REDESCRIPTION OF AND HOST-INDUCED ANTENNAL VARIATION IN ANAPHES IOLE GIRAULT (HYMENOPTERA: MYMARIDAE), AN EGG PARASITE OF MIRIDAE (HEMIPTERA) IN NORTH AMERICA

1988 ◽  
Vol 120 (10) ◽  
pp. 893-901 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Huber ◽  
V.K. Rajakulendran
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Relative Size ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Lygus Hesperus ◽  
Egg Parasite ◽  
Anaphes Iole

AbstractAnaphes iole Girault is redescribed from specimens reared from Lygus hesperus Knight and Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter). Anaphes anomocerus, A. ovijentatus, and A. perdubius are synonyms of A. iole. Host-induced morphological variation is discussed. The main attributes that vary with host are the relative size of certain funicular articles and their complement of sensory ridges. There is no morphological overlap between populations as indicated by measurements of most other structures. However, certain structural features that can be used to define the species unequivocally were found.

The microhabitat and morphology of Grubea cochlear on the gills of mackerel from lyme bay, Southern England

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 731-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R. Lyndon ◽  
V.M. Martinez-Vidal
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Relative Size ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Gill Arch ◽  
Southern England ◽  
Atlantic Mackerel ◽  
Gill Parasite ◽  
Scomber Scombrus

The microhabitat and morphology of Grubea cochlear (Monogenea), a rare gill parasite of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), were investigated for a sample of fourteen parasite individuals obtained from Lyme Bay, southern England. Grubea cochlear showed a preference for the inner hemibranch of the fourth gill arch, this localization contrasting with that of the related and sympatric species Kuhnia scombri. The morphology of G. cochlear in this sample differed slightly from some of the previously documented specimens, especially with regard to the number of small genital hooks and the relative size of the haptor. It is suggested that geographical morphological variation may occur in this species.

A reappraisal of Pecopteris miltonii (Artis) Brongniart, a mid-Westphalian (Early–Mid Pennsylvanian) fern

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Wagner ◽  
Carmen Álvarez-Vázquez
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Full Analysis ◽  
Lower Silesia

Pecopteris miltonii, a middle Westphalian fern originally described from Yorkshire, England, is redescribed and figured here from roof shales of the Barnsley Seam, the level from which it was first recorded. This material is regarded as complementary to the holotype, a fertile specimen showing limited morphological variation and almost lacking venation. Pinna shape of the holotype, including terminals, and the shape and dimensions of pinnules, match that of the material in hand. An analysis of the literature shows that only a limited number of specimens recorded with the miltonii epithet may be regarded as properly assigned. This includes a magnificent specimen figured from Lower Silesia by Stur. Although the species is apparently rare, it is fairly widespread, from North America to central Europe (Bohemia, Lower Silesia). The taxonomic position of Pecopteris miltonii is discussed with reference to the genera Lobatopteris and Crenulopteris, and its synonymy with Pecopteris aspidioides is proposed. A full analysis of Pecopteris miltonii and its synonymy serves to delimit this classical species, which has been often misidentified.

scholarly journals Morphological variation in the hydromedusa genus Polyorchis on the west coast of North America

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (11) ◽  
pp. 2089-2095 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Rees ◽  
R. J. Larson
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
The West ◽  
Radial Canal

Morphological variation in the hydromedusan genus Polyorchis on the west coast of North America is analyzed in relation to gonad number, tentacle number, and radial canal diverticula number relative to the height of the bell. In specimens of Polyorchis examined, it is concluded that P. penicillatus (Eschscholtz, 1829) is highly variable morphologically over its known geographic range from Alaska to Baja California. Polyorchis montereyensis Skogsberg, 1948 is considered a synonym of P. penicillatus, and P. haplus Skogsberg, 1948, is retained as a valid species.

Larvae and pupae of Dascillidae (Coleoptera): morphological study and discussion of their relationships to Scarabaeoidea and Eulichadidae

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarke Scholtz ◽  
Vasily Grebennikov
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Morphological Study ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Close Relative ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Larval Morphology ◽  
The Family ◽  
Late Instar

AbstractExternal morphology of late-instar larvae and pupae of the coleopteran family Dascillidae is revised. Larvae studied for Dascillus Latreille with two species from Europe and North America, Notodascillus Carter from Australia and Pleolobus Philippi from Chile; pupae studied for D. davidsoni LeConte. Larval diagnosis and description of the family are updated. Dascillid larvae exhibit little morphological variation and share eight apparently apomorphic characters. Widely accepted sister-group relationship between Dascillidae and Rhipiceridae is not supported with larval morphology because ectoparasitic larvae of Rhipiceridae are poorly known and apparently highly modified morphologically. The superfamily Scarabaeoidea is unlikely to be a close relative of Dascillidae since this hypothesis is based mainly on habitat-dependent convergences of soil-dwellers (grub-like body shape, reduced stemmata) or possible symplesiomorphic similarities. Ten similarities between larvae of Dascillidae and Eulichadidae (Dryopoidea) were found. Some of these are possibly synapomorphies of these two groups. Larval and pupal morphology of Dascillidae is illustrated by 26 drawings.

The systematics of Ranunculus gmelinii and R. hyperboreus in North America

1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 1713-1722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Phenotypic Plasticity ◽  
North America ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
North American ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Controlled Growth ◽  
The North ◽  
Representative Material

A consideration of the taxonomy of Ranunculus gmelinii DC. and R. hyperboreus Rottb. is presented. The role of phenotypic plasticity is indicated as a factor contributing to the range of morphological variation in these species and to the confusion found in their taxonomy. The present work, by a reexamination of representative material collected throughout the North American range of the species, and the use of controlled growth conditions, has suggested new limits for the species. This has resulted in modifications of the descriptions of the species and (or) the reduction of taxa to synonymy.Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb. var. turquetilianus Polunin has been made a synonym of R. gmelinii DC.; R. natans C.A. Mey. var. intertextus (Greene) L. Benson has been made a synonym of R. hyperboreus Rottb.

Grammar, Contact and Time

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Mithun
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Word Order ◽  
Language Contact ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Current Form ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Grammatical Structures ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
Striking Parallelism

AbstractA continuing issue in work on language contact has been determining the relative borrowability of various structural features. It is easy to imagine, for example, how a tendency to use particular word order patterns in one language might be replicated by bilinguals in another, but difficult to understand how abstract morphological structures could be transferred. When we look at linguistic areas, however, we often find grammatical features shared by genetically unrelated languages that seem unborrowable. Here we consider the importance of adding the dimension of time to investigations into the potential effects of contact. As a point of departure we examine a relatively straightforward example from western North America, a striking parallelism in verbal structure among large numbers of languages indigenous to California. The example illustrates the fact that parallel grammatical structures in neighboring languages need not have been borrowed in their current form. They might instead be the result of an earlier transfer of patterns of expression that set the stage for subsequent parallel developments.

Parasitism of Lygus hesperus (Miridae) by Anaphes iole (Mymaridae) and Leiophron uniformis (Braconidae) in California strawberry

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Norton ◽  
Stephen C. Welter ◽  
J.Lindsey Flexner ◽  
C.G. Jackson ◽  
Jack W. Debolt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lygus Hesperus ◽  
Anaphes Iole

scholarly journals Morphological variation in Naomichelys (Testudinata: Solemydidae): insights from a new specimen from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Montana

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Lawver
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
Cervical Vertebrae ◽  
Shoulder Girdle ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Upper Jurassic ◽  
Holotype Specimen ◽  
Surface Ornamentation ◽  
The Right

Background. Solemydidae is an enigmatic clade of stem turtles, which is primarily represented by fragmentary shell material found in Upper Jurassic and Cretaceous deposits of Europe and North America. Specimens are typically identified by a distinct surface ornamentation comprised of tall, narrow tubercles, which are often incompletely preserved due to taphonomic processes. The only currently recognized North American species of Solemydidae, Naomichelys speciosa was erected in 1908 on the basis of a nearly complete entoplastron from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Montana; however, a far more complete specimen from the Lower Cretaceous Antler Formation of Texas (FMNH PR273) was recently referred to this species and has shed light on the morphology of Naomichelys. Here, I describe a partial skeleton (MOR 941) that was discovered in 1995 near the type locality in Montana, which allows for the first look at variation in many of the skeletal elements of the genus. Methods. Morphological variation of Naomichelys was determined by comparison of MOR 941 to the holotype specimen and FMNH PR273 from the literature. Results. MOR 941 is referable to Solemydidae based on a large, diamond shaped entoplastron, which exhibits the distinctive solemydid surface ornamentation and an entoplastral scute, and is referable to Naomichelys because of its near identical morphology to that of the holotype. This specimen consists of the carapace, plastron, four cervical vertebrae, both shoulder girdles, and the right femur. Preserved carapacial elements are the right costals and peripherals in articulation, albeit somewhat crushed, disarticulated left costals, and a single neural. Using peripheral and costal sutures as well as marginal sulci as landmarks, peripherals 1 – 4 are identified, which indicates that the nuchal notch is either reduced or lacking completely. The plastron is well preserved with only portions of the left bridge and xiphiplastra missing and a central plastral fontanel is completely lacking. Cervical vertebrae 5 – 8 are preserved and show varying states of completeness with C7 being the most complete. Cervical 5 preserves a ventral keel on the centrum that is well developed and projects well beyond the central articulations. The shoulder girdle elements are similar to FMNH PR273 but are less well preserved and are not sutured together. The femur is complete and almost identical to FMNH PR273; however, the distal condyles are equally developed. Discussion. The morphological differences between MOR 941 and the Texas material suggest two plausible conclusions. 1) They demonstrate two different ontogenetic stages of development, with MOR 941 representing a skeletally more mature, albeit smaller individual; or 2) there are two distinct species of Naomichelys from the Lower Cretaceous of North America.

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