GENUS MICROCREAGRIS BALZAN, 1892 (PSEUDOSCORPIONES: NEOBISIIDAE) FROM CHINA

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 394-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangbo Guo ◽  
Feng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
The Family ◽  
Detailed Diagnosis

Two Microcreagris species belonging to the family Neobisiidae are described from China: Microcreagris gigas Balzan, 1892 from Fanjing Mountain in Guizhou Province, and Microcreagris xikangensis sp. nov. from the Xikang-Tibet Plateau in Sichuan Province. Detailed diagnosis, descriptions and illustrations of the two species are presented.

Two new subterranean-adapted pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae: Parobisium) from Beijing, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4661 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZEGANG FENG ◽  
J. JUDSON WYNNE ◽  
FENG ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Northern China ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Karst Caves ◽  
The Family ◽  
Management Recommendations ◽  
Beijing China ◽  
Detailed Diagnosis

Two new troglomorphic pseudoscorpion species, Parobisium magangensis sp. n. and P. yuantongi sp. n., belonging to the family Neobisiidae, are described based on specimens collected in karst caves from Beijing, China. These are the first troglomorphic pseudoscorpions discovered from caves in northern China. Detailed diagnosis, descriptions, and illustrations are provided. We also offer future research and management recommendations for these two new pseudoscorpion species.

scholarly journals The first representatives of the millipede family Glomeridellidae (Diplopoda, Glomerida) recorded from China and Indochina

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 954 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Weixin Liu ◽  
Sergei Golovatch
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
The Family ◽  
Structural Details ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of glomeridellid millipede is described from Guizhou Province, southern China: Tonkinomeris huzhengkunisp. nov. This new epigean species differs very clearly in many structural details, being sufficiently distinct morphologically and disjunct geographically from T. napoensis Nguyen, Sierwald & Marek, 2019, the type and sole species of Tonkinomeris Nguyen, Sierwald & Marek, 2019, which was described recently from northern Vietnam. The genus Tonkinomeris is formally relegated from Glomeridae and assigned to the family Glomeridellidae, which has hitherto been considered strictly Euro-Mediterranean in distribution and is thus new to the diplopod faunas of China and Indochina. Tonkinomeris is re-diagnosed and shown to have perhaps the basalmost position in the family Glomeridellidae. Its relationships are discussed, both morphological and zoogeographical, within and outside the Glomeridellidae, which can now be considered as relict and basically Oriental in origin. Because of the still highly limited array of DNA-barcoding sequences of the COI mitochondrial gene available in the GenBank, the first molecular phylogenetic analysis of Glomerida attempted here shows our phylogram to be too deficient to consider meaningful.

scholarly journals Ectoparasites of the bats from karst caves of the nature reserve «Ichalkovsky Bor» (Nizhny Novgorod Region)

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 122-126
Author(s):  
Galina Anatolievna Fadeeva ◽  
Elena Evgenievna Boryakova
Keyword(s):  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Karst Caves ◽  
Central Russia ◽  
The Family ◽  
Volga Upland ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The One ◽  
Parasitic Mites ◽  
First Time

The fauna of parasitic mites of bats from the karst caves in the region of the Volga Upland was studied in 2004-2005. Six species of bats such as Daubentons water bat, Brandts bat, whiskered bat, pond bat, northern bat and long-eared bat were examined. 18 species of arthropods were detected, among them there are gamasid mites (10 species) and harvest mites (2 species). Leptotrombidium russicum (Oud., 1902) and Myotrombicula sp. were found for the first time in Central Russia. Spinturnix acuminatus (Koch, 1836), Steatonyssus spinosus (Willmann, 1936), Steatonyssus periblepharus (Kolenati, 1858), Macronyssus flavus (Kolenati, 1856) turned out to be the main group of parasites in this study. As for the insects flies of the family Nycteribiidae and fleas of the family Ischnopsyllidae were found. The cluster analysis of ectoparasite fauna has showed that they are more or less evenly distributed among all members of mixed colonies of bats, while there is no violation of specificity in the choice of hosts. Low values of the Berger-Parker index marked a lack of competition between species, which indicates the stability of parasitic communities formed on bats in mixed colonies and in natural habitats. This fact indicates a complex relationship between the parasites in the community on the one hand, and long-term existence of the community on the other hand. This, in its turn, shows that in long-evolving communities competitive relationships between parasites are obliterated, which gives them stability. Herewith the bat colony is used as an integral whole, although some parasitic species prefer certain types of hosts.

The family Onychiuridae (Collembola) from karst caves of the Basque biospeleologic district, with description of four new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5040 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-194
Author(s):  
ENRIQUE BERUETE ◽  
JAVIER I. ARBEA ◽  
ENRIQUE BAQUERO ◽  
RAFAEL JORDANA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Karst Caves ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
New Material

The study of Onychiuridae from 42 caves of the north of the Iberian Peninsula and southwestern France has revealed the existence of 32 species inhabiting the caves of the Basque bio-speleological district, among which four new species are described: Deuteraphorura bizkaiensis sp. nov., Deuteraphorura bolivari sp. nov., Onychiurus arbailakensis sp. nov. and Protaphorura leitzaldeaensis sp. nov. Furthermore, three species, Deuteraphorura boneti (Gisin, 1953), Deuteraphorura akelaris (Jordana & Beruete, 1983) and Spinonychiurus vandeli (Cassagnau, 1960), are redescribed based on type and new material to furnish the description of some characters, especially concerning the chaetotaxy, not considered in the original description. Keys to the recorded species are also reported.  

Two new cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae: Parobisium) from Yunnan, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4834 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-120
Author(s):  
CHEN ZHANG ◽  
ZEGANG FENG ◽  
FENG ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Karst Caves ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of troglomorphic pseudoscorpions of the family Neobisiidae, collected from karst caves in Yunnan, China, are described: Parobisium laevigatum sp. n. and P. muchonggouense sp. n.. A key to the Parobisium species from China is also provided. 

Three new cave species of the subgenus Tachycines (Gymnaeta) (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Aemodogryllinae) from northern Guizhou, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4820 (3) ◽  
pp. 563-571
Author(s):  
XUELI FENG ◽  
SHIHUI HUANG ◽  
CHANGQING LUO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Karst Caves ◽  
Three New Species

Some species of the subgenus Tachycines (Gymnaeta) are cavernicolous. In this paper, three new species of this subgenus, namely Tachycines (Gymnaeta) zaoshu sp. nov., Tachycines (Gymnaeta) shuangcha sp. nov., and Tachycines (Gymnaeta) tongrenus sp. nov., from karst caves in Guizhou Province, China are described. The results of this study expand our knowledge of the geographical distribution of the cave species of the subgenus Tachycines (Gymnaeta) in China. The morphological photographs of the three new cave species are provided.

The genus Kassabiana Salaj, 1983, from the uppermost Maastrichtian of northeastern Tunisia

1984 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 1199-1204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Salaj ◽  
Nikolaos Solakius
Keyword(s):  
The Family ◽  
Northeastern Tunisia ◽  
Detailed Diagnosis

The genus Kassabiana, established by Salaj as a member of the family Globotruncanidae Brotzen, 1942, is discussed in detail. In addition to a detailed diagnosis and remarks, the second member of the genus, Kassabiana falsocalcarata trigonocamerata subsp. nov., found in the uppermost Maastrichtian at Enfidaville, northeastern Tunisia, is presented.

scholarly journals Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari: Oribatida) XVI. Synkrotima tsalakpmenoi sp. nov. from Zimbabwe and Kenya, and Congocepheus thailandae sp. nov. from Thailand, including a complementary study of Cavaecarabodes hauseri (Mahunka 1989)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4504 (3) ◽  
pp. 371 ◽  
Author(s):  
NESTOR FERNANDEZ ◽  
PIETER THERON ◽  
SERGIO LEIVA ◽  
ANINE JORDAAN
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Complementary Study ◽  
Detailed Diagnosis ◽  
Scanning Electron

Synkrotima tsalakpmenoi sp. nov. is described from material collected in Zimbabwe and Kenya. This species presents the following characteristics: notogastral integument formed by longitudinally aligned cuticular cords; thick, lanceolate notogastral setae; and genital neotrichy. Synkrotima tsalakpmenoi sp. nov. is compared to S. zimbabwae. Congocepheus thailandae sp. nov. is the first species of this genus described from Thailand, with the following present: large finger-like notogastral projection; notogastral setae c1, c2, da, dm, dp, la, lm, lp, h1, h2 situated on promontories; setae c1, c2 located adjacent and parallel.        A complementary study of Cavaecarabodes hauseri, making use of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), allows for clarification of particularities regarding complex setae as well as some aspects of the integument, and provides a more detailed diagnosis.

Conioscypha tenebrosa sp. nov. (Conioscyphaceae) from China and notes on Conioscypha species

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 413 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-171
Author(s):  
NING-GUO LIU ◽  
D. JAYARAMA BHAT ◽  
KEVIN D. HYDE ◽  
JIAN-KUI (JACK) LIU
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Morphological Comparison ◽  
Asexual Morph ◽  
Rounded Apex ◽  
The Family ◽  
Decaying Wood

Conioscypha is an asexual morph genus placed in the family Conioscyphaceae. During our study of brown-spored hyphomycetes, a new taxon C. tenebrosa was found on decaying wood collected in Guizhou Province, China. The new species is characterized by having micronematous, hyaline conidiophores which are often reduced to conidiogenous cells, with a cup-shaped, percurrently developed, multi-collaretted phialide, and globose to subglobose, obovoid conidia with broadly rounded apex and subtruncate base. The phylogenetic analysis of combined LSU, SSU, ITS and RPB2 sequence data showed that isolates of C. tenebrosa are phylogenetically distinct from other species. Conioscypha tenebrosa sp. nov. is therefore introduced here with a description and morphological illustration. Taxonomic notes and a morphological comparison of Conioscypha species are provided.

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