DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF ACALYPTONOTUS FROM WESTERN NORTH AMERICA, WITH A NEW DIAGNOSIS OF THE GENUS BASED UPON LARVAE AND ADULTS, AND COMMENTS ON PHYLOGENY AND TAXONOMY OF ACALYPTONOTIDAE (ACARI: PARASITENGONA: ARRENUROIDEA)

1983 ◽  
Vol 115 (10) ◽  
pp. 1395-1408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian M. Smith

AbstractLarvae, and male and female adults, of Acalyptonotus neoviolaceus n. sp., and male and female adults of A. pacificus n. sp., are described from western North America. A revised diagnosis of Acalyptonotus is proposed based upon larvae and adults, and the phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic status of Acalyptonotidae are discussed.

2003 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-62
Author(s):  
James T. Troubridge ◽  
J. Donald Lafontaine

AbstractThe species of the Lithophanelepida Grote complex are reviewed and two new species of the genus Lithophane Hübner from western North America are described. Adults of all species are illustrated, as well as male and female genitalia (where known) and larva of L.lepida and Lithophane itata (Smith). A key to species of the L. lepida group is provided.


1989 ◽  
Vol 121 (8) ◽  
pp. 709-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian M. Smith

AbstractLarvae, deutonymphs, and male and female adults of Platyhydracarus juliani sp.nov., and adults of P. parvipalpis sp.nov., are described from rheocrenes and small streams in western North America. The genus Platyhydracarus gen.nov. is proposed and diagnosed, based primarily upon the presence of genital acetabula both in the gonopore and on acetabular plates flanking the gonopore, and of a group of thickened setae anterior to the gonopore, in male adults. Possible relationships between Platyhydracarus and other Athienemanniidae are discussed, and a new key to the genera of Athienemanniinae is presented.


1983 ◽  
Vol 115 (10) ◽  
pp. 1253-1289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier ◽  
Roy A. Norton

AbstractEight species of Epidamaeus of arctic western North America and extreme northeast, U.S.S.R. are discussed. Two new species, Epidamaeus hammerae and E. tritylos, are proposed and E. arcticolus, E. kodiakensis, E. mackenziensis, E. bakeri, E. coxalis and E. fortispinosus, previously described by Hammer, are redescribed.


Brittonia ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald L. Hartman ◽  
Lincoln Constance

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1786 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
ADALBERTO J. SANTOS ◽  
MARCELO O. GONZAGA

Two new species of Oecobiidae are described from Central and South America, representing the first native members of the family recorded south of Mexico. Oecobius eberhardi sp.nov. is described based on male and female specimens collected from two localities in Costa Rica. Platoecobius kooch sp.nov., the second species in the genus, is described from female specimens collected in Southern Argentina. A new diagnosis is proposed for the genus Platoecobius Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935, which now includes one species endemic to the south-eastern USA and another from Argentinean Patagonia.


1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip W. Signor ◽  
Mark A. S. Mcmenamin

Two new species of worm tubes referable to the genus Onuphionella occur in Lower Cambrian strata in eastern California and western Nevada. Onuphionella durhami n. sp. is found in the Campito Formation (in pre-trilobite strata, in the Fallotaspis and, possibly, the Nevadella Zones) and O. claytonensis n. sp. occurs in the Middle Member of the Poleta Formation (Nevadella Zone). The unusual tubes are armored with an imbricated coat of mica flakes, reminiscent of the modern genus Owenia. The lowest occurrence of Onuphionella in western North America corresponds closely with the lowest occurrence of the genus in the Baltic region, indicating that correlations between the two regions are not greatly in error.


2004 ◽  
Vol 136 (6) ◽  
pp. 823-834
Author(s):  
J. Donald Lafontaine ◽  
James T. Troubridge

AbstractAlastriagen. nov. is described, and Callierges tropicalis Schaus is transferred to the genus. Alastria chicosp. nov. is described from western North America and Alastria machosp. nov. is described from Costa Rica. We provide illustrations of the adults and genitalia of all three species, as well as the male genitalia of two related genera, Nedra Clarke and Actinotia Hübner.


1980 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Cuny

AbstractThe genus Eudasyphora Townsend 1911 is resurrected from junior synonymy and recognized with the genera Dasyphora Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 and Pyrellia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830. Rypellia Malloch 1932 is a subgenus of Eudasyphora, but Dasypyrellia Lobanov 1976 is reported as synonym novum. A key to the species of Eudasyphora is presented. Two new species are described: E. cordilleriana n. sp. from western North America, and E. canadiana n. sp. from northern North America. The phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis led to the following conclusions: Eudasyphora became separated from its sister genus Pyrellia before the beginning of the Pleistocene glaciations. The Rypellia line evolved further in the Oriental Region, whereas the Eudasyphora s. str. line developed in the Holarctic Region. Speciation in both subgenera is correlated with the history of the forest vegetation during the Pleistocene.


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