scholarly journals A new genus and species of Sternaspidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the deep eastern Atlantic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter Fiege ◽  
Ruth Barnich
Keyword(s):  
Body Length ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Northwest Africa ◽  
Lateral Margins ◽  
Shield Length ◽  
Southwest Africa

Based on specimens recently collected in sediments from 2700 m depth off Mauritania (Northwest Africa; type locality) and from 2700–4400 m depth off Angola (Southwest Africa), a new genus and species, Mauretanaspis longichaeta gen. et spec. nov., is described. The new genus and species are characterized by a unique combination of characters: ventro-caudal shield covered by firmly adhering sediment, lateral margins strongly bent and merging into integument; introvert hooks tapering; eight pre-shield segments; absence of peg chaetae; exceptionally long posteriormost lateral chaetae equaling body length; posterior shield chaetae equaling shield length. A comparative table of characters for all currently recognised sternaspid genera and a key to all species with ventro-caudal shield covered by firmly adhering sediment are provided.

A new genus and species of anophthalmous Otiorhynchini from Greece, with a new synonymy and new combinations (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Entiminae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4938 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-84
Author(s):  
CESARE BELLO’ ◽  
ENZO COLONNELLI ◽  
LEONARDO FORBICIONI ◽  
GIUSEPPE OSELLA ◽  
ENRICO RUZZIER
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Distinctive Pattern ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Lateral Margins ◽  
New Synonymy

A new genus of Entiminae, an endogean weevil of the tribe Otiorhynchini, Giavarhynchus Bellò, Osella & Ruzzier, gen. n., and its type species Giavarhynchus amicorum Bellò, Osella & Ruzzier, sp. n. are described. The new taxon is readily distinguished from all other members of the tribe due to the unique combination of lack of eyes, elongate rostrum with a ventral transverse furrow and excised lateral margins located at apical third, punctation of pronotum of two distinct sizes arranged in a distinctive pattern, interval 7 of elytra protruding from base of pronotum and crenulate basally, metafemora bearing a spine-like tooth much larger than that of pro- and mesofemora, female tibiae granulate on inner margin, bisinuous mesotibiae. The following synonymy is proposed: Nematocerus Reiche, 1849 (= Cyrtozemia Pascoe, 1872, syn. n.; = Holcorhinosoma Voss, 1939, syn. n.). New combinations are: Nematocerus cognatus (Marshall, 1916), comb. n.; Nematocerus dispar (Pascoe, 1872), comb. n.; Nematocerus pilipes (Morimoto, 2015), comb. n., all from Cyrtozemia; Nematocerus subtuberculatus (Voss, 1939), comb. n. from Holcorhinosoma. New tribal placement is: Pseudocratopus Hustache, 1921 from Otiorhynchini to Peritelini. New subgeneric placement is that of Otiorhynchus deceptorius Białooki, Germann & Pelletier, 2017 and of Otiorhynchus incisirostris Białooki, Germann & Pelletier, 2017 from Otiorhynchus (Lixorrhynchus) Reitter, 1914 to Otiorhynchus (Aranihus) Reitter, 1912. 

scholarly journals New phiocricetomyine rodents (Hystricognathi) from the Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e12074
Author(s):  
Shorouq F. Al-Ashqar ◽  
Erik R. Seiffert ◽  
Dorien de Vries ◽  
Sanaa El-Sayed ◽  
Mohamed S. Antar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
Early Oligocene ◽  
Species Type ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Latest Eocene

Background The rich rodent assemblages from the Eocene–Oligocene deposits of the Jebel Qatrani Formation (Fayum Depression, Egypt) have important implications for our understanding of the origin and paleobiogeography of Hystricognathi, a diverse clade that is now represented by the Afro-Asiatic Hystricidae, New World Caviomorpha, and African Phiomorpha. Methods Here we present previously undescribed material of the enigmatic hystricognath clade Phiocricetomyinae, from two stratigraphic levels in the lower sequence of the Jebel Qatrani Formation—a new genus and species (Qatranimys safroutus) from the latest Eocene Locality 41 (~34 Ma, the oldest and most productive quarry in the formation) and additional material of Talahphiomys lavocati from that species’ type locality, early Oligocene Quarry E (~31–33.2 Ma). Results The multiple specimens of Qatranimys safroutus from L-41 document almost the entire lower and upper dentition, as well as mandibular fragments and the first cranial remains known for a derived phiocricetomyine. Specimens from Quarry E allow us to expand comparisons with specimens from Libya (late Eocene of Dur at-Talah and early Oligocene of Zallah Oasis) that have been placed in T. lavocati, and we show that the Dur at-Talah and Zallah specimens do not pertain to this species. These observations leave the Fayum Quarry E as the only locality where T. lavocati occurs.

Gymnesigobius medits (Teleostei: Gobiidae), a new gobiid genus and species from the western Mediterranean slope bottoms

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4651 (3) ◽  
pp. 513-530
Author(s):  
MARCELO KOVAČIĆ ◽  
FRANCESC ORDINES ◽  
SERGIO RAMIREZ-AMARO ◽  
ULRICH K. SCHLIEWEN
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Posterior Edge ◽  
Superior Part ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Pelvic Fin

A new genus and species of goby, Gymnesigobius medits sp. nov., is described from the western Mediterranean slope bottoms at the Balearic Islands. The new goby belongs to the Gobius-lineage (Gobiinae). Examination of the single known specimen exhibits a unique combination of morphological characters which could not be fitted to any known genus. Gymnesigobius gen. nov. is morphologically distinguished from all other genera in the Gobius-lineage by the following combination of characters: chin without fold or barbels; mouth terminal with anterior tip above horizontal level of lower eye edge; predorsal area and first dorsal fin base naked; pelvic fin anterior membrane well developed; head with anterior oculoscapular and preopercular canals, posterior oculoscapular canal absent; pores of head canals enlarged, e.g. pores α and ρ larger or of about the same size as interspaces to pore β; six transverse suborbital rows of sensory papillae, four continuous suborbital rows in front of row b, fifth row divided in three parts but in front of row b, sixth row just as superior part above row b and below pore α; longitudinal suborbital row b barely reaching forward to the vertical from posterior edge of eye. A full description of the new genus and species is provided. The new species, collected at a depth of between 344 and 364 m (mean depth of 354 m), is one of very few gobiid species found at bathyal depths. 

scholarly journals Lobomyia neotropica, a new genus and species of Tachinidae (Diptera) from the Neotropical Region

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1783 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
NORMAN E. WOODLEY ◽  
PAUL H. ARNAUD, JR.
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Cypress Trees

A new genus and species, Lobomyia neotropica gen. nov., sp. nov., (Diptera: Tachinidae) is described from material from Colombia (type locality), Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Trinidad. The Colombian material was reared from Glena bisulca Rindge (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a defoliator of introduced cypress trees. Costa Rican material was reared from several species of Lepidoptera: Notodontidae.

Merodoras nheco, new genus and species from Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil (Siluriformes, Doradidae), and nomination of the new subfamily Astrodoradinae

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1446 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
HORÁCIO HIGUCHI ◽  
JOSÉ L.O. BIRINDELLI ◽  
LEANDRO M. SOUSA ◽  
HERALDO A. BRITSKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Pectoral Girdle ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Orbital Margin ◽  
Inferior Portion ◽  
Lateral Ethmoid

Merodoras nheco, new genus and species of Doradidae (Siluriformes) is described from Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil. The new genus belongs to the new subfamily Astrodoradinae, a monophyletic group formally named herein that includes, besides Merodoras, Amblydoras, Anadoras, Astrodoras, Hypodoras, Physopyxis, and Scorpiodoras. This group is diagnosed by the possession of: lacrimal serrated and participating in the orbital margin, four to seven pleural ribs; spines on the postcleithral process; postero-inferior portion of the coracoid exposed.  Merodoras nheco, new species, is distinguished from other doradids by the unique combination of the following characteristics: 1) tips of retrorse spines on the midlateral scutes ventrally oriented in adults; 2) incomplete lateral line, with only a few midlateral scutes anteriorly; 3) pectoral girdle entirely exposed ventrally, with the opening of the arrector ventralis inferior reduced to a small fossae on the anterior edge of the coracoid; 4) caudal fin truncate; 5) dorsal-fin spine smooth, without serrae on both faces; 5) lacrimal serrated; 6) lateral ethmoid serrated.  Merodoras nheco inhabits the “Pantanal Matogrossense,” a flooded portion of the upper Rio Paraguay basin in western Brazil.

A new basal iguanodont (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of England

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2569 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW T. MCDONALD ◽  
PAUL M. BARRETT ◽  
SANDRA D. CHAPMAN
Keyword(s):  
Lateral Surface ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
Nomen Dubium

A nearly complete right dentary originally noted by Mantell in 1848 is redescribed. The specimen, NHMUK 28660, was discovered in a quarry near Cuckfield, West Sussex, from the same formation as the original teeth of Iguanodon anglicus. Fresh examination reveals that NHMUK 28660 exhibits a single autapomorphy (a row of foramina extending from the ventral surface of the symphysis onto the lateral surface of the dentary) and a unique combination of characters that distinguish it from all other iguanodontian dentaries. In light of this and because I. anglicus is regarded as a nomen dubium to which additional material cannot be unambiguously referred, NHMUK 28660 is made the holotype of the new genus and species Kukufeldia tilgatensis.

Redescription of Ceroderma asperata Raffray, and description of Cerochusa cilioceps gen. et sp. n. from Hainan, South China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3355 (1) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZI-WEI YIN ◽  
SHÛHEI NOMURA ◽  
LI-ZHEN LI
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Hainan Island ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species

The monotypic genus Ceroderma Raffray and the type species C. asperata Raffray are redescribed and illustrated, based onexamination of the holotype and additional specimens collected near the type locality. An allied new genus and species, Cero-chusa cilioceps Yin & Nomura, gen. et sp. nov. is described from Hainan Island, South China, and distinguished from related batrisine genera.

Terlinguachelys fischbecki, a new genus and species of sea turtle (Chelonioidea: Protostegidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas

2004 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 1163-1178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Lehman ◽  
Susan L. Tomlinson
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Big Bend National Park ◽  
Big Bend ◽  
Lower Jaw

Remains of a large sea turtle, Terlinguachelys fischbecki n. gen. and sp., were recovered from paralic deposits of the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Aguja Formation in Big Bend National Park, Texas. T. fischbecki is a primitive protostegid that retains a constricted humerus, well ossified plastron and costals, prominent retroarticular process on the lower jaw, and long slender femora; however, it has some features, such as a prominent tubercle at the base of the scapular acromion process, found elsewhere only in derived leatherback sea turtles. The unique combination of primitive and derived traits in T. fischbecki illustrates further diversity among Cretaceous sea turtles and another case of parallelism common in sea turtle phylogeny.

Pinnule-less polyps: a new genus and new species of Indo-Pacific Clavulariidae and validation of the soft coral genus Acrossota and the family Acrossotidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia)  

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1400 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILP ALDERSLADE ◽  
CATHERINE S. McFADDEN
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Soft Coral ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Mitochondrial Genes ◽  
New Combination ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Coral Genus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Lateral Margins ◽  
Number Of Authors

Clavularia amboinensis Burchardt, a species described as possessing simple, pinnule-less tentacles (a fact refuted by later authors) is confirmed to be as described and is transferred as a new combination to Acrossota Bourne — a genus dismissed until now by a number of authors. The species is compared to recently collected material with live photographs. A second new genus and species, Knopia octocontacanalis, is also described. This taxon resembles Acrossota in general form, but has tentacles where the pinnules appear as though they are fused side to side along the tentacles’ lateral margins. Preliminary phylogenetic analyses of two mitochondrial genes support placement of Knopia in Clavulariidae and retention of genus Acrossota in Bourne’s unrecognised family Acrossotidae.

scholarly journals Anphira branchialis GEN. ET SP. NOV. (CRUSTACEA, ISOPODA, CYMOTHOIDAE) A GILL CAVITY PARASITE OF PIRANHAS (Serrasalmus SPP.) IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 297-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernon E. THATCHER
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Lamellar Structures ◽  
Gill Filaments ◽  
Mandibular Palp ◽  
Lateral Margins ◽  
Gill Cavity ◽  
Amazonas State

Anphira branchialisgen. et sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) is described from the dorsal areas of the gill chambers of three species of piranhas (Serrasalmusspp.). The fishes were caught in rivers near Manaus, Amazonas State and on Maracá island, Federal Territory of Roraima, Brasil. The new genus and species is characterized by having large, flat coxal plates on ail 7 pereonites. These plates usually extend beyond the margins of the following segments and the 7th ones extend nearly to the pleotelson and cover the lateral margins of the pleonites. The mandible of this species is rounded, "foot shaped" and without incisor. The mandibular palp is short and stout. The maxillules have 3 terminal and 2 subterminal spines. The pleopods are simple lamellar structures with rounded tips. Evidence is presented that these parasites feed on gill filaments.

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