scholarly journals South American Nothochrysinae (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae): I. Description of Nothochrysa ehrenbergi sp. nov.

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 866 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Catherine A. Tauber
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
New World ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
South American ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Nomina Dubia ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Nothochrysaehrenbergisp. nov., is described from Chile; it is the first species of Nothochrysa to be reported from the Southern Hemisphere and only the second from the New World. The genus now contains six extant species as well as two species known from late Oligocene and Miocene fossils. An updated catalog of the valid Nothochrysa species is presented, and three nomina dubia are discussed. The inclusion of the new species in Nothochrysa is well supported by morphological features. However, it and other species currently in the genus also share significant features with Archaeochrysa, an older genus of Nothochrysinae which is known only from the Eocene (Ypresian) to the late Oligocene. It therefore appears that N.ehrenbergi is among the least derived Nothochrysa species, and that the separation of Archaeochrysa from Nothochrysa is open to question and further examination.

First South American record of the rare ichneumonoid subfamily Masoninae van Achterberg (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Ichneumonidae) with description of a new species from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4664 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
DONALD L.J. QUICKE ◽  
JÚLIO CEZAR MÁRIO CHAUL ◽  
BUNTIKA A. BUTCHER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
South American ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Cosmopolitan Distribution ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
A New Species

Masona popeye Quicke & Chaul sp. n. is described from Brazil, and differentiated from other species of the genus. Described extant species of Masona are known from Australia and south eastern U.S.A. (Georgia and Florida including the Key Islands). Two undescribed species are known from Tanzania and Cambodia. The new species is therefore the first representative of the subfamily Masoninae van Achterberg from South America, demonstrating the completely cosmopolitan distribution of this very poorly known group. The new species most closely resembles a fossil species, M. pyriceps van Achterberg, 2001, from Dominican amber with which it shares the plesiomorphic presence of a scutellum. 

Description of the first species of Nemeritis Holmgren (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) from the Southern Hemisphere, with a key to the New World species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5023 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-272
Author(s):  
RODRIGO O. ARAUJO ◽  
FILIPPO DI GIOVANNI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
New World ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
World Species ◽  
Western Palearctic ◽  
A New Species

Nemeritis Holmgren, 1860 is a moderately species-rich genus of Campopleginae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) which includes 42 valid species, occurring in the Western Palearctic, Eastern Palearctic, Nearctic, and Oriental regions. Herein, a new species from Chile, Nemeritis scaramozzinoi sp. nov., is described. This is the first description of a species of Nemeritis for the Southern Hemisphere. The key for the New World species of the genus and biogeographical remarks on the Chilean fauna of Darwin wasps are also provided.  

A revision of the family Syringogastridae (Diptera: Diopsoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1996 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. MARSHALL ◽  
M. BUCK ◽  
J. H. SKEVINGTON ◽  
D. GRIMALDI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New World ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
South American ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Single Genus ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Molecular Characters

The New World family Syringogastridae (Diptera, Acalyptratae) with the single genus Syringogaster is revised. Eleven new extant species are described in four newly recognized species groups to give a total of 20 extant species (S. brachypecta, S. apiculata and S. tenuipes in the rufa-group; S. atricalyx, S. figurata, S. plesioterga, and S. dactylopleura in the figurata-group; and S. nigrithorax, S. brunneina, S. sharkeyi and S. palenque in the brunnea-group; Marshall & Buck are the authors of all extant new species). The craigi-group includes two new fossil species, S. miocenecus Grimaldi and S. craigi Grimaldi, each described on the basis of a unique Miocene (ca. 17 myo) amber specimen from the Dominican Republic. Morphological and molecular characters are used to estimate phylogenetic relationships among species of Syringogastridae, and between Syringogastridae and related diopsids. The fossil species appear to form the sister group to the Central and South American figurata group, and reveal Antillean extinction of the family from earlier in the Tertiary.

A new species of Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from the Kofán Territory in southwestern Colombia

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2050 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICARDO BOTERO-TRUJILLO ◽  
GUSTAVO A. PÉREZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Copulatory Apparatus ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Unique Shape ◽  
Male Copulatory Apparatus ◽  
A New Species

Cryptocellus luisedieri sp. nov. is described from a male specimen obtained from leaf litter in the Kofán Territory, southwestern Colombia. The new species exhibits a series of interesting morphological features including the presence of cuticular pits and a unique shape of the male copulatory apparatus. The new species, which is the first ricinuleid found in the southern Colombian Andes, brings to seven the number of species of Cryptocellus Westwood, 1874 known to occur in Colombia and to 66 the number of extant species of this rare arachnid order. A male-based key to the identification of the Colombian ricinuleid species and a map showing their known distribution are included.

Early Eocene Ripogonaceae leaf macrofossils from New Zealand

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
John G. Conran ◽  
Elizabeth M. Kennedy ◽  
Jennifer M. Bannister
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Fossil Flora ◽  
South American ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Fossil Leaves ◽  
A New Species

Fossil leaves from lowermost Eocene strata in the Otaio River, South Island, New Zealand, include the oldest records of the extant monocot genus, Ripogonum (Ripogonaceae). The Ripogonum fossil is represented by an incomplete leaf with preserved cuticle and is similar to, but different from, all extant and fossil Ripogonaceae, including recently described Eocene Tasmanian and South American taxa and is here described as a new species, R. palaeozeylandiae Conran, E.M.Kenn. & Bannister. This supports the theory that Ripogonaceae have a long and evolutionary history across the southern hemisphere, with the Otaio fossil flora indicating a palaeoclimate similar to the mesothermal broadleaf forests that Ripogonum still occupies today.

Gentianella viridiflora (Gentianaceae), a new species from the Peruvian Andes

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 222 (4) ◽  
pp. 283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Pfanzelt ◽  
Steven Sylvester ◽  
Lolita Ammann ◽  
Mitsy Sylvester
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
South American ◽  
South American Species ◽  
Peruvian Andes ◽  
Southern Peru ◽  
Yellowish Green ◽  
A New Species

Gentianella viridiflora (Gentianaceae, Gentianeae, Swertiinae), here described and illustrated, is a new species from the Cordillera Vilcabamba, southern Peru. Its yellowish-green corolla distinguishes it from other South American species of the genus that share a similar set of morphological features. The new species is known only from the type locality where it occurs in grazed areas next to Polylepis woodland.

scholarly journals A new species of Pheidole (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Dominican amber with a review of the fossil records for the genus

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 866 ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
Alexandre Casadei-Ferreira ◽  
Julio C. M. Chaul ◽  
Rodrigo M. Feitosa
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New World ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Fossil Records ◽  
A New Species ◽  
High Diversity

Pheidole comprises approximately 1,000 extant species distributed worldwide, being particularly diverse in the New World. In addition to its high diversity and ecological prevalence, the genus is also characterized by the predominantly intraspecific dimorphism, with major and minor workers. Currently, five fossil species are known, all of which are represented only by minor workers. A new species, †Pheidoleanticuasp. nov., is described from Dominican amber, based on a major worker. Additionally, the identity of the currently known fossil species in Pheidole is discussed and †P.cordata from Baltic amber is considered as incertae sedis, resulting in no Pheidole species currently recognized for Baltic amber

scholarly journals A new species of Discothyrea Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-217
Author(s):  
Júlio Chaul
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
New World ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
The Other ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
World Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

A new species of the cosmopolitan genus Discothyrea Roger, a member of the Proceratiinae subfamily, is described for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The species, Discothyrea bobi sp. nov., is compared to the other New World species described for the genus so far. Two putatively important morphological features of the genus, the palpal formula and the antennal pits, are discussed.

A new species of lambdarina (rhynchonellida, brachiopoda) from the viséan of central sudetes (Poland) and its phylogenetic position

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolanta Muszer
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Tropical Waters ◽  
Marginal Seas ◽  
Sw Poland ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A new species of micromorphic articulate brachiopod (Rhynchonellida) Lambdarina jugowiensis sp. nov., from the upper Visean (Sokolec Beds) of central Sudetes, SW Poland, is described. The studied specimens are calcified, what makes them unique in respect of their state of preservation. The material is represented by a full range of growth stages; from brephic to gerontic. Based on its morphological features and the palaeogeographical distribution of all its known species, two main evolutionary lines are proposed for the genus; the Australian and the European ones. Lambdarina was widely distributed in the equatorial-tropical waters of marginal seas of the Palaeotethys Ocean, mostly during Mississippian time.

Leptochelia Vatulelensis (Crustacea: Tanaidacea), A New Species From Anchialine Caves of the South-Western Pacific

2011 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-363
Author(s):  
Modest Guţu ◽  
Thomas Iliffe
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Small Islands ◽  
The South ◽  
Anchialine Caves ◽  
A New Species

Leptochelia Vatulelensis(Crustacea: Tanaidacea), A New Species From Anchialine Caves of the South-Western PacificLeptochelia vatulelensisn. sp., discovered on the small islands of Vatulele (Fijian group) and Ouvéa (Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia), is described and illustrated. The new species is distinguished from the others of the"Leptochelia-dubiagroup" (to which it is generally similar) by the following combination of morphological characteristics: (1) the presence of three to four distal setae on the maxilliped basis; (2) merus of pereopods III and IV with only a distosternal seta; (3) endopod of the uropods formed of four (rarely three) articles; (4) males with two (sometimes three) relatively short aesthetascs on the first five articles of the antennular flagellum; (5) male cheliped with a diminished dimorphism; (6) males with a vertical comb-row of setae on the cheliped propodus. Although it inhabits inland, anchialine caves, the new species lacks morphological features that are characteristic of some cave species.

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