An official website of the United States government
Here’s how you know
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
Cricetidae; Philander; Trombiculidae; animal morphology; animal taxonomy; ectoparasites; new geographic records; new host records; opossums; rodents; taxonomic revisions; Brazil
Abstract:
... The genus SerratacarusGoff and Whitaker 1984, currently includes only two species, Serratacarus dietzi Goff and Whitaker, 1994 and Serratacarus lasiurus Goff and Whitaker, 1994, which were recorded on cricetid rodents from natural reserve areas of Brazil. Here, we provide a review of the morphological characters for both species and synonymize of the species Trombewingia brasiliensisGoff and Getti ...
Opuntia humifusa; asexual reproduction; biodiversity; climate change; ecological invasion; habitats; invasive species; new geographic records; phytogeography; population size; species dispersal; Ukraine
Abstract:
... The localities of Opuntia humifusa (Cactaceae) in the continental part of Ukraine are described. All previous findings reported in Ukraine were made in the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where the species sometimes behaves as a transformer and is threatening Crimea's natural phytodiversity. The first locality in continental Ukraine was discovered near Smila (Cherkasy Region) in a ...
Malus pumila; Venturia (Pleosporales); apple scab; apples; conidia; disease incidence; fruit diseases; internal transcribed spacers; new geographic records; pathogenicity; phylogeny; China
Abstract:
... Apple cultivar ‘Huangtaiping’ (Malus pumila Mill.) is grown widely in northern China for the production of jellies, preserves, and cider. In 2018, atypical scab symptoms were observed on fruits of Huangtaiping in Heilongjiang Province of China. The disease incidence was estimated at approximately 0.4%. Symptoms were scab-like black spots (3 to 5 mm diameter) distinct from scab caused by Venturia i ...
... Sweetbox (Sarcococca hookeriana) is a high-value ornamental shrub susceptible to disease caused by Calonectria pseudonaviculata (Cps) and Coccinonectria pachysandricola (Cpa) (Malapi-Wight et al. 2016; Salgado-Salazar et al. 2019). In July 2018, 18-month-old sweetbox plants with leaf spots and defoliation were observed in a residential landscape in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Small tan leaf sp ...
... Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is increasingly produced outside its native Andean range. In September 2019, stem lesions were observed on all six plants of quinoa accessions PI 510547 (25% severity) and PI 596293 (75% severity) in a demonstration plot in Ames, IA. Lesions were bleached, silvery-white to dark gray, slightly sunken, oval to linear with slightly tapered tips, and contained setose ...
Guillermo E. Delgado-de las Cuevas; Petras Prakas; Eglė Rudaitytė-Lukošienė; María L. García-Gil; Manuel Martínez-González; Dalius Butkauskas; Joseph D. Mowery; Jitender P. Dubey; Miguel A. Habela; Rafael Calero-Bernal
... Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) is a North African native wild Caprinae, introduced in the 1970s in new territories such as Spain, the USA, and Mexico. Here, we describe Sarcocystis species in Barbary sheep. Sarcocysts were found in 19 out of 56 adult A. lervia in Southern Spain and characterized morphologically and molecularly. By light microscopy, sarcocysts had thin (< 1 μm) or thick (> 2 μm) ...
Staphylinidae; insect morphology; insect taxonomy; new geographic records; redescriptions; taxonomic keys; zoogeography; zoological illustration; North Korea; South Korea
Abstract:
... A taxonomic review of Korean species of the genus Euplectus Leach is present. Two species are documented, Euplectus gibbipalpis Löbl and E. domefactus (Kurbatov). They are recorded from South Korea for the first time though the former species was described from North Korea. Redescriptions, images of morphological features, and distribution map are provided, as well as a key to Korean species. ...
... The diversity of freshwater zooplankton is still little known in Mexico, particularly in reference to insular zooplankton communities. Diaptomid copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida) are a widespread group worldwide, and Mexico harbours high diaptomid diversity. Based on a recent sampling of freshwater zooplankton on a Caribbean Island of Mexico, we present the first record of a diaptomid cope ...
... Brennanacarus annereauxi (Brennan and Yunker, 1969) was described from Venezuela parasitizing the greater spear-nosed bat. The monotypic genus Brennanacarus Goff, Yunker and Wheeler, 1987 is a replacement name for Nasicola Brennan and Yunker, 1969, which was preoccupied by Nasicola Yamaguti, 1968. Here, we redescribe the genus Brennanacarus and the type species B. annereauxi. Also, this is the fir ...
Perlidae; insect morphology; insect taxonomy; new geographic records; new species; taxon descriptions; zoogeography; zoological illustration; China
Abstract:
... Three species of the Neoperla montivaga group are described from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China, including two new species, N. falcatata sp. nov. and N. shangsiensis sp. nov., and a new record for Guangxi: N. bilineata Wu & Claassen, 1934. Illustrations and color images are provided for the three species mentioned above, and the new species is compared with related congeners in ...
Stephanitis typica; host plants; new geographic records; South Korea
Abstract:
... Tingidae (Hemiptera) of Korea are revised based on literature review as well as recently collected material and museum collections. A genus is recorded for the first time from South Korea for Acalpyta marginata. One species, Stephanitis typica, is removed from Korea. As a result, a total of 39 species in 17 genera, two subfamilies are recognized. An updated checklist including known distributions ...
... In 2017, premature abscission of leaves and dry rot with discoloration on the epidermis of the stem were observed in the field of reproductive-stage soybean in southern Shan State and the Nay Pyi Taw region in Myanmar. On the basis of morphological characteristics, two fungal genera, Colletotrichum and Diaporthe, were identified. Multilocus phylogenetic analyses based on the ITS, TUB and EF1-α gen ...
Cyanistes caeruleus; Spirurida; adults; air sacs; animal morphology; animal parasitic nematodes; animal pathology; males; nematode infections; new geographic records; new host records; phylogeny; polymerase chain reaction; ribosomal DNA; ribosomal RNA; species identification; Germany
Abstract:
... Diplotriaena obtusa is a nematode found in air sacs of a wide number of birds, including Passerine species. During a period of increased mortality of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) in Germany, we collected adult nematode worms from the air sacs of a deceased male blue tit. The nematodes showed morphological features consistent with Diplotriaena ssp. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay targeti ...
... During biological indexing for viruses in citrus trees, in a collection of Symons sweet orange (SSO) (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) graft inoculated with bark tissues of citrus trees from the Punjab Province in Pakistan, several SSO trees exhibited leaf symptoms of vein yellowing and mottle. High-throughput sequencing by Illumina of RNA preparation depleted of ribosomal RNAs from one symptomatic tree ...
Joy A. Hecht; Michelle E. J. Allerdice; Sandor E. Karpathy; Hayley D. Yaglom; Mariana Casal; R. Ryan Lash; Jesus Delgado-de la Mora; Jesus D. Licona-Enriquez; David Delgado-de la Mora; Kathleen Groschupf; James W. Mertins; Amanda Moors; Don E. Swann; Christopher D. Paddock
Amblyomma maculatum; DNA; Rickettsia parkeri; genetic testing; new geographic records; public health; rickettsial diseases; tick-borne diseases; zoogeography; Arizona; New Mexico
Abstract:
... Amblyomma maculatum Koch sensu lato (s.l.) ticks are the vector of Rickettsia parkeri in Arizona, where nine cases of R. parkeri rickettsiosis have been identified since the initial case in 2014. The current study sought to better define the geographic ranges of the vector and pathogen and to assess the potential public health risk posed by R. parkeri in this region of the southwestern United Stat ...
... Cyrtocorinae species are morphologically remarkable stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from the Neotropics. Ceratozygum horridum (Germar, 1839) is a little-known species with scarce occurrence data but presenting a broad and discontinuous distribution in Amazon and Atlantic Forest, lacking records in the dry diagonal. Field trips in Bolivia registered new records of C. horridum in an ecotone b ...
Anastrepha; Verbenaceae; fruit flies; host plants; new geographic records; new host records; zoogeography; Brazil
Abstract:
... The first records of six Anastrepha species are reported for the state of Paraná, Brazil: Anastrepha amita Zucchi, 1979 collected in Campina Grande do Sul and Quatro Barras, A. barnesi Aldrich, 1925 in Curitiba, A. consobrina (Loew, 1873) in São José dos Pinhais, A. manihoti Lima, 1934 in Coronel Vivida, A. morvasi Uramoto & Zucchi, 1999 in Palmas, and A. punctata Hendel, 1914 in Colombo. Citharex ...
DNA primers; Prunus dulcis; Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni; almonds; antibiotics; bacteria; bacterial diseases of plants; branches; buds; copper; disease incidence; field experimentation; flowering; flowers; fruits; growing season; leaves; mancozeb; new geographic records; overwintering; pathogens; peduncle; phytotoxicity; polymerase chain reaction; rain; spring; trees; California
Abstract:
... Bacterial spot caused by Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni was first detected on almond in California in 2013, and it is reported herein as a new disease in California based on fulfilling Koch’s postulates and identification of the pathogen using species-specific PCR primers. Infected mummified fruit from the previous growing season and their peduncles were identified as primary overwintering sites ...
... Background: To date, there have been few investigations on Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae in rodents carried out in China. In this study, we conducted surveillance for Candidatus R. tarasevichiae infection in rodents. A total of 463 rodents were captured at five survey sites in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang province, where Candidatus R. tarasevichiae patients have been reported. PCR targeting citr ...
Anisoptera (Odonata); insect identification; males; new geographic records; photographs; India
Abstract:
... Epophthalmia frontalis, a new Macromiidae dragonfly for Central India, is recorded from Seoni of Madhya Pradesh based on a collection of a single male. In India, earlier, this species was only known from a few places of Western Ghats and Eastern India. Diagnostic characters with closely resemble species and field photographs are given. ...