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classification natural history and evolution of tarsosteninae coleoptera cleroidea cleridae part iii taxonomy of the New world genera ardearsus opitz New Genus abiliella peracchi ochracea opitz New Genus and somaovalis opitz New Genus
Coleopterists Bulletin, 2016Co-Authors: Weston OpitzAbstract:Abstract This work represents the third contribution of a series of publications focused on the study of the natural history and evolution of the Tarsosteninae. The work includes four genera: Abiliella Peracchi, Ardearsus Opitz, New Genus, Ochracea Opitz, New Genus, and Somaovalis Opitz, New Genus. Six New species are described: Abiliella albosutura Opitz, Abiliella galbina Opitz, Ardearsus morulus Opitz, Ochracea xanthosa Opitz, Somaovalis sexnaeva Opitz, and Somaovalis sinestigma Opitz. Among the species treated in this work, only Abiliella fasciata Peracchi was previously described. It is postulated that the genera and species in question originated in South America after the Andean orogenic events that took place during the Miocene. Included in this work are: a key to the genera and species, 17 line drawings, eight electron micrographs, seven color habitus photographs, six photographs of genitalia, a species-level phylogenetic tree, and one distributional map of the species.
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taxonomy of the New world checkered beetle genera akonesis opitz New Genus antennosus opitz New Genus crusbatus opitz New Genus and diutius opitz New Genus coleoptera cleridae peloniinae
Coleopterists Bulletin, 2014Co-Authors: Weston OpitzAbstract:Abstract This treatise deals with the New genera Akonesis Opitz, New Genus, Antennosus Opitz, New Genus, Crusbatus Opitz, New Genus, and Diutius Opitz, New Genus. Two New species are described: Crusbatus spinosus Opitz, New species and Diutius pallidus Opitz, New species. A lectotype is designated for Akonesis pictipennis (Spinola). In addition to descriptions of taxa, a key to the genera and species and discussions of natural history and evolutionary relationships are provided. Eighteen characters were evaluated phylogenetically and analyzed with WINCLADA, in coordination with NONA, to generate two well-supported phylogenetic trees. It is postulated that the ancestor of the genera evolved in South America, with one species dispersal into the more eastern Panamanian terrain. The distribution of most species coincides with Quaternary forest refugia and South American clerofaunas.
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classification natural history and evolution of epiphloeinae coleoptera cleridae part vii the genera hapsidopteris opitz iontoclerus opitz katamyurus opitz megatrachys opitz opitzia nemesio pennasolis opitz New Genus pericales opitz New Genus pterofe
Zootaxa, 2008Co-Authors: Weston OpitzAbstract:This study deals with minimally speciose epiphloeine genera. Hapsidopteris, based on H. diastenus Opitz, (type locality: Mexico: Jalapa), is the presumed sister taxon of Opitzia Nemesio [type species: O. chiapas (Opitz), type locality: Mexico: Chiapas: 39 km NW Comitan] a bitypic Genus that also includes O. apicula, New species (type locality: Bolivia: Santa Cruz: Amboro Road, above Achira Campo). Two species define Iontoclerus Opitz, I. humeralis (Klug) (type locality: Brazil: Para) and I. sericeus (Klug) (type locality: Brazil: Rondonia: 62 km SE Ariquemes), whose presumed sister Genus is the monotypic Pericales, New Genus, based on P. albogilvus, New species (type locality: Haiti: Sud-Ouest: Massif de La Selle, Morne d’Enfer). The Middle American bitypic Katamyurus Opitz [type species: K. paxillus Opitz, type locality: Nicaragua: Cerro Chimborazo], which also includes K. albopaniculus, New species (type locality: Mexico: Sinaloa: 14 km NE La Cap. del Taxte), is considered the sister taxon to Ellipotoma Spinola (type species: E. tenuiformis Spinola. Type locality: Colombia). Megatrachys Opitz (type species: Megatrachys paniculus Opitz (type locality: Mexico: Chiapas: 8 km W San Cristobal) contains two additional species, M. bibara, New species (type locality: Guatemala: Zacapa: 2 km San Lorenzo) and M. truncatia, New species (type locality: Mexico: Chiapas: 47.5 km NW Comitan) and is the hypothesized sister taxon to Pennasolis, New Genus [type species; P. merkeli (Horn), type locality: Arizona: Cochise County, South West Research Station, 8 km W Portal], which in addition to the type species also contains P. californica (Van Dyke) (type locality: California: Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley. The phylogenetic relationships of two South American monotypic genera have not been deciphered; these are Pteroferus, New Genus, based on P. zolnerowichi, New species (type locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina: Nova Teutonia), and Turbophloeus, New Genus, based on T. simplex (Schenkling) whose type locality is Bolivia: Santa Cruz: Amboro National Park, Los Volcanes. Lectotypes are designated for Pennasolis merkeli (Horn), Iontoclerus humeralis (Klug), I. sericeus (Klug), and Turbophloeus simplex (Schenkling). The latter binomial represents a New combination whose specific epithet was originally associated with Epiphloeus.
Max L. Nibert - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Trichomonasvirus: a New Genus of protozoan viruses in the family Totiviridae
Archives of Virology, 2011Co-Authors: Russell P. Goodman, Said A. Ghabrial, Raina N. Fichorova, Max L. NibertAbstract:The family Totiviridae includes a number of viruses with monosegmented dsRNA genomes and isometric virions that infect either fungi or a number of medically important protozoan parasites such as Leishmania and Giardia . A New Genus, Trichomonasvirus , was recently approved for this family. Its name is based on the Genus of its host organism, Trichomonas vaginalis , a protozoan parasite that colonizes the human genitourinary mucosa and is the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection in the world. The type species of this New Genus is Trichomonas vaginalis virus 1 . Distinguishing characteristics of the New Genus include infection of a human sexually transmitted parasite, stable mixed infection with more than one distinct Trichomonasvirus species, and sequence-based phylogenetic divergence that distinguishes it from all other family members.
Russell P. Goodman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Trichomonasvirus: a New Genus of protozoan viruses in the family Totiviridae
Archives of Virology, 2011Co-Authors: Russell P. Goodman, Said A. Ghabrial, Raina N. Fichorova, Max L. NibertAbstract:The family Totiviridae includes a number of viruses with monosegmented dsRNA genomes and isometric virions that infect either fungi or a number of medically important protozoan parasites such as Leishmania and Giardia . A New Genus, Trichomonasvirus , was recently approved for this family. Its name is based on the Genus of its host organism, Trichomonas vaginalis , a protozoan parasite that colonizes the human genitourinary mucosa and is the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection in the world. The type species of this New Genus is Trichomonas vaginalis virus 1 . Distinguishing characteristics of the New Genus include infection of a human sexually transmitted parasite, stable mixed infection with more than one distinct Trichomonasvirus species, and sequence-based phylogenetic divergence that distinguishes it from all other family members.
V.s. Raju - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Abradeosporangium , a New Genus of Mucorales (Fungi: Zygomycetes) from India
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2010Co-Authors: Aryasomayajula Subrahmanyam, V.s. RajuAbstract:Abradeosporangium, a New Genus of Mucorales with its type species A. variosporum, is described from India. The New Genus is distinct in producing dimorphic sporangia and multispored, acolumellate and globose macrosporangia with persistent, thin peridium. Sparingly, portions of the sporangial wall at the top and bottom of the sporangia are dissolved at maturity to release the sporangiospores whilst, in its close ally Gilbertella, the sporangium breaks open via a longitudinal suture. Further, the smaller sporangia (microsporangia) are without a longitudinal suture and produce variable number of spores. The sporangiospores are pale brown, longitudinally striated without any appendages. Besides, the New Genus produces neither rhizoids nor zygospores.
Matthew L. Buffington - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Description of Humboldteria, a New Genus Neotropical Eucoilinae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae)
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 2017Co-Authors: Matthew L. BuffingtonAbstract:Abstract A New Genus of eucoiline wasps, Humboldteria, New Genus is described from the Neotropical Region. The type species of the Genus is H. davesmithi, New species; other New species include H. maurofrons, New species, H. kerri, New species, H. montanai, New species, and H. kojaki, New species. The phylogenetic analysis presented herein recovers the New Genus in the Ganaspini, and sister-group with either Glauraspidia (Bayes analysis) or Steleucoela (parsimony analysis). Distribution maps and a key to species are provided.
