SPECIES IDENTIFICATION WITHIN THE ANOPHELES FUNESTUS GROUP OF MALARIA VECTORS IN CAMEROON AND EVIDENCE FOR A NEW SPECIES

Pilaira australis, a new species of fungus in the coprophilous genus Pilaira, was isolated from emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) faeces and is described. Morphologically, the species resembles other species in the genus, particularly P. moreaui, except differs in its unique combination of sporangiophore height and sporangiospore length. Molecular phylogenetic analysis indicates that P. australis is distinct from other species in the genus with two regions, the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and a fragment of the pyrG gene, showing 91% and 90% identity to the nearest species, respectively. Ultrastructure features and carbon utilisation were determined for P. australis, and may provide characteristics for species identification in this genus.

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A new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis (Insecta, Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from mangrove forests in the Brazilian Amazon, with a key to species identification

Acta Amazonica ◽

10.1590/1809-4392201700302 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 47 (4) ◽

pp. 349-354

Author(s):

Fernando da Silva CARVALHO-FILHO ◽

Caroline Costa de SOUZA ◽

Jéssica Maria Menezes SOARES

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Identification ◽

Mangrove Forest ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

The State ◽

Mangrove Forests ◽

Congeneric Species ◽

Key To Species ◽

A New Species

ABSTRACT A new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis Hall, 1933, S. terezinhae sp. nov., is described based on male specimens collected in traps baited with rotting crabs in a mangrove forest in the state of Pará, eastern Brazilian Amazon. This species differs from congeneric species in having vesica with a row of toe-like projections. We provide a key to the species of the genus.

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Review of Cephennomicrus and Pomphopsilla of the Seychelles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.10 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4568 (2) ◽

pp. 357

Author(s):

PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Identification ◽

Species Group ◽

Proximal Portion ◽

A New Species

All species of the cephenniine genus Cephennomicrus known to occur in the Seychelles were described by Scott (as Neseuthia) nearly a century ago. The descriptions were based on external characters, which does not allow for species identification. All the species are redescribed here: C. cordithorax, C. cornutus, C. minor, C. perexiguus, C. politus and C. typicus. Cephennomicrus crenatus is transferred to another genus, resulting in Pomphopsilla crenata comb. n. Lectotypes are designated for Neseuthia minor, N. perexigua and N. crenata. A new species group within Cephennomicrus is proposed to accommodate all species treated here, which share, among other characters, a long flagellum with a broad proximal portion, very short setae on the pronotum and elytra, five pronotal antebasal pits, a transverse groove connecting three of them, and unique modifications of the head in males.

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Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Corotoca, with description of a new genus and species from Brazil (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/1876312x-bja10005 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-45

Author(s):

Bruno Zilberman

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Species Identification ◽

New Genus ◽

Cladistic Analysis ◽

Sister Group ◽

Exhaustive Search ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

A New Species

Corotoca is a strictly Neotropical genus of termitophilous beetles associated with termites of genus Constrictotermes. A cladistic analysis based on 13 terminal taxa and 60 characters (57 morphological and three behavioral) was conducted. The exhaustive search with equally weighted characters resulted in two most parsimonious trees with 95 steps. Spirachtha is proposed to be the sister group of the monophyletic “subgroup Corotocae” (Corotoca + Cavifonexus gen. nov.), based on eleven synapomorhphies (ten exclusive and one homoplastic). The monophyly of Corotoca is supported here, including six species associated with Constrictotermes cyphergaster: (Corotoca hitchensi sp. nov + (C. melantho + C. pseudomelantho sp. nov.) + ((C. fontesi + (C. phylo + C. araujoi)). A new genus, Cavifronexus gen. nov., is proposed to two species associated with Constrictotermes cavifrons (Holmgren, 1910): Cavifronexus guyanae comb. nov., from Guyana and Brazil, previously described as Corotoca; and a new species, Cavifronexus papaveroi sp. nov., from Brazil. This work also includes descriptions, redescriptions, and illustrations for all species and genera. Keys for genera and species identification in “subgroup Corotocae” are also provided.

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New species and new report of Hyalella S. I. Smith, 1874 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Dogielinotidae) from Minas Gerais state, Southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3350.1.4 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3350 (1) ◽

pp. 58 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

RAFAELA BASTOS-PEREIRA ◽

ALESSANDRA ANGÉLICA DE PÁDUA BUENO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Identification ◽

Posterior Margin ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Diverse Group ◽

Minas Gerais State ◽

A New Species ◽

Janeiro State

At present, 13 species of Hyalella are recorded from Brazilian hydrographic basins. A new species of the genus was foundin the municipality of Arcos, Minas Gerais state and it is described here. Curved seta on inner ramus of male uropod 1,posterior margin of gnathopod 2 propodus shorter than palm, telson longer than wide are some of the diagnostic charatctersof this new species. The articles of maxillipod palp and propodus of gnathopod 2 are elongated as observed in H.longistila,but the new species differs from it because of the curved seta on uropod 1. Despite being large and diverse group, Hyalellais represented only by two species in the state of Minas Gerais (Southeastern Brazil), H. warminig and H. gracilicornis.The distribution of H. longistila, previously recorded in Rio de Janeiro state, was extended to Minas Gerais state. Thiswork, therefore, contributes for the knowledge of Amphipoda fauna from Brazil, describing a new species and providing a key to the species identification. From this work, the number of Hyalella species found in Brazil to 14.

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A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.860.33597 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 860 ◽

pp. 67-182

Author(s):

Elizabeth Anne Horvath

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

New Species ◽

Natural History ◽

Species Identification ◽

Coral Species ◽

Santa Barbara ◽

Gorgonian Coral ◽

The Family ◽

Research Collection ◽

A New Species

Gorgonian coral specimens from the Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae held in the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH) were reviewed and evaluated for species identification. The specimens were collected from within, and adjacent areas of, the California Bight. The SBMNH collection has encompassed within it a large percentage of specimens collected by the Allan Hancock Foundation (AHF) ‘Velero’ Expeditions of 1931–1941 and 1948–1985. This historic collection displays an emphasis on species belonging to the Holaxonia, particularly the gorgoniids and plexaurids; thus, this second part presents a thorough discussion of well-known genera from within the California Bight, with more extensive discussions of several genera that have historically, and currently, led to confusion (and thus, misidentification). A brief discussion of a California Bight grouping, referred to within as the “red whips,” is presented; this grouping encompasses several species with very similar colony appearance across a number of genera. Two species, the gorgoniid Leptogorgiachilensis (Verrill, 1868) and the plexaurid Chromoplexauramarki (Kükenthal, 1913) each required the designation of a neotype from within the collection. A new species in the genus Eugorgia Verrill, 1868, a whip or thread-like form belonging to the family Gorgoniidae, is described. One additional plexaurid genus (Placogorgia) is discussed, a genus not commonly reported for the California Bight region. This is the first comprehensive work, in three parts, focusing on all species of gorgonian coral known to inhabit the California Bight. This paper, Part II of the full work, continues the systematic review of all species represented in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection begun in Part I.

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REDESCRIPTION OF GAEOLAELAPS DEBILIS (MA) (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA: LAELAPIDAE), WITH A KEY TO WORLD SPECIES OF GAEOLAELAPS WITH SETAE ST1 OFF STERNAL SHIELD

Acarina ◽

10.21684/0132-8077-2020-28-1-65-74 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 65-74

Author(s):

Pouneh Kafi ◽

Omid Joharchi ◽

Hadi Ostovan ◽

Mehdi Gheibi

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Identification ◽

Adult Female ◽

Ground Squirrel ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

World Species ◽

New Localities ◽

A New Species ◽

The Russian Far East

Ma (1996) described Gaeolaelaps debilis as a new species from China, being just one female collected from the nest of Daurian ground squirrel, Spermophilus dauricus Brandt (Rodentia: Sciuridae), in the Jilin Province. Then he presented a supplementary description of this species, based on female and deutonymph specimens collected from soil in same province from China (Ma 2004); but they both lack some of the most important details concerning leg chaetotaxy and do not provide enough information for accurate and consistent species identification. In this paper, we redescribe the adult female of G. debilis (Ma, 1996) based on the newly collected specimens from new localities in China, Iran and the Russian Far East. Our work includes the first description of the male of this species. Moreover, a key to the species of Gaeolaelaps with setae st1 off sternal shield is presented.

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The Macrocoma Chapuis from the Canary Islands, with description of a new species (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae)

Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana ◽

10.4081/bollettinosei.2017.75 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 75-92

Author(s):

Stefano Zoia

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Identification ◽

Canary Islands ◽

Key To Species ◽

Gran Canaria ◽

A New Species

The known species of Macrocoma from the Canary Islands are reviewed and the aedeagi illustrated. Macrocoma pelikani n. sp. is described from Gran Canaria, Barranco de Guayadeque. M. franzi Palm, 1976 is downgraded to subspecies of M. splendidula (Wollaston, 1862) and the following nomenclatural changes are proposed: M. splendidula ssp. franzi Palm, 1976 n. stat., M. splendidula ssp. palmaensis Palm, 1977 n. stat. a key to species identification and a catalogue with new locality data are also provided.

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A new species of Cynopotamus Valenciennes, 1849 (Characiformes, Characidae) with a key to the species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1635.1.4 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1635 (1) ◽

pp. 55-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

NAÉRCIO A. MENEZES

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Identification ◽

Branchial Arch ◽

Gill Rakers ◽

A New Species

Cynopotamus xinguano n. sp. is described from middle-upper tributaries of rio Xingu basin. Among the known species of the genus (Menezes, 1976, 1987) it is more similar to C. essequibensis Eigenmann from which it differs by having more developed gill-rakers on first branchial arch and a different arrangement of muscles around muscular hiatus of pseudotympanum. A new key for species identification is provided.

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