Two new species of fossil Eomerope (Mecoptera: Eomeropidae) from the Ypresian Okanagan Highlands, far-western North America, and Eocene Holarctic dispersal of the genus

2018 ◽  
Vol 150 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bruce Archibald ◽  
Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Okanagan Highlands ◽  
The Town

AbstractTwo new species of Eocene Eomerope Cockerell (Mecoptera: Eomeropidae) are described from the Ypresian Okanagan Highlands deposits of British Columbia, Canada: Eomerope simpkinsaenew species from the Allenby Formation near the town of Princeton, and Eomerope eonearcticanew species from the McAbee locality near the towns of Cache Creek and Ashcroft. Eomerope eonearctica is very close to the coeval Eomerope asiatica Ponomarenko from Primorskiy Kray in Pacific-coastal Russia, consistent with Eocene intercontinental dispersal, which is well documented in numerous plant and animal taxa.

EPIDAMAEUS (ACARI: DAMAEIDAE) OF ARCTIC WESTERN NORTH AMERICA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST, U.S.S.R.

1983 ◽  
Vol 115 (10) ◽  
pp. 1253-1289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier ◽  
Roy A. Norton
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Two New Species

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.

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.

The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. II. New records and species of the genus Amplaria Chamberlin, 1941 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4908 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-224
Author(s):  
WILLIAM A. SHEAR
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Western North America ◽  
San Luis ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Northern Idaho

The millipede genus Amplaria Chamberlin, 1941 (senior synonym of Vaferaria Causey, 1958 and Speostriaria Causey, 1960) is endemic to western North America, from Mt. Palomar and San Luis Obispo, California, north to southwestern British Columbia, Canada, and east to northern Idaho. Seven species names are currently assigned to the genus. Below I describe ten additional new species: Amplaria crawfordi, Amplaria fontinalis, Amplaria rykkenae, Amplaria arcata, Amplaria baughi, Amplaria staceyi, Amplaria umatilla, Amplaria cervus, Amplaria mendocino and Amplaria flucticulus, and provide new records of Amplaria nazinta Chamberlin. 

Early Eocene (Ypresian) birds from the Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia (Canada) and Washington State (USA)

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 803-813
Author(s):  
Gerald Mayr ◽  
S. Bruce Archibald ◽  
Gary W. Kaiser ◽  
Rolf W. Mathewes
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Fossil Birds ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Postcranial Skeleton ◽  
The North ◽  
Okanagan Highlands

We survey the known avian fossils from Ypresian (early Eocene) fossil sites of the North American Okanagan Highlands, mainly in British Columbia (Canada). All specimens represent taxa that were previously unknown from the Eocene of far-western North America. Wings from the McAbee site are tentatively referred to the Gaviiformes and would constitute the earliest fossil record of this group of birds. A postcranial skeleton from Driftwood Canyon is tentatively assigned to the Songziidae, a taxon originally established for fossils from the Ypresian of China. Two skeletons from Driftwood Canyon and the McAbee site are tentatively referred to Coliiformes and Zygodactylidae, respectively, whereas three further fossils from McAbee, Blakeburn, and Republic (Washington, USA) are too poorly preserved for even a tentative assignment. The specimens from the Okanagan Highlands inhabited relatively high paleoaltitudes with microthermal climates (except Quilchena: lower mesothermal) and mild winters, whereas most other Ypresian fossil birds are from much warmer lowland paleoenvironments with upper mesothermal to megathermal climates. The putative occurrence of a gaviiform bird is particularly noteworthy because diving birds are unknown from other lacustrine Ypresian fossil sites of the Northern Hemisphere. The bones of the putative zygodactylid show a sulphurous colouration, and we hypothesize that this highly unusual preservation may be due to the metabolic activity of sulphide-oxidizing bacteria.

Two New Species of Cymopterus (Umbelliferae) from Western North America

Brittonia ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald L. Hartman ◽  
Lincoln Constance
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Two New Species

ERGASILUS NERKAE N. SP. (COPEPODA: CYCLOPOIDA) FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE COPEPODS OF THE E. CAERULEUS GROUP

1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry S. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Parasitic Copepod ◽  
Western North America ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Copepoda Cyclopoida

A new species of parasitic copepod occurring in western North America is described, Ergasilus nerkae n. sp. An emendation of E. turgidus Fraser, 1920 and a redescription of E. auritus Markevich, 1940 are presented. A total of four species resembling E. caeruleus (E. turgidus, E. confusus Bere, 1931, E. auritus, and E. nerkae) have so far been described, and characters to distinguish the species of this group are given.

The Early Cambrian worm tube Onuphionella from California and Nevada

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip W. Signor ◽  
Mark A. S. Mcmenamin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Lower Cambrian ◽  
Early Cambrian ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Modern Genus ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Middle Member

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.

Description of a new genus and two new species of cutworm moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

2004 ◽  
Vol 136 (6) ◽  
pp. 823-834
Author(s):  
J. Donald Lafontaine ◽  
James T. Troubridge
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
North America ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

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.

REVISION OF THE GENUS EUDASYPHORA TOWNSEND (DIPTERA: MUSCIDAE), AND REFLECTIONS ON ITS EVOLUTION

1980 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Cuny
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Forest Vegetation ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Pleistocene Glaciations ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
History Of ◽  
Holarctic Region ◽  
Biogeographic Analysis

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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