scholarly journals A New Species of Land Planarian, Diporodemus merridithae, and Cohabitant Specimens from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina, U.S.A

2013 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Benny C. Glasgow
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
The United States ◽  
Internal Anatomy ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Land Planarian

Abstract A new endemic species of land planarian, Diporodemus merridithae, belonging to subfamily Microplaninae is described from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This is the first report of a new land planarian of the subfamily Microplaninae from the United States since 1954 (Hyman 1954). Species external and internal anatomy is described using photographs and a drawing and notes on species distribution, habitat, and conservation are provided. Identifications and previous reports of land planarians from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the United States, and Europe is discussed, as are collections of two cohabitants and the observation of asexual reproduction observed in one cohabitant specimen.

A surprising rediscovery and description of a new species of Soyedina Ricker, 1952 (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
SCOTT A GRUBBS ◽  
BORIS C KONDRATIEFF ◽  
RICHARD W BAUMANN
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Apical Portion ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
A New Species

Soyedina parkeri sp. nov. (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) is described from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. This species was recognized as new over 15 years ago by the junior authors but had yet to be formally described until now. Soyedina parkeri sp. nov. appears closely-related only to S. sheldoni Grubbs & Baumann, 2019 due to shared characteristics of the scle­rotized inner member of the epiproct. Soyedina parkeri sp. nov. can be readily separated from all other nine species of eastern Nearctic Soyedina by the broadly rounded apical portion of the outer paraproct lobe.Key words: Plecoptera, Nemouridae, Soyedina, new species, Nearctic, North Carolina, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

A new species of the genus Philothermus Aubé (Coleoptera: Cerylonidae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A.

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1390 (1) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTHEW L. GIMMEL ◽  
ADAM SLIPINSKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
National Park ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
The North ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
A New Species

A new species of cerylonid with reduced eyes from the Great Smoky Mountains, Philothermus stephani sp. n., is described and illustrated. A revised key to the North American species of Philothermus is presented.

A preliminary checklist of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1856 (1) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRUCE A. SNYDER
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
National Park ◽  
Appalachian Mountains ◽  
The United States ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Biodiversity Inventory ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
Near Future

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited National Park in the United States, is home to a wide diversity of millipede species. A preliminary list of these species is provided, based on literature records and new collections from the All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory and the author’s research. This report establishes that the Park’s presently known fauna consists of 62 species (one of which contains two subspecies) in 21 families and all 10 orders known from eastern North America, and includes at least five new state records and 18 new Park records. In the near future several undescribed species will likely be added to the list, as well as described species that are currently known to occur near the Park, but have never been reported from within the Park’s boundary.Key words: Appalachian Mountains, ATBI, North Carolina, Tennessee, biodiversity, inventory, GSMNP

Pauropoda (Myriapoda) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A., with descriptions of four new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2962 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
ULF SCHELLER
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Biodiversity Inventory ◽  
Smoky Mountains

As a part of the All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee, North Carolina, U.S.A.) a collection of 192 specimens of Pauropoda has been studied. Eighteen species belonging to six genera in three families have been identified. Four of the species in Pauropodidae are new to science and described: Decapauropus arcuatilis n. sp., Stylopauropus plicatus n. sp., Donzelotauropus dividuus n. sp. and Donzelotauropus tenuitarsus n. sp. With the four new species the number of known species in GSMNP now stands at 49. A key is presented to the genera collected up to now in GSMNP.

Rhododendron smokianum, a New Species from the Great Smoky Mountains

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-129
Author(s):  
Dirk C. Albach ◽  
Ralf Bauer
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Mafic Rock ◽  
Rock Slopes ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
Fourth Species ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—Species delimitation in Rhododendron subsect. Caroliniana (Ericaceae) has been disputed in the past with one or three species accepted. Here we report a fourth species, R. smokianum, a narrow endemic from the Great Smoky Mountains (Tennessee/North Carolina, USA). It is characterized by short-tubed corollas and small, compact growth. We support our conclusion by phylogenetic analyses of ITS and plastid trnL-F sequence data. The new species is a specialist of open mafic rock slopes and maintains morphological and phenological differences to the related species even in cultivation.

A new species and a new form of leafhopper from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4329 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
DMITRY A. DMITRIEV ◽  
JAMES N. ZAHNISER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Morphological Variant ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
New Form ◽  
A New Species

A new species Erasmoneura tricuspidata sp.n. and a new morphological variant of Erythridula stolata McAtee are described from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 

Macrobiotus (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee/North Carolina, USA (North America): two new species and six new records

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2022 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL J. BARTELS ◽  
GIOVANNI PILATO ◽  
OSCAR LISI ◽  
DIANE R. NELSON
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
National Park ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphometric Characters ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
Two New Species

As part of the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (http://www.dlia.org), we are conducting a large-scale multihabitat inventory of tardigrades in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) in Tennessee and North Carolina, USA. Here we report our findings for the genus Macrobiotus (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae). Two new species, Macrobiotus martini sp. nov. and Macrobiotus halei sp. nov., are described from moss, lichen, soil and leaf litter samples. Macrobiotus martini sp. nov. differs from all other species of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group by having a very simple buccal armature without bands of teeth, very large elliptical cuticular pores, unique characteristics of the egg, and other morphometric characters. Macrobiotus halei sp. nov. differs from other species in the Macrobiotus richtersi group by having very small cuticular tubercles, well-developed macroplacoids, unique characteristics of the egg, and other morphometric characters. Seven additional Macrobiotus species have been identified in the GSMNP: M. harmsworthi Murray, 1907, M. hufelandi Schultze, 1834, M. islandicus Richters, 1904, M. montanus Murray, 1910, M. pallarii Maucci, 1954, M. recens Cuénot, 1932, and M. tonollii Ramazzotti, 1956. All of these except M. harmsworthi are new records for the national park. In addition, M. pallarii is a new record for North Carolina, M. islandicus is a new record for North Carolina and Tennessee, M. montanus is a new record for the eastern USA, and M. recens is a new record for the USA.

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