scholarly journals A NEW SPECIES OF BUCCULATRIX

1905 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 218-219
Author(s):  
Mary. E. Murtfeldt
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Brown Spot ◽  
Apical Tuft ◽  
White Band ◽  
Dark Brown Spot ◽  
White Face ◽  
A New Species

Bucculatrix Ainsliella, n. sp.—Antennæ about the fithts the length of the fore wings, annulated in dusky brown and dull yellow. Eye caps golden white, expanded. Apical tuft long, projecting foward, dark brown in centre, shading outwardly to dingy white. Face satiny cream white. Thorax cream white, more or less dusky, overlaid with dark brown scales, with small but distinct dark brown spot on centre of dorsum, two rather narrow marks of same colour forming a triangle or open V on posterior joint, back of which is a silvery white band.

scholarly journals A new species of Amazonian snouted treefrog (Hylidae:Scinax) with description of a novel species-habitat association for an aquatic breeding frog

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miquéias Ferrão ◽  
Rafael de Fraga ◽  
Jiří Moravec ◽  
Igor L. Kaefer ◽  
Albertina P. Lima
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
Habitat Associations ◽  
Brown Spot ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Habitat Association ◽  
Dark Brown Spot ◽  
A New Species

The genusScinaxis one of the most specious genera of treefrogs of the family Hylidae. Despite the high number of potential new species ofScinaxrevealed in recent studies, the rate of species descriptions for Amazonia has been low in the last decade. A potential cause of this low rate may be the existence of morphologically cryptic species. Describing new species may not only impact the taxonomy and systematics of a group of organisms but also benefit other fields of biology. Ecological studies conducted in megadiverse regions, such as Amazonia, often meet challenging questions concerning insufficient knowledge of organismal alpha taxonomy. Due to that, detecting species-habitat associations is dependent on our ability to properly identify species. In this study, we first provide a description of a new species (including its tadpoles) of the genusScinaxdistributed along heterogeneous landscapes in southern Amazonia; and secondly assess the influence of environmental heterogeneity on the new species’ abundance and distribution.Scinax ruberoculatussp. nov. differs from all nominal congeners by its small size (SVL 22.6–25.9 mm in males and 25.4–27.5 mm in females), by having a dark brown spot on the head and scapular region shaped mainly like the mothCopiopteryx semiramis(or a human molar in lateral view, or a triangle), bicolored reddish and grey iris, snout truncate in dorsal view, bilobate vocal sac in males, by its advertisement call consisting of a single pulsed note with duration of 0.134–0.331 s, 10–23 pulses per note, and dominant frequency 1,809–1,895 Hz. Both occurrence and abundance of the new species are significantly influenced by silt content in the soil. This finding brings the first evidence that edaphic factors influence species-habitat association in Amazonian aquatic breeding frogs.

A new species of Choroterpes Eaton, 1881 (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from India

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4338 (1) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
C. SELVAKUMAR ◽  
K. A. SUBRAMANIAN ◽  
KAILASH CHANDRA ◽  
E. EYARIN JEHAMALAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Brown Spot ◽  
Median Process ◽  
Dark Brown Spot ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Choroterpes Eaton, 1881 is described based on the larvae from India. Choroterpes (Choroterpes) kaegies sp. n. can be distinguished from other known species of the subgenus by the following combination of characters: (i) anteromedian emargination of labrum broad; (ii) each femur with a dark brown spot at middle and near apex; (iii) gill 1 single and slender and (iv) upper and lower lamellae of gills 2–7 with 3 apical processes, median process relatively slender and longer than laterals. A key to the known species of Choroterpes Eaton, 1881 in India is also provided. 

A new species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from Rocky Montane Fields in Southeastern and Central Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2269 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADRIANA PUGLIESE ◽  
DÉLIO BAÊTA ◽  
JOSÉ P. POMBAL, JR.
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
Brown Spot ◽  
Inguinal Region ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Tree Frog ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of tree frog of the Scinax ruber clade from rocky field mountains in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais in central and southeastern Brazil. Scinax rogerioi sp. nov. is characterized by medium size (SVL males 25.0–35.6 mm; females 28.0–34.5 mm); snout protruding in lateral view and almost subovoid in dorsal view; loreal region concave; adhesive discs on fingers medium-sized, wider than long; interrupted, irregular dark brown blotches on dorsum from behind eyes to inguinal region from head to inguinal region; inverted brown triangular interocular blotch; brown spot in loreal region; advertisement call is a multipulsed note, with 6 to 12 pulses (interval between pulses 0.02 to 0.03s), and a dominant frequency of 1.38 to 3.19 kHz. Description of the advertisement call and data on natural history are provided.

scholarly journals A new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the rio Uruguay drainage, Brazil

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinicius A. Bertaco ◽  
Alexandre R. Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Head Length ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Body Width ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
White Band ◽  
Northern Rio Grande ◽  
A New Species

A new pseudopimelodid catfish, Microglanis malabarbai, is described from the rio Ijuí drainage, tributary of the middle rio Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The new species is distinguished from all other Microglanis species by the caudal fin color pattern, almost completely black, with a narrow vertical white band across central portions of the caudal-fin rays. Furthermore, it is distinguished from M. cottoides and M. eurystoma, both from rio Uruguay drainage, by head length, maxillary barbel length, internareal distance, and number of lateral-line pores, and from M. cibelae from the coastal drainages of northern Rio Grande do Sul and southern Santa Catarina states, by head length, maxillary barbel length, and body width. A key is presented for the species of Microglanis occurring in southern Brazil.

scholarly journals Description of a new species of Homonota (Reptilia, Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) from the central region of northern Paraguay

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pier Cacciali ◽  
Mariana Morando ◽  
Luciano Javier Avila ◽  
Gunther Koehler
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Cyt B ◽  
Occipital Area ◽  
Meristic Characters ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
White Band ◽  
A New Species

Homonotais a gecko distributed in central and southern South America with 12 species allocated in three groups. In this work, we performed molecular and morphological analyses of samples ofHomonotafrom the central region of northern Paraguay, comparing the data with those of related species of the group:H.horridaandH.septentrionalis. We found strong molecular evidence (based on 16S, Cyt-b, and PRLR gene sequences) to distinguish this lineage as a new species. Morphological statistical analysis showed that females of the three species are different in metric characters (SVL and TL as the most contributing variables), whereas males are less differentiated. No robust differences were found in meristic characters. The most remarkable trait for the diagnosis of the new species is the presence of well-developed keeled tubercles on the sides of the neck, and lack of a white band (crescent-shaped) in the occipital area, which is present inH.horridaandH.septentrionalis. Nevertheless, in our sample, we found three specimens (one juvenile and two young adults) that exhibit the white occipital band. Thus, this character seems only reliable in adults of the new species. The new species is parapatric toH.septentrionalis, both inhabiting the Dry Chaco of Paraguay.

A new species of the genus Xya Latreille, 1809 from Fujian, China (Orthoptera, Tridctyloidea, Tridactylidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4731 (3) ◽  
pp. 447-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHENG-QUAN CAO ◽  
SHEN-ZHI CHEN ◽  
ZHAN YIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Hind Femur ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Lower Margin ◽  
Yellow Band ◽  
White Band ◽  
The World ◽  
Normal University ◽  
A New Species

The genus Xya Latreille, 1808 obtains 58 known species in the world, among them 18 species distributed in Asia and 8 species in China only i.e. Xya japonica (Haan, 1842), Xya riparia (Saussure, 1877), Xya nitobei (Shiraki, 1911), Xya apicicornis (Chopard, 1928), Xya manchurei Shiraki, 1936, Xya lehsanensis Cao et al, 2017, Xya sichuanensis Cao et al, 2018, Xya shandongensis, Zhang et al, 2018; [Latreille, 1809; Haan, 1844; Walker, 1871; Saussure, 1877, 1896; Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893; Bolivar, 1900(1899); Shiraki,1911, 1936; Chopard, 1920, 1928, 1936, 1968; Tindale, 1928; Willemse, 1954; Bey-Bienko, 1967; Harz, 1970, 1971; Günther, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1998; Ingrisch, 1987, 2006; Baehr, 1988; Yin et al, 1996; Murai, 2005; Yin et al, 2013; Heads & Hollier, 2016; Kuravova & Kocarek, 2016; Cao et al, 2017; Cao et al, 2018; Zhang et al, 2018; Cigliano, et al, 2019]. In the present paper, a new species of the genus Xya Latreille, 1809 from Fujian, China is described. The new species Xya fujianensis sp. nov. is similar to Xya lehsanensis Cao et al, 2017, but differs from the latter by head black, with a yellow band along inner margin of eye; pronotum black, with a white band on the lower margin; fore wing black, with two yellow spots near base and two yellow spots near top and hind femur black with two large yellow spots on upper side. Type specimens are deposited in the College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University, Leshan 614004, China.  

A new species of Herina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from Turkey, with the key to species of oscillans group

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3548 (1) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELENA P. KAMENEVA ◽  
VALERY A. KORNEYEV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Brown Spot ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Wing Pattern ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Eastern Turkey ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
A New Species

Herina lazi sp. nov. from North Eastern Turkey is described. It shares small size, yellow face and femora, short oval flagellomere 1 of antenna, low oval eyes, and the apical brown spot on wing aligned to costal vein in cells r2+3 and r4+5 and shape of male and female genitalia with H. pseudoluctuosa Hennig, differing by details of the wing pattern and male genitalia. A key to species and diagnosis of Herina oscillans group of species are provided.

A new species of the genus Scolopsis Cuvier, 1830 (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) from southern India and Sri Lanka

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3609 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. MISHRA ◽  
SUDEEPTA BISWAS ◽  
BARRY C. RUSSELL ◽  
K. K. SATPATHY ◽  
M. SELVANAYAGAM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Lower Margin ◽  
Anterior Nostril ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
White Band ◽  
Bony Ridge ◽  
A New Species

Scolopsis igcarensis, a new species of monocle bream (family Nemipteridae) from the coastal waters of southern India and Sri Lanka is described. The species is distinguished from other species of the genus Scolopsis by a combination of the following characters: scales on top of head reaching forward to between anterior nostril and snout tip; lower margin of eye below the line from snout tip to upper pectoral fin base; a bony ridge below eye; a white band from behind eye to level of end of dorsal fin base.

scholarly journals A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 926 ◽  
pp. 133-158
Author(s):  
Thy Neang ◽  
Adam Henson ◽  
Bryan L. Stuart
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Posterior Border ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
White Band ◽  
Conservation Threats ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Yellowish White

Cyrtodactylus phnomchiensissp. nov. is described from Phnom Chi, an isolated mountain in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia. The new species is recognized by having a unique combination of morphological characters, including snout-vent length 76.1–80.7 mm; paravertebral tubercles 31–36; ventral scales 45–54; enlarged femoral scales 0–8, without pores; enlarged precloacal scales 7–10, bearing pores 4–5 in males, pits 1–7 in females; the posterior border of nuchal loop unbroken and pointed, bordered anteriorly and posteriorly by a broad yellow or yellowish white band; and yellow spots on top of head. The new species also represents a divergent mitochondrial DNA lineage within the C. irregularis complex that is closely related to C. ziegleri, but the phylogenetic relationships among the new species and two divergent mitochondrial subclades within C. ziegleri are not resolved based on available sequence data. Cyrtodactylus phnomchiensissp. nov. is the only member of the C. irregularis complex known to occur west of the Mekong River. The new species may be endemic to Phnom Chi, and likely faces imminent conservation threats.

scholarly journals Synonyms of the species Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) solskyi Bernhauer, 1908 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Mikhail Yurievich Gildenkov
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Distinctive Feature ◽  
Brown Spot ◽  
Significant Feature ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Key Features ◽  
A New Species

The paper discusses the synonymy of the species Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) solskyi Bernhauer, 1908. In 1991, Toth described a new species Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) drugmandi by a single specimen from Dobrudja. In this work he also gives redescriptions of the following species: Coprophilus bimaculatus Luze, 1904; C. longicornis Bernhauer, 1903; C. pentatoma Fauvel, 1897 and C. solskyi Bernhauer, 1908. Toth illustrates the detailed characteristics of these species with drawings of the aedeagus, antennae, and pronotal contours. Despite the serious differences in the structure of the aedeagus and antennae illustrated by Toth, it should be noted that when studying the holotype of C. longicornis and the lectotypes of C. bimaculatus and C. pentatoma, we did not reveal any differences in the structure of these species and they were synonymized. Later, Toth described another new species from Azerbaijan, Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) fauveli Tth, 1992. When describing C. fauveli, in addition to the structure of the aedeagus, Toth considered a brown spot in the scutellum and a shiny clypeus as the key features that distinguish this species from C. solskyi and a shiny clypeus as a distinctive feature from C. drugmandi. Toth considered the structure of the clypeus a significant feature as for C. solskyi and C. drugmandi it is opaque, as for C. pentatoma, C. bimaculatus, C. longicornis and C. fauveli it is shiny. The study of type materials for C. pentatoma, C. bimaculatus, C. longicornis, C. solskyi and C. fauveli showed that they all has a shiny clypeus without signs of shagreening and opacity. The holotype of C. fauveli does not have a pronounced brown spot in the scutellum region, which contradicts Toths description; there are also no differences between C. fauveli and C. solskyi in the structure of the aedeagus these species were synonymized. Considering that the differences in the structure of the aedeagus of C. pentatoma, C. bimaculatus, and C. longicornis cited by Toth, as well as the differences in the structure of the aedeagus between C. solskyi and C. fauveli, have not been confirmed, the only feature that distinguishes C. drugmandi from C. solskyi should be considered as having a brown spot in the scutellum region. However, the specimens of C. solskyi studied by us also have such a spot. Thus, considering the study of the features set out in the descriptions of C. solskyi, C. fauveli and C. drugmandi, as well as materials for the species C. solskyi, including the types, we consider it reasonable to establish the synonymy: Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) solskyi Bernhauer, 1908 = Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) drugmandi Tth, 1991, syn. n.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document