A review of Austrocallerya and Pongamia (Leguminosae subfamily Papilionoideae) in Australia, and the description of a new monotypic genus, Ibatiria

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy E. Cooper ◽  
Darren M. Crayn ◽  
Frank A. Zich ◽  
Rebecca E. Miller ◽  
Melissa Harrison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Nuclear Data ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Pongamia Glabra ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
Leaflet Number

A review of Austrocallerya J.Compton & Schrire and Pongamia Adans. (Leguminosae subfamily Papilionoideae) in Australia, and the description of a new monotypic genus, Ibatiria W.E.Cooper, is presented with the support of fresh, dried, spirit-preserved specimens, molecular phylogenetic analysis of plastid and nuclear data, and illustrations. Three Austrocallerya species are confirmed, described and distinguished for Australia. Two varieties of Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre are recognised; P. pinnata var. minor (Benth.) Domin is reinstated and is distinguished from var. pinnata by habitat, leaflet number and width, floral bract length and bracteole length. The new genus, Ibatiria, includes a single species, Ibatiria furfuracea W.E.Cooper, from Queensland’s Wet Tropics Bioregion. A second-step lectotype is designated for Pterocarpus australis Endl., and lectotypes are designated for Wisteria megasperma F.Muell. and Pongamia glabra var. minor Benth.

scholarly journals A new genus for the Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata Sundevall, 1850 (Aves, Rallidae)

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Sangster ◽  
Juan Carlos Garcia-R ◽  
Steve A. Trewick
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

Molecular phylogenetic analysis has demonstrated that the genus Gallinula is not monophyletic and comprises four major lineages. A review of the nomenclature of Gallinula shows that generic names are available for three lineages but that a fourth is as yet unnamed. A new monotypic genus, Paragallinula gen. nov., is described for Lesser Moorhen (Gallinula angulata Sundevall, 1850).

Revisiting the type of Cespitularia stolonifera Gohar, 1938 leads to the description of a new genus and a species of the family Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4964 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-344
Author(s):  
YEHUDA BENAYAHU ◽  
LEEN P. VAN OFWEGEN ◽  
J. P. RUIZ ALLAIS ◽  
CATHERINE S. MCFADDEN
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Soft Coral ◽  
Taxonomic Assignment ◽  
Coral Genus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Membranous Part ◽  
Green Island ◽  
A New Species

Because of the problematical identity and status of the type of the xeniid soft coral genus Cespitularia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850, the species C. stolonifera Gohar, 1938 is revised. Examination of the type colonies has led to the establishment of the new genus Unomia gen. n. which is described and depicted. This genus features a stalk, commonly divided into branches featuring a diffuse polypiferous part consisting of distal clustered polyps and proximal individual ones on the stalk or the basal membranous part of the colonies. The sclerites are ellipsoid platelets composed of dendritic calcite rods whose tips are distinct on the surface of the platelets. Freshly collected material from Venezuelan reefs where the species is invasive was subjected to molecular phylogenetic analysis, the results of which substantiate the taxonomic assignment of the new genus under U. stolonifera comb. n. A new species, U. complanatis, from Japan and Green Island (Taiwan) is described and further illustrates the extent of the interspecific morphological variation within the genus. The results reveal that the biogeographic distribution of Unomia gen. n. includes Pacific Ocean reefs in addition to the previously reported invaded Caribbean reefs. 

scholarly journals Molecular phylogenetic analysis resolves Trisetum (Poaceae: Pooideae: Koeleriinae) polyphyletic: Evidence for a new genus, Sibirotrisetum and resurrection of Acrospelion

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Barberá ◽  
Robert J. Soreng ◽  
Paul M. Peterson ◽  
Konstantin Romaschenko ◽  
Alejandro Quintanar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

Aurum, a new monotypic genus of Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) endemic to Western Australia, Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4683 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL M. HUTCHINSON ◽  
CHRISTIAN H. MOESENEDER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Monotypic Genus

The flower beetle genus Aurum new genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Schizorhinini: Schizorhinina) is described. Aurum is endemic to Australia, and contains a single species, Aurum leonorensis new species, from Western Australia. The genus is compared to the most closely related Australian flower beetle genera, Diaphonia Newman, 1840, Aphanesthes Kraatz, 1880, and Chondropyga Kraatz, 1880. Ecological observations and the collecting localities are detailed for Aurum leonorensis. 

scholarly journals A revision of the new genus Amiga Nakahara, Willmott & Espeland, gen. n., described for Papilio arnaca Fabricius, 1776 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 821 ◽  
pp. 85-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichi Nakahara ◽  
Gerardo Lamas ◽  
Stephanie Tyler ◽  
Mario Alejandro Marín ◽  
Blanca Huertas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

We here propose a new, monotypic genus, Amiga Nakahara, Willmott & Espeland, gen. n., to harbor a common Neotropical butterfly, described as Papilioarnaca Fabricius, 1776, and hitherto placed in the genus Chloreuptychia Forster, 1964. Recent and ongoing molecular phylogenetic research has shown Chloreuptychia to be polyphyletic, with C.arnaca proving to be unrelated to remaining species and not readily placed in any other described genus. Amigaarnacagen. n. et comb. n. as treated here is a widely distributed and very common species ranging from southern Mexico to southern Brazil. A neotype is designated for the names Papilioarnaca and its junior synonym, Papilioebusa Cramer, 1780, resulting in the treatment of the latter name as a junior objective synonym of the former. A lectotype is designated for Euptychiasericeella Bates, 1865, which is treated as a subspecies, Amigaarnacasericeella (Bates, 1865), comb. n. et stat. n., based on molecular and morphological evidence. We also describe two new taxa, Amigaarnacaadela Nakahara & Espeland, ssp. n. and Amigaarnacaindianacristoi Nakahara & Marín, ssp. n., new subspecies from the western Andes and eastern Central America, and northern Venezuela, respectively.

scholarly journals Evaluating the genus Cespitularia MilneEdwards & Haime, 1850 with descriptions of new genera of the family Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 754 ◽  
pp. 63-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yehuda Benayahu ◽  
Leen P. van Ofwegen ◽  
Catherine S. McFadden
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Taxonomic Assignment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Generic Position

Several species of the family Xeniidae, previously assigned to the genus Cespitularia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 are revised. Based on the problematical identity and status of the type of this genus, it became apparent that the literature has introduced misperceptions concerning its diagnosis. A consequent examination of the type colonies of Cespitularia coerulea May, 1898 has led to the establishment of the new genus Conglomeratuscleragen. n. and similarly to the assignment of Cespitularia simplex Thomson & Dean, 1931 to the new genus, Caementabundagen. n. Both new genera are described and depicted and both feature unique sclerite morphology, further highlighting the importance of sclerite microstructure for generic position among Xeniidae. Freshly collected material was subjected to molecular phylogenetic analysis, whose results substantiated the taxonomic assignment of the new genera, as well as the synonymies of several others.

Isleria, a new genus of antwren (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3195 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUSTAVO A. BRAVO ◽  
R. TERRY CHESSER ◽  
ROBB T. BRUMFIELD
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

A comprehensive molecular phylogenetic analysis of the family Thamnophilidae indicated that the genus Myrmotherula is not monophyletic. The clade composed of M. guttata and M. hauxwelli is only distantly related to other members of the genus and should be removed from Myrmotherula. The phenotypic distinctiveness of the clade argues against merging it with its sister group Thamnomanes and no generic name is available for the guttata-hauxwelli clade. Consequently, we describe the genus Isleria for these two species, and designate Myrmothera guttata as its type species.

A new genus of cave spider from Neotropical region (Gnaphosidae: Prodidominae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4722 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRUNO V. B. RODRIGUES ◽  
IGOR CIZAUSKAS ◽  
YUJI LEMOS
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Posterior Extension

A new monotypic genus of Prodidominae, Indiani gen. nov., is proposed to include one cave species collected in limestone caves from Minas Gerais, Brazil: Indiani gaspar sp. nov. (♂♀). Based on a recent phylogenetic analysis of Prodidominae, the new genus is closely to other Neotropical Prodidominae, such as Lygromma, Brasilomma and Moreno by sharing a classic claw tuft clasper. Indiani gen. nov. is characterized by a ventral parallel rows of strong spines on tibia and metatarsus I–II, male palp with sclerotized conductor and the robust median apophysis is curved retrolaterally; the female epigyne has an anterior atrium and a posterior extension of the epigynal plate. As other cave Prodidominae, Indiani gen. nov. has morphological characteristics, such as loss or reduction of eyes and weak pigmentation, that indicate an adaptation for living in subterranean environments. 

Neochloroglyphica, a new genus of Geometrinae from China (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4571 (1) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
HONGXIANG HAN ◽  
PEDER SKOU ◽  
RUI CHENG
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Nuclear Genes ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

Neochloroglyphica gen. nov. and its type species N. perbella sp. nov. are described from Yunnan, China. Morphological characters and molecular phylogenetic analysis, based on one mitochondrial and three nuclear genes, support the hypothesis that Neochloroglyphica is a member of the tribe Neohipparchini, and that it is a sister genus to Chloroglyphica. Morphological characters, including those of the genitalia, are figured and compared with related genera, especially Chloroglyphica, Neohipparchus and Chlororithra. Diagnoses for the genus and the species are provided and illustrations of external features and genitalia are presented. 

Contributions to the knowledge of Leucosiidae VII. Liusius gen. nov. (Crustacea, Brachyura)

Crustaceana ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 93 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1269-1276
Author(s):  
Yi-Jia Shih ◽  
Ping-Ho Ho ◽  
Bella S. Galil
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
16S Rdna ◽  
New Genus ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

Abstract A new genus, Liusius, is established for the East Asian leucosiid crab Leucosia longimaculata Chen & Fang, 1991. The new genus differs from Leucosia s. str. and allied genera in having the shaft of the male first gonopod coiled eight times on its axis, bearing a distal setose lobe topped by a digitate process, and prominently swollen female vulvae opening distad. The molecular phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rDNA supports the morphological observations. The species is redescribed and illustrated.

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