scholarly journals Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha: Sciaroidea) in early Eocene Cambay amber

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e3313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frauke Stebner ◽  
Hukam Singh ◽  
Jes Rust ◽  
David A. Grimaldi
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
The Third ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
Three New Species

One new genus and three new species of Lygistorrhinidae in early Eocene Cambay amber from India are described, which significantly increases our knowledge about this group in the Eocene.Lygistorrhina indican. sp. is the oldest fossil known from this extant genus.Indorrhina sahniin. gen. et sp. shows morphological similarities to each of the two extant generaLygistorrhinaandAsiorrhina.Palaeognoriste orientaleis the third species known from a group that has only been recorded from Eocene Baltic amber before. The latter finding reveals faunal links between Cambay amber and the probably slightly younger Baltic amber, adding further evidence that faunal exchange between Europe/Asia and India took place before the formation of Cambay amber.

Koinocystididae and Gnathorhynchidae (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia) from the Galapagos, with the description of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3096 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICK C. REYGEL ◽  
WIM R. WILLEMS ◽  
TOM J. ARTOIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
General Structure ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Genital System ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
The Third ◽  
Three New Species

Seven species of eukalyptorhynch flatworms from the Galapagos Islands are reported. Six of them belong to the taxon Koinocystididae Meixner, 1924, three of which are new to science. Two of these new species can be attributed to the genus Itaipusa Marcus, 1949 based on the construction of the prostate vesicle and the general structure of the female system. Itaipusa biglandula n. sp. is characterised by a very short, muscular, unarmed penis papilla, whereas I. renei n. sp. is characterised by the presence of a cirrus armed with minute scales, and two large, blunt hooks in the male atrium. The third new species cannot be placed in any existing taxon and therefore a new genus is erected: Galapagetula annikae n. gen. n. sp.. It is characterised by a straight and rather long cirrus, armed with small spines, and a clearly bipartite bursa in the female system. Additional morphological information is given for the three known species of Koinocystididae: I. divae Marcus, 1949; I. variodentata (Karling, Mack-Fira & Dörjes, 1972) Karling, 1978 and Utelga heinckei (Attems, 1897) Karling, 1954. For I. divae a new locality from Curaçao is also mentioned. The seventh species is a species of Gnathorhynchidae: Prognathorhynchus eurytuba Ax & Armonies, 1987, for which new morphological information on the organisation of the genital system is given.

The genus Ampittia in Africa with the description of a new species (Hesperiinae; Aeromachini) and three new species in the genera Andronymus and Chondrolepis (Hesperiinae, incertae sedis) (Lepidoptera; Hesperiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3322 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
TORBEN B. LARSEN ◽  
T. C. E. CONGDON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Eastern Arc Mountains ◽  
Surprising Result ◽  
Albertine Rift ◽  
The Third ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Valid Genus ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
A New Species

The genus Ampittia Moore, 1882 is accepted as a valid genus occurring in both Africa and Asia on the basis of a number ofunusual shared characters, a somewhat surprising result since we had expected to describe a new genus. The species A. kilo-mbero sp. nov. from Tanzania is described as the third African member of the genus. Andronymus fontainei sp. nov. isdescribed from the DRC as a probable endemic of the Albertine Rift. Chondrolepis ducarmei sp. nov. is a submontane speciesthat is certainly endemic to the Albertine Rift. Chondrolepis uluguru sp. nov. is a submontane species from the Uluguru Moun-tains in Tanzania; it is yet another endemic of the Eastern Arc Mountains that are one of the most urgent conservation concerns in Tanzania.

The Eocene apex of panorpoid scorpionfly family diversity

2013 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bruce Archibald ◽  
Rolf W. Mathewes ◽  
David R. Greenwood
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Family Diversity ◽  
New Family ◽  
Family Level ◽  
Strong Competition ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Okanagan Highlands ◽  
Ecological Dominance

The scorpionfly (Mecoptera) superfamily Panorpoidea underwent an Eocene radiation, replacing the extinct Mesozoic orthophlebiid grade and reaching its greatest family-level diversity: Panorpidae, Panorpodidae, Austropanorpidae, Holcorpidae, Dinopanorpidae, and a new family proposed here, the Eorpidae. Only the Panorpidae and Panorpodidae survived the Eocene and persist to the present day. This cluster of family extinctions is exceptional within Cenozoic insects. The Eorpidae includes at least one new genus and three new species described here from four localities of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of British Columbia, Canada, and Washington, U.S.A.:Eorpa ypsipedan. gen. n. sp. (McAbee and possibly Falkland, BC, Canada; and Republic, WA, U.S.A.),Eorpa elverumin. gen. n. sp. (Republic), andEorpa jurgenin. gen. n. sp. (Quilchena, BC). Some of the other fragmentary and poorly preserved specimens might represent further new species. We propose that the apex of Panorpoid family diversity ended by pressures from post-Eocene icehouse world climatic stress and the rise to ecological dominance of ants, some of which would have provided strong competition in scavenging for dead arthropods.

The freshwater crab genera Ghatiana Pati & Sharma, Gubernatoriana Bott, and Inglethelphusa Bott (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) revisited, with descriptions of a new genus and eleven new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4440 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.K. PATI ◽  
T. THACKERAY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Third ◽  
Freshwater Crabs ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Endemic Genera ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
The Western Ghats

The taxonomy of three morphologically related and endemic genera of the northern Western Ghats (Ghatiana Pati & Sharma, 2014, Gubernatoriana Bott, 1970, and Inglethelphusa Bott, 1970) is re-assessed to accommodate several new taxa. We describe a new genus, Sahyadriana gen. nov. and its five new species [S. billyarjani sp. nov., S. pachyphallus sp. nov., S. sahyadriensis sp. nov. (type species), S. tenuiphallus sp. nov., and S. woodmasoni sp. nov.]. Additionally, three new species each of Ghatiana (Gh. botti sp. nov., Gh. pulchra sp. nov., and Gh. rathbunae sp. nov.) and Gubernatoriana (Gu. longipes sp. nov., Gu. marleshwarensis sp. nov., and Gu. wallacei sp. nov.) are described. Five species previously in Gubernatoriana are now transferred to Sahyadriana gen. nov., viz. S. alcocki (Pati in Pati, Thackeray & Khaire, 2016) comb. nov., S. pilosipes (Alcock, 1909) comb. nov., S. thackerayi (Pati in Pati, Thackeray & Khaire, 2016) comb. nov., S. triangulus (Pati & Sharma, 2014) comb. nov., and S. waghi (Pati in Pati, Thackeray & Khaire, 2016) comb. nov. Gubernatoriana basalticola Klaus, Fernandez & Yeo, 2014, is transferred to Ghatiana. Inglethelphusa is still proved to be monotypic. Consequently, Ghatiana now contains eight species, three of which are new; Gubernatoriana, four species, including three new species; Inglethelphusa, one species; and Sahyadriana gen. nov., ten species, including five new species. Sahyadriana pilosipes is rediscovered more than a century after its description. All these genera can be separated from other Indian gecarcinucid crabs by the absence of a flagellum on the exopod of the third maxilliped and a very short G2. The relevant identification keys are revised. Currently, 120 species of freshwater crabs under 35 genera and two families are found in India. Kerala is the most species-rich (35 species) state in India followed by Maharashtra (29 species) and Assam (21 species). The Western Ghats of India now includes 17 genera and 58 species of gecarcinucid crabs. A checklist and distribution of Indian freshwater crabs is provided.

Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2583 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL FIBIGER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Combination ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
Climatic Zones ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
The Third ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
One New Species

This is the third part of a series of papers on the recently described family Micronoctuidae Fibiger, 2005. Part 3 includes the description of one new subfamily: Tactusinae, with two new tribes: Tactusini and Obscurini; and 18 new genera: Tactusa, Conspica, Tumula, Dignus, Vas, Nigerides, Fustis, Bruma, Costasensora, Longiantrum, Abes, Asyprocessa, Tantulius, Asylemissa, Clarior, Obscura, Editum, and Asytegumen. A total of 77 species and one subspecies are described, of which 76 species are new. One new combination is given. As additions to previously published parts 1 and 2 of the revision, one new genus, Sinochrostia in the subfamily Parachrostiinae, is described. Three new species of Pollexinae Fibiger, 2007, are described; three new species of subfamily Belluliinae are described; and six new species of Parachrostiinae are described, five in the genus Duplex, and one new species and one new subspecies in teh genus Mimachrostia. All taxa inhabit eastern, southern, or south-eastern Asia, Indonesia, or Australia in tropical, subtropical, and temperate climatic zones.

scholarly journals Extant Genus in the Mesozoic: Paleoplatyura Meunier (Diptera: Keroplatidae) Found in the Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Jan Ševčík ◽  
Wiesław Krzemiński ◽  
Kornelia Skibińska
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
The Other ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Burmese Amber ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species of Paleoplatyura Meunier, 1899, i.e., Paleoplatyura agnieszkae sp. nov., P. miae sp. nov., and P. magnifica sp. nov., are described and figured. The concept of the genus is briefly discussed, and its systematic position is clarified. A key to fossil species is provided. The genus Paleoplatyura is described from the Eocene Baltic amber. It is concluded that, in Baltic amber, this group is represented only by the type species, and the identity of the other two species is problematic. No additional specimens have been found so far in this amber. Therefore, the presence of as many as three new species in Burmese amber, certainly belonging to Paleoplatyura, is a confirmation of its occurrence already in the Mesozoic.

Tertiary Araucarian Macrofossils From Tasmania

1985 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 645 ◽  
Author(s):  
AJ Bigwood ◽  
RS Hill
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The Third ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

Leaves of three species belonging to the family Araucariaceae are described from two Eocene localities in Tasmania. Araucarioides gen. nov. is proposed to contain the fossil species. The erection of a new genus is necessary for two reasons. Two new species, A. linearis and A. sinuosa, are intermediate between Agathis and Araucaria and do not have the Florin rings which are the characteristic of extant species of Araucariaceae. The third new species, A. annulata, while clearly belonging to the Araucariaceae, is not well enough preserved to be assigned to an extant genus. These species confirm the presence of the subtropical/tropical Araucariaceae in Tasmania in the Eocene. The evolutionary position of the fossil species is uncertain at present.

A new genus and three new species of fossil braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea) from Eocene Baltic and Rovno ambers

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Sergey A. Belokobylskij ◽  
Maximilian G. Pankowski ◽  
Madeline V. Pankowski ◽  
Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Parasitoid Wasps ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Fossil Genus

Abstract New parasitoid wasps of the family Braconidae are documented from Eocene Baltic and Rovno ambers. A new fossil genus belonging to the braconid subfamily Exothecinae, Palaeocolastes n. gen., with its type species P. bruesi n. sp., is described and illustrated from Baltic amber. This represents the first reliable fossil record for a member of Exothecinae. Two additional new species from Baltic amber are also described: Ascogaster (Syntaphus) latitibialis n. sp. (Cheloninae) and Meteorus arasnitsyni n. sp. (Euphorinae). Another fossil species, Microtypus eocenus n. sp. (Microtypinae), is described from coeval Rovno amber (Ukraine), representing the first braconid species described from this deposit. A new record of a female of Diospilites brevicornis Brues, 1933 (Diospilitinae) from Baltic amber, together with variation of some diagnostic features of the species and redescription of its subfamily and genus, are also provided. UUID: http://zoobank.org/656cb1a3-b9cf-4696-ae24-0d4df9545101.

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