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Albrechtová M, Kašparová EŠ, Langrová I, Hart V, Neuhaus B, Jankovská I, Petrtýl M, Magdálek J, Špakulová M. A revision of the trichostrongylid nematode Cooperia Ransom, 1907, from deer game: recent integrative research confirms the existence of the ancient host-specific species Cooperia ventricosa (Rudolphi, 1809). Front Vet Sci 2024; 11:1346417. [PMID: 38389582 PMCID: PMC10881869 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1346417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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The trichostrongylid roundworms of the genus Cooperia, which are important in veterinary medicine, currently comprise 19 valid species that parasitize the small intestine of both free-living and domestic ruminants. Only four Cooperia spp. have been reported in Europe, namely C. oncophora, C. punctata, C. curticei and C. pectinata. In 2018-2022, 25 red deer (Cervus elaphus) and 30 sika deer (Cervus nippon) of both sexes and various ages from several remote locations in the Czech Republic were parasitologically examined. Intestinal nematodes of the genus Cooperia were found only in two northern regions. Using the globally recognized key book on trichostrongylid nematodes, they were preliminarily identified as C. pectinata. However, a molecular analysis of cox2 and ITS rDNA gene sequences revealed that Cooperia sp. parasitizing Czech deer is a separate taxon that is more closely related to C. oncophora than to C. pectinata. A subsequent morphological analysis and literature survey confirmed the independence of deer Cooperia sp., which is similar but not identical to bovid C. pectinata. Previous long-term correct identifications of bovid C. pectinata and misidentifications of deer Cooperia species were caused by a fundamental error in the key book mentioned above. Interestingly, the ancient trichostrongylid nematode Strongylus ventricosus from the type host red deer (Cervus elaphus) shot near Greifswald (Germany) was described by Rudolphi in 1809. Rudolphi's type material (one male and four females) was deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin). Later, the ancient species S. ventricosus was taken as a synonym for various Cooperia spp. Our current re-examination of the type male indicated that there is a relatively good agreement with our new material from Czech deer regarding the most important characteristics of S. ventricosus (i.e., the shape and size of the male spicules); however, Rudolphi's type material is in rather poor condition. The suggested resurrection of the deer Cooperia sp. in this study as Cooperia ventricosa (Rudolphi, 1809) requires verification by collecting and analyzing new nematode material from the type locality near Greifswald.
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- Martina Albrechtová
- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Science Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Science Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Science Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Game Management and Wildlife Biology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Science Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Science Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Science Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Science Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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Tselikh EV, Lee J, Ku DS. A taxonomic study of four rare pteromalid genera: Amblyharma Huang & Tong, Fusta Xiao & Ye, Nazgulia Hedqvist and Platecrizotes Ferrière from the Eastern Palaearctic (Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae, Pachyneurinae). Zookeys 2024; 1189:349-363. [PMID: 38282717 PMCID: PMC10819613 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1189.113982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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The four morphologically similar genera Amblyharma Huang & Tong, 1993, Fusta Xiao & Ye, 2015, Nazgulia Hedqvist, 1973 and Platecrizotes Ferrière, 1934 from the Eastern Palaearctic are reviewed. Redescriptions of genera and all available types of Eastern Palaearctic species are provided. An identification key to genera is given. A new species from South Korea, Platecrizotesjediisp. nov. is described and illustrated.
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- Ekaterina V. Tselikh
- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 199034, RussiaZoological Institute, Russian Academy of SciencesSt. PetersburgRussia
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- Department of Plant Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Republic of KoreaGyeongsang National UniversityJinjuRepublic of Korea
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- The Science Museum of Natural Enemies, Geochang 50147, Republic of KoreaThe Science Museum of Natural EnemiesGeochangRepublic of Korea
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Sant'Ana DC, Sallum MAM. Revision of the Strodei Subgroup of Nyssorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae), with descriptions of 2 new species. J Med Entomol 2024; 61:87-109. [PMID: 38043587 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 10/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Nyssorhynchus (Nyssorhynchus) ibiapabaensis (Sant'Ana & Sallum n. sp.) and Ny. (Nys.) untii (Sant'Ana & Sallum n. sp.) are new species of the Arthuri Complex of the Strodei Subgroup. The new species are described and validated using morphological characters of the male, female, and immature stages. The description of the male, female, fourth-instar larva and pupa of Ny. arthuri (Unti, 1941) and Ny. albertoi (Unti, 1941) are provided for the first time. To avoid nomenclature instability, neotypes are designated for both species. All life stages of Ny. strodei (Root, 1926) employing specimens collected in the Agua Limpa District, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil are redescribed.
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- Denise Cristina Sant'Ana
- Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 01246-904, Brazil
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- Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 01246-904, Brazil
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Luo B, Lu F, Zhang ZS, Wang LY. A further study on the spider genus Baiyuerius Zhao, Li & Li, 2023, from China (Agelenidae, Coelotinae). Zookeys 2023; 1184:91-102. [PMID: 38314330 PMCID: PMC10838181 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1184.107931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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Baiyuerius is a newly erected genus of Coelotinae spiders comprising five species distributed in southern China and northern Vietnam. Two additional new species, B.shenzhensp. nov. (male and female) and B.yuelusp. nov. (male and female), are described here. Three new combinations are proposed, namely Baiyueriusacroprocessus (Zhang, Zhu & Wang, 2017) comb. nov., Baiyueriusglobasus (Wang, Peng & Kim, 1996) comb. nov. and Baiyueriusrugosus (Wang, Peng & Kim, 1996) comb. nov. Descriptions, photographs, and a distribution map of the known and newly proposed species are provided.
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- Bin Luo
- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China Southwest University Chongqing China
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- College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518000, China Shenzhen University Shenzhen China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China Southwest University Chongqing China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China Southwest University Chongqing China
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Li M, Wang B, Yang D, Murányi D, Li W, Wang H. New and little-known stonefly species of the Rhopalopsolevietnamica 'western assemblage' group (Plecoptera, Leuctridae) from China. Zookeys 2023; 1183:125-137. [PMID: 38025951 PMCID: PMC10646793 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1183.103288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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We examined Chinese stonefly specimens of the Rhopalopsolevietnamica 'western assemblage' group. A new species from Hainan Province, R.bawanglinga Li, Li & Yang, sp. nov. is described and illustrated from male and female adults, and it is compared to closely related taxa. The hitherto unknown female of R.hainana Li & Yang, 2010 is described. Morphological evidence is presented for the identity of R.dentiloba Wu, 1973, on the basis of topotypes from Yunnan Province, southwestern China.
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- Mengyu Li
- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Taxonomy and Systematic Evolution of Insecta, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, ChinaHenan International Joint Laboratory of Taxonomy and Systematic Evolution of Insecta, Henan Institute of Science and TechnologyXinxiangChina
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Taxonomy and Systematic Evolution of Insecta, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, ChinaHenan International Joint Laboratory of Taxonomy and Systematic Evolution of Insecta, Henan Institute of Science and TechnologyXinxiangChina
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- Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, ChinaChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Leányka u. 6, Eger H-3300, HungaryEszterházy Károly Catholic UniversityEgerHungary
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Taxonomy and Systematic Evolution of Insecta, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, ChinaHenan International Joint Laboratory of Taxonomy and Systematic Evolution of Insecta, Henan Institute of Science and TechnologyXinxiangChina
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Taxonomy and Systematic Evolution of Insecta, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, ChinaHenan International Joint Laboratory of Taxonomy and Systematic Evolution of Insecta, Henan Institute of Science and TechnologyXinxiangChina
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Abad Z, Burgess T, Bourret T, Bensch K, Cacciola S, Scanu B, Mathew R, Kasiborski B, Srivastava S, Kageyama K, Bienapfl J, Verkleij G, Broders K, Schena L, Redford A. Phytophthora : taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the genus. Stud Mycol 2023; 106:259-348. [PMID: 38298569 PMCID: PMC10825748 DOI: 10.3114/sim.2023.106.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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Many members of the Oomycota genus Phytophthora cause economic and environmental impact diseases in nurseries, horticulture, forest, and natural ecosystems and many are of regulatory concern around the world. At present, there are 223 described species, including eight unculturable and three lost species. Twenty-eight species need to be redescribed or validated. A lectotype, epitype or neotype was selected for 20 species, and a redescription based on the morphological/molecular characters and phylogenetic placement is provided. In addition, the names of five species are validated: P. cajani, P. honggalleglyana (Synonym: P. hydropathica), P. megakarya, P. pisi and P. pseudopolonica for which morphology and phylogeny are given. Two species, P. ×multiformis and P. uniformis are presented as new combinations. Phytophthora palmivora is treated with a representative strain as both lecto- and epitypification are pending. This manuscript provides the updated multigene phylogeny and molecular toolbox with seven genes (ITS rDNA, β-tub, COI, EF1α, HSP90, L10, and YPT1) generated from the type specimens of 212 validly published, and culturable species (including nine hybrid taxa). The genome information of 23 types published to date is also included. Several aspects of the taxonomic revision and phylogenetic re-evaluation of the genus including species concepts, concept and position of the phylogenetic clades recognized within Phytophthora are discussed. Some of the contents of this manuscript, including factsheets for the 212 species, are associated with the "IDphy: molecular and morphological identification of Phytophthora based on the types" online resource (https://idtools.org/tools/1056/index.cfm). The first version of the IDphy online resource released to the public in September 2019 contained 161 species. In conjunction with this publication, we are updating the IDphy online resource to version 2 to include the 51 species recently described. The current status of the 223 described species is provided along with information on type specimens with details of the host (substrate), location, year of collection and publications. Additional information is provided regarding the ex-type culture(s) for the 212 valid culturable species and the diagnostic molecular toolbox with seven genes that includes the two metabarcoding genes (ITS and COI) that are important for Sanger sequencing and also very valuable Molecular Operational Taxonomic Units (MOTU) for second and third generation metabarcoding High-throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies. The IDphy online resource will continue to be updated annually to include new descriptions. This manuscript in conjunction with IDphy represents a monographic study and the most updated revision of the taxonomy and phylogeny of Phytophthora, widely considered one of the most important genera of plant pathogens. Taxonomic novelties: New species: Phytophthora cajani K.S. Amin, Baldev & F.J. Williams ex Abad, Phytophthora honggalleglyana Abad, Phytophthora megakarya Brasier & M.J. Griffin ex Abad, Phytophthora pisi Heyman ex Abad, Phytophthora pseudopolonica W.W. Li, W.X. Huai & W.X. Zhao ex Abad & Kasiborski; New combinations: Phytophthora ×multiformis (Brasier & S.A. Kirk) Abad, Phytophthora uniformis (Brasier & S.A. Kirk) Abad; Epitypifications (basionyms): Peronospora cactorum Lebert & Cohn, Pythiacystis citrophthora R.E. Sm. & E.H. Sm., Phytophthora colocasiae Racib., Phytophthora drechsleri Tucker, Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethybr., Phytophthora fragariae Hickman, Phytophthora hibernalis Carne, Phytophthora ilicis Buddenh. & Roy A. Young, Phytophthora inundata Brasier et al., Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler, Phytophthora mexicana Hotson & Hartge, Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan, Phytophthora phaseoli Thaxt., Phytophthora porri Foister, Phytophthora primulae J.A. Toml., Phytophthora sojae Kaufm. & Gerd., Phytophthora vignae Purss, Pythiomorpha gonapodyides H.E. Petersen; Lectotypifications (basionym): Peronospora cactorum Lebert & Cohn, Pythiacystis citrophthora R.E. Sm. & E.H. Sm., Phytophthora colocasiae Racib., Phytophthora drechsleri Tucker, Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethybr., Phytophthora fragariae Hickman, Phytophthora hibernalis Carne, Phytophthora ilicis Buddenh. & Roy A. Young, Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler, Phytophthora mexicana Hotson & Hartge, Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan, Phytophthora phaseoli Thaxt., Phytophthora porri Foister, Phytophthora primulae J.A. Toml., Phytophthora sojae Kaufm. & Gerd., Phytophthora vignae Purss, Pythiomorpha gonapodyides H.E. Petersen; Neotypifications (basionym): Phloeophthora syringae Kleb., Phytophthora meadii McRae Citation: Abad ZG, Burgess TI, Bourret T, Bensch K, Cacciola S, Scanu B, Mathew R, Kasiborski B, Srivastava S, Kageyama K, Bienapfl JC, Verkleij G, Broders K, Schena L, Redford AJ (2023). Phytophthora: taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the genus. Studies in Mycology 106: 259-348. doi: 10.3114/sim.2023.106.05.
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- Z.G. Abad
- USDA APHIS PPQ S&T Plant Pathogen Confirmatory Diagnostics Laboratory, USA;
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- Phytophthora Science and Management, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia;
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA,
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, Netherlands,
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Italy;
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, Italy;
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- Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA;
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- Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA;
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- Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA;
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- River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Japan,
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- USDA APHIS PPQ S&T Plant Pathogen Confirmatory Diagnostics Laboratory, USA;
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, Netherlands,
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA;
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- Dipartimento di Agraria, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy,
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- USDA APHIS PPQ S&T Identification Technology Program, USA
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Amin OM, Chaudhary A, Singh HS. Redescription of Illiosentis cetratus Van Cleave, 1945 (Acanthocephala: Illiosentidae) from Menticirrhus undulatus (Girard) in California, with notes on Illiosentis furcatus from Peru. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2023; 70:2023.018. [PMID: 37933180 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2023.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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Illiosentis Van Cleave et Lincicome, 1939 initially included two species: Illiosentis furcatus Van Cleave et Lincicome, 1939 found in the West Atlantic from Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA to northern Argentina and Illiosentis cetratus Van Cleave, 1945 with restricted distribution in the Pacific coast of southern California. We are reporting I. furcatus from Peru for the first time and describe a population of I. cetratus from the California corbina, Menticirrhus undulatus (Girard), from southern California. The proboscis hook formula was 14 longitudinal rows for I. furcatus of 18-23 hooks each compared to 16 rows of 19-24 hooks each reported by Van Cleave (1945). We complete the inadequate description of I. cetratus with new information on sexual differentiation in the length of the trunk, dorsal vs. ventral hooks, hook roots, trunk spines, two types of anterior recurved rooted hooks vs. posterior rootless straight hooks, measurements of dorsal and ventral hooks and spines, shape of hook roots, terminal position of the female gonopore, and of position of the cephalic ganglion at the anterior margin of the trunk. We also include new details of the reproductive system in both sexes including Saefftigen's pouch and cement gland ducts. We present new SEM and light microscope images. The Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis (EDXA) shows a high level of sulfur in anterior, middle and posterior hooks in various hook sites, as well as spectra of hook tips with a higher relative concentration of sulfur compared to other hook sites. For the placement of I. cetratus, phylogenetic analysis of sequences of three molecular markers, 18S, 28S rRNA and mitochondrial cox 1 genes, was performed with other related available sequences. The resulting analysis illustrated that I. cetratus was nested within a separate clade along with species of two genera, Dentitruncus truttae Sinzar, 1955 and Neotegorhynchus cyprini Lisitsyna, Xi, Orosová, Barčák et Oros, 2022 represented our species of Illiosentis separate from species of Tegorhynchus Van Cleave, 1921 (as also according to the morphology) with which the Illiosentis species were previously synonymised.
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- Omar M Amin
- Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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- Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), India
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- Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), India
- Maa Shakumbhari University, Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), India
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Guo F, Slos D, Du H, Li K, Li H, Qing X. Transcriptomics of Cruznema velatum (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with a redescription of the species. J Helminthol 2023; 97:e57. [PMID: 37470247 DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x23000342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Cruznema velatum isolated from soil in a chestnut orchard located at Guangdong province, China, is redescribed with morphology, molecular barcoding sequences, and transcriptome data. The morphological comparison for C. velatum and six other valid species is provided. Phylogeny analysis suggests genus Cruznema is monophyletic. The species is amphimix, can be cultured with Escherichia coli in 7-9 days from egg to egg-laying adult, and has a lifespan of 11 to 14 days at 20°C. The transcription data generated 45,366 unigenes; 29.9%, 31.3%, 24.8%, and 18.6% of unigenes were annotated in KOG, SwissProt, GO, and KEGG, respectively. Further gene function analysis demonstrated that C. velatum share the same riboflavin, lipoic acid, and vitamin B6 metabolic pathways with Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus.
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- F Guo
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing210095, China
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Merelbeke9820, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing210095, China
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- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi830052, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing210095, China
- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi830052, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing210095, China
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Scholz T, de Chambrier A, Kudlai O, Tkach VV, McAllister CT. A global survey of tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) of 'true' frogs (Amphibia: Ranidae), including a tabulated list of all proteocephalids parasitising amphibians. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2023; 70. [PMID: 37114799 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2023.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Proteocephalid tapeworms of frogs of the family Ranidae ('true' frogs) are reviewed with emphasis on their species diversity, host specificity and geographical distribution. New molecular data (nuclear lsrDNA and mitochondrial COI sequences) are presented for tapeworms of four species of ranid frogs in North America, including the poorly known Ophiotaenia saphena Osler, 1931 of Rana clamitans Latreille and R. catesbeiana (Shaw), which is redescribed using new material from Arkansas, USA. Tapeworms of R. sphenocephala (Cope) and R. pipiens Schreber, the latter previously identified as O. saphena, represent another, putative new species, but are not formally described due to insufficient available material. Proteocephalus papuensis Bursey, Goldberg et Kraus, 2008 from Sylvirana supragrisea (Menzies) is transferred to Ophiotaenia La Rue, 1911 as a new combination. After a critical review of the literature, only nine nominal species of Ophiotaenia are recognised as valid, which is in contrast to the large number of ranid frogs (> 440 spp.). The reasons for this striking disparity are briefly discussed, and a key based on morphology is presented for the identification of all species of Ophiotaenia from the Ranidae. Molecular data are available for only two taxa from North America that form a monophyletic group. The relationships among tapeworms of ranid frogs occurring in other zoogeographical regions are not yet known. The taxonomic status of Batrachotaenia Rudin, 1917, which was erected to accommodate proteocephalids from amphibians, is also discussed. To facilitate future studies, a tabulated summary of all 32 species of proteocephalids belonging to three genera reported from amphibians (frogs and salamanders) is presented, with information on their hosts, distribution, and taxonomically important characters, including key measurements.
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- Tomas Scholz
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Invertebrates, Natural History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.A
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- Division of Science and Mathematics, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Idabel, Oklahoma, U.S.A
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Amin OM, Chaudhary A, Singh HS, Kuzmina T. Revision of Corynosoma australe Johnston, 1937 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from a North American population using novel SEM images, Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis, and molecular analysis. Helminthologia 2023; 60:1-27. [PMID: 37305667 PMCID: PMC10251761 DOI: 10.2478/helm-2023-0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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We describe a population of the acanthocephalan Corynosoma australe Johnston, 1937 (Polymorphidae) from a California sea lion Zalophus californianus (Lesson, 1828) in California using novel scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images, Energy Dispersive x-ray analysis (EDXA), and molecular analysis for the first time. The taxonomic history of C. australe is replete with accounts using only line drawings some of which proved erroneous. The distribution of ventral spines on the female trunk has been the primary distinction between C. australe and Corynosoma obtuscens Lincicome, 1943, its junior synonym; being continuous in the latter but discontinuous posteriorly in the former species. The distribution of ventral spines is invariably discontinuous in males. Our redescription and SEM images help to resolve this issue further validating the synonymy. Morphological variability has been documented between our California population and others from various host species in California, South Australia, South Shetlands, and the Argentinian coast. Our SEM images document features not previously detectable in line drawings, erroneously reported or missed in previous accounts. The EDXA spectra show high levels of calcium and phosphorous and low levels of sulfur characteristic of C. australe. EDXA for other species of Corynosoma Lühe, 1904 provide support for the diagnostic distinction of C. australe. EDXA spectra were shown to be species specific and have diagnostic value in the taxonomy of the Acanthocephala. Our molecular analysis used amplification of 18S of ribosomal DNA and cytochrome c oxidase 1 (Cox1) gene. Phylogenetic analyses for Cox1 gene revealed a close relationship between Corynosoma hannae Zdzitowiecki, 1984 and C. australe. The phylogenetic trees confirmed that the isolates belonged to C. australe. The haplotype network inferred by Cox1 with C. australe sequences revealed that haplotypes clearly separated from each other and formed clusters related to samples from the Northern Hemisphere (the USA and Mexico), and the second from the Southern Hemisphere (Argentina, Brazil and Peru).
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- O. M. Amin
- Institute of Parasitic Diseases, 11445 E. Via Linda 2-419, Scottsdale, Arizona85259, USA
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- Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut (U.P.), 250004, India
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- Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut (U.P.), 250004, India
- Vice Chancellor, Maa Shakumbhari University, Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), 247120, India
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- I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Bogdan Khmelnytsky str., 15, Kyiv, 01030, Ukraine
- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
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Mabika N, Barson M, Marco Dos Santos Q, van Dyk C, Avenant-Oldewage A. Additional Taxonomic Information for Lamproglena hemprichii (Copepoda: Lernaeidae) Based on Scanning Electron Microscopy and Genetic Characterization, Alongside Some Aspects of Its Ecology. Zoolog Sci 2023; 40:32-43. [PMID: 36744708 DOI: 10.2108/zs220033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Additional taxonomic and ecological data for the lernaeid copepod Lamproglena hemprichii Nordmann, 1832 infecting the African tigerfish, Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, 1861, are presented with scanning electron micrographs, molecular characterization, and selected ecological parameters. Eighty fish were collected from Lake Kariba between October 2014 and July 2015. Scanning electron microscopy provided additional data for the morphology, including structures on the antennulae, antennae, and legs. The 18S and 28S rDNA fragments of this species were distinct from those of other Lamproglena taxa but placed this species within this genus. Phylogenetically, L. hemprichii appears closest to L. monodi Capart, 1944, the only other African species for which molecular data is available. The anterior part of the second gill filament was the preferred attachment site. There was a positive correlation (Pearson correlation coefficient r2 = 0.64; P = 0.77) between the length of the parasite and the length of the fish. A positive correlation (Pearson correlation coefficient r2 = 0.61; P = 0.03) between the length of the parasite and the length of the gill filament was also observed. Although the specimens studied here are morphologically highly similar to previous reports of L. hemprichii, some morphological variation was observed, and a revision (morphometric and genetic) of the taxon is suggested. This study provides the first detailed genetic characterization and phylogenetic information for the species.
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- Nyasha Mabika
- Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.,Department of Livestock, Wildlife and Fisheries, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Botswana, Botswana
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- Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
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Lis JA. Systematic Position of the Fossil Burrower Bug Eocenocydnus lisi Popov, 2019 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Cydnidae) Revealed by a Parallel/Cross-Eyed Viewing Method Used for Obtaining Three-Dimensional Images. Insects 2022; 14:22. [PMID: 36661950 PMCID: PMC9865430 DOI: 10.3390/insects14010022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The fossil burrower bug Eocenocydnus lisi described from the Late Eocene of the Isle of Wight, UK, is analysed using a parallel, cross-eyed viewing method. The species, tentatively placed in the subfamily Sehirinae, is redescribed and its systematic position is discussed. Newly recovered morphological characteristics allow it to be placed in the tribe Cydnini of the subfamily Cydninae.
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- Jerzy A Lis
- Institute of Biology, University of Opole, Oleska 22, 45-052 Opole, Poland
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Bai XL, Liu JZ, Ren GD. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Solskyia Solsky, 1881 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Akidini) from China. Zookeys 2022; 1122:1-18. [PMID: 36761207 PMCID: PMC9848604 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1122.86071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Two new species of the genus Solskyia, S.infossata sp. nov. and S.lhozhaga sp. nov., are described and illustrated from Xizang, China. Solskyialhasana is redescribed and figured based on a male, and new material of S.caporiaccoi and S.parvicollis from China is documented. The ecology and biology of adults and larvae is briefly introduced. Furthermore, photographs of habitat, and a key to Chinese species are presented.
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- Xing-Long Bai
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, ChinaHebei Normal UniversityShijiazhuangChina
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, ChinaHebei Normal UniversityShijiazhuangChina
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- The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, ChinaHebei UniversityBaodingChina
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Makarikov AA, Binkienė R. Redescription and taxonomic position of Rodentolepis (sensu lato) asymmetrica (Janicki, 1904), with the erection of Kontrimavichusia n. g. (Eucestoda: Hymenolepididae) from arvicoline rodents (Rodentia: Cricetidae). J Helminthol 2022; 96:e63. [PMID: 36004491 DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X22000505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Rodentolepis (sensu lato) asymmetrica (Janicki, 1904) is redescribed on the basis of materials from Microtus agrestis, Microtus arvalis and Myodes glareolus from Eastern Europe (Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and the north-eastern part of Russia). A new genus, Kontrimavichusia n. g., is proposed for it based on morphological and molecular evidence. The unique morphological diagnostic characters of this currently monotypic genus include the presence of an armature on the suckers, ventral osmoregulatory canals connected with irregularly spaced transverse anastomoses, an internal seminal vesicle with circular musculature and uterus with numerous diverticula, situated dorsally to the genital ducts, extending bilaterally beyond the longitudinal osmoregulatory canals. In addition, the new genus differs from morphologically related genera of the Rodentolepis clade by the structure of its vagina. The copulatory part of the vagina in specimens of Kontrimavichusia n. g. is surrounded by circular musculature and covered externally by a dense layer of intensely-stained cells; the conductive part of the vagina is clearly distinguishable from the seminal receptacle. Molecular analysis of the partial 28S rRNA gene fully supports the erection of Kontrimavichusia n. g. as a distinct lineage.
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Amin OM, Chaudhary A, Singh HS. New perspectives of Microsentis wardae Martin & Multani, 1966 (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) from Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper in California, with scanning electron microscopy images and energy dispersive X-ray analysis. J Helminthol 2022; 96:e42. [PMID: 35726565 DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X22000347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Fully developed, sexually mature small male and female acanthocephalans, Microsentis wardae Martin & Multani, 1966 (Neoechinorhynchidae) reaching only 2.25 mm and 2.42 mm, respectively, were collected from the rectum of longjaw mudsuckers, Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper, in the salty marches of Anaheim Bay and San Diego Bay, California. Our specimens were half the size of those reported in the original description from the same host in Scammon's Lagoon over 700 km to the south. The ratio of proboscis and receptacle size to trunk size was markedly higher in our specimens compared to the larger specimens measured in the original description. The anatomy of all structures in our specimens from Anaheim Bay was comparable to that of the larger Scammon's Lagoon specimens that have apparently realized more growth in the Scammon's Lagoon. We have observed more structures that are not reported in the original description, especially evident from our scanning electron microscopy images, which are not possible to observe in the original line drawings. In our specimens, the micropores were unusually widely spaced and the energy dispersive X-ray analysis showed longitudinal hook sections with high levels of sulphur and phosphorus and moderate levels of calcium, but the whole hooks showed highest levels of sodium and magnesium - the biochemical hook signature of this species. Sequences of the small subunit (18S) of the nuclear ribosomal DNA were generated and compared with acanthocephalan sequences available from GenBank. As M. wardae comprises a monotypic genus, therefore, phylogenetic analyses inferred from the 18S gene showed its relationship with other species of closely related genera of Eoacanthocephala. This is the first report of molecular data of M. wardae.
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Gouillieux B, Blanchet H, Gonzalez P. Redescription of Apocorophiumacutum (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Corophiidae) with material from type locality and key of world Apocorophium species. Zookeys 2022; 1106:101-119. [PMID: 36760821 PMCID: PMC9848803 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1106.83340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Apocorophiumacutum (Chevreux, 1908), the type species of the genus, was originally but only partially described by Chevreux with female specimens from Bônes (Algeria); male specimens were later described from Brittany (France). Since then, the species has been recorded in different places of the world, some of them questionable. Herein, the species is entirely redescribed with material from the type locality and Brittany, and additional material from Arcachon Bay is studied to provide biological data. The known geographical distribution of this species is summarized, and a world identification key of Apocorophium species is also given.
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- Benoit Gouillieux
- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, EPOC, EPHE, UMR 5805, F-33600 Pessac, FranceUniversité de BordeauxPessacFrance
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, EPOC, EPHE, UMR 5805, F-33600 Pessac, FranceUniversité de BordeauxPessacFrance
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, EPOC, EPHE, UMR 5805, F-33600 Pessac, FranceUniversité de BordeauxPessacFrance
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Zurita-García ML, Domínguez-León DE, Vega-Badillo V, González-Ramírez M, Gutiérrez-Carranza IG, Rodríguez-Mirón GM, López-Pérez S, Cifuentes-Ruiz P, Aquino-Romero M, Zaragoza-Caballero S. Life cycle and description of the immature stages of a terrestrial firefly endemic to Mexico: Photinusextensus Gorham (Coleoptera, Lampyridae). Zookeys 2022; 1104:29-54. [PMID: 36761932 PMCID: PMC9848833 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1104.80624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The life cycle, morphology, and bionomy of Photinusextensus Gorham, 1881, an endemic species of Mexico, are described. Redescriptions of adults (male and female) are also presented. Larvae were reared to the adult stage from eggs laid by females collected at the El Pedregal de San Ángel Ecological Reserve, south of Mexico City. The activity period of adults of P.extensus begins at the end of July and finishes by the end of August. Females lay between 3 and 198 eggs. Larvae hatch from the eggs after a period of 11 to 71 days, undergo 6 larval instars and a pupal stage in an annual cycle. Morphological characters of the sixth larval instar of P.extensus are compared with those of several other genera assigned to the tribe Photinini. Knowledge of the natural history of firefly larvae is relevant since most species do not feed as adults and therefore depend on resources acquired during the larval stage.
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- Martín L. Zurita-García
- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510, Mexico City, MexicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510, Mexico City, MexicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510, Mexico City, MexicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510, Mexico City, MexicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510, Mexico City, MexicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510, Mexico City, MexicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510, Mexico City, MexicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510, Mexico City, MexicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510, Mexico City, MexicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510, Mexico City, MexicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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Sroka P, Yanai Z, Palatov D, Gattolliat JL. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Takobia Novikova & Kluge, 1987 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) in Central Asia. Zookeys 2021; 1071:127-154. [PMID: 34887697 PMCID: PMC8616892 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1071.71582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Based on the original type material, the nymphal stage of the mayfly Takobiamaxillare is redescribed; in parallel, a lectotype is designated. Takobiamaxillare is the type species of the genus Takobia, and an accurate and complete knowledge of its morphology is crucial to the delimitation of this problematic genus and clarification of its phylogenetic affinities. Ambiguous characters, previously reported for this species in the literature are clarified. Furthermore, two new species in the same genus are described, namely Takobiasinusopalpatasp. nov. and Takobiashughnonicasp. nov. based on the morphology of nymphs from Central Asia, supplemented with COI sequences. Implications for the systematics of Takobia and related taxa are discussed and the need for an extensive phylogenetic study of this group is stressed.
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- Pavel Sroka
- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology České Budějovice Czech Republic
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- The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel
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- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of RAS, 119071, Moscow, Russia A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of RAS Moscow Russia
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- Musée cantonal de zoologie, Palais de Rumine, Place de la Riponne 6, 1014 Lausanne, Switzerland Musée cantonal de zoologie Lausanne Switzerland.,University of Lausanne (UNIL), Department of Ecology and Evolution, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
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A 2012 termite expedition yielded the first species of Glyptotermes known from Paraguay, G.hickmani sp. nov. and G.canellae (Müller, 1873), the latter previously known from Argentina and Brazil. Both are described based on the soldier and imago castes.
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- Rudolf H Scheffrahn
- University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Research & Education Center, 3205 College Avenue, Davie, Florida 33314 USA University of Florida Davie United States of America
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Ng PKL, Chan TY. Rediscovery of Orientotlosiishibai Sakai, 1980 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Leucosiidae) in Taiwan. Zookeys 2021; 1053:185-195. [PMID: 34393559 PMCID: PMC8352857 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1053.67326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The leucosiid crab Orientotlosiishibai Sakai, 1980 was described from one female collected off western Japan and had never been reported since. The species is now recorded from southwestern Taiwan for the first time, and is redescribed and figured at length. Although Sakai argued that Orientotlos Sakai, 1980, is closely related to Oreophorus Rüppell, 1830 and Atlantotlos Doflein, 1904, the genus is actually morphologically most similar to Merocryptus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873. The two genera, however, still differ markedly in a number of key carapace and cheliped characters.
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- Peter K L Ng
- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive, Singapore 117377, Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore
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- Institute of Marine Biology and Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202301, Taiwan National Taiwan Ocean University Keelung Taiwan
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Sun ZX, Kawase S, Zhang R, Zhao YH. Taxonomic revision and redescription of Microphysogobio hsinglungshanensis, the type species of Microphysogobio Mori, 1934 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). J Fish Biol 2021; 99:373-383. [PMID: 33715166 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 02/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The genus Microphysogobio was established by Mori [Mori, T. (1934). The fresh water fishes of Jehol. In Report of the first scientific expedition to Manchoukuo. 1: pp. 1-61] based on a single specimen (Microphysogobio hsinglungshanensis) collected in the Luanhe River basin, Xinglong County, Hebei Province, China. Because the genus characteristics were derived from its type species, M. hsinglungshanensis, the detailed description is essential. In addition, to distinguish M. hsinglungshanensis and Microphysogobio chinssuensis, the description based on holotype and more specimens is needed. M. hsinglungshanensis can be distinguished from all other congeners by the following combination of characters: mouth shallow arc shaped and inferior; medial pad on lower lip inverted trapezoid and usually grooved; barbel short, 6.9%-14.3% in head length; lateral-line scales 38-39; ventral region between pectoral-fin origin and pelvic-fin origin scaleless; scales above lateral line 4-4.5; predorsal scales 10-11; vertebrae 4 + 32 - 34; caudal-fin membrane with two or three rows of irregular black spots. The characteristics of this genus were redefined based on M. hsinglungshanensis in this study.
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- Zhi-Xian Sun
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Osaka University of Economics and Law, Osaka, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Agatha S, Ganser MH, Santoferrara LF. The importance of type species and their correct identification: A key example from tintinnid ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha). J Eukaryot Microbiol 2021; 68:e12865. [PMID: 34243218 DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Types and the corresponding rules in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature are crucial for taxonomy and are meant to provide nomenclatural stability. In the case of neotypification, especially diligent taxonomic work is required to retain continuity. In the present communication, we first outline the main principles of typification and neotypification. We then discuss a critical case, using a current example from the marine planktonic tintinnid genus Tintinnopsis Stein, 1867 (Alveolata, Ciliophora). This diverse and ubiquitous genus is nonmonophyletic, but its revision and the erection of new related genera is currently prevented by the uncertain affiliation of its type species.
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- Sabine Agatha
- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut at Stamford, Stamford, CT, USA.,Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut at Stamford, Stamford, CT, USA
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Fukuyama I, Vogel G, Matsui M, Eto K, Munir M, Hossman MY, Hamidy A, Nishikawa K. Systematics of Calliophis intestinalis with the Resurrection of Calliophis nigrotaeniatus (Elapidae, Serpentes). Zoolog Sci 2021; 37:586-594. [PMID: 33269875 DOI: 10.2108/zs200100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The red-bellied form of Calliophis intestinalis (Laurenti, 1768) sensu lato was originally reported from Pahang, west Malaysia. To determine the taxonomic status of this form, we examined the type specimens of Elaps sumatranus Lidth De Jeude, 1890, Calliophis intestinalis everetti (Boulenger, 1896), and Callophis furcatus var. nigrotaeniatus Peters, 1863. The results indicated that the red-bellied form of C. intestinalis should be named as Calliophis nigrotaeniatus comb. nov., whose valid species status was based on morphological and molecular analyses. We designate a lectotype and redescribe the species, which is genetically close to Calliophis bilineatus (Peters, 1881) from the Philippines, and is clearly distinguishable from other congeners by possessing a pair of gray or dark blue lateral stripes and by being bright red on the ventrum. Elaps sumatranus and C. i. everetti are relegated to subjective junior synonyms of C. nigrotaeniatus.
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- Ibuki Fukuyama
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Nihonmatsu, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan,
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- Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Im Sand 3, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Nihonmatsu, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History, Higashida 2-4-1, Yahatahigashi, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 805-0071, Japan
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- Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Research, Development and Innovation Division, Sarawak Forest Department, Kuching 93250, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Cibinong 16911, West Java, Indonesia
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Nihonmatsu, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.,Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Amin OM, Heckmann RA, Chaudhary A, Rubtsova NY, Singh HS. Redescription and molecular analysis of Pallisentis ( Pallisentis) nandai Sarkar, 1953 (Acanthocephala: Quadrigyridae) in India. J Helminthol 2021; 95:e3. [PMID: 33504379 DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X20001005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Pallisentis (Pallisentis) nandai Sarkar, 1953 is a freshwater fish parasite restricted to the Indian subcontinent in the Ganga River and its tributaries. It was described from the leaffish, Nandus nandus (Hamilton) from the Ganga River delta at Calcutta. We recovered variant specimens from the same host species from the Ganga near its headwaters at Bijnor about 1500 km away. Our specimens were clearly identifiable as P. nandai but varied considerably from those in the original description, especially in the size of proboscis hooks, receptacle and lemnisci. The original description was incomplete (missing line drawings of female trunk and reproductive system, male trunk, complete proboscis, hooks and hook roots) and inaccurate (proboscis, hooks, receptacle wall), and some measurements were lumped together for both sexes. We provide a complete description and include new morphological information including the first description of para-receptacle structure in the genus Pallisentis Van Cleave, 1928, scanning electron microscopy and microscope images, molecular analysis, and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDXA) of hooks and spines of our specimens for the first time. Additional details of proboscis hook roots, trunk spines, micropores and micropore distribution are described. The unique metal composition of hooks (EDXA) demonstrated a considerably high but variable level of sulphur and negligible level of calcium in collar and trunk spines and hook tips, but a higher level of sulphur and calcium at the hook basal arch than at the hook tip and edge. A comparison with the EDXA pattern of another species of Pallisentis, P. İndica Mital & Lal, 1976, were considerably different. The phylogenetic position of P. nandai within Eoacanthocephala was generated to assess the molecular characterization based on 18S and ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 ribosomal DNA sequences. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses placed P. nandai in a clade with other Pallisentis species under the family Quadrigyridae. This is the first report based on molecular evidence for P. nandai.
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Crassignatha Wunderlich, 1995 is redefined to include species with six eyes in three diads, chelicerae fused only near the base, sculpturing on the carapace, one or two clasping spurs on tibia II, a bilateral scutum of the male abdomen, and globular spermathecae and adjacent copulatory openings in the female. A key and distribution map are provided for 24 Crassignatha species in this paper. Diagnoses and illustrated photographs are provided for 22 species from China, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Thirteen species are described and documented as new to science: C.baihua Y. Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), C.bangbie Y. Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♀), C.changyan Y. Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♀), C.dongnai Y. Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♀), C.gucheng Y. Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), C.mengla Y. Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), C.nantou Y. Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), C.nasalis Y. Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), C.rostriformis Y. Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), C.shunani Y. Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), C.si Y. Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), C.thamphra Y. Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♀), and C.xichou Y. Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♀). Three new combinations are proposed: C.bicorniventris (Lin & Li, 2009), comb. nov., C.quadriventris (Lin & Li, 2009), comb. nov., and C.shiluensis (Lin & Li, 2009), comb. nov. are transferred from Patu Marples, 1951. DNA barcodes and genetic distances of seventeen species are obtained to confirm correct identification. Types of seven known Chinese Crassignatha species are re-examined, and the taxonomic placement of C.longtou Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 may be incorrect based on morphological and molecular data.
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- Ya Li
- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China.,The Sichuan Key Laboratory for Conservation Biology of Endangered Wildlife, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China.,The Sichuan Key Laboratory for Conservation Biology of Endangered Wildlife, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Huang WC, Mohapatra A, Thu PT, Chen HM, Liao TY. A review of the genus Strophidon (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), with description of a new species. J Fish Biol 2020; 97:1462-1480. [PMID: 32844437 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2020] [Revised: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Strophidon McClelland is a muraenid genus with characteristic appearance of a very elongated body, a large mouth cleft and anteriorly placed eyes. The nomenclature and taxonomic history of species within Strophidon are contentious and its members are easily misidentified. In the present study, species of the genus Strophidon are revised based on morphological and molecular data, and five species are considered valid, including S. dawydoffi Prokofiev, S. dorsalis (Seale), S. sathete (Hamilton), S. ui Tanaka and a new species, S. tetraporus. Strophidon tetraporus sp. nov. is described based on 15 specimens from Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam with the unique characteristic of the constant presence of the fourth infraorbital pore among species of Strophidon. The intraspecific variation of vertebral formula within S. dorsalis is discussed based on molecular data. Muraena macrurus Bleeker and Thyrsoidea longissima Kaup are synonyms of S. sathete that can be distinguished from the most similar congener S. ui by a longer tail, smaller eyes and more inner maxillary and inner dentary teeth. A key to identify species of Strophidon is provided. The distribution and maximum size of each species are also re-evaluated.
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- Wen-Chien Huang
- Doctoral Degree Program in Marine Biotechnology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Doctoral Degree Program in Marine Biotechnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Ganjam, India
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- Institute of Marine Environment and Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hai Phong, Vietnam
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- Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Amin OM, Heckmann RA, Dallarés S, Constenla M, Rubini S. Description and molecular analysis of an Italian population of Centrorhynchus globo caudatus (Zeder, 1800) Lühe, 1911 (Acanthocephala: Centrorhynchidae) from Falco tinnunculus (Falconidae) and Buteo buteo (Accipitridae). J Helminthol 2020; 94:e207. [PMID: 33118894 DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X20000887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Centrorhynchus globocaudatus (Zeder, 1800) Lühe, 1911 (Centrorhynchidae) was reported in birds of prey. Our population from Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus (Falconidae) and Buteo buteo Linnaeus (Accipitridae) in northern Italy was morphologically distinct from others described elsewhere. The worms are elongate and cylindrical. Proboscis long, apically truncated and bare, with wider base and variably faint constriction at point of attachment of receptacle. Large anterior hooks well rooted; posterior spiniform hooks with reduced roots; transitional hooks with scutiform roots in-between. Four tubular cement glands extend into prominent ducts overlapping a large Saefftigen's pouch. Bursa large, with sensory plates. Vagina with laterally slit orifice in sub-ventral pit of globular terminal extension. Thick-shelled eggs ovoid without polar prolongation of fertilization membrane. In our specimens, proboscis hooks, receptacle, male reproductive system, and lemnisci especially in males varied in size from those from Ukraine, India, Egypt, Kyrgystan, Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Asian Soviet Republics. Our description of the Italian specimens includes new morphological information supported by scanning electron microscopy and microscope images, molecular analysis and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDXA) of hooks. Additional new details of proboscis hook roots, micropores and micropore distribution are described. Metal composition of hooks (EDXA) demonstrated high levels of calcium and phosphorous, and high levels of sulphur in core and cortical layers of eggs. The molecular profile based on sequences of 18S and cytochrome c oxidase 1 genes is also provided, as well as phylogenetic reconstructions including all available sequences of the family Centrorhynchidae, although further sequences are needed in order to clarify their phylogenetic relationships.
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Chen L, Lyu J, Lyu Z, Warren A, Jiang J. Description and Morphogenesis of a Chinese Population of Bakuella granulifera Foissner, Agatha and Berger, 2002 (Ciliophora, Hypotricha). J Eukaryot Microbiol 2020; 67:678-686. [PMID: 32767613 DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this study, the morphology and morphogenesis of Bakuella granulifera Foissner, Agatha, and Berger, 2002, isolated from soil in the Chanba National Wetland Park, Xi'an, China, were studied based on in vivo observations and protargol staining. The Chinese population is distinctly smaller than the type population from Namibia. Details of the ontogenetic process are provided for the first time and are summarized as follows: (1) the parental adoral zone is partly retained; (2) the left of the endoral forms a rather wide anlage and the proximal adoral membranelles are renewed; (3) the parental midventral complex contributes to the formation of the FVT cirral anlagen; (4) the marginal rows anlagen and dorsal kineties anlagen develop intrakinetally; (5) no caudal cirri are produced; and (6) the macronuclear nodules fuse to a single mass. In combination with previous studies, these findings suggest that the genus Bakuella is ontogenetically diverse.
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- Lingyun Chen
- Laboratory of Microbiota, College of Life Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- Laboratory of Microbiota, College of Life Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
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- Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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Tang J, Xu X, Yin H, Marusik YM, Huang Z. Redescription of holotypes of four Alopecosa species (Araneae, Lycosidae) from China. Zookeys 2020; 945:85-97. [PMID: 32714006 PMCID: PMC7351794 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.945.52287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The holotypes of four species of Alopecosa Sundevall, 1833 described from China, A.disca Tang, Yin & Yang, 1997 (♀); A.orbisaca Peng, Yin, Zhang & Kim, 1997 (♀); A.wenxianensis Tang, Yin & Yang, 1997 (♂), and A.xilinensis Peng, Yin, Zhang & Kim, 1997 (♀), are reexamined. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, remarks, and a distribution map of the three valid species are given. Alopecosaxilinensissyn. nov. is found to be junior synonym of Alopecosalicenti (Schenkel, 1953).
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- Jia Tang
- College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China Hunan Normal University Changsha China
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- College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China Hunan Normal University Changsha China
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- College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China Hunan Normal University Changsha China
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- Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS Magadan Russia.,Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa University of the Free State Bloemfontein South Africa.,Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, FI-20014, Finland University of Turku Turku Finland
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- College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China Hunan Normal University Changsha China
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Wesołowska W, Azarkina GN, Wiśniewski K. A revision of Pachyballus Simon, 1900 and Peplometus Simon, 1900 (Araneae, Salticidae, Ballini) with descriptions of new species. Zookeys 2020; 944:47-98. [PMID: 32684773 PMCID: PMC7340629 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.944.49921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Two genera from the tribe Ballini (Araneae, Salticidae), Pachyballus Simon, 1900 and Peplometus Simon, 1900, are remarkable for their resemblance to beetles. Their biology is, however, poorly known and taxonomy has hitherto been rarely analysed. Thirteen species are included in this taxonomic revision of the two genera. Six of them are new to the science: Pachyballus caelestis sp. nov. (♂♀, Congo D.R.), Pachyballus miniscutulus sp. nov. (♂♀, South Africa), Pachyballus mombasensis sp. nov. (♂♀, Kenya), Pachyballus ornatus sp. nov. (♂♀, Congo D.R. and Tanzania), Peplometus congoensis sp. nov. (♂♀, Congo and Congo D.R.), and Peplometus nimba sp. nov. (♂, Guinea). One species (Pachyballus cordiformis Berland et Millot, 1941) and a subspecies (P. flavipes aurantius Caporiacco, 1949) are recognised as synonyms of Pachyballus flavipes Simon, 1910. One new combination is proposed: Peplometus oyo (Wesołowska et Russell-Smith, 2011) comb. nov. (ex Pachyballus). The previously unknown females of Pachyballus transversus Simon, 1900 and Peplometus chlorophthalmus Simon, 1900, along with the males of Pachyballus castaneus Simon, 1900 and Peplometus biscutellatus (Simon, 1887) are newly diagnosed and described. Neotypes for Pachyballus castaneus and P. flavipes are designated. Numerous new data on the distribution are provided here and a key to Pachyballus females and to the males of Peplometus is presented. Identity of one species remains doubtful, Pachyballus gambeyi (Simon, 1880).
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- Wanda Wesołowska
- Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland University of Wrocław Wrocław Poland
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- Laboratory of Systematics of Invertebrate Animals, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Street 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences Novosibirsk Russia
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- Institute of Biology and Earth Sciences, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Arciszewskiego 22b, 76-200 Słupsk, Poland Pomeranian University in Słupsk Słupsk Poland
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Hong CD, Popovici OA, Chen HY. Notes on Macroteleia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) from China, with description of a new species. Zookeys 2020; 939:29-43. [PMID: 32577081 PMCID: PMC7297806 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.939.51272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The wasp genus Macroteleia Westwood from China has been previously revised, but some species are only known from males. Here the females of two known species are described: M. carinigena Chen, Johnson, Masner & Xu and M. gracilis Chen, Johnson, Masner & Xu. In addition, one species is redescribed: M. variegata Kozlov & Kononova; and one species is described as new: Macroteleia xui Hong & Chen, sp. nov. Macroteleia ischtvani Kononova, syn. nov. is proposed as new synonym of M. variegata Kozlov & Kononova.
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- Chun-Dan Hong
- Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Longhu, Shantou 515000, China Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Longhu Shantou China
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- University "Al. I. Cuza" Iași, Faculty of Biology, CERNESIM, Boulevard Carol I 11, RO-700506, Iași, Romania University "Al. I. Cuza" Iași Iași Romania
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences / School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou China
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Hosseinvand M, Eskandari A, Ghaderi R, Karegar A. Morphological and molecular data of two species of the rare genera Thada Thorne, 1941 and Tenunemellus Siddiqi, 1986 (Nematoda: Tylenchidae) from Iran. J Helminthol 2020; 94:e149. [PMID: 32364097 DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X20000279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Thada populus n. sp. was found in the rhizosphere of Populus euphratica in the city of Dezful, south-western Iran. The new species is characterized by its 365-453 μm body length, cuticle with transverse annuli 0.9-1.2 μm wide, lateral fields with four lines, lip region low with one or two annuli, 7.0-8.5 μm wide at base, longitudinal or slightly sigmoid amphidial slit, delicate stylet 8.4-9.8 μm long with posteriorly directed knobs, dorsal pharyngeal gland opening at 1.0-1.5 μm posterior to the stylet knobs, non-muscular and valve-less median bulb, pyriform and offset basal bulb, almost oval spermatheca, posterior position of vulva (V = 75-79%) without lateral membrane, short post-vulval uterine sac and conical tail with finely to broadly rounded terminus. Morphological differences of the new species with those of the type species, Thada striata, are discussed. Molecular phylogenetic studies of the new species using partial sequences of small subunit ribosomal DNA revealed that the new species formed a clade with Malenchus spp., Filenchus facultativus, F. fungivorus and Filenchus sp. in Bayesian inference. Morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies were also performed on Tenunemellus indicus, the second recovered species, the latter analysis using partial sequences of large subunit ribosomal DNA. In the inferred Bayesian tree, T. indicus formed a clade with Labrys fuzhouensis, Lelenchus leptosoma from the Netherlands, Malenchus spp. and Filenchus discrepans.
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El-Sherbiny MM, Al-Harbi MA. New morphological and molecular data on the little-known pontellid Calanopia media Gurney, 1927 (Crustacea, Copepoda, Calanoida) from the Red Sea, with notes on its diel vertical distribution. Zookeys 2020; 922:13-33. [PMID: 32256154 PMCID: PMC7113325 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.922.46977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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As a part of the routine neritic zooplankton collection program in Obhur Creek (central Red Sea, Saudi Arabia), specimens of a pontellid calanoid copepod, Calanopia media Gurney, 1927, were observed and studied. Since the original description was rather brief and drawings limited, especially of mouthparts and legs, which were not illustrated and described, the species is here fully redescribed. Red Sea specimens showed considerable variation in the female genital compound somite, the right caudal ramus and leg 5, as well as in the presence of a medial knob ventrally on the male right prosomal corner. DNA sequences of mtCOI of different specimens did not show any significant differences and supported their identity as one species. Calanopia media exhibited clear diel vertical migration, with high densities of 106 and 150 ind. m-3 during sunset (6:00 pm; UTC+3) and midnight (12:00 am; UTC+3) collections, respectively. However, this species was not observed in other zooplankton collections from the surface to 20 m depth, at 6:00 am and 12:00 pm (UTC+3).
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- Mohsen M El-Sherbiny
- Department of Marine Biology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz University Jeddah Saudi Arabia.,Department of Marine Sciences, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt Suez Canal University Ismailia Egypt
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- Department of Marine Biology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz University Jeddah Saudi Arabia
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The purpose of this article is to offer a critical analysis of different uses of the Kuhnian concept of paradigm to study psychoanalysis by showing how this notion may be used to establish a more profitable dialogue between different theoretical systems of psychoanalysis. In order to do so, we will examine how various authors, psychoanalysts and philosophers use this tool to understand psychoanalysis and its history. It will be argued that the understanding of theoretical systems of psychoanalysis as paradigms emphasises both their similarities (in the comprehension of a Freudian common ground) and their incommensurabilities. Additionally, it will be shown that the theories are not subject to communication, but rather the phenomena that such theories enable us to understand; they are, therefore, redescribed in each one of the systems allowing them to develop.
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- Leopoldo Fulgencio
- Department of Psychology of Learning, Development and Personality, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Santarém MCA, Borkent A, Felippe-Bauer ML. Taxonomic Revision of Neotropical Downeshelea Wirth and Grogan Predaceous Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insects 2019; 11:E9. [PMID: 31861882 PMCID: PMC7023372 DOI: 10.3390/insects11010009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The genus Downeshelea was described by Wirth and Grogan based on the diagnostic characters of the Monohelea multilineata species group. The first descriptions of species were based on body coloration, which resulted in confusion and misunderstanding of their identification. The aim of this study was to provide an updated diagnosis and description of Downeshelea, describe 18 new species, and redescribe 10 previously poorly described species. New records of species, a key for identification of all New World species, and a table with important morphometric data to distinguish both males and females of the various species are provided along with distribution maps of the 46 known New World species.
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- Maria Clara A. Santarém
- Coleção de Ceratopogonidae, Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro 21040–900, Brazil;
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Saúde, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro 21040–900, Brazil
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- Research Associate American Museum of Natural History, 691–8 th Ave. SE, Salmon Arm, BC V1 E 2 C2, Canada;
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- Coleção de Ceratopogonidae, Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro 21040–900, Brazil;
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Song W, Pan B, El-Serehy HA, Al-Farraj SA, Liu W, Li L. Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny of Two Freshwater Oligotrich Ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Oligotrichia), Pelagostrombidium fallax (Zacharias, 1895) Krainer, 1991 and Limnostrombidium viride (Stein, 1867) Krainer, 1995, with Brief Notes on Stomatogenesis. J Eukaryot Microbiol 2019; 67:232-244. [PMID: 31773849 DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The morphology of two oligotrich ciliates, Pelagostrombidium fallax (Zacharias, 1895) Krainer, 1991 and Limnostrombidium viride (Stein, 1867) Krainer, 1995, collected from a freshwater pond in northern China, was studied based on live observation and protargol staining. Currently, undescribed features in the girdle kinety in P. fallax are (a) sparsely spaced single argyrophilic basal bodies in the shoulder region and (b) a U-shape formed below the buccal peristome. An improved diagnosis for P. fallax is supplied, based on previous and present morphological descriptions. In addition, certain ontogenetic stages of P. fallax are reported for the first time. During division, two new embryonic bodies are successively generated de novo, the first one goes to the proter, the second one to the opisthe; the new canal derives from the old canal. The morphology of L. viride is redescribed in detail; the Chinese population is highly consistent with populations in Europe. The SSU rRNA gene of P. fallax was sequenced for the first time. Phylogenetic analyses, based on SSU rRNA gene sequence data, reveal that P. fallax and L. viride cluster with Strombidium species while the result of an AU test did not reject the possibility of monophyly of the family Pelagostrombidiidae.
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- Wen Song
- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, 264209, China
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- Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Zoology Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Zoology Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, 264209, China
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Dios RDVP, de Santis MD. A new synonym for Zelia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera, Tachinidae), the genus Opsozelia Townsend, 1919, with the description of three new species. Zookeys 2019; 880:113-133. [PMID: 31649485 PMCID: PMC6803352 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.880.35482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The monotypic tachinid genus Opsozelia Townsend, 1919 (Diptera: Tachinidae) is synonymized with ZeliaRobineau-Desvoidy 1830, syn. nov. The single species of Opsozelia, O. discalis Townsend, 1919, is redescribed as Zelia discalis, comb. nov., based on examination of the holotype from Guyana and additional material from Suriname, Brazil and Paraguay. Three new species of Zelia similar to Z. discalis are described from Brazil: Z. magna sp. nov., Z. guimaraesi sp. nov. and Z. formosa sp. nov. These four species are treated informally as the Zelia discalis species group. An identification key to the species of this species group is provided based on male specimens. Descriptions and illustrations are provided for the male terminalia of all species and for the female terminalia of one species, Z. guimaraesi.
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- Rodrigo de Vilhena Perez Dios
- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, n.101, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo-SP, 05508-900, Brazil University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, n.101, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo-SP, 05508-900, Brazil University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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Mvogo Ndongo PA, von Rintelen T, Cumberlidge N. Taxonomic revision of the endemic Cameroonian freshwater crab genus Louisea Cumberlidge, 1994 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamonautidae), with descriptions of two new species from Nkongsamba and Yabassi. Zookeys 2019; 881:135-164. [PMID: 31662614 PMCID: PMC6813179 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.881.36744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The taxonomy of the freshwater crab genus Louisea Cumberlidge, 1994, is reviewed based on type material and newly obtained specimens from three different localities in southwestern Cameroon. The genus is endemic to Cameroon and previously included two species: L.edeaensis (Bott, 1969) (type species) from Lake Ossa wetland complex (altitudes below 400 m asl) and L.balssi (Bott, 1959) from Kumba and Mt. Manengouba (altitudes above 1300 m asl). Here two new species of Louisea are described based on morphological and/or genetic data: L.nkongsambasp. nov. from the Nlonako Ecological Reserve (1000–1400 m asl) in the sub-montane zone and L.yabassisp. nov. from Yabassi in the lowlands. A redescription and amended diagnostic features of L.edeaensis and L.balssi are provided, and the genus diagnosis is updated to accommodate all four species. An identification key is also provided for the species of Louisea. A tree of phylogenetic relationships based on three mtDNA loci (COI, 12S rRNA, and 16S rRNA) supports the taxonomic revision, and indicates speciation of Louisea species along an altitudinal gradient, but further phylogenetic analyses are needed to understand whether this can lend support to the hypothesis that there is a montane centre of speciation along the Cameroon Volcanic Line. The phylogenetic tree also shows that Buea Cumberlidge, Mvogo Ndongo, Clark & Daniels, 2019 and Potamonemus Cumberlidge & Clark, 1992 are sister genera that may be derived from the Louisea lineage.
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- Pierre A Mvogo Ndongo
- Department of Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Douala at Yabassi, PO. BOX. 7236 Douala-Bassa, Cameroon Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions und Biodiversitätsforschung Berlin Germany.,Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany University of Douala at Yabassi Douala-Bassa Cameroon.,Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, 49855-5376, USA Northern Michigan University Marquette United States of America
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany University of Douala at Yabassi Douala-Bassa Cameroon
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- Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, 49855-5376, USA Northern Michigan University Marquette United States of America
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Dányi L, Balázs G, Tuf IH. Taxonomic status and behavioural documentation of the troglobiont Lithobiusmatulici (Myriapoda, Chilopoda) from the Dinaric Alps: Are there semiaquatic centipedes in caves? Zookeys 2019; 848:1-20. [PMID: 31160877 PMCID: PMC6536481 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.848.33084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Lithobiusmatulici Verhoeff, 1899 is redescribed based on type material and newly collected specimens. Strandiolusjugoslavicus Hoffer, 1937, described from another cave in the same region in Bosnia and Hercegovina, is presented as a junior subjective synonym of L.matulici (syn. nov.). L.matulici is shown to be most closely related to Lithobiusremyi Jawłowski, 1933, type species of the subgenus Thracolithobius Matic, 1962. The completeness of the chitin-lines on the forcipular coxosternite is discussed as a promising character for interspecific differentiation within Lithobiomorpha. Documentation of hitherto unknown semiaquatic behaviour in L.matulici and other cave-dwelling centipede species from Herzegovinian-, Montenegrin- and Pyrenean caves is presented.
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- László Dányi
- Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary Hungarian Natural History Museum Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary Palacký University Olomouc Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic Palacký University Olomouc Olomouc Czech Republic
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Moon SY, Choi JH, Venmathi Maran BA. A new species of bomolochid Orbitacolax brevispinus n. sp. and redescription of taeniacanthid Cirracanthus inimici (Yamaguti et Yamasu, 1959) (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopoida) parasitic on marine fishes of Korea. Acta Parasitol 2018; 63:692-703. [PMID: 30367772 DOI: 10.1515/ap-2018-0081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Two species of cyclopoid copepods are recorded in this study. (1) A new species of bomolochid, Orbitacolax brevispinus n. sp. (Crustacea) is described based on adult females collected from the gill filaments and inner surface of the opercula of red barracuda, Sphyraena pinguis Günther (Perciformes: Sphyraenidae), captured in Korean waters. The new species differs from its congeners by the possession of two pairs of spines on the dorsal surface of the cephalothorax located just posterior to the rostrum and a different setal formula on the distal exopodal segments of legs 2-4. (2) A taeniacanthid Cirracanthus inimici (Yamaguti et Yamasu, 1959) (Crustacea) is redescribed based on the specimens collected from the gill filaments and inner surface of the opercula of devil stinger, Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier) (Scorpaeniformes: Synancellidae). This finding is the first record in Korean waters and the first description of male. A checklist of parasitic copepods of the families Bomolochidae Sumpf, 1871 and Taeniacanthidae Wilson, 1911of Korea is also provided.
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- Seong Yong Moon
- Fisheries Resources Research Center, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Tongyeong53064,Korea
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- Fisheries Resources Research Center, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Tongyeong53064,Korea
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- Endangered Marine Species Research Unit, Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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Clubiona Latreille, 1804, with more than 500 named species, is one of the largest genera of Araneae. The genus has 15 synonyms, most of which are not listed in the World Spider Catalog (2018) and unknown to many arachnologists. The most comprehensive survey of Clubiona sensu lato by Wunderlich (2011) also lacked a few synonyms. In this paper all genus group names described in Clubiona are listed with their type species. Most of these names correspond to the species groups recognised in Clubiona sensu lato. We agree that Porrhoclubiona Lohmander, 1944 (= Clubionagenevensis-group) deserves a status of a separate genus and provide the diagnosis of this taxon. Three species of Porrhoclubiona that occur in Central Asia are surveyed, and two of them are described as new to science: P.laudata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885), comb. n. (♂♀, Xinjiang, Tibet, China), P.bosmansisp. n. (♂♀, Tajikistan), and P.moradmandisp. n. (♂♀, Fars, Iran). It seems that all records of P.genevensis L. Koch, 1866 from China refer to P.laudata. The records of Clubionavegeta Simon, 1918 from Tajikistan and Iran refer to P.bosmansi sp. n. and P.moradmandi sp. n., respectively. The following new combinations have been established: Porrhoclubionadecora (Blackwall, 1859), comb. n., P.diniensis (Simon, 1878), comb. n., P.leucaspis (Simon, 1932), comb. n., P.minor (Wunderlich, 1987), comb. n., P.pseudominor (Wunderlich, 1987), comb. n., P.pteronetoides (Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001), comb. n., P.vegeta (Simon, 1918), comb. n., P.viridula (Ono, 1989), comb. n., and P.wunderlichi (Mikhailov 1992), comb. n. (all ex. Clubiona). SEM study of the structure considered earlier as scopula in Clubiona and Porrhoclubiona reveals that it is represented by several lateral rows of movable macrosetae (spines) with a locking mechanism.
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- Yuri M Marusik
- Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan, Russia Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS Magadan Russia.,Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa University of the Free State Bloemfontein South Africa.,Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland University of Turku Turku Finland
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- Far Eastern Federal University, Sukhanova 8, Vladivostok 690950, Russia Far Eastern Federal University Vladivostok Russia.,Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RAS, Vladivostok, 690022 Russia Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity Vladivostok Russia
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Peris-Felipo FJ, Belokobylskij SA. A review of the genus Apronopa van Achterberg (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) with a key to species. Zookeys 2018:143-155. [PMID: 30405315 PMCID: PMC6218561 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.793.29313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A review of the genus Apronopa van Achterberg, 1980 with illustrated re-descriptions of the known species and a key for their identification is provided.
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- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 199034, Russia; Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, Warszawa 00-679, Poland Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences St Petersburg Russia
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Nakano T, Tomikawa K. Reassessment of the Groundwater Amphipod Paramoera relicta Synonymizes the Genus Relictomoera with Paramoera (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Pontogeneiidae). Zoolog Sci 2018; 35:459-467. [PMID: 30298783 DOI: 10.2108/zs180058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The systematic status of the stygobitic amphipod, Paramoera relicta Uéno, 1971, was revisited based on morphological examination of the paratypes, and molecular phylogenetic analyses using a newly collected specimen from its type locality. The paratypes clearly showed that this species does not possess the "sinusoid" antennal sinus in the head, which was erroneously described in the original description of this species; P. relicta is unquestionably classified within the genus Paramoera Miers, 1875 . Molecular phylogenetic trees obtained with nuclear histone H3 and mitochondrial 16S rRNA demonstrated that P. relicta clearly belongs to the clade consisting of Paramoera species. Since the genus Relictomoera Barnard and Karaman, 1982 was erected according to the "sinusoid" characteristic of its type species P. relicta, this genus is no longer valid, and should be treated as a junior subjective synonym of Paramoera. One of the paratypes of P. relicta is herein designated as a neotype for the species to clarify its taxonomic status and emend the morphological characteristics of this pontogeneiid amphipod.
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- Takafumi Nakano
- 1 Department of Science Education, Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8524, Japan.,2 Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- 1 Department of Science Education, Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8524, Japan
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Kaydan MB, Konczné Benedicty Z, Kondo DT, Ramos-Portilla AA, Szita É. The Genus Coccidella Hambleton (Hemiptera: Rhizoecidae) with Description of Two New Species. Neotrop Entomol 2018; 47:369-378. [PMID: 29322381 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-017-0566-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A study was conducted on the Neotropical scale insect genus Coccidella Hambleton (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Rhizoecidae) based on soil sample material deposited at the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Descriptions of the adult females of two new Coccidella species, i.e., Coccidella hexapora Kaydan & Konczné Benedicty, sp. n. and Coccidella kozari Kaydan & Szita, sp. n., are provided, plus a redescription and illustration of adult female of Coccidella kissbalazsi Konczné Benedicty & Kozár. An identification key and new additional locality records for the currently known Coccidella species are provided and the affinities of the new species are discussed.
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- M B Kaydan
- Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman Ottó út 15, Budapest, 1022, Hungary
- Imamoglu Vocational School, Çukurova Üniv, Adana, Turkey
- Çukurova Univ Biotechnology Research Centre, Balcalı, Adana, Turkey
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- Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman Ottó út 15, Budapest, 1022, Hungary
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- Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (CORPOICA), Centro de Investigación Palmira, Palmira, Valle, Colombia
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- Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario ICA, Grupo Sistemática de Insectos Agronomía, Museo Entomológico UNAB, Facultad de Agronomía, Univ Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman Ottó út 15, Budapest, 1022, Hungary.
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Fartyal RS, Sati PC, Pradhan S, Kandpal MC, Toda MJ, Chatterjee RN, Singh BK, Bhardwai A. A review of the genus Lordiphosa Basden in India, with descriptions of four new species from the Himalayan region (Diptera, Drosophilidae). Zookeys 2017:49-79. [PMID: 29118592 PMCID: PMC5672582 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.688.12590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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All Indian species of the genus Lordiphosa Basden are reviewed, with descriptions of four new species, L.curva Fartyal & Toda, sp. n. of the denticeps species group and L.ayarpathaensis Kandpal & Singh, sp. n., L.makaibarensis Pradhan & Chatterjee, sp. n. and L.srinagarensis Sati & Fartyal, sp. n. of the nigricolor species group. Two of the new species, L.ayarpathaensis and L.makaibarensis, were found visiting flowers of Hedychiumspicatum and Daturasuaveolens, respectively. This is the first record of flower visitation in Lordiphosa flies. In addition, L.parantillaria (Kumar & Gupta, 1990), syn. n. is synonymized with L.antillaria (Okada, 1984). Supplementary and revised descriptions for L.antillaria and L.neokurokawai (Singh & Gupta, 1981) and a key to all Indian species of Lordiphosa are provided.
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- Rajendra S Fartyal
- Systematics, Cytogenetics and Molecular Laboratory, Department of Zoology and Biotechnology, Srinagar-Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India
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- Systematics, Cytogenetics and Molecular Laboratory, Department of Zoology and Biotechnology, Srinagar-Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India
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- P.G. Department of Zoology, Darjeeling Government College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.,Genetics Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
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- Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, N10, W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Genetics Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
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- Systematics, Cytogenetics and Molecular Laboratory, Department of Zoology and Biotechnology, Srinagar-Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India
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Vinu J, Rajeeshkumar MP, Parmeswaran UV, Sumod KS, Akhilesh KV, Manjebrayakath H, Sanjeevan VN. Redescription and sexual dimorphism of Andaman leg-skate Cruriraja andamanica (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes) with comments on the zoogeography of the genus Cruriraja. J Fish Biol 2017; 91:587-602. [PMID: 28776703 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This paper redescribes sexually dimorphic Cruriraja andamanica based on five juvenile (four males, one female) and four adult specimens (three males, one female) collected from Andaman waters. Morphometric comparison of the present specimens with a female specimen collected off the coast of Tanzania reveals considerable dissimilarities between them. These findings, along with the wide geographical distance between collection locations, support a need for revision of the Tanzanian specimen, which, in all probability, represents a new species in the genus. The paper also addresses zoogeography of genus Cruriraja across the world's oceans and provides a revised key to the species.
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- J Vinu
- Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Kendriya Bhavan, Kakkanad, Kochi 682 037, India
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- Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Kendriya Bhavan, Kakkanad, Kochi 682 037, India
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- Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Kendriya Bhavan, Kakkanad, Kochi 682 037, India
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- Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Kendriya Bhavan, Kakkanad, Kochi 682 037, India
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- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Mumbai Research Center, 2nd Floor, CIFE Old Campus, Fisheries University Road, 7 Bungalows, Versova, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400 061, India
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- Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Kendriya Bhavan, Kakkanad, Kochi 682 037, India
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- Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Kendriya Bhavan, Kakkanad, Kochi 682 037, India
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Arimoto K. Taxonomy of the Leptogenys modiglianii species group from southeast Asia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae). Zookeys 2017:79-106. [PMID: 28331387 PMCID: PMC5345358 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.651.10336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Leptogenysbrevilobasp. n., Leptogenyscurvasp. n., Leptogenysitoisp. n., Leptogenyskanaoisp. n., Leptogenysmalayanasp. n., and Leptogenysmodiglianii Emery, 1900 are described from southeast Asia. The Leptogenysmodiglianii species group is proposed on the basis of similarities among the six species. An identification key to species in this group from southeast Asia is provided.
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- Kôichi Arimoto
- Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan
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Wachkoo AA, Akbar SA. First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya. Biodivers Data J 2017:e10464. [PMID: 28174505 PMCID: PMC5267548 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.4.e10464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background The taxonomy of Camponotus ants in India is mostly based on the worker caste, described in about 96% of the known species (AntWeb 2016). However, nearly 48% of these ant species are only known from workers, with no record of sexual forms. To improve knowledge of Indian Camponotus, we here describe sexuals of CamponotusopaciventrisMayr 1879. New information The hitherto unknown sexuals of CamponotusopaciventrisMayr 1879 are described for the first time. Workers are redescribed and distribution of this ant species in Indian Western Himalaya is herewith detailed.
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Guo Q, Zhai Y, Gu Z, Liu Y. Histopathological and ultrastructural studies of Myxobolus turpisrotundus from allogynogenetic gibel carp Carassius auratus gibelio in China. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2016; 63. [PMID: 27827339 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2016.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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During an ongoing systematic survey on species diversity of myxozoans parasitising allogynogenetic gibel carp Carassius auratus gibelio (Bloch) in China, plasmodia were detected in the fins, lip, jaw, gill chamber, gill arches, operculum and oral cavity of infected fish. Combining the morphological and molecular data, the present species was identified as Myxobolus turpisrotundus Zhang, Wang, Li et Gong, 2010. Histopathological examination revealed that despite infecting different organs, M. turpisrotundus always occurred in dermis, demonstrating its affinity to this tissue. Histopathological effect of M. turpisrotundus on the host is relatively mild except parasites in the gill arches producing compression of the adipose tissue and heavy adductor muscles deformation with lymphohistiocytic infiltrates. In addition, the plasmodia in different sites were with the same complex structure arrangement: cup-like cells with unknown derivation, a thin collagenous fibril layer, areolar connective tissue, basement membrane and host epithelial cell. Ultrastructural analysis showed that the parasite has monosporic pansporoblast and sporogenesis followed the usual pattern of most of the myxosporeans.
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- Qingxiang Guo
- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, China.,Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, China.,Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, China.,Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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Kaprus' I, Weiner W, Paśnik G. Collembola of the genus Protaphorura Absolon, 1901 (Onychiuridae) in the Eastern Palearctic: morphology, distribution, identification key. Zookeys 2016:119-150. [PMID: 27853409 PMCID: PMC5102424 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.620.9372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Seven new species, Protaphorura jernikasp. n., Protaphorura absconditasp. n., Protaphorura tuvinicasp. n., Protaphorura vasilinaesp. n., Protaphorura sayanicasp. n., Protaphorura oligopseudocellatasp. n. and Protaphorura nikolaisp. n. from different habitats of the southern Siberia and Far East of Russia, are described. Protaphorura ombrophila (Stach, 1960) is redescribed based on the type specimens. These species differ one from other and from all known species by dorsal and ventral pseudocellar formulae, number of pseudocelli on subcoxae 1 of legs I-III, parapseudocellar formula, chaetotaxy of body, structure of claw, size of postantennal organ and body length. Geographical distribution of all known Protaphorura species of Eastern Palearctic was analysed and an identification key to 50 species was provided.
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- Igor Kaprus'
- State Museum of Natural History, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Teatral'na St. 18, UA-79008 L'viv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland
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