scholarly journals Tygarrup javanicus (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha) – an exotic species that has reached Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (89) ◽  
pp. 52-58
Author(s):  
Alicja Damasiewicz ◽  
Małgorzata Leśniewska
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Exotic Species ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Tropical Species ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
Tropical Vegetation ◽  
First Time

For the first time in Poland, centipedes of a tropical species Tygarrup javanicus (Attems, 1907) (Geophilomorpha) were found in the hothouses with the tropical vegetation of the Botanical Garden in Wrocław. This Asian species has increasingly been reported from European greenhouses. Its spread is facilitated, among other factors, by small body size and parthenogenesis. In Poland one should also expect other exotic species which have already been found in neighbouring countries.

Two new species and a new record of Metacirolana Kussakin, 1979 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from Indonesia

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4370 (5) ◽  
pp. 519 ◽  
Author(s):  
CONNI M. SIDABALOK ◽  
NIEL L. BRUCE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
New Record ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Smooth Body ◽  
First Time

Two new species of Metacirolana from coral reefs in Indonesia are described and Metacirolana spinosa (Bruce, 1980) is recorded for the first time in Indonesia. Metacirolana lombok sp. nov. and Metacirolana mioskon sp. nov. show similarities with several other species of Metacirolana forming a species group within the genus, characterized by small body size (2.0–3.5 mm), smooth body surfaces, weakly produced rostrum, lack of dorsal carinae and abundant chromatophores. 

scholarly journals First record of Ianiropsis cf. serricaudis in Maryland Coastal Bays, USA (Crustacea, Peracarida, Janiridae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 747 ◽  
pp. 115-139
Author(s):  
Andrés G. Morales-Núñez ◽  
Paulinus Chigbu
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Benthic Invertebrates ◽  
Small Body ◽  
First Record ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Coastal Bays ◽  
Maryland Coastal Bays ◽  
Marine Benthic Invertebrates ◽  
First Time

During monthly sampling of benthic invertebrates at 13 stations in the Maryland Coastal Bays (MCBs) from March to December 2012, a total of 29 individuals of Ianiropsiscf.serricaudis were collected. This species is being reported for the first time in MCBs. A detailed illustration and description of an adult male of I.cf.serricaudis from MCBs is presented. An illustrated key of males ofIaniropsisspecies belonging to the palpalis-group is also presented. The size of the largest male was 3.0 mm and that of the largest female was 2.5 mm. It is possible that I.cf.serricaudis was present in the MCBs, but overlooked during previous surveys of marine benthic invertebrates in the area because of its small body size and lack of taxonomic expertise.

scholarly journals Two new species of Cantharis Linnaeus, 1758 from Baltic amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4878 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-411
Author(s):  
FABRIZIO FANTI ◽  
MAXIMILIAN G. PANKOWSKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Concave Part ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Two new species of soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from the Priabonian deposits in Yantarny, Russia (Baltic amber) are described. Cantharis crisantha sp. nov. is characterized by its relatively small body size, laterally rounded prothorax, and simple claws with a small basal tooth. Of particular interest, this specimen has its aedeagus extruded—a feature described for the first time in a representative of the genus Cantharis found in amber, and something rarely seen in all known fossil species of the Cantharidae family. The second described species, Cantharis raeorum sp. nov., is characterized by a pronotum with straight sides and a transverse and concave part near the posterior margin. The species are compared with earlier reported fossil Cantharis.

Nematode colonisation of artificial water-filled tree holes

Nematology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 911-921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Ptatscheck ◽  
Birgit Dümmer ◽  
Walter Traunspurger
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Forest Soils ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Community Analysis ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Tree Holes ◽  
First Time ◽  
Artificial Water

Nematodes inhabiting artificial water-filled tree holes were monitored over 16 months by placing 300 plastic cups in four forest areas. For the first time we investigated the importance of forest soils for nematode dispersal and colonisation of tree holes. On average, 91% of the cups were settled by a total of 35 species (maximum 58 336 individuals 100 cm−2). They were dominated by the bacterial feeder Dolichorhabditis dolichura (32.4%) and the hyphal feeders Laimaphelenchus penardi (23.6%) and Laimaphelenchus sp. (13.4%); 84.4% had lengths < 0.75 mm and in only 6% of the water-filled tree holes were male nematodes found. None of the most common species was detected in the soils of the sampling sites. However, a meta-community analysis revealed a random turnover. The properties of the identified nematodes (small body size, anhydrobiosis, parthenogenesis) made them highly amenable to dispersal by wind and account for their rapid colonisation of a wide range of habitats.

Studies of true bugs of Xinjiang, western China. I. Leptopodomorpha: shore bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Saldidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3336 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
NIKOLAI N. VINOKUROV ◽  
ZHAOHUI LUO ◽  
ZHAOZHI LÜ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Western China ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
True Bugs ◽  
Large Head ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The family Saldidae in Xinjiang (Western China) includes 19 species belonging to five genera from the subfamilies Chiloxan-thinae (1 sp.) and Saldinae (18 spp.). A new species, Halosalda minuta Vinokurov, Luo & Lü, sp. n., is described from the east-ern part of the Tarim depression. The new species differs from congeners by the small body size, relatively large head, longerantennal segment 2, and structures of male genitalia. S. sibiricola Cobben, 1985 is recorded as new for China, and three speciesare new to the fauna of Xinjiang: Saldula orthochila (Fieber, 1859), S. pallipes (Fabricius, 1794), and Salda littoralis (Linnaeus, 1758). Halosalda lateralis (Fallén, 1807) is reported for Kyrgyzstan for the first time.

scholarly journals Adaptive significance of small body size under poor socio-economic conditions in southern Peru

1973 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Roberto Frisancho ◽  
Jorge Sanchez ◽  
Danilo Pallardel ◽  
Lizandro Yanez
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Adaptive Significance ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Southern Peru

Decline of Cane Toad, Bufo-Marinus, Populations - Status of Urban Toads

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 597 ◽  
Author(s):  
WJ Freeland ◽  
BLJ Delvinquier ◽  
B Bonnin
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Rural Populations ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
High Food ◽  
Cane Toad ◽  
Water Shortages ◽  
Toad Bufo ◽  
Low Rate

Cane toads from an urban population in Townsville, Qld, exhibit poor body condition and small body size, as do toads in populations around Townsville which have declined in numbers. The small body size and poor condition are associated with a high food intake and a low rate of parasitism. The results suggest that decline of rural populations is not a product of parasitism, or food and or water shortages related to unusually adverse seasonal conditions. Populations of cane toads around Townsville declined more than 3 years before this study.

scholarly journals Costs for health care of Holstein cows selected for large versus small body size

2012 ◽  
Vol 95 (9) ◽  
pp. 5384-5392 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.C. Becker ◽  
B.J. Heins ◽  
L.B. Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Holstein Cows ◽  
Small Body Size

Completeness of the fossil record: Estimating losses due to small body size

Geology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger A. Cooper ◽  
Phillip A. Maxwell ◽  
James S. Crampton ◽  
Alan G. Beu ◽  
Craig M. Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Small Body Size
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