scholarly journals ABNORMAL SPECIMEN OF THE GENUS SAMIA

1884 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
W. F. Kirby
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
White Space ◽  
Narrow Stripe ◽  
A New Species

This remarkable specimen, which has puzzled every entomologist who has seen it, was bred by M. Alfred Wailly from a cocoon received from some part of North America. It may be a hybrid between S. cecropia and some other species, but if so, it is so different from all the other known species, that it is difficult to guess with what it could have been crossed. It is equally difficult to imagine that it is a new species. The specimen is a female, and equals the largest specimens of S. cecropia in size, measuring fully 6¾ inches in expanse; and the wings are more rounded and less oblique than in cecropia. The body resembles that of cecropia, except that the abdomen is banded with yellowish gray and black. The base of the fore wings is brown, thickly scaled with white towards the costa; below this is a brick-red blotch, longer and narrower than in cecropia. Beyond this is a white space, extending nearly from the base to one third of the length of the wing on the inner margin, but curving up to the costa in a rather narrow stripe.

On a collection of Lepismatidae from the New World with description of a new species (Zygentoma)

1982 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-102
Author(s):  
Luis F. Mendes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
New World ◽  
The Other ◽  
South Central ◽  
A New Species

AbstractThe Lepismatidae of coll. Zool. Mus., Copenhagen from South, Central and southern North America are listed. Prolepismina tuxeni n.sp. is described and compared with the other known species of the genus, P. pulchella (Silv.).

SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS LYCTOCORIS IN NORTH AMERICA AND DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM QUEBEC (HETEROPTERA: ANTHOCORIDAE)

1967 ◽  
Vol 99 (8) ◽  
pp. 807-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard A. Kelton
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
The Other ◽  
A New Species

AbstractLyctocoris canadensis new species is described from southwestern Quebec. The other species of Lyctocoris known to occur in North America are L. campestris (Fabricius), L. doris Van Duzee, L. elongatus (Reuter), L. mexicanus Kelton, L. okanaganus Kelton & Anderson, L. rostratus Kelton & Anderson, L. stalii (Reuter), and L. tuberosus Kelton & Anderson. Species are keyed, known information on their ecology is given, and male genitalia and female abdominal segments are illustrated.

First finding of Greeffiella Cobb, 1922 (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida) in the Black Sea

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 96-102
Author(s):  
Nelly G. Sergeeva ◽  
Tatiana N. Revkova
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Fine Sand ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Short Esophagus ◽  
First Finding ◽  
Northwestern Shelf ◽  
A New Species

The first finding of the genus Greeffiella Cobb 1922 (Greeffiellinae, Desmoscolecidae) in the Black Sea is presented. Two mature females were collected in Northwestern Shelf of Crimea in strongly silted fine sand with detritus at a water depth of 56 m. Greeffiella sp. is described and illustrated. The absence of males in the collections does not allow the authors to present it as a new species for science or to identify it as one of the known species of the genus Greeffiella. Black sea specimen is distinguished from the other known species of the genus Greeffiella with the presence of 8 pairs of thicker specific setae along the body, the basis of which looks like a small lamina, but without hairs, which was previously described for G. pierri Schrage & Gerlach, 1975 and G. australis Schrage & Gerlach, 1975. The short esophagus at the base has two salivary glands and a cardia. Cardia has not been mentioned before for the known species of the genus Greeffiella.

Giving up on elaborate dermal ossicles: a new genus of ossicleless Apodida (Holothuroidea)

2017 ◽  
Vol 98 (7) ◽  
pp. 1685-1688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Souto ◽  
Luciana Martins ◽  
Carla Menegola
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Phylogenetic Framework ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Calcareous Ring

In this paper we describe a new genus and a new species of Chiridotidae based on specimens collected in shallow water off the South-eastern Brazilian coast. Gymnopipina ikamiaba gen. nov. et sp. nov. is characterized by the complete absence of dermal ossicles in the body, and it differs from the other ossicleless apodids in the number of tentacles and of Polian vesicles, and in the morphology of the calcareous ring. Although not formally tested with a phylogenetic framework, apodids have apparently lost their dermal ossicles multiple times. If these reversions hold true, Gymnopipina gen. nov. represents the fourth independent loss of dermal ossicles in the class Holothuroidea. An identification key to the Brazilian apodid species is also provided.

Hexapodibius christenberryae, a new species of tardigrade from North America (Eutardigrada, Calohypsibiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 140 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIOVANNI PILATO ◽  
MARIA GRAZIA BINDA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
The Other ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Hexapodibius is described: Hexapodibius christenberryae, from North America. It is the only known species of Hexapodibius having only two macroplacoids. The other five species of the genus known to date have three macroplacoids.

II.—On Two Undescribed Coniferous Fruits from the Secondary Rocks of Britain

1871 ◽  
Vol 8 (90) ◽  
pp. 540-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Carruthers
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
New World ◽  
The Other ◽  
The West ◽  
Imperfect Data ◽  
The One ◽  
Cretaceous Period ◽  
A New Species

It is a singular coincidence that in a former communication to this Magazine (Vol. VI., p. 1) I described, among other Coniferous fruits, two from the Gault at Folkestone, the one the cone of a pine, and the other of a Wellingtonia, and that in this communication I propose to describe two hitherto unknown fruits from the same deposit and found at the same locality, belonging also the one to a Wellingtonia and the other to a pine. Although the small pinecone already described (Pinites gracilis) differs in form and in the arrangement of the scales from any known cone, recent or fossil, it is more nearly related to that group of the section Pinea, the members of which are now associated with the Wellingtonias in the west of North America, than with any other member of the great genus Pinus. I, however, hesitated to refer to this interesting fact, because the occurrence of the two cones in the Gault might have been due to their being accidentally brought into the same silt by rivers having widely separated drainage areas. And it is easier to keep back generalizations based on imperfect data, than to suppress them after publication, when in the progress of investigation they are shown to be false. But I have now to describe a second pinecone more closely related to the Californian species of Pinea, and with it a new species of Wellingtonia. These surely point with tolerable certainty to the existence of a Coniferous vegetation on the high lands of the Upper Cretaceous period having a fades similar to that now existing in the mountains on the west of North America, between the thirtieth and fortieth parallels of latitude. No fossil referable to Sequoia has hitherto been found in strata older than the Gault, and here on the first appearance of the genus we find it associated with pines of the same group that now flourish by its side in the New World.

Lomanotus barlettai, a new species of nudibranch mollusk from the Iberian littoral, with remarks on world species of the genus

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (11) ◽  
pp. 2299-2305 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. García-Gomez ◽  
P. J. Lopez-Gonzalez ◽  
F. J. García
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Digestive Gland ◽  
Seminal Receptacle ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
World Species ◽  
The Veil ◽  
A New Species

A new, extremely cryptic dendronotoid nudibranch from southern Spain is described. Lomanotus barlettai sp.nov. is intertidal and has been found under stones together with the thecate hydroids Kirchenpaueria pinnata and Ventromma halecioides. The body is elongate with a maximum of 36 cerata on each side. These are located on three pairs of notal ridges. Each ceras shows one or two characteristic constrictions. The veil bears two pointed processes on either side and there is a cephalic ridge. The body is brown with dense gold–brown pigmented superficial dots. The radular formula is 23 × 17.0.17 (7.5-mm specimen) and the innermost tooth of each half-row is denticulate. The other teeth exhibit more marked denticulation. Extensions of the digestive gland penetrate the cerata. The ampulla is surrounded by the hermaphroditic gland and there is only a curved seminal receptacle and a well-separated prostate. A comparison between L. barlettai and the other known species of the genus is presented. The validity of these species is discussed, together with the suggestion that five valid species can be distinguished: L. genei, L. marmoratus, L. vermiformis, L. phiops, and L. barlettai. The characteristics of these species are tabulated.

First fossil orthoptera from the Jurassic of North America

2011 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dena M. Smith ◽  
Mark A. Gorman ◽  
Jason D. Pardo ◽  
Bryan J. Small
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Upper Jurassic ◽  
The Other ◽  
Morrison Formation ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Orthoptera,Parapleurites morrisonensis, is described from the upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Colorado, USA. This is the first insect described from the Morrison Formation and the first orthopteran described from the Jurassic of North America. No other members of the family Locustopsidae have been described in North America previously, and the other species ofParapleuritesare only known from Siberia. The lack of Jurassic Orthoptera in North America is likely due to a combination of taphonomic variables and collector bias. The discovery ofParapleurites morrisonensisand the potential for finding other Jurassic Orthoptera are important to understanding the evolution of this diverse and widely distributed group.

scholarly journals A sheep in wolf's clothing: Elaphe xiphodonta sp. nov. (Squamata, Colubridae) and its possible mimicry to Protobothrops jerdonii

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1048 ◽  
pp. 23-47
Author(s):  
Shuo Qi ◽  
Jing-Song Shi ◽  
Yan-Bo Ma ◽  
Yi-Fei Gao ◽  
Shu-Hai Bu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetics ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Qinling Mountains ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
South Slope ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Osteological Characters

Based on combined morphological and osteological characters and molecular phylogenetics, we describe a new species of the genus Elaphe that was discovered from the south slope of the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China, namely Elaphe xiphodontasp. nov. It is distinguished from the other congeners by a combination of the following characters: dorsal scales in 21-21-17 rows, the medial 11 rows keeled; 202–204 ventral scales, 67–68 subcaudals; two preoculars (including one subpreocular); two postoculars; two anterior temporals, three posterior temporals; reduced numbers of maxillary teeth (9+2) and dentary teeth (12); sharp cutting edges on the posterior or posterolateral surface of the rear maxillary teeth and dentary teeth; dorsal head yellow, three distinct markings on the head and neck; a distinct black labial spot present in supralabials; dorsum yellow, 46–49 complete (or incomplete) large black-edged reddish brown blotches on the body and 12–19 on the tail, two rows of smaller blotches on each ventrolateral side; ventral scales yellow with mottled irregular black blotches, a few irregular small red spots dispersed on the middle of the ventral. Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses, the new species forms the sister taxon to E. zoigeensis. The discovery of this new species increases the number of the recognized species in the genus Elaphe to 17.

New species of Rhyacoglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from rio Tocantins basin, northern Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar A. Shibatta ◽  
Marcelo S. Rocha ◽  
Renildo R. de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A new species of Rhyacoglanis is described from the rapids of Jatobal, Pará State, Brazil. This species differs from the congeners by fusing hypurals 3, 4, and 5 (vs. hypural 5 free). It also differs from the other species, except for Rhyacoglanis epiblepsis, by the color pattern with numerous dark spots on the body, short post-cleithral process, rounded pectoral and caudal fins, and incomplete lateral line. This species is known only from the type locality, which is currently flooded by the Tucuruí reservoir.

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