scholarly journals New species and records of Afrotropical Campoletis Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Zoltán Vas
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Two New Species

In this paper two new species of Campoletis Förster, 1869 (Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) are described from Kenya: Campoletis clepsydra sp. n. and Campoletis kangalogba sp. n. Additionally, Campoletis cinctula (Holmgren, 1868), a species known only from South Africa so far, is first reported from Ethiopia, and further Ethiopian and South African records of Campoletis pedunculata (Enderlein, 1914) are given. With four figures.

Two new species ofSyllis(Polychaeta: Syllidae) from South Africa, one of them viviparous, with remarks on larval development and vivipary

2014 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 729-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Simon ◽  
Guillermo San Martín ◽  
Georgina Robinson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coralline Algae ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Haliotis Midae ◽  
Characteristic Colour

Two new species of South African Syllidae of the genusSyllisLamarck, 1818 are described.Syllis unzimasp. nov. is characterized by having unidentate compound chaetae with long spines on margin, a characteristic colour pattern and its reproduction by vivipary. Vivipary is not common among the polychaetes, but most representatives occur in the family Syllidae Grube, 1850 (in five otherSyllisspecies, two species ofDentatisyllisPerkins, 1981 and two species ofParexogoneMesnil & Caullery, 1818).Syllis unzimasp. nov. differs from the other viviparous species in having large broods (>44 juveniles) which develop synchronously. Development of the juveniles is similar to that of free-spawningSyllisspecies, but the appearance of the first pair of eyespots and the differentiation of the pharynx and proventricle occur later inS. unzima.Syllis amicarmillarissp. nov., is characterized by having an elongated body with relatively short, fusiform dorsal cirri and the presence of one or two pseudosimple chaeta on midbody parapodia by loss of blade and enlargement of shaft.Syllis unzimasp. nov. was found in high densities on culturedHolothuria scabraJaeger, 1833 with single specimens found on a culturedCrassostrea gigasThunberg, 1793 and on coralline algae, respectively, whileS. amicarmillariswas found mainly in sediment outside an abalone farm and less frequently on culturedHaliotis midaeLinnaeus, 1758. We discuss the possible benefits of the association withH. scabratoS. unzimasp. nov.

Descriptions of two new species of the genus Paragus Latreille (Diptera: Syrphidae), with a key to males of all South African species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4780 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-355
Author(s):  
TAMARA TOT ◽  
SNEŽANA RADENKOVIĆ ◽  
ZORICA NEDELJKOVIĆ ◽  
LAURA LIKOV ◽  
ANTE VUJIĆ
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
The South ◽  
African Species ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Republic

Two new species of the genus Paragus Latreille, 1804 are described from the Republic of South Africa: Paragus longipilus Tot, Vujić et Radenković sp. nov. and Paragus megacercus Tot, Vujić et Radenković sp. nov. These new species belong to the subgenus Pandasyopthalmus Stuckenberg, 1954a. Paragus longipilus sp. nov. is a member of the P. jozanus group, whereas Paragus megacercus sp. nov. belongs to the P. tibialis group. The taxonomic status of Paragus chalybeatus Hull, 1964 is revised and proposed as synonym of Paragus punctatus Hull, 1949. Additionally, an identification key to males of the South African species of Paragus is provided. Results of the present study confirm a significant level of endemism of Paragus in the Afrotropical Region (12 out of 29). 

Four new South African monotypic grass-feeding leafhopper genera and a revision of Lecacis (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha, Cicadellidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3126 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
MICHAEL STILLER
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New South ◽  
Male Type ◽  
Two New Species

Four new monotypic leafhopper genera in Deltocephalinae and their type species are described: Ochromelanus brachyphallus gen.n. & sp.n. (Deltocephalini), Teinopterus microphallus gen.n. & sp.n. (Paralimnini), Tytthuspilus onychophallus gen.n. & sp.n. (Paralimnini) and Umeqi okhahlamba gen.n. & sp.n. (Paralimnini). These genera and species are associated with grass mainly in the Fynbos and Grassland Biomes of South Africa. The revision of Lecacis Theron (Paralimnini) concerns the redescription of the male type species of L. platypennis, the new description of the female, and two new species. Lecacis species appear to be distributed somewhat randomly in the Grassland and Savanna Biome of South Africa.

South African Latrunculiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida): descriptions of new species of Latrunculia du Bocage, Strongylodesma Lévi, and Tsitsikamma Samaai & Kelly

Zootaxa ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 371 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOUFIEK SAMAAI ◽  
MARK J. GIBBONS ◽  
MICHELLE KELLY ◽  
MIKE DAVIES-COLEMAN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Major Revision ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Key Characters

A recent major revision of the Family Latrunculiidae (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) recognised four valid genera; Latrunculia du Bocage, Sceptrella Schmidt, Strongylodesma Lévi, and Tsitsikamma Samaai & Kelly, from South Africa. The major diagnostic characters of the Family Latrunculiidae are the possession of discate acanthose microrhabd microscleres called acanthodiscorhabds, or more traditionally, “chessman” spicules, that form a dense palisade in the outer ectosome, a tangential layer of styles or anisostrongyle megascleres below this, and a wispy choanosomal skeleton of the same spicules. The sponge surface almost always has areolate porefields and short fistular oscules. This paper reports new Latrunculiidae from western and southeastern South Africa, including a redescription of Latrunculia biformis (Kirkpatrick). Four key characters, including microsclere ornamentation, spicule dimensions, colouration in life, and surface aquiferous features, define three new species of Latrunculia (L. lunaviridis sp. nov., L. microacanthoxea sp. nov., and L. bellae sp. nov.), two new species of Strongylodesma (S. algoaensis sp. nov. and S. tsitsikammaensis sp. nov.), and two new species of Tsitsikamma (T. pedunculata sp. nov. and T. scurra sp. nov.).

Revision of the Australian species of Anatomidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda)

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 415 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL L. GEIGER ◽  
PATTY JANSEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
South African ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
The South ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

The Australian members of the vetigastropod family Anatomidae are revised and two new species are described. The family has thus far been treated as a subfamily of Scissurellidae, but recent molecular evidence (Geiger & Thacker, unpubl. data) indicates that Scissurellinae plus Anatominaeis not monophyletic, and full family rank is warranted for a group containing the genera Anatoma and Thieleella. Seven species from Australia belonging in Anatomidae are discussed and illustrated by SEM: Anatoma aupouria (Powell, 1937) mainly from New Zealand, though with some Australian records; A. australis (Hedley, 1903), A. funiculata n. sp., An turbinata (A. Adams, 1862), which has been misidentified in the past as the South African A. agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925), A. tobeyoides n. sp., Thieleella equatoria (Hedley, 1899) with a second known specimen, and T. gunteri (Cotton & Godfrey, 1933). Other species that have been (erroneously) indicated from Australia are discussed. A neotype is designated for A. agulhasensis from South Africa for taxon stabilization.

scholarly journals Sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) from South Africa, with descriptions of two new species of Caligus

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Polly M. Hayes ◽  
Kevin W. Christison ◽  
David B. Vaughan ◽  
Nico J. Smit ◽  
Geoffrey A. Boxshall
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Sea Lice ◽  
Pomatomus Saltatrix ◽  
African Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Actinopterygian Fishes ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Subjective Synonym

AbstractThirteen species of sea lice (family Caligidae) are reported from a range of elasmobranch and actinopterygian fishes caught off South Africa or obtained from public aquaria in South Africa. Two new species of Caligus Müller, 1785 are described: C. linearisn. sp. from Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus) and C. tumulusn. sp. from Chrysoblephus cristiceps (Valenciennes). A supplementary description is provided for both sexes of Caligus tetrodontis Barnard, 1948 taken from Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Bloch) and previous records of this parasite from South African fishes are critically reviewed. It is concluded that Caligus material from Arothron hispidus Linnaeus was previously misidentified as C. tetrodontis and is in urgent need of re-examination. Morphological and molecular observations on Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949 indicate that this copepod is phenotypically and genetically identical to Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973, and the latter becomes a junior subjective synonym of C. furcisetifer. We include new geographical distribution records for Caligus longipedis Bassett-Smith, 1898, C. rufimaculatus Wilson, 1905 and Lepeophtheirus spinifer Kirtisinghe, 1937, extending into South African waters, as well as both new distribution and host records for Alebion gracilis Wilson, 1905, Caligus dakari van Beneden, 1892 and Lepeophtheirus acutus Heegaard, 1943. The molecular analysis confirmed the monophyly of the genus Caligus. The South African species of Caligus did not cluster together, but the two included South African species of Lepeophtheirus were recovered as sister taxa.

Two new species of Aphanarthrum Wollaston (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) associated with Euphorbia in South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1983 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
BJARTE H. JORDAL
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Suitable Host ◽  
African Species ◽  
Sister Relationship ◽  
Two New Species

Two species of Aphanarthrum collected from dead spurges of Euphorbia in South Africa are illustrated and described as new to science. They represent the first records from the southern parts of Africa and thus significantly extend the known distribution of the genus. Analyses of the phylogenetic relationships of the species of Aphanarthrum and Coleobothrus based on molecular and morphological characters yielded a relatively well supported but nevertheless distant sister relationship between the two South African species. Their relationship to other Aphanarthrum remains uncertain and revealed deep divergence, indicative of a rather ancient origin. The peripheral distribution of the South African species and the broad availability of suitable host plants throughout the continent suggest that more species remain to be discovered in this region.

New Notophthiracarus species (Acarina, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) and overview of the distribution of the genus in South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4647 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
WOJCIECH NIEDBAŁA ◽  
ELIZABETH A. HUGO-COETZEE ◽  
SERGEY G. ERMILOV
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Oribatid Mites ◽  
Woody Vegetation ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Coastal Forest ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Large Genus

Notophthiracarus (Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) is a large genus of ptyctimous oribatid mites with species in Australasian, Ethiopian, Neotropical, Oriental and Subantarctic regions, mostly in tropical and subtropical areas. Herein, we describe two new species from the Western Cape of South Africa: Notophthiracarus sidorchukae Niedbała sp. nov. and Notophthiracarus spathulatus Niedbała sp. nov. Each is represented by adult specimens collected from soil in a coastal forest in the Kaaimansgat estuary, the only documented locality. These two bring the known South African fauna of Notophthiracarus to 31 species, all of which are either indigenous or endemic. A review of distributional data shows that within South Africa most species have been recorded from southern, eastern and northeastern parts, and are most prevalent near the coast, where woody vegetation dominates. 

Two new species of the South African endemic bee genus Rediviva Friese (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3517 (1) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL KUHLMANN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
The South ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of the genus Rediviva from South Africa are described to facilitate further research on this iconic group of oil-collecting bees: R. steineri sp. nov. ♀ and Rediviva whiteheadi sp. nov. ♀♂. Notomelitta tropicalis Cockerell 1934 syn. nov., that was erroneously transferred to the genus Rediviva, is recognized as a new junior synonym of Andrena africana Friese 1909.

Two new Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) species from the Richtersveld National Park, South Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
LÉANNE L. DREYER ◽  
FRANCOIS ROETS ◽  
KENNETH C. OBERLANDER
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
National Park ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Distribution Range ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Nuclear Its ◽  
Basal Rosette

Two new Oxalis species from the Richtersveld National Park (South Africa) are described and typified. Both species show strong morphological resemblance to members of the South African Oxalis section Cernuae. Oxalis nivea sp. nov. closely resembles the well-known weed O. pes-caprae, but it bears white flowers, and has a very restricted distribution range north of the northernmost known locality of O. pes-caprae. Oxalis rosettifolia sp. nov. is distinguished from all other species by a combination of a flat basal rosette of leaves, terete petioles, flask-shaped floral tubes and at least some enlarged, spathulate bracts at the terminal articulation of the peduncle. Phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear ITS and plastid trnSG data confirmed the placement of both of these species within a clade containing O. pes-caprae. The exact placement of these two species differs between ITS- and trnSG-based trees, but both analyses confirm a close relationship between the two new species and O. copiosa and O. cf. haedulipes.

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