scholarly journals Morphological, osteological, and genetic data support a new species of Madatyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) endemic to Mayotte Island, Comoros Archipelago

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Hawlitschek ◽  
Mark D. Scherz ◽  
Kathleen C. Webster ◽  
Ivan Ineich ◽  
Frank Glaw
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
Data Support ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Sphaerotheca pashchima, a new species of burrowing frog (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from western India

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 10286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anand Padhye ◽  
Neelesh Dahanukar ◽  
Shauri Sulakhe ◽  
Nikhil Dandekar ◽  
Sunil Limaye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Western India ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequence ◽  
Upper Eyelid ◽  
Interorbital Width ◽  
Eye Diameter ◽  
A New Species

Sphaerotheca pashchima, a new species of burrowing frog, is described from western India. It can be diagnosed from all its congeners based on a combination of characters including interorbital width less than upper eyelid width, snout to nostril distance less than half of eye diameter, nostril nearer to snout than to eye, internarial distance greater than inter orbital distance, snout rounded, dorsum rough and warty, finger 2 length equal to or less than finger 4 length, finger 1 less finger 3 length, outer metatarsal tubercle absent, tibio tarsal tubercle absent, length of inner metatarsal tubercle more than three times the inner toe length and reduced webbing.  We also provide 16S rRNA gene sequence for S. pashchima sp. nov. and show that it is genetically distinct from species of Sphaerotheca for which genetic data is available. 

Taxonomic revision of the Square-tailed Drongo species complex (Passeriformes: Dicruridae) with description of a new species from western Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4438 (1) ◽  
pp. 105 ◽  
Author(s):  
JÉRÔME FUCHS ◽  
MORY DOUNO ◽  
RAURI C.K. BOWIE ◽  
JON FJELDSÅ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Genetic Divergence ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Morphological Character ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Western Africa ◽  
Gallery Forests ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of drongo in the Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii) complex using a combination of biometric and genetic data. The new species differs from previously described taxa in the Square-tailed Drongo complex by possessing a significantly heavier bill and via substantial genetic divergence (6.7%) from its sister-species D. sharpei. The new species is distributed across the gallery forests of coastal Guinea, extending to the Niger and Benue Rivers of Nigeria. We suspect that this taxon was overlooked by previous avian systematists because they either lacked comparative material from western Africa or because the key diagnostic morphological character (bill characteristics) was not measured. We provide an updated taxonomy of the Square-tailed Drongo species complex. 

Akanthomyces neocoleopterorum, a new verticillium-like species

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 432 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-124
Author(s):  
WAN-HAO CHEN ◽  
YAN-FENG HAN ◽  
JIAN-DONG LIANG ◽  
ZONG-QI LIANG
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Morphological Identification ◽  
Data Support ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Akanthomyces neocoleopterorum, which was isolated from an infected ladybug, is introduced. Morphological comparisons with extant species and DNA-based phylogenies from analysis of a multigene dataset support the establishment of the new species. It differs from other species by having mononematous and verticillium-like conidiophores, longer phialides, and mostly cylindrical conidia. Both the morphological identification and phylogenetic analysis of combined ITS, LSU, RPB1, RPB2 and TEF sequence data support A. neocoleopterorum as a new species in the genus Akanthomyces.

Akanthomyces lepidopterorum, a new lecanicillium-like species

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 459 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-123
Author(s):  
WAN-HAO CHEN ◽  
YAN-FENG HAN ◽  
JIAN-DONG LIANG ◽  
ZONG-QI LIANG
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Morphological Identification ◽  
Data Support ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Moderate Length

During a survey of entomopathogenetic fungi from Southwest China, a new species, Akanthomyces lepidopterorum was found on an undetermined lepidopteran larva. It differs from other species based on mostly smaller conidia, mononematous conidiophores and moderate length of phialide. Both the morphological identification and phylogenetic analysis of combined ITS, LSU and RPB2 sequence data support A. lepidopterorum as a new species. A new combination is also proposed in the genus Akanthomyces.

Molecular, morphological, and anatomical data support a new species of Croton sect. Geiseleria (Crotonoideae, Euphorbiaceae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 305 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-246
Author(s):  
Rodolfo C. Sodré ◽  
Alessandro O. de Souza ◽  
Alexandre A. Alonso ◽  
Marcos J. da Silva
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Data Support ◽  
Anatomical Data ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Pygopus (Pygopodidae; Gekkota; Squamata) from north-eastern Queensland

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2578 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL M. OLIVER ◽  
PATRICK COUPER ◽  
ANDREW AMEY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Diversity ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
Lower Number ◽  
Evolutionary Divergence ◽  
Isolated Populations ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Geographically Isolated

Based on a combination of morphological and genetic data, geographically isolated populations of Pygopus from northeastern Queensland, formerly referred to Pygopus lepidopodus (Lacépède), are herein described as a new species. Pygopus robertsi sp. nov. can be diagnosed from its congeners by a suite of scalation characters, including fewer keeled dorsal scales, presence of a single continuous row of supracilaries and a lower number of midbody scale rows. It is also deeply divergent genetically from samples of Pygopus lepidopodus from southern Australia. The known distribution of Pygopus robertsi sp. nov. is similar to that of a number of taxa centred upon relatively dry ecotonal habitats at the western edge of the rainforest blocks of north-eastern Queensland. Additional samples and systematic work will be required to examine the evolutionary divergence of apparently isolated populations of the new species, and the significance of considerable genetic and morphological diversity within remaining populations of Pygopus lepidopodus from south-eastern and southern Australia.

Leaf anatomy and macro-morphological data support a new species of the legume genus Chamaecrista (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) from Goiás, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 443 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-178
Author(s):  
RAMON GUEDES MATOS ◽  
ALESSANDRO OLIVEIRA DE SOUZA ◽  
IGOR SOARES SANTOS ◽  
MARCOS JOSÉ DA SILVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Anatomy ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Conservation Assessment ◽  
Environmental Preferences ◽  
Data Support ◽  
Midwest Region ◽  
Taxonomic Studies ◽  
A New Species

Analysis of Brazilian collections and foreign herbaria, specially of those from the Midwest region of Brazil for taxonomic studies on Chamaecrista sect. Absus subsect. Absus developed by the authors, resulted in a discover a new species. Chamaecrista barnebyana is here described, illustrated, and commented on its distribution, conservation assessment, including environmental preferences, flowering and fruiting, and position systematic. Additionally, it is compared with morphologically similar species using macro-morphological and foliar anatomy characteristics.

Taxonomy of Anterastes and related genera: a new synonym and a new species of Anterastes

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2771 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
SARP KAYA ◽  
BATTAL CIPLAK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
New Combination ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Male Calling ◽  
Phylogenetic Hypotheses ◽  
Distinct Features ◽  
A New Species

Among the Anatolian Tettigoniinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) the genera Anterastes, Koroglus, Sureyaella and Rhacocleis are distinguishable from the others by presence of one pair of spurs on the apico-ventral end of hind tibiae. The last two can be easily distinguished from the others by several distinct features, but the separation of the first two from each other is problematic. A new species described here provided opportunity of re-evaluating their taxonomy. The new species Anterastes antecessor sp. n. is described based on morphology, male calling song and genetic data. The taxonomy of Anterastes and Koroglus is rectified based on phylogentic hypotheses obtained from representative 16S rDNA haplotypes. Sureyaella bella, Parapholidoptera signata and Bolua turkiyae are used as out groups in different combinations to obtain a more stable phylogeny. Although analyses with different outgroups suggested the same topology, the phylogenetic tree with outgroups Parapholidoptera signata and Bolua turkiyae resulted with the highest bootstrap supports to the branches. Phylogenetic trees suggested the following relationships for the ingroup species; (A. antecessor sp. n. + ((Koroglus disparalatus + A. uludaghensis) + (A. turcicus + (A. niger + (A. ucari + A. babadaghi))) + ((A. tolunayi + (A. serbicus + A. antitauricus + A. burri)))). Considering the phylogenetic hypotheses and characters used in previous publications, Koroglus is put in synonymy with Anterastes, and a new combination is suggested for the only species of the former Anterastes disparalatus comb. n. A short remark is given about the characters used in the generic taxonomy of the group.

scholarly journals A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Mediapotamon Türkay & Dai, 1997 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Guizhou, China

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 873 ◽  
pp. 9-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Song-bo Wang ◽  
Xian-min Zhou ◽  
Jie-xin Zou
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Terminal Segment ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Karst System ◽  
Constant Diameter ◽  
Mitochondrial 16S Rdna ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Mediapotamon Türkay & Dai, 1997 from a karst system in southwest China is described. The new species can be separated from congeners by the combination of a sharp and distinct epibranchial tooth, the anterolateral region lined with few scattered granules, the terminal segment of the male first gonopod distinctly bent with a constant diameter, and the position of the female vulvae. Mitochondrial 16S rDNA genetic data was used to investigate the systematic position of the new species, which is supported as a new taxon.

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