RECOGNITION OF ILYBIUS VITTIGER (GYLLENHAL, 1827), NEW COMBINATION, IN NORTH AMERICA (COLEOPTERA: DYTISCIDAE)

AbstractThe species Dytiscus vittiger Gyllenhal, 1827 is transferred from the genus Agabus Leach sensu lat. to Ilybius Erichson. The species is recorded from the western arctic regions of North America for the first time. A full description of the species and comparisons with other North American members of the genus are provided.

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Description of the pupa of Climaciella brunnea (Say) (Mantispidae, Mantispinae) and a key to known pupae of mantispids from North America

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4444.1.4 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4444 (1) ◽

pp. 66

Author(s):

YESENIA MARQUEZ-LÓPEZ ◽

ATILANO CONTRERAS-RAMOS

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

North American ◽

North American Species ◽

Central Mexico ◽

Wolf Spiders ◽

First Time

Most works about Climaciella brunnea (Say) deal with predation and parasitoidism on wolf spiders (Lycosidae), or records of populations that mimic vespid wasps (Polistes spp.). Knowledge on immature mantispids is scarce, particularly about pupae. Currently, a key by Hoffman and Brushwein provides information on larvae and pupae of several North American species. Herein, the pupa of C. brunnea is described for the first time, on the basis of a specimen from central Mexico, and its position in the available key is proposed,. The pupa of Plega yucatanae Parker & Stange from southeastern Mexico is also incorporated to the key on the basis of a published description.

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First records of Anisandrus maiche Stark (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from North America

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2137.1.2 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2137 (1) ◽

pp. 23-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

ROBERT J. RABAGLIA ◽

NATALIA J. VANDENBERG ◽

ROBERT E. ACCIAVATTI

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

West Virginia ◽

North American ◽

North American Species ◽

Ambrosia Beetle ◽

First Time

Anisandrus maiche Stark, an ambrosia beetle native to Asia, is reported for the first time in North America based on specimens from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. This is the twentieth species of exotic Xyleborina documented in North America. This species, along with three others occurring in North America, were formerly placed in Xyleborus Eichhoff, but currently are assigned to Anisandrus Ferrari. Descriptions of generic characters used to separate Anisandrus from Xyleborus, a re-description of the female A. maiche, and an illustrated key to the four North American species of Anisandrus are presented.

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On Urceolaria mitra (Protozoa, Peritricha) epizoic on North American flatworms

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z68-137 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 46 (5) ◽

pp. 981-985 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ian R. Ball ◽

C. H. Fernando

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Host Specificity ◽

North American ◽

Biological Data ◽

Temporary Waters ◽

New Host ◽

First Time

Urceolaria mitra (von Sieb.) is described for the first time from North America, and new host and geographic records are given. Brief biological data on host specificity, distribution and dispersal, and survival of the epizoite in temporary waters are also provided.

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Intraspecific Variation in a Scorpionfly Newly Recorded from Texas and the State of Taxonomy of North American Panorpidae (Mecoptera)

Psyche A Journal of Entomology ◽

10.1155/2010/152981 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2010 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Joshua R. Jones

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Intraspecific Variation ◽

North American ◽

Original Description ◽

The State ◽

Taxonomic Review ◽

Intraspecific Variations ◽

First Time

Panorpa vernalisByers is recorded for the first time from Texas, and represents only the second species ofPanorpadocumented from the state. Intraspecific variations between the Texas specimens and Byers' original description are discussed. A synopsis of the principal modern keys for identification of North AmericanPanorpais provided, and an argument for a modern taxonomic review of the Panorpidae of North America is presented.

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A review of the North American species of Aptilotus, with descriptions of new species from North America and Nepal (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z90-325 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 68 (11) ◽

pp. 2338-2351 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

S. A. Marshall ◽

Ian P. Smith

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

North America ◽

North American ◽

North American Species ◽

New Combinations ◽

The North ◽

First Time

All macropterous species of Aptilotus Mik are keyed, with descriptions of two new macropterous North American species, Aptilotus pogophallus and A. nigriphallus. New distributional records are given for other North American species, and brachyptery is noted for the first time in A. luctuosus (Spuler). Four new macropterous species of Aptilotus (glabrifrons, spinistylus, rufiscapus, and binotatus are described from Nepal. The relationships between the North American and Nepalese species are discussed. Minocellina Papp is synonomized with Aptilotus, and the two species formerly in Minocellina, A. thaii (Papp) and A. besucheti (Papp), are thus given as new combinations. Limosina carbonicolor Richards, from Ethiopia, is redescribed and transferred to Aptilotus.

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Additions to the Mallomonas (Chrysophyceae) flora of Ontario, Canada, and a checklist of North American Mallomonas species

Canadian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1139/b88-056 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 66 (2) ◽

pp. 349-360 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

K. H. Nicholls

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

North American ◽

New Combination ◽

Electron Microscopical

Twenty-three species and varieties of the chrysophyte Mallomonas (Mallomonadaceae) are reported from Ontario lakes and ponds. Identifications were based on electron microscopical details of siliceous scale and bristle structure and include seven taxa not previously reported from North America (M. peronoides (Harris) Momeu & Péterfi, M. alata f. hualvensis Asmund, Cronberg & Dürrschmidt, M. costata Durrschmidt, M. canina Kristiansen, M. pillula f. exannulata Harris, M. pumilio var. pumilio Harris & Bradley emend. Asmund, Cronberg & Dürrschmidt, M. pumilio var. munda Asmund, Cronberg & Dürrschmidt). Included also are several little-known species that have been reported only once or twice from North America. Mallomonas canina Kristiansen has many similarities with M. hindonii Nicholls and might be combined with it should examination of more material from other localities show there is a case for synonomy. Bristle structure, as a feature for distinguishing M. papilhsa var. papillosa from var. ellpsoidea, may no longer be supported since var. ellipsoidea bristles were found attached to var. papillosa scales. For consistency within the subgenus Mallomonopsis (sensu Asmund & Kristiansen 1986), the new combination Mallomonas bangladeshica (Tak. & Hay. emend. Wujek & Timpano) Nicholls comb.nov. is proposed. A listing of all North American reports of Mallomonas taxa (totalling 75) has been compiled. Of these, 66 Mallomonas species (and subspecies) have been reported from Ontario.

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Corticolous species of Protoparmelia (lichenized Ascomycotina) in North America

Canadian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1139/b05-091 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 83 (9) ◽

pp. 1075-1081 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Irwin M. Brodo ◽

André Aptroot

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

North American ◽

Western North America ◽

The North ◽

First Time ◽

Lichen Flora

Protoparmelia hypotremella van Herk, Spier & V. Wirth is reported here as an addition to the North American lichen flora. Fertile material of P. hypotremella was found for the first time, and it is described in detail. The hyaline hair-like appendages on both polar ends of the ascospores, characteristic of the genus, are illustrated for the first time. The species is then compared with Protoparmelia ochrococca , known from western North America, and Protoparmelia oleagina , still known only from Europe. A key to the corticolous species of Protoparmelia is provided.

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Chlamydatus Curtis in North America (Hemiptera: Miridae)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent971132-11 ◽

1965 ◽

Vol 97 (11) ◽

pp. 1132-1144 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Leonard A. Kelton

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

New Combination ◽

First Time

AbstractThree species of Chlamydatus Curtis described as new are: artemisiae, auratus and knighti.Seventeen other species recognized from North America are: arcuatus Kngt., associants (Uhl.), brevicornis Kngt., fulvipes Kngt., manzanitae Kngt., monilipes Van D., montanus Kngt., obliquus (Uhl.), opacus (Zett.), pallidicornis Kngt., pulicarius (Fall.), pullus (Reut.), ruficornis Kngt., schuhi Kngt., suavis (Reut.), uniformis (Uhl.), and wilkinsoni (D. & S.). Chlamydatus opacus (Zett.), is recorded for the first time from North America. Chlamydatus apiatus (Uhl.) and C. fumidus (Uhl.) are transferred to Plagiognathus Fieb., new combination. Genus Strophopoda Van D., formerly considered a synonym of Chlamydatus is reinstated to contain Strophopoda aprica Van D. Species are keyed and male genitalia are figured.

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The lichen genusRinodina(Physciaceae,Caliciales) in north-eastern Asia

The Lichenologist ◽

10.1017/s0024282917000536 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 49 (6) ◽

pp. 617-672 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

John W. SHEARD ◽

Alexander K. EZHKIN ◽

Irina A. GALANINA ◽

Dmitry HIMELBRANT ◽

Ekaterina KUZNETSOVA ◽

...

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Secondary Metabolites ◽

North American ◽

New Records ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Species Distributions ◽

Eastern Asia ◽

North Eastern ◽

First Time

AbstractRinodinais a widespread, polyphyletic genus of crustosePhysciaceaewithc. 300 species worldwide. A major missing link in understanding its global biogeography has been eastern Asia where the genus has never been systematically revised. Here we review specimen and literature records forRinodinafor north-eastern Asia (Russian Far East, Japan and the Korean Peninsula) and recognize 43 species. We describe two species,R. hypobadiaandR. orientalis, as new to science.Rinodina hypobadiais distinguished by its pigmented hypothecium,Dirinaria-type ascospores and pannarin in both thallus and epihymenium.Rinodina orientalisis characterized by its erumpent apothecia that remain broadly attached, with discs sometimes becoming convex and excluding the thalline margins, ascospores belonging to thePhyscia-type and secondary metabolites absent. Nine other species are reported from the region for the first time. These includeR. dolichospora,R. freyi,R. metaboliza,R. sicula,R. subminutaandR. willeyi. Of particular biogeographical interest are three additional new records that have western North American–eastern Asian distributions: the corticolous speciesR. endospora,R. macrosporaandR. megistospora. Six species have the better known eastern North American–eastern Asian distributions:R. ascociscana(syn.R. akagiensis,R. melancholica),R. buckii,R. chrysidiata,R. subminuta,R. tenuis(syn.R. adirondackii) andR. willeyi, and two have eastern North American–eastern Asian–European distributions:R. excrescensandR. moziana(syn.R. destituta,R. vezdae). Our study begins to close one of the largest gaps in our knowledge of circumboreal species distributions inRinodinaand, together with previous studies in North America and Europe, provides new insights into circumboreal crustose lichen biogeography.Rinodina cinereovirens(syn.R. turfaceavar. cinereovirens) is also reported as new to North America.

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The Genus Pachyma (Syn. Wolfiporia) Reinstated and Species Clarification of the Cultivated Medicinal Mushroom “Fuling” in China

Frontiers in Microbiology ◽

10.3389/fmicb.2020.590788 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Fang Wu ◽

Shou-Jian Li ◽

Cai-Hong Dong ◽

Yu-Cheng Dai ◽

Viktor Papp

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

East Asia ◽

North American ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

East Asian ◽

New Combination ◽

Medicinal Mushroom ◽

Morphological Examination ◽

Wide Range

The fungus “Fuling” has been used in Chinese traditional medicine for more than 2000 years, and its sclerotia have a wide range of biological activities including antitumour, immunomodulation, anti-inflammation, antioxidation, anti-aging etc. This prized medicinal mushroom also known as “Hoelen” is resurrected from a piece of pre-Linnean scientific literature. Fries treated it as Pachyma hoelen Fr. and mentioned that it was cultivated on pine trees in China. However, this name had been almost forgotten, and Poria cocos (syn. Wolfiporia cocos), originally described from North America, and known as “Tuckahoe” has been applied to “Fuling” in most publications. Although Merrill mentioned a 100 years ago that Asian Pachyma hoelen and North American P. cocos are similar but different, no comprehensive taxonomical studies have been carried out on the East Asian Pachyma hoelen and its related species. Based on phylogenetic analyses and morphological examination on both the sclerotia and the basidiocarps which are very seldomly developed, the East Asian samples of Pachyma hoelen including sclerotia, commercial strains for cultivation and fruiting bodies, nested in a strongly supported, homogeneous lineage which clearly separated from the lineages of North American Wolfiporia cocos and other species. So we confirm that the widely cultivated “Fuling” Pachyma hoelen in East Asia is not conspecific with the North American Wolfiporia cocos. Based on the changes in Art. 59 of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, the generic name Pachyma, which was sanctioned by Fries, has nomenclatural priority (ICN, Art. F.3.1), and this name well represents the economically important stage of the generic type. So we propose to use Pachyma rather than Wolfiporia, and subsequently Pachyma hoelen and Pachyma cocos are the valid names for “Fuling” in East Asia and “Tuckahoe” in North America, respectively. In addition, a new combination, Pachyma pseudococos, is proposed. Furthermore, it seems that Pachyma cocos is a species complex, and that three species exist in North America.

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