Studies on scale–bearing Chrysophyceae from the Giessen area, Federal Republic of Germany

The Chrysophycean flora of various freshwater bodies round Giessen was studied by transmission and scanning electron microscopy between 1979 and 1982. Investigations throughout the year revealed a clear preference of most of the taxa for autumn and spring. Altogether, 32 taxa of Chrysophyceae were found. Twelve of these had previously been recorded from W Germany, only four species, however, documented by electron microscopy. Mallomonas costata sp. nov. and M. pillula f. latimarginalis f. nov. are described.     

Mallomonas wujekii (Synurophyceae), a new species from Florida, U.S.A.

A new species of Mallomonas, M. wujekii sp. nov., belonging to the Series Tonsuratae is described from a dilute, acidic locality in Florida, U.S.A. Bristle bearing domed scales are restricted to the anterior end, and scales are orientated with their longitudinal axes at a 60° to 90° angle with the longitudinal axis of the cell. Cells have three types of scales, domed anterior scales, domeless body scales and spined posterior scales. All scales possess papillae that are restricted to the shield and have one rib positioned on each end of the posterior flange. The new species is believed to be most closely related to Mallomonas tonsurata and M. galeiformis . The combination of characters of the bristles is unique among taxa of Mallomonas .     

中国贵州妙蝇属(双翅目,蝇科)分类学研究及转妙蝇群八新种记述(英文)

系贵州地区妙蝇属Myospila Rondani研究的系列论文之一,记述该属1新种群:转妙蝇群M. species-trochanterata 并描述新种群8新种:基妙蝇M. basilara sp. nov.,褐妙蝇M.brunneusa sp. nov.,余妙蝇 M. cetera sp. nov.,亚毛眼妙蝇 M.paralasiophthalma sp. nov.,亚转妙蝇M. paratrochanterata sp.nov.,亚毛爪妙蝇M. piliungulisoides sp. nov.,亚黄胫妙蝇 M.subflavitibia sp. nov. 和条妙蝇M. vittata sp. nov.。文中给出了转妙蝇群的定义,编制了新种群所有已知12种的检索表,描述了新种详细的形态特征及其与近缘种的鉴别特征。另外,还记述了毛爪妙蝇M. piliungulis Xue et Yang,1998和毛眼妙蝇M. lasiophthalma(Emden,1965)两种雌性。新种的模式标本保存于作者所在单位。转妙蝇群的鉴别特征雄额狭,不及单眼三角宽,触角黑色;前胸基腹片具毛,小盾片端部或多或少呈淡色,背面的正常毛被不越出缘鬃一线,且下侧缘无向下弯的、或多或少呈淡色的细毛,翅内鬃1+2;沟前内侧中条间一些毛被显著发达。翅的前缘基鳞及翅肩鳞黑色至黑褐色,r1脉背面裸;足的股节不完全呈黄色。在妙蝇属中,本群蝇类并无突出的、独一无二的共有衍征,但在前胸基腹片具毛和小盾片侧腹缘裸的类群中,只有本群蝇类具备上述的特征组合,尤其是前缘基鳞及翅肩鳞黑色至黑褐色,小盾片端部或多或少呈淡色和股节不完全呈黄色这一组特征组合。此外,根据我国学者薛万琦(1996)和冯炎(2007)的描述,作者怀疑产自我国湖南、贵州和四川等地的转妙蝇M.trochanterata Emden(1965)属于2个不同的种,它们均不同于缅甸、印度和尼泊尔等地产的转妙蝇M.trochanterata Emden(1965),因而可能是3个独立的种。转妙蝇群的分种检索表1.雄眼密具黄色毛。前气门黄至褐色,后气门黑褐色。前股黑色,端部黄褐色……………………………………………………………2眼裸或实际裸,其余特征不如上述………………………………52.下后头无黄色毛……………………………………………………3下后头具黄色毛……………………………………………………43.额、颜、下侧颜及颊褐色,略带红色;额宽仅及前单眼宽的1.3倍;翅灰色,透明,绝不带褐色。中、后股黄褐色,前者腹面略带黑色………………………褐妙蝇,新种M.brunneusa sp.nov.额、颜、下侧颜及颊黑褐色,绝不带任何红色;额达单眼三角宽;翅褐色。中股腹面、背面和后股背面分别具褐黑色条条妙蝇,新种M.vittata sp.nov.………………………………………………4.中、后股呈黄褐色,有时中股腹面具黑褐色条毛眼妙蝇M.lasiophthalma(Emden,1965)…………………………………………中、后股黑褐色,端半黄褐色亚毛眼妙蝇,新种M.paralasiophthalma sp.nov.………………………………………………………5.前股除端部黄色外呈黑色,中、后股黄或不完全黄。眼裸或实际裸……………………………………………………………………6前股及中、后股节呈淡铁锈色。眼具零星短毛亚毛眼妙蝇,新种M.paralasiophthalma sp.nov.……………………………………6.中、后股黄褐色……………………………………………………7中、后股不完全呈黄褐色…………………………………………97.雄额较狭,约如前单眼宽的1.5倍;阳茎呈宽的三角形;第5腹板侧叶宽,向外伸展黄胫妙蝇M.flavitibia Guan,Feng et Ma,2007………………………………………………………………………雄额较宽,至少如前单眼宽的2倍;阳茎不呈宽的三角形;第5腹板侧叶狭或宽,端部弯曲或直……………………………………88.转节黑褐色。雄尾器:后面观侧尾叶直,侧面观肛尾叶扁薄,阳茎端部后缘呈角形突出,膜质的端部短三角形;雄第五腹板瘦狭,侧叶显著狭窄,向内弯曲亚黄胫妙蝇,新种M.subflavitibia sp.nov.………………………………………………………………………转节褐色。雄尾器:后面观侧尾叶弯曲,侧面观肛尾叶宽厚,阳茎条形,膜质的端部长条形;第5腹板宽大,侧叶显著宽,向外伸展,决不向内弯曲…………………余妙蝇,新种M.cetera sp.nov.9.后股黄;中股基半黑褐色。雄侧尾叶前缘具平的、其上具3个刺状鬃的突起……亚毛爪妙蝇,新种M.piliungulisoides sp.nov.后股不全黄,至少基部黑褐色;其余特征不如上述……………1010.后股除基部黑褐色外呈黄褐色基妙蝇,新种Myospila basilara sp.nov.………………………………………………………………后股基部2/3褐黄色或黑褐色…………………………………1111.中股基部1/2至2/3褐色;后股基部2/3褐黄色。侧尾叶前缘具尖锐角形突起……毛爪妙蝇M.piliungulis Xue et Yang,1998中股和后股基部2/3黑褐色。侧尾叶前缘具钝平的突起亚转妙蝇,新种M.paratrochanterata sp.nov.………………………1基妙蝇,新种Myospila basilara sp.nov.(图1～4)雄体长约4.5mm。雌不详。眼裸,前内方小眼面显著扩大;额略狭于两后单眼外缘间距;下后头毛黑色。沟前背中鬃列间小毛约10列;气门黑色。足黄褐色,基节和转节黑褐色,跗节黑色,前股约基部2/3黑褐色,中股约基半黑色,后股基部略带黑色。新种类似毛爪妙蝇M.piliungulis Xue et Yang,1998、亚毛爪妙蝇Myospila piliungulisoides sp.nov.和亚转妙蝇M.paratrochanterata sp.nov.等。根据上述检索表这4个种类可予明确而肯定的区别。正模♂,贵州关岭断桥(25°53’N,105°38’E;海拔600m),2008年3月18日,魏濂艨、曹维平、蒋绍贵、金伟等采。副模:1♂,贵州安顺甘堡林场,海拔1250m,2009年2月21～25日,魏濂艨、蒋绍贵、曹维平采;1♂,贵州紫云浪风关林场,海拔1200m,2009年2月25～28日,魏濂艨、曹维平、蒋绍贵、吴建霖、刘美华等采。词源:新种种名源自拉丁词"basilara",意为"基部",在此意指新种后股基部黑褐色。2褐妙蝇,新种Myospila brunneusa sp.nov.(图5～8)雄体长约4.5mm。雌未采获标本。眼具黄色密毛,前内方小眼面显著扩大;额、侧颜、下侧颜和颊褐红色;额狭,Apr.2012W ei:Study of the genus Myospila and eight new species of the newly defined M.trochanterata-group约为前单眼宽的1.3倍;下后头毛黑色。沟前背中鬃列间小毛约12列;前气门金黄色,略带褐色;翅灰色,透明,绝不带褐色。足黄褐色,基节、转节和跗节黑褐色;前股除端部腹面黄外几乎全呈黑色;中股腹面略带黑色。根据雄眼具毛,前气门黄至褐色等特征,新种与毛眼妙蝇M.lasiophthalma(Emden,1965)、条妙蝇M.vittata sp.nov.和亚毛眼妙蝇M.paralasiophthalma sp.nov.等十分相似,但根据上述检索表它们可被明确而肯定地予与区分。正模♂,贵州安顺轿子山林场(26°20’N,105°57’E;海拔1400m),2009年12月6日,魏濂艨、曹维平、蒋绍贵、龙彪、刘美华等采。副模1♂,贵州花江峡谷,海拔640m,2009年10月17日,魏濂艨、曹维平、蒋绍贵、刘美华等采。词源:新种种名源自拉丁词"brunneusa",意为"褐色",在此意指新种额、侧颜、下侧颜和颊呈褐红色。3余妙蝇,新种Myospila cetera sp.nov.(图9～12)雄体长约6.2mm。眼裸,前内方小眼面显著扩大;额宽略狭于两后单眼外缘间距;下后头毛黑色。沟前背中鬃列间小毛约10列;气门黑色;足黄色,基节和跗节黑色,转节褐色;前股除端部黄外黑色;中股腹面略带褐色。雌未采获标本。根据中、后足黄色,新种与黄胫妙蝇M.flavitibia Guan,Feng et M a,2007和亚黄胫妙蝇M.subflavitibia sp.nov.是彼此更为近似的一个类群。但据上述的检索表此3种可彼此相互鉴别。正模♂,贵州安顺轿子山(26°20’N,105°57’E;海拔1400m),2009年6月1日,魏濂艨、曹维平、刘美华、龙彪等采。副模:2♂♂,贵州平坝城关林场,海拔1200m,2009年2～3月,魏濂艨、曹维平、蒋绍贵、刘美华和吴建霖等采;1♂,安顺蔡官龙天村,海拔1400m,2009年6月1～30日,魏濂艨、刘美华、蒋绍贵、陈林等采。词源:新种种名源自拉丁词"cetera",意为"剩余的,另外的",在此意指与黄胫妙蝇类似的另一个种。4亚毛眼妙蝇,新种Myospila paralasiophthalma sp.nov.(图19～22)雄体长约7mm。眼具黄色短密毛,前内方小眼面扩大;额宽约如两后单眼外缘间距;下后头具黄色毛。沟前背中鬃列间小毛约12列;前气门黄褐色。足黄褐色,基节和跗节黑色,转节褐黑色,前股除端部腹面黄色外几乎全黑;中、后股基部2/5黑色。雌不详。根据雄眼具毛,前气门黄至褐色等特征,新种与褐妙蝇M.brunneusa sp.nov.、毛眼妙蝇M.lasiophthalma(Emden,1965)和条妙蝇,新种M.vittata sp.nov.等十分相似,但据上述检索表它们可被明确而肯定地予与区分。正模♂,贵州紫云浪风关林场(25°42’N,106°3’E;海拔1200m),2009年3月22日,魏濂艨、曹维平、蒋绍贵等采。副模:2♂♂,贵州花江峡谷,海拔640～1000m,2009年1～2月,魏濂艨、曹维平、蒋绍贵、刘美华等采。词源:新种种名源自拉丁词"lasiophthalma",意为"眼具毛的","para"意为"类似",在此指新种类似毛眼妙蝇。5亚转妙蝇,新种Myospila paratrochanterata sp.nov.(图23～26)雄体长约5.5～6.5mm。眼裸,前内方小眼面显著扩大;额宽略狭于两后单眼外缘间距;下后头毛黑色。沟前背中鬃列间小毛约8列;气门黑色。足黄褐色,基节和跗节黑色,转节黑色,几乎不带褐色,前股除端部很下地黄外几乎全黑;中、后股基部2/3(有时1/2)黑色。新种类似毛爪妙蝇M.piliungulis Xue et Yang,1998、基妙蝇Myospila basilara sp.nov.和亚毛爪妙蝇Myospila piliungulisoidessp.nov.等。根据上述检索表这4个种类可予明确而肯定的区别。正模♂,贵州安顺轿子山(26°20’N,105°57’E;海拔1400m),2009年6月1日,魏濂艨、曹维平、蒋绍贵、刘美华和龙彪等采。副模:15♂♂,同正模,2009年5～11月;1♂,安顺鸡场,海拔1200m,2008年4月6日,魏濂艨、曹维平、蒋绍贵等采;1♂,贵州安顺旧州老落坡林场,海拔1300m,2008年4月19日,魏濂艨、曹维平、蒋绍贵等采;1♂,贵州安顺甘堡林场,海拔1250m,2009年2月21日,魏濂艨、曹维平、蒋绍贵、吴建霖和刘美华等采;1♂,同上,2011年5月29日,魏濂艨、曹维平和李鸿等采;3♂♂,贵州安顺对门山,海拔1300m,2009年2～3月,魏濂艨、曹维平、蒋绍贵采;1♂,采集地及采集人同上,2008年12月21日;6♂♂,贵州安顺凤凰山林场,海拔1300m,2009年3月7～31日,魏濂艨、曹维平、蒋绍贵和刘美华等采;1♂,贵州安顺龙宫,海拔1200m,     

Three new species of Mallomonas (Chrysophyceae, Mallomonadaceae) from Lake Lanalhue, Chile

Three new species of the genus Mallomonas are described. Mallomonas rasilis sp. nov. belongs to the sect. Mallomonas , ser. Papillosae , while M. scalaris sp. nov. and M. lanalhuensis sp. nov. are members of the sect. Torquatae. They were found in Lake Lanalhue, Arauco Province, Chile. The taxonomy and distribution of these species is discussed, along with the morphology of cells, scales and bristles, based on scanning and transmission electron microscopy.     

Freshwater ascomycetes: new and noteworthy species from aquatic habitats in Florida

As part of a distributional study of freshwater ascomycetes in Florida, a number of new taxa were encountered. The new taxa include six Sordariomycetes, Aniptodera megaloascocarpa sp. nov., Flammispora pulchra sp. nov., Hanliniomyces hyaloapicalis gen. et sp. nov., Lockerbia striata sp. nov., Phomatospora triseptata sp. nov. and Physalospora limnetica sp. nov., and three Dothideomycetes, Caryospora obclavata sp. nov., Lepidopterella tangerina sp. nov. and Ophiobolus shoemakeri sp. nov. These taxa are described and illustrated. Six additional species are reported from Florida for the first time; among them, two species are new reports from freshwater habitats.     

Mallomonas connensis sp. nov., a new species of Synurophyceae from a small New England lake, U.S.A.

A new species of Mallomonas, M. connensis sp. nov., is described from a eutrophic locality in Connecticut, U.S.A. with a relatively high pH and specific conductance. Cells are covered with bristles and have scales that are orientated with their longitudinal axes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cell. Each scale of the apical ring is highly asymmetrical with a forward projecting triangular shaped extension; collectively the extensions form an opening through which the flagellum emerges. Body scales possess a prominent Ushaped ridge that transverses the scale near the center and extends forward. A series of more or less concentric ribs cover the U-shaped ridge and dome, and circumscribe a more light and electron transparent region. The combination of characters of the bristles is unique among taxa of Mallomonas .     

Tasmanian rotifera: Affinities with the Australian fauna

Plankton was collected from more than 100 lentic and lotic habitats in Tasmania. Of the 131 rotifer taxa identified, 126 are first records for the island, and 9 are first records for Australia. Three new species, Aspelta tilba, sp. nov., Lepadella tyleri sp. nov., and Testudinella unicornuta sp. nov. are described and figured. Horaëlla brehmi, which has a disjunct distribution (equatorial regions and southeastern Australia), also occurs in Tasmanian waters. The morphology and development of this rare species are discussed. Geographical affinities of the Tasmanian assemblage are considered. There appears to be a significant tropical component in the Tasmanian Rotifera.     

Mallomonas fenestrata sp. nov. and M. perforata sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae, Mallomonadaceae) from tropical lakes

Two new species of Mallomonas (Chrysophyceae, Mallomonadaceae) are described from tropical lakes. M. fenestrata sp. nov. was found in Lago Tupé (Brazil) and M. perforata sp. nov. in Lake Danau Bratan (Indonesia), Negril ponds (Jamaica) and Marondera ponds (Zimbabwe).     

Macroscopic plant remains from the base of the Ust’-Pinega formation (Upper Vendian of the Arkhangelsk Region)

Plant macrofossil remains from the Lyamtsa and Arkhangelsk beds of the Ust’-Pinega Formation (Vendian) are reported for the first time. Three new taxa of vendotaenid algae showing cellular parenchymatous morphology are described: Archyfasma lamellata sp. nov., Favosiphycus wukii gen. et sp. nov., and Gandvikia caudata gen. et sp. nov. Phytostratigraphic characteristics allow the author to correlate the deposits under study with the base of the Mogilev Formation (Vendian of Podolia). A distinctive Lower Redkino vendotaenid flora is described for the first time. It is shown to precede the Upper Redkino Eoholynialen flora.     

New mesozoic diving beetles (Coleoptera,Dytiscidae) from China

A new subfamily of predaceous diving beetles, Liadytiscinae subfam. nov., including two genera and four species, Liadytiscus gen. nov. (L. cretaceus sp. nov., L. longitibialis sp. nov., and L. latus sp. nov.) and Liadroporus gen. nov. (L. elegans sp. nov.), from the Late Tithonian-Berriasian (Huangbanjigou, Yixian Formation) of China is described. Two new genera, Mesoderus gen. nov. with two species, M. magnus sp. nov. and M. ventralis sp. nov., and Sinoporus gen. nov. with one species, S. lineatus sp. nov., are also described; their position in the system of Dytiscidae remains uncertain. Relationships of the taxa described with Recent and fossil taxa of the same rank and some presumable ecological features of the new taxa are discussed.     

马来西亚蚱科及一新种记述（直翅目：蚱总科）

报道记述了采自马来西亚的蚱科28种,其中包括6新种（Phaesticus azemii sp. nov., Discotettix adenanii sp. nov, Discotettix selangori sp. nov.,Scelimena hafizaii sp. nov, Scelimena razalii sp. nov.和Gavialidium phangensum sp. nov.）,并包括马来西亚新记录种11种。提供了马来西亚已记录属和种的检索表。     

Three new marine ascomycetes from driftwood in Australia sand dunes

Caryospora australiensis sp. nov.,Platystomum scabridisporum sp. nov. andSavoryella melanospora sp. nov. are described from driftwood collected from a sand dune at Rye, on the Mornington Peninsula Nature Park, Victoria, Australia. These species are compared with other taxa in these and related genera.     

中国刺蛾科六新种和十二新纪录种(鳞翅目,斑蛾总科)(英文)

报道中国刺蛾科6新种、5新纪录属及12新纪录种。新种包括:岔颚凯刺蛾Caissa staurognatha sp.nov.、叉颚银纹刺蛾Miresa dicrognatha sp.nov.、透翅泥刺蛾Limacolasia hyalodesa sp.nov.、北京岐刺蛾Austrapoda beijingensis sp.nov.、索洛绿刺蛾Parasa solovyevi sp.nov.及黑条刺蛾Striogyia obatera sp.nov.。条刺蛾属Striogyia Holloway、佳刺蛾属Euphlyctinides Hering、温刺蛾属Prapata Holloway、裔刺蛾属Hindothosea Holloway和白刺蛾属Pseudaltha Hering为我国新纪录属。黑基客刺蛾Ceratonema nigribasale Hering、拟焰刺蛾Pseudiragoides spadix Solovyevet Witt、铜翅佳刺蛾Euphlyctinides aeneola Solovyev、叶奇刺蛾Matsumurides lola(Swinhoe)、温刺蛾Prapata bisinuosa Holloway、黑温刺蛾Prapata scotopepla(Hampson)、赭背刺蛾Belippa ochreata Yoshimoto、裔刺蛾Hindothosea cervina(Moore)、纷刺蛾Griseothosea cruda(Walker)、白翅姹剌蛾Chalcocelis albor Solovyev et Witt、维绒刺蛾Phocoderma witti Solovyev和沙坝白刺蛾Pseudaltha sapa Solovyev为中国新纪录种。模式标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所国家动物博物馆昆虫标本馆(IZCAS)。     

Scale-bearing Chrysophyceae (Mallomonadaceae and Paraphysomonadaceae) from West Greenland

Phytoplankton samples from twenty-one freshwater localities in the area of Nuuk (Godthåb), West Greenland, have been examined by means of electron microscopy in order to investigate the flora of scale bearing Chrysophyceae. Forty-two taxa of the genera Mallomonas, Synura, Chromophysomonas (Spiniferomonas), Chrysosphaerella and Paraphysomonas have been observed, and thirty-eight of these are illustrated by TEM or SEM micrographs. Thirty-four of the observed taxa, among these all members of the genus Chromophysomonas , are for the first time recorded from Greenland. Chromophysomonas involuta sp.nov. is described. The scale morphology of the Greenlandic specimens is compared with earlier findings from other parts of the world, and the most remarkable features of the chrysophycean flora from the investigated area are discussed.     

Echinoid Spines from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Qingyan, South- western China

Echinoid remains from the Triassic of China are described for the first time. The Middle Triassic of Qingyan in Guizhou Province, south-western China, has yielded nine taxa of primary spines; seven of these come from the lower Upper Anisian. Because all of the spines are disarticulated, the material is treated only parataxonomically. 'Cidaris' lineola (Bather) and 'Cidaris' wissmanni (Desor) are species originally described from the alpine Triassic of Europe. 'Cidaris' bangtoupoensis sp. nov., 'Cidaris' wachangpoensis sp. nov., 'Cidaris' venustespinosa sp. nov., 'Cidaris' fangchui sp. nov., 'Cidaris' gu sp. nov., 'Cidaris' mafengpoensis sp. nov. and 'Cidaris' sp. A are so far known only from Qingyan. Palaeoautecological interpretations based on the shapes of the spines fit well with the fact that the echinoids from Qingyan are part of highly diverse fossil associations which represent the remains of communities that lived in a protected, shallow-marine, stable soft-bottom habitat. The rather high diversity of the echinoid spines in terms of the number of both taxa and general types of shape shows that the echinoids, after nearly becoming extinct at the end of the Palaeozoic, began a new phase of adaptive radiation in the Anisian at the latest.     

EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-PRESERVED MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN SPONGES FROM THE LLANDEGLEY ROCKS LAGERSTÄTTE, WALES

Abstract:  A diverse fauna of three-dimensionally preserved sponges is described from nearshore volcanogenic sandstones near Llandrindod, Mid-Wales. The fauna was preserved through early marginal silicification, in rare examples with silicification of soft tissue, and includes aspicular and spicular demosponges, hexactinellids, and a heteractinid. The fauna is largely endemic, with the following new species, genera and families erected: Onerosiconcha gregalia gen. et sp. nov., Ordinisabulo quadragintaforma gen. et sp. nov., Miritubus erinaceus gen. et sp. nov., Vadosifistula milvus gen. et sp. nov., Polycornua trescelestus gen. et sp. nov. (Pseudolanciculidae fam. nov.), P. entropus sp. nov., Palaeocallyoides improbabilis gen. et sp. nov., Reticulicymbalum tres gen. et sp. nov., Triactinella rigbyi gen. et sp. nov. (Triactinellidae, fam. nov.), Spissiparies minuta gen. nov., Brevicirrus arenaceus gen. et sp. nov., Pyritonema scopula sp. nov. (Pyritonemidae, fam. nov.) and Microastraeum tenuis gen. et sp. nov. In addition, Pseudolancicula Webby and Trotter is recorded outside Australia for the first time, although only as isolated spicules. The environment represented by this fauna has not previously yielded articulated sponges, and thus the apparent endemism may be misleading.