Revision of the genus Desportesius Chabaud and Campana, 1949 (Nematoda: Acuarioidea) mainly from the gizzard of ciconiform birds

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (11) ◽  
pp. 2520-2530 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. Wong ◽  
R. C. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
As Species ◽  
Species Inquirendae

Desportesius Chabaud and Campana, 1949 is revised. Eight species are recognized: D. brevicaudatus (Dujardin, 1845), D. bubulcusi (Kumar and Gupta, 1979), D. equispiculatus (Wu and Liu, 1943), D. invaginatus (Linstow, 1901), D. longevaginatus (Molin, 1860), D. orientalis (Wu, 1933), D. sagittatus (Rudolphi, 1809), and D. triaenucha (Wright, 1879). Desportesius spinulatus Chabaud and Campana, 1949, D. morneti Gretillat and Morel, 1961, D. cramae Sharma, 1973, D. nigeri Gupta and Kazim, 1978, and D. ibisi Naidu, 1981 are considered synonyms of the type species, D. invaginatus. Desportesius canadensis is regarded as a synonym of D. triaenucha. Three species are regarded as species inquirendae: Synhimantus ardeai Agrawal, 1965, D. groffi (Li, 1934), and D. raillieti (Skrjabin, 1924). Desportesius invaginatus, D. brevicaudatus, D. triaenucha, and D. longevaginatus are redescribed and a key to species is provided. Although Desportesius and Syncuaria Gilbert, 1927 have dissimilar cordon arrangements they may be closely related on the basis of the following shared characters: (i) monodelphy, (ii) vulva located immediately anterior to anus, (iii) highly inflated male caudal alae, (iv) preanal caudal papillae located immediately anterior to anus, and (v) short male and female tails.

Revision of Brazilian species of Aleochara Gravenhorst of the subgenus Aleochara (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4712 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
EDILSON CARON ◽  
MARCELO MOUSSALLEM ◽  
SIDNEI BORTOLUZZI
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Brazilian Species ◽  
As Species ◽  
Species Inquirenda

Adults and larvae of Aleochara are found in fly-infested habitats, where the larvae are ectoparasitoids of fly pupae. There are three subgenera recorded in Brazil. This study provides a taxonomic revision of Brazilian species of the subgenus Aleochara. As a result, we recognize seven species in Brazil, A. bonariensis Lynch, A. bugnioni Fauvel, A. lustrica Say, A. chrysorrhoa Erichson and three species described by Sharp: A. auricoma, A. mundana and A. prisca. Redescriptions and illustrations of the male and female genitalia are provided for all species. Nomenclatural changes: A. bugnioni is considered a new junior synonym of A. lateralis Erichson, and A. pseudochrysorrhoa Caron, Mise & Klimaszewski is a new junior synonymy of A. bonariensis. In addition, the type of A. verecunda Sharp, was not studied and the name is considered as species inquirenda, while A. curtula (Goeze) is not confirmed in Brazil and its Neotropical records is discussed. Finally, a key to species is provided and an updated checklist of the Brazilian species of Aleochara (Aleochara), including synonyms, is compiled. 

Revision of the genus Syncuaria Gilbert, 1927 (Nematoda: Acuarioidea)

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 1186-1196 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. Wong ◽  
R. C. Anderson ◽  
Cheryl M. Bartlett
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Final Host ◽  
Breeding Ground ◽  
As Species ◽  
Young Of The Year ◽  
Species Inquirendae

Syncuaria Gilbert, 1927 is revised and Skrjabinocara Kurashvili, 1940 placed in synonymy with it. Nine species are recognized: S. ciconiae Gilbert, 1927 (type species); S. buckleyi (Ali, 1957) n. comb.; S. decorata (Cram, 1927); S. longialula Wang, 1976; S. leptoptili (Gedoelst, 1916) (=S. parvepapillata Macko, 1962a, 1962b); S. bressoui Gretillat, 1970; S. hargilae (Baylis and Daubney, 1923); S. diacantha Petter, 1961; and S. squamata (Linstow, 1883) n. comb. Redescriptions of the latter five species are provided. Six other species are regarded as species inquirendae: S. calcarata (Molin, 1860), S. contorta (Molin, 1858), S. longeornata (Molin, 1860), S. rostombekovi (Kurashvili, 1940) n. comb., S. ardeae (Smith, Fox and White, 1908), and S. sturni (Ozerskaya, 1927). Syncuaria longevaginata (Molin, 1860) is transferred to Desportesius, resulting in D. longevaginatus (Molin, 1860) n. comb. Syncuaria squamata was found in 11 of 18 young of the year double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax a. auritus (Lesson)) from Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada, indicating that transmission of this species occurs on the breeding ground of its final host.

Revision of the genus Schistorophus Railliet, 1916 (Nematoda: Acuarioidea)

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (12) ◽  
pp. 2527-2540 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. Wong ◽  
M. W. Lankester
Keyword(s):  
Key To Species ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
As Species ◽  
Species Inquirendae

The genus Schistorophus is revised and five species are recognized: (1) S. longicornis (Hemprich and Ehrenberg in Schneider, 1866) with S. indica (Sanwal, 1952) and S. limosae Mawson, 1968 as its new synonyms; (2) S. skrjabini (Vassilkova, 1926); (3) S. cirripedesmi Rhizhikov and Khokhlova, 1964 with S. brygooi Petter, 1967 and S. lii Daiya, Bondarenko and Gubanov, 1971 as its new synonyms; (4) S. cornutus Sobolev, 1943; and (5) S. guschanskoi Ablasov and Chibichenko, 1962. Redescriptions of S. longicornis, S. skrjabini, and S. cirripedesmi are provided. Schistorophus bicuspis (Rudolphi, 1819), Schistorophus laciniatus (Molin, 1860b), Strongylus ambiguus Rudolphi, 1802, and Spiroptera sternaehirundinis Deslongchamps, 1824 are regarded as species inquirendae. One species, Schistorophus acanthocephalica (Molin, 1860a), is considered a synonym of Paracuaria adunca (Creplin, 1846). Four species are transferred to the following genera: Viktorocara capillaris (Molin, 1860c) n. comb., Viktorocara aulieatina (Skrjabin, 1916) n. comb., Stellocaronema spinulosus (Molin, 1860c) n. comb., and Sciadiocara bihamata (Mueller, 1897) n. comb. A key to species is also provided.

Interesting interstitial Paramesochridae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): Maliithipon wellsi gen. et sp. nov. from the Philippines, M. aberrans (Mielke, 1984) comb. nov. from Panama, and M. cf. aberrans (Mielke, 1984) from the Azores

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5051 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-93
Author(s):  
VEZIO COTTARELLI ◽  
MARIA CRISTINA BRUNO
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sandy Beaches ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Distal Margin ◽  
As Species ◽  
Caudal Rami ◽  
Species Inquirendae

We propose and describe a new genus of interstitial Paramesochridae, Maliithipon gen. nov., to accommodate three species. Maliithipon wellsi sp. nov., type species of the genus, is described based on specimens collected in two sandy beaches in Isla Verde, the Philippines. Apodopsyllus aberrans Mielke, 1984a described from Panama, is allocated to the herein erected genus as Maliithipon aberrans (Mielke, 1984a) comb. nov. Maliithipon cf. aberrans is described, based on specimens collected in the Azores and previously identified as Apodopsyllus aberrans. The new genus is characterized by several distinct morphological features: mandible with uniramous, 2-segmented palp and gnathobase with thin and pointed teeth; maxillule with reduced armature, lacking endopod and exopod; maxilla large, with three syncoxal endites and endopod with reduced setal number; P5 very reduced in both sexes; caudal rami with six setae, two of which (setae III and VI) transformed; pseudoperculum well-developed, with four-lobed distal margin. The new genus is included in the subfamily Paramesochrinae Lang, 1944 and in the genus-group Scottopsyllus (sensu Huys, 1987). It has strong affinities with Leptopsyllus (Leptopsyllus) platyspinosus Mielke, 1984b and Wellsopsyllus (Intermediopsyllus) smirnovi (Kunz, 1992), which are considered as species inquirendae in this paper. Some remarks on the ecology and geonemy of the three studied species are provided. We also list the accompanying Paramesochridae obtained from the two new collecting sites of the genus, and all the genera of Paramesochridae recorded from other sites in the Philippines during the same survey.  

Taxonomic revision of the ciliate genus Zosterodasys Deroux, 1978 (Protista: Ciliophora: Synhymeniida)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3345 (1) ◽  
pp. 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER VĎAČNÝ ◽  
EVA TIRJAKOVÁ
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Ventral Side ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Morphological Taxonomy ◽  
As Species ◽  
The Right ◽  
Species Inquirendae

The ciliate genus Zosterodasys was established with Z. agamalievi as the type species by Deroux (1978). Zosterodasys ischaracterized by (i) an obovoidal to ellipsoidal body which is not differentiated into a rostrum anteriorly; (ii) a conspicuouscyrtos, i.e., an obconical cytopharyngeal apparatus; and (iii) a special thickly ciliated structure, the so-called synhymenium,extending obliquely from the left to the right dorsal cell surface across the ventral side and thus interrupting all ventral ciliaryrows and some dorsal ones. Altogether 31 nominal species were originally described or subsequently combined withZosterodasys. However, we recognize only nine of them as reliable Zosterodasys species, eleven represent nomenclaturalsynonyms, one is a junior primary homonym, five are classified as species inquirendae, and five belong to other genera. Weprovide the following data for each reliable Zosterodasys species: author, date, and journal page of the original description; listof synonyms; diagnosis; type locality; type material; etymology; and remarks. Based on the morphologic and morphometriccharacters, we prepared an illustrated taxonomic key, containing all Zosterodasys species considered identifiable in this revision. Further, we discuss characters that have been used in the morphological taxonomy of the genus Zosterodasys.

Revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Ptychoderes Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera, Anthribidae, Anthribinae, Ptychoderini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1182 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ RICARDO M. MERMUDES ◽  
DILMA SOLANGE NAPP
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationship ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
First Time

A review and cladistic analysis of the genus Ptychoderes Schoenherr, 1823 is presented. The genus and the following seventeen known species are redescribed: P. nebulosus (Olivier, 1795) (type species), P. elongatus (Germar, 1824), P. viridanus Boheman, 1833, P. virgatus Fåhraeus, 1839, P. obsoletus Jekel, 1855, P. depressus Jekel, 1855, P. mixtus Jekel, 1855, P. callosus Jekel, 1855, P. antiquus Jekel, 1855, P. brevis Jordan, 1894, P. longicollis Jordan, 1894, P. bivittatus Jordan, 1894, P. rugicollis Jordan, 1895, P. jordani Frieser, 1959, P. crustatus Frieser, 1988, P. magnus Mermudes & Napp, 2004 and P. jekeli Mermudes & Napp, 2004. New synonyms are proposed: Ptychoderes nebulosus (Olivier, 1795) = Ptychoderes tricostifrons Fåhraeus, 1839 syn. nov. = Ptychoderes columbianus Jekel, 1855 syn. nov.; and Ptychoderes antiquus Jekel, 1855 = Ptychoderes affinis Jordan, 1894 syn. nov. A key to species and maps of their geographical distribution are provided. The cladistic analysis with 24 taxa and 50 characters from body vestiture, external morphology, wing venation, male and female terminalia and rectal loop, resulted in a single cladogram showing, for the first time, a hypothesis of phylogenetic relationship  among genera of Anthribinae. The analysis included the seventeen species of Ptychoderes, as defined in the taxonomic review, along with the type species of the genera presently considered as belonging to Ptychoderini Jekel, 1855: Cerambyrhynchus schoenherri Montrouzier, 1855, Phloepemon acuticornis (Fabricius), Phloeotragus heros (Fabricius), Tribotropis prasinata (Fåhraeus, 1839), Hypselotropis annulicornis (Fåhraeus, 1839) and Unanthribus maximus Mermudes, 2003. A hypothesis of the phylogenetic relationships among the Neotropical genera of Ptychoderini is presented in parenthetical notation: ((Tribotropis + Hypselotropis) (Unanthribus + Ptychoderes)). The monophyly of Ptychoderes is supported by 14 synapomorphies and its interrelationships are as follows: ((P. crustatus (P. brevis + P. jekeli)) ((P. longicollis (P. jordani (P. obsoletus+P. magnus) (P. depressus+P. virgatus))) (P. mixtus (P. bivittatus ((P. callosus+P. rugicollis) (P. viridanus (P. antiquus (P. elongatus+P. nebulosus)))))))).

A world review of the pyri species group in the genus Typhlodromus Scheuten (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (7) ◽  
pp. 1770-1804 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Chant ◽  
E. Yoshida-Shaul
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Insufficient Information ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
As Species ◽  
Typhlodromus Athiasae ◽  
Species Inquirendae

The pyri species group in the genus Typhlodromus Scheuten is proposed to accommodate species characterized primarily by the presence of setae S2 and S4 and the absence of S5 of the S-series on the opisthoscutum. There are at present 18 species in this group: T. leptodactylus Wainstein, T. magdalenae Pritchard and Baker, T. corticis Herbert, T. andrei Karg, T. griekwensis Schultz, T. atticus Swirski and Ragusa, T. baccettii Lombardini, T. pyri Scheuten, T. tubifer Wainstein, T. klimenkoi Kolodochka, T. tiliae Oudemans, T. setubali Dosse, T. cotoneastri Wainstein, T. athiasae Porath and Swirski, T. laurae Arutunjan, T. exhilaratus Ragusa, T. phialatus Athias-Henriot, and T. ernesti Ragusa and Swirski. Four subspecies also are proposed: Typhlodromus athiasae athiasae Porath and Swirski stat. nov., Typhlodromus athiasae perbibus Wainstein and Arutunjan stat. nov., Typhlodromus exhilaratus exhilaratus Ragusa stat. nov., and Typhlodromus exhilaratus americanus subsp. nov. Typhlodromus pritchardi Arutunjan and T. vepallidus (Koch) are designated as species inquirendae because of insufficient information on their identities. The identity and status of T. pyri, the type species of the genus Typhlodromus, is reviewed. The following new synonymies are proposed: T. rodovae Wainstein and Arutunjan as a junior synonym of T. corticis; T. helenae Schicha and Dosse and T. oligadenus Athias-Henriot as junior synonyms of T. baccettii; T. ajsel Abbasova as a junior synonym of T. tubifer; T. siwa El Badry, T. hellenicus Swirski and Ragusa, and T. perbibus Wainstein and Arutunjan as junior synonyms of T. athiasae; and T. laurentii Ragusa and Swirski as a junior synonym of T. setubali. The group is defined and a key to and descriptions of the adult females of the species and subspecies are provided.

Revision of the Neotropical spider genus Acanthoctenus (Araneae: Ctenidae: Acanthocteninae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4920 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-55
Author(s):  
STEPHANY ARIZALA ◽  
FACUNDO MARTÍN LABARQUE ◽  
DANIELE POLOTOW
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Synonymy ◽  
First Time ◽  
Species Inquirendae

We revise the genus Acanthoctenus Keyserling, 1877 recognizing thirteen valid species, of which five are new species and two are re-validated. Further, we find one new synonymy and transfer one species. We describe Acanthoctenus alux sp. nov. from Guatemala, A. chickeringi sp. nov. and A. lamarrei sp. nov. from Panama, A. manauara sp. nov. from Brazil and A. torotoro sp. nov. from Bolivia. We revalidate Acanthoctenus dumicola Simon, 1906 stat. res. from Venezuela, and A. virginea (Kraus, 1955) stat. res., comb. nov. from El Salvador. We transfer Acanthoctenus mammifer to Viracucha mammifer (Mello-Leitão, 1939) comb. nov., from Brazil. Acanthoctenus maculatus Petrunkevitch, 1925 and Gephyroctenus kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1947 are considered species inquirendae in Acanthocteninae and Ctenidae, respectively, and A. obauratus Simon, 1906 and A. rubrotaeniatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 are considered incertae sedis in Acanthocteninae and Acantheinae, respectively. We also describe for the first time the female of Acanthoctenus spiniger Keyserling, 1877, the type species of the genus. We provide illustrations of male and female diagnostic characters, genitalia, habitus, and measurements to support the genus re-description and further identification of its species. We yield a distributional map of the specimens recorded and the description of the natural history of Acanthoctenus manauara sp. nov. 

On the Neotropical spider Subfamily Masteriinae (Araneae, Dipluridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4463 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
VICTOR PASSANHA ◽  
ANTONIO D. BRESCOVIT
Keyword(s):  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
As Species ◽  
Distribution Ranges ◽  
First Time ◽  
Fossil Genus ◽  
Species Inquirendae

The Neotropical species of the diplurid subfamily Masteriinae are revised and redefined. Masteriinae now comprises four genera, Masteria L. Koch, 1893, Striamea Raven, 1981, a new genus, Siremata n. gen. and Edwa Raven, 2015, a fossil genus. The type species, Masteria hirsuta L. Koch, 1893, was used as basis for comparison and the knowledge of the genus has increased. Twelve species of Masteria are redescribed and eight new species are described: M. amarumayu n. sp. and M. mutum n. sp., from Brazil; M. yacambu n. sp., from Venezuela; M. sabrinae n. sp., from Martinique; M. tayrona n. sp., from Colombia; M. aguaruna n. sp., from Peru, M. soucouyant n. sp., from Trinidad and Tobago; and M. galipote n. sp., from the Dominican Republic. Females of Masteria aimeae (Alayón, 1995) and M. golovatchi Alayón, 1995 are described for the first time. Females of M. spinosa (Petrunkevitch, 1925), M. petrunkevitchi (Chickering, 1964), M. lewisi (Chickering, 1964), M. barona (Chickering, 1966), M. downeyi (Chickering, 1966), M. simla (Chickering, 1966), M. colombiensis Raven, 1981 and M. pecki Gertsch, 1982 are illustrated for the first time and rediagnosed. Masteria tovarensis (Simon, 1889) and M. cyclops (Simon, 1889) are synonymized with M. lucifuga (Simon, 1889). Masteria modesta (Simon, 1892) is considered as species inquirendae and M. emboaba Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015 is considered as incertae sedis, as the type is lost. Both species of Striamea are revised and redescribed. A new genus, Siremata n. gen., is described and includes three Amazonian species: S. valteri n. sp., S. juruti n. sp., S. lucasae n. sp. Knowledge of the distribution ranges of the Neotropical Masteriinae are increased. 

Notes on the known species of Trichomyia Haliday of Mexico, with the establishment of a synonymy and the description of a new species (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 523 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SERGIO IBÁÑEZ-BERNAL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The State ◽  
Female Specimen ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
First Report ◽  
As Species ◽  
Species Inquirenda ◽  
A New Species

Only three species of Trichomyia Haliday have been recorded in Mexico. Trichomyia cirrata Coquillett, 1902, is recognized by its female characteristics, T. fairchildi Vargas and D az-N jera, 1953, was described based only on the wing and must be considered as species inquirenda, and T. maldonadoi (Vargas, 1953), which was described based on one female specimen. Specimens of Trichomyia collected in the states of Campeche, Yucatan, and Oaxaca, Mexico, allowed this female to be associated with the male of T. brevitarsa (Rapp, 1945), thus providing a first report of this species in Mexico. Consequently, T. maldonadoi is proposed as a synonym of T. brevitarsa. Additionally, a new species of Trichomyia from the state of Veracruz, Mexico, is described and illustrated based on the male and female characteristics.

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