Bartonaspis new genus, a trilobite species complex from the base of the Upper Cambrian Sunwaptan Stage in North America

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 987-1003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R Westrop ◽  
Jonathan M Adrain

Despite being reported widely from basal Sunwaptan strata, Dellea? punctata Palmer, 1965, is known from only four figured cranidia. New material from Nevada, Utah and Oklahoma, including librigenae and pygidia, indicate that specimens assigned previously to D.? punctata are best interpreted as a complex of related species that are assigned to a new genus, Bartonaspis. This genus is diagnosed by punctate sculpture, a pair of fossulae at the anterior corners of the glabella, and by a subelliptical pygidium with a short convex axis composed of three segments. Three new species, B. fredericksoni, B. palmeri, and B. wilsoni, are described and B. punctata (Palmer) is restricted to its holotype. Bartonaspis is known only from the Irvingella major Zone, and its first appearance defines the base of the Sunwaptan Stage. Dellea Wilson, 1949, is related to Bartonaspis and is differentiated from it primarily by pygidial morphology. In contrast to Bartonaspis, the pygidium of Dellea has an axis composed of four, rather than three, segments and a narrow concave border.

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Helmut Fürsch

Three new species of Ugandan Kibale forest are described, figured and compared with closely related species: Scymnus (Pullus) auritoides sp. n., S. (Pullus) fumosipennis sp. n. and S. (Pullus) siphonofissus sp. n. S. (Pullus) nigropectus Mader is redescribed, based on new material. New synonyms: S. mundus Mader is a younger synonym of S. nigrosellatus Mader and S. couturieri Chazeau is a synonym of S. majeri Fürsch.


2000 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie E. Schweitzer ◽  
Rodney M. Feldmann

New fossils referable to the Cancridae Latreille, 1802 extend the known stratigraphic range of the family into the middle Eocene and the geographic range into South America. Each genus within the family has been reevaluated within the context of the new material. A suite of diagnostic characters for each cancrid genus makes it possible to assign both extant and fossil specimens to genera and the two cancrid subfamilies, the Cancrinae Latreille, 1802, and Lobocarcininae Beurlen, 1930, based solely upon dorsal carapace morphology. Cheliped morphology is useful in assigning genera to the family but is significantly less useful at the subfamily and generic level. Each of the four subgenera sensu Nations (1975), Cancer Linnaeus, 1758, Glebocarcinus Nations, 1975, Metacarcinus A. Milne Edwards, 1862, and Romaleon Gistl, 1848, are elevated to full generic status. Additionally, three new genera and three new species accommodate the new, as well as some previously described taxa, and include Anatolikos new genus, Anisospinos berglundi new genus and species, and Notocarcinus sulcatus new genus and species and several new combinations. Recognition of new genera and reassignment of several species within the Cancrinae indicates that that subfamily may have arisen in the southern hemisphere, contrary to the previous interpretation of the subfamily as a primarily North Pacific or Tethyan group. The Lobocarcininae was primarily a Tethyan group.


ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 788 ◽  
pp. 183-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars G. Crabo

The genus Rhabdorthodesgen. n. is described for three previously unnamed noctuid moths from the mountains of south-western United States and Mexico. It is assigned to subfamily Noctuinae, tribe Eriopygini. Rhabdorthodespattersonisp. n. from the United States and Rhabdorthodesdurangosp. n. and Rhabdorthodespetersonisp. n. from Mexico are described. These moths are small, dull gray brown, and lack highly diagnostic wing markings, but are distinctive structurally. The adults and genitalia of both sexes are illustrated and distribution maps are presented. Two species eponyms honor persons who have facilitated the study and enjoyment of moths in North America by creating moth-specific websites.


2001 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Squires ◽  
Louella R. Saul

Two new genera and ten new species of shallow-marine, warm-water gastropods are reported from several Upper Cretaceous formations found between British Columbia and southern California. The buccinid Zaglenum new genus is represented by two new species and the turbinellid Fimbrivasum new genus is represented by three new species. The nododelphinulid Trochacanthus pacificus new species is the first record of this genus in the Western Hemisphere, and the procerthiid Nudivagus? califus new species could be the first record of this genus on the Pacific slope of North America. The xenophorid Xenophora (Endoptygma) hermax new species is only the second known Cretaceous species of this genus on the Pacific slope of North America, and this species establishes that Endoptygma Gabb, 1877, is a valid taxon. The neritid Otostoma sharonae new species is only the fourth known Cretaceous species of this genus on the Pacific slope of North America. The ringiculid Ringicula? (Ringiculopsis?) hesperiae new species is the first Campanian record of this genus on the Pacific slope of North America and the first recognition of this subgenus in this area.


1958 ◽  
Vol 90 (12) ◽  
pp. 744-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas M. Davies ◽  
Paul D. Syme

In an earlier paper (Syme and Davies, 1958), three new species in the hirtipes-complex (Prosimulium fuscum Syme and Davies, P. mixtum Syme and Davies and P. fontanum Syme and Davies) were described, compared with related species in other parts of the world, and their known distribution in northeastern North America indicated. In this paper are presented observations on the manner and dates of oviposition, on incubation, on the larval feeding, on the rate of larval growth during the fall and winter in a spring-fed stream, and on differences in habitat and seasonal emergence of the three new species.


1991 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 742-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. W. Potter

Cocks and Rong (1989) subdivided the species of the Ordovician brachiopod genus Bimuria into two groups, those with a simple, or not undercut, cardinal process and those with an undercut cardinal process. They placed the second group in a new genus, Cooperea, and grouped Cooperea with Craspedelia in the new subfamily Craspedeliinae of the family Sowerbyellidae. However, the cardinal process of Bimuria ranges from not undercut to undercut within at least two species. Cooperea is therefore placed in synonymy with Bimuria, and Craspedelia is returned to the Bimuriidae.Cocks and Rong (1989) inferred that, with rare exceptions, the cardinal process of the Plectambonitacea evolved from simple to trifid to undercut. The evidence from Bimuria indicates, however, that the undercut process developed more than once and, in Bimuria, directly from the simple type.As an adjunct to the above discussion three new species are described: Bimuria gilbertella, Craspedelia intonsa, and Craspedelia sp. 1. Craspedelia is a rarely reported genus documented here for the first time in western North America (northern California). Additional evidence is introduced that the ratio Lmusbv/Lebv decreased from middle to late Ordovician species of Bimuria.


Dugesiana ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-146
Author(s):  
Harry Brailovsky ◽  

The new genus, Zygocellus gen. nov., with the single species Z. saphisus sp. nov from Bolivia, is described. Additionally, three new species in the genus Ochrimnus are described: Ochrimnus (Aglaochrimnus) nigrosteolaris sp. nov. from Venezuela, O. (Aglaochrimnus) rostratum sp. nov. from Brazil, and O. (Orthochrimnus) naevillus sp. nov. from Colombia. Also, the new species Zygochrimnus morronesus sp. nov. is described from Argentina. Photographs of the dorsal habitus of each species, and the parameres of some species are included. A discussion of their relationships with related species, in their respective genera, is provided.


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4337 (3) ◽  
pp. 390 ◽  
Author(s):  
MING KAI TAN ◽  
ANDREJ V. GOROCHOV ◽  
RODZAY BIN HAJI ABDUL WAHAB

Based on the new material collected in Kuala Belalong in Brunei Darussalam, four new taxa of Meconematini katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) are described here. Three new species from three previously known genera are described: Alloteratura (Alloteratura) belalongensis sp. nov., Leptoteratura (Rhinoteratura) chela sp. nov., and Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) kenuan sp. nov. Moreover, one new genus is erected based on the unique type species which is also new to science: Pulchroteratura huiqing gen. et sp. nov. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR I. GUSAROV

Nearctic species of the genus Tropimenelytron Pace, 1983, a new genus for North America, are revised. Redescription and illustrations are provided for distinguishing the genus Tropimenelytron from other related aleocharine genera. Three new species are described: T. americanum Gusarov, sp. n., from Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut and Quebec; T. robustum Gusarov, sp. n., from Oregon and British Columbia and T. californicum Gusarov, sp. n. from California. A key for identification of Nearctic species of Tropimenelytron is provided. The status of the genus Pelioptera Kraatz, 1957 is discussed. Pelioptera unica (Bernhauer, 1907) from Japan and P. peguana (Bernhauer, 1915) from Burma are transferred to Tropimenelytron.


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