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Kempnyia tamoya Froehlich
No full textKempnyia tamoya Froehlich (Figs. 14, 17– 18) Kempnyia tamoya Froehlich 1984: 145.— Froehlich 2010: 182. Material examined. BR, SP, Campos do Jordão, PECJ, Córrego Galharada, 1 m, 15 /X/ 1985, CGF; 9 m, 2 f, 11 /XI/ 1985, CGF, LGO; 1 m, 18 /XII/ 1984, CGF; 1 m, 1 f with egg pack, 30 /X/ 1986, CGF; 9 m, 25 /XI/ 1986, CGF; 2 m, 1 m + ex., 3 f, 19–20 /XI/ 1987, CGF, LGO, MJNF, GMC; 3 m, 1 f, 14–16 /XII/ 1987, CGF, LGO; 2 m, 07/XI/ 1990, CGF, LGO; 7 m, 2 f, 02–06/XII/ 1996, CGF, ASM; 1 m, 15 /X/ 1998, CGF, HP; 6 m, 08– 12 /XI/ 1999, CGF, AAFG, VRR, PSFP; 11 m, 3 f, 05–09/XI/ 2001, CGF, VRR, MTS, FOGF; 1 m, 05/X/ 2005, MRS; 1 m, 03/X–03/XI/ 2005, MRS; 3 m, 3 f, 02–03/XI/ 2005, MRS; 3 m, 1 f, 04/XI/ 2005 – 11 /I/ 2006, MRS; 2 m, 19 /IX/ 2007, CGF, E. Domínguez, ARC, RM; 1 m, 05/X/ 2005, MRS. Córrego Campo do Meio, 1 m, 2 f, 07/XI/ 2001, CGF, AAFG, VRR, PSFP; 2 m, 1 f, 01/XI/ 2005, MRS; 3 m, 1 f, 04/XI/ 2005 – 11 /II/ 2006, MRS. Ribeirão Casquilho, 3 m, 26 /XI/ 1986, CGF; 1 m, 1 f, 18 /XI/ 1987, CGF, LGO, MJNF, GMC; 3 m, 1 f, 06/XI/ 2001, CGF, VRR, MTS, FOGF. Guaratinguetá, Eugênio Lefèvre, 2 f, X/ 1962, L. Travassos Filho. Remarks. With 101 (77 males and 24 females) specimens collected, this was the most common species of Kempnyia in PECJ. The head and pronotum are shown in Fig. 14 and the penial armature in Figs. 17–18. It was originally described from Eugênio Lefèvre, based on a single male and a putative female. In the collection of the Museum of Zoology I located two females from Eugênio Lefèvre in a vial with alcohol that had dried up and later refilled. Despite being discoloured, they could be recognized as belonging to K. tamoya, and their subgenital plates agreed entirely with those from females from PECJ. As regards the putative female in the original description (Froehlich 1984), see comments under K. gracilenta. In PECJ, K. tamoya has been collected from September to December, but most fly in November–December (74 % in November, 17 % in December).Published as part of Froehlich, Claudio G., 2011, Kempnyia (Plecoptera) from the Mantiqueira Mountains of Brazil, pp. 20-32 in Zootaxa 2999 on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20303
Xerapoa Froehlich 1955
No full textGenus Xerapoa Froehlich, 1955 Emended diagnosis. Geoplaninae with small-sized body, 15–30 mm in length; thin, subcylindrical body, margins nearly parallel; anterior region raised; sensory pits may open at the tip of small papillae; eyes monolobulated, marginally arranged along the body; creeping sole as wide as one-third of body width; main nervous system two-chords shaped; pharynx cylindrical; ovaries close to the pharynx; ovovitelline ducts with ascending portion, if any, posterior to female atrium and joining each other behind female atrium; genital canal horizontal, arising from the posterior region of female atrium; female atrium small, funnel-shaped. Distribution. States of Stao Paulo, Santa Catarina, in Brazil. Type species. Xerapoa hystrix Froehlich, 1955, designated by Froehlich (1955) Xerapoa species. Xerapoa hystrix Froehlich, 1955 a * Xerapoa una Froehlich, 1955 a Xerapoa pseudorhynchodemus (Riester, 1938) * comb. n. Xerapoa trina (Marcus, 1951) * comb. n.Published as part of Fernando Carbayo, Marta Álvarez-Presas, Cĺaudia T. Olivares, Fernando P. L. Marques, Eud Óxia M. Froehlich & Marta Riutort, 2013, Molecular phylogeny of Geoplaninae (Platyhelminthes) challenges current classification: proposal of taxonomic actions, pp. 508-528 in Zoologica Scripta 42 on page 524, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.39981
Gripopteryx pilosa Froehlich 1990
No full textGripopteryx pilosa Froehlich, 1990 Froehlich, 1990: 245. Nessimian et al. 2009: 315. Froehlich 2010: 133. Lecci & Froehlich 2011: 10. Material examined. Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Guapimirim, Rio Soberbo, Estrada Rio-Teresópolis, 21.vii. 1991, 2n (DZRJ 13), L. F. M. Dorvillé. Remarks. Gripopteryx pilosa was described from localities in Serra da Mantiqueira (Campos do Jordão – SP, Sapucaí-Mirim–MG and Visconde de Mauá–RJ). In this study, G. pilosa is recorded from another locality in the Serra do Mar, adding a locality for these mountains. Distribution. Brazil. Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo.Published as part of Avelino-Capistrano, Fernanda & Nessimian, Jorge Luiz, 2013, A new species and new records of Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera) from the Serra dos Orgãos, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, pp. 185-191 in Zootaxa 3683 (2) on page 187, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/22225
Tupiperla reichardti Froehlich 1998
No full text<i>Tupiperla reichardti</i> Froehlich, 1998 * <p>Froehlich, 1998. Froehlich, 2010.</p> <p> <b>Material examinated</b>: <b>Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Guapimirim,</b> Afluente do Rio Soberbo, 26.iii.2010, 13 (DZRJ 2745), F. Avelino-Capistrano, J. L. Nessimian, L. L. Dumas & P. Souto.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> The species was described by Froehlich (1998) from specimens from Campos do Jordão (SP), Jundiaí (SP) and Poços de Caldas (MG). This new record from Rio de Janeiro State increases the distribution of this species. <i>Tupiperla reichardti</i> may occur in other regions of southeastern Brazil.</p> <p> <b>Distribution. Brazil.</b> Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro [<b>New Record</b>].</p>Published as part of <i>Avelino-Capistrano, Fernanda & Nessimian, Jorge Luiz, 2013, A new species and new records of Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera) from the Serra dos Orgãos, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, pp. 185-191 in Zootaxa 3683 (2)</i> on page 188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.2.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/222250">http://zenodo.org/record/222250</a>
Matuxia Carbayo, Álvarez-Presas, Olivares, Marques, Froehlich & Riutort, 2013, gen. n
No full textGenus Matuxia gen. n Etymology. Matuxia is a free association of the epithetic names matuta and tuxaua and the first name of Dr. Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, who described the two species of the new genus. The gender is female. Diagnosis. Geoplaninae with medium-sized body, 45– 120 mm in length; body slender, margins nearly parallel, dorsum and ventral side slightly convex; eyes monolobulat- ed, marginally arranged along the body; pharynx cylindrical; prostatic vesicle intrabulbar, bifurcated proximally and broadly communicated with an ejaculatory cavity inside penis papilla; penis papilla apparent, with dorsal insertion posterior to the ventral; male atrium not folded, separate from the female by a fold; ascending portion of the ovovitelline ducts lateral to the gonopore canal or to the female atrium, joining each other above it; genital canal dorsoanteriorly flexed, arising from the dorsal region of the female atrium; female atrium rounded, clothed with an epithelium with multilayered aspect. Distribution. States of Rio de Janeiro and Stao Paulo, in Brazil. Type species. Geoplana tuxaua E. M. Froehlich, 1955 b Species of Matuxia. Matuxia tuxaua (E. M. Froehlich, 1955 b) * Matuxia matuta (E. M. Froehlich, 1955 b) *Published as part of Fernando Carbayo, Marta Álvarez-Presas, Cĺaudia T. Olivares, Fernando P. L. Marques, Eud Óxia M. Froehlich & Marta Riutort, 2013, Molecular phylogeny of Geoplaninae (Platyhelminthes) challenges current classification: proposal of taxonomic actions, pp. 508-528 in Zoologica Scripta 42 on page 522, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.39981
Guaranyperla guapiara Froehlich 2001
No full text<i>Guaranyperla guapiara</i> Froehlich, 2001 * <p>Froehlich 2001:378. Froehlich 2010: 134.</p> <p> <b>Material examined. Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Teresópolis,</b> Rio Paquequer, 11.i.1990, 6n (DZRJ 2280); 13.iv.1991, 1n (DZRJ 2347), N. Ferreira, Jr; 20.vii.1991, 3n (DZRJ 2725); 17.v.2009, 1n (DZRJ 1953); 21.vii.2000, 1n (DZRJ 311), 1n (DZRJ 312); 28.v.2007, 6n (DZRJ 2351), J. L. Nessimian. Rio Paquequer, Cachoeira do Coreto, 14.xii.2009, 1n (DZRJ 2128), E. R. Silva. Cachoeira do Véu da Noiva, 27.viii.1999, 3n (DZRJ 2091), E. R. Silva. Poço da Ponte Preta. 27.viii.1999. 6n (DZRJ 2101); 03.vii.2000. 1n (DZRJ 2110); 14.iii.2000. 1n (DZRJ 2116); E. R. Silva. Rio Beija-Flor, 19.vii.2000, 2n (DZRJ 795), J. L. Nessimian. Rio Varginha, 20.vii.2000, 1n (DZRJ 797), J. L. Nessimian. Rio Paquequer. x.2011. 1Ƥ (DZRJ 3472). D. M. Takiya.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> In the present study, numerous nymphs were found but only one adult female was collected. <i>Guaranyperla</i> is an endemic southeastern Brazilian genus with three known species. The nymphs examined from Teresópolis were positively associated with a recently emerged female of <i>G. guapiara</i> Froehlich 2001 collected in the field and preserved with its exuviae. This specimen exhibits identical setal patterns of the body, antenna, and cerci as illustrated by Froehlich (2001).</p> <p> <b>Distribution. BR.</b> Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro [<b>New Record</b>], São Paulo, and Espírito Santo.</p>Published as part of <i>Avelino-Capistrano, Fernanda & Nessimian, Jorge Luiz, 2013, A new species and new records of Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera) from the Serra dos Orgãos, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, pp. 185-191 in Zootaxa 3683 (2)</i> on page 186, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.2.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/222250">http://zenodo.org/record/222250</a>
Obama Carbayo, Álvarez-Presas, Olivares, Marques, Froehlich & Riutort, 2013, gen. n
No full textGenus Obama gen. n Etymology. The name Obama is a composition of the Tupi (Indigenous Brazilian language) words oba (meaning leaf) and ma (animal). It alludes to the characteristically flattened, leaf-shaped body of the species of the genus. The gender is female. Diagnosis. Geoplaninae with medium-sized to large body, 30–300 mm in length; body broad, flattened, leafshaped; eyes mono- and trilobulated, dorsal; part of the sensory pits arranged in 2–4 rows on each side of the body; pharynx cylindrical or bell-shaped; prostatic vesicle extrabulbar, short, curved and anteriorly branched; penis papilla protrusible, conical, horizontal, occupying entire male atrium, with dorsal insertion posterior to the ventral, sometimes laterally displaced; male atrium, not folded, generally not separated from the female one; ascending portion of the ovovitelline ducts lateral to the female atrium and joining each other above it; genital canal dorso-anteriorly flexed, arising from the postero-dorsal or posterior region of the female atrium; female atrium ample, long or funnelshaped. Distribution. States of Amaṕa, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Stao Paulo, Parańa, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. Type species. Geoplana fryi von Graff, 1899 Species of Obama. Obama apeva (Froehlich, 1959) comb. n. Obama applanata (von Graff, 1899) comb. n. Obama argus (von Graff, 1899) comb. n. Obama assu (Froehlich, 1959) comb. n. Obama baptistae (Leal-Zanchet & Oliveira, 2012) comb. n. Obama braunsi (von Graff, 1899) comb. n. Obama burmeisteri (Schultze & Müller, 1857) * comb. n. Obama carbayoi (Oliveira & Leal-Zanchet, 2012) comb. n. Obama carinata ( Riester, 1938) * comb. n. Obama carrierei (von Graff, 1897) comb. n. Obama catharina (Hyman, 1957) comb. n. Obama dictyotona (Riester, 1938) comb. n. Obama divae (Marcus, 1951) comb. n. Obama eudoxiae (Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990) comb. n. Obama eudoximariae (Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990) comb. n. Obama evelinae (Marcus, 1951) comb. n. Obama ferussaci (von Graff, 1897) comb. n. Obama ficki (Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2012) comb. n. (in Amaral et al., 2012) Obama fryi (von Graff, 1899) comb. n. Obama glieschi (Froehlich, 1959) comb. n. Obama itatiayana (Schirch, 1929 ) comb. n. Obama josefi (Carbayo & Leal-Zanchet, 2001) * Obama ladislavii (von Graff, 1899) * comb. n. Obama ladislavii (sensu Froehlich, 1959) * comb. n. Obama livia (E. M. Froehlich, 1955) comb. n. Obama marmorata (Schultze & Müller, 1857) comb. n. Obama metzi (von Graff, 1899) comb. n. Obama poca (Froehlich, 1958) comb. n. Obama polyophthalma (von Graff, 1899) comb. n. Obama riesteri (Froehlich, 1955) comb. n. Obama rufiventris (Schultze & Müller, 1857) comb. n. Obama ruiva (E. M. Froehlich, 1972) comb. n. Obama schubarti (Froehlich, 1958) comb. n. Obama sp. 6 * Obama trigueira (E. M. Froehlich, 1955) comb. n.Published as part of Fernando Carbayo, Marta Álvarez-Presas, Cĺaudia T. Olivares, Fernando P. L. Marques, Eud Óxia M. Froehlich & Marta Riutort, 2013, Molecular phylogeny of Geoplaninae (Platyhelminthes) challenges current classification: proposal of taxonomic actions, pp. 508-528 in Zoologica Scripta 42 on page 523, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.39981
Choeradoplana gladismariae Carbayo & Froehlich 2012, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Choeradoplana gladismariae</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figures 16–22; Tables 5, 6)</p> <p> <i>Type material</i></p> <p> <i>Holotype</i>. MZUSP PL 1003: Parque Estadual Intervales, Ribeirão Grande <i>/</i> SP, Brazil, 24 ◦ 16 ′ 35 ′′ S, 48 ◦ 24 ′ 56 ′′ W, F. Carbayo et al., col., 12 December 2008. Cephalic region: transverse sections on four slides; anterior region 2 (ovaries): sagittal sections on five slides; anterior region 3: horizontal sections on four slides; pre-pharyngeal region: transverse sections on three slides. Pharynx and copulatory apparatus: sagittal sections on 10 slides.</p> <p> <i>Paratype</i>. MZUSP PL 1004: ibid., 24 ◦ 16 ′ 35 ′′ S, 48 ◦ 24 ′ 56 ′′ W, F. Carbayo et al. col., 7 July 2009. Cephalic region: horizontal sections on two slides; anterior region 2: sagittal sections on three slides; pre-pharyngeal region: transverse sections on one slide. Pharynx and copulatory apparatus: sagittal sections on four slides.</p> <p> <i>Type locality</i></p> <p> Parque Estadual Intervales, Ribeirão Grande <i>/</i> SP, Brazil, covered with primary Atlantic Rainforest.</p> <p> <i>Etymology</i></p> <p>Specific name from Gladis Maria Schmidt, Carbayo’s wife, to whom this species is dedicated.</p> <p> <i>Diagnosis</i></p> <p> <i>Choeradoplana</i> species with a thin dark-brown mid-stripe and two para-median bands of brown spots on a pale yellowish dorsum; both dorsally and ventrally, the cutaneous muscle layer of longitudinal muscle is partially sunken into the parenchyma; prostatic vesicle wall bellows-like and pleated.</p> <p> <i>Description</i></p> <p>Body relatively wide, with convex dorsum, rounded margins and slightly convex ventral side. Anterior end ventrally provided with pair of glandular cushions separated by longitudinal groove, and kept up and rolled backwards by the live worm. Posterior end pointed. Largest specimen (holotype) measured, when alive, up to 32 mm in length and 2 mm in width; after fixation, with cephalic region unrolled, 35 mm (Table 5). Mouth 18.5 mm from anterior end, and gonopore 22.7 mm (holotype).</p> <p> Dorsally, rolled anterior end excepted, ground colour yellowish with thin longitudinal dark brown mid-stripe (1 <i>/</i> 25 of body width) and two para-median bands (1 <i>/</i> 4 of body width) of brown specks, disposed as to create a marmorean aspect (Figure 16). In the rolled cephalic extremity, median line ends before the apex, and the bands are reduced to externalmost bold limits; the exposed ventral surface is greyish, especially on margins of median groove. In posterior extremity, median stripe and abruptly narrowed bands merge. Ventral side is whitish medianly, and faintly yellow marginally.</p> <p>G, gonopore; L, length; M, mouth; W, width.</p> <p>Eyes comprise one pigmented cup, 50–70 µm in diameter, roughly arranged as two or three marginal rows up to posterior end. Absent in very anterior tip. Without clear halos. Sensory pits, 20–30 µm deep, as a uniserial ventrolateral row, from little behind the anterior end through 11 mm (holotype).</p> <p>Epidermis ciliated just over creeping sole. In cephalic end, rhabditogen cells open onto entire surface, but more densely through epithelium of glandular cushions. Their cellular bodies lay in parenchyma between subcutaneous nerve plexus and epithelium.</p> <p>Cerebral ganglia 3 mm behind apex. Although not clearly delimited from ventral nerve plate, 80 µm thick; it is approximately 5 mm long and 130 µm thick (holotype).</p> <p>Three usual geoplaninid cutaneous muscle layers present: one circular, two diagonal with decussate fibres, one longitudinal with fibres arranged into bundles (Table 6). Dorsally, as well as ventrally, body margins excluded; longitudinal layer partially sunk into parenchyma. Dorsal sunken fibres gathered into well-delimited, compact bundles, 107 µm thick; ventral ones much less numerous, gathered into a layer (45 µm Lowest and highest number of muscle fibres per bundle are given in parenthesis.</p> <p> CMI, cutaneous musculature thickness relative to body height at the pre-pharyngeal region. thick) with loose, smaller, ill-delimited bundles (Figures 17–19). In the cephalic region dorsal longitudinal sunken fibres are less apparent; direction of fibres in histological sections is not clearly discernible. CMI, 21.2–22.0%. Otherwise, arrangement of cutaneous muscle fibres in cephalic region as in <i>C. iheringi</i> (see Froehlich 1955; Carbayo and Leal-Zanchet 2003).</p> <p>Parenchymal musculature: besides dorsoventral muscles, layer of dorsodiagonal fibres (20 µm thick, holotype) (followed by the sunken layer of longitudinal muscles mentioned above), the transverse supraintestinal (60 µm thick) and subintestinal (48 µm thick) fibres (Figures 17, 18), and, in cephalic region, a transverse subneural muscle layer (25 µm thick), between ventral nerve plate and retractor muscle. Arrangement of parenchymal muscle fibres in cephalic region as in type species (Froehlich 1955; Carbayo and Leal-Zanchet 2003).</p> <p>Mouth located in middle of pharyngeal pouch. Pharynx bell-shaped, with folded free margin (Figure 20). Dorsal insertion approximately at the same transverse level as mouth. Lining epithelium of pharyngeal pouch flat, non-ciliated, underlain by onefibre-thick layer of circular muscle fibres. Outer pharyngeal epithelium flat ciliated, with sunken nuclei. Underlain by a 5-µm-thick layer of longitudinal muscle fibres, followed by one with circular fibres (6 µm thick). Inner pharyngeal epithelium cubicto-flat, ciliated, followed by layer of circular fibres (45 µm thick) with interspersed longitudinal ones.</p> <p>Testes located between supraintestinal parenchymal muscle layer and intestine, extending as a single-to-triple row from 1 mm anterior to each ovary (3.5 mm behind cerebral ganglia) up to level with dorsal pharyngeal insertion (holotype). Sperm ducts run immediately above subintestinal muscle layer, just dorsally to ovovitelline ducts. Near the copulatory complex, sperm ducts communicate with the paired extrabulbar, branches of prostatic vesicle. Prostatic branches penetrate into penial bulb, unite as a short tube that opens into the final, dilated portion of prostatic vesicle (Figures 21, 22). This portion has a complex structure, with pleated lateral walls, the whole organ reminiscent of a bellows. On each side of the vesicle, the pleats, disposed in a dorsoventral series, are oriented as to converge ectally, where they end leaving the ectal, final, portion of vesicular cavity free of pleats. Medianly the cavity, ample in sagittal plane but very narrow transversally, separates two lateral sets of pleats. Both sides of vesicle, between each pair of pleats in dorsoventral series, a bag, open to the median cavity, is formed. Ectally, vesicular cavity continues through male atrium. Lumen of atrium is narrow and its wall folded.</p> <p>Branches and tubular portion of prostatic vesicle are clothed with a columnar ciliated epithelium, which is crossed by secretory cells containing fine erythrophil granules. In dilated portion, pleats are mostly lined with non-ciliated cubic epithelium; in rest of cavity wall it is ciliated. Regarding their secretions, pleats are clearly differentiated into two regions: a basal region, the most extensive, and a distal one. The former receives two types of glands, respectively: one, very abundant, with erythrophil granules, and the other, very scarce, with xanthophil granules; both types have their cellular bodies in parenchyma, anterior to copulatory complex. Distal region is very richly pierced by secretory cells containing fine highly erythrophil granules, whose cellular bodies lay below epithelium. A 12-µm-thick layer of circular muscle fibre underlies epithelium of pleats. Involving the whole dilated portion, a mass of glandular tissue is fully saturated with coarse granules of an erythrophil secretion. There are some interspersed muscle fibres. Male atrium lined with cubic-to-columnar epithelium, entally ciliated where glands discharge their cyanophil granular secretion. Ectally epithelium receives an erythrophil granular secretion. Male atrium coated with a layer of circular muscle fibres, 8 µm thick.</p> <p>Ovaries roughly ellipsoid, 250 µm in diameter. Located immediately above ventral nerve plate, at 11 mm from anterior tip, and 4.5 mm behind cerebral ganglia (holotype). Ovovitelline ducts arise from external side of ovaries, and run backwards above ventral nerve plate. Behind gonopore they ascend laterally to female atrium, posteriorly and medianly inclined, then unite dorsally to atrium, and continue as common glandular ovovitelline duct. The latter runs backwards to communicate with vagina (Figures 21, 22). Short vagina arises dorsally from female atrium, and proceeds curved forward, then receives common glandular ovovitelline duct. Shell glands also open into distal portions of paired ovovitelline ducts. Female atrium is an ample cavity dorsoventrally dilated and laterally narrowed. It is two-thirds the length of male atrium.</p> <p>Vagina and female atrium lined with columnar, non-ciliated epithelium, which receives two types of glands, with erythrophil and fine cyanophil secretions, respectively. It is underlain by a 6–10-µm-thick circular muscle layer.</p> <p>Common muscular coat of the copulatory complex composed of a weak layer, 80–120 µm thick, of intermingled fibres.</p> <p> <i>Discussion</i></p> <p> Among striped <i>Choeradoplana</i> species, only <i>C. gladismariae</i> and <i>C. ehrenreichi</i> have an odd number of three distinct longitudinal dark stripes on a clear ground. They differ, however, in that <i>C. ehrenreichi</i> has three equally wide stripes, whereas in <i>C. gladismariae</i> the lateral stripes are much wider than the median one. They are bands rather than stripes.</p> <p> Regarding the internal morphology, <i>C. gladismariae</i> has an outstanding characteristic, unique for the genus, that is, the strong dorsal layer of insunk cutaneous longitudinal fibres. In the <i>Choeradoplana</i> species described up to now, a similar muscle arrangement occurs only ventrally, as is stated in Froehlich’s diagnosis of the genus (Froehlich 1955). Besides <i>Choeradoplana</i>, three other Geoplaninae genera, the three monotypic, have been described with the cutaneous longitudinal musculature partially sunken into the parenchyma, namely <i>Gusana</i>, E.M. Froehlich, 1978 <i>Liana</i> E.M. Froehlich, 1978 and <i>Supramontana</i> Carbayo and Zanchet, 2003. Only <i>Gusana cruciata</i>, the Chilean unique species of the genus, has the cutaneous longitudinal muscles partially sunken both dorsally and ventrally, like <i>C. gladismariae</i>. However, in <i>G. cruciata</i>, dorsal sunken muscle fibres do not gather into bundles but occur loosely in the parenchyma between the subcutaneous nerve plexus and the ventral nerve plate (E.M. Froehlich 1978). <i>Choeradoplana</i> and <i>Gusana</i>, as well as <i>Liana</i> and <i>Supramontana</i>, are distinct genera through the morphology of their cephalic extremities.</p> <p> <b> <i>Choeradoplana</i> emended diagnosis</b> </p> <p> As a result of the present study the diagnosis of <i>Choeradoplana</i> must be emended on some points, as follows: Geoplaninae of elongated subcylindrical body. Cephalic region with two glandular cushions, ventrally separated by a longitudinal groove; kept rolled up and backwards in live worms. Eyes and sensory pits absent in the apex. Broad creeping sole, more than one-third of body width. Strong cutaneous longitudinal muscles partially sunken into the parenchyma, exclusively ventrally or, more rarely, ventrally and dorsally too. Anteriorly all sunken ventral longitudinal fibres concentrated medianly, constituting the retractor unroller of the cephalic extremity. Common glandular ovovitelline duct approaching vagina dorsally from anterior direction, more rarely approaching behind the female atrium from the ventral direction.</p>Published as part of <i>Carbayo, Fernando & Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria, 2012, Three new Brazilian species of the land planarian Choeradoplana (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplaninae), and an emendation of the genus, pp. 1153-1177 in Journal of Natural History 46 (19 - 20)</i> on pages 1169-1176, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.657699, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5199887">http://zenodo.org/record/5199887</a>
Gusana E. M. Froehlich 1978
No full textGUSANA E.M. FROEHLICH, 1978 Ty p e s p e c i e s: G e o p l a n a c r u c i a t a G r a f f, 1 8 9 9, designated by E. M. Froehlich (1978). Neae diagnosis: Gusanini with body colour pattern with cross-banding; creeping sole broad, with more than half the body width. Sensory border wide, around the anterior tip. Cutaneous musculature thickness relative to body height at the pre-pharyngeal region ranges between 16 and 24%. Testes dorsally located. Male atrium large. Penis papilla of small intra-antral type. Female canal enters ventrally. Without adhesive musculoglandular organs and sensory papillae. Copulatory apparatus without adenodactyls. Distribution: As for that of the tribe. Remarks on Gusanini: This monogeneric tribe includes six species of Gusana (Almeida et al., 2022). This genus was recovered as a clade in Geoplaninae by Almeida et al. (2022), and also in this paper. Gusana was erected by E. M. Froehlich (1978) and re-diagnosed by Ogren & Kawakatusu (1990) and Almeida et al. (2022). The tribe is diagnosed herein by a set of diagnostic features of Gusana herein elevated to the tribe level. Therefore, the diagnosis of Gusana is shortened.Published as part of Almeida, Ana Laura, Álvarez-Presas, Marta & Carbayo, Fernando, 2023, The discovery of new Chilean taxa revolutionizes the systematics of Geoplaninae Neotropical land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida), pp. 837-898 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197 (4) on page 859, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac072, http://zenodo.org/record/781397
Gripopteryx japi Lecci & Froehlich, 2011, n. sp.
No full textGripopteryx japi n. sp. (Figs. 7–8) Type material. Holotype male: BRAZIL, São Paulo, Jundiaí. Parque Florestal Serra do Japi, Riacho da Cachoeira do Paraíso (23 ° 14 ’ 33 ”S / 46 ° 57 ’03”W, 1025m a.s.l.), 22.ii. 2007, light trap, Lecci, L.S. and Nascimento, E. Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype; 1 male, same data as holotype except for: 26–27.iii. 2007, Calor, A.R., Mariano, R. and Lecci, L.S.; 1 male, 3 females, 2 exuviae, same data as holotype except for: 27–29.viii. 2007, light trap and entomological net, Lecci, L.S., Moretto, R.A. and Nascimento, E. Additional Material. São Paulo, Jundiaí. Parque Florestal Serra do Japi, Riacho da Cachoeira do Paraíso (23 ° 14 ’ 33 ”S / 46 ° 57 ’03”W, 1025m: a.l.s.), 5 nymphs, 29.iv. 2007, Lecci, L.S. and Nascimento, E.; 3 nymphs, 2 exuviae, same data except for: 27–29.viii. 2007, Lecci, L.S., Moretto, R.A. and Nascimento, E. Diagnostic characters. This new species differ from their congeners by the male having sternum 9 forming a broad subgenital plate, its apex extending halfway across sternum 10; paraproct relatively thin, simple, apex rounded; female with a subgenital plate with a small, apical indentation and apex of paraprocts broadly rounded; nymphal pronotum with a pair of short spines, meso– and metanotum with paired anterolateral and unpaired posterior small spines; abdominal terga 1–9 with small spines and tergum 10 with a long ventrally curved spine that is longer than the gills. Description. General color light brown. Parietalia brown, a little granulose; strip along border of eyes smooth, light brown; scape and pedicel of antennae brown, flagellum mostly light brown. Epicranial line light brown (Fig. 7 a). Pronotum light brown, margins and rugosities darker. A pair of small elevations on disc. Meso– and metanotum light brown, with a longitudinal yellowish median band, pleura brownish. Femora with a light brown band ventrally. Anterior and posterior ends of tibiae with brown bands. Tarsi light brown. Forewing a little spotted, venation light brown, pterostigmatic crossveins absent. Hindwings pale brown. Male. Abdominal segments 2–7 membranous, 8–10 with weakly sclerotized terga. Sternum 9 forms a broad subgenital plate, apex extending on half of sternum 10 (fig. 7 d). Tergum 10 triangular, (Fig. 7 b). Paraproct relatively thin, simple, apex rounded (Fig. 7 c and 7 d); epiproct with small teeth (Fig. 7 e). Cerci brownish. Width of head, 1.01–1.08mm; length of forewing, 13.0– 14.4 mm; number of cercomeres 24–25. Female. Abdominal terga and sterna 1–7 membranous. Sternum 8 forms a broad subgenital plate with a small, apical indentation (Fig. 8 a, 8 b and 8 c). Apex of paraprocts broadly rounded (Fig. 7 b and 8 c). Sternum 9 sclerotized. Tergum 10 with a small, apical projection (Fig. 8 a). Width of head, 1.10–1.27 mm; length of forewing 15.6–17.8 mm; cerci damaged. Nymph. General color dark brown. Antennae light brown. Pronotum brown, irregular, with a pair of discal elevations and a pair of small spines at the posterior corners. Meso– and metanotum with paired anterolateral and unpaired posterolateral small spines (Fig. 8 d). Abdominal terga 1–9 with small spines; tergum 10 with a long ventrally curved spine (Fig. 8 d). Measurements: last instar, male, width of head 0.7–0.8 mm, length of body 8.9 –9.0 mm, length of antennae 11.4–12.3 mm, length of cerci 10.7 –13.0 mm; females: width of head 1.4–1.5 mm, length of body 12.1–12.3 mm, length of antennae 12.1–12.3 mm, length of cerci 8.8–9.3 mm. Remarks. G. j a p i n. sp. is a medium sized, light brown species. Nymphs are found in running water, living on rocks covered with aquatic mosses. The distribution of thoracic and abdominal spines is similar to those of G. l i a n a Froehlich. In G. j a p i, however, the tergum 10 spine is longer than the gills; the other abdominal spines are also slightly longer. The paraprocts of the adult male are similar to those of G. c o r u j a Froehlich 1993, but the paraprocts of G. japi n. sp. are more slender apically and slightly wider basally; the subgenital plate does not touch the paraproct bases. Etymology. The name japi refers to Serra do Japi, the locality where this species was collected. The name is a noun in apposition.Published as part of Lecci, Lucas Silveira & Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto, 2011, Taxonomic revision of Gripopteryx (Pictet, 1841) (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2792 on pages 13-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27697
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