A new species of Synarthonia from Luxembourg, and a new combination in the genus Reichlingia (Arthoniaceae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-266
Author(s):  
Damien Ertz ◽  
André Aptroot ◽  
Neil Sanderson ◽  
Brian Coppins ◽  
Dries Van den Broeck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Lichen Species ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
New Combination ◽  
A New Species

AbstractA new species of Synarthonia, S. leproidica, is described from Luxembourg. Phylogenetic analyses of mtSSU and RPB2 sequences were used to determine the generic affiliation of this sterile species. Synarthonia leproidica differs from all other species of the genus by the combination of a leproid thallus and the production of psoromic acid. It is the sister species to S. muriformis in our phylogenetic analyses. The discovery of the new species suggests that other strictly sorediate lichen species might have been overlooked in Europe, even in intensely explored countries such as Luxembourg. Phylogenetic analyses further confirm the placement of Reichlingia anombrophila in the genus Reichlingia and of Synarthonia astroidestera in the genus Synarthonia. Arthonia atlantica is transferred to the genus Reichlingia as R. dendritica.

scholarly journals Hidden tribe: A new species of Stream Toad of the genus Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from the poorly explored mountainous borderlands of western Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 763-779
Author(s):  
Chatmongkon Suwannapoom ◽  
L. Lee Grismer ◽  
Parinya Pawangkhanant ◽  
Mali Naiduangchan ◽  
Platon V. Yushchenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Mountain Region ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

Abstract The integrated results of morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses confirmed the new species status of a recently discovered population of Ansonia from Suan Phueng District, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand. Ansonia karensp. nov. is separated from all other species of Ansonia by a unique combination of mensural, discrete morphological, and color pattern characteristics and is the sister species of A. thinthinae from Tanintharyi Division, Myanmar. This discovery fills a geographic hiatus of 350 km between it and A. kraensis from Ranong Province, Thailand. Ansonia karensp. nov. is the newest member of a long list of range-restricted endemics having been recently discovered in the northern Tenasserim Mountain region of western Thailand and continues to underscore the unexplored nature of this region and its need for conservation.

Calanthe tsiana, a new orchid species from China (Epidendroideae: Collabieae): evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 428 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
YAN-QIONG CHEN ◽  
YA-TING ZHU ◽  
HUI ZHONG ◽  
ZE-XIN LI ◽  
ZHONG-JIAN LIU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Plastid Dna ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Orchid Species ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Dna Evidence ◽  
A New Species

A new orchid, Calanthe tsiana, is described from southeastern Yunnan, China, based on morphological and DNA evidence. In morphological comparisons, C. tsiana is similar to C. arisanensis, but it differs in having subspatulate petals and falcate-obovate lateral lobes of lip with one ridge on the disk. The phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid DNA (rbcL, matK and trnL-trnF) place C. tsiana with C. arisanensis as sister species and support C. tsiana as a new species.

scholarly journals A new species of squat lobster of the genus Hendersonida (Crustacea, Decapoda, Munididae) from Papua New Guinea

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 935 ◽  
pp. 25-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula C. RodrÍguez-Flores ◽  
Enrique Macpherson ◽  
Annie Machordom
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Squat Lobster ◽  
A New Species

Hendersonida parvirostrissp. nov. is described from Papua New Guinea. The new species can be distinguished from the only other species of the genus, H. granulata (Henderson, 1885), by the fewer spines on the dorsal carapace surface, the shape of the rostrum and supraocular spines, the antennal peduncles, and the length of the walking legs. Pairwise genetic distances estimated using the 16S rRNA and COI DNA gene fragments indicated high levels of sequence divergence between the new species and H. granulata. Phylogenetic analyses, however, recovered both species as sister species, supporting monophyly of the genus.

scholarly journals Eutrema nanum (Brassicaceae), a new species from Chola Shan, Southwest China

PhytoKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 131-139
Author(s):  
Guoqian Hao ◽  
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Xinyi Guo ◽  
Xu Songbai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Genetic Differences ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Sequence Variations ◽  
Cpdna Sequence ◽  
Close Relatives ◽  
A New Species

Eutremananum, a new high-elevation (4500–4600 m) species from Chola Shan, Sichuan (Southwest China), is described and illustrated. It is similar morphologically to E.nepalense but is readily distinguished by having oblong to elliptic or obovate to spatulate (vs. suborbicular to broadly ovate) leaves, glabrous (vs. puberulent) sepals and ovate to oblong fruit 4–7 × 2–3 mm with flattened valves (vs. ovoid to subglobose fruit 2–3 × 1.8–2 mm with rounded valves). The genetic differences amongst E.nanum, E.nepalense and other close relatives are further confirmed by phylogenetic analyses using ITS and cpDNA sequence variations. The new combination E.sinense is proposed.

scholarly journals A new species of Cybaeus L. Koch, 1868 (Araneae, Cybaeidae) with simple genitalia from central Japan is the sister species of C. melanoparvus Kobayashi, 2006 with elongated genitalia

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-233
Author(s):  
Yusuke Sugawara ◽  
Yoh Ihara ◽  
Takafumi Nakano
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Lateral Surface ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Central Japan ◽  
Gene Markers ◽  
A New Species

Spiders of the genus Cybaeus L. Koch, 1868 exhibit two major centers of diversity: Western North America and Japan. Several Japanese Cybaeus possess an elongated embolus in the male palp and elongated tubular spermathecae in the female genitalia. Here we describe Cybaeus koikeisp. nov. from central Honshu, Japan, which has an unelongated embolus and bulbous spermathecae. Phylogenetic analyses using nuclear and mitochondrial gene markers clearly support the monophyly of C. koikeisp. nov. and Cybaeus melanoparvus Kobayashi, 2006, a species with elongated genitalia. Both species share a similar habitus and a cluster of robust setae on the lateral surface of the male palpal patella. The latter is considered a synapomorphy for C. koikeisp. nov. and C. melanoparvus. A supplementary description of the spermathecae of C. melanoparvus is also provided.

scholarly journals New contributions to Diatrypaceae from karst areas in China

MycoKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 1-37
Author(s):  
Sihan Long ◽  
Lili Liu ◽  
Yinhui Pi ◽  
Youpeng Wu ◽  
Yan Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Large White ◽  
The Family ◽  
Karst Areas ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
A New Species

In this study, fungal specimens of the family Diatrypaceae were collected from karst areas in Guizhou, Hainan and Yunnan Provinces, China. Morpho-molecular analyses confirmed that these new collections comprise a new genus Pseudodiatrype, three new species (Diatrype lancangensis, Diatrypella pseudooregonensis and Eutypa cerasi), a new combination (Diatrypella oregonensis), two new records (Allodiatrype thailandica and Diatrypella vulgaris) from China and two other known species (Neoeutypella baoshanensis and Paraeutypella citricola). The new taxa are introduced, based on multi-gene phylogenetic analyses (ITS, β-tubulin), as well as morphological analyses. The new genus Pseudodiatrype is characterised by its wart-like stromata with 5–20 ascomata immersed in one stroma and the endostroma composed of thin black outer and inner layers of large white cells with thin, powdery, yellowish cells. These characteristics separate this genus from two similar genera Allodiatrype and Diatrype. Based on morphological as well as phylogenetic analyses, Diatrype lancangensis is introduced as a new species of Diatrype. The stromata of Diatrype lancangensis are similar to those of D. subundulata and D. undulate, but the ascospores are larger. Based on phylogenetic analyses, Diatrype oregonensis is transferred to the genus Diatrypella as Diatrypella oregonensis while Diatrypella pseudooregonensis is introduced as a new species of Diatrypella with 8 spores in an ascus. In addition, multi-gene phylogenetic analyses show that Eutypa cerasi is closely related to E. lata, but the ascomata and asci of Eutypa cerasi are smaller. The polyphyletic nature of some genera of Diatrypaceae has led to confusion in the classification of the family, thus we discuss whether the number of ascospores per asci can still be used as a basis for classification.

A new species in Aleurodiscus s.l. (Stereaceae, Russulales) from Iran

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 351 (4) ◽  
pp. 264 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASOOMEH GHOBAD-NEJHAD ◽  
EWALD LANGER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Hyphal System ◽  
A New Species

Aleurodiscus persicus sp. nov. is described from Iran, based on phylogenetic analyses of ITS and LSU regions as well as on its morphology. The species is characterized by resupinate, whitish to grayish cream, crustose basidiocarps, a monomitic hyphal system with clamped hyphae, presence of acanthophyses, cylindrical to clavate to submoniliform gloeocystidia, and ellipsoid, amyloid basidiospores measuring ca. 8.3–10 × (4.7–) 5–5.8 µm. The new combination Aleurodiscus graminicola (basionym Gloeomyces graminicola) is proposed.

scholarly journals Ontogeny and Phylogeny of a New Hypotrichous Ciliate (Protista, Ciliophora), Metaurostylopsis alrasheidi n. sp., With Establishment of a New Genus Monourostylopsis n. gen.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenya Song ◽  
Yu Qiao ◽  
Jingyi Dong ◽  
William A. Bourland ◽  
Tengteng Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
New Genus ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Cortical Granules ◽  
Full Support ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
A New Species

In the present study, based on both morphologic and phylogenetic analyses, a new genus, Monourostylopsis n. gen., and new species, Metaurostylopsis alrasheidi n. sp. as well as a new combination, Monourostylopsis antarctica (Jung et al., 2011) n. comb. (original combination: Metaurostylopsis antarcticaJung et al., 2011), are suggested. The new genus is diagnosed mainly by having three or more frontoterminal cirri, a midventral complex with midventral pairs and a single midventral row, one right marginal row and two or more left marginal rows. The new genus can be easily separated from the morphologically similar genera mainly by having single right marginal row (vs. two or more right marginal rows). Based on live observation and protargol staining, the morphology and morphogenesis of a new species, M. alrasheidi n. sp. isolated from China, were investigated. The new species can be characterized by: two types of cortical granules; about 22 adoral membranelles; three or four frontoterminal, four or five transverse cirri; about eight midventral pairs and a midventral row of three or four unpaired midventral cirri; three or four left and right marginal rows. The main morphogenetic features of Metaurostylopsis alrasheidi n. sp. can be summarized as: (1) the entire parental ciliature, including the oral apparatus, is renewed; (2) the oral primordium of the proter probably originates within a pouch; (3) the oral primordium of the opisthe forms de novo on the cell surface; (4) the anlagen of marginal rows and dorsal kineties are formed intrakinetally, and (5) the fusion of macronuclear nodules results in an irregular branched mass prior to karyokinesis. In the phylogenetic trees, all the available Metaurostylopsis sequences cluster together in a clade with full support (ML/BI: 100/1.00) revealing that the genus is monophyletic within the large group of core urostylids.

scholarly journals Eutrema nanum (Brassicaceae), a new species from Chola Shan, Southwest China

PhytoKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
Guoqian Hao ◽  
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Xinyi Guo ◽  
Xu Songbai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Genetic Differences ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Sequence Variations ◽  
Cpdna Sequence ◽  
Close Relatives ◽  
A New Species

Eutremananum, a new high-elevation (4500–4600 m) species from Chola Shan, Sichuan (Southwest China), is described and illustrated. It is similar morphologically to E.nepalense but is readily distinguished by having oblong to elliptic or obovate to spatulate (vs. suborbicular to broadly ovate) leaves, glabrous (vs. puberulent) sepals and ovate to oblong fruit 4–7 × 2–3 mm with flattened valves (vs. ovoid to subglobose fruit 2–3 × 1.8–2 mm with rounded valves). The genetic differences amongst E.nanum, E.nepalense and other close relatives are further confirmed by phylogenetic analyses using ITS and cpDNA sequence variations. The new combination E.sinense is proposed.

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