scholarly journals The position of the Azeliinae in the Muscidae (Diptera) based on musculature of the male terminalia

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 975 ◽  
pp. 87-110
Author(s):  
Vera S. Sorokina ◽  
Olga G. Ovtshinnikova
Keyword(s):  
Degree Of Reduction ◽  
Scathophaga Stercoraria ◽  
The Family ◽  
Complete Set ◽  
Delia Platura ◽  
Basal Position ◽  
Male Genital

The male genital and pregenital skeleton and musculature were studied in males of the following species of the Muscidae subfamily Azeliinae: Drymeia firthiana (Huckett, 1965), Drymeia longiseta Sorokina & Pont, 2015, Drymeia segnis (Holmgren, 1883), Thricops nigritellus (Zetterstedt, 1838), Thricops hirtulus (Zetterstedt, 1838), Hydrotaea dentipes (Fabricius, 1805), Muscina stabulans (Fallén, 1817), and Muscina levida (Harris, 1780). Descriptions and figures of the genital sclerites and muscles of D. firthiana and M. stabulans are given. A comparison was made between the genital segments and muscles of previously studied species of Mydaeinae and Muscinae and those of the Azeliinae. Based on the structure of the skeleton and muscles of syntergosternite VII + VIII and the phallapodeme muscles, significant differences were found between the subfamily Azeliinae and the subfamilies Mydaeinae and Muscinae. The basal position of the Azeliinae within the family Muscidae was confirmed. A comparison of the genital segments and muscles of the Muscidae with those of the Scathophagidae (Scathophaga stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758)) and Anthomyiidae (Delia platura (Meigen, 1826)) was made. Tendencies in reduction of the pregenital segments and musculature, as well as of the phallapodeme muscles in the evolution of the Muscoidea have been revealed. The complete set of phallapodeme muscles in the Scathophagidae and Anthomyiidae corresponds to the basal state, and therefore the structure of the genital sclerites and muscles in the Muscidae shows a certain degree of reduction. The progressive changes in the Muscidae from the Azeliinae through the Mydaeinae to the Muscinae were traced.

A revision of the southern African family Prototheoridae (Lepidoptera: Hepialoidea)

1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Ray Davis
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Single Row ◽  
Mountain Ranges ◽  
Evergreen Forests ◽  
The Family ◽  
Single Genus ◽  
Complete Set ◽  
Eleven Species

AbstractThe systematics and external morphology of the southern African family Prototheoridae are reviewed. A single genus, Prototheora, is recognized, with the former genus Metatheora synonymized. Eleven species are recognized, including five new species: angolae, biserrata, drackensbergae, geniculata, and merga. In addition, two possibly new species represented only by female specimens are described but not named. A key to the species of Prototheora is provided, as well as a preliminary analysis of their relationships. The family is considered to be one of the most basal lineages in the Hepialoidea and can be partially destinguished from related families by several plesiomorphic characters including the retention of three segmented maxillary palpi (plesiomorphic within Hepialoidea), simple antenna, generalized leg structure with a complete set of tibial spurs (0-2-4), and a single row of abdominal spines on A3-7 of the pupa. Possible synapomorphies involve the lateral sclerotization of the suspensorium and the extreme development of a conjugal process from sternum IX of the female which may lock into a conjugal pouch usually formed by the male trulleum and juxta. The family occurs predominantly within two highly divergent, South African floristic zones, the Capensis, or Fynbos dominated Cape Flora, and the southern Afromontane zone, characterized by mostly temperate, evergreen forests. Most species occur within the Capensis, and all but three (P. angolae from central Angola and P. drackensbergae and parachlora from Natal) are restricted to Cape Province, mostly in or south of the Cape Folded Belt mountain ranges. Their life history remains unknown.

New fossil wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) from the Middle Jurassic of China

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 471-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menglun Wang ◽  
Longfeng Li ◽  
Chungkun Shih
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Middle Jurassic ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Interspecific Difference ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Jiulongshan Formation ◽  
Basal Position ◽  
Taxonomic Keys

Two new species,Symphytopterus gracilersp. nov. of the family Ephialtitidae andPraeaulacus byssinussp. nov. of the family Praeaulacidae, are described and illustrated from the late Middle Jurassic of Jiulongshan Formation at Daohugou in Inner Mongolia, China. Based on new information onS. gracilersp. nov. andP. byssinussp. nov., two taxonomic keys to the known species of generaSymphytopterusandPraeaulacusare provided. By comparing the wings ofSymphytopterus, we find that the change of the veins length is the main interspecific difference andS. liasinusmay occupy the most basal position inSymphytopterus.

Plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) associated with pastures in Colombia 

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4441 (2) ◽  
pp. 390 ◽  
Author(s):  
NANCY BARRETO-TRIANA ◽  
PAULO SERGIO F. FERREIRA ◽  
PABLO ANDRÉS OSORIO-MEJÍA ◽  
LUCIANO S. FIUZA FERREIRA
Keyword(s):  
The Family ◽  
Male Genital

Eight species of the family Miridae found in Colombian pastures belong to four genera: Collaria, Cynodonmiris, Neotropicomiris and Stenodema. All species are included in the tribe Stenodemini and are associated with Poaceae grasses. Diagnosis, keys to species and genera, and distribution in Colombian regions as well as the principal host of these species are presented. Habitus and male genital structures illustrations for each species are provided to facilitate their recognition. 

The Australian moth family Lophocoronidae and the basal phylogeny of the Lepidoptera – Glossata

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1199 ◽  
Author(s):  
ES Nielsen ◽  
NP Kristensen
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Malpighian Tubules ◽  
Character State ◽  
The Family ◽  
Internal Genitalia ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Hypothetical Ancestor ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Male Genital

The endemic Australian primitive moth family Lophocoronidae is reviewed. The family was previously known from three species represented by male 'museum' specimens only. The family now consists of one genus, Lophocorona Common, with six species of which three (L. robinsoni, L. commoni and L. flavicosta) are here described as new. L. robinsoni differs markedly from the remaining species in wing pattern and phenology, but all species have very similar male genitalia. Females of two species (L. robinsoni and L. commoni) are described. All species and parts of their male genitalia are illustrated; a key to all species is given. All new distribution records are listed and the known Australian range of the family now extends from east of Perth to south of Sydney. Lophocoronid structure is surveyed, including information on aspects of the soft anatomy of L. pediasia Common: cephalic, spiracular, abdominal base and male genital musculature, male internal genitalia, alimentary canal, gross structure of the central nervous system (CNS) and thoracic aorta. The most significant findings include the following: extrinsic labral muscles are absent; the relatively well-developed mandibles have no musculature, hence the (unknown) lophocoronid pupa must be adecticous; there is no intrinsic proboscis musculature; the posterolateral comer of the laterocervicale covers the anepisternal tooth; an anterior pronotal plate is present; the mesobasistemum is markedly produced anteriorly; wingsurface scales are largely hollow; a sizeable metapostphragma is present; the female has a piercing oviscapt similar to that of Eriocraniidae and Acanthopteroctetidae; a stomodaeal crop is well developed, extending into the abdomen, and followed by a narrow tubular portion in front of the mesenteron; there are four malpighian tubules, each opening into the gut; the deutocerebral lobes meet in front of the posterionnost pharyngeal sucking pump dilator (forming a 'deutocerebral loop'); the abdominal nerve cord has five ganglionic masses and thick connective tissue on top; the metathoracic aorta touches the dorsal pulsatile diaphragm. Six basal clades are recognised within the Lepidoptera-Glossata: (1) Eriocraniidae, (2) Acanthopteroctetidae (including Catapterix), (3) Lophocoronidae, (4) Neopseustidae, (5) Exoporia and (6) Heteroneura. Putative autapomorphies are listed and discussed for each. Several structural traits are compared throughout the six clades, and 47 potentially phylogenetically informative characters are identified (Appendices 1 and 2). Analysis of these characters with Hennig86, by using a hypothetical ancestor (reconstructed on the basis of character state distribution within the non-glossatan moth grade), yields a single shortest tree: Eriocraniidae + (Acanthopteroctetidae + (Lophocoronidae + (Neopseustidae + (Exoporia + Heteroneura)))). This tree is compared with a number of competing trees; it is concluded to be the most biologically meaningful one. The formal classification of the Glossata is discussed. The Acanthopteroctetidae are assigned to a superfamily of their own. Redundant taxon names above familygroup (Dacnonypha, Lophocoronina and Neopseustina) are discarded. The new name Coelolepida is introduced for the high-rank taxon comprising all Glossata except the Eriocraniidae; it is characterised primarily by the acquisition of hollow wing-surface scales and an apomorphic configuration of the first thoracic spiracle. Some ecological and conservation-related implications of the new insights in glossatan phylogeny are outlined.

scholarly journals SEBARAN UKURAN DAN PERTUMBUHAN HIU MARTIL (BY CATCH) YANG DIDARATKAN DI PANGKALAN PENDARATAN IKAN (PPI) UJONG BAROH MEULABOH

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Alaudin Alaudin ◽  
Jaliadi Jaliadi ◽  
Burhanis Burhanis
Keyword(s):  
Total Size ◽  
Hammerhead Shark ◽  
Gill Net ◽  
The Family ◽  
Curve Model ◽  
Special Concern ◽  
Hammerhead Sharks ◽  
By Catch ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Male Genital

Hammerhead shark is a type of predator shark belongs to the family of Sphyrnidae. This shark is so aggressive in hunting prey such as fish, squid, and shrimp. The hammerhead shark in Indonesia is included in Appendix II of CITES and has been a special concern in the field of capture fisheries. The aim of the study was to see the size spread, the number of catches, the first size caught, the age growth and the genital ratio of the hammerhead sharks caught with the base fish net. The study was conducted from October to December 2019. The shark measurement was performed once in 2 weeks. Sharks caught by the gills of the base (buttom gilt net) were measured using a roll meter. The collection of hammerhead sharks included total length (TL), number of catches and genital ratio. The analysis was done descriptively using the ELEFAN I existing on Sofwere FiSAT II. The results showed that the hammerhead sharks caught with an gill net of 65 tails from October to December 2019 were taken on the male genital. The total size spread of female malletic sharks were between 61.5-131.5 cm and male hammering sharks between 61.5-111.5 cm. The morphologically spread of the female hammerhead was relatively longer than the male shark. The male hammerhead shark was first captured at a length of 117.9 cm and a female hammerhead shark at a size of 106.2 cm. Hammerhead shark growth by following the curve of von Bertalanffy mallet were male Lt = 138,08 (1-exp (-0.480 (t + 0.0487)) and female mallet shark Lt = 138,08 (1-exp (-0.430 (t + 0.0434)). Such equations can be known by using the relationship curve model between the age and length of fish.

Immigrant Narratives: The Ottoman Sultans’ Portraits in Elisabeth Leitner’s Family Photo Album, circa 1862–72

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-228
Author(s):  
Nebahat Avcıoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Photo Album ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Complete Set ◽  
Immigrant Narratives ◽  
1848 Revolution ◽  
Rare Opportunity ◽  
Untapped Resource

Abstract This article is a study of the family photo album of Elisabeth Leitner (ca. 1842?–1908), a Hungarian immigrant in the Ottoman empire. The album contains a complete set of cartes de visite portraits of the Ottoman sultans by the Abdullah Frères. As the only surviving example of such a collection with a known provenance, it provides a rare opportunity for understanding how such images were used in the context of identity formation and social mobility undertaken by a member of the immigrant population. The album, which has never been studied before, is also a fascinating source for investigating the history of Hungarian immigrants in the Ottoman empire who were displaced after the 1848 Revolution. The article approaches the intriguingly autobiographical album by means of a close reading of Elisabeth Leitner’s diaries and unfinished autobiography. My interpretation serves to dismantle notions of a carefree global cosmopolitanism and exposes a historiographical bias that privileges men and their collections of images and ethnographic artifacts over those of women. Elisabeth Leitner’s writings and photographic collection also represent a vast and entirely untapped resource for investigating cultural contacts between Europe and the Ottoman empire in the second half of the nineteenth century.

A new species of Trichostrongylus (Nematoda, Trichostronglyoidea) parasitizing the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia, Octodontidae) from Mar de Cobo, Argentina

2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
María Rossin ◽  
Juan Timi ◽  
Ana Malizia
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sus Scrofa ◽  
Present Finding ◽  
Nematode Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Subterranean Rodent ◽  
Ctenomys Talarum ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Male Genital

AbstractA new nematode species, Trichostrongylus duretteae sp. nov., found in the small intestine of Ctenomys talarum from Argentina is described. The new species more closely resembles T. suis lwanitsky, 1930 a parasite of Sus scrofa in the USSR. However, the new species can be distinguished by the morphology of male genital bursa: Rays 6 distant from rays 8 and a larger dorsal ray in relation to the length of rays 2 to 8. The present finding is the first record of the genus Trichostronglyus in rodents of the family Octodontidae.

Pseudaphelenchus vindai n. sp. (Tylenchomorpha: Aphelenchoididae) associated with termites (Termitidae) in Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Nematology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 905-914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natsumi Kanzaki ◽  
Robin M. Giblin-Davis ◽  
E. Allen Herre ◽  
Rudolf H. Scheffrahn ◽  
Barbara J. Center
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Barro Colorado Island ◽  
Subterranean Termites ◽  
Lateral Field ◽  
Female Tail ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Pharyngeal Gland ◽  
Basal Position

Abstract In 2008, a field survey of termite-associated nematodes was conducted on Barro Colorado Island, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (BCI, STRI), Panama. During that survey, an undescribed Pseudaphelenchus species was isolated from three species of subterranean termites, Amitermes beaumonti, Microcerotermes exiguous and Obtusitermes panamae. The nematode is described and figured herein as P. vindai n. sp. The new species is morphologically similar to its only congener, P. yukiae, i. e., these two species share a thin stylet with small and clear basal knobs, a true bursa supported by three bursal limb-like genital papillae and a nerve ring surrounding the anterior clear region of the pharyngeal gland lobe and intestine. The molecular phylogenetic analysis based upon near full length (ca 1.7 kb) SSU ribosomal DNA sequence suggested that the new species forms a well supported clade with P. yukiae, at the basal position of the family Aphelenchoididae. The new species is distinguished from P. yukiae by possessing a clear condylus and rostrum of the capitulum and arcuate calomus/lamina complex of the spicules vs no condylus and rostrum and a relatively straight calomus/lamina complex, long and tapering female tail without small mucro vs blunt with small mucro present and possession of lateral field with three incisures vs four incisures.

Two new species of the whip-spider genus Heterophrynus (Arachnida: Amblypygi) with complementary information of four species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4803 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-41
Author(s):  
DANIEL CHIRIVI-JOYA ◽  
JAIRO A. MORENO-GONZÁLEZ ◽  
GIOVANNY FAGUA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Recognition ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Complementary Information ◽  
Complete Work ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Morphologic Variation ◽  
First Time ◽  
Male Genital

The family Phrynidae has been mainly recorded from America, including the Antilles, and Heterophrynus is one of its genera endemic of South America and is mainly associated with Amazonian ecosystems. Currently, the genus has 16 valid species, but many original descriptions are ambiguous or incomplete. The more complete work about this genus only includes seven of the currently valid species, and in some cases, some characters useful for the species identification, were not described. This situation hampers the species recognition and the comparison among species to propose diagnosis accurate. Using characters from the male and female genitalia to improve the diagnosis, we present complementary descriptions for four species of Heterophrynus and describe two new species. We present details of morphologic variation, compare the pedipalp spines among the species, present actualized distributions, and for first time, we present a complete illustration of the male genital of eight species using SEM pictures. 

Identification, phylogeny and phylogeography of circumfenestrate cyst nematodes (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) as inferred from analysis of ITS-rDNA

Nematology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 805-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei A. Subbotin ◽  
Ignacio Cid Del Prado Vera ◽  
Manuel Mundo-Ocampo ◽  
James G. Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Cyst Nematodes ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Specific Primers ◽  
The Family ◽  
Pcr Rflp ◽  
Basal Position

Abstract Some 134 ITS rRNA gene sequences for circumfenestrate cyst nematodes and two sequences for non-cyst nematodes of the family Heteroderidae, of which 46 were newly obtained, were analysed by phylogenetic and phylogeographic methods. Sequence and phylogenetic analysis combined with known morphological, biological and geographical data allowed the identification, amongst samples original to this study, of several belonging to known valid species as well as others that might be new species. The phylogenetic analysis revealed six major clades for circumfenestrate cyst nematodes: i) Globodera from South and North America; ii) Globodera from Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania; iii) Paradolichodera; iv) Punctodera; v) Cactodera; and vi) Betulodera. Monophylies of Punctodera, Cactodera and Betulodera were highly supported. The Betulodera clade occupied a basal position on all trees. Phylogeographic analysis suggested a North American origin of Punctoderinae with possible further long distance dispersal to South America, Africa and other regions. Molecular data supported synonymisation of G. achilleae with G. millefolii and of G. hypolysi with G. artemisiae. PCR-RFLP diagnostic profiles for some Globodera and Cactodera species are given. Problems of diagnostics for Globodera species using PCR with specific primers are discussed.

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