scholarly journals A new freshwater crab of the family Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) and an updated review of the hymenosomatid fauna of New Caledonia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danièle Guinot ◽  
Valentin De Mazancourt
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
The Other ◽  
Inland Waters ◽  
Freshwater Species ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Family

A new genus and species, Richerius marqueti gen. et sp. nov., of a crab of the family Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 are described from the inland waters of New Caledonia based on several specimens collected in two streams at altitudes of 180 m and 500 m, respectively. Richerius marqueti gen. et sp. nov. was compared to the other freshwater species known in New Caledonia, Odiomaris pilosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873), and to species of Amarinus Lucas, 1980, a genus comprising many freshwater species in New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea, but never recorded in New Caledonia. The barcode fragment of the COI mitochondrial gene was sequenced for seven specimens of R. marqueti gen. et sp. nov., and all sequences were deposited in GenBank. A brief and updated review of the New Caledonian marine and freshwater hymenosmatid fauna is provided.

Deniquelata barringtoniae gen. et sp. nov., associated with leaf spots of Barringtonia asiatica

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIRAN A. ARIYAWANSA ◽  
SAJEEWA S.N. MAHARACHCHIKUMBURA ◽  
SAMANTHA C.KARUNARATHNE ◽  
EKACHAI CHUKEATIROTE ◽  
ALI H. BAHKALI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Leaf Spots ◽  
The Family ◽  
Pathogenicity Testing

Deniquelata barringtoniae gen. et sp. nov. (Montagnulaceae) forms numerous ascomata on distinct zonate leaf spots of Barringtonia asiatica (Lecythidaceae). We isolated this taxon and sequenced the 18S and 28S nrDNA. The result of phylogenetic analysis based on 18S and 28S nrDNA sequence data indicate that the genus belongs in the family Montagnulaceae, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota. The ascomata are immersed, dark brown to black, with bitunicate asci and brown, muriform ascospores. Deniquelata is distinguished from the other genera in Montagnulaceae based on its short, broad, furcate and pedicellate asci, verruculose ascospores with short narrow pseudoparaphyses with parasitic naturee and this is also supported by molecular data. A new genus and species is therefore introduced to accommodate this taxon. We used isolates of this species to show via pathogenicity testing that the taxon is able to cause leaf spots when leaves are pin pricked.

scholarly journals A new genus and species of pinworm (Nematoda, Oxyuridae) from the gray mouse opossum, Tlacuatzin canescens

Parasite ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
F. Agustín Jiménez ◽  
Juan Manuel Caspeta-Mandujano ◽  
Sergio Albino-Miranda
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Small Area ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
American Museum ◽  
The Family ◽  
Unique Clade ◽  
Deciduous Dry Forest

Tlacuatzoxyuris simpsoni n. gen. n. sp. is described from the cecum of the gray opossum, Tlacuatzin canescens, a species endemic to the deciduous dry forest of Mexico. The digestive tracts of four specimens were examined for parasites; three of these were archived in the American Museum of Natural History and one was a live capture. Relative to the other four monotypic genera of pinworms known to infect opossums, the new genus is diagnosed on the basis of a round cephalic plate with a semicircular stoma surrounded by a rim. In addition, males feature a prominent cephalic vesicle not fully developed in females, accounting for sexual dimorphism. The new species includes small worms that feature a conspicuous, not reticulated cephalic vesicle and semicircular stoma and lateral alae with two crests. In addition, the postcloacal cuticle of males features a small area with ornamentation between cloaca and submedial papillae. Finally, both spicule and gubernaculum are relatively short. Although the eggs of Tlacuatzoxyuris n. gen. are unknown, the conspicuous differences in traits used in the diagnosis of genera prompted us to propose a new genus for the new species. This is the first species of Oxyuridae reported in mouse opossums outside South America, and the fifth species of the family occurring in didelphimorph marsupials. This is an example of the usefulness of documenting the diversity of parasites associated with this unique clade of mammals through the examination of preserved tissues.

scholarly journals Review of the Extinct Family Syntonopteridae (Order Uncertain)

1987 ◽  
Vol 94 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 373-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank M. Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Upper Carboniferous ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mazon Creek

The family Syntonopteridae was named by Handlirsch in 1911 for a new genus and species, Syntonoptera schucherti, from the Upper Carboniferous of Mazon Creek, Illinois. Although the unique specimen on which the species was based consisted of only a wing fragment, the presence of several intercalary, triad veins was of unusual interest. During the 75 years that have passed since then, only six additional specimens of the family have been found (Carpenter, 1938, 1944; Richardson, 1956), all of them in the Mazon Creek beds. The latest of these specimens was sent to me for study by Dr. E. S. Richardson, Jr., a few months before his death, and I have only recently had the opportunity to study it and prepare illustrations. While working on this fossil, I decided to reexamine at the same time the other five specimens in the family known to me. A review of these specimens is included here, followed by revised diagnoses of the family and of the two known genera.

The discovery of Euryrhynchidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) in India, with the description of a new genus and species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4462 (3) ◽  
pp. 367 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAMMY DE GRAVE ◽  
CHARAMBILLY PURUSHOTHAMAN ARJUN ◽  
RAJEEV RAGHAVAN
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
West Africa ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Freshwater Shrimp ◽  
Relative Placement ◽  
The Family ◽  
Northern South America

A new genus and species of Euryrhynchidae is described from Kerala, India. This freshwater shrimp family was previously only known from northern South America and West Africa. Although the inclusion of the genus in Euryrhynchidae is unequivocal (e.g. shape of the accessory ramus of the antennular flagellum, frontal margin of the carapace, telson ornamentation), the presence of a number of unique characters makes the relative placement of the genus within the family unclear, but likely basal to the other genera. The new genus can be easily distinguished from all others within the family by these characters, e.g. the upper antennular flagellum and its accessory ramus being joined over three divisions, the presence of a reduced carpo-propodal brush and a well-developed branchiostegal groove. 

scholarly journals Systematics of Neotropical microteiid lizards (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae), with the description of a new genus and species from the Andean montane forests

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 774 ◽  
pp. 105-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Moravec ◽  
Jiří Šmíd ◽  
Jan Štundl ◽  
Edgar Lehr
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Slender Body ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Study Material ◽  
The Family ◽  
Phylogenetic Affinities

Cercosaurine lizards (subfamily Cercosaurinae of the family Gymnophthalmidae) represent a substantial component of the reptile fauna in the Neotropics. Several attempts have been made to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships within this group, but most studies focused on particular genera or regions and did not cover the subfamily as a whole. In this study, material from the montane forests of Peru was newly sequenced. In combination with all cercosaurine sequences available on GenBank, an updated phylogeny of Cercosaurinae is provided. Monophyly was not supported for three of the currently recognised genera (Echinosaura, Oreosaurus, and Proctoporus). The genus Proctoporus is formed by five monophyletic groups, which should be used in future taxonomic revisions as feasible entities. Recognition of two previously identified undescribed clades (Unnamed clades 2 and 3) was supported and yet another undescribed clade (termed here Unnamed clade 4), which deserves recognition as an independent genus, was identified herein. Selvasaurabrava, a new genus and new species of arboreal gymnophthalmid lizard is described from the montane forests of the Pui Pui Protected Forest, Provincia de Chanchamayo, Región Junín, Peru. The new species is characterised by its small size (SVL 42.1–45.9 mm), slender body, smooth head shields, presence of paired prefrontal shields, fused anteriormost supraocular and anteriormost superciliary shields, transparent not divided lower palpebral disc, slightly rugose subimbricate rectangular dorsal scales in adults (slightly keeled in juveniles), distinctly smaller but non-granular lateral scales, smooth squared to rectangular ventral scales, and hemipenial lobes large, distinct from the hemipenial body. Phylogenetic affinities of the new genus to the other cercosaurine genera, as well as basal phylogenetic relationships between the other cercosaurine genera remain unresolved.

A comparative analysis of the spatangoid echinoid genera Brissopsis and Metalia: a new genus and species of spatangoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Brissopsidae) from the Philippines and the reassignment of Brissopsis persica to Metalia

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1760 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIMON E. COPPARD
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Tube Feet

Brissalius vannoordenburgi gen. nov., sp. nov. occurs at depths of 200 meters off Siquijor Island in the Philippines and is typical of the family Brissopsidae in having specialised aboral tube feet in ambulacra III within the peripetalous fasciole used for funnel building. It is distinct from species of Brissopsis and Metalia in having a shield-shaped subanal fasciole in conjunction with confluent posterior petals. This species has a particularly diverse array of highly localised pedicellariae, with three distinct forms of globiferous pedicellaria (simple fistulate, fanged fistulate and fanged open-bladed), three forms of straight bladed tridentate (narrow-valved, spatulate and terminal-toothed) as well as typical spatangoid rostrate, ophicephalous and triphyllous pedicellariae. Brissopsis persica is the only species in the genus that has a shield-shaped subanal fasciole. However, this species has divergent posterior petals, simple (non-lobed) anterior aboral tube feet, enlarged tubercles along the anterior ambulacrum, no anal fasciole, and lacks both globiferous and ophicephalous pedicellariae. These findings demonstrate that this Brissopsis persica does not belong in Brissopsis but should be placed in Metalia.

A new genus and species of cave-dwelling terrestrial isopod (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Trichoniscidae) from Southern Spain

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4822 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
LLUC GARCIA ◽  
ADRIÀ MIRALLES-NÚÑEZ ◽  
TONI PÉREZ-FERNÁNDEZ
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Terrestrial Isopod ◽  
The Family

A new genus of terrestrial isopod (Oniscidea) belonging to the family Trichoniscidae, subfamily Haplophthalminae, Baeticoniscus n. gen., is described. We discuss its affinities and differences with the other genera of the same subfamily, which are characterized by presenting a completely smooth third pleonite. Baeticoniscus bullonorum n. sp. is described and designated as a type species of the new genus. The specimens of this new isopod come from the Cueva de la Pileta of Benaoján in the province of Málaga (Andalusia, Spain). 

Madangella altirostris, a new genus and species of palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Papua New Guinea

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4438 (2) ◽  
pp. 327
Author(s):  
PAVLÍNA FROLOVÁ ◽  
ZDENĚK ĎURIŠ
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Ovigerous Female ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Female Specimen ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Free Living ◽  
The Family ◽  
Marine Shrimp ◽  
Molecular Comparison

A single ovigerous female specimen of marine shrimp of the family Palaemonidae collected from Madang Province, N.E. Papua New Guinea, was recognized as a representative of a new genus and species. Due to the presence of a sternal thoracic process, 3 pairs of posterior telson cuspidate setae, and the simple ambulatory dactyli, as well as the lack of branchiae on the two posterior maxillipeds, the new species clearly belongs to the assemblage of primarily free-living palaemonid taxa surrounding the speciose genera Cuapetes and Palaemonella. As the specimen possesses a short leaf-like rostrum, slender second pereiopods with small chelae similar to and not noticeably longer than the first pereiopods and very slender simple ambulatory dactyli, the specimen is without parallel within this assemblage and clearly represents a new genus. Its position within the Cuapetes/Palaemonella lineage of genera is also confirmed by a molecular comparison. The specimen is described and illustrated as a new genus and species. 

A new genus and three new species of Termitophilous Aderidae (Coleoptera) from Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines, with notes on their biology

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 643 ◽  
Author(s):  
JF Lawrence ◽  
DH Kistner ◽  
JM Pasteels
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species

Megaxenus Lawence, gen. nov., includes one speciesfrom North Queensland (M. Termitophilus Lawence, sp. nov.) and two from Papua New Guinea (M. bioculatus Lawence, sp. nov. and M. papuensis Lawence, sp. nov.). All three are found in the nests of Microcerotermes species and are the first known termitophiles in the family Aderidae. Notes on the behaviour and life history demonstrate that the larvae are integrated into the termite society, and are incorporated into the trophallactic feeding behaviour of termites, while the adults are actively persecuted by the termites but survive at the edges of the nest because of the webs constructed by the larvae prior to pupation.

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.

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