Australasian sequestrate (truffle-like) fungi. XII. Amarrendia gen. nov.: an astipitate, sequestrate relative of Torrendia and Amanita (Amanitaceae) from Australia

Five species of Amarrendia gen. nov. (Amanitaceae) are presented, three new species A. oleosa, A.�nemoribus and A. peridiocrystalia and two new combinations A. grandispora and A. lignicolor formerly placed in Alpova. It is proposed that Amarrendia occupies a systematic position within a complex of related taxa that also incorporates Torrendia and Amanita. Basidiomes of Amarrendia resemble those of the genus Torrendia, except for the absence of a stipe. Characteristics of Amarrendia that closely resemble those of Torrendia include (i) white or cream peridium and the similarly coloured, loculate gleba which may be empty or filled with a rapidly drying clear liquid, (ii) fragile consistency of the basidiome flesh in some species, (iii) glistening, minutely granular surface of the basidiomes (because of inflated cells exposed at the surface), (iv) broad ellipsoid, smooth, thin-walled, hyaline, non-amyloid, non-dextrinoid spores with a large oil droplet and a broad tapering apiculus and (v) context trama composed of inflated and hyphal elements intermixed. Amarrendia is currently known only in temperate Australia where it occurs in natural ecosystems and plantations in association with ectomycorrhizal plants such as Eucalyptus, Allocasuarina and Gastrolobium.

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A new weevil genus Nefis gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae): systematics and taxonomic revision

Journal of Insect Biodiversity ◽

10.12976/jib/2013.1.3 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Levent Gültekin

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Systematic Position ◽

Nomen Nudum ◽

New Combinations ◽

New Synonyms ◽

Plant Data ◽

Three New Species

The new genus Nefis gen. nov. is described within the tribe Lixini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and its systematic position is discussed. The new genus is recognized by short rectangular rostrum, trapezoidal female tergite VIII with truncate apex and long setaceous posterolateral margins, visible 2-segmented labial palpi and protruding sinuate dorsal apex of protibiae. Nefis gen. nov. is close to Larinus Dejean, 1821, Rhinocyllus Germar, 1817, and Bangasternus Gozis, 1882. Three new species are described from Turkey and Afghanistan: Nefis attilai sp. nov., Nefis kabakovi sp. nov. and Nefis korotyaevi sp. nov. Lectotypes are designated for Larinus brevirostris Hochhuth, 1851, Larinus capiomonti Faust, 1885, Larinus reitteri Faust, 1889, Larinus liliputanus Faust, 1890, Larinus exclusus Faust, 1891, Larinus ochroleucus Capiomont v. pachyrrhinus Petri, 1907, and Larinus ochroleucus ssp. carthami Hoffmann, 1957. New synonyms and new combinations are proposed for Nefis brevirostris Hochhuth, 1851 comb. nov. [= Larinus reitteri Faust, 1889 syn. nov.], Nefis liliputanus Faust, 1890 comb. nov. [= Larinus exclusus Faust, 1891 syn. nov.], Nefis pachyrrhinus Petri, 1907 stat. rev. & comb. nov. [= Larinus badghysensis Ter-Minasian, 1982 syn. nov. = Larinus turcmenus Khnzorian, 1990 syn. nov.], Nefis ochroleucus Capiomont, 1874 comb. nov., Nefis capiomonti Faust 1885 comb. nov. Nefis afghanicus Ter-Minasian, 1987 comb. nov., Larinus inflatirostris Petri, 1907 is a nomen nudum. Larinus brevirostris Hochhuth is selected as the type species of the new genus. In total, nine species are included in Nefis. All species are described or redescribed, illustrated, and a key is provided. Host plant data and brief ecological observations are presented.

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Review of Madagascaran Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) with descriptions of a new genus and six new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3616.1.1 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3616 (1) ◽

pp. 1-21 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

C. A. VIRAKTAMATH ◽

ANA CLARA GONÇALVES

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

New Combinations ◽

Previous Record ◽

Terrestrial Arthropods ◽

Three New Species ◽

Academy Of Sciences

Studies on the Agalliini leafhoppers collected from the Terrestrial Arthropods of Madagascar inventory project of the Cal-ifornia Academy of Sciences, resulted in the discovery of one new genus Agallidwipa gen. nov. (type-species: A. biramosa sp. nov.) with three new species, A. biramosa sp. nov., A. bispinosa sp. nov. and A. webbi sp. nov. and three new species of the genus Igerna Kirkaldy, I. delta sp. nov., I. flavocosta sp. nov. and I. malagasica sp. nov. Two new combinations proposed are Agallidwipa pauliana (Evans) comb. nov. (from genus Agalliana Oman) and Igerna neosa (Webb) comb. nov. (from genus Stonasla White), a species previously recorded from Aldabra Islands. A previous record of Igerna bi-maculicollis (Stål) from Madagascar is shown most likely to be a case of misidentification. All the taxa are described and illustrated. Keys to species of Agalliini from Madagascar are included along with notes on the distinction between Agal-liana and Agallidwipa.

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Multigene phylogeny of the family Cordycipitaceae (Hypocreales): new taxa and the new systematic position of the Chinese cordycipitoid fungus Paecilomyces hepiali

Fungal Diversity ◽

10.1007/s13225-020-00457-3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 103 (1) ◽

pp. 1-46

Author(s):

Yuan-Bing Wang ◽

Yao Wang ◽

Qi Fan ◽

Dong-E Duan ◽

Guo-Dong Zhang ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Large Scale ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Systematic Position ◽

New Combination ◽

Morphological Evidence ◽

New Combinations ◽

Asexual Morph ◽

The Family ◽

Paecilomyces Hepiali

Abstract The phylogeny and systematics of cordycipitoid fungi have been extensively studied in the last two decades. However, systematic positions of some taxa in the family Cordycipitaceae have not yet been thoroughly resolved. In this study, a new phylogenetic framework of Cordycipitaceae is reconstructed using multigene (nrSSU, nrLSU, tef-1α, rpb1 and rpb2) sequence data with large-scale taxon sampling. In addition, ITS sequence data of species belonging to the Lecanicillium lineage in the family Cordycipitaceae are used to further determine their phylogenetic placements. Based on molecular phylogenetic data together with morphological evidence, two new genera (Flavocillium and Liangia), 16 new species and four new combinations are introduced. In the new genus Flavocillium, one new species F. bifurcatum and three new combinations previously described as Lecanicillium, namely F. acerosium, F. primulinium and F. subprimulinium, are proposed. The genus Liangia is built by the new species Lia. sinensis with Lecanicillium-like asexual morph, isolated from an entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria yunnanensis. Due to the absence of Paecilomyces hepiali, an economically and medically significant fungus, in the earlier phylogenetic analyses, its systematic position has been puzzling in both business and academic communities for a long time. Here, P. hepiali is recharacterized using the holotype material along with seven additional samples. It is assigned to the genus Samsoniella (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) possessing Cordyceps-like sexual morph and Isaria-like asexual morph, and thus a new combination, namely S. hepiali is proposed. An additional nine new species in Samsoniella are described: S. alpina, S. antleroides, S. cardinalis, S. cristata, S. lanmaoa, S. kunmingensis, S. ramosa, S. tortricidae and S. yunnanensis. Four new species in Cordyceps are described: C. chaetoclavata, C. cocoonihabita, C. shuifuensis and C. subtenuipes. Simplicillium yunnanense, isolated from synnemata of Akanthomyces waltergamsii, is described as a new species.

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New taxa of Trigonidiini (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Trigonidiidae: Trigonidiinae) from China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4619.3.9 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4619 (3) ◽

pp. 563-570

Author(s):

LIBIN MA ◽

ZHAOHUI PAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Taxa ◽

New Combinations ◽

Three New Species

Sectus gen. nov. was proposed on the basis of genitalic features. Two new combinations have resulted, Sectus peruviana (Chopard, 1956) comb. nov. and Sectus hainanensis (He et al., 2010) comb. nov. Three new species, Anaxipha nigritorquis sp. nov., Metiochodes gracilus sp. nov. and Sectus integrum sp. nov., are described and illustrated.

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First record and a new species of Neolygus Knight (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae) from Nepal, with a checklist of Old World species of Neolygus

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3413.1.4 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3413 (1) ◽

pp. 44 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

TOMOHIDE YASUNAGA ◽

RAM KESHARI DUWAL ◽

MICHAEL D. SCHWARTZ

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

First Record ◽

Systematic Position ◽

North India ◽

New Combinations ◽

World Species ◽

Old World ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The mirine plant bug genus Neolygus Knight is reported from Nepal and North India for the first time, thus representing the first confident distributional record of this genus from the Himalayas. A new species, Neolygus machanensis, is described from Nepal. Two known members, N. bui Lu & Zheng and N. keltoni (Lu & Zheng), newly recognized as occurring in Nepal and/or North India, are diagnosed. Habitus images of live individuals and illustrations of the male genitalia are provided for all treated species. A checklist of the Old World species, and discussion of the systematic position and zoogeography of Neolygus are included. Neolygus partitus (Walker, 1873) [Capsus], N. mjohjangsanicus (Josifov, 1992) [Lygocoris], and Neolygus zebei (Günther, 1997) [Lygocoris] are proposed as new combinations.

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Sycacantha Diakonoff, 1959 from China, with the descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4691.3.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4691 (3) ◽

pp. 201-214

Author(s):

WEIXING FENG ◽

JIALIANG ZHUANG ◽

HAILI YU

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

New Combinations ◽

Dna Barcodes ◽

Three New Species

Nine species of Sycacantha Diakonoff, 1959 are recorded from China. Among them, three are described as new: S. typicusivalva, sp. nov., S. camerata, sp. nov., and S. decursiva, sp. nov. Two new combinations are proposed based on DNA barcodes and characters of the male genitalia: S. diserta (Meyrick, 1909), comb. nov., and Phaecasiophora obtundana (Kuznetzov, 1988), comb. nov. Sycacantha complicitana (Walker, 1863) and S. catharia Diakonoff, 1973 are newly recorded from China. Photographs of adults and genitalia of the new species and new combinations are provided, and a key to the species based on genitalia is given.

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New species and new combinations in the lichen genera Fissurina and Hemithecium from India

The Lichenologist ◽

10.1017/s0024282911000752 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 339-362 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Bharati O. SHARMA ◽

Pradnya KHADILKAR ◽

Urmila MAKHIJA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Combinations ◽

Additional Species ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time

AbstractIn continuation of our ongoing revisionary studies on the lichen family Graphidaceae from India, a treatment of 25 species of the lichen genera Fissurina and Hemithecium from India is presented. In our earlier work on the lichen genus Fissurina, 16 species were reported from India. In the present study, 17 additional species of Fissurina from India are recognized. Nine species, viz. Fissurina andamanensis, F. disposita, F. immersa, F. indica, F. microcarpa, F. nicobarensis, F. simplex, F. sporolata, and F. submonospora, are described as new to science. Seven species, viz. Fissurina canlaonensis, F. cingalina, F. comparimuralis, F. monospora, F. nitidescens, F. rubiginosa, and F. subnitidula, are recorded for the first time from India. One species, Fissurina sp. 1, is recorded but not formally described as new due to scanty material. Eight species in the lichen genus Hemithecium, including three new species, viz. H. kodayarense, H. longilirellatum, H. verrucosum, and five new combinations, viz. Hemithecium andamanicum, H. flabillatum, H. flavoalbum, H. flexile, and H. norlabiatum, are also recognized in the present work. A revised key for the identification of all 33 species of Fissurina and 26 species of Hemithecium so far known from India is provided.

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Three new species of the Harnischia complex from the Sino-Indian Region,with a review of Demicryptochironomus Lenz (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1968.1.1 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1968 (1) ◽

pp. 1-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

CHUNCAI YAN ◽

OLE A. SÆTHER ◽

ZHAOHUI JIN ◽

XINHUA WANG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

Indian Region ◽

Type Material ◽

New Combinations ◽

Three New Species

Three new species, Demicryptochironomus (Irmakia) retusus, Microchironomus brochus, and Parachironomus lobus are described and figured as males. Demicryptochironomus (Demicryptochironomus) asamaprimus Sasa et Hirabayashi, D. (D.) chuzequartus Sasa, D. (D.) ginzancedeus Sasa et Suzuki, D. (D.) uresicarinus Sasa, and Demicryptochironomus clarilatus (Guha et Chaudhuri) are re-examined based on type material. Cryptotendipes inawabeceus Sasa, Kitami et Suzuki, C. tamacutus Sasa and Parachironomus harunasecundus Sasa are transferred to Demicryptochironomus as new combinations. Parachironomus inageheus Sasa, Kitami et Suzuki is placed as a junior synonym of Demicryptochironomus ginzancedeus Sasa et Suzuki. The relationships of some genera within the Harnischia complex are discussed. A key to the males of Demicryptochironomus is presented.

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Huangilene, a new genus for the Miltochrista alikangiae (Strand, 1917) species-group, with descriptions of three new species from Indochina, continental China and Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4869.1.4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4869 (1) ◽

pp. 91-111

Author(s):

ANTON V. VOLYNKIN ◽

KAREL ČERNÝ

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Species Group ◽

Type Locality ◽

New Combinations ◽

Species Type ◽

Three New Species

The new genus Huangilene Volynkin & Černý, gen. n. is erected for the Miltochrista alikangiae (Strand, 1917) species-group with Lyclene kepica Dubatolov & Bucsek, 2013 as the type species. Three new species are described: H. odontotilepida Volynkin & Černý, sp. n. (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos), H. kutzscheri Volynkin & Černý, sp. n. (continental China and Taiwan Isl.) and H. apoklinousa Volynkin & Černý, sp. n. (Vietnam). Four new combinations are established: Huangilene kepica (Dubatolov & Bucsek, 2013), comb. n., H. pseudolutara (N. Singh & Kirti, 2016), comb. n., H. alikangiae alikangiae (Strand, 1917), comb. n. H. alikangiae intermedia (Marumo, 1923), comb. n. The lectotype is designated for Asura obsoleta Form alikangiae Strand, 1917, the species’ type locality is fixed as “Karapin” (Taiwan, Chiayi County, Chaoliping).

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Squamanitaceae and Three New Species of Squamanita Parasitic on Amanita Basidiomes

10.21203/rs.3.rs-61779/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jian-Wei Liu ◽

Zai-Wei Ge ◽

Egon Horak ◽

Alfredo Vizzini ◽

Roy. E. Halling ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

East Asia ◽

Systematic Position ◽

Fungal Species ◽

Similar Species ◽

Ecological Data ◽

Line Drawings ◽

Data Line ◽

The Family ◽

Three New Species

Abstract The systematic position of the enigmatic genus Squamanita (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) is largely unknown. Together with Cystoderma and Phaeolepiota, they were categorized as belonging in the tribe Cystodermateae. In this study, with newly generated sequences of the type species of the genus Squamanita, namely S. schreieri, and sequences of a few species of Cystodermateae, the phylogeny of this “tribe” is reinvestigated with a concatenated (28S-5.8S-18S) dataset. Our study reveals that Squamanita and Phaeolepiota-Cystoderma are indeed sister groups with moderate statistic support (MLBS/PP = 80/1), and Squamanita is a monophyletic clade with highly statistic support (MLBS/PP = 92/1). The family name Squamanitaceae is resurrected and emended to accommodate the three genera. Meanwhile, another concatenated (ITS-28S-18S) dataset is used to investigate the phylogenetic relationship and species delimitation in Squamanita. Our data indicated that “S. umbonata” from North America, Europe, East Asia, and Central America harbors a complex of species, and species of Squamanita can parasitize species of Amanita, besides other fungal species. Squamanita mira parasitizes A. kitamagotake (A. sect. Caesareae), while S. orientalis and S. sororcula are parasites of species belonging to the A. sepiacea complex (A. sect. Validae). “Squamanita umbonata” from Italy occurs on A. excelsa (A. sect. Validae). Three new species of Squamanita from East Asia, viz. S. mira, S. orientalis and S. sororcula are documented with morphological, multi-genes phylogenetic, ecological data, line drawings, and photographs and compared with similar species.

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