Another Mystery Snail in the Adirondacks: DNA Barcoding Reveals the First Record of Sinotaia cf. Quadrata (Caenogastropoda: Viviparidae) from North America

ABSTRACTAlien molluscs pose a serious threat to global freshwater diversity and have been implicated in many ecosystem-altering invasion events over the past few decades. Biomonitoring surveys are therefore a key tool for ensuring biosecurity in diversity hotspots and vulnerable habitats. In this study, we use DNA barcoding to provide the first record of the viviparid, Sinotaia cf. quadrata from North America. Reciprocal monophyly and low genetic divergence (uncorrected p-distance: 0.004) with a Bellamya quadrata individual from the type region (China) provides strong support for this identification. The species was recovered as part of a routine biomonitoring survey of the Adirondack region of northern New York. Only three adults were recovered (no populations or juveniles) indicating that the discovery represents a very recent arrival. Considering the proximity of the sampling site from the massive St. Lawrence River, it is likely that S. cf. quadrata was introduced into the St. Lawrence, probably via the aquarium plant trade, and was able to spread into smaller river system in northern New York and possibly other border states. This record represents the fourth alien viviparid, the third of which is of Asian origin, that have made its way to New York waters. Future biomonitoring efforts for the upcoming summer period will involve targeted searches for S. cf. quadrata to determine the extent of its spread in the region.

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Naturalization and spread of the alien species Ozognathus cornutus (LeConte, 1859) (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Ernobiinae) in Italy

Phytoparasitica ◽

10.1007/s12600-021-00923-x ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Giuliano Cerasa ◽

Gabriella Lo Verde

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Fruits And Vegetables ◽

First Record ◽

The Other ◽

Ecological Role ◽

Dried Fruits ◽

Wood Shavings ◽

Potential Pest ◽

Small Wood ◽

Natural Barrier

AbstractOzognathus cornutus (LeConte, 1859) (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Ernobiinae), species native to North America, is a saproxylophagous species and is known to feed on decaying tissues within conspicuous galls and on vegetal decaying organic material such as dried fruits or small wood shavings and insect excrements in galleries made by other woodboring species. A few years after the first record in 2011, its naturalization in Italy is here reported. The insect was found as successor in galls of Psectrosema tamaricis (Diptera Cecidomyiidae), Plagiotrochus gallaeramulorum, Andricus multiplicatus and Synophrus politus (Hymenoptera Cynipidae). The galls seem to have played an important ecological role in speeding up the naturalization process. The lowest proportion of galls used by O. cornutus was recorded for P. tamaricis (23%), the only host belonging to Cecidomyiidae, while the percentages recorded for the other host species, all Cynipidae forming galls on oaks, were higher: 43.6%, 61.1% and 76.9% in A multiplicatus, S. politus and P. gallaeramulorum, respectively. Although O. cornutus is able to exploit other substrates like dried fruits and vegetables, for which it could represent a potential pest, it prefers to live as a successor in woody and conspicuous galls, which thus can represent a sort of natural barrier limiting the possible damages to other substrates.

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Description of Drilocephalobus moldavicus Lisetskaya, 1968 (Rhabditida: Osstellidae) from Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California, USA

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4514.3.9 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4514 (3) ◽

pp. 438

Author(s):

SVEN BOSTRÖM ◽

OLEKSANDR HOLOVACHOV

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Body Length ◽

Southern California ◽

First Record ◽

Body Contour ◽

Lateral Field ◽

Thin Walls ◽

Female Tail ◽

National Preserve

Specimens of Drilocephalobus moldavicus are described from the Kelso Dunes area, Mojave National Preserve, southern California. This is the first record of the genus in North America. The specimens of this population are characterized by a body length of 322–417 µm in females and 403 µm in the male; cuticle finely annulated; lateral field with five incisures, extending to phasmid and two incisures extending almost to tail terminus in both sexes; lip region helmet-shaped, offset from body contour; lips amalgamated; stoma with thin walls lacking sclerotizations; pharynx without distinct divisions, cylindrical, widening slightly at about 1/3 of its length and basally, without valves; spermatheca 14–19 µm long; postvulval uterine sac 25–27 µm long; spicules 23 µm long; and female tail conoid-elongate with rounded terminus.

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Fossil flower of Staphylea L. from the Miocene amber of Mexico: New evidence of the Boreotropical Flora in low-latitude North America

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ◽

10.1017/s1755691018000701 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 108 (4) ◽

pp. 471-478 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ana L. Hernández-Damián ◽

Sergio R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz ◽

Alma R. Huerta-Vergara

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Northern Hemisphere ◽

Fossil Record ◽

First Record ◽

High Latitudes ◽

Low Latitude ◽

Southern Mexico ◽

Apparent Lack ◽

History Of ◽

New Evidence

ABSTRACTA new flower preserved in amber in sediments of Simojovel de Allende, México, is identified as an extinct member of Staphyleaceae, a family of angiosperms consisting of only three genera (Staphylea, Turpinia and Euscaphis), which has a large and abundant fossil record and is today distributed over the Northern Hemisphere. Staphylea ochoterenae sp. nov. is the first record of a flower for this group, which is small, pedicelled, pentamer, bisexual, with sepals and petals with similar size, dorsifixed anthers and superior ovary. Furthermore, the presence of stamens with pubescent filaments allows close comparison with extant flowers of Staphylea bulmada and S. forresti, species currently growing in Asia. However, their different number of style (one vs. three) and the apparent lack of a floral disc distinguish them from S. ochoterenae. The presence of Staphyleaceae in southern Mexico ca. 23 to 15My ago is evidence of the long history of integration of vegetation in low-latitude North America, in which some lineages, such as Staphylea, could move southwards from high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, as part of the Boreotropical Flora. In Mexico it grew in association with tropical elements, as suggested by the fossil record of the area.

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First record of roving coral grouper Plectropomus pessuliferus (Fowler, 1904) from Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh based on Morphology and DNA Barcoding

Bangladesh Journal of Fisheries ◽

10.52168/bjf.2020.32.34 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 293-301

Author(s):

MD JAYEDUL ISLAM ◽

SHARMIN AKTER ◽

PROVAKOR SARKAR ◽

MOHAMMAD RASHED ◽

IREEN PARVIN ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Dna Barcoding ◽

Bay Of Bengal ◽

New Record ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Marine Waters ◽

First Report ◽

Saint Martin ◽

Northern Bay Of Bengal

A new record of Plectropomus pessuliferus (Serranidae: Epinephelinae) wasdocumented based on morphological characters and DNA barcoding. The species was collectedduring a regular survey for making an inventory of reef associated fishes in Saint Martin`sIsland, Bangladesh. This is the first report of roving coral grouper from the marine waters ofBangladesh validated by morpho-meristic analysis and DNA barcoding. This is also the firstreport from the northern Bay of Bengal.

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First record of Pilularia americana A. Braun (Polypodiidae, Salviniales, Marsileaceae) from Peru

Check List ◽

10.15560/14.2.322 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 319-322

Author(s):

Blanca León ◽

Hamilton Beltrán ◽

Carlos Carrasco-Badajoz ◽

Edwin Portal-Quicaña ◽

Mariela Huaycha-Allcca

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

First Record ◽

First Report ◽

Aquatic Fern

The aquatic fern Pilularia americana A. Braun is known from several countries in South and North America. Here we provide a first report of this species for Peru, from 2 localities in the Ancash and Ayacucho regions (central Peru), which confirm its presence in the national flora.

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A Balto-Scandian Middle Cambrian fauna from Peary Land, North Greenland

Rapport Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse ◽

10.34194/rapggu.v137.8010 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 137 ◽

pp. 118-118

Author(s):

T.P Fletcher ◽

A.K Higgins ◽

J.S Peel

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Field Work ◽

First Record ◽

Geological Survey ◽

Northern Coast ◽

Middle Cambrian ◽

The Pacific ◽

Cambrian Trilobite ◽

Inland Ice ◽

North Greenland

The first record of Middle Cambrian faunas of 'Atlantic' affinity from the Franklinian basin sequence of North Greenland was made by Poulsen (1969) who noted that previously described Greenland faunas were of 'Pacific' type. Field work by the Geological Survey of Greenland during the last decade has established that 'Atlantic' faunas are widespread in more outer shelfsequences along the northern coast of North Greenland while the 'Pacific' faunas occur within inner shelfsequences more to the south, near the margin of the Inland Ice. North Greenland preserves both faunas in dose geographical juxtaposition in only slightly tectonised geological settings. Thus, alatest Middle Cambrian trilobite fauna described by Robison (in press) from the Holm Dal Formation in an area some 40 km south of the presently discussed locality (and more inner shelf) includes a mixture of polymeroids characteristic of the Cedaria Zone of North America and agnostoids characteristic of the Lejopyge laevigata Zone of the Swedish standard zonation.

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First Occurrence of a Rust Fungus on English Daisy (Bellis perennis) in North America

Plant Disease ◽

10.1094/pdis.2001.85.5.562b ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 85 (5) ◽

pp. 562-562 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

S. T. Koike ◽

M. Scholler ◽

Arthur Herbaria ◽

Kriebel Herbaria

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Rust Fungus ◽

Ornamental Plants ◽

Distinct Species ◽

First Record ◽

Flowering Plant ◽

Urban Landscapes ◽

Eastern United States ◽

Senecio Vulgaris ◽

Common Groundsel

English daisy (Bellis perennis, family Asteraceae) is a flowering plant native to Europe. It is widely used as an ornamental in North America but is also a weed in lawns in the western and eastern United States. In December 2000, plants growing in urban landscapes in Monterey County, CA, were infected with rust. Orange aecia containing aeciospores that measured 14 to 18 × 12.5 to 15 μm developed profusely on leaves. Severely diseased leaves wilted and collapsed. Other spore states (pycnia, uredosori, and telia) were not observed. Based on the size and ornamentation of the aeciospores, reduced white peridium, apperance of the peridial cells, and arrangement of sori, we identified the pathogen as Puccinia lagenophorae Cooke (1,3), a rust fungus native to Australia and New Zealand that since 1960 has been introduced to other continents (2). On English daisy, the disease has been reported only in Australia and Europe (1). The pathogen also occurs on numerous other plants of the subfamily Asteroideae (family Asteraceae) (2). The occurrence of P. lagenophorae on English daisy follows the recent, first-time detection of the same pathogen on common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) in California (3). To test cross infectivity, a spore suspension of a rust isolate from common groundsel was prepared and applied to various ornamental plants known to be hosts of P. lagenophorae. Inoculated plants were kept in a humidity chamber for 48 h, then maintained in a greenhouse. After 9 to 14 days, aecia developed on English daisy, cineraria (S. cruentus), and common groundsel but did not develop on dusty miller (S. cineraria) or pot marigold (Calendula officinalis). In addition, a single telium, surrounded by aecia, was observed on one of the infected English daisy plants. The telium contained two-celled teliospores that measured 31 to 36.5 × 16 to 19 (-22) μm and one-celled mesospores that measured 22 to 34 × 13.5 to 16 μm. At point of attachment, the widths of the stalks measured 7 to 8.5 (-9.5) μm. Some of the spores had surface ridges. The morphological features of the telio- and mesospores agree with those described for P. lagenophorae. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first record of a rust fungus on English daisy in North America. The inoculation experiments indicated that the rusts on English daisy and common groundsel are not biologically separated, casting doubt on the taxonomic concept of Weber et al. (4) that considered the rust on English daisy to be a distinct species, P. distincta McAlpine (although they did not examine type material of either P. lagenophorae or P. distincta). References: (1) M. Scholler. Sydowia 49:174, 1997. (2) M. Scholler. J. Plant Dis. Prot. 105:239, 1998. (3) M. Scholler and S. T. Koike. Plant Dis. 85:335, 2001. (4) R. W. S. Weber et al. Mycol. Res. 102:1227, 1998.

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New oversize troglobitic species of Campodeidae in Japan (Diplura)

Subterranean Biology ◽

10.3897/subtbiol.27.28575 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 27 ◽

pp. 53-73 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Alberto Sendra ◽

Kazunori Yoshizawa ◽

Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Endemic Species ◽

Korean Peninsula ◽

First Record ◽

Japanese Species ◽

Sympatric Distribution ◽

The North ◽

Japanese Islands

Two new oversize troglobitic species of diplurans campodeids, Pacificampadaidarabotchi Sendra, sp. n. and Pacificampanipponica Sendra, sp. n., found in three caves in two southern Japanese islands are described. It is the first record of cave-dwelling Diplurans from Japan and more specifically these are two Campodeinae of Pacificampa Chevrizov, 1978 formally known in continental Asia with three cave-dwelling species described in Russia and China near the north of the Korean peninsula. In P.daidarabotchisp. n., in addition to its oversized body, the longest ever known in campodeids family, it shows as its main differential taxonomical feature the absence of lp metanotal macrosetae. P.nipponicasp. n. is much closer to continental Pacificampa species but it shows differences in the urotergal macrosetae formula. Both Japanese species have clear troglomorphic features related with their elongated body and appendages and an increase in number and complexity of the sensorial antennal equipment with unique olfactory chemoreceptors. Two biogeographical remarks are inferred: P.nipponicasp. n., has been found in two islands that were connected during the glacial age and P.daidarabotchisp. n. lives in a single cave near another where P.nipponicasp. n. dwells which allowing to suggest a sympatric distribution; Pacificampa seems to be related with Eumesocampa, a genus from North-America, as a consequence of the Holarctic connection between Asia and America. The interests of P.daidarabotchisp. n. and P.nipponicasp. n. as endemic species in addition to their biogeographical importance should be taken into consideration to ensure better management of the three touristic caves where they dwell and especially the protection of Mejido-do cave, the only location of the large P.daidarabotchisp. n. near to an active quarry.

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