scholarly journals Description of two new species of Xevioso (Araneae: Phyxelididae) from Southern Africa, with the northernmost localities for the genus

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brogan L. Pett ◽  
Rudy Jocqué
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Lake Malawi ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Phyxelididae are described from southern Africa: Xevioso cepfi sp. nov. (♂♀), from mountains in the Niassa Province of northern Mozambique, and X. megcummingae sp. nov. (♂♀), from urban Harare, northern Zimbabwe and the Viphya Mts in Malawi. They represent the northernmost localities of the genus. An identification key, partially adapted for the new species, is presented. The biogeographical importance of the mountain areas on both sides of the northern part of Lake Malawi is discussed.

Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Mesotritia (Acari, Oribatida, Oribotritiidae)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Huang ◽  
Shuyuan Zhang ◽  
Dong Liu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Mite Genus

The genus Mesotritia (Oribatida, Oribotritiidae) was represented by eight species in China prior to this work. In this study, two new species, Mesotritia baxoiensis sp. nov. from Tibet and Mesotritia paranitida sp. nov. from Xinjiang, are described. An identification key to Chinese species of Mesotritia is provided to facilitate the further study on this group.

Two new species of Ctenitis (Dryopteridaceae) from South America and taxonomic notes on similar species

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 239 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Stauffer Viveros ◽  
Alexandre Salino
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Ctenitis (Dryopteridaceae) from South America are described and illustrated: Ctenitis christensenii is endemic to southeastern Brazil and C. glandulosa occurs from southeastern to northeastern Brazil and in Guyana. An identification key and notes about the distribution, habitat and taxonomy of the new species, C. falciculata and allies are provided. Moreover, seven lectotypifications and two new synonyms are proposed.

scholarly journals The short-legged Andean cosmetids revisited: the genus Libitia Simon, 1879 with description of two new species (Opiliones, Cosmetidae)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Medrano ◽  
Ludson Neves de Ázara ◽  
Adriano Brilhante Kury
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Current Species ◽  
Subjective Synonym

The old genus Libitia Simon, 1879 of small Andean harvestmen is revisited. The monotypic genus Libitiella Roewer, 1947 is herein considered a junior subjective synonym of Libitia. Accordingly, Libitiella bipunctata (Sørensen, 1932) is restored to the combination Libitia bipunctata. The species Libitia cordata and Libitia bipunctata comb. nov. are redescribed and the new species Libitia gandalf sp. nov. and Libitia iguaque sp. nov. are herein described from Cordillera Oriental of Colombian Andes (Chingaza Natural Park and Iguaque Natural Park, respectively). The species Gonyleptes multimaculatus Wood 1869, currently under the synonymy of L. cordata, is revalidated and transferred to Paecilaemella Roewer, 1925 forming Paecilaemella multimaculata comb. nov., and the species Cynorta itacoaiensis H. Soares, 1970 is herein considered a junior subjective synonym of it. In addition, the second current species of the genus, Libitia fusca (Simon, 1879), is transferred to Metalibitia. Libitia is diagnosed based in genital and external morphology, an identification key of the four species and distribution maps are offered.

scholarly journals Protocirrineris (Polychaeta:Cirratulidae) in South Africa and description of two new species

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (S5) ◽  
pp. S70-S80
Author(s):  
Rodolfo Elías ◽  
María Andrea Saracho-Bottero ◽  
Carol Anne Simon
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Status ◽  
Scanning Electron

Introduction: The knowledge of polychaetes in the subtropical region of Africa benefited from the activity of J. Day. However, 50 years after the publication of his Monograph of the Polychaeta of southern Africa, it is necessary to reconsider the identity of the Cirratulidae due to changes in the diagnostic characters and new approaches to the taxonomy of the group to corroborate the status of cosmopolitan species in this region. Objective: We hypothesize that biodiversity of multitentacular Cirratulidae polychaetes has been significantly underestimated in southern Africa. Methods: The present work analyzes material deposited in the Iziko museum, as well as recently collected specimens, using scanning electron microscope to identify them. Results: The material corresponds to two new species belonging to the genus Protocirrineris. Protocirrineris strandloperarum sp. nov. is characterized by having the tentacular filaments between the chaetigers 5 to 10-12 and the first pair of branchiae from chaetiger 7, and P. magalhaesi sp. nov. is characterized by having tentacular filaments between chaetigers 4-8 and the first pair of branchiae from chaetigers 2 or 3. Descriptions of these species, with light and scanning electron microscope images, are given. Schematic drawings of the two new species are shown comparatively with diagnostic characters. Conclusions: The use of new techniques enables discovery of new taxonomic characters and two new species of the genus. The diversity of Cirratulidae polychaetes is underestimated also in the subtropical and tropical regions of Africa.

Laonicespecies (Polychaeta, Spionidae) from the Whittard Canyon (NE Atlantic) with descriptions of two new species

2017 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 961-973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrey Sikorski ◽  
Laetitia M. Gunton ◽  
Lyudmila Pavlova
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
The Body ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ne Atlantic ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Generic Groups ◽  
Number Of Segments

Four species ofLaonice(Annelida: Spionidae) were collected from the lower bathyal depths (3300–3700 m) in the Whittard Canyon, NE Atlantic. Two are herewith described as new species:Laonice whittardensissp. nov. andLaonice nataesp. nov. The other two areLaonice blakeiSikorski & Jirkov, 1988 andLaonice magnacristataMaciolek, 2000.Laonice whittardensishas genital pouches appearing from chaetiger 3, prostomium free of peristomium and bidentate hooks.Laonice nataebelongs to the subgenusAppelloefianov. with prostomium distinct from the peristomium, more than two vertical rows of capillaries in several anterior chaetigers, genital pouches present on a limited number of segments or totally absent. However, the absence of pronounced anterior widening of the body together with anterior branchiae, which are remarkably (nearly twice) longer than the notopodial postchaetal lobes, the narrow lanceolate notopodial postchaetal lobes, the pronounced pointedness of all postchaetal lobes (both notopodial and neuropodial) in the anterior half of body at least, and absence of genital pouches and the size of the body all distinguishL. nataefrom other species belonging to this subgenus. An identification key to all nine known deep-water (>400 m depth)Laonicespecies in North Atlantic is given and four previously recognized sub-generic groups are formally named:Laonice, Sarsianasubgen. nov.,Appelloefiasubgen. nov.,Norgensiasubgen. nov.

Two new water mite species of the Sperchon tridentatus-group from Asia (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Sperchontidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4970 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-150
Author(s):  
PETR V. TUZOVSKIJ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Water Mite ◽  
Two New Species

In the present study a description of two new species of the Sperchon tridentatus-group from Asia is presented. An identification key is given for the known species of the group. 

Taxonomy of Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980 (Haplosclerida, Porifera) from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5004 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-287
Author(s):  
LÍVIA ROCHA ◽  
FERNANDO MORAES ◽  
SULA SALANI ◽  
EDUARDO HAJDU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Xestospongia Muta

Petrosiidae (Haplosclerida, Demospongiae) is characterized by the hard and friable consistency, and an isotropic reticulated skeleton of oxeas/ strongyles. The Brazilian coast and oceanic islands harbor three out of four known genera of Petrosiidae: Neopetrosia de Laubenfels, 1949; Petrosia (Petrosia) Vosmaer, 1885 and Xestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932. A taxonomic survey of samples from several expeditions housed at the Porifera Collection of Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, with additional comparative materials obtained from the Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, and Universidade Federal de Pernambuco enabled the description of two new species: P. (P.) revizee sp. nov. and X. dorigo sp. nov. We also recorded a range extention for Neopetrosia proxima and Xestospongia muta, and Xestospongia grayi was synonymized with X. muta. Other species reported from the country are diagnosed, and an identification key for Petrosiidae from Brazil is provided.

LICHENES

Bothalia ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Editorial Office
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Two New Species

TWO NEW SPECIES IN THE AGYRIACEAE (LICHENIZED ASCOMYCOTINA, LECANORALES)FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA

Two new species of Romulea (Iridaceae: Crocoideae) from the west­ ern Karoo, Northern Cape and notes on infrageneric classification and range extensions

Bothalia ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Manning ◽  
P. Goldblatt
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Infrageneric Classification ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Golden Yellow ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
Perianth Tube

Two new species of Romulea are described from Northern Cape, raising the number of species in southern Africa to 76. R. collina J.C.Manning Goldblatl is endemic to the Hantamsberg near Calvinia. It is distinguished in subgenus Spatalanthus by its clumped habit, yellow flowers with dark markings in the throat, and short papery bracts. A re-examination of rela­tionships within the subgenus suggests that section Cruciatae is not monophyletic and it is accordingly no longer recog­nized as separate from section  Spatalanthus. R. eburnea J.C.Manning Goldblatt is a distinctive species of subgenus Spatalanthus from the Komsberg near Sutherland. It is distinguished by its golden yellow flowers with the apical third of the tepals coloured pale creamy apricot, bracts with broad, translucent margins and tips, and an unusually long perianth tube, 10-13 mm long.

Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4551 (4) ◽  
pp. 487
Author(s):  
MAÍRA XAVIER ARAÚJO ◽  
FREDDY BRAVO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Two New Species

Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 is a Neotropical genus with 15 species. This paper describes two new species from Brazil, Lepidiella maculosa sp. nov. and Lepidiella wagneri sp. nov., and provides an identification key for males of the genus. 

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