scholarly journals SOME NEW SPECIES AND VARIETIES OF LEPIDOPTERA FROM THE WESTERN U. S.

1897 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
WM. Barnes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Outer Edge ◽  
Apical Region ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Large Size

♂.—Upper surface very much like Cybele; differs from Leto in the lighter shade of the ground colour and the much darker and more extensive basal area. This area is sharply limited at the outer edge and extends to the median row of markings, which on the hind wings are quite obscured by it. The apical region is not so clear as in Leto, the row of round spots in the outer belt continuing of large size up to the costa, and the dark blotch lying just within the upper three spots is very prominent, as in Cybele.

A new species of dorid nudibranch (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) belonging to the genus Anisodoris

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 2694-2705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra V. Millen
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Larval Development ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Large Size ◽  
The Family ◽  
Shallow Subtidal ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Anisodoris (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) is described. It is found in shallow, subtidal, rocky areas in southern British Columbia, Canada. This species is characterized by its large size, by its white or creamy ground colour with large brown blotches on the dorsum, and by the scalloped, platelike spines on its penis. Its spawn and embryological and larval development are described. The taxonomic status of this species is discussed in relation to genera in the family Discodorididae. The new species is compared with all known species of the genus Anisodoris.

A large new species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from Cerrado of Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1627 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
NATAN M. MACIEL ◽  
REUBER A. BRANDÃO ◽  
LEANDRO A. CAMPOS ◽  
ANTONIO SEBBEN
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Rhinella Marina ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Morphometric Feature ◽  
Distrito Federal

A new toad, Rhinella cerradensis, is described, including its tadpole and the advertisement call. The new species occupies Cerrado habitats in the Brazilian states of Piauí, Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais, and Distrito Federal. The species is characterized by its large size; absence of tibial glands; well developed cranial crests; short hands; sexually dimorphic coloration; and by the absence of a spiracle tube of the tadpole. The new species is included in the Rhinella marina group by the presence of a jagged suture formed by the articulation between the pterygoid medial ramus and the parasphenoid alae, as well as other shared morphological features. Morphological characters and statistical analyses inferred by morphometric feature suggest the existence of two subgroups of species within R. marina group. However, taxonomic rearrangements are not made here and await phylogenetic analysis.

The crystalline waters of the Bodoquena Plateau revealed Hypostomus froehlichi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new armored catfish from the rio Paraguay basin in Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4933 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-112
Author(s):  
CLÁUDIO H. ZAWADZKI ◽  
GABRIELA NARDI ◽  
LUIZ FERNANDO CASERTA TENCATT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The State ◽  
Flagship Species ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Numerical Variation ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽  
Continuous Range

The menaced and poorly-known waters of the Bodoquena Plateau revealed a new resident, the stunning Hypostomus froehlichi sp. n., a large-sized armored catfish, which is finally described after more than twenty years since its discovery. The Bodoquena Plateau is drained by the rio Paraguay basin, and is located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The new species differs from its congeners on the Bodoquena crystalline waters by having teeth with morphological and numerical variation in adult specimens. There is a continuous range of specimens having about 20 thick and worn teeth to specimens having about 50 thin teeth with intact crowns and lanceolate main cusps. Additional diagnostic characters are: dentaries angled more than 90 degrees, dark blotches, one plate bordering supraoccipital, moderate keel along dorsal series of plates, usually two rows of blotches per interradial membrane on dorsal, pectoral and ventral fins, and by attaining comparatively large size. Hypostomus froehlichi seems to be endemic to the area of the Bodoquena Plateau, in rivers draining to the rio Miranda. The description of the new species reveals a potential conservation flagship species as it is one of the most seen and documented fish by visitors and divers in the clear waters from the touristic, though menaced, Bonito region in Brazil. 

A new species of Leptodactylus Fitzinger (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Serra do Brigadeiro, State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1861 (1) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
ULISSES CARAMASCHI ◽  
RENATO N. FEIO ◽  
VINÍCIUS A. SÃO-PEDRO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Large Size ◽  
O 31 ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Leptodactylus belonging to the L. fuscus species group, and related to the L. mystaceus complex, is described from the Lagoa das Bromélias (20 o 53’S, 42 o 31’W; 1,227 m above sea level), Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro, Municipality of Ervália, State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Leptodactylus cupreus sp. nov. is characterized by the large size for the group (SVL 50.1–55.1 mm in males) and color pattern. The new species has a non-pulsed advertisement call, with call rate about 12 calls/s and a dominant frequency between 2,800 and 3,058 Hz.

scholarly journals A new species of Kurixalus from western Yunnan, China (Anura, Rhacophoridae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 770 ◽  
pp. 211-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guohua Yu ◽  
Hong Hui ◽  
Dingqi Rao ◽  
Junxing Yang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Outer Edge ◽  
Male Body ◽  
Male Body Size ◽  
Western Yunnan ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Kurixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) is described from western Yunnan, China. Genetically the new species, Kurixalusyangi sp. n., is closer to Kurixalusnaso than to other known congeners. Morphologically the new species is distinguished from all other known congeners by a combination of the following characters: smaller ratios of head, snout, limbs, IND, and UEW to body size; male body size larger than 30 mm; curved canthus rostralis; weak nuptial pad; brown dorsal color; absence of large dark spots on surface of upper-middle abdomen; presence of vomerine teeth; gold brown iris; single internal vocal sac; serrated dermal fringes along outer edge of limbs; granular throat and chest; rudimentary web between fingers; and presence of supernumerary tubercles and outer metacarpal tubercle.

A very deep Provanna (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea) discovered from the Shinkai Seep Field, Southern Mariana Forearc

2016 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chong Chen ◽  
Hiromi Kayama Watanabe ◽  
Yasuhiko Ohara
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Shell Height ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Bathymetric Range ◽  
Large Size ◽  
C Subunit ◽  
Mariana Forearc ◽  
Chemosynthetic Ecosystems

The ‘Shinkai Seep Field’ is a serpentinite-hosted chemosynthetic ecosystem in the Southern Mariana Forearc. In June 2015 the site was revisited and a number of rissoiform gastropods were collected. Taxonomic investigations revealed that these specimens represent a hitherto undescribed species of Provanna (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea), described herein as Provanna cingulata n. sp. This new species is characterized by numerous spiral keels, lack of significant axial sculpture, rounded and inflated whorls, and large size for the genus. With the shell height exceeding 16.5 mm (may reach 20 mm), it is the largest Provanna species known thus far. Phylogenetic analysis using 411 bp of the cytochrome oxidase c subunit I (COI) gene confirmed its systematic placement within the genus Provanna. This is the only gastropod from a family endemic to chemosynthetic ecosystems thus far known from the ‘Shinkai Seep Field’. Furthermore, with a collection depth of 5687 m, it represents the deepest known bathymetric range for the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea as a whole.

New species of Grubeulepis Pettibone, 1969 (Eulepethidae, Annelida) from northern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4441 (2) ◽  
pp. 379
Author(s):  
ALLANA STÉPHANIE TAVARES CUTRIM ◽  
EMANUELLE FERNANDES PRASERES ◽  
JHULLY MICKAELLY VERMONT SILVA CONCEIÇÃO ◽  
ZAFIRA DA SILVA DE ALMEIDA ◽  
MIODELI NOGUEIRA JÚNIOR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Outer Edge ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Diverse Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Northern Brazil

Eulepethidae is one of the least diverse families of scale polychaetes, with only 23 species described thus far. In this study we describe an additional species of Grubeulepis from unconsolidated substrata from Maranhão, tropical Brazil (ca. 2°S). Grubeulepis serrata sp. nov. differs from other species of the family due to the presence of one pair of eyes, 14 pairs of branchiae, posterior lamellae beginning in the 27th segment, with hooked upper notochaetae and serrated outer edge acicular neurochaeta in the 3rd segment. The diagnosis of the genus formerly included species with 10–13 pairs of branchiae, and thus is modified to accommodate the 14 pairs of branchiae from the new species described here. Grubeulepis serrata sp. nov. shares with Grubeulepis mexicana (Berkeley & Berkeley 1939) the number of lateral processes of the 12th elytra, the segment of the foliaceous lamellae and the presence of acicular neurochaeta in the 3rd segment, but they differ in the number of branchiae pairs, eyes and the notochaetae shape. Grubeulepis serrata sp. nov. shares with Grubeulepis geayi (Fauvel 1918) the spiny notochaetae with spoon-shaped distal end, but differ in the hooked upper notochaetae, amount of lateral processes, and elytra articulation. 

A new species of Dichagyris Lederer, 1857 from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4927 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-600
Author(s):  
PETER GYULAI ◽  
AIDAS SALDAITIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Wing Pattern ◽  
High Mountains ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
A New Species

Dichagyris is a diverse genus with a Holarctic distribution. Only a few taxa of the subgenus Albocosta Fibiger & Lafontaine, 1997 occur in the northwesternmost part of the Oriental region. The genus is most diverse in Turkey, Iran and the Central Asiatic high mountains. However, there is a distinct Sino-Tibetan group of species, possibly representing an undescribed subgenus. However, this idea is provisional and awaits revision of the genus. For present purposes, we assign these species to the subgenus Dichagyris. They share the following putative synapomorphies: black, dark brown or dark greyish forewing ground colour (with one exception), with obscure, reduced wing pattern and a broad-based, short, conical harpe in the male genitalia. Species of this group can be subdivided to two species-groups. In the astigmata-group which was mentioned for the first time by Hreblay et al. (1998) but without description or diagnosis from the minuta-group, the vesica is elongate and tubular (males), the appendix bursae and corpus bursae are long, sack–like, almost equal in size (females). In the minuta-group, the vesica is more ample than in the astigmata-group, and coiled, and the appendix bursae is globular and much shorter than the corpus bursae. The astigmata-group includes Dichagyris astigmata (Hampson, 1906), D. gansuensis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998, D. geochroides (Boursin, 1948) and D. vargazoli (Gyulai & Ronkay, 2001). The minuta-group comprises D. minuta Hreblay & Plante, 1998 and D. kormos Gyulai & Ronkay, 2001. During a research expedition in Sichuan in 2019, the existence of a third species in the minuta-group was recognized, which is described here. In addition, the female and its genitalia of D. gansuensis, which was described by Hreblay & Ronkay (1998) based on a single male, are illustrated here for the first time. 

A new species of Clidicus in East Malaysia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4790 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-192
Author(s):  
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Apical Region ◽  
Complex Structures ◽  
East Malaysia ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Holotype Male

A new species of Clidicini ant-like stone beetles, Clidicus mawarensis sp. n., is described and illustrated. The holotype male was collected in East Malaysia (Borneo: Sabah); the new species belongs to a group of large-bodied Clidicus, and shows similarities to C. ganglbaueri Reitter; the male has unusually complex structures of the aedeagal apical region. 

A new oryzomyine (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Quaternary of Curaçao (West Indies)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3534 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
JELLE S. ZIJLSTRA
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
West Indies ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Large Size

A collection of 17 isolated rodent molars from a cave in the eastern part of Duivelsklip, Curaçao, Dutch West Indies, isdescribed as Dushimys larsi, new genus and species. The new species is characterized by relatively large size, broad mo-lars, absence of mesolophid and presence of anterolophid and anterolabial cingulum on m3, absence of metaloph on M3,and m2 with three roots. Phylogenetic analysis could not conclusively resolve the position of the new species, and it isprovisionally regarded as a representative of an otherwise unknown oryzomyine genus. The material is likely middle Pleistocene in age.

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