FIRST OCCURRENCE OF PERIZOMA ALCHEMILLATA (LEPIDOPTERA: GEOMETRIDAE) ON THE MAINLAND OF NORTH AMERICA

1982 ◽  
Vol 114 (6) ◽  
pp. 543-543
Author(s):  
Douglas C. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
First Record ◽  
Food Plants ◽  
Large Collection ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
Geometrid Moth ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Avalon Peninsula

In 1958 I reported finding the European geometrid moth Perizoma alchemillata (L.) on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. This yas based on seven specimens collected in 1954 in the general vicinity of St. John's, but in places several miles apart, suggesting that the species was already well established. That was the first record of this species for North America. Morris and Bolte (1977) discussed its further spread in Newfoundland, summarized what was known about its food plants and distribution elsewhere, and gave illustrations of adults and genitalia. By 1975 it had become common on the Avalon Peninsula and was known from Lethbridge in central Newfoundland and Tompkins in western Newfoundland. Eleven adults were collected at Tompkins, 2-31 July 1975. Morris (1980: 241; pl. 29, fig. 26) again treated this species, adding Stephenville and St. Georges to the list of localities, indicating that additional material had been collected in southwest Newfoundland between 1975 and 1980. In 1959 and 1962 I collected intensively in the region of the Codroy Valley in southwest Newfoundland, covering the season from June to mid-August, and found no indication of its presence then; nor did I see it in a large collection made by Akira Mutuura in the Codroy Valley in July 1968 (Canadian National Collection).

scholarly journals Distributional Status of an Introduced Land Snail Discus rotundatus (Rotund Disc, Mollusca: Discidae) in Canada

2016 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 236
Author(s):  
Robert G Forsyth ◽  
John E Maunder ◽  
Donald F McAlpine ◽  
Ronald G Noseworthy
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
North America ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
First Record ◽  
Land Snail ◽  
Avalon Peninsula

First collected in North America in 1937 on the Avalon Peninsula of the Island of Newfoundland, the introduced, primarily European land snail, Discus rotundatus, has now been recorded from the Island of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia. We review all known records from Canada, demonstrate that D. rotundatus is more widespread than was previously recognized on the Island of Newfoundland, and report the first record from New Brunswick.

A new species of Dimetrodon (Synapsida: Sphenacodontidae) from the Lower Permian of Germany records first occurrence of genus outside of North America

2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 803-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S Berman ◽  
Robert R Reisz ◽  
Thomas Martens ◽  
Amy C Henrici
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Vertebral Column ◽  
First Record ◽  
Lower Permian ◽  
Early Permian ◽  
Terrestrial Vertebrates ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Large Predators ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the sphenacodontid synapsid Dimetrodon, D. teutonis, is described on the basis of a single, adult specimen consisting of a large portion of the presacral vertebral column. The holotype was collected from the Lower Permian Tambach Formation, lowermost formational unit of the Upper Rotliegend, of the Bromacker quarry locality in the midregion of the Thuringian Forest near Gotha, central Germany. This is the first record of the genus outside of North America and, therefore, provides not only additional biological evidence of a continuous Euramerican landmass during the Early Permian, but also the absence of any major physical or biological barrier to faunal interchange of terrestrial vertebrates. An estimated weight of 14 kg for D. teutonis is half that of the smallest, previously recognized species, D. natalis. Sphenacodontid phylogeny indicates that the diminutive size of D. teutonis represents an autapomorphy and is in general accord with the absence of large-sized, basal synapsid predators at this truly terrestrial upland locality. It is speculated that the diminutive size of D. teutonis was probably an adaptation to a truly terrestrial, relatively uplands existence like that represented by the Bromacker locality. Here it subsisted on small vertebrates (and possibly large invertebrates) of the Bromacker assemblage, in which the dominant members in both size and abundance were herbivorous diadectids, and it was unlikely to encounter large predators.

scholarly journals Naturalization and spread of the alien species Ozognathus cornutus (LeConte, 1859) (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Ernobiinae) in Italy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuliano Cerasa ◽  
Gabriella Lo Verde
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ecological Role ◽  
Dried Fruits ◽  
Wood Shavings ◽  
Potential Pest ◽  
Small Wood ◽  
Natural Barrier

AbstractOzognathus cornutus (LeConte, 1859) (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Ernobiinae), species native to North America, is a saproxylophagous species and is known to feed on decaying tissues within conspicuous galls and on vegetal decaying organic material such as dried fruits or small wood shavings and insect excrements in galleries made by other woodboring species. A few years after the first record in 2011, its naturalization in Italy is here reported. The insect was found as successor in galls of Psectrosema tamaricis (Diptera Cecidomyiidae), Plagiotrochus gallaeramulorum, Andricus multiplicatus and Synophrus politus (Hymenoptera Cynipidae). The galls seem to have played an important ecological role in speeding up the naturalization process. The lowest proportion of galls used by O. cornutus was recorded for P. tamaricis (23%), the only host belonging to Cecidomyiidae, while the percentages recorded for the other host species, all Cynipidae forming galls on oaks, were higher: 43.6%, 61.1% and 76.9% in A multiplicatus, S. politus and P. gallaeramulorum, respectively. Although O. cornutus is able to exploit other substrates like dried fruits and vegetables, for which it could represent a potential pest, it prefers to live as a successor in woody and conspicuous galls, which thus can represent a sort of natural barrier limiting the possible damages to other substrates.

Amia cf. pattersoni from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation of Alberta

2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance Grande ◽  
Li Guo-Qing ◽  
Mark VH Wilson
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Green River Formation ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Freshwater Teleost ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
Green River ◽  
South Central

A well-prepared anterior half of an amiid skull from the Late Paleocene Paskapoo Formation of south-central Alberta is described. The specimen is either very closely related to, or conspecific with, Amia pattersoni Grande and Bemis, 1998, from the Early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming. We leave the specimen as Amia cf. pattersoni until additional material is found to further clarify its relationships. Amia cf. pattersoni is the oldest known specimen clearly identifiable as belonging to the genus Amia (sensu Grande and Bemis, 1998), and the Paskapoo species extends the known geographic range of Amia both northward and westward. The fish assemblage of the Paskapoo Formation represents the most diverse freshwater Paleocene fish fauna known from North America. Based on comparisons of sample size and relative taxonomic diversity to the better known Green River Formation localities of Wyoming, we predict that further collecting will substantially increase the known diversity of the Paskapoo fauna. The Paskapoo Formation, therefore, has great potential to continue adding to the meager knowledge of pre-Eocene freshwater teleost diversity in North America.

scholarly journals New record of planktonic cladoceran to the upper Paraná River, Brazil: Bosmina huaroensis Delachaux, 1918

2000 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 633-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. F. M. VELHO ◽  
F. A. LANSAC-TÔHA ◽  
C. C. BONECKER
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
New Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
Paraná River ◽  
Parana River ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Upper Paraná River ◽  
Upper Paraná River Basin ◽  
Paraná River Basin

In this paper we register the first occurrence of Bosmina huaroensis Delachaux, 1918 in the upper Paraná River basin, which is probably the first record to Brazil. Illustrations and an updated description of the species are given.

Description of Drilocephalobus moldavicus Lisetskaya, 1968 (Rhabditida: Osstellidae) from Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California, USA

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4514 (3) ◽  
pp. 438
Author(s):  
SVEN BOSTRÖM ◽  
OLEKSANDR HOLOVACHOV
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Body Length ◽  
Southern California ◽  
First Record ◽  
Body Contour ◽  
Lateral Field ◽  
Thin Walls ◽  
Female Tail ◽  
National Preserve

Specimens of Drilocephalobus moldavicus are described from the Kelso Dunes area, Mojave National Preserve, southern California. This is the first record of the genus in North America. The specimens of this population are characterized by a body length of 322–417 µm in females and 403 µm in the male; cuticle finely annulated; lateral field with five incisures, extending to phasmid and two incisures extending almost to tail terminus in both sexes; lip region helmet-shaped, offset from body contour; lips amalgamated; stoma with thin walls lacking sclerotizations; pharynx without distinct divisions, cylindrical, widening slightly at about 1/3 of its length and basally, without valves; spermatheca 14–19 µm long; postvulval uterine sac 25–27 µm long; spicules 23 µm long; and female tail conoid-elongate with rounded terminus. 

Fossil flower of Staphylea L. from the Miocene amber of Mexico: New evidence of the Boreotropical Flora in low-latitude North America

2017 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana L. Hernández-Damián ◽  
Sergio R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz ◽  
Alma R. Huerta-Vergara
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
High Latitudes ◽  
Low Latitude ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Apparent Lack ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Evidence

ABSTRACTA new flower preserved in amber in sediments of Simojovel de Allende, México, is identified as an extinct member of Staphyleaceae, a family of angiosperms consisting of only three genera (Staphylea, Turpinia and Euscaphis), which has a large and abundant fossil record and is today distributed over the Northern Hemisphere. Staphylea ochoterenae sp. nov. is the first record of a flower for this group, which is small, pedicelled, pentamer, bisexual, with sepals and petals with similar size, dorsifixed anthers and superior ovary. Furthermore, the presence of stamens with pubescent filaments allows close comparison with extant flowers of Staphylea bulmada and S. forresti, species currently growing in Asia. However, their different number of style (one vs. three) and the apparent lack of a floral disc distinguish them from S. ochoterenae. The presence of Staphyleaceae in southern Mexico ca. 23 to 15My ago is evidence of the long history of integration of vegetation in low-latitude North America, in which some lineages, such as Staphylea, could move southwards from high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, as part of the Boreotropical Flora. In Mexico it grew in association with tropical elements, as suggested by the fossil record of the area.

Theorica valuliae Pinkaew, new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae), the first record of the genus in Thailand

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4590 (4) ◽  
pp. 487
Author(s):  
NANTASAK PINKAEW ◽  
SOPITA MUADSUB
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
First Record ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
A New Species

The genus Theorica Diakonoff, 1966 includes two previously described species that occur in Vietnam (i.e., T. secunda Kuznetsov, 1997) and New Guinea (i.e., T. lamyra (Meyrick, 1911)). We report the first occurrence of this genus in Thailand, represented by a new species: Theorica valuliae Pinkaew, n. sp. In addition to illustrations of the adult and genitalia, we also present photographs of living specimens in their natural resting posture.

scholarly journals First record of Trachycephalus nigromaculatus (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae) in the state of Piauí, Brazil

Check List ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato Augusto Martins ◽  
André Moreira Assalim
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
First Occurrence

We present the first occurrence of Trachycephalus nigromaculatus Tschudi, 1838 in the state of Piauí. This new record is from southern Piauí and represents the northwestern known occurrence record of this species, expanding its geographic distribution.

scholarly journals The first occurrence of the enigmatic archosaur Crosbysaurus (Heckert 2004) from the Chinle Formation of Southern Utah

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J Gay ◽  
Isabella St. Aude
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Close Association ◽  
First Record ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Late Triassic ◽  
Southern Area ◽  
Chinle Formation ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Unique Compound

Originally identified as an ornithisichian dinosaur, Crosbysaurus has been found in New Mexico, Arizona, and the type locality in Texas. The genus has been reassessed by other workers in light of revelations about the postcrania of another putative Triassic ornithischian, Revueltosaurus. The understanding of Triassic dental faunas has become more complicated by the extreme convergence between pseudosuchian archosaurus and ornithichian dinosaur dental morphologies. We report here on a new specimen of Crosbysaurus from the Petrified Forest Member of the Chinle Formation at Comb Ridge in southeastern Utah. This new specimen is assigned to Crosbysaurus on the basis of the unique compound posterior denticles, mediolateral width, and curvature. While this specimen, MNA V10666, does not help resolve the affinities of Crosbysaurus it does represent an approximately 250 kilometer extension of the geographic range of this taxon. This is the first record of this taxon in Utah and as such it represents the northernmost known record of Crosbysaurus. This indicates that Crosbysaurus was not limited to the southern area of Chinle/Dockum deposition but instead was widespread across the paleoriver systems of the Late Triassic in western Pangea. The specimen we report on here was found in close association with a typical Late Triassic Chinle fauna, including phytosaurs, metoposaurs, and dinosauromorphs.

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