First record of the family Sphyrapodidae Guţu, 1980 (Crustacea: Peracarida: Apseudomorpha) with the description of a new species ofSphyrapusfrom the Colombian Caribbean

A new sphyrapodid tanaidacean,Sphyrapus caribensissp. nov. is described and a new record ofKudinopasternakia siegiis reported for the Colombian Caribbean based on samples collected during cruises in 2014–2015. The new species appears to be most closely related to the northeast Atlantic species,Sphyrapus malleolus. Sphyrapus caribensiscan be distinguished fromSphyrapus malleolusby a combination of characters, including the maxillipedal basis without long distal seta, the number of setae on the distoventral margin of pereopods 1 and 2, and the number of plumose seta on the pleopod basis. A key for the separation ofSphyrapusspecies is presented.

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A new record of Zatypota albicoxa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Indonesia, with description of a new species of its host spider (Araneae: Theridiidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2910.1.3 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2910 (1) ◽

Author(s):

KEIZO TAKASUKA ◽

HAJIME YOSHIDA ◽

PUTRA NUGROHO ◽

RIKIO MATSUMOTO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

Southern Hemisphere ◽

New Record ◽

First Record ◽

Oriental Region ◽

Indonesian Population ◽

A New Species

Zatypota albicoxa (Walker) is newly recorded from Mt. Merapi, Java Is., Indonesia. This is the first record of Z. albicoxa from this part of the Oriental region and from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first record of the genus Zatypota from Southeast Asia. The Indonesian population of Z. albicoxa attacks a theridiid spider of the genus Parasteatoda, as do populations of Z. albicoxa in other regions. The spider is a new species, and is described under the name of Parasteatoda merapiensis.

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A new species of the genus Isoperla (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) from TIANMU MOUNTAIN NATURE RESERVE, China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4504.2.8 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4504 (2) ◽

pp. 276

Author(s):

QING-BO HUO ◽

YU-ZHOU DU

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

First Record ◽

Ventral Surface ◽

Zhejiang Province ◽

The Family ◽

A New Species ◽

Coastal China

A species of the genus Isoperla Banks, 1906, I. oncocauda Huo & Du, sp. nov. is described as new to science and is the first record for the family Perlodidae from the Tianmu Mountain Nature Reserve, Zhejiang Province of eastern coastal China. Both sexes of the new species are characterized by tergum 10 with a developed process. The partially extruded aedeagus of the male is membranous without conspicuous larger sclerites and with the ventral surface covered with dense scale-like and nail-shaped spines.

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A new species of the genus Smacigastes Ivanenko & Defaye, 2004 (Tegastidae, Harpacticoida, Copepoda) from the Onnuri Vent Field in the Indian Ocean

Zoosystematics and Evolution ◽

10.3897/zse.96.54507 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 96 (2) ◽

pp. 699-714

Author(s):

Jong Guk Kim ◽

Jimin Lee

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Indian Ocean ◽

Hydrothermal Vent ◽

Hydrothermal Vents ◽

First Record ◽

Cold Seeps ◽

Dichotomous Key ◽

The Family ◽

The Indian Ocean ◽

A New Species

The genus Smacigastes Ivanenko & Defaye, 2004 (Harpacticoida, Copepoda) is the most primitive genus in the family Tegastidae Sars, 1904, occurring in deep-sea chemosynthetic environments, such as hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, whale falls and wood falls. Our exploration of the Onnuri Vent Field, the sixth active hydrothermal vent system in the Central Indian Ridge, resulted in the discovery of a new species in the genus Smacigastes. A detailed morphological analysis of S. pumilasp. nov. reveals that it most resembles S. barti Gollner, Ivanenko & Martínez Arbizu, 2008, described from a hydrothermal vent in the East Pacific Ridge; the new species can be distinguished from the existing species by the 8-segmented female antennule, the absence of an abexopodal seta on the antennary basis, the mandibular exopod represented by a single seta and the exopod of the first leg with five setae. This is the first record of Smacigastes in the Indian Ocean. A dichotomous key to species of the genus Smacigastes worldwide is provided.

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A new species of Standleya (Rubiaceae, Coussareeae) with a new record for Bahia, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.206.1.10 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 206 (1) ◽

pp. 74 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jomar Gomes Jardim ◽

CRISTINA BESTETTI COSTA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Protected Areas ◽

New Record ◽

First Record ◽

Semiarid Region ◽

A New Species

Standleya glomerulata, a new species and a first record for the semiarid region of Bahia, Brazil, is described and illustrated. It differs from all other known species of the genus by its prostrate decumbent and reptant habit, glomerulate sessile inflorescences, and a calyx with two unequal lobes. S. prostrata has a similar habit, but can be distinguished by the pedunculate inflorescences and a calyx with four equal lobes. The new species is known from only a few localities in two protected areas and must therefore be considered threatened.

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A new species and record of Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Cross Seamount in the Hawaiian Chain

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3192.1.4 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3192 (1) ◽

pp. 49

Author(s):

JULIE H. BAILEY-BROCK ◽

WAGNER F. MAGALHÃES

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Deep Sea ◽

New Record ◽

Type Species ◽

Hawaiian Islands ◽

Type Specimen ◽

First Record ◽

Type Locality ◽

A New Species

A new species of the serpulid genus Metavermilia Bush, 1905 and a new record of the genus Omphalopomopsis Saint-Joseph, 1894 are described from deep-sea lava rocks collected from 2,013 m at Cross Seamount, southwest of the Hawaiiarchipelago. Metavermilia zibrowii sp. nov., differs from its congeners mostly by the presence of a simple and concaveoperculum, extent of the thoracic membrane and tube morphology. Omphalopomopsis langerhansii (Marenzeller, 1885)is the type species of the genus and it is only known through its type specimen. This species is characterized by a simpleoperculum with a shallow convex calcareous endplate, cylindrical peduncle, presence of Apomatus chaetae and high num-ber of teeth in the thoracic uncini. This is the first record of this species outside the type locality and both genera are newly recorded for the Hawaiian Islands.

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A new species of Stygiopontius (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Dirivultidae) from a deep-sea cold seep in the South China Sea

Crustaceana ◽

10.1163/15685403-bja10023 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 93 (11-12) ◽

pp. 1535-1546

Author(s):

L. Ma ◽

M.-X. Wang ◽

X.-Z. Li

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South China Sea ◽

South China ◽

First Record ◽

Plumose Seta ◽

Endopodal Segment ◽

Cold Seep ◽

China Sea ◽

Stout Spine ◽

A New Species

Abstract A new species of the copepod genus Stygiopontius is described based on samples from a cold seep in northeastern South China Sea southwest to Taiwan, which were collected by the ROV Faxian with its mother vessel R/V Kexue in September 2017. The copepods were obtained by washing Shinkaia crosnieri Baba & Williams, 1998 (Decapoda: Munidopsidae) caught at a depth of 1124 m. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characteristics: caudal rami about 3.5 times as long as wide; basis of maxilliped with plumose seta, endopodal claw of maxilliped stout, with a row of fine spinules on inner margin; coxa of leg 1 with one inner seta; basis of leg 1 with stout spine exceeding to end of first endopodal segment; second endopodal segment of female leg 4 with pointed process; third exopodal segment of leg 4 with three outer spines. This is the first record of a Stygiopontius species from a cold seep.

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A new species and five new records of the family Echiniscidae (Tardigrada) from China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1093.1.2 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 1093 (1) ◽

pp. 25 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

XIAO CHEN LI ◽

LI ZHI WANG ◽

YING LIU ◽

LI NA SU

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Record ◽

New Records ◽

The Other ◽

The Family ◽

A New Species

A new species of the genus Pseudechiniscus, Pseudechiniscus papillosus sp. nov., is described and figured in this paper. This new species differs from the other species of the genus Pseudechiniscus by plate sculpture that consists of many papillae-like projections. Four new records of Echiniscus species and one new record of a Pseudechiniscus species are also reported in this article: Echiniscus cheonyoungi Moon & Kim, E. melanophthalmus Bartoš, E. nepalensis Dastych, E. trisetosus Cuénot and Pseudechiniscus asper Abe Utsugi & Takeda.

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Filling the gap of whip spider distribution in Asia: Phrynichus persicus sp.n. (Arachnida, Amblypygi), a new Phrynichidae from Iran

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4413 (2) ◽

pp. 339 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

GUSTAVO SILVA DE MIRANDA ◽

ALIREZA ZAMANI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Middle East ◽

United Arab Emirates ◽

Arabian Peninsula ◽

First Record ◽

The Family ◽

A New Species

The whip spider genus Phrynichus (Phrynichidae, Amblypygi) is widely distributed in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Asia with a total of 17 species. No records, however, are known from several countries in the Middle East. Here we provide the first record of a whip spider from Iran (Ilam Province), with the description and illustration of a new species, Phrynichus persicus sp. n. This discovery fills a gap in the distribution of the group that is known from both sides of this biogeographically interesting region and is also the northernmost record of the family Phrynichidae. Moreover, all distribution records of the Phrynichus species are mapped (including the first verified record of the order from the United Arab Emirates), an updated key to the species of the deflersi and ceylonicus groups is provided, and Phrynichus andhraensis Bastawade, Rao, Maqsood Javed and Krishna, 2005 (India) is assigned to the ceylonicus group.

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A new record of the family Isonychiidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from the Western Ghats, India with a description of new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4586.1.9 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4586 (1) ◽

pp. 162

Author(s):

M. VASANTH ◽

C. SELVAKUMAR ◽

K. A. SUBRAMANIAN ◽

R. BABU ◽

K. G. SIVARAMAKRISHNAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Western Ghats ◽

New Record ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Abdominal Segment ◽

Uniformly Convex ◽

The Family ◽

Lateral Margins ◽

The Western Ghats ◽

A New Species

A new species belonging to the subgenus Isonychia, of the genus Isonychia Eaton, 1871, is described based on larvae and imagoes collected from Moyar River, Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu, India. The imagoes of I. moyarensis n. sp. can be distinguished from other described Oriental species of Isonychia (Isonychia) by the combination of characters: (i) forewing with rusty brown maculae in the costal, subcostal, and median areas; (ii) femur and tibia brown, fore leg pale, apices of tarsal segments brownish; (iii) males with distal angles of penes rounded, without serrations; (iv) second segment of gonostylus uniformly convex; and (v) sterna of tenth abdominal segment in female deeply cleft. Isonychia (Isonychia) moyarensis n. sp. can be distinguished in the larval stage from other known Oriental species by the following combination of characters: (i) abdominal terga II–IX with median dark brown maculae progressively larger with dark brown slanting streaks in lateral margins; (ii) trachea of abdominal gills I–VII unbranched; (iii) posterolateral projections on abdominal segments I–VII blunt and progressively longer than those of segments VIII–IX, sharp and distinct; and (iv) abdominal terga X pale yellow in anterior ⅓, and dark brown in the posterior ⅔. A key to the known larvae of Oriental species of Isonychia is also provided.

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An unusual occurrence of multiparasitism by two genera of Strepsiptera (Insecta) in a mango leafhopper Idioscopus clypealis (Lethierry) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the Philippines

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3268.1.2 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3268 (1) ◽

pp. 16 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

JEYARANEY KATHIRITHAMBY ◽

DINO P. MCMAHON ◽

GAUDENCIA M. ANOBER-LANTICAN ◽

VIRGINIA R. OCAMPO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Record ◽

The Philippines ◽

Conspecific Female ◽

The Family ◽

Unusual Occurrence ◽

A New Species

The mango leafhopper Idioscopus clypealis (Lethierry) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Philippines is parasitized bytwo genera of Strepsiptera, Halictophagus and Callipharixenos. A redescription of the male Halictophagus fulmeki(Hofeneder), a new record and description of its conspecific female and a key to Halictophagus in the Philippines aregiven, and a new species of female, Callipharixenos philippines sp. n. is described. The inclusion of the family Callipharixenidae as a subfamily Callipharixeninae within the family Halictophagidae is discussed.

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