Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "taxonomy"
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Butlerius butleri Goodey, 1929 (Rhabditida) from Iran with the phylogenetic position of the species
(Society of Nematologists, 2015)A population of Butlerius butleri Goodey, 1929 was isolated from vermicompost in Kerman in the Kerman Province of Iran during a nematode survey that was conducted during 2014. This population of B. butleri is characterized ... -
Classification and taxonomy of vegetable macergens
(Frontiers Media, 2015)Macergens are bacteria capable of releasing pectic enzymes (pectolytic bacteria). These enzymatic actions result in the separation of plant tissues leading to total plant destruction. This can be attributed to soft rot ... -
Description of Globodera capensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) from South Africa
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2013)A new cyst nematode, herein described as Globodera capensis n. sp., was found on several farms in the Swartland and Sandveld areas in South Africa. As the host plant of G. capensis n. sp. is currently unknown, the species ... -
Four new Aceria species (Acari: Trombidiformis: Eriophyidae) on Acacia nilotica from Egypt
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)Four new Aceria species of eriophyoid mites found in Egypt are described and illustrated. They are Aceria aegyptiacacia sp. nov., A. metwallii sp. nov., A. awadi sp. nov. and A. saidi sp. nov. collected from leaf galls ... -
Gnathia masca sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
(Magnolia Press, 2012)Gnathia masca sp. nov. is described from material collected off Coconut Beach, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Aus-tralia. Males are characterised by a cephalosome with a shallow dorsal sulcus that stretches half its ... -
Iranian Cunaxidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Bdelloidea). Part 3. Subfamily Cunaxoidinae
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)This third part on Iranian mites of the subfamily Cunaxoidinae discusses eight species. Five are new: Cunaxoides decastroae sp. nov., Cunaxoides lootsi sp. nov., Pulaeus razanensis sp. nov., Lupaeus iranensis sp. nov. and ... -
Iranian Cunaxidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Bdelloidea): Part 1 Subfamily Coleoscirinae
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)Six cunaxid species of three known genera, including one new species are reported for the first time from Iran. The known species are Coleobonzia saaymani (Den Heyer, 1975), Coleoscirus simplex (Ewing, 1917), Coleoscirus ... -
Iranian Cunaxidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Bdelloidea): Part 2. Subfamily Cunaxinae
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)The Iranian Cunaxinae dealt with in this paper comprise three known species of one genus. They are Cunaxa grobleri den Heyer, 1979a, Cunaxa capreolus (Berlese, 1889) and Cunaxa setirostris (Hermann, 1804). The first ... -
The Maluti mystery revisited: taxonomy of African River Frogs (Pyxicephalidae, Amietia) on the Drakensberg Mountains in southern Africa
(Magnolia Press, 2015)The taxonomy of two similar frogs from the top of the Drakensberg escarpment, the Maluti River Frog and the Phofung River Frog is not settled. I examine the relevant types and type descriptions, and discover a number of ... -
Morphological and molecular characterisation of Caloosia longicaudata (Loos, 1948) Siddiqi & Goodey, 1963 (Nematoda: Caloosiidae) from Maui, the Hawaiian Islands with notes on some species of the genus
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2011)Caloosia longicaudata is described from Maui, the Hawaiian Islands, for the first time and both sexes are characterised morphologically using light and scanning electron microscopy. Molecular characterisation of C. ...