A new early-diverging sphenodontian (Lepidosauria, Rhynchocephalia) from the Upper Triassic of Virginia, U.S.A.

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Hans-Dieter Sues ◽  
Rainer R. Schoch
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Upper Triassic ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Newark Supergroup ◽  
Maxillary Dentition

Abstract A new taxon of sphenodontian reptile, Micromenodon pitti new genus new species is described from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) Vinita Formation of the Richmond basin of the Newark Supergroup in Virginia. It is diagnosed by a dorsoventrally deep facial process of the maxilla that extends for almost the entire anteroposterior length of the bone and by obtusely conical, strongly ribbed additional teeth in the maxilla that comprise a greatly enlarged tooth followed by smaller teeth posteriorly. Phylogenetic analysis found Micromenodon pitti n. gen. n. sp. as an early-diverging sphenodontian with fully acrodont tooth implantation. The maxillary dentition appears functionally suited for processing hard arthropod exoskeletons and snail shells. UUID: http://zoobank.org/40ed7cb6-4867-464b-8bfb-db07febfe97c

scholarly journals A new genus of Oniscidea from South America and a phylogenetic analysis of related genera (Crustacea: Isopoda: Philosciidae)

2000 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Leistikow
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Terrestrial Isopods ◽  
Close Relationship

In a collection of terrestrial isopods from Venezuela, a distinct species was identified which does not fit any of the known genera. Therefore, a new taxon Metaprosekia gen.n. is instituted to accomodate the new species. An analysis of its morphological characters revealed a close relationship to the genus Prosekia Vandel, 1968 and allied genera. The phylogeny of this group is discussed and one of its poorly known representatives, Xiphoniscus mirabilis Vandel, 1968 is redescribed on the basis of the type material.

Sycidiphaga, a new genus of Sycophaginae Walker, 1975 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Agaonidae) associated with Ficus subgenus Sycidium in southern China

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4306 (1) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
YANG LIU ◽  
JEAN-YVES RASPLUS ◽  
SIMON VAN NOORT ◽  
ZI LI ◽  
DAWEI HUANG
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Cyt B ◽  
Wing Membrane ◽  
The World ◽  
Close Relationship

A new genus of Sycophaginae (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae), Sycidiphaga Liu, Rasplus & Huang n. gen., is described with a single new species, S. cyrtophyllae Liu, Rasplus & Huang n. sp. This species was discovered in Yun Nan and Gui Zhou, China and is associated with Ficus cyrtophylla (Moraceae, Ficus, subgenus Sycidium). The new taxon is readily distinguished from other genera of Sycophaginae by: 1) the presence of a conspicuous interantennal blade-like projection that extends well above the level of the toruli; 2) an inflated parastigma surrounded by a slight infuscation of the wing membrane; 3) the presence of a long and conspicuous median sulcus on the male pronotum; and 4) the presence of dense and long pilosity on the wings. Illustrations and a diagnosis and description of Sycidiphaga are provided, as is a key to the world genera of Sycophaginae. The phylogenetic position of Sycidiphaga was demonstrated through sequencing four gene regions of COI, Cyt b, 28s D3-D5 and EF-1α genes and conducting a phylogenetic analysis of available sequences for the subfamily. Sycidiphaga cannot be placed with confidence within Sycophaginae but several discussed characters suggest a close relationship with Idarnes Walker and Sycophaga Westwood. Interactive Lucid identification keys are available online at www.figweb.org. 

scholarly journals A reappraisal of the taxonomy of Neotropical Sialidae (Insecta: Megaloptera): with the description of a new genus from Cuba

2021 ◽  
Vol 782 ◽  
pp. 21-54
Author(s):  
Adrian Ardila-Camacho ◽  
Sara Lariza Rivera-Gasperín ◽  
Caleb Califre Martins ◽  
Atilano Contreras-Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Female Holotype ◽  
Neotropical Fauna ◽  
Male Genital

The unique Neotropical species of the alderfly genus Protosialis van der Weele, 1909, P. bifasciata (Hagen, 1861), is herein transferred to the newly described genus Caribesialis gen. nov. This new taxon is proposed to be sister to the clade Protosialis + Sialis Latreille, 1802, after a phylogenetic analysis that included male genital characters scored on a previous morphological matrix of the family. Also, Ilyobius nigrocephalus sp. nov., a remarkable new species from Ecuador, is described and its phylogenetic position is discussed. Furthermore, Ilyobius bimaculatus (Banks, 1920) from Bolivia, known solely from the female holotype, is redescribed. Based on the present study, the Neotropical fauna of Sialidae is proposed to be constituted by two genera, one insular (Cuba) and one continental (Mexico to Chile and Argentina).

scholarly journals A new genus of the tribe Sarimini (Fulgoromorpha, Issidae) from the Guangxi Province of China

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 912 ◽  
pp. 13-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menglin Wang ◽  
Thierry Bourgoin
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Guangxi Province ◽  
Molecular Sequences ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

A new genus with a new species Eusarimissus hezhouensisgen. nov. et sp. nov. from Guangxi Province of China are described in the tribe Sarimini of the family Issidae. Molecular sequences of 18S, 28S and COXI genes are provided for the new taxon. Phylogenetic analysis places this taxon sister to a previously sequenced but not yet described Sarimini genus ‘Eusarima sp. 4’. Taxonomic notes are provided for the genus Eusarima Yang, 1994. The species Eusarima (Nepalius) iranica Gnezdilov & Mozaffarian, 2011 is transferred to the genus Sarima Melichar 1903.

scholarly journals <i>Navilithus altivelum</i>: a remarkable new genus and species of deep photic coccolithophores

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy R. Young ◽  
Harald Andruleit
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Significant Addition ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Genetic Results ◽  
Basal Structure

Abstract. A very distinctive new deep-photic coccolithophore is described from the NE Indian Ocean. The new species is trimorphic with: 200–300 body coccoliths bearing low spines attached by narrow stems to a basal narrow-rimmed placolith structure; up to 18 circum-flagellar coccoliths with tall sail-like spines; and up to 22 coccoliths with moderately elevated spines occurring both around the circum-flagellar coccoliths and antapically. These features make the coccolithophore unique and require placement in a new species and genus. The basal structure, however, shows similarities to a recently recognized group of narrow-rimmed placoliths. Hence, the new coccolithophore provides some support for this grouping as a significant addition to our understanding of coccolithophore biodiversity, and potentially an explanation for a set of anomalous molecular genetic results. In addition the new taxon provides further evidence that the deep-photic coccolithophore community is more diverse than has been assumed.

A new cockroach (Blattaria: Caloblattinidae) from the Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation of Sichuan Province, southwestern China

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-174
Author(s):  
Yan Fang ◽  
Haichun Zhang ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Daran Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Elemental Analysis ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Upper Triassic ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Xujiahe Formation

A new genus and species of the cockroach family Caloblattinidae, Dazhublattella lini gen. et sp.n., is described from the Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation of Sichuan Province, in southwestern China. The new taxon is similar to the Triassic Caloblattina mathildae (Geinitz, 1883) (Vršanský & Ansorge 2007) in the venation and pattern, but differs in the less elongated forewing with arched anterior margin. An elemental analysis of the wing is undertaken using Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis.

Mimaporia, a new genus of Epicopeiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of a new species from Vietnam

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4254 (5) ◽  
pp. 537 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHIA-HSUAN WEI ◽  
SHEN-HORN YEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

The Epicopeiidae is a small geometroid family distributed in the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions. It exhibits high morphological diversity in body size and wing shape, while their wing patterns involve in various complex mimicry rings. In the present study, we attempted to describe a new genus, and a new species from Vietnam, with comments on two assumed congeneric novel species from China and India. To address its phylogenetic affinity, we reconstructed the phylogeny of the family by using sequence data of COI, EF-1α, and 28S gene regions obtained from seven genera of Epicopeiidae with Pseudobiston pinratanai as the outgroup. We also compared the morphology of the new taxon to other epicopeiid genera to affirm its taxonomic status. The results suggest that the undescribed taxon deserve a new genus, namely Mimaporia gen. n. The species from Vietnam, Mimaporia hmong sp. n., is described as new to science. Under different tree building strategies, the new genus is the sister group of either Chatamla Moore, 1881 or Parabraxas Leech, 1897. The morphological evidence, which was not included in phylogenetic analyses, however, suggests its potential affinity with Burmeia Minet, 2003. This study also provides the first, although preliminary, molecular phylogeny of the family on which the revised systematics and interpretation of character evolution can be based. 

scholarly journals Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Archipelago of São Pedro and São Paulo, Equatorial Atlantic, with emphasis on a new Hemicytheridae genus

2013 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
João C. Coimbra ◽  
Silvia R. Bottezini ◽  
Cláudia P. Machado
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Equatorial Atlantic ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Specific Level ◽  
Recent Sediments ◽  
Systematic Knowledge

The present study is a further contribution to the systematic knowledge of the shallow water marine ostracodes from the Brazilian oceanic islands. A total of 14 species belonging to 10 genera and eight families is herein identified. One new genus and species are described and illustrated: Berguecythere insularis gen. nov., sp. nov. In addition to this new taxon, the abundant species Loxocorniculum tricornatum Krutak, 1971, widely distributed in recent sediments in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, north and northeast of Brazil and the Rocas Atoll, along with the cosmopolitan tropical ostracode Triebelina sertata Triebel, 1948, were also identified at specific level. The remaining 11 species were left at the genus level, and should provide new species. Ecological, zoo- and paleozoogeographical aspects were also briefly discussed.

A new species of Maytenus (Celastraceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with evidence of molecular phylogeny, and two new synonyms for Maytenus floribunda

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 231 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Leonardo Biral ◽  
Eric De Camargo Smidt ◽  
Mônica Bolson ◽  
Julio Antônio Lombardi
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Maytenus has been discovered in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The new taxon, Maytenus nemorosa, occurs mostly in ombrophilous rain forests at an elevation of 500 m to 1200 m. Maytenus nemorosa resembles M. gonoclada but differs from it by possessing oblong-elliptical leaves with entire margins and larger fruits with thicker pericarp walls. A phylogenetic analysis was conducted with nrITS and plastid matK regions, including the new species and additional taxa available from the NCBI-GenBank. The results from the phylogenetic analysis places Maytenus nemorosa nested within a clade of species that have fruits possessing a coriaceous pericarp and close to both Maytenus gonoclada and Maytenus salicifolia, as expected from morphological similarities. Additionally, M. cardenasii and M. erythrocarpa, from Bolivia, are both recognized as new synonyms for M. floribunda after an examination of their descriptions, types, and diverse collections.

Sphaeraphodius gaohani, a new genus and species of Aphodiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Guangxi, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4949 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-340
Author(s):  
SHOWTARO KAKIZOE ◽  
RI-XIN JIANG ◽  
HAO-HONG CAI ◽  
SHUO WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Insufficient Information

Sphaeraphodius gaohani Kakizoe, Jiang & Wang, a new genus and new species of the tribe Aphodiini, is described based on two female specimens from Guangxi, China. This new genus differs considerably from any previously known genera of Aphodiini by dorsally swollen body covered by considerably long setae, and lack of transverse setiferous carinae on outer surfaces of meso- and metatibiae. This new taxon is found sympatrically with the termite Macrotermes sp. in the field. Therefore, this species is perhaps termitophilous, but we cannot conclude it at this time due to the insufficient information available in the field. 

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