Upper Carboniferous seed fern (Pteridospermophyta) pollen organs from Silesia (Poland) and related evolution considerations

Extinct seed ferns (Pteridospermophyta) fill a key position in the evolutionary tree of seed plants. Their reproductive structures enable to recognition of the interrelationship within seed ferns and other seed plants descending from them. Seed fern reproductive structures from Poland are very rarely found and very poorly known, especially the pollen organs to which this paper is dedicated. A new genus and species Silesiatheca formosa Pacyna & Zdebska, gen. et sp. nov. of lyginopteridalean aggregated synangia was recognized based on specimens preserved within sideritic nodules from Sosnowiec. The genus Codonotheca is recognized from European Carboniferous for the first time. The least evolutionarily advanced species of Codonotheca − Codonotheca silesiaca Pacyna & Zdebska sp. nov., is described based on specimens with weakly expressed radial symmetry and slight fusion of the sporangia. this species matches the hitherto hypothetical simplest species of Codonotheca very well, constituting the initial form for all the more compound pollen organs of Medullosales. For the first time in the European Carboniferous the North American species Aulacotheca campbellii (White, 1900) Halle, 1933 is recognized. A new emended diagnosis for the typical species Boulayatheca fertilis (Kidston, 1914) Taylor & Kurmann, 1985 is proposed, based on specimens from Poland. Two new species of genus Boulayatheca Taylor & Kurmann, 1985 are recognized. Boulayatheca ciliata Pacyna & Zdebska, sp. nov. with a synangium surface covered with hairs (a feature hitherto unknown in the Boulayatheca genus) and Boulayatheca saganii Pacyna & Zdebska, sp. nov. with a markedly elongated synangium. Occurrence of Whittleseya Newberry, 1853a emend. Halle, 1933 typical species − Whittleseya elegans Newberry, 1853a was confirmed in Lower Silesia based on new specimens. Some specimens referred to earlier in the literature as W. elegans were ascribed here to the new species W. silesiaca Pacyna & Zdebska, sp. nov., which differs from typical species in synangium shape and sporangia clustering into groups. The new species Whittleseya campanulata Pacyna & Zdebska, sp. nov. has a large synangium and sporangia clustering into groups. Heterogeneity within the genus Whittleseya is recognized, where some species, including those new described here, probably formed compound synangia. The aggregated synangia of Medullosales are recognized in thecompression state of preservation for the first time they are the base for establishing a new genus and species Kotasotheca annaeadamii Pacyna & Zdebska, gen. et sp. nov. The genus Dolerotheca Halle, 1933 was recognized in the Polish Carboniferous for the first time and a new species Dolerotheca migierii Pacyna & Zdebska, sp. nov. was described. T.N. Taylor’s model of evolution of medullosalean pollen organs was confirmed, and the new taxa described were included within it.

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A SYNOPSIS OF THE NEARCTIC BRACONINI, WITH REVISIONS OF NEARCTIC SPECIES OF COELOIDES AND MYOSOMA (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent110721-7 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 110 (7) ◽

pp. 721-765 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

W. R. M. Mason

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Chihuahuan Desert ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

New Subspecies ◽

Northern Mexico ◽

New Synonyms ◽

First Time ◽

Nearctic Region

AbstractThe 11 genera of Nearctic Braconini are keyed: two of them, Myosoma Brullé with a wide pantropical range and Alienoclypeus Shenefelt, new genus, are found chiefly in the Chihuahuan desert and shrub fauna of northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S.A. and are recorded as Nearctic for the first time. Four new species are described in Myosoma: eumystax, impexum, longius, and durango. R. D. Shenefelt describes a new genus and species, Alienoclypeus insolitus. The genus Atanycolimorpha Viereck, 1913 is synonymized with Ipobracon Thomson, 1892. The genus Coeloides is revised for the Nearctic Region; 12 species are described and illustrated. Five of these are new: mexicanus, durangensis, sympitys, tsugatorus, and sonora. One species, C. rossicus (Kokujev), is Holarctic, a new subspecies, betulae, is described from Canada. The following are new synonyms: C. rufovariegatus (Provancher) = (dendroctoni Cushman), C. vancouverensis (Dalla Torre) = (brunneri Viereck), C. crocator (Kirby) = (promontorii Dalla Torre).

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New Genus and Species of Gall Midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Porricondylinae, Holoneurini) from the Late Eocene Amber of Olevsk (Zhitomir Region, Ukraine)

Vestnik Zoologii ◽

10.1515/vzoo-2017-0004 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 23-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Z. A. Fedotova ◽

E. E. Perkovsky

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Late Eocene ◽

Rovno Amber ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Gall Midges ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time ◽

Eocene Amber

Abstract Gall midges are reported for the first time in Late Eocene Rovno amber from the Olevsk, Zhitomir Region. This is the second amber locality to yield gall midges in the Zhitomir Region, after Gulyanka. Rovnoholoneurus gen. n. and two new species, Rovnoholoneurus davidi sp. n. and R. miyae sp. n. are described. Bryocrypta laqueata Fedotova, 2005 is transferred to the genus Rovnoholoneurus, and Rovnoholoneurus laqueatus (Fedotova, 2005), comb. n. is established. A key to the species of Rovnoholoneurus is provided.

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Steringovermes notacanthi n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) from the deep-sea spiny eel Notacanthus bonaparte (Notacanthiformes: Notacanthidae) from the north eastern Atlantic and a new host record for Olssonium turneri

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.684.1.1 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 684 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

RODNEY A. BRAY

Keyword(s):

Deep Sea ◽

New Genus ◽

Host Record ◽

Excretory Vesicle ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

New Host ◽

New Host Record ◽

The North ◽

North Eastern ◽

First Time

Steringovermes notacanthi, a new genus and species of fellodistomine digenean, is described from the deep-sea spiny eel Notacanthus bonaparte from below 1,000m depth in the north eastern Atlantic. It differs from other related genera in the unique combination of a V-shaped excretory vesicle, multilobate, mainly post-testicular ovary and extensive vitelline fields extending into both the foreand hindbody. In addition, the fellodistomine Olssonium turneri Bray & Gibson, 1980 is reported for the first time from a fish not of the genus Alepocephalus, namely the alepocephalid Narcetes stomias.

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New and little-known cheilostomatous Bryozoa from the south and southeastern Brazilian continental shelf and slope

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2722.1.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2722 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

LEANDRO M. VIEIRA ◽

DENNIS P. GORDON ◽

FACELUCIA B.C. SOUZA ◽

MARIA ANGÉLICA HADDAD

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Continental Shelf ◽

New Genus ◽

Exclusive Economic Zone ◽

New Combination ◽

Brazilian Coast ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

The South ◽

Economic Zone ◽

First Time

The present paper reports on 22 species collected by the Brazilian Program of Living Resources in the Exclusive Economic Zone (REVIZEE). A new genus and species of Cribrilinidae, Corbuliporina crepida n. gen. et sp., is described, along with seventeen other new species: Chaperia brasiliensis n. sp., Amastigia aviculifera n. sp., Isosecuriflustra pinniformis n. sp., Cellaria subtropicalis n. sp., Melicerita brasiliensis n. sp., Arachnopusia haywardi n. sp., Smittina migottoi n. sp., Hippomenella amaralae n. sp., Rogicka joannae n. sp., Malakosaria atlantica n. sp., Turbicellepora winstonae n. sp., Rhynchozoon coalitum n. sp., Stephanollona angusta n. sp., Stephanollona arborescens n. sp., Aulopocella americana n. sp., Conescharellina cookae n. sp. and Conescharellina bocki n. sp. Chorizopora brongniartii (Audouin, 1826) is recorded for the first time in Brazilian waters and a new combination for Rhynchozoon arborescens Canu & Bassler, 1928 is established. New illustrations and taxonomic remarks are included for two little-known species from Brazil, Rogicka scopae (Canu & Bassler, 1928) and Fenestrulina ampla Canu & Bassler, 1928. A compilation of species recorded from deeper waters of the Brazilian coast is included.

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

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.780.26977 ◽

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.

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A new genus and a new species of Tropidopolinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from India

ENTOMON ◽

10.33307/entomon.v44i3.460 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 191-196

Author(s):

Mohd. Imran Khan ◽

Mohd. Kamil Usmani

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Species Level ◽

Female Genitalia ◽

Eastern Region ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Male And Female ◽

The North ◽

North Eastern ◽

A New Species

A new genus Neooxyrrhepes gen. n. with a new species Neooxyrrhepes meghalayensis n. from Meghalaya, a state of the North Eastern region of India. Description and illustrations of the new genus and species are given. A key to the genera of subfamily Tropidopolinae from North Eastern states of India is also provided. Additonally the characters of male and female genitalia at generic and species level are also given.

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Late Paleozoic edrioasteroids (Echinodermata) from the North American Midcontinent

Journal of Paleontology ◽

10.1017/s0022336000038671 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 70 (6) ◽

pp. 969-985 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Colin D. Sumrall

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

North American ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Late Paleozoic ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

New Classification ◽

The North ◽

Three New Species ◽

To Receive

A new classification is proposed for late Paleozoic Edrioasteroidea (Echinodermata), separating forms with the advanced clavate thecal design from those with the ancestral pyrgate thecal design, and a new Subfamily Discocystinae is erected to receive the clavate agelacrinitid edrioasteroids. Lepidodiscus Meek and Worthen is restricted to the pyrgate type species L. squamosus (Meek and Worthen) and two unnamed species, whereas the clavate L. laudoni (Bassler) is assigned to Clavidiscus, new genus. The clavate Discocystis priesti Strimple and three new species, Hypsiclavus kinsleyi, new genus and species, Hypsiclavus huntsvillensis, new genus and species, and Hypsiclavus guensburgi, new genus and species, are placed in Hypsiclavus, new genus. Bostryclavus, new genus, is erected to receive Echinodiscus sampsoni Miller. A redescription of Discocystis kaskaskiensis (Hall) and a diagnosis of Spiraclavus Sumrall are included for completeness.

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Two new cirroidean genera (Vetigastropoda, Archaeogastropoda) from the Emsian (Late Early Devonian) of Alaska with notes on the early phylogeny of Cirroidea

Journal of Paleontology ◽

10.1017/s0022336000036271 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 72 (2) ◽

pp. 265-273 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Jiří Frýda ◽

Robert B. Blodgett

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Lower Devonian ◽

New Genus ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Early Devonian ◽

West Central ◽

The Family ◽

First Time ◽

Stratigraphic Range

Two new cirroidean gastropod genera, Alaskiella (family Porcelliidae) and Alaskacirrus (family Cirridae), from the Emsian (late Early Devonian) of west-central Alaska (Medfra B-4 quadrangle) are described. The shell of Alaskiella medfraensis new genus and species exhibits inclined heterostrophic coiling. This shell character is known among other members of the subclass Archaeogastropoda, but is recorded for the first time within members of the superfamily Cirroidea. Inclined heterostrophic coiling of the shell was probably developed independently in several different groups of the subclass Archaeogastropoda. The new genus Alaskacirrus, represented by Alaskacirrus bandeli new species, is the oldest and only known Paleozoic member of the family Cirridae. This suggests that the family Cirridae was separated from the family Porcelliidae since at least Early Devonian time and that it most probably developed from the subfamily Agnesiinae of the family Porcelliidae. Thus, the stratigraphic range of the family Cirridae is at least from Lower Devonian to Cretaceous, an interval of about 350 million years.

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A new genus and species of Bruchinae, with a key to the genera from Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3599.6.3 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3599 (6) ◽

pp. 535-548 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chris A. M. REID ◽

M. BEATSON

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

High Altitude ◽

New Genus ◽

Single Site ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Australian Species ◽

First Time

A new genus of Bruchinae, Buburra Reid & Beatson, is erected for a single new species, B. jeanae Reid & Beatson. Buburra is endemic to Australia where it is known from a single site at high altitude in Victoria. The hostplant is unknown. Buburra is placed in the tribe Pachymerini. A key is provided for identification of the 12 genera of Bruchinae in Australia, including Caryotrypes Decelle, 1968, recorded from Australia for the first time. Five Australian species described in Bruchus Linneus, 1767, are newly transferred to Bruchidius Schilsky, 1905: Bruchidius diversipes (Lea, 1899) comb. nov.; B. maestus (Lea, 1899) comb. nov.; B. oodnadattae (Blackburn, 1900) comb. nov.; B. persimulans (Blackburn, 1900) comb. nov.; B. quornensis (Blackburn, 1900) comb. nov. A checklist is provided for the species of Bruchinae in Australia.

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