A new monotypic fungal genus, Allantomyces, and a new species of Legeriomyces (Trichomycetes, Harpellales) in the hindgut of a Western Australian mayfly nymph (Tasmanocoenis sp.)

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 1109-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin C. Williams ◽  
Robert W. Lichtwardt
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Mayfly Nymph ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Fungal Genus

Allantomyces caenidarum sp.nov., a trichomycete fungus that lives in the hindgut of Tasmanocoenis sp. (Caenidae) mayfly nymphs in southwestern Western Australian streams, is described. In addition to normal trichospores and zygospores that serve to reinfest other nymphs, A. caenidarum also produces what may be modified trichospores that serve to increase gut infestation endogenously. The same species of mayfly also harbored a new species, Legeriomyces raus, which belongs to a genus previously known only from North America and Europe. Key words: Caenidae, Allantomyces, Australia, Tasmanocoenis, Trichomycetes, Legeriomyces.

Morphology and paleoecology of Ricciopsis speirsae sp.nov. (Ricciaceae), a fossil liverwort from the Paleocene Joffre Bridge locality, Alberta, Canada

1997 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 1375-1381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia L. Hoffman ◽  
Ruth A. Stockey
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Red Deer ◽  
Oxbow Lake ◽  
Single Plane ◽  
Geologic Setting ◽  
A New Species

More than 60 specimens of a fossil liverwort gametophyte have been recovered from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation at the Joffre Bridge locality near Red Deer, Alta. They closely resemble thalli of extant Riccia and have been assigned to the genus Ricciopsis Lundblad. Thalli are linear and prostrate, with smooth margins and a distinct dorsal sulcus. Dichotomous branching occurs in a single plane. Ribbonlike segments reach lengths as great as 55.0 mm, with up to seven dichotomies. Width is typically 1.5–2.0 mm, but abrupt constrictions and dilations are sometimes present proximal to dichotomies. The latter feature distinguishes this fossil from known fossil and living Ricciaceae, and thus it is referred to a new species, Ricciopsis speirsae sp.nov. Liverworts are not common in the fossil record. Ricciopsis speirsae is the first ricciaceous fossil to be described from North America and the first of Paleocene age worldwide. The specimens are found in a layer of lacustrine claystone, scattered among remains of a free-floating lemnaceous plant. Both the geologic setting and the associated fossils indicate that the environment of deposition was a shallow oxbow lake. Key words: Ricciaceae, Riccia, Ricciopsis, liverwort, Paleocene, fossil.

Erigeron cabelloi A. Pujadas, R. García-Salmones & E. López (Asteraceae) nueva especie del Pirineo. Erigeron cabelloi A. Pujadas, R. García-Salmones & E. López (Asteraceae) a new species from the Pyrennees

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 211-215
Author(s):  
Antonio J. Pujadas Salvà ◽  
Raúl García-Salmones ◽  
Eusebio López Nieto
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
A New Species

Erigeron cabelloi A. Pujadas, R. García-Salmones & E. López (Asteraceae) a new species from the Pyrennees. Palabras clave. Andorra, Compositae, Corología, Erigeron neglectus, Flora Ibérica. Key words. Andorra, Chorology, Compositae, Erigeron neglectus, Iberian Flora.

Widespread infection of the Eastern red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) by a new species of Amphibiocystidium, a genus of fungus-like mesomycetozoan parasites not previously reported in North America

Parasitology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 135 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. R. RAFFEL ◽  
T. BOMMARITO ◽  
D. S. BARRY ◽  
S. M. WITIAK ◽  
L. A. SHACKELTON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
Seasonal Distribution ◽  
Notophthalmus Viridescens ◽  
Amphibian Species ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Causative Agents ◽  
A New Species

SUMMARYGiven the worldwide decline of amphibian populations due to emerging infectious diseases, it is imperative that we identify and address the causative agents. Many of the pathogens recently implicated in amphibian mortality and morbidity have been fungal or members of a poorly understood group of fungus-like protists, the mesomycetozoans. One mesomycetozoan, Amphibiocystidium ranae, is known to infect several European amphibian species and was associated with a recent decline of frogs in Italy. Here we present the first report of an Amphibiocystidium sp. in a North American amphibian, the Eastern red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens), and characterize it as the new species A. viridescens in the order Dermocystida based on morphological, geographical and phylogenetic evidence. We also describe the widespread and seasonal distribution of this parasite in red-spotted newt populations and provide evidence of mortality due to infection.

Planalvus (Brachiopoda, Athyridida) from the Lower Devonian of the Armorican Massif, northwest France

1994 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick R. Racheboeuf ◽  
Paul Copper ◽  
Fernando Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Lower Devonian ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Lower Carboniferous ◽  
Armorican Massif ◽  
A New Species

Cryptonella? cailliaudi Barrois, 1889, from the Lower Devonian of the Armorican Massif, is tentatively assigned to the athyridid brachiopod genus Planalvus Carter, thus far known only from the Lower Carboniferous of eastern North America. In addition, a new species, Planalvus rufus, is described from the Bois-Roux Formation (Pragian) of Brittany, France. These French species are small brachiopods with complex spiralial and jugal structures, which permit assignment to the order Athyridida.

scholarly journals Apheloria polychroma, a new species of millipede from the Cumberland Mountains (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4375 (3) ◽  
pp. 409
Author(s):  
PAUL E. MAREK ◽  
JACKSON C. MEANS ◽  
DEREK A. HENNEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Mississippi River ◽  
Appalachian Mountains ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Ouachita Mountains ◽  
Model Species ◽  
Color Morphs ◽  
Cumberland Mountains ◽  
A New Species

Millipedes of the genus Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921 occur in temperate broadleaf forests throughout eastern North America and west of the Mississippi River in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains. Chemically defended with toxins made up of cyanide and benzaldehyde, the genus is part of a community of xystodesmid millipedes that compose several Müllerian mimicry rings in the Appalachian Mountains. We describe a model species of these mimicry rings, Apheloria polychroma n. sp., one of the most variable in coloration of all species of Diplopoda with more than six color morphs, each associated with a separate mimicry ring.

A new species of Odontepyris (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae: Bethylinae) from East Asia

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
RYUDAI ITO ◽  
TOSHIHARU MITA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South Korea ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Morphological Variations ◽  
Median Area ◽  
A New Species

Odontepyris costatus sp. nov. is described from Japan and Taiwan. This new species is most similar to O. formosicola Terayama, 1997 known from Cambodia and Taiwan according to the key to the Eastern Palaearctic Odontepyris. O. costatus sp. nov. can be distinguished from the latter by the relatively small eye and the wide metapectal-propodeal disc. It is also similar to O. telortis Lim & Lee, 2009 known from South Korea, but it is distinguished from O. telortis by the imbricate median area of metapostnotum. The morphological variations and diagnostic characters of the Eastern Palaearctic species are briefly discussed and the modified key to species is provided. Key words: new species, Japan, Taiwan, wing venation

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