scholarly journals Short Communication First Record of the Polychaete Worm Ceratonereis (Composetia) burmensis (Phyllodocida: Nereididae) from Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-134
Author(s):  
Sadar Aslam ◽  
Javed Mustaquim ◽  
Ghazala Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Short Communication ◽  
First Record ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
First Time

Ceratonereis (Composetia) burmensis Monro (1937) is reported for the first time from Pakistan. A single specimen was collected from Hab river delta (24°53'13.45'' N and 66°42'18.04'' E) on the Balochistan coast in September, 2017. Two species of Ceratonereis previously reported from Pakistan are: Ceratonereis marmorata (Horst, 1924) and Ceratonereis sp. (Cpmposetia) burmensis differs from C. marmorata in having a prostomium that is not marmorated. It also differs from Ceratonereis sp. in having neuropodial falcigers. C. (Composetia) burmensis has wide distribution from Iran to China.      

scholarly journals First record of the Bignose Unicornfish, Naso vlamingii (Perciformes, Acanthuridae) from Korea

Check List ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-548
Author(s):  
Hyuck Joon Kwun ◽  
Heakyoung Jung
Keyword(s):  
Fish Fauna ◽  
First Record ◽  
Jeju Island ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Southeastern Coast ◽  
First Time ◽  
Fin Spines

Naso vlamingii (Valenciennes, 1835) is reported from Korea for the first time and a morphological description is provided. A single specimen of N. vlamingii was collected from the southeastern coast of Jeju Island, Korea in September 2017. This species is characterized by the presence of 2 bony plates on the middle of the caudal peduncle, 6 dorsal and 2 anal fin spines, and a rounded, convex, swollen snout. This species is the fifth species of the genus Naso Lacepède, 1801 in the Korean fish fauna, and the newly proposed Korean name for the species is “Keun-ko-pyo-mun-jwi-chi”.

First record of Propagurus haigae (McLaughlin, 1997) (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae) from Japan

Crustaceana ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-483
Author(s):  
Masayuki Osawa ◽  
Takuo Higashiji
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Distribution Range ◽  
Ryukyu Islands ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Present Specimen ◽  
The Third ◽  
Japanese Waters ◽  
First Time

Abstract Propagurus haigae (McLaughlin, 1997), a relatively large-sized species of Paguridae, is reported for the first time from Japanese waters based on a single specimen collected from a depth of 620 m off Ie Island, central Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan. It is the third species of the genus Propagurus McLaughlin & de Saint Laurent, 1998 known from Japanese waters. The present specimen greatly extends the distribution range of P. haigae, because the previous northernmost record was the Molucca Sea in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Notes on the preliminary stages of Glossina Morsitans, Westw

1911 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan Kinghorn
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Life History ◽  
Large Mass ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Tsetse Fly ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Glossina Morsitans ◽  
First Time

Seeing that Glossina morsitans, the typical “tsetse” fly of writers on South Africa, has been well known for perhaps a longer period than any other member of the genus, it is a matter for great surprise that much of its life history is yet entirely unknown. A large mass of literature, dealing with its general habits, is extant, but the breeding habits and the larva have not been described. It is noteworthy that only last year a single specimen of the puparium was discovered for the first time, and when the wide distribution, the great plentitude, and the economic importance of the fly are considered, this becomes all the more remarkable.

Contribution to the taxonomy and biology of two Balkan endemic Isoperla Banks, 1906 (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) species

Zoosymposia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 73-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
DÁVID MURÁNYI ◽  
TIBOR KOVÁCS ◽  
KIRILL MÁRK ORCI
Keyword(s):  
Total Duration ◽  
First Record ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
New Information ◽  
New Localities ◽  
Apical Half ◽  
Repetition Pattern ◽  
High Elevations ◽  
First Time

We contribute new information on the taxonomy and biology of two recently described Balkan endemic stonefly species of the genus Isoperla Banks, 1906 (Plecoptera: Perlodidae). The hitherto unknown larva of Isoperla pesici Murányi, 2011 can be distinguished from related species on the basis of more laterally positioned abdominal stripes, and the long hairs on the apical half of the cerci. This species has a wide distribution in the Central Balkans, and we add six new localities, including the first record from Albania. It emerges from late spring to mid-summer, and occurs at low to moderately high altitudes. Isoperla pesici seems to be associated with springs, especially karst spring outlets, although it occurs in both small and large springs. The hitherto unknown larva of Isoperla citrina Murányi, 2011 is distinguished by its brown coloration with an indistinct pattern, quadrangular lacinia and lack of long hairs on the apical half of the cerci. The female lacks distinctive terminalia or egg characters and its habitus is similar to the male and sufficient to distinguish it from other known Balkan taxa. The male mating call is a sequence of beat-groups with a total duration of 3–6 s (at 22 °C); each group generally containing 3 beats, while the beat repetition pattern within beat groups is rather simple. This species is restricted to the high mountains of the western-Central Balkans, where we record four new localities, including the first record from Macedonia. It emerges from June to October, and is associated with very small creeks, lined with bushes at high elevations. Amongst the accompanying species, eleven are reported for the first time from Albania: (Brachyptera helenica Aubert, 1956, B. graeca Berthélemy, 1971, Leuctra bronislawi Sowa, 1970a, L. hirsuta Bogoecu & Tabacaru, 1960, L. hippopoides Kaçanski & Zwick, 1970, L. pseudosignifera Aubert, 1954, Protonemura hrabei Raušer, 1956, P. nitida (Pictet, 1836), Nemurella pictetii (Klapálek, 1900), Chloroperla russevi Braasch, 1969 and Siphonoperla neglecta (Rostock, 1881)), while one from Macedonia (Nemoura caligula Zwick, 1978) and Leuctra pseudohippopus Raušer, 1965 is reported from outside the Moesian ranges for the first time.

scholarly journals Pisces, Anguilliformes, Moringuidae, Moringua edwardsi (Jordan and Bollman, 1889): first record in Atol das Rocas, northeastern Brazil

Check List ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 657
Author(s):  
Carolina Cerqueira de Paiva ◽  
Maurizélia De Brito Silva ◽  
Tito Monteiro da Cruz Lotufo
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
New Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time

Moringua edwardsi is recorded for the first time at Atol das Rocas, northeastern Brazil. Previous records of the species were located in the western Atlantic Ocean, from Florida to southeastern Brazil, but with many gaps between these regions. A single specimen was collected in Atol das Rocas in July 2007 and it is deposited in the Dias da Rocha Ichthyological Collection. The new record of M. edwardsi fills a geographic distribution gap of this species and complements the inventory of fish species inhabiting one of the most unique marine protected areas in the world.

scholarly journals First record of Permian conodont “jinogondolella” cf. altaduensis from the Midhnab Member, Khuff Formation, Saudi Arabia

GeoArabia ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alda Nicora ◽  
Denis Vaslet ◽  
Yves-Michel Le Nindre
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
First Record ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Marine Deposits ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACT A single specimen of conodont is described for the first time from outcrops of the Khuff Formation in central Saudi Arabia. The specimen was recovered from 22 samples that were located in the maximum flooding intervals of the Khuff Formation and specifically processed for conodont research. The sample originated from the maximum flooding interval located at the lower part of the Midhnab Member of the Khuff Formation, at Jabal al Murayrah in the Ad Darma’ quadrangle. The conodont occurs in reworked lithoclastic and bioclastic calcarenites, secondary sparitized, as a single broken and corroded specimen, which belongs to the genus Mesogondolella (Jinogondolella) and is tentatively conferred to the species “Jinogondolella” cf. altaduensis. The conodont is associated with broken pieces of fauna including bivalves, gastropods, echinoids, brachiopods and bryozoans, as well as foraminifers and dasycladacean algae. This genus is rarely encountered in the open-marine deposits of the Tethyan platforms, where it appeared preferentially in semi-restrictive (saline) basins. A Late Capitanian age is interpreted for some species of the genus Jinogondolella in America (Texas), China and Oman, but this age interpretation is not firmly established for the Midhnab Member of the Khuff Formation. Also due to the reworked nature of the horizon that yielded this condont, the specimen is not considered to be age-indicative.

scholarly journals First record of Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera: Coreidae) in Greece

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. V. Petrakis
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Leptoglossus Occidentalis ◽  
Conifer Seed ◽  
First Time ◽  
Western Conifer Seed Bug

The Nearctic coreid Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann 1910 (Hemiptera: Coreidae) known as the Western Conifer Seed Bug, is recorded for the first time in Greece. This highly dispersible species is well established in Europe and was collected by the authors in various areas of continental Greece (Central Evia, Attica and North Peloponnisos), suggesting a wide distribution in this country.

scholarly journals Short Communication: First record of the Genus Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae: Calamariinae) from Karimunjawa Island, Indonesia: Morphology and systematic

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 912-917
Author(s):  
IRVAN SIDIK ◽  
DADANG R. SUBASLI ◽  
SUTIMAN B. SUMITRO ◽  
NASHI WIDODO ◽  
NIA KURNIAWAN
Keyword(s):  
Species Distribution ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Coastal Forest ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Central Java

Sidik I, Subasli DR, Sumitro SB, Widodo N, Kurniawan N. 2018. Short Communication: First record of the Genus Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae: Calamariinae) from Karimunjawa Island, Indonesia: Morphology and systematic. Biodiversitas 19: 912-917. We present the first record of the Genus Calamaria from Karimunjawa Island, Central Java, Indonesia based on an unfathomable single specimen collected in the coastal forest of Legon Moto. Morphological characters analysis revealed the specimen as Calamaria melanota. This finding unravels the extent of the species distribution which was previously thought to be restricted in Borneo, representing the southernmost record of this species. The examined specimen is described in detail and meticulously compared with other Calamaria species such as C. battersbyi, C. borneensis, C. linnaei. Our study highlights several characteristic differences between the specimen and the holotype of C. melanota.

First record of Embolemus tauricus (Hymenoptera: Embolemidae) at continental Ukraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
K.V. Martynova ◽  
A.V. Martynov
Keyword(s):  
Original Description ◽  
First Record ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Check List ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The World ◽  
Western Ukraine ◽  
First Time ◽  
World Fauna

Embolemidae is a small family of chrysidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) understudied in Ukraine. The cosmopolitan genus Embolemus is shown comprising only 32 extant and 2 fossil species in the world fauna: the actual check-list for the genus is given. Only two species had been previously registered in Ukraine. Embolemus ruddii was recorded at Western Ukraine and Crimea, and E. tauricus was described from Crimea based on a single specimen collected at 1910. In present contribution E. tauricus is recorded for continental Ukraine for the first time from the Zaporizhia Region. The specimen collected almost fully correspond to the original description of the species, differing only in the small features of coloration. The habitat of E. tauricus is briefly described.

First record of the heart urchin Metalia persica (Mortensen, 1940) (Spatangoida: Brissidae) from the Chennai coast, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4624 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-300
Author(s):  
CHAMUNDEESWARI KANAGARAJ ◽  
RICH MOOI ◽  
DEEPAK SAMUEL VIJAY KUMAR ◽  
HRISHIKESH PREMACHANDRAN ◽  
ABHILASH KOTTARATHIL RAJENDRAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bay Of Bengal ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Arabian Gulf ◽  
First Record ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
The Family ◽  
Indian Waters ◽  
By Catch ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
First Time

The irregular urchin, Metalia persica (Mortensen, 1940), a heart urchin of the family Brissidae, is reported for the first time from the southeastern coast of India. A single specimen was collected from fishing by-catch at Chinna Neelankarai (12º 56’ 29.7” N, 80º 15’ 36.6” E),  Chennai on April 5, 2018. Metalia persica was previously recorded only from the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf). This study records Metalia persica for the first time from Indian waters, in the Bay of Bengal, and elucidates features of the anal fasciole. 

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