New and interesting Chaetomium species from East Africa

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 1253-1262 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Carter ◽  
R. S. Khan
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Pure Cultures ◽  
Species Groups

Three new coprophilous Chaetomium species are described and illustrated: C. subcircinatum from Tanzania, C. retardatum from Kenya and Zaire (Congo), and C. multispirale from Kenya, Canada, and Mexico. Many additional records are provided for 13 previously described species and species groups, several of which are redescribed from pure cultures. A comparison of two closely related species, C. globosum and C. coarctatum, is presented.

A giant Permian fusulinid from east-central Alaska with comparisons of all giant fusulinids in western North America

1995 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 805-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Calvin H. Stevens
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Related Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Lower Permian ◽  
Early Permian ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
East Central ◽  
West Texas ◽  
Species Groups

The discovery of a new locality yielding giant Guadalupian (Lower Permian) fusulinids in east-central Alaska extends the range of these forms much farther north than previously known, and into a tectonostratigraphic terrane from which they previously had not been reported. The number of areas from which giant parafusulinids are known in North America is thus raised to eight. Three of these localities are in rocks that previously had been referred to the allochthonous McCloud belt arc, and one, West Texas, is known to have been part of Paleozoic North America. Comparison of species from all areas suggests that there are two closely related species groups: one represented in Texas and Coahuila, and the other represented in Sonora, northern California, northeastern Washington, southern and northern British Columbia, Alaska, and apparently in Texas. These groups may differ because they are of slightly different ages or because interchange between the faunas of Texas–Coahuila area and the other regions was somewhat inhibited during the Early Permian.

Description of ten tadpoles in the genus Boophis from Madagascar

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2694 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAHIRY RASOLONJATOVO HIOBIARILANTO ◽  
ROGER-DANIEL RANDRIANIAINA ◽  
JULIAN GLOS ◽  
AXEL STRAUß ◽  
MIGUEL VENCES
Keyword(s):  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Lower Number ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Morphological Similarity ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time

We provide morphological descriptions of the tadpoles of ten species of Malagasy treefrogs of the genus Boophis (family Mantellidae). Based on individuals determined by DNA barcoding, the larvae of eight species are described for the first time: B. anjanaharibeensis, B. axelmeyeri, B. elenae, B. englaenderi, B. luciae, B. rhodoscelis, B. roseipalmatus, and B. vittatus. For two additional species, B. andreonei and B. microtympanum, we provide descriptions from other localities than the previously known larvae. All tadpoles described herein are stream-adapted, exotrophic, and of a relatively generalized morphology. In general, we found a morphological similarity of larvae belonging to phenetic species groups of Boophis, but more detailed analyses showed several differences between taxa that are known to be sister species or closely related to each other: B. luciae has a much higher number of oral papillae than B. sibilans, B. roseipalmatus has a slightly lower number of papillae and possibly a stronger caudal musculature than B. madagascariensis, and B. elenae has a distinctly lower number of oral papillae and keratodonts in the first upper keratodont row than B. sandrae. This indicates that tadpole characters might, in some cases, provide good taxonomic characters in Boophis, a genus in which adults of closely related species are often morphologically extremely similar.

Review of Oculogaster Kluge 2016 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae, Procloeon Bengtsson 1915)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4820 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-437
Author(s):  
NIKITA J. KLUGE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Related Species ◽  
New South ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
African Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
African Group ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Single Larva

The subgenus Oculogaster Kluge 2016 is divided into two species groups: the «African group» includes Procloeon (Oculogaster) cylindroculum Kimmins 1956, P. (O.) barnardi sp. n., P. (O.) niger sp. n., unnamed species P. (O.) sp. «Wolfkloof» and presumably P. (O.) silvicola Gillies 1997; the «Asian group» includes P. (O.) album Kluge 2016, P. (O.) regularum Müller-Liebenau & Hubbard 1985, P. (O.) malabarensis sp. n., presumably Procloeon julia (Gillies 1949) comb. n. and unnamed species P. sp. «Thailand-3», P. sp. «Sulawesi» and P. sp. «Philippines». New South African species P. (O.) barnardi sp. n. and P. (O.) niger sp. n. are described from South Africa based on larvae, subimagines and imagines of both sexes associated by rearing; among them, P. (O.) barnardi sp. n. was formerly described by Barnard (1932) under the name «Austrocloeon africanum», being wrongly regarded to be the species originally described as Cloeon africanum Esben-Petersen 1913. Characters of larva and female subimago of another South African species, P. (O.) sp. «Wolfkloof» are described based on a single specimen. Two closely related species, P. (O.) regularum Müller-Liebenau & Hubbard 1985 from Sri Lanka and P. (O.) malabarensis sp. n. from India are described based on larvae, subimagines and imagines of both sexes associated by rearing; these two species have 2 (rarely 1 or 3) cross veins in pterostigma, in contrast to other species of Oculogaster which normally have one vein (rarely two veins). Procloeon julia is presumptively placed in Oculogaster based on the presence of one vein in pterostigma. Unnamed species P. sp. «Thailand-3», P. sp. «Sulawesi» and P. sp. «Philippines» are presumably placed in Oculogaster; each is briefly described based on a single larva.

Phenetic variation between some species in the family Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Gamasida)

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Chant ◽  
R. I. C. Hansell ◽  
H. J. Rowell
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Morphological Diversity ◽  
Multivariate Techniques ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
Consistent Trend ◽  
The Family ◽  
Phenetic Diversity ◽  
Species Groups

Examination of differences in phenetic variation between a number of closely related species of mites of the family Phytoseiidae from four widely different environments in North America, ranging from subarctic to subtropical, was undertaken. Phenetic variation was measured by (1) determining the numbers of taxa recorded in given areas as a measure of the richness of species and genera; (2) determining interspecific morphological diversity using multivariate techniques based on frequency distributions of the taxonomic distances between pairs of species; and (3) by using phenogram analyses to determine the species groups in a given area.The results show a consistent trend in the degree of diversity. The more northerly communities have fewer taxa and these show little phenetic diversity, whereas the more southern communities have more taxa and they show greater phenetic diversity.

scholarly journals A Revision of the Ant Genus Rhytidoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Caledonia

1984 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
PS Ward
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Morphological Differentiation ◽  
Forest Edge ◽  
Nest Architecture ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Group Species

In this revision of the genus Rhytidoponera on the island of New Caledonia, 18 species are recognized: seven previously described taxa (acanthoponeroides Viehmeyer, atropurpurea Emery, fulgens Emery, numeensis Andre, pulchella Emery, versicolor Brown, and wilsoni Brown) and 11 new species (aquila sp.nov., arborea sp.nov., depilis sp.nov., insularis sp.nov., koumensis sp.nov., litoralis sp.nov., luteipes sp.nov., mimica sp.nov., nitidiventris sp.nov., opaciventris sp.nov., and terrestris sp.nov.). All of these species are endemic (except perhaps terrestris, for which there is a questionable record from Vanuatu), and they segregate into four species-groups: acanthoponeroides group (one species), fulgens group (four species), numeensis group (three species) and pulchella group (ten species). Alate queens have not been found in any species, suggesting that colonies are entirely worker-reproductive. The behaviour and nest architecture of species in the pulchella group indicates specialization as foliage-foragers on understorey and forest edge vegetation, in contrast to the ground-foraging tendencies of the remaining species. Some pulchella-group species are involved in mimicry complexes with other ants and other foliage- frequenting arthropods. Closely related species of New Caledonian Rhytidoponera are usually distributed allopatrically, and conspecific populations exhibit a wide range of morphological differentiation.

The Systematic Status of the Genus Australocrinia Heyer & Liem (Anura:Leptodactylidae)

1981 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 93 ◽  
Author(s):  
MB Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Numerical Techniques ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Systematic Status ◽  
Species Groups

Australocrinia Heyer & Liem was erected to accommodate the species riparia Littlejohn & Martin and tasmaniensis Gunther. Here I examine these species and determine the systematic status of Australocrinia. Multivariate numerical techniques were employed to sort specimens of the 14 species examined. Ranidella Girard (sensu Heyer and Liem 1976) was shown to be a group of closely related species. Although A. riparia and A. tasmaniensis differ from this group in a number of respects the differences are considered insufficient to warrant the recognition of a genus to accommodate them. Accordingly I refer them to Ranidella. Three species-groups were recognized in Ranidella. One contains all the species referred to Ranidella by Heyer and Liem (1976), whereas R. riparia and R. tasmaniensis are monotypic groups.

scholarly journals A new species of Asphinctopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Tanzania

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2480 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER G. HAWKES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
First Record ◽  
Potential Range ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Ponerine Ants ◽  
West And Central Africa ◽  
A New Species

Asphinctopone is a rarely encountered genus of ponerine ants, previously known only from the wet forest zones of West and central Africa. In the most recent revision of the genus Bolton & Fisher synonymised the three previously described species under A. sylvestrii Santschi and described one new but very closely related species, A. differens Bolton & Fisher. A very distinctive new species, Asphinctopone pilosa sp. n., is described from Tanzania and represents the first record of this genus from East Africa. Modifications to the diagnosis of the genus and an updated key to the species of Asphinctopone are presented. An analysis of the distribution records of Asphinctopone, using BIOCLIM and DOMAIN as implemented in DIVA-GIS 7.1 to provide preliminary predictions of the potential range of the genus, is also provided.

Acmaeodera (Ptychomus) kubani sp.n. from Northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, with notes on the taxonomic composition of the subgenus Ptychomus Marseul, 1866 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae: Acmaeoderini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4434 (1) ◽  
pp. 171 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK G. VOLKOVITSH
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Taxonomic Composition ◽  
Northern Africa ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Species Groups

Acmaeodera (Ptychomus) kubani sp. n. from Algeria, Libya and Egypt together with A. (P.) kubani saudita subsp. n. from Saudi Arabia are described, illustrated and compared with closely related species. Species-groups A. (P.) arabica Gory, 1840, A. (P.) polita (Klug, 1829) (with A. polita and A. foudrasii Solier, 1833 subgroups) and A. (P.) argodi Kerremans, 1907 are established within subgenus Ptychomus Marseul, 1866; diagnostic characters and composition of these groups are discussed. 

scholarly journals Molecular phylogeny of the Drosophila tripunctata and closely related species groups (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 595-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciane Mendes Hatadani ◽  
James O. McInerney ◽  
Hermes Fonseca de Medeiros ◽  
Ana Carolina Martins Junqueira ◽  
Ana Maria de Azeredo-Espin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Species Groups
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