Two new phyllocoptine species and new records of eriophyoid mites (Eriophyidae, Phyllocoptinae) from Crimea, with evaluation of the phylogenetic position of the new taxa using GenBank data

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 882
Author(s):  
Philipp Chetverikov ◽  
Pavel Klimov ◽  
Viktoria Yu. Letukhova ◽  
Géza Ripka ◽  
Sarah Zukoff
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Endemic Plant ◽  
Plant Host ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
Eriophyoid Mites

We describe two new species and report new occurrences for six species of eriophyid mites (Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) in Crimea: Abacarus denticulifer n. sp. from Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. (Poaceae), Aceria aculiformis Sukhareva 1986 from Melica ciliata L. (Poaceae), Aceria peucedani (Canestrini 1891) from Seseli tortuosum L. (Apiaceae), Anthocoptes recki (Bagdasarian 1972) n. comb. (from Tegonotus) from Pistacia atlantica subsp. mutica (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) (Anacardiaceae), Epitrimerus inulae Farkas 1963 from Inula germanica L. (Asteraceae), Phyllocoptes sanctus n. sp. from Potentilla recta subsp. obscura (Willd.) (Rosaceae), Phyllocoptes bilobospinosus Chetverikov 2019 (in Chetverikov et al. 2019) from Tamarix spp. (Tamaricaceae), Tegoprionus dentatus (Nalepa 1891) from Galium verum L. (Rubiaceae). For an Indian phyllocoptine mite species associated with Apluda mutica L. (Poaceae), a new combination was proposed: Abacarus muticus (Sur & Chakrabarti 2017) n. comb. (from Mesalox). Mitochondrial COI and D2 28S rDNA sequences of three phyllocoptine species from Crimea were obtained: A. denticulifer n. sp. (GenBank accession numbers MK415989 and MK408623), P. bilobospinosus (MK408624), and P. sanctus n. sp. (MK415988 and MK408622). Comparison of all COI and D2 28S sequences of Eriophyoidea from GenBank showed that sequences JF920111 and JF920110 Aceria tulipae are identical to JF920101 Aceria tosichella, and D2 28S sequence KP297379 Tegolophus sp. is identical to KM111079 Shevtchenkella sp., which indicates either one or more misidentifications or sample contamination. Molecular phylogenetic analyses (a) confirmed the morphology-based assignment of A. denticulifer n. sp. to the Abacarus hystrix s.l. species complex, (b) supported the monophyly of Abacarus hystrix s.l., (c) revealed that the genera Phyllocoptes, Epitrimerus, and Calepitrimerus are paraphyletic, and (d) indicated that Phyllocoptini (including P. sanctus n. sp.), which are associated with Rosaceae and Caprifoliaceae, are monophyletic. The position of P. bilobospinosus was uncertain in all analyses. Based on the results of our study, it is recommended that descriptions of new species in large, putatively paraphyletic genera of Eriophyoidea include comparisons with mite species associated with the same plant family. Our work also provides new evidence that a species in a large complex of cryptic species could have evolved a distinct morphology if it is associated with an endemic plant host restricted to a geographically isolated area.

Generic classification of some more hyphomycetes with solitary conidia borne on phialides

1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (9) ◽  
pp. 1570-1583 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Gams ◽  
K O'Donnell ◽  
H -J Schroers ◽  
M Christensen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Elongation Factor ◽  
28S Rdna ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
28S Rdna Sequences ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Morphological Species

Unlike most phialide-producing fungi that liberate a multiplicity of conidia from each conidiogenous cell, only single conidia are formed on phialide-like conidiogenous cells in Aphanocladium, Verticimonosporium, and some species of Sibirina. A group of isolates obtained from soil of native Artemisia tridentata (sagebrush) grassland in Wyoming and from desert soil in Iraq is compared with these genera and classified as a fourth genus, Stanjemonium, honouring Stanley J. Hughes. Phylogenetic analyses of partial nuclear small- (18S) and large-subunit (28S) rDNA sequences indicate that Stanjemonium spp. form a monophyletic group with Emericellopsis. Sequences from the nuclear 18S and 28S rDNA were too conserved to resolve morphological species of Stanjemonium; however, phylogenetic analysis of b-tubulin and translation elongation factor 1a gene exons and introns resolved all species distinguished morphologically. Numerous conidiogenous cells or denticles are scattered along the cells of aerial hyphae in Aphanocladium and Stanjemonium spp., very rapidly collapsing into denticles in the former, somewhat more persistent and leaving broad scars in the latter. In Cladobotryum-Sibirina and Verticimonosporium spp., conidiogenous cells are discrete in terminal and intercalary whorls; phialides of the latter taxon are particularly swollen. The taxonomy of Aphanocladium is not yet resolved. Two species are recognized in Verticimonosporium. Three new species of Stanjemonium are described, and one new combination from Aphanocladium is proposed, along with one new species of Cladobotryum.Key words: Aphanocladium, Cladobotryum, conidiogenesis, hyphomycetes, molecular phylogeny, phialide, Stanjemonium, systematics, Verticimonosporium.

First pentasetacid mite from Australasian Araucariaceae: morphological description and molecular phylogenetic position of Pentasetacus novozelandicus n. sp. (Eriophyoidea, Pentasetacidae) and remarks on anal lobes in eriophyoid mites

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 1284-1309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Chetverikov ◽  
C. CRAEMER C. CRAEMER ◽  
T. CVRKOVIĆ T. CVRKOVIĆ ◽  
P.G. EFIMOV P.G. EFIMOV ◽  
P.B. KLIMOV P.B. KLIMOV ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Laser Scanning Microscopy ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Confocal Laser ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Eriophyoid Mites ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

A new vagrant eriophyoid mite species of the archaic genus Pentasetacus (Schliesske 1985), P. novozelandicus n. sp., is described with the aid of conventional microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. It was found on Araucaria heterophylla, which is an araucarian that is endemic to Norfolk Island and introduced to New Zealand. Partial sequences of mitochondrial barcode COI gene and D1–D2 domains of nuclear rDNA of two pentasetacid mites, P. araucariae (MK903025 and MK898944) and P. novozelandicus n. sp. (MK903024 and MK898943) are provided. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of full-length D1–D2 eriophyoid sequences, including GenBank sequences and newly generated sequences of pentasetacids, confirmed the monophyly of Pentasetacidae but failed to resolve the basal phylogeny of Eriophyoidea. This may be because the D1–D2 domains of 28S are hypervariable in Eriophyoidea. Moreover, in pentasetacids D1–D2 sequences are about 20% shorter than in other eriophyoids, and thus harder to align. Two types of anal lobes are described in Eriophyoidea: (1) Eriophyidae s.l. and Phytoptidae s.l. have bilaterally symmetric lobes; (2) pentasetacids have non-divided lobes. The presence of an anal secretory apparatus, comprising internal structures that have previously been described in Eriophyidae s.l. and Phytoptidae s.l., is confirmed in pentasetacid genera. The phylogeny of pentasetacids is also discussed in the context of the paleobiography of Araucariaceae.

Phylogenetic analysis reveals two morphologically unique new species in the genera Astrochapsa and Nitidochapsa (lichenized Ascomycota: Graphidaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 189 (1) ◽  
pp. 268 ◽  
Author(s):  
VASUN POENGSUNGNOEN ◽  
LEKA MANOCH ◽  
PACHARA MONGKOLSUK ◽  
KANSRI BOONPRAGOB ◽  
SITTIPORN PARNMEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Close Relative ◽  
Fruiting Bodies ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
The Family ◽  
Crustose Lichens ◽  
Established Genus

Graphidaceae is the largest family of tropical crustose lichens, with nearly 2,400 known species, and exhibits a large diversity of ascoma morphologies. Ascomata that open by triangular marginal lobules that become recurved to form geaster-like fruiting bodies, so-called chroodiscoid ascomata, were recently shown to have evolved independently several times within the family. A special type of such ascomata is the gyrotremoid form in which the hymenium and excipulum are organized in concentric rings. In the present study, we address the phylogenetic position of two chroodiscoid species collected in Thailand that form aggregate or gyrotremoid, chroodiscoid ascomata, using a molecular phylogeny of nuclear LSU and mitochondrial SSU rDNA sequences of 92 Graphidaceae. Our morphological, chemical and phylogenetic analyses show that one species is an undescribed species in the genus Astrochapsa, here newly described as A. kalbii Poengsungnoen, Lücking & Lumbsch, with a unique, gyrotremoid ascoma morphology. The second species belongs in the recently established genus Nitidochapsa, which is a close relative of Ocellularia, and is here described as new species N. siamensis Poengsungnoen, Lücking & Lumbsch. Based on these findings, three further new combinations are proposed in the genus Nitidochapsa, viz. N. aggregata (Hale) Poengsungnoen, Lücking & Lumbsch, N. phlyctidea (Vain.) Lücking & Lumbsch, and N. stictoides (Leight.) Tehler, Lücking & Lumbsch. A key to all five species is presented.

scholarly journals Morphology, morphogenesis and phylogeny of the new soil ciliate, Bistichella granulifera n. sp. (Protista, Ciliophora)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao Lyu ◽  
Jingbao Li ◽  
Yurui Wang ◽  
Jiyang Ma ◽  
Chen Shao
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Posterior Part ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Cortical Granules ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
The Right

Abstract Background: Hypotrichous ciliates are showing extremely morphological diverse and complicated morphogenesis. However, many hypotrichs are still unknown/poorly-known and need to be explored. Recently, Foissner (2016) reassigned the species in Bistichella and Parabistichella. Due to lack of morphological and morphogenetic information, some problems were overlooked. In present work, a new species, Bistichella granulifera n. sp., was found in northern China. Based on its infraciliature, ontogenesis analyses and phylogenetic study, the phylogenetic position of Bistichella was discussed.Results: Bistichella granulifera n. sp. was characterized by having elongated oval body, two macronuclear nodules, cortical granules present, three frontal and three or four buccal cirri, three frontal rows with seven to ten cirri, usually two frontoventral rows with the left one usually terminates at 90% down length of body and no breaks in the right one. The main morphogenetic features of the novel species were as follows: (1) the posterior part of the old adoral membranelles is renewed; (2) frontoventral-transverse cirral anlagen III to V each form a frontal row, and anlagen VI to n each produce a frontoventral row; (3) both marginal rows and dorsal kineties develop intrakinetally; (4) the macronuclear nodules fuse to form a single mass. The gene sequence of Bistichella was investigated for the first time. Phylogenetic analyses based on the SSU rDNA sequences showed that the Bistichella groups with the non-dorsomarginalian hypotrichs.Conclusions: Morphology, morphogenesis and phylogenetic position of Bistichella granulifera n. sp., was investigated. Each frontoventral row originates from one anlage and only three bipolar dorsal kineties are present in the new species, which means it should belong to non-Dorsomarginalia rather than Amphisiellidae. Even though Bistichella has a close relationship with amphisiellids, due to the limited gene sequence, the phylogenetic position of Bistichella needs more data to be fully understood.

The description and molecular phylogenetic position of a new conifer-associated mite, Setoptus tsugivagus n. sp. (Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae, Nalepellinae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 683
Author(s):  
Philipp Chetverikov ◽  
Eugenia A. Desnitskaya ◽  
Peter G. Efimov ◽  
Samuel Bolton ◽  
Tatjana Cvrkovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Tsuga Heterophylla ◽  
Distinct Pattern ◽  
28S Rdna ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Prodorsal Shield ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
28S Rdna Sequences

A new vagrant eriophyoid mite species, Setoptus tsugivagus n. sp. Chetverikov (Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae, Nalepellinae, Nalepellini), is described from the needles of the western hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla (Rafinesque) Sargent (Pinaceae) in Vancouver, Canada. The new species can be distinguished from all other members of Setoptus by a distinct pattern of several short longitudinal ridges on the posterior half of the prodorsal shield. Elements of the anal secretory apparatus (ASA) were observed in adults of S. tsugivagus n. sp., suggesting that the ASA is present in both major phylogenetic lineages of Eriophyoidea (Eriophyidae s. l. and Phytoptidae s. l.). Therefore, this structure could be a synapomorphy for all Eriophyoidea. We briefly discuss the function and morphological variety of the ASA in Eriophyoidea. D2 28S rDNA sequences of four nalepelline species were obtained: Boczekella reticulata Bagnyuk 1987 (GenBank accession number MK124605), Nalepella tsugifoliae Keifer 1953 (MK124606), Setoptus pini Boczek, 1964 (MK124607), and S. tsugivagus n. sp. (MK124608). Molecular phylogenetic analyses of D2 28S rDNA sequences of the mites of the subfamily Nalepellinae confirmed monophyly of the tribe Nalepellini and retrieved Setoptus and Nalepella as polyphyletic. Additionally, our data indicate that 28S rDNA sequence KF782472.1, previously reported to be Trisetacus ehmanni Keifer 1963 by Li et al. (2014), belongs to another species of the genus Trisetacus, possibly T. quadrisetus (Thomas), and the sequence KF782471.1, previously reported to be Trisetacus sp., might belong to T. juniperinus (Nalepa). We also discuss the systematics of nalepellines and their host association with conifers.

scholarly journals Description of a new species of Paraplehnia (Polycladida, Stylochoidea) from Japan, with inference on the phylogenetic position of Plehniidae

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 864 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Oya ◽  
Taeko Kimura ◽  
Hiroshi Kajihara
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
The Family ◽  
28S Rdna Sequences ◽  
Unidentified Species ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of polyclad flatworm, Paraplehniaseisuiaesp. nov., from 298–310 m depths in the Sea of Kumano, West Pacific, Japan. Paraplehniaseisuiaesp. nov. is characterized by i) a developed muscular wall proximally occupying about one-third of the prostatic vesicle, ii) no common duct between the spermiducal bulbs and the prostatic vesicle, and iii) a genital pit between the male and female gonopores. We provide a partial sequence (712 bp) of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene as a DNA barcode for the species. Our phylogenetic analyses based on 603-bp 28S rDNA sequences indicate that P.seisuiaesp. nov. is nested in a clade consisting of stylochoid species along with unidentified species of Stylochus. It suggests that Plehniidae belongs to Stylochoidea, although this should be confirmed by future studies that contain Plehniaarctica (Plehn, 1896), the type species of the type genus of the family. The interfamily relationship among the superfamily Stylochoidea remains poorly resolved.

A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ninh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4999 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-76
Author(s):  
Quyen Hanh Do ◽  
TRUNG MY PHUNG ◽  
HANH THI NGO ◽  
MINH DUC LE ◽  
THOMAS ZIEGLER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Southern Vietnam ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi Gene ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Dorsal Pattern ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis group is described from Ninh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam based on molecular divergence and morphological differences. Cyrtodactylus orlovi sp. nov. is distinguished from the remaining Indochinese bent-toed geckos by having the unique combination of the following characters: size medium (SVL 61.0–77.7 mm); dorsal tubercles in 16–20 irregular rows; 36–39 ventral scale rows; precloacal pores absent in females, 5 or 6 in males, in a continuous row; femoral pores absent; 3–8 enlarged femoral scales; postcloacal spurs 1 or 2; lamellae under toe IV 16–19; a continuous neckband; a highly irregular transverse banded dorsal pattern; the absence of transversely enlarged median subcaudal scales. In phylogenetic analyses, the new species was revealed to be the sister taxon to a clade consisting of Cyrtodactylus cattienensis and the most recently described species from Vietnam, C. chungi, with 12.1–12.4% and 11.7 % pairwise genetic divergence from the two species, respectively, based on a fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene.  

scholarly journals Unexplored diversity of microscopic myxomycetes: evidence from environmental DNA

2019 ◽  
Vol 152 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleg N. Shchepin ◽  
Martin Schnittler ◽  
Nikki H.A. Dagamac ◽  
Dmitry V. Leontyev ◽  
Yuri K. Novozhilov
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
18S Rdna ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Environmental Dna ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
18S Rdna Sequences ◽  
Environmental Sequences

Background and aims – Recent studies showed the position of two slime mould species with microscopic sporocarps, Echinosteliopsis oligospora and Echinostelium bisporum, within the class Myxomycetes. These minute species are seldom seen in studies based on detection of sporocarps and can easily be confused with protosteloid amoebozoans.Methods – We searched all published ePCR data sets that targeted myxomycete 18S rDNA for the presence of environmental sequences similar to E. oligospora and Echinosteliales in traditional circumscription, and performed phylogenetic analyses that included short environmental sequences and full-length 18S rDNA sequences representing all the major groups of myxomycetes.Key results – We report 19 unique sequences which are closely related to E. bisporum or E. oligospora based on sequence similarity (73.1–95.2% similarity) and which form well-supported monophyletic clades with these species in phylogenetic analyses. They may represent new species that are not yet described. Our phylogeny based on full-length 18S rDNA sequences further confirms the position of E. bisporum and E. oligospora within myxomycetes and the paraphyly of the order Echinosteliales in its traditional circumscription.Conclusions – Our results show that ePCR-based studies can reveal myxomycete taxa that often escape detection by traditional approaches, including potentially new species, and thus provide valuable new data on diversity and ecology of myxomycetes. As such, strategies for studying myxomycetes biodiversity should be revised, focusing also on molecular detection techniques in addition to the sporocarp-based ones.

Molecular and morphological characterisation of Cryptaphelenchus baujardi n. sp. (Nematoda: Ektaphelenchinae), a new species based on two populations from Iran

Nematology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzad Aliramaji ◽  
Esmaeil Miraeiz ◽  
Ebrahim Pourjam ◽  
Ramin Heydari
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Lsu Rdna ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Male Body ◽  
Northern Iran ◽  
Lateral Field ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
Strong Resemblance ◽  
Two Populations

Summary Cryptaphelenchus baujardi n. sp. is described and illustrated based on two populations from Golestan province, northern Iran. The new species is characterised by female and male body length of 224 (190-261) and 215 (195-229) μm, respectively, offset cephalic region with a shallow constriction, delicate stylet 6.6 (6.0-7.0) μm long, four incisures in the lateral field, presence of a rudimentary post-uterine sac in the female gonoduct, elongate-conoid female tail ending in an acute to finely rounded terminus, male tail conical, male with seven caudal papillae and delicate spicules. The new species shows a strong resemblance to C. varicaudatus and C. iranicus, but has a sclerotised mass near the tip of the spicule and an indistinct spermatheca. Phylogenetic analyses based on both partial SSU and LSU rDNA sequences confirm its status as a new taxon.

The green puzzle Stichococcus (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta): New generic and species concept among this widely distributed genus

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 441 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS PRÖSCHOLD ◽  
TATYANA DARIENKO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Delimitation ◽  
Species Concept ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Complex Life Cycle ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
Taxonomic History ◽  
Culture Independent ◽  
Science Community

Phylogenetic analyses have revealed that the traditional order Prasiolales, which contains filamentous and pseudoparenchymatous genera Prasiola and Rosenvingiella with complex life cycle, also contains taxa of more simple morphology such as coccoids like Pseudochlorella and Edaphochlorella or rod-like organisms like Stichococcus and Pseudostichococcus (called Prasiola clade of the Trebouxiophyceae). Recent studies have shown a high biodiversity among these organisms and questioned the traditional generic and species concept. We studied 34 strains assigned as Stichococcus, Pseudostichococcus, Diplosphaera and Desmocococcus. Phylogenetic analyses using a multigene approach revealed that these strains belong to eight independent lineages within the Prasiola clade of the Trebouxiophyceae. For testing if these lineages represent genera, we studied the secondary structures of SSU and ITS rDNA sequences to find genetic synapomorphies. The secondary structure of the V9 region of SSU is diagnostic to support the proposal for separation of eight genera. The complex taxonomic history was summarized and revised. The ITS-2/CBC approach was used for species delimitation. Considering all these results, we revised the genera Stichococcus, Pseudostichococcus, Diplosphaera and Desmococcus and proposed four new genera and four new species for the science community. The usage of the V9 region and the ITS-2 barcodes discovered potential new species among the Stichococcus-like organisms in culture-independent studies.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document