Austromesocypris bluffensis sp. n. (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cypridoidea, Scottiinae) from subterranean aquatic habitats in Tasmania, with a key to world species of the subfamily

The diversity of the ‘Pselaphodes complex’ of genera from Asia remains fragmentally documented. Herein we describe fifteen new species of the genus Labomimus Sharp from China: L. assingi sp. nov. and L. dilatatus sp. nov. from Shaanxi, L. longnan sp. nov. and L. minshanus sp. nov. from Gansu, L. chouwenii sp. nov. from Taiwan, L. yue sp. nov. from Guangdong, L. howaichuni sp. nov. from Hong Kong, L. jinfomontis sp. nov. from Chongqing, L. niger sp. nov. from Sichuan, L. maolan sp. nov. from Guizhou, L. corpulentus sp. nov., L. dulongensis sp. nov., and L. wuchaoi sp. nov. from Yunnan, and L. medogensis sp. nov. and L. qiujianyuae sp. nov. from Xizang. A little known species, L. torticornis (Champion), originally described from Assam, northeastern India, is newly recorded in Yunnan, southwestern China. Illustrations of the habitus and major diagnostic characters of all treated species are provided. A checklist and a distributional map of world species are given.

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Identifying and Prioritizing Aquatic Habitats for Conservation in a Poorly Studied Region

Journal for Nature Conservation ◽

10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126043 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 126043

Author(s):

Mohammed A. Al-Saffar ◽

Azzam J. Alwash ◽

David J. Berg

Keyword(s):

Aquatic Habitats

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The New World fauna of the genus Pseudonapomyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/n03-121 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 136 (6) ◽

pp. 781-791 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Stéphanie Boucher

Keyword(s):

Costa Rica ◽

New World ◽

World Species ◽

First Time ◽

World Fauna ◽

Nearctic Region

AbstractThe New World species of Pseudonapomyza Hendel are reviewed. Only two species of the genus were previously known to occur in the Nearctic region: P. atra (Meigen) and P. lacteipennis (Malloch). Pseudonapomyza europaea Spencer and P. asiatica Spencer are here recorded for the first time in the Nearctic region and P. asiatica is recorded for the first time in Costa Rica and Venezuela. A key is provided to identify the four known New World species of Pseudonapomyza.

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A Review of Recently Discovered Remains of the Pleistocene Branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca) from NE Siberia and Arctic Canada

Water ◽

10.3390/w13030280 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 280

Author(s):

D. Christopher Rogers ◽

Anton A. Zharov ◽

Anna N. Neretina ◽

Svetlana A. Kuzmina ◽

Alexey A. Kotov

Keyword(s):

Western North America ◽

Temporary Wetlands ◽

Indicator Organisms ◽

Aquatic Habitats ◽

Eastern Asia ◽

Large Mammal ◽

Large Branchiopods ◽

North Eastern ◽

North Western ◽

Large Branchiopod

In this study, we examine, identify, and discuss fossil remains of large branchiopod crustaceans collected from six sites across the Beringian region (north-eastern Asia and north-western North America). Eggs and mandibles from Anostraca and Notostraca, as well as a notostracan telson fragment and a possible notostracan second maxilla, were collected from both paleosediment samples and also from large mammal hair. The remains of large branchiopods and other species that are limited to seasonally astatic aquatic habitats (temporary wetlands) could be useful indicator organisms of paleoecological conditions. Different recent large branchiopod species have very different ecological preferences, with each species limited to specific geochemical component tolerance ranges regarding various salinity, cation, and gypsum concentrations. Our purpose is to bring the potential usefulness of these common fossil organisms to the attention of paleoecologists.

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The genus Centorisoma Becker in China, with a key to world species (Diptera, Chloropidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3361.1.2 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3361 (1) ◽

pp. 18-32

Author(s):

XIAOYAN LIU ◽

DING YANG

Keyword(s):

World Species ◽

The World

A review of the species of the genus Centorisoma Becker from China is provided. The following 5 species are described as newto science: C. divisum sp. nov., C. gansuensis sp. nov., C. helanshanensis sp. nov., C. scutatum sp. nov. and C. shaanxiensis sp. nov. A key to the world species of genus Centorisoma is given.

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