Studies in the genus Riccia (Marchantiales) from southern Africa. 17. Three new species in section Pilifer: R. elongata, R. ampullacea and R. trachyglossum

Bothalia ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-174
Author(s):  
S. M. Perold
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Spore Ornamentation ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Dorsal Cells

Species in section Pilifer Volk (1983) are often very difficult to identify (Perold 1990b). Most of them require close examination of the dorsal cell pillars in reasonably fresh collections, as these cells can seldom be reconstituted in long dried material.The three species,  R elongata.  R ampullacea and R trachyglossum, here described as new, have been maintained in cultures for lengthy periods, during which their dorsal cells were studied. The spore ornamentation was also quite useful in separating these species.  R elongata is known from eastern Transvaal,  R. ampullacea from the Witteberg Mountains of the eastern Cape Province and the Drakensberg Mountains of Lesotho and Natal, and R. trachyglossum is so far known only from (he highlands of Lesotho.

Three new species of oribatid mites of the family Galumnidae (Acari, Oribatida) from South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4920 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
SERGEY G. ERMILOV ◽  
ELIZABETH A. HUGO-COETZEE ◽  
ALEXANDER A. KHAUSTOV
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Oribatid Mites ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Porose Area ◽  
Median Pore

Three new species of oribatid mites of the family Galumnidae are described from soil and coniferous litter of Hogsback State Forest, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Pilogalumna hogsbackensis sp. nov. differs from Pilogalumna tenuiclava and P. ornatula by the presence of elongate oval postanal porose area and narrowly unilaterally dilated bothridial head. Pergalumna amatholensis sp. nov. differs from Pergalumna distincta by the presence of smaller body size, rounded rostrum, unilaterally dilated bothridial head, one pair of notogastral porose areas Aa, and the localization of opisthonotal gland opening and lyrifissure im. Stictozetes ihaguensis sp. nov. differs from all species of the genus by presence of bothridial seta with narrowly dilated head and median pore in both genders. An identification key to known species of Stictozetes is presented. 

Studies in the genus Riccia (Marchantiales) from southern Africa. 18. New species in section Pilifer from the NW Cape: R. furfuracea, R. vitrea and R. namaquensis

Bothalia ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-183
Author(s):  
S. M. Perold
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Spore Ornamentation ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Almost All

Another three new species of Riccia in section  Pilifer Volk are described from Namaqualand, namely  R. furfuracea, R vitrea and R. namaquensis. There are certainly more undescribed species present in that region, but species from there are often very difficult to distinguish: almost all have hyaline scales, the free-standing dorsal cell pillars need to be examined in living plants and the spore ornamentation is quite variable.

New species and notes on Hesperantha (Iridaceae) in southern Africa

Bothalia ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Goldblatt ◽  
J. C. Manning
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Dwarf Plant ◽  
Perianth Tube ◽  
Local Endemic ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Three New Species

Field studies of the sub-Saharan African and largely southern African Hesperantha conducted since 2003 have resulted in the discovery of three new species in this genus, bringing the total to 82. Hesperantha longistyla J.C.Manning Goldblatt. known from one collection from the mountains of SW Namibia, is a dwarf plant with moderately long-tubed, purple flowers and unusually long style branches, possibly allied to the Kamiesberg species,  H. latifolia. A second species,  H. helmei Goldblatt J.C.Manning, also known from a single collection from the interior mountains of Eastern Cape near Graaff- Reinet, has terete leaves and small flowers with tepals ± 8 x 2.5 mm, about as long as the perianth tube. It is apparently most closely allied to the Roggeveld species, H. cliolata. A third novelty, H. lithicola J.C.Manning Goldblatt. restricted to the Swartruggens range in the eastern Cold Bokkeveld, has bell-shaped corms with toothed margins, leaves 1-2 mm wide, and white flowers with a tube 10-12 mm long, and appears most closely allied to the widespread H. falcata. A new collection of H karooica from northeast of the Hantamsberg represents a small but significant range extension for this local endemic previously known from just two collections near Calvinia, south of these mountains. The flower size, especially dimensions of the tepals, confirms its status as a separate species allied to H. vaginata. Lastly, new collections o f the relatively uncommon, yellow-flowered variant of H. acuta show that this plant, confined to the eastem portion of the range of the species, differs consistently from the white-flowered form in several floral features, and it is raised to subspecies rank as H. acuta subsp.  tugwelliae.

On some miscellaneous sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the collections of the South African Museum with three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4532 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
AHMED S. THANDAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
New Records ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
African Region ◽  
Distribution Ranges ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
A New Species

A miscellaneous collection of mostly small holothuroids, comprising some 140 specimens, received from the Iziko South African Museum (SAM), are here recorded and/or briefly described. Of these, one jar contained a badly mutilated holothuroid which was unidentifiable and hence not included here. The remaining material comprises 18 nominal species and an indeterminate elasipodid, perhaps representing a species of Benthodytes. Of the 18 nominal species, four are new to science, one of which has already been described as Trachythyone flaccida Thandar, 2013. Another, although represented by a single mature specimen from deep-water off the Transkei coast (Eastern Cape Province), is so different from its congeners that it is also described as a new species, Stereoderma mohammedi n. sp. Two other specimens, although juvenile, are so extraordinary in their composition of ossicles, that they are also taken to represent another new species, ?Temparena trouspetita n. sp. The collection also includes a single specimen of Synallactes, which together with a specimen misidentified as S. viridilimus by Thandar (2008), is also described as a new species, S. quatrami n. sp. The remaining species proved to be either new records for the southern African region or already well-known southern African forms whose distribution ranges have now changed. 

Studies in the liverwort genus Fossombronia (Metzgeriales) from southern Africa, 1. Three new species from Northern Province, Gauteng and Mpu­malanga

Bothalia ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Perold
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
Spore Ornamentation ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Frequent Presence

Three new species of Fossombronia from Northern Province, Gauteng and Mpumalanga (formerly Transvaal) are described: F.  gemmifera, F. glenii and F. straussiana. F. gemmifera is distinguished by a highly convoluted pseudoperianth, the frequent presence of gemmae produced dorsally on the stem, lamellate spores and mostly rather short elaters; F. glenii can be recognized by a smallish, deeply lobed pseudoperianth, perigonial bracts with finger-like projections shielding the antheridia and by spinous spores; F. straussiana is distinct by its hyaline or brownish rhizoids, by its dense, frilly leaves, its pseudoperianth with lamellate lateral outgrowths, by spore ornamentation that usually has inclusions in the incomplete areolae and by the elaters which are finely papillose.

scholarly journals Five New Gastropoda (Casmaria, Sassia, Kilburnia, Quasimitra and Calliostoma) from the Eastern Seaboard of Southern Africa and a Revision of Mitra boswellae

The Festivus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-217
Author(s):  
Roy Aikin ◽  
Alan Seccombe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The Status ◽  
Eastern Seaboard

Five new gastropods are described from the Eastern Seaboard of Southern Africa. These Molluscs include Casmaria natalensis new species (from Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa), Sassia mozambicana new species (from Mozambique), Kilburnia emmae new species (from Eastern Cape Province, South Africa), Quasimitra rubrolaterculus new species (from Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa), and Calliostoma margaretae new species (from Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa). The status of Mitra boswellae is reviewed.

Studies in the liverwort genus Fossombronia (Metzgeriales) from southern Africa. 11. F. zuurbergensis, a new species from Eastern Cape and new records for the area

Bothalia ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Perold
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Spore Ornamentation ◽  
A New Species

Fossombronia zuurbergensis Perold, sp. nov. from Eastern Cape is described. It is distinguished by having leaves and pseudoperianths with markedly dentate margins; the spore ornamentation on the distal face consists of ridges which can be quite variable, although, at least some of them run parallel to each other in straight or curved, short or long ridges, others occurring at right angles to the former. New records for F. capensis var. capensis and F. crispa are reported for Eastern Cape.

Malgacheliodes martensi spec. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Licnodamaeidae) from South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4984 (1) ◽  
pp. 357-367
Author(s):  
SERGEY G. ERMILOV ◽  
ELIZABETH A. HUGO-COETZEE ◽  
ALEXANDER A. KHAUSTOV
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
First Time

The genus Malgacheliodes is recorded in South Africa for the first time. Malgacheliodes martensi spec. nov. is described from soil of Hogsback State Forest, Eastern Cape Province. Adults of the new species differ from those of Malgacheliodes guillaumeti by the presence of ribs and furrows in the aggenital region, bacilliform leg tracheae, rounded ventral keel on leg I femur and four pairs of notogastral setae (h1 absent); while its tritonymph differs from that of M. guillaumeti by the presence of five pairs of gastronotic setae (c1 absent). The generic diagnosis of Malgacheliodes is updated. The differences in morphology of the tritonymphal instar in Malgacheliodes and other genera of Licnodamaeidae are presented. 

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