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Dorsum light green, uniformly colored, with light brown punctation, ventral portion reddish and yellowish. + +Head: green with light brown punctures; paraclypei not surpassing the anteclypeus, lateral margins elevated, apices narrowly rounded, dorsal surface transversally striated with fine punctures (Fig. 2). Anteclypeus rounded in the apex with a few light brown hairs; eyes prominent, reddish; ocelli bright red, located posterior to the eyes, and not contiguous with pronotum; antennae unicolor, yellowish, first antennal segment thick, surpassing the apex of the anteclypeus, second segment longer than the third, fourth and fifth segments subequal; rostrum reaching the midcoxae, first segment at level with bucculae. +Thorax: Pronotum trapezoid with denser punctuation in the middle than in the sides, humeral angles rounded, slightly projected (Fig.2), cicatrices immaculate; scutellum isosceles triangle shaped with uniform thick punctures; clavus with three lines of punctures parallel to the lateral margin of the scutellum; Hemelytra: Corium divided in two puncture design sections, the inner section with thicker punctures and the outer section weaker punctures; membrane slightly yellowish. Metapleuron: Ostiole elongated transversally, ostiolar peritreme fleshy making look the ostiole like a triangle, evaporatorium reddish, diagonally striated, metepimeral pseudosuture smooth, with red and yellow spots; Legs: uniformly yellow-greenish, femora thick, with basal and apical portions constricted, tibiae cylindrical (i.e. without a median sulcus), tarsi bisegmented. +Abdomen: Connexiva rounded, bicolored, each conexival segment reddish, with the anterior portion yellowish; base of the abdomen with a small tubercle, reaching but not surpassing metacoxae; ventral surface yellowish-green with a bright red zig-zag designed border around it that does not cover the spiracles; spiracles light brown colored; two pairs of Pendergrast’s organs, located on 6th and 7th sternite on each side, not contiguous. +Male genitalia: Posterior margin of pygophore bilobed (Fig. 4), lateroposterior sides wide and proyected (Fig. 4), presence of a pack of light brown pilosity on its middle border. Parameres lanceolated (Fig. 6), sharpened, wide and pointed apically (Fig. 8) with a median process in the anterior surface; coloration reddish in the base and darkening brown to black in the apex. +Female genitalia (Fig. 10): 1st gonocoxae mostly rectangular shaped, striated diagonally, yellowish in the middle and reddish on the sides. 2nd gonocoxae very small, almost imperceptible, rounded in the apex. Paraterguites 8 rounded, reddish in the inner side and yellowish-green on the outer side with some long light brown hairs. Paraterguites 9 triangular shaped with red and yellow spots. +Measurements (mm; male followed by female in parentheses). Total length:11.21 (10.61); head length: 1.55 (1.52), head width: 2.52 (2.45); antennal segments: I − 0.85, II − 1.55, III − 0.92, IV − 2.23, V: 3.47; rostral segments: I − 1.02, II − 1.18, III − 1.55, IV − 0.61; pronotum length: 2.87 (2.78), pronotum width: 5.34 (5.49); scutellum length: 3.18 (3.33), scutellum width: 2.85 (2.96). + + + +Etymology: from the latin +septentrionalis +which means northern. This name has been assigned to this species because of its distribution. The +type +species of the genus has been named +australis +, which means southern, and matches with its distribution in the Austral Chilean and Argentinean Patagonia. This new species, however, is distributed in a more northern location in Chile. + + + + + +Holotype +: +Chile +: +Ñuble Province +, +Shangri-La +, +SW side +of +Volcan Chillan +, +1600m +.; +19-21- I-1979 +; Leg. +D & M Davis & B. Akerbergs 1J +. +USNM + + + + +Paratypes +: +CHILE +: +Bíobío Region +: +Ñuble Province +, +Shangri-La +, +SW side of Chillan Volcano +, +1600m +.; +19-21-I-1979 +; Leg. +D & M Davis & B. Akerbergs +; 10JJ +12♀ +[ +USNM +(1 couple +MACC +)] + +. + +Shangri-La +, +Las Trancas +, +Cordillera de Ñuble +, +1600m +.; +19-22-I-1979 +; Leg. +L.E. Peña +; 2JJ +1♀ +[ +USNM +] + +. + +Ñuble Province +: +Volcán Chillán +, +Las Cabras +; + +1480m +. + +; + +12-X-1954 + +; Leg. +L.E. Peña +; 1J +1♀ +, [ +USNM +] + +. + +Araucanía Region +: +Pino Hachado +, + +1800-2000m + +.; +6-10-I-1959 +; Leg. +L.E. Peña +; 2JJ [ +DARC +] + +. + +Termas de Tolhuaca +; + +I-1959 + +; Leg. +L.E. Peña +; +1♀ +[ +DARC +] + +. + + + + +Discussion: This species can be differentiated from + +Ea australis + +because of the shape of pronotum which is larger and wider; with sides more inclined in + +Ea septentrionalis + +(see figs. 1 and 2). The pygophore in ventral view is wider with lateroposterior edges convex in + +Ea septentrionalis + +(Fig. 4); whereas this structure is compact with lateroposterior edges nearly straight in + +Ea australis + +(Fig. 3). The same structure is wide in caudal view with parameres occupying a bigger relative area in + +Ea septentrionalis + +(Fig. 6); whereas the pygophore is more compact and truncate, with parameres occupying a less relative area in + +Ea australis + +( +Fig. 5 +). The parameres are lanceolated with a wide apex and having a process in the apex that looks like a spine oriented backwards in + +Ea septentrionalis + +(Fig. 8); whereas the parameres are lanceolated, without a wide apex and without any process in + +Ea australis + +(Fig. 7). + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/36/5B/87/365B87E2FFBA8A56FD1153F9D758FD90.xml b/data/36/5B/87/365B87E2FFBA8A56FD1153F9D758FD90.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f4213b7461e --- /dev/null +++ b/data/36/5B/87/365B87E2FFBA8A56FD1153F9D758FD90.xml @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ + + + +New data on the genus Ea distant, 1911 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae), with description of a new species from Chile + + + +Author + +Carvajal, Máriom A. +Departamento de Zoología Médica, Centro de Estudios en Biodiversidad (CEBCh), Magallanes, 1979. + + + +Author + +Faúndez, Eduardo I. +Departamento de Zoología Médica, Centro de Estudios en Biodiversidad (CEBCh), Magallanes, 1979. + + + +Author + +Rider, David A. + +text + + +Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia + + +2014 + +2014-10-10 + + +42 + + +2 + + +53 +58 + + + + +https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-686x2014000200004 + +journal article +10.4067/s0718-686x2014000200004 +1807-0205 + + + + +Key to the species of + +Ea +Distant + + + + + +1(2) Pronotum about 1.4 to 1.8 times longer than the head, sides well inclined and wide aspect, (Fig.2), lateroposterior margins of pygophore convex (Fig. 4)……...... + +Ea septentrionalis + +n. sp. + + +2(1) Pronotum subequal (1.1 to 1.2 times longer) to the length of the head, sides less inclined and without wide aspect ( +Fig. 1 +), lateroposterior margins of pygophore nearly straight (Fig. 3)…………….….. + +Ea australis +Distant + + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/36/5B/87/365B87E2FFBB8A56FD2C5556D331FCD0.xml b/data/36/5B/87/365B87E2FFBB8A56FD2C5556D331FCD0.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0a3251296e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/36/5B/87/365B87E2FFBB8A56FD2C5556D331FCD0.xml @@ -0,0 +1,215 @@ + + + +New data on the genus Ea distant, 1911 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae), with description of a new species from Chile + + + +Author + +Carvajal, Máriom A. +Departamento de Zoología Médica, Centro de Estudios en Biodiversidad (CEBCh), Magallanes, 1979. + + + +Author + +Faúndez, Eduardo I. +Departamento de Zoología Médica, Centro de Estudios en Biodiversidad (CEBCh), Magallanes, 1979. + + + +Author + +Rider, David A. + +text + + +Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia + + +2014 + +2014-10-10 + + +42 + + +2 + + +53 +58 + + + + +https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-686x2014000200004 + +journal article +10.4067/s0718-686x2014000200004 +1807-0205 + + + + + +Ea australis +Distant, 1911 + + + + + +( +Figs. 1 +, 3, 5, 7, 11) + + + + +Besides of the records for + +Ea australis + +from Rio Negro in Chubut in Argentina, Coyhaique in Aysén Region and Sierra Baguales in Magallanes Region in Chile, anything else is known for this species. Here we add new records for this species for Argentina and Chile. Additionally the first host records for this species are provided. + + + + + +Material Examined: +ARGENTINA +: +Neuquén province +: +Lago Hermoso +, +Parque Nacional Lanin +; + +XI-1949 + +; Leg. +Schajovskoi +; +1♀ +[ +USNM +] + +. + +Lago Hermoso +, +Parque Nacional Lanin +; + +XI-1949 + +; Leg. +M. Barrera +; +1♀ +[ +USNM +] + +. + +Chubut province +: +Patagonia +; Leg. +W.F.H. Rosenberg +; 2JJ +1♀ +[ +USNM +] + +. + +CHILE +: +Aysén Region +, +Coyhaique +, +Rio Simpson +; +7-9-III-1961 +; Leg. +L.Pena +; 1J +2♀♀ +[ +DARC +] + +. + +Magallanes Region +: +Puerto Prat +; + +1-II-1941 + +; Leg. +J. Herrera +; 1J [ +USNM +] + +. + +Magallanes Region +, +Ultima Esperanza +, +Cerro Castillo +; + +X-2008 + +; +1♀ +; + +ex +Nothofagus pumilio + +[ +EIFC +] + +. + +Magallanes Region +, +Última Esperanza +, +Cueva del Milodón +; + +II-2004 + +; Leg. +T. Cekalovic +; 1J; on + +Nothofagus +sp. + +[ +EIFC +] + +. + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/CF/54/B2/CF54B23C3F2F1662FE55FA1FFCD8FB13.xml b/data/CF/54/B2/CF54B23C3F2F1662FE55FA1FFCD8FB13.xml index f9ba2c7ca34..07665e346ca 100644 --- a/data/CF/54/B2/CF54B23C3F2F1662FE55FA1FFCD8FB13.xml +++ b/data/CF/54/B2/CF54B23C3F2F1662FE55FA1FFCD8FB13.xml @@ -1,81 +1,84 @@ - - - -Early ontogenetic development of Cynodon gibbus (Characiformes: Cynodontidae) in the Amazon River basin + + + +Early ontogenetic development of Cynodon gibbus (Characiformes: Cynodontidae) in the Amazon River basin - - -Author + + +Author -Cajado, Ruineris Almada -Laboratório de Ecologia do Ictioplâncton e Pesca em Águas Interiores, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s / n, Salé, 68040 - 255 Santarém, PA, Brazil. (RAC) ruineris. cajado @ gmail. com (corresponding author), (DMZ) dmzacardi @ hotmail. com, (FKSS) fabiola. katrine @ gmail. com, (LSO) lucasmdcpa @ gmail. com. & Universidade do Estado do Amapá, Av. Presidente Vargas, 650, Central, 68900 - 070 Macapá, AP, Brazil. & Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aquática e Pesca, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Perimetral, 2651, 66040 - 830 Belém, PA, Brazil. (TG) tgiarrizzo @ gmail. com. -ruineris.cajado@gmail.com +Cajado, Ruineris Almada +Laboratório de Ecologia do Ictioplâncton e Pesca em Águas Interiores, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s / n, Salé, 68040 - 255 Santarém, PA, Brazil. (RAC) ruineris. cajado @ gmail. com (corresponding author), (DMZ) dmzacardi @ hotmail. com, (FKSS) fabiola. katrine @ gmail. com, (LSO) lucasmdcpa @ gmail. com. & Universidade do Estado do Amapá, Av. Presidente Vargas, 650, Central, 68900 - 070 Macapá, AP, Brazil. & Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aquática e Pesca, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Perimetral, 2651, 66040 - 830 Belém, PA, Brazil. (TG) tgiarrizzo @ gmail. com. +ruineris.cajado@gmail.com - - -Author + + +Author -Zacardi, Diego Maia -Laboratório de Ecologia do Ictioplâncton e Pesca em Águas Interiores, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s / n, Salé, 68040 - 255 Santarém, PA, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologia das Águas, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s / n, Salé, 68040 - 255 Santarém, PA, Brazil. -dmzacardi@hotmail.com +Zacardi, Diego Maia +Laboratório de Ecologia do Ictioplâncton e Pesca em Águas Interiores, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s / n, Salé, 68040 - 255 Santarém, PA, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologia das Águas, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s / n, Salé, 68040 - 255 Santarém, PA, Brazil. +dmzacardi@hotmail.com - - -Author + + +Author -Silva, Fabíola K. Souza -Laboratório de Ecologia do Ictioplâncton e Pesca em Águas Interiores, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s / n, Salé, 68040 - 255 Santarém, PA, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologia das Águas, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s / n, Salé, 68040 - 255 Santarém, PA, Brazil. -fabiola.katrine@gmail.com +Silva, Fabíola K. Souza +Laboratório de Ecologia do Ictioplâncton e Pesca em Águas Interiores, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s / n, Salé, 68040 - 255 Santarém, PA, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologia das Águas, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s / n, Salé, 68040 - 255 Santarém, PA, Brazil. +fabiola.katrine@gmail.com - - -Author + + +Author -Oliveira, Lucas Silva -Laboratório de Ecologia do Ictioplâncton e Pesca em Águas Interiores, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s / n, Salé, 68040 - 255 Santarém, PA, Brazil. (RAC) ruineris. cajado @ gmail. com (corresponding author), (DMZ) dmzacardi @ hotmail. com, (FKSS) fabiola. katrine @ gmail. com, (LSO) lucasmdcpa @ gmail. com. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas-ICB, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Perimetral, 2651, 66040 - 830 Belém, PA, Brazil. -lucasmdcpa@gmail.com +Oliveira, Lucas Silva +Laboratório de Ecologia do Ictioplâncton e Pesca em Águas Interiores, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s / n, Salé, 68040 - 255 Santarém, PA, Brazil. (RAC) ruineris. cajado @ gmail. com (corresponding author), (DMZ) dmzacardi @ hotmail. com, (FKSS) fabiola. katrine @ gmail. com, (LSO) lucasmdcpa @ gmail. com. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas-ICB, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Perimetral, 2651, 66040 - 830 Belém, PA, Brazil. +lucasmdcpa@gmail.com - - -Author + + +Author -Giarrizzo, Tommaso -Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aquática e Pesca, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Perimetral, 2651, 66040 - 830 Belém, PA, Brazil. (TG) tgiarrizzo @ gmail. com. & Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Avenida da Abolição, 3207, Meireles, 60165 - 081 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. -tgiarrizzo@gmail.com +Giarrizzo, Tommaso +Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aquática e Pesca, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Perimetral, 2651, 66040 - 830 Belém, PA, Brazil. (TG) tgiarrizzo @ gmail. com. & Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Avenida da Abolição, 3207, Meireles, 60165 - 081 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. +tgiarrizzo@gmail.com -text - - -Neotropical Ichthyology +text + + +Neotropical Ichthyology - -2024 - -e 240012 + +2024 + +e 240012 - -2024-10-07 + +2024-10-07 - -22 + +22 - -3 + +3 - -1 -19 + +1 +19 - -https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0012 + +https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0012 -journal article -10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0012 -1982-0224 +journal article +309532 +10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0012 +9e4ed342-9b1f-470a-8dfd-f9ace44a16c7 +1982-0224 +15299494 - + @@ -99,9 +102,9 @@ Forty-eight larvae were studied at various stages development (two yolk-sacs, 35 Morphological and meristic characterization. Yolk-sac stage ( -Tab. 1 +Tab. 1 ; -Fig. 2A +Fig. 2A ). The standard length ranges from 5.73 to 5.81 mm (5.77± @@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ Forty-eight larvae were studied at various stages development (two yolk-sacs, 35 51–52 in number (25 preanal and 26–27 postanal). - + TABLE 1 | Variables analyzed (mm), minimum values (Min), maximum values (Max), mean (Mean), standard deviation (SD), and morphometric relationships (%) for @@ -505,9 +508,9 @@ larvae. SL = standard length, HL = head length, SnL = snout length, ED = eye dia Preflexion stage ( -Tab. 1 +Tab. 1 ; -Fig. 2B +Fig. 2B ). Individuals have an SL ranging from 5.94 to 8.64 mm (6.99± @@ -516,7 +519,7 @@ larvae. SL = standard length, HL = head length, SnL = snout length, ED = eye dia 6.78 mm had yolk remnants. The body is elongated in a fusiform shape; the snout is pointed; and the mouth is subterminal, large, oblique, and has numerous conical teeth externally. The nostrils are simple, and the eyes are spherical, fully pigmented, and black in preserved individuals. The swim bladder is visible, inflated, and oval shaped. The intestine is vertically striated, and elongated, and the anal opening reaches the midline of the body. The pigmentation is similar to that of the previous stage. Dendritic melanophores are observed in the apical region of the swim bladder, in the embryonic membrane just below the stomach, but are scarce at the origin of the anal fin. The finfold still surrounds the body dorsoventrally, being interrupted only by the anus. The pectoral fin bud is small and surrounded by a membrane, not reaching the swim bladder. Total number of myomeres ranges from 51 to 53 (25–26 preanal and 26–27 postanal). - + FIGURE 2 | Larval development of @@ -539,9 +542,9 @@ Postflexion (21.57 mm SL). Scale bars = 1 mm. Flexion stage ( -Tab. 1 +Tab. 1 ; -Figs. 2C–D +Figs. 2C–D ). The SL ranges from 8.62 to 16.33 mm (12.25±2.56 mm). The final SN is flexed by the emergence of the hypural bones. Morphologically, the body, snout, mouth, nostrils, eyes, and position of the anus show no change in relation to the previous stage. The swim bladder assumes a triangular shape. The gill apparatus is covered by the operculum, a feature not observed in earlier stages. The pigmentation is analogous to that of the preflexion stage, but pigments appear on the hypural plate and on the caudal rays. At this stage, the delineation of the unpaired fins is observed. Individuals with @@ -551,9 +554,9 @@ SL have the first dorsal and anal fin rays. Anal fin is located just after the b Postflexion stage ( -Tab. 1 +Tab. 1 ; -Fig. 2E +Fig. 2E ). The SL of the analyzed individual is 21.57 mm . The notochord and swim bladder are visible owing to transparency. The pigmentation pattern is similar to that of the previous stage but more intense, particularly in the caudal peduncle and in the caudal rays. Some pigments weakly radiate from the base of the anal fin into the rays. All fins, except for the pelvic one, are in the final developmental phase, including ray segmentation. Remnants of the finfold can be observed in the ventral region anterior to the anus and dorsally situated between the dorsal and anal fins, and extending toward the caudal peduncle. The adipose fin is outlined, and the pelvic fin is only visible as a bud. Most of the rays of the pectoral fin are completely formed (i,13). The anal fin is long and has numerous rays (ii,78), beginning slightly posterior to the midpoint of the body, and perpendicular to the dorsal fin, which has ii,11 rays. The caudal fin has 18 rays ( @@ -563,17 +566,17 @@ each lobe, superior and inferior). Notably, all unpaired fins are segmented and Morphometric relationships. Throughout development, the body varies from very long to long (8.5 to 15.20% of SL), and the eyes are small (14.45 to 22.66% of HL); the head is initially small but becomes moderate in the preflexion stage (15.68 to 20.09% of SL) ( -Tab. 1 +Tab. 1 ). The proportions of most morphometric variables increased with development, except for SnD/SL, SnL/HL, and SnA/SL, which decreased with development ( -Tab. 1 +Tab. 1 ). Body growth relationships. The depth of the head and the length of the snout tend to increase in proportion to HL and exhibited continuous linear growth (linear regression). The remaining growth relationships are better explained by the quadratic model and exhibit positive allometry, except for SnA/SL, which showed negative allometric growth, decreasing its distance to the snout during development ( -Tab. 2 +Tab. 2 ; -Figs. 3A–G +Figs. 3A–G ). The variables SnD/SL and SnV/SL were not tested due to the small number of individuals in which these variables were measured, making the application of regression models unfeasible.