Morphological description and phylogenetic position of a new cryptic species in the Simulium asakoae species-group, Simulium (Gomphostilbia) mokroense from Western Thailand

Acta Tropica ◽  
2022 ◽  
pp. 106313
Author(s):  
Wichai Srisuka ◽  
Kittipat Aupalee ◽  
Masako Fukuda ◽  
Atiporn Saeung ◽  
Hiroyuki Takaoka
Keyword(s):  
Cryptic Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Morphological Description

A taxonomic account of the Iranian ratsnakes of the Elaphe longissima species-group

1984 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Göran Nilson ◽  
Claes Andrén
Keyword(s):  
Species Group ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Similar Magnitude ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Northern Iran ◽  
Western Iran ◽  
Size Number ◽  
Specific Rank ◽  
Different Parts

In this paper available material of the Elaphe longissima species group from Iran, presented in museum collections or collected by the authors, has been studied. Statistical cluster analyses are applied to this material. Three different taxa (hohenackeri, persica, longissima ssp.) are recognized within this group from Iran. Of three specimens of Elaphe hohenackeri, collected in Iran, two have the "taurica" form of pattern. A comparison with E.hohenackeri from different parts of its range showed that this species is monotypic. The phenetical distance between E.l.persica and non-Iranian E.l.longissma was of similar magnitude as between these two and E.hohenackeri, which motivates a specific rank for persica. Elaphe persica n.comb. is distributed in the Alburz mountains in northern Iran. A morphological description is given on the variable juvenile morph. A recently discovered population of Elaphe longissima in western Iran (Azarbaijan) indicates the occurence of a new diverging morph which differs from E.l.longissima in size, number of ventrals in males, subcaudals in both sexes as well as in some colour pattern.

First pentasetacid mite from Australasian Araucariaceae: morphological description and molecular phylogenetic position of Pentasetacus novozelandicus n. sp. (Eriophyoidea, Pentasetacidae) and remarks on anal lobes in eriophyoid mites

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 1284-1309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Chetverikov ◽  
C. CRAEMER C. CRAEMER ◽  
T. CVRKOVIĆ T. CVRKOVIĆ ◽  
P.G. EFIMOV P.G. EFIMOV ◽  
P.B. KLIMOV P.B. KLIMOV ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Laser Scanning Microscopy ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Confocal Laser ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Eriophyoid Mites ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

A new vagrant eriophyoid mite species of the archaic genus Pentasetacus (Schliesske 1985), P. novozelandicus n. sp., is described with the aid of conventional microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. It was found on Araucaria heterophylla, which is an araucarian that is endemic to Norfolk Island and introduced to New Zealand. Partial sequences of mitochondrial barcode COI gene and D1–D2 domains of nuclear rDNA of two pentasetacid mites, P. araucariae (MK903025 and MK898944) and P. novozelandicus n. sp. (MK903024 and MK898943) are provided. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of full-length D1–D2 eriophyoid sequences, including GenBank sequences and newly generated sequences of pentasetacids, confirmed the monophyly of Pentasetacidae but failed to resolve the basal phylogeny of Eriophyoidea. This may be because the D1–D2 domains of 28S are hypervariable in Eriophyoidea. Moreover, in pentasetacids D1–D2 sequences are about 20% shorter than in other eriophyoids, and thus harder to align. Two types of anal lobes are described in Eriophyoidea: (1) Eriophyidae s.l. and Phytoptidae s.l. have bilaterally symmetric lobes; (2) pentasetacids have non-divided lobes. The presence of an anal secretory apparatus, comprising internal structures that have previously been described in Eriophyidae s.l. and Phytoptidae s.l., is confirmed in pentasetacid genera. The phylogeny of pentasetacids is also discussed in the context of the paleobiography of Araucariaceae.

A new species of Zoniopoda Stål (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Romaleidae) from Argentina and its phylogenetic position within the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2913 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTINA E. POCCO ◽  
GONZALO D. RUBIO ◽  
M. MARTA CIGLIANO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Body ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Median Carina ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the romaleid grasshopper genus Zoniopoda Stål (Romaleidae: Romaleini) is described and illustrated from the Sierras Chicas of Córdoba Province, central Argentina. A cladistic analysis based on morphological characters indicates that the genus Zoniopoda constitutes a monophyletic group and that Zoniopoda serrana n. sp. must be assigned to Iheringi species group based on synapomorphies of the pronotum and body color. The new species is similar to Z. similis Bruner from Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil, from which it can be distinguished by the color pattern of the body, shape of the pronotal dorso-median carina and characters of the male terminalia and epiphallus. This paper has been formatted with embedded links to images of the type specimen, maps based on georeferenced specimen data for the genus and an updated key to the species of Zoniopoda available on the Orthoptera Species File (OSF) online (http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org).

scholarly journals Phylogenetic relationships of the European newts (genus Triturus) tested with mitochondrial DNA sequence data

1999 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Zajc ◽  
J.W. Arntzen
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Rrna Genes ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
12S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Sequence

European newts (genus Triturus) are widely studied, but their phylogeny is not yet unambiguously resolved. Fragments of mitochondrial DNA experiencing different rates of evolution (the ATPase and 12S rRNA genes) were sequenced in order to test a phylogenetic hypothesis derived from biochemical and behavioral data. Well-supported branches of the existing phylogeny gained support in our study. The monophyletic origin of the hypothesized T. boscai – T. italicus clade remained ambiguous, whereas strong support was gained for the sister-taxon relationship of T. vulgaris and T. montandoni. The position of T. vittatus as a sister taxon to the T. marmoratus species group was also supported. The phylogenetic position of T. alpestris could not be clarified. With an in-group taxon sampling denser than in previous molecular phylogenetic studies and under the a priori selection of species from the genera Cynops, Neurergus and Paramesotriton as out-groups, the monophyly of Triturus was strongly supported. It cannot be excluded, however, that the presumed out-group actually belongs to the in-group, rendering Triturus paraphyletic as was concluded from recently published 12S and 16S rRNA sequence data.

A new feather mite species of the genus Proctophyllodes Robin, 1877 (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from the Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus (Passeriformes: Aegithalidae)—morphological description with DNA barcode data

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3253 (1) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
SERGEY V. MIRONOV ◽  
JACEK DABERT ◽  
MIROSLAWA DABERT
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Data ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Feather Mites ◽  
Aegithalos Caudatus ◽  
First Time

A new feather mites species, Proctophyllodes valchukae sp. n., is described from the Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus(Linnaeus, 1758) (Passeriformes: Aegithalidae), captured in the Primoriye (Russian Far East). The new species belongsto the tricetratus species group and is most closely related to P. stachyris Atyeo et Braasch, 1966. For the first time forfeather mites the standard morphological description is supplemented by sequence data of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene fragment (COI) and nuclear D2 region of 28S rDNA.

scholarly journals A morphological and molecular description of a new Teleopsis species (Diptera: Diopsidae) from Thailand

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1620 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIHÁLY FÖLDVÁRI ◽  
ANDREW POMIANKOWSKI ◽  
SAMUEL COTTON ◽  
MARTIN CARR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Chiang Mai ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Molecular Description

A new species of Teleopsis (Diptera, Diopsidae) from Chiang Mai, Thailand is described and illustrated. Teleopsis thaii Földvári & Carr is shown to be a member of a species group, termed the dalmanni species group, along with three previously described species. Presented here are a morphological description of T. thaii and an allometric comparison of the species with other members of the Teleopsis genus. We also present multi-gene phylogenetic analyses to highlight the possible position of T. thaii within the dalmanni species group.

scholarly journals Identifying biochemical phenotypic differences between cryptic species

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 20140615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Liebeke ◽  
Michael W. Bruford ◽  
Robert K. Donnelly ◽  
Timothy M. D. Ebbels ◽  
Jie Hao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cryptic Species ◽  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Functional Trait ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Lumbricus Rubellus ◽  
Phenotypic Differences ◽  
Functional Differences ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Metabolomic Approach

Molecular genetic methods can distinguish divergent evolutionary lineages in what previously appeared to be single species, but it is not always clear what functional differences exist between such cryptic species. We used a metabolomic approach to profile biochemical phenotype (metabotype) differences between two putative cryptic species of the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus . There were no straightforward metabolite biomarkers of lineage, i.e. no metabolites that were always at higher concentration in one lineage. Multivariate methods, however, identified a small number of metabolites that together helped distinguish the lineages, including uncommon metabolites such as N ε-trimethyllysine, which is not usually found at high concentrations. This approach could be useful for characterizing functional trait differences, especially as it is applicable to essentially any species group, irrespective of its genome sequencing status.

Taxonomy, biogeography and phylogenetic position of the North African Ceramius maroccanus-complex (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Masarinae)

1999 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-348
Author(s):  
Volker Mauss
Keyword(s):  
Sister Group ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Flight Period ◽  
North African ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
The North ◽  
As Species ◽  
The Status ◽  
First Time

AbstractThe Ceramius maroccanus-complex is endemic to southwestern Morocco. The status of C. maroccanus (Giordani Soika 1957) and C. montanus Gusenleitner 1990 as separate species is confirmed, C. rubripes Gusenleitner 1990 stat. n. and C. gessi sp. n. are recognized as species for the first time. The four species are redescribed/described and illustrated, and their distribution and flight period are analysed. Identification keys to males and females are provided. The C. maroccanus-complex is a monophyletic group within 'Species group 7' of Richards 1962, and is probably the sister group of the C. lusitanicus-complex.

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