Orsonwelles, a new genus of giant linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from the Hawaiian Islands

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 369 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Hormiga
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Hawaiian Islands ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Hawaiian Archipelago ◽  
Web Architecture ◽  
Island Endemics ◽  
Close Relatives

The Hawaiian spider genus Orsonwelles, gen. nov. (Araneae : Linyphiidae) is described. All Orsonwelles species are single island endemics: Kauai harbours six species; Oahu has three; Molokai has two; and Maui and Hawaii have one species each. The thirteen species included in Orsonwelles are described and illustrated: O. torosus (Simon), comb. nov., O. malus, sp. nov., O. calx, sp. nov., O. ventus, sp. nov., O. bellum, sp. nov. and O. iudicium, sp. nov. from Kauai; O. polites, sp. nov. (the type species), O. ambersonorum, sp. nov. and O. arcanus, sp. nov. from Oahu; O. othello, sp. nov. and O. macbeth, sp. nov. from Molokai; O. falstaffius, sp. nov. from Maui; and O. graphicus (Simon), comb. nov. from Hawaii. A total of 55 morphological characters (plus one behavioural character) were scored for twelve taxa (four Orsonwelles species plus eight linyphiid outgroups) to test the monophyly of the genus using cladistic methods. The most parsimonious cladograms provide robust character support for the monophyly of Orsonwelles. A single colonisation of the Hawaiian archipelago is hypothesised to explain the presence of these species in the Hawaiian Islands. This genus represents a case of insular gigantism (these are the largest linyphiids described), although the close relatives of Orsonwelles remain unknown. Their web architecture is also described and illustrated.

scholarly journals Claviplatys henryi, a new genus and species of Plataspidae from southern India (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 796 ◽  
pp. 397-408
Author(s):  
Dávid Rédei ◽  
Zdeněk Jindra
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Southern India ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Systematic Relationships

Claviplatysgen. n. and its type species C.henryisp. n. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae: Plataspinae) are described from Kerala, India. The new genus is related to the Indomalayan genera Heterocrates Amyot & Serville, 1843, Cratoplatys Montandon, 1894, and Cronion Bergroth, 1891, but differs from them and all other plataspid genera by the peculiarly modified antenna. The morphological characters and systematic relationships of the above genera are discussed.

On Putaoa, a new genus of the spider family Pimoidae (Araneae) from China, with a cladistic test of its monophyly and phylogenetic placement

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1792 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUSTAVO HORMIGA ◽  
LIHONG TU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Parsimony Analysis ◽  
Phylogenetic Placement

The spider genus Putaoa new genus (Araneae, Pimoidae) is described to place two species of pimoids from China, Putaoa huaping new species (the type species) and P. megacantha (Xu & Li, 2007) new combination. Parsimony analysis of morphological characters provides support for the monophyly of Putaoa and for its sister group relationship to the genus Weintrauboa Hormiga, 2003 and corroborates the monophyly of Pimoidae.

scholarly journals Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3609-3617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa K. Zepeda ◽  
Hans-Jürgen Busse ◽  
Jan Golke ◽  
Jimmy H. W. Saw ◽  
Maqsudul Alam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nucleotide Sequence Identity ◽  
Type Strain ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Hawaiian Islands ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Sequence Identity ◽  
The Family ◽  
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

A Gram-negative, helical bacterium designated PH27AT was cultivated from an anchialine pool on Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The obligately halophilic strain was motile by bipolar tufts of flagella and grew optimally at pH 7, and microaerobically or aerobically. Closest neighbours based on 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence identity are Marinospirillum celere v1c_Sn-redT (93.31 %) and M. alkaliphilum Z4T (92.10 %) in the family Oceanospirillaceae, class Gammaproteobacteria. PH27AT is distinguished phenotypically from members of the genus Marinospirillum by its hydrolysis of gelatin, the absence of growth in media containing ≤ 1 % (w/v) NaCl and the ranges of temperature (12–40 °C) and pH (5–8) for growth. The major compound ubiquinone Q-9 distinguishes the quinone system of strain PH27AT from those in members of the genus Marinospirillum and other members of the Oceanospirillaceae, in which the major quinone is Q-8. Major polar lipids in PH27AT were phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol, with moderate amounts of diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylserine. Spermidine and cadaverine dominated the polyamine pattern; large proportions of cadaverine have not been reported in members of the genus Marinospirillum. Genotypic and chemotaxonomic data show that PH27AT does not belong in the genus Marinospirillum or other genera of the family Oceanospirillaceae or the Halomonadaceae. We propose a new genus, Terasakiispira gen. nov., be created to accommodate Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis gen. nov., sp. nov. as the type species, with PH27AT ( = ATCC BAA-995T = DSM 16455T = DSM 23961T) as the type strain.

Integrating phylogeny, ontogeny and systematics of the mite family Smarididae (Prostigmata, Parasitengona): Classification, identification key, and description of new taxa

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-123
Author(s):  
Samuel Geremias Dos Santos Costa ◽  
Cal Welbourn ◽  
Pavel Klimov ◽  
Almir Rogério Pepato
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Larval Instar ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Larval Morphology ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Larval Instars ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Mite Family

Unlike most terrestrial parasitengone mites (chiggers, erythraeids), known mostly from parasitic and easy-to-collect larvae, smaridid systematics are mainly based on the post larval instar. Larvae are rarely collected, and their biology and host associations are virtually unknown. Here we infer phylogenetic relationships of Smarididae based on 50 morphological characters using both larval and post larval instars, including data on the larval morphology of Trichosmaris obtained through rearing. The subfamily Smaridinae, as currently understood, was recovered paraphyletic: the genus Smaris was rendered as basal smaridid lineage, while the genus Fessonia (Smaridinae) was sister to Hirstiosomatinae, albeit with moderate support. Our analysis suggests that the genus Surasmaris Southcott, 1995 is a junior synonym of Trichosmaris Southcott, 1963 (syn. nov.), and two Sphaerotarsus species should be placed into Hirstiosoma: Hirstiosoma baenai (Mayoral & Barranco, 2017) comb. nov., Hirstiosoma quercus (Yazdanpanah, Saboori & Hakimitabar, 2016) comb. nov. Sphaerotarsus monticolus Southcott, 1997 and S. leptopilus were recovered as independent lineages, and hence, a new genus Southcottiana gen. nov. is proposed to include Southcottiana monticola comb. nov (Southcott, 1997). We describe two new species, Trichosmaris paulensis sp. nov. (adults, larvae) and T. calcarensis sp. nov. (larva), and present the first description of larval T. dispar, the type species of Trichosmaris, previously known only from post larval instars. Based on the above results, we give a key to larval genera of Smarididae and a key to species of Trichosmaris (larval and postlarval instars).

scholarly journals One less mystery in Coleoptera systematics: the position of Cydistinae (Elateriformia incertae sedis) resolved by multigene phylogenetic analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 187 (4) ◽  
pp. 1259-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Kundrata ◽  
Stephan M Blank ◽  
Alexander S Prosvirov ◽  
Eliska Sormova ◽  
Matthew L Gimmel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Targeted Sampling ◽  
Family Level ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
History Of ◽  
Multigene Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Close Relatives

Abstract Cydistinae are a rare monogeneric beetle lineage from Asia with a convoluted history of classification, historically placed in various groups within the series Elateriformia. However, their position has never been rigorously tested. To resolve this long-standing puzzle, we are the first to present sequences of two nuclear and two mitochondrial markers for four species of Cydistinae to determine their phylogenetic position. We included these sequences in two rounds of analyses: one including a broad Elateriformia dataset to test placement at the superfamily/family level, and a second, including a richer, targeted sampling of presumed close relatives. Our results strongly support Cydistinae as sister to Phengodidae in a clade with Rhagophthalmidae. Based on our molecular phylogenetic results and examination of morphological characters, we hereby transfer the formerly unplaced Cydistinae into Phengodidae and provide diagnoses for the newly circumscribed Phengodidae, Cydistinae and Cydistus. Since both Phengodidae and Rhagophthalmidae have bioluminescent larvae and strongly neotenic females, similar features can be hypothesized for Cydistinae. Additionally, Cydistus minor is transferred to the new genus Microcydistus.

Neochloroglyphica, a new genus of Geometrinae from China (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4571 (1) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
HONGXIANG HAN ◽  
PEDER SKOU ◽  
RUI CHENG
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Nuclear Genes ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

Neochloroglyphica gen. nov. and its type species N. perbella sp. nov. are described from Yunnan, China. Morphological characters and molecular phylogenetic analysis, based on one mitochondrial and three nuclear genes, support the hypothesis that Neochloroglyphica is a member of the tribe Neohipparchini, and that it is a sister genus to Chloroglyphica. Morphological characters, including those of the genitalia, are figured and compared with related genera, especially Chloroglyphica, Neohipparchus and Chlororithra. Diagnoses for the genus and the species are provided and illustrations of external features and genitalia are presented. 

Description of Ossinissa, a new pholcid genus from the Canary Islands (Araneae: Pholcidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 982 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DIMITAR DIMITROV ◽  
CARLES RIBERA
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
New Combination ◽  
First Time

Ossinissa new genus (Araneae, Pholcidae) is described to place a Canarian pholcid species formerly considered belonging to Spermophorides. The male of the type species, Ossinissa justoi (Wunderlich) new combination, is described for the first time and the female is re-described. This new genus is supported by a revision of the morphological characters of the female, the newly discovered male, and a cladistic analysis.

Delimitation of the segmented trapdoor spider genus Luthela gen. nov., with comments on the genus Sinothela from northern China (Araneae, Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 5091 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-154
Author(s):  
XIN XU ◽  
LI YU ◽  
FENGXIANG LIU ◽  
DAIQIN LI
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The North ◽  
The Status ◽  
Nomina Dubia

A new genus of the primitively segmented trapdoor spiders, which is endemic to the north of China, is described, Luthela gen. nov., and the status of Sinothela Haupt, 2003 and Sinothela sinensis (Bishop & Crosby, 1932) is discussed and both are treated as nomina dubia. The new genus Luthela gen. nov. is erected based on morphology and molecular data of the type species Luthela yiyuan sp. nov. A taxonomic revision of the new genus is given. Three Sinothela species are transferred to the new genus, L. luotianensis comb. nov. and L. schensiensis comb. nov. are redescribed using our newly collected specimens, include L. heyangensis comb. nov. as a junior synonym of L. schensiensis comb. nov., and describe six new species based on both male and female morphological characters: L. badong sp. nov., L. dengfeng sp. nov., L. handan sp. nov., L. taian sp. nov., L. yiyuan sp. nov., and L. yuncheng sp. nov.  

Systematics of Agrophaspidium, a new genus of Neotropical Chloropidae (Diptera)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1926 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
TERRY A. WHEELER ◽  
JULIA J. MLYNAREK
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
National Park ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
La Selva ◽  
Generic Relationships

Agrophaspidium gen. n. is described for six species: Agrophaspidium flavimana sp. n. (type locality: La Selva, Costa Rica); Agrophaspidium hastatum Duda, 1930, comb. n. (type locality: Suiza de Turrialba, Costa Rica); Agrophaspidium minutum sp. n. (type locality: Gatun Lake, near Colón, Panama); Agrophaspidium monticola sp. n. (type species of genus; type locality: Monteverde, Costa Rica); Agrophaspidium pollinosum sp. n. (type locality: Portachuelo Pass, Venezuela); and Agrophaspidium psilotum sp. n. (type locality: Guanacaste National Park, Costa Rica). Agrophaspidium is distinguished from other Oscinellinae by the combination of an anteromedial-posterolateral arrangement of the vertical bristles, a dorsally flattened scutellum with four elongate marginal projections bearing stout bristles, and characters of the male genitalia (enlarged epandrium, branched surstylus, enlarged and modified cercus). Although the phylogenetic relationships of species within Agrophaspidium are resolved by morphological characters, the generic relationships to other Oscinellinae are unresolved.

Paralutztrema hylacichlae n.g., n.sp., a Dicrocoeliine Fluke from the Louisiana Wood Thrush, Hylacichla mustelina (Gmelin)

1967 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-304
Author(s):  
Ernest Carroll Faust
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Bile Ducts ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Feeding Habits ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Wood Thrush ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Single Genus ◽  
New Hosts ◽  
Liver Flukes

As a result of their feeding habits, birds of 36 or more families have proved to be susceptible to a large number of dicrocoeliine trematodes living principally in the bile ducts and gall-bladder of their hosts (Faust, 1966). As more species of avian hosts are examined and their liver flukes studied, additional species are described and previously recognized species are reported from new hosts and new geographical areas (Lumsden and Zischke, 1963).In 1958, Yamaguti differentiated Dicrocoeliinae Looss, 1899 into 8 tribes, one of which he named Lutztrematini, having as cardinal characters an acetabulum much larger than oral sucker and testes tandem or diagonal; single genus Lutztrema Travassos, 1941 and L. obliquum (Travassos, 1917) as type species. The avian dicrocoeliine species described in this communication has important morphological characters agreeing with the Lutztrematini and others lacking agreement. In consequence, it has seemed necessary to create a new genus, Paralutztrema, related to, but generically separate from Lutztrema.

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