Una nueva especie de Proceratophrys (Leptodactylidae) del nordeste de Argentina

A new species of the family Agnaridae, Lucasioides altaicus sp. nov., is described from the Altai Mountains, southwestern Siberia, based both on morphological characters and molecular data. This species is the first record of Lucasioides from Russia, whose location is the northernmost habitat of terrestrial isopods in indigenous habitats presently known to Eurasia. The diagnostic characters of the new species and a preliminary phylogenetic analysis within Agnaridae are provided.

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Platythecium seychellense, a new species in the family Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) from the Seychelles and a world key to the genus

The Lichenologist ◽

10.1017/s002428291600061x ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 85-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Gerhard NEUWIRTH ◽

André APTROOT ◽

Elfie STOCKER-WÖRGÖTTER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Related Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

The Family ◽

Lichen Substances ◽

Lichen Fungus ◽

A New Species

AbstractThe new corticolous lichen fungus Platythecium seychellense is described from the Seychelles. Morphological characters as well as distribution and resemblance to related species are discussed. The species is characterized by a crustose, grey-green, smooth thallus lacking lichen substances, elongate and slender apothecia having flat, red-brown discs and grey 3-septate ascospores. A world key to all currently known species in the genus is presented.

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Studies on the Family Opisthorchiidaæ Braun, 1901, with a description of a New Species of Opisthorchis from a Sarus Crane (Antigone antigone)

Journal of Helminthology ◽

10.1017/s0022149x00018654 ◽

1927 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 89-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

D. O. Morgan

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Systematic Position ◽

Minor Importance ◽

New Genera ◽

The Past ◽

The Family ◽

A New Species

The classification of the Trematode family Opisthorchiidæ presents some difficulties to the systematist. These difficulties arise partly from the fact that a number of the existing species appear to lack any real morphological characters by which they can be differentiated, slight variations in measurements, together with a difference in host, having been considered sufficient to justify the making of new species. This view has resulted in the placing of undue importance on somewhat minor differences when they do occur in other species, such differences being considered sufficient for creating new genera.The systematist is further confronted with the difficulty of forming definite opinions on the systematic position of some of the species made by earlier workers. Their descriptions and figures are often inadequate owing to the fact that characters which, in the past, were considered of minor importance are now given much closer attention. Examples of the confusion which has arisen from such a position will be referred to in this paper.

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Description of a new species Gyraulus (Pulmonata: Planorbidae) from the land thermal spring Khakusy of Lake Baikal

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.762.23661 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 762 ◽

pp. 1-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tatiana Sitnikova ◽

Tatiana Peretolchina

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Lake Baikal ◽

Thermal Spring ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Shell Size ◽

The North ◽

The Family ◽

North Eastern ◽

Small Shell ◽

A New Species

A new species of the family Planorbidae is described from the land thermal spring Khakusy, on the north-eastern shore of Lake Baikal. The description of Gyraulustakhteevi sp. n. includes morphological characters and gene sequences (COI of mtDNA) for the species separation from sister taxon Gyraulusacronicus (A. Férussac, 1807) collected from the small Krestovka River in-flowing into the south-western part of the Lake. The new species differs from G.acronicus in small shell size of adults, having smaller number of prostate folds (maximal up to 26 in G.takhteevi n. sp. vs. 40 in G.acronicus), a short preputium (approximately twice shorter than the phallotheca), and an elongated bursa copulatrix. The population of Gyraulustakhteevi sp. n. consists of two co-existent morphs: one of them has a narrow shell spire and the second is characterized by wide spire similar to the shell of G.acronicus. One of the two revealed haplotypes of the new species includes both morphs, while the second consists of snails with wide spired shells.

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A reassessment of the phylogenetic utility of genus-level morphological characters in the family Bogidiellidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda), with description of a new species of Eobogidiella Karaman, 1981

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.610.9100 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 610 ◽

pp. 23-43

Author(s):

Dmitry A. Sidorov ◽

Aron D. Katz ◽

Steven J. Taylor ◽

Mikhail V. Chertoprud

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Genus Level ◽

The Family ◽

A New Species

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A new species of the genus Riccardoella (Acari: Prostigmata: Ereynetidae) from the land snail Tauphaedusa tau (Gastropoda: Clausliidae) in Japan

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.8 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4402 (1) ◽

pp. 163 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

TSUKASA WAKI ◽

SHIMPEI F HIRUTA ◽

SATOSHI SHIMANO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Land Snail ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Mite Species ◽

Amino Acid Sequences ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽

Sequence Identity ◽

The Family ◽

A New Species ◽

City Park

A new mite species, Riccardoella (Proriccardoella) tokyoensis n. sp., is described from the lungs of the terrestrial gastropod Tauphaedusa tau (Boettger, 1877) (Clausliidae) collected in a forest city park of Tokyo, Japan. The new species is distinguished from other Riccardoella species by the following morphological characters: tibia II bears 2 setae (vs. 3 setae in other species); femur I bears 5 setae (vs. 4 or 6 setae in other species); seta of trochanter I is absent (vs. 1 seta in other species). Our phylogenetic tree based on amino acid sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COX1) confirmed that another member of the family Ereynetidae, “Ereynetidae sp.”, is the closest relative with 85% sequence identity.

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Speciation in the Acugutturidae (Nematoda: Aphelenchida)

Nematology ◽

10.1163/156854102760290473 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 489-504 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Byron Adams ◽

Jean-François Silvain ◽

Orville Marti

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Periplaneta Americana ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

The Body ◽

The Family ◽

Clear Differentiation ◽

Stylet Length ◽

Ectoparasitic Nematodes ◽

Two Populations ◽

A New Species

AbstractEctoparasitic nematodes (Acugutturus, Vampyronema and Noctuidonema) of the family Acugutturidae from 13 species of Lepidoptera (moths) and one species of Blattodea (cockroaches) were collected, measured and analysed by discriminant analysis in order to identify conspecifics and to determine which morphological characters were useful in defining differences between nematodes on different host species. The position of the excretory pore posterior to the metacorpus clearly differentiates Acugutturus parasiticus from Noctuidonema and Vampyronema. Two populations of A. parasiticus on Periplaneta americana from the West Indian islands of St Lucia and Guadeloupe are conspecific. Nematodes resembling Vampyronema, collected from two genera of Sphingidae in Guadeloupe are characterised by extremely long stylets, equal to ca 37% of the body length, and may represent a new genus. Noctuidonema from four species of Spodoptera (Noctuidae) are conspecific. However, a somewhat different Noctuidonema from the noctuid Pseudaletia unipuncta may represent a new species, based primarily on its shorter stylet length. Simple spicule structure, a smaller V percentage, and a shorter stylet in Vampyronema are characters that best define its differences from Noctuidonema. Nematodes on the noctuids Anicla infecta and Eulepidotis addens probably represent two new species of Vampyronema. There was no clear differentiation between nematodes on the noctuids Mocis disseverans, M. latipes, Agrapha oxygramma and Orthodes crenulata, and they are all probably conspecific with V.dibolia. Thus far, Noctuidonema has been found only on the trifine noctuids Spodoptera and Pseudaletia, whereas Vampyronema has been found on both trifine and quadrifine noctuids. We found evidence for sequential evolution, but not co-evolution, between these ectoparasitic nematodes and their lepidopteran hosts.

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Resurrection of genus Nidirana (Anura: Ranidae) and synonymizing N. caldwelli with N. adenopleura, with description of a new species from China

Amphibia-Reptilia ◽

10.1163/15685381-00003130 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 38 (4) ◽

pp. 483-502 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Zhi-Tong Lyu ◽

Zhao-Chi Zeng ◽

Jian Wang ◽

Chao-Yu Lin ◽

Zu-Yao Liu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Sensu Stricto ◽

Advertisement Call ◽

Morphological Comparison ◽

The Past ◽

The Family ◽

Significant Divergence ◽

Morphological Differences ◽

A New Species

The taxonomy of Babina sensu lato was controversial in the past decades. In this study, the phylogeny of genus Babina sensu lato was re-constructed based on genetic analysis, morphological comparison and advertisement call analysis. We found that Babina sensu stricto and previous subgenus Nidirana should be two distinct genera in the family Ranidae. N. caldwelli is confirmed to be a synonym of N. adenopleura because of the small genetic divergence and the lack of distinct morphological differences. A new species, Nidirana nankunensis sp. nov. is described based on a series of specimens collected from Mt. Nankun, Guangdong Province, China, which can be distinguished from other known congeners by having a behavior of nest construction, distinctive advertisement calls, significant divergence in the mitochondrial genes, and a combination of morphological characters. Currently, the genus Babina contains two species and the genus Nidirana contains eight species.

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Confusion surrounding Didymosphaeria—phylogenetic and morphological evidence suggest Didymosphaeriaceae is not a distinct family

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.176.1.12 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 176 (1) ◽

pp. 102 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

HIRAN A. ARIYAWANSA ◽

ERIO CAMPORESI ◽

KASUN M. THAMBUGALA ◽

AUSANA MAPOOK ◽

JI-CHUAN KANG ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Morphological Evidence ◽

Nucleotide Sequence Data ◽

The Family ◽

Family Based ◽

Phylogenetic Lineages ◽

A New Species

Didymosphaeriaceae is a ubiquitous fungal family that is reported to include saprobic, endophytic and pathogenic species associated with a wide variety of substrates. The family is characterized by 1-septate ascospores and trabeculate pseudoparaphyses, mainly anastomosing above the asci. In recent treatments Appendispora, Didymosphaeria, Roussoella, Phaeodothis and Verruculina were placed in the family. The aim of the present study is to delineate phylogenetic lineages within Didymosphaeriaceae and allied genera. A new species, Didymosphaeria rubi-ulmifolii, was isolated and identified based on morphological characters and phylogenetic analyses of partial 18S nrDNA and 28S nrDNA nucleotide sequence data. Didymosphaeria rubi-ulmifolii clustered with Montagnulaceae as a separate genus, while two putative strains (HKUCC 5834 and CMW 22186) of D. futilis from GenBank clustered with Cucurbitariaceae and Didymellaceae, respectively. The new species is characterized by immersed to slightly erumpent ascomata immersed under a clypeus, a peridium with compressed cells of textura intricata, long trabeculate pseudoparaphyses, anastomosing mostly above the asci and brown, 1-septate ascospores with granulate ornamentation. Phylogenetic analysis in combination with morphology and a review of literature show that Appendispora, Phaeodothis, Roussoella and Verruculina should be excluded from the family. Phaeodothis belongs in Montagnulaceae, Verruculina in Testudinaceae, while Appendispora and Roussoella belong in Roussoellaceae. The position of Didymosphaeriaceae as a distinct family, based on 1-septate ascospores and trabeculate pseudoparaphyses, mainly anastomosing above the asci is doubtful. Fresh collections of more Didymosphaeria strains are needed for epitypification and to obtain sequence data to establish if this family can be maintained.

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Review of the Paraplea Esaki & China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Pleidae) of Australia, with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4985.1.4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4985 (1) ◽

pp. 81-90

Author(s):

JERRY L. COOK

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Endemic Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Northern Territory ◽

Southeastern Part ◽

Widespread Species ◽

Widespread Distribution ◽

The Family ◽

Species Being ◽

A New Species

The family Pleidae is represented in Australia only by members of the genus Paraplea. Paraplea brunni (Kirkaldy, 1898) has a widespread distribution in Australia and is also known from New Guinea. Paraplea halei (Lundblad, 1933) appears to be an endemic species occurring only in the southeastern part of Australia. The widespread species P. liturata (Fieber, 1844) occurs in Australia but only in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The description of P. bifurcata n. sp. documents a fourth pleid species, being known only from the Northern Territory. Paraplea bifurcata n. sp. is easily differentiated from other species of Paraplea by having a bifurcated abdominal keel. An identification key and discussion of morphological characters of the four species of Paraplea from Australia is given.

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