Revision of the fishes of the New Zealand genus Hemerocoetes (Perciformes: Percophididae), with descriptions of two new species

Abstract

Five species of the marine New Zealand genus Hemerocoetes are recognised and described: H. monopterygius (Schneider) [= H. acanthorhynchus (Forster)]; H. morelandi n.sp.; H. pauciradiatus Regan; H. artus n.sp.; and H. macrophthalmus Regan. H. waitei Regan is placed in synonymy with H. macrophthalmus. H. morelandi differs from the two other species possessing a relatively wide interorbital and small eye in lacking a dorsal iris flap and (mature males) in having an elongate first dorsal fin ray. It differs from H. monopterygius in having an elongate barbel at the tip of the upper jaw in mature males, and from most specimens of H. pauciradiatus in having 36–38 anal fin rays. H. morelandi is known primarily from off the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island, whereas H. monopterygius is widespread around the North and South Islands and the Chatham Islands, and H. pauciradiatus is commonest off the southern portion of the South Island and off the Chatham Islands. H. artus differs most noticeably from the similar H. macrophthalmus in having unbranched dorsal fin rays. Both have relatively narrower interorbitals and larger eyes and occur in deeper water than the other three species, but H. artus is known from south of latitude 44.0°S, whereas H. macrophthalmus is known primarily from north of about 44.5°S. In possessing a continuous dorsal fin lacking spines, Hemerocoetes is the most distinctive of the percophidid genera. It most closely resembles the western Australian Branchiopsaron ozawai and the Japanese Spinapsaron barbatus.     

Revision of the Acanthoclinidae (Pisces: Perciformes), with descriptions of a new genus and five new species

Abstract

The family Acanthoclinidae includes 10 species: Acanthoclinus fuscus Jenyns, 1842; Taumakoides littoreus ((Forster) Bloch & Schneider, 1801); T. rua n. sp.; T. marilynae n. sp.; T. matti n. sp.; Belonepterygion fasciolatum (Ogilby, 1889); Beliops xanthokrossos n. gen. et sp.; Acanthoplesiops indicus (Day, 1888); A. hiatti Schultz, 1953; and A. psilogaster n. sp. Acanthoclinus quadridactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) and A. trilineatus Griffin, 1933, are reduced to synonymy under Taumakoides littoreus ((Forster) Bloch & Schneider, 1801).

Osteological and morpological character states, between and within genera, suggest that Acanthoclinus and Taumakoides are close to the stock from which the family is derived. There is also compelling evidence that T. matti is the least specialised species of Taumakoides. Progressive specialisation is evident in the remaining genera, with Acanthoplesiops being the most highly specialised.

The family occurs primarily in shallow waters of the Indian and western Pacific oceans; most of the species are found about New Zealand. The centre of origin of the Acanthoclinidae was probably on the Indian-Australian Plate (which includes the New Zealand continental shelf). Acanthoplesiops hiatti and A. indicus are considered to be endemics of the Pacific and African plates, respectively.

A key to species is included.     

Revision of the resurrected deepwater scorpionfish genus Lythrichthys Jordan and Starks 1904 (Setarchidae), with descriptions of two new species

Ichthyological Research - Lythrichthys Jordan and Starks 1904 (Setarchidae), previously regarded as a junior synonym of Setarches Johnson 1862, is recognized as valid, despite sharing some...     

A new Stenoloba Staudinger species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Bryophilinae)

A new species of Stenoloba, Stenoloba viridicollarsp. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) is described from Sichuan, China. Illustrations of adults and the genitalia of both sexes are provided. A diagnostic comparison is made with Stenoloba rufosagitta Kononenko & Ronkay, 2001 and S. rufosagittoides Han & Kononenko, 2009.     

Contribution to the knowledge on the genus Oroplexia Hampson, 1908 (Lepidoptera,Noctuidae), with descriptions of two new subspecies from Sichuan,China

Two new subspecies, Oroplexia fortunata siranga Volynkin, Saldaitis & Gyulai, ssp. n. and Oroplexia erinacea cunicula, Saldaitis, Volynkin & Gyulai, ssp. n. are described from western Sichuan (China). The male genitalia of Oroplexia fortunata fortunata Hreblay and Ronkay, 1997 are illustrated for the first time.     

Review of the Indo-West Pacific pipefish genus Urocampus (Syngnathidae), with descriptions of two new species

Ichthyological Research - The Indo-West Pacific genus Urocampus Günther 1870 (Syngnathidae) is diagnosed by the following combination of characters: continuous superior trunk and tail ridges,...     

A new genus Woonpaikia Park,gen. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) with descriptions of two new species

A new genus Woonpaikia Park, gen. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Lecithoceridae) is established, based on the type species, Woonpaikia villosa Park, sp. nov. from Thailand. Another new species, Woonpaikia angoonae Park, sp. nov. is also described.     

中国模尖蛾属研究及二新种记述（鳞翅目：尖蛾科）

研究了中国模尖蛾属Meleonoma Meyrick,其中记述2新种：面模尖蛾 M. facialis Li et Wang, sp. Nov. 和软颚模尖蛾 M. malacognatha Li et Wang, sp. Nov.。绘制了雌雄外生殖器特征图,给出了中国模尖蛾属分种检索表。模式标本保存在南开大学生物系标本室。     

中国模尖蛾属研究及二新种记述(鳞翅目:尖蛾科)(英文)

研究了中国模尖蛾属MeleonomaMeyrick ,其中记述 2新种 :面模尖蛾M .facialisLietWang ,sp .nov .和软颚模尖蛾M .malacognathaLietWang ,sp .nov .。绘制了雌雄外生殖器特征图 ,给出了中国模尖蛾属分种检索表。模式标本保存在南开大学生物系标本室。     

Taxonomic review of the genus Eupoecilia Stephens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae) in Korea with descriptions of two new species

Eupoecilia Stephens (Lepidoptera: Tortricoidea: Tortricidae) comprises 39 described species worldwide. Eight species of the genus are recognized from Korea, two of which, Eupoecilia curvifasciata sp. nov. and E. koreana sp. nov., are described as new. Also, Eupoecilia sanguisorbana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856) is reported for the first time from Korea. All the known species are described or redescribed, and the adults and genitalic structures are illustrated. In addition, a key to the Korean species is also provided.     

Tubificidae (oligochaeta) from the Ross Sea (Antarctica), with descriptions of one new genus and two new species

Three species,Torodrilus gelidus sp. nov. (subfamily Rhyacodrilinae),Rossidrilus terraenovae gen. et sp. nov. (Limnodriloidinae), and a second unnamed species of Limnodriloidinae, are reported from marine sediments in Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea. Torodrilus gelidus is distinguished fromT. lowryi Cook, 1970 by its setal pattern (with few exceptions, both anterior and posterior setae are single-pointed in sexually mature specimens ofT. gelidus) and the morphology of its male protuberances (the latter folded over a midventral bursa in segment XI).Rossidrilus terraenovae is characterized by large diverticula attached to the oesophagus in the posterior part of segment IX, unpaired male and spermathecal pores, heavily muscular and entally ciliated atrial ampullae, elongate prostatic pads, and a deep, unpaired and muscular, copulatory sac. It is the first species of its subfamily to be described from Antarctic waters.     

Revision of the genus Parasapyga Turner (Hymenoptera,Sapygidae), with the description of two new species

Two new species, Parasapyga boschi sp. n. from Vietnam and P. yvonnae sp. n. from Indonesia are described. Parasapyga walshae van der Vecht, 1940, is treated as a valid species instead of a subspecies of P. moelleri Turner, 1910. A key to the species of the genus is added and all species are illustrated.