Integrative taxonomy of Flatbill Flycatchers (Tyrannidae) reveals a new species from the Amazonian lowlands

Integrative taxonomy of giant crested Eusirus in the Southern Ocean, including the description of a new species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ◽

10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa141 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Marie L Verheye ◽

Cédric D’Udekem D’Acoz

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Diversity ◽

Morphological Analysis ◽

Integrative Taxonomy ◽

Putative Species ◽

Species Complexes ◽

Statistical Parsimony ◽

Bayesian Implementation ◽

A New Species ◽

Giant Species

Abstract Among Antarctic amphipods of the genus Eusirus, a highly distinctive clade of giant species is characterized by a dorsal, blade-shaped tooth on pereionites 5–7 and pleonites 1–3. This lineage, herein named ‘crested Eusirus’, includes two potential species complexes, the Eusirus perdentatus and Eusirus giganteus complexes, in addition to the more distinctive Eusirus propeperdentatus. Molecular phylogenies and statistical parsimony networks (COI, CytB and ITS2) of crested Eusirus are herein reconstructed. This study aims to formally revise species diversity within crested Eusirus by applying several species delimitation methods (Bayesian implementation of the Poisson tree processes model, general mixed Yule coalescent, multi-rate Poisson tree processes and automatic barcode gap discovery) on the resulting phylogenies. In addition, results from the DNA-based methods are benchmarked against a detailed morphological analysis of all available specimens of the E. perdentatus complex. Our results indicate that species diversity of crested Eusirus is underestimated. Overall, DNA-based methods suggest that the E. perdentatus complex is composed of three putative species and that the E. giganteus complex includes four or five putative species. The morphological analysis of available specimens from the E. perdentatus complex corroborates molecular results by identifying two differentiable species, the genuine E. perdentatus and a new species, herein described as Eusirus pontomedon sp. nov.

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Integrative taxonomy of insular land snails of the genus Sicradiscus Páll‐Gergely, 2013 (Gastropoda, Plectopylidae) with description of a new species

Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research ◽

10.1111/jzs.12553 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Naoto Sawada ◽

Chung‐Chi Hwang ◽

Josef Harl ◽

Takafumi Nakano

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Integrative Taxonomy ◽

Land Snails ◽

A New Species

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Magnolia napoensis (subsect. Talauma, Magnoliaceae): a new species from the Amazonian lowlands of Ecuador and Peru

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.427.4.2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 427 (4) ◽

pp. 239-248

Author(s):

FRANK ARROYO ◽

ÁLVARO J. PÉREZ ◽

ALEX DAHUA MACHOA ◽

DAVID A. NEILL ◽

ALONDRA SALOME ORTEGA-PEÑA ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Leaf Shape ◽

Leaf Veins ◽

Amazonian Lowlands ◽

A New Species ◽

Iucn Criteria

Magnolia napoensis, a new species from the Amazonian lowlands of Ecuador and Peru is described and illustrated. This species belongs to subsection Talauma; it is similar to M. rimachii in leaf shape but differs from the latter in being taller with a larger diameter and having fewer lateral leaf veins, more numerous hypsophylls, larger flowers, longer outer petals, more numerous stamens and fruits ovoid and ribbed vs. subglobose and smooth. The new species differs from M. neillii by its leaves with fewer lateral veins, glabrous petioles and terminal internodes, more numerous hypsophylls, fewer stamens and ovoid fruits of smaller size, with fewer carpels. Magnolia napoensis is assessed as endangered (EN B2ab(iii)) in accordance with the IUCN criteria.

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An integrated approach to delimiting species borders in the genus Chrysotoxum Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Syrphidae), with description of two new species

Contributions to Zoology ◽

10.1163/18759866-08404002 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 84 (4) ◽

pp. 285-304 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Zorica Nedeljković ◽

Jelena Ačanski ◽

Mihajla Đan ◽

Dragana Obreht-Vidaković ◽

Antonio Ricarte ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Integrative Taxonomy ◽

Species Boundaries ◽

Integrative Approach ◽

Taxonomic Study ◽

Additional Species ◽

Two New Species ◽

Lateral Margins ◽

A New Species

Integrative taxonomy tests the validity of taxa using methods additional to traditional morphology. The existence of two different morphotypes in specimens identified as Chrysotoxum vernale Loew (Diptera: Syrphidae) prompted their taxonomic study using an integrative approach that included morphology, wing and male-surstylus geometric morphometrics, genetic and ecological analyses. As a result, a new species is recognised, Chrysotoxum montanum Nedeljković & Vujić sp. nov., and C. vernale is re-defined. A lectotype and paralectotypes are designated for C. vernale to stabilize this concept. An additional species, Chrysotoxum orthostylum Vujić sp. nov., with distinctive male genitalia is also described. The three species share an antenna with the basoflagellomere shorter than the scape plus pedicel and terga with yellow fasciae not reaching the lateral margins. This study confirms the value of integrative approach for resolving species boundaries.

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Integrative taxonomy of the Asian skinks Sphenomorphus stellatus (Boulenger, 1900) and S. praesignis (Boulenger, 1900) with the resurrection of S. annamiticus (Boettger, 1901) and the description of a new species from Cambodia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4683.3.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4683 (3) ◽

pp. 381-411 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

L. LEE GRISMER ◽

PERRY L., JR. WOOD ◽

EVAN S. H. QUAH ◽

SHAHRUL ANUAR ◽

NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Color Pattern ◽

Integrative Taxonomy ◽

Peninsular Malaysia ◽

Wildlife Sanctuary ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Univariate Analyses ◽

A New Species

Molecular phylogenetic analyses of the sister species Sphenomorphus stellatus and S. praesignis based on the mitochondrial genes 12S and 16S rRNA recover the former as paraphyletic with respect to the latter in that a specimen of S. stellatus from the type locality in Peninsular Malaysia is more closely related to S. praesignis than to Indochinese populations of S. stellatus. Furthermore, the phylogeny indicates that the Indochinese populations represent two species, thus resulting in four major lineages within this clade. These relationships are consistent with multivariate and univariate analyses of morphological and discrete color pattern data which statistically define and diagnose the four lineages and together with the molecular data, provide the foundation for robust, testable, species-level hypotheses. As such, S. stellatus is herein restricted to Peninsular Malaysia; S. annamiticus is resurrected for the circum-continental populations ranging through southeastern Thailand, southern Cambodia, and southern Vietnam; a new species—S. preylangensis sp. nov.—is described from an isolated mountain, Phnom Chi, from the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in central Cambodia; and the taxonomy of S. praesignis remains unchanged. The description of S. preylangensis sp. nov. underscores the necessity to conserve this remnant of lowland evergreen rainforest in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Electrogena brulini sp. nov. and E. vipavensis Zurwerra & Tomka, 1986 syn. nov. revealed by integrative taxonomy of E. gridellii (Grandi, 1953) (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4362.3.3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4362 (3) ◽

pp. 359 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

ANDRE WAGNER ◽

LAURENT VUATAZ ◽

MICHEL SARTORI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Genetic Analysis ◽

Related Species ◽

Mitochondrial Gene ◽

Integrative Taxonomy ◽

Northern Italy ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

Colour Patterns ◽

A New Species ◽

Subjective Synonym

A new species belonging to the speciose genus Electrogena Zurwerra & Tomka, 1985 is described based on all stages from material collected in Switzerland, northern Italy and Slovenia. Electrogena brulini Wagner sp. nov. is closely related to E. gridellii (Grandi, 1953). A genetic analysis based on the mitochondrial gene CO1, including 9 specimens from 5 populations, reveals a K2P distance of 22% between both species. Our investigations demonstrate that the description of the nymph of E. gridellii sensu Belfiore (1996) refers in fact to both species. Therefore, E. gridellii is redescribed in all stages. The number of bristles on each mandibular prostheca in the nymphs, the shape of titillators in male genitalia and the shape of the subanal plate in female imagines are the main characters allowing discrimination of these two species. This study also shows that in this case it is possible and helpful to use colour patterns to separate two closely related species. The re-examination of the type material of Electrogena vipavensis Zurwerra & Tomka, 1986 described from western Slovenia indicates that this species is a junior subjective synonym of E. gridellii.

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