A new genus and species, and first record of the family Thaumaleidae (Diptera) from Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 150 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Pivar ◽  
Luiz Carlos Pinho ◽  
William E. Klingeman ◽  
John K. Moulton ◽  
Bradley J. Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
First Record ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Andes ◽  
The Family ◽  
Phylogenetic Affinities

AbstractNeothaumalea atlanticanew genus, new species (Diptera: Thaumaleidae), is described from the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil. This represents the first thaumaleid collected east of the Andes mountain range. The egg, larva, pupa, and both adults are described and illustrated, distribution map presented, and phylogenetic affinities discussed. A key to the genera of South America is also provided.

scholarly journals New species and a new genus of Philopotamidae from the Andes of Bolivia and Ecuador (Insecta, Trichoptera)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 780 ◽  
pp. 89-108
Author(s):  
Ralph W. Holzenthal ◽  
Roger J. Blahnik ◽  
Blanca Ríos-Touma
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Hind Wing ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Bolivian Andes ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Segment Viii ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new genus and species of Philopotamidae (Philopotaminae),Aymaradellaboliviana, is described from the Bolivian Andes of South America. The new genus differs from other Philopotaminae by the loss of 2A vein in the hind wing and, in the male genitalia, the synscleritous tergum and sternum of segment VIII, and the elongate sclerotized dorsal processes of segment VIII. The first record ofHydrobiosella(Philopotaminae) in the New World is also provided with a new species from the Andes of Ecuador,Hydrobiosellaandina. In addition, a new species of the Neotropical genusChimarrhodella(Chimarrinae),Chimarrhodellachoco, is described from the Choco-Andean region of Ecuador, andChimarrhodellaperuviana(Ross) is recorded from Ecuador for the first time. Lastly,Wormaldiaimbrialis(Philopotaminae), new species, is described, also from the Ecuadorian Choco.

scholarly journals Systematics of Neotropical microteiid lizards (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae), with the description of a new genus and species from the Andean montane forests

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 774 ◽  
pp. 105-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Moravec ◽  
Jiří Šmíd ◽  
Jan Štundl ◽  
Edgar Lehr
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Slender Body ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Study Material ◽  
The Family ◽  
Phylogenetic Affinities

Cercosaurine lizards (subfamily Cercosaurinae of the family Gymnophthalmidae) represent a substantial component of the reptile fauna in the Neotropics. Several attempts have been made to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships within this group, but most studies focused on particular genera or regions and did not cover the subfamily as a whole. In this study, material from the montane forests of Peru was newly sequenced. In combination with all cercosaurine sequences available on GenBank, an updated phylogeny of Cercosaurinae is provided. Monophyly was not supported for three of the currently recognised genera (Echinosaura, Oreosaurus, and Proctoporus). The genus Proctoporus is formed by five monophyletic groups, which should be used in future taxonomic revisions as feasible entities. Recognition of two previously identified undescribed clades (Unnamed clades 2 and 3) was supported and yet another undescribed clade (termed here Unnamed clade 4), which deserves recognition as an independent genus, was identified herein. Selvasaurabrava, a new genus and new species of arboreal gymnophthalmid lizard is described from the montane forests of the Pui Pui Protected Forest, Provincia de Chanchamayo, Región Junín, Peru. The new species is characterised by its small size (SVL 42.1–45.9 mm), slender body, smooth head shields, presence of paired prefrontal shields, fused anteriormost supraocular and anteriormost superciliary shields, transparent not divided lower palpebral disc, slightly rugose subimbricate rectangular dorsal scales in adults (slightly keeled in juveniles), distinctly smaller but non-granular lateral scales, smooth squared to rectangular ventral scales, and hemipenial lobes large, distinct from the hemipenial body. Phylogenetic affinities of the new genus to the other cercosaurine genera, as well as basal phylogenetic relationships between the other cercosaurine genera remain unresolved.

scholarly journals First fossil Eccoptarthridae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Mesozoic of China

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1176 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
MING LIU ◽  
DONG REN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Late Jurassic ◽  
New Genus ◽  
First Record ◽  
Yixian Formation ◽  
Liaoning Province ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Western Liaoning ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

In this paper a new species Cretonanophyes zherikhini sp. nov. and a new genus and species Abrocar brachyorhinos gen. et sp. nov., all placed within the family Eccoptarthridae, are described and illustrated. They pertain to the Late Jurassic Yixian Formation of the western Liaoning province, China. This finding represents the first record of fossil eccoptarthrids from China.

Kotumsaridae, a new family of subterranean amphipod crustaceans from India, with description of Kotumsaria bastarensis, new genus, new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1589 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
MOHAMMED MESSOULI ◽  
JOHN R. HOLSINGER ◽  
Y. RANGA REDDY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Phylogenetic Affinities

Kotumsaridae, a new family of amphipod crustaceans is described from Kotumsar Cave in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. The family is based on Kotumsaria bastarensis, new genus and species, which is the only known member of the new family recorded to date. Although the new family appears to share some morphological characters with several other taxa from the southern hemisphere considered members of the superfamily Crangonyctoidea, including the New Zealand endemic genus Paracrangonyx, both its taxonomic and phylogenetic affinities remain unclear. Specimens of the new taxon, measuring just over 2 mm in length, were collected from the sediments of a pool in Kotumsar Cave but are believed to have migrated from deeper interstices. Kotumsaria bastarensis is only the third subterranean amphipod recorded to date from the Indian subcontinent.

On Old World ninetine spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae), with a new genus and species and the first record for Madagascar

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1635 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
BERNHARD A. HUBER ◽  
HISHAM K. EL-HENNAWY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
First Record ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Old World

Ninetines (Pholcidae: Ninetinae) are tiny spiders, largely restricted to arid habitats where they lead reclusive lives under objects close to the soil. They are rare in collections and poorly known in any respect. Only two genera were previously known from the Old World, the monotypic Mystes Bristowe from Malaysia, and Ninetis Simon, with four described species ranging from Yemen to Namibia. Here we describe a new genus from Egypt and Uzbekistan, represented by a single new species, Nita elsaff n. gen., n. sp. Based on ultrastructural data and cladistic analysis we hypothesize that this species is more closely related to some largely New World ninetines (Chisosa Huber from Baja California and Texas, Aucana Huber from Chile and New Caledonia) than to Ninetis. We also describe the first Ninetis species from Madagascar (N. toliara n. sp.), give new records for two previously known species, and present a distribution map for Ninetis.

A new genus and species of branchipodid fairy shrimp  (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1551 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. CHRISTOPHER ROGERS ◽  
BRIAN V. TIMMS ◽  
MERLIJN JOCQUÈ ◽  
LUC BRENDONCK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
First Record ◽  
Fairy Shrimp ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Murray Darling Basin ◽  
New Findings ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Low Diversity

A new anostracan genus with two new species in the family Branchipodidae is described from the Murray Darling basin, Australia. This is the first record of the family from Australia. Males of Australobranchipus typically have long and elaborate frontal appendages comparable to those in the branchipodid genera Branchipus and Pumilibranchipus. Females have a compact brood pouch like other branchipodid genera. Two new species in this genus are described (A. parooensis and A. gilgaiphila). Along with recent additions in Branchinella and Parartemia, and confirmation of the presence of Streptocephalus, these new findings change the concept of low diversity among higher anostracan taxa in Australia. Australobranchipus is also remarkable for having the shortest known life cycle of any Australian anostracans. In the type locality, which typically holds water for only two to six weeks in occasional years, and when cultured, it matures within a week and dies within two weeks, allowing these species to avoid competition with other anostracans.

Cassiavellia galtarae, new species, new genus: a new Permian bivalve and its significance for pterioidean systematics

2010 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 1152-1176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilya Tëmkin ◽  
John Pojeta
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Larval Shell ◽  
Upper Permian ◽  
Taxonomic Significance ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Dental Ontogeny

An exceptionally well-preserved silicified bivalve from the Upper Permian of Texas is described and assigned to a new genus and species,Cassiavellia galtarae, placed in the family Bakevelliidae. The species represents one of the earliest and best characterized unequivocal occurrences of the multivincular ligament in the superfamily Pterioidea. The silicified material provides a wealth of information on the morphology of inadequately known Paleozoic pterioideans, including hitherto undescribed aspects of the larval shell, auricular sulcus, muscle scars, and dental ontogeny. The discovery of the condyle-fossa complex on the anteroventral shell margin, a feature previously undescibed in Bivalvia, raises the question of the homology and taxonomic significance of the problematic subumbonal ridge-like structures in Pterioidea. In life,C. galtaraewas probably an epifaunal right-pleurothetic bivalve, byssally attached to hard or raised flexible substrata. In addition toC. galtarae, another new species,C. nadkevnae, is placed inCassiavellia.

A remarkable new genus and species of Hansenauropodidae (Myriapoda, Pauropoda) from the seashore of Hainan Island, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4803 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-380
Author(s):  
YUN BU
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Hainan Island ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Littoral Habitat ◽  
The Family ◽  
Marine Littoral

Psammopauropus macrospinus gen. et sp. n., a remarkable new genus and species of the pauropod family Hansenauropodidae is described from the marine littoral habitat of Hainan Island, South China. It has one pair of dorsal spines on the pygidium differentiated from seta a1, large globular seta st on pygidium, and globular distal setae on the tarsi by which Psammopauropus can be easily distinguished from all other genera of the family. In addition, the adaptive characters of the littoral pauropods are preliminary discussed. This is the first record of the family Hansenauropodidae from China. 

A new genus and species of Australian pergid sawfly (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Pergidae) causing damage on grass (Poaceae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 955 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEFAN SCHMIDT ◽  
GRAHAM BROWN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
First Record ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
New Genus And Species

Dalia graminis, new genus and species, is described from the Darwin area in the Northern Territory, Australia. The new species belongs to the subfamily Euryinae and is most closely related to the genera Clarissa and Diphamorphos. Dalia graminis sp. nov. is the first record of an Australian pergid sawfly feeding on grass (Poaceae) causing severe damage on economically important crops.

A new scale insect of the extinct family Weitschatidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4407 (3) ◽  
pp. 427
Author(s):  
SHAN LIN ◽  
YUNZHI YAO ◽  
DONG REN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Burmese Amber ◽  
Fossil Specimen ◽  
The Family

A new genus and species of the extinct family Weitschatidae, Criniverticillus longicumulus gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha), is described and illustrated from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The new species is based on a fossil specimen with complete body, wings and antennae. The family diagnosis is updated to include similarities between Criniverticillus, Pseudoweitschatus and Weitschatus. An identification key to species of Weitschatidae is provided. 

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