A REVISION OF THE TROGOSITIDAE OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO (COLEOPTERA: CLEROIDEA)

1971 ◽  
Vol 103 (S75) ◽  
pp. 1-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Barron
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
North American ◽  
The Other ◽  
Single Family ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World

AbstractThe species and genera of the family Trogositidae in America north of Mexico are revised. Two subfamilies are recognized: Peltinae and Trogositinae. The Peltinae include: Calitys Thomson (2 species), Eronyxa Reitter (3 species), Ostoma Laicharting (3 species), Grynocharis Thomson (2 species), Lophocateres Olliff (1 species), and Thymalus Latreille (1 species). The Trogositinae include: Nemosoma Latreille (5 species), Cylidrella Sharp (1 species), Corticotomus Sharp (6 species), Euschaefferia Leng (2 species), Airora Reitter (3 species), Temnochila Westwood (10 species), and Tenebroides Piller and Mitterpacher (18 species). Pseudocotomus Schaeffer is placed in synonymy with Euschaefferia Leng and Parafilumis Casey with Corticotomus Sharp. New species are Temnochila omolopha from Arizona and New Mexico and Temnochila rhyssa from California and Idaho. Synonymies, keys, descriptions, collecting and locality data, and illustrations are included. A checklist places all the species and genera in the proposed classification. Interpretation of relationships of the genera and species is included. The North American taxa are associated with the trogositid taxa from other parts of the world, and with groups within the other families of Cleroidea. Relationships among the taxa are postulated. The inclusion of peltines and trogositines in a single family is upheld.

A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Megetra (Coleoptera: Meloidae) with Ecological and Behavioral Notes

1965 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 561-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Selander
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Intraspecific Variation ◽  
North American ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Seasonal Distribution ◽  
The State ◽  
Northern Arizona ◽  
The North ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract>Three species are recognized in the North American genus Megetra LeConte. The most distinctive of these anatomically and ecologically is M. cancellata (Brandt and Erichson), which ranges discontinuously from Arizona and New Mexico to the state of Hidalgo in México and occurs in limited sympatry with both of its congeners. Megetra vittata (LeConte) ranges from northern Arizona to western Texas. It appears to be strictly allopatric with, and similar ecologically to, M. punctata, new species, which ranges from southern Arizona and New Mexico to Durango, México. Specific diagnoses are made on the basis of characters of adult and, for M. cancellata and M. punctata, larval anatomy. Intraspecific variation in several adult characters is analyzed. Notes on the seasonal distribution, habitat, and behavior of the adult beetles are included.

A New Gunnel, Pholis clemensi, from the Coast of Western North America

1964 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 933-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Rosenblatt
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Western North America ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
Juan De Fuca ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Pholis clemensi, referred to the family Pholidae, is named and described from 12 specimens taken in southern British Columbia waters and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Pholis clemensi is compared with other members of the genus, and a key is given to the North American species.

scholarly journals An Opinion 11,000KM in the Making

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Michael Tyler Pratte
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Access To Care ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
North American ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rural Medicine ◽  
The North ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
The World

How is medicine practiced on the other side of the world? As medical students in Canada, we learn much about pathophysiology and the North American healthcare system. Yet important observations can be made about how other cultures deliver care that can be used to help us address shortcomings of our own. In this opinion piece, I use my experience studying cardiac surgery in Shanghai, China to explore how each country confronts a similar problem: access to care in rural medicine. Despite their differences, both China and Canada come to creative solutions, reflecting the incredible diversity of their patients.

Additions and Revisions to the Genera of North American Caddisflies of the Family Brachycentridae With Special Reference to the Larval Stages (Trichoptera)

1965 ◽  
Vol 97 (10) ◽  
pp. 1089-1106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn B. Wiggins
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
Larval Stage ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Larval Morphology ◽  
Larval Stages ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

AbstractLarval characterizations for the genera of North American Brachycentridae are revised and two new genera created, bringing to five the total number now recognized on this continent. Previous concepts of larval morphology inMicrasemaare emended. Discovery of the larval stage ofBrachycentrus(Amiocentrus)aspilusRoss necessitates elevation of this subgenus to generic status. Association of larvae with the two North American species placed inOligoplectrumnecessitates removal of one,O.dimicki(Milne), toMicrasema. Discovery of all stages of a new species on Mount Hood, Oregon, necessitates creation of a new genus. A provisional larval key to the genera of the North American Brachycentridae is proposed and the phylogenetic relationships of the genera are discussed. Validity of the Asian genusOligoplectrodesis questioned.

scholarly journals A CLASSIFICATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MYRMELEONIDAE

1899 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Banks
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
The Other ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family

Some time ago in examining our species of ant lions I noticed that our two large genera, Myrmeleon and Brachynemurus, could readily be separated by the position of the origin of the radial sector; in one much nearer to the base of the wing than in the other. The characters previously used for Brachynemurns, as the forked costal veinlets, the length of the tibial spurs, etc., had not been satisfactory; and the discovery of this distinction led me to examine the other forms of the family with a view to their better classification.

scholarly journals THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF NEMISTRINIDÆ

1883 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Williston
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
General Appearance

The family of Nemistrinidæ comprises throughout the world one hundred and ten described species, six or seven of which are from Southern Europe and three from North America; the remainder nearly equally distributed in Asia, Africa, Australia and South America. In their habits, so far as known, the species approach the Bombylidæ most closely, as also do many in their general appearance. Structurally they are of interest to the Dipterologist, on account of their intricate and diverse neuration, which in some species is almost Neuropter-like in the reticulation.Doubtless the number of our species will be augmented by future discoveries, but yet we can never expect a very material increase.

Canga renatae, a new genus and species of Cyphophthalmi from Brazilian Amazon caves (Opiliones: Neogoveidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2508 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCIO BERNARDINO DASILVA ◽  
RICARDO PINTO-DA-ROCHA ◽  
GONZALO GIRIBET
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
The Other ◽  
Amazon Forest ◽  
South American ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Unique Character ◽  
The Family

A new genus and species of Cyphophthalmi, Canga renatae gen. nov., sp. nov., is described in the family Neogoveidae from a system of caves in the Serra de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil. Canga can be easily distinguished from other neogoveid genera by the presence of a dentate claw on leg I, a unique character among known cyphophthalmid species, and by the free coxa II, which is fused to coxae III and IV in all the other neogoveid species except for the North American Metasiro. The new genus also differs from other Neotropical neogoveids in the lack of a dorsal crest on the chelicerae and in the lack of opisthosomal glands. The finding of a neogoveid in the Pará State greatly increases the known distribution of South American cyphophtalmids into the Eastern Brazilian Amazon forest.

NEW SPECIES AND RECORDS OF NORTH AMERICAN TACHINUS GRAVENHORST (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE)

1988 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
Yukon Territory ◽  
Central American ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
The North ◽  
The World ◽  
Central American Species

AbstractTwo new species, Tachinus beckeri from northwestern British Columbia and southern Yukon Territory and T. californicus from southern California, are described and their major diagnostic characters illustrated with line drawings and scanning electron photomicrographs. Tachinus jacuticus campbelli is placed in synonymy with T. jacuticus jacuticus and a new subspecies, T. jacuticus ullrichi, from Quebec and Labrador is named. Tachinus thruppi Hatch is removed from synonymy with T. frigidus and considered a valid species. Both T. thruppi and T. frigidus are redescribed and illustrated. A new, revised key to the species of Tachinus is included.New distributional data are presented for 40 species and new or revised distributional maps are presented for 24 species. Changes in classification of Tachinus proposed by Ullrich in his revision of the world species are reviewed and those that are accepted are incorporated into a revised classification of the North American species. These changes are included in a check list of the North and Central American species of the genus.

Notes on the spider genus Lathys Simon, 1884 (Araneae: Dictynidae), with description of four new species from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3359 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
ZHI-SHENG ZHANG ◽  
DONG-SHENG HU ◽  
YAO-GUANG ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family

Four Lathys species of the family Dictynidae have been previously recorded from China. Our study showed that they wereeither wrongly placed or misidentified. In this paper, four new Lathys species are described: L. borealis sp. nov. (male, female),L. spiralis sp. nov. (female) L. subalberta sp. nov. (male, female) and L. subhumilis sp. nov. (male, female). Photos of the North American species L. alberta Gertsch, 1946 are provided for comparison purposes.

An outstanding fauna of marsupiate echinoids in the Pliocene of Vendée (western France)

2005 ◽  
Vol 176 (6) ◽  
pp. 545-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Christophe Dudicourt ◽  
Didier Neraudeau ◽  
Philippe Nicolleau ◽  
Luc Ceulemans ◽  
Frédéric Boutin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
The Other ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Level ◽  
The One ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
High Diversity

Abstract New investigations in the Pliocene deposits of Challans (Vendée) have allowed to collect more than 3000 marsupiate echinoids, remarkably preserved. So, apical systems, especially the marsupium of the breeding temnopleurids T. (V.) bigoti and C. bardini, have been described and figured for the first time with complete specimens. Two new marsupiate species have been described: Arbacina hugueti nov. sp., third marsupiate species of the genus Arbacina to be known in the Neogene of western France after A. emmae NÉRAUDEAU, 2003 from the Messinian of Brittany and A. pareyni ROMAN, 1983 from the Pliocene of Normandy; Tremaster romani, new species and genus of temnopleurid, characterised by an uncommon supra-ambital tuberculation, with excressences of the test surrounding scrobiculated tubercles. A third new marsupiate echinoid, Coptechinus sp. A, has been found too, but it is very difficult to know if it is a new species or a new morphotype of C. bardini. Contrarily to previous interpretations, this study points out the high diversity of western European Neogene marsupiate echinoids, a diversity comparable to the one of Australian Neogene marsupiate echinoids. However, breeding species from Australia and western Europe are clearly different and similarities exist between these two marsupiate echinofaunas at the family level only. Indeed, both in Australia and western Europe, the breeding species of echinoids mainly belong to the temnopleurid family, with the austral genus Paradoxechinus, on the one side, the north European genera Temnotrema and Coptechinus, on the other side. Moreover, the arbaciids consist of three marsupiate species of the genus Arbacina in Europe when no breeding species of this family exist in Australia. On the contrary, several breeding irregular echinoids have been found in the Australian Tertiary deposits (Spatangoids and Clypeasteroids) when not any marsupiate irregular echinoid has been discovered at present in the western Europe Neogene deposits.

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