REVISION OF THE SUBFAMILY SPHAERIDIINAE OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO (COLEOPTERA: HYDROPHILIDAE). SUPPLEMENTUM 2

1984 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleš Smetana
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Florida Keys ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Equatorial Africa ◽  
First Time

AbstractPelosoma pecki is described as new from specimens from the Florida Keys (Upper Matacumba Key) and from Mexico (Oaxaca). The genus Genyon Smetana 1978 (type-species Cercyon navicularis Zimmerman 1869, from eastern North America) is placed in synonymy with Tectosternum Balfour-Browne 1958 (type-species T. exstriatum Balfour-Browne 1958, from equatorial Africa). A lectotype is designated for Pelosoma prosternale Sharp 1882, and Pelosoma praecursor Smetana 1978 is placed in synonymy with P. prosternale Sharp 1882.Omicrus intermedius Smetana and the genus Cycrillum Knisch, with the species C. strigicolle (Sharp), are recorded for the first time from North America.Additional data on bionomics, geographical distribution, and synonymy of many species are presented.

REVISION OF THE SUBFAMILY SPHAERIDIINAE OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO (COLEOPTERA: HYDROPHILIDAE). SUPPLEMENTUM 1

1979 ◽  
Vol 111 (8) ◽  
pp. 959-966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleš Smetana
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
First Time

AbstractAdditional data on bionomics, geographical distribution, and taxonomy of many species are presented. Cercyon inquinatus Wollaston is recorded from North America for the first time. C. gebieni Knisch, 1925 and C. faeceus Balfour-Browne, 1954 are placed in synonymy with C. inquinatus.

Isthmiella faullii. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
North America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
New Hampshire ◽  
Abies Balsamea ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Northern Ontario ◽  
Needle Blight ◽  
Juvenile Plants

Abstract A description is provided for Isthmiella faullii. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Apparently confined to Abies balsamea. DISEASE: Causes a needle blight of Abies balsamea. According to Darker (1932), it 'is the commonest and most destructive of the Hypodermataceae on Abies balsamea in eastern North America'. It is particularly damaging to seedlings and juvenile plants. In northern Ontario, from where the disease was originally identified, infection occurs during the summer, but signs of the disease do not appear until the following spring, when needles become brown and conidiomata develop, conidia being discharged in July, and shortly after this ascomata begin to form, maturing in July of the following year. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Reported from Canada: Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and USA: Michigan and New Hampshire. TRANSMISSION: Through air dispersal of ascospores, which directly infect the leaves (Darker, 1932).

Glugea weissenbergi. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Minter
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
The Family

Abstract This article describes the morphology, morphometrics, and geographical distribution of the parasite Glugea weissenbergi infecting largely freshwater fish of the family Gasterosteidae (sticklebacks) in temperate eastern North America. This parasite is only endemic in Maryland, USA.

Revalidation of the milliped genus Amplaria Chamberlin 1941 (Diplopoda,  Chordeumatida, Striariidae), and description of two new species from caves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1532 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM A. SHEAR ◽  
JEAN K. KREJCA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Phyletic Line

The milliped genus Amplaria Chamberlin 1941 was synonymized with Striaria Bollman 1888 by Hoffman (1980). Examination of a much wider range of materials of nominal Striaria species both from eastern North America and the Pacific coastal states shows that some species occurring from California to Washington (state) represent a distinct phyletic line, for which Amplaria Chamberlin 1941 is the oldest available generic name. Speostriaria Causey 1960 is a synonym of Amplaria. Amplaria muiri n. sp. and A. adamsi n. sp. are two new, recently discovered species from caves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California. Illustrations are provided of a specimen that may represent the type species, Amplaria eutypa (Chamberlin) 1953.

Ptiliidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera): new records and bionomic notes

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1423 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA ◽  
MIKAEL SÖRENSSON
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Maritime Provinces ◽  
The Family ◽  
Saproxylic Species ◽  
Undisturbed Forest ◽  
First Time ◽  
Forest Conditions

The Ptiliidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada is surveyed. Twenty-nine new provincial records from the Maritime Provinces of Canada are reported including the first records of the family from Prince Edward Island. Fourteen species are recorded for the first time for the Maritime Provinces as a whole. Acrotrichis josephi (Matthews) is recorded for the first time in eastern North America and Acrotrichis haldemani (LeConte) is recorded for the first time in Canada. The genus Pteryx is reported for the first time in Canada. At least 29 species of Ptiliidae are now known to occur in the region. The fauna is briefly discussed in terms of its overall composition, introduced species, and species associated with particular habitats. Saproxylic species found in mature forests are discussed and attention is drawn to their possible relationship to undisturbed forest conditions and the scarcity of old-growth habitats in the region.

An endemic groundwater fauna in unglaciated eastern North America

1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 502-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Strayer ◽  
Sarah E. May ◽  
Pamela Nielsen ◽  
Wilfried Wollheim ◽  
Sharon Hausam
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Invertebrate Fauna ◽  
Groundwater Fauna ◽  
First Time ◽  
Rich Fauna

Invertebrates specialized for life in groundwater (stygobionts) are diverse and widely distributed in Europe but poorly known in North America. A survey of the invertebrate fauna at 14 sites in eastern North America shows that unglaciated ancient terrain in eastern North America contains a rich fauna of stygobionts. Several groups of stygobionts (the polychaete Troglochaetus sp., an undescribed genus of aphanoneuran annelid, a possibly undescribed family of oligochaetes, bathynellacean crustaceans, and microcerberid isopods) are reported for the first time from eastern North America. Stygobionts are infrequent north of the glacial border, suggesting that they have not yet been able to disperse into glaciated terrain. The extraordinarily slow dispersal rates implied by these distributions have important ecological ramifications. The few stygobionts found north of the glacial border may have survived glaciation in subglacial refugia.

North American biogeography and taxonomy of Cryptolithus (Trilobita, Ordovician)

1994 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 808-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick C. Shaw ◽  
Pierre J. Lespérance
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Evolutionary Mechanisms ◽  
Variable Character

Museum and field restudy of Cryptolithus from all known geographic and stratigraphic occurrences in eastern North America shows that the principal variable character in this genus is the number of fringe pit arcs. Because this character varies within populations and even single individuals, it cannot be used to distinguish the earlier, typologically defined species of the genus. Instead, a neotype is designated here for the type species, Cryptolithus tessellatus Green, 1832, and morph designations are used for all pit arc variants. Over the time span considered, the species increased the number of pit arcs, but the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms responsible cannot be identified with certainty.

A revision of the genus Orchestia Leach, 1814 with the reinstatement of O. inaequalipes (K.H. Barnard, 1951), the designation of a neotype for Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas, 1776) and the description of three new species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae: Talitrinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4808 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-250
Author(s):  
ALAN A. MYERS ◽  
JAMES K. LOWRY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Three New Species

The amphipod genus Orchestia is revised. It now includes 10 species of which three are new: O. forchuensis sp. nov. from north-eastern North America and Iceland., O. perezi sp. nov. from Chile and O. tabladoi sp. nov. from Argentina. Orchestia inaequalipes (K.H. Barnard 1951) is reinstated. The type species of the genus, O. gammarellus is redescribed based on material from Fountainstown, Ireland and a neotype is established to stabilize the species. The species was originally described from a garden in Leiden, far from the sea. Its true identity is unknown and no type material exists. Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas, 1776) is shown to be a sibling species group with members in both hemispheres of the temperate Atlantic as well along the Pacific coast of South America. A hypothesis for the establishment of the current distribution of Orchestia species is presented that extends back to the Cretaceous. 

Trametes gibbosa (Basidiomycetes, Polyporales) in the USA and Canada

2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kout ◽  
J. Vlasák
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
North America ◽  
Mating Type ◽  
North American ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The North ◽  
The Usa ◽  
First Time

The polypore Trametes gibbosa (Pers.) Fries, common in Europe and Asia, is reported from eastern North America for the first time. Single basidiospore cultures from Pennsylvania, United States, and Quebec, Canada, were paired with each other and with cultures from the Czech Republic. The North American intercollection crosses were 60% compatible and 100% compatible with the Czech cultures. All the crosses among the Czech cultures were 100% compatible. The recent introduction of T. gibbosa to North America is suggested as a possible explanation for the limited number of mating-type alleles and subsequent incompatibility among the North American cultures.

scholarly journals Statistical Analysis of Paradigmatic Class Richness Supports Greater Paleoindian Projectile-Point Diversity in the Southeast

2016 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Metin I. Eren ◽  
Anne Chao ◽  
Chun-Huo Chiu ◽  
Robert K. Colwell ◽  
Briggs Buchanan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Atlantic Coastal Plain ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Projectile Point ◽  
Tennessee River ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
River Valleys ◽  
First Time ◽  
Atlantic Coastal ◽  
Point Class

AbstractRonald Mason’s hypothesis from the 1960s that the southeastern United States possesses greater Paleoindian projectile-point diversity than other regions is regularly cited, and often assumed to be true, but in fact has never been quantitatively tested. Even if valid, however, the evolutionary meaning of this diversity is contested. Point diversity is often linked to Clovis “origins,” but point diversity could also arise from group fissioning and drift, admixture, adaptation, or multiple founding events, among other possibilities. Before archaeologists can even begin to discuss these scenarios, it is paramount to ensure that what we think we know is representative of reality. To this end, we tested Mason’s hypothesis for the first time, using a sample of 1,056 Paleoindian points from eastern North America arui employing paradigmatic classification and rigorous statistical tools used in the quantification of ecological biodiversity. Our first set of analyses, which compared the Southeast to the Northeast, showed that the Southeast did indeed possess significantly greater point-class richness. Although this result was consistent with Mason’s hypothesis, our second set of analyses, which compared the Upper Southeast to the Lower Southeast and the Northeast showed that in terms of point-class richness the Upper Southeast > Lower Southeast > Northeast. Given current chronometrie evidence, we suggest that this latter result is consistent with the suggestion that the area of the Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee River valleys, as well as the mid-Atlantic coastal plain, were possible initial and secondary “staging areas” for colonizing Paleoindian foragers moving from western to eastern North America.

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