Description of Basilaphelenchus pedrami n. sp. (Tylenchomorpha: Aphelenchoididae) isolated from Kyoto, Japan

Nematology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Natsumi Kanzaki
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Botrytis Cinerea ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Excretory Pore ◽  
Laboratory Strain ◽  
First Record ◽  
Phylogenetic Status ◽  
Curved Blade ◽  
Decaying Wood

Summary An undescribed Basilaphelenchus species was isolated from the dead and decaying wood of an unidentified broad-leaved tree in Kyoto, Japan. The species was cultured on a lawn of Botrytis cinerea after many attempts and kept as a laboratory strain. The nematode is characterised by the position of its secretory-excretory pore, which differs between males (anterior to median bulb) and females (overlapping or posterior to median bulb), the tail morphology of males (conical with very short mucron) and females (smoothly tapering conical with various shapes at terminus) and male spicule morphology, with spicules possessing a smoothly curved blade (calomus-lamina complex) and a shallow capitulum depression. In addition, the new species is differentiated from other members of the genus by the molecular sequences of its ribosomal RNA region. Phylogenetically, the new species is close to two Iranian species, B. brevicaudatus and B. gorganensis, but can be distinguished from them based upon its separated phylogenetic status. The genus contains five species that were described from Chile and Iran. Thus, the isolation of a species from this genus in Kyoto, Japan, represents the first record of the genus from East Asia. The new species is described and illustrated herein as B. pedrami n. sp.

The first record of the bark louse genus Symbiopsocus (Psocodea: Psocidae) from Vietnam, with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4759 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-420
Author(s):  
JINJIN NING ◽  
FASHENG LI ◽  
XINGYUE LIU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
First Record ◽  
A New Species

The bark louse genus Symbiopsocus includes 23 species, all of which known from East Asia. Here we report the first record of Symbiopsocus from Vietnam, with description of Symbiopsocus vietnamicus sp. nov. A revised key to the species of Symbiopsocus is provided. 

First record of the genus Pareumenes de Saussure, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from the Philippine Islands with description of a new species

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (17) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Marco Selis
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Pareumenes de Saussure, 1855, from the Philippine Islands (Mindanao and Samar), P. impunctatus sp. nov., is described. This is the first record of the genus from the Philippines. A key to the species of the genus occurring in insular South-East Asia is provided.

Description and phylogeny of Bursaphelenchus luxuriosae n. sp. (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) isolated from Acalolepta luxuriosa (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Nematology ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natsumi Kanzaki ◽  
Kazuyoshi Futai
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Botrytis Cinerea ◽  
Bursaphelenchus Xylophilus ◽  
Lateral Field ◽  
Female Tail ◽  
Phylogenetic Status ◽  
Rflp Profile ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Males And Females

AbstractBursaphelenchus luxuriosae n. sp. is described and figured. Specimens were collected from a 2-week-old culture on Botrytis cinerea. The new species is characterised by a body length of 897 (710-1159) μm in the female and 745 (621-887) μm in the male, relatively robust body (a = 33-39 in the female and 27-30 in the male), stylet ca 14 (11-16) μm long, four lines in the lateral field, the large (27-30 μm) arcuate spicule with a terminal cucullus, seven (2 + 1 + 2 + 2) male caudal papillae, the long, well developed vulval flap and the shape of the female tail which is long, tapered, and ventrally bent when killed by heat with an irregular or roughened dorsal contour near the tip and an irregular terminus. The new species is considered to belong to the Bursaphelenchus xylophilus group of the genus Bursaphelenchus and is most closely related to B. conicaudatus and B. fraudulentus in spicule shape, vulval flap and 'a' values of males and females. It is easily distinguished from these two species by the morphology of female tail. The RFLP profile confirms the distinctness of the new species within the B. xylophilus group. The phylogenetic status of B. luxuriosae n. sp. within the B. xylophilus group is indicated by molecular phylogenetic analysis. Bursaphelenchus luxuriosae n. sp. is assumed to be close to B. conicaudatus and to have diverged from the ancestor of the B. xylophilus group early in the speciation of the group.

Sheraphelenchus sucus n. sp. (Tylenchina: Aphelenchoididae) isolated from sap flow of Quercus serrata in Japan

Nematology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 975-990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natsumi Kanzaki ◽  
Ryusei Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Sap Flow ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Quercus Serrata ◽  
Phylogenetic Status ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Molecular Barcode ◽  
Rna Genes

A Sheraphelenchus species was isolated from a sample of sap exuding from a scar on the bark of Quercus serrata. Besides its generic characteristics, i.e., posteriorly located vulva in the female, male spicule with conspicuous dorsal limb and male tail with spike-like projection, the new species is characterised by a short stylet with a small basal swelling. The near-full-length of 18S and D2/D3 expansion segments of ribosomal RNA genes (near-full SSU and D2/D3LSU) were determined as its molecular barcode sequences and the phylogenetic status of the species (= genus Sheraphelenchus) was estimated using the near-full SSU. The molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed that the new species is included in the genus Bursaphelenchus, and is close to B. anatolius and B. kevini. Although Sheraphelenchus is phylogenetically inferred to occur within Bursaphelenchus, the new species is described herein as S. sucus n. sp., thereby retaining the genus Sheraphelenchus until additional data about morphological similarities between these two taxa are obtained.

scholarly journals Most trumpet moths don’t feed on plants of the nettle family but Paratischeria does: the first discovery of Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) on Urticaceae in Asia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5040 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-264
Author(s):  
JONAS R. STONIS ◽  
ARŪNAS DIŠKUS ◽  
ALEXANDRE K. MONRO ◽  
XIAOHUA DAI ◽  
JIASHENG XU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
First Record ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Plant Family ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Leaf Mining

This is the first record of Urticaceae-feeding trumpet moths (Tischeriidae) from Asia. We describe Paratischeria boehmerica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. and P. grossa Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., two distinctive new species of Tischeriidae recently discovered from Laos, South East Asia, feeding on plants of the nettle family. Urticaceae is a rare host-plant family for leaf-mining Tischeriidae worldwide. The new species are illustrated with photographs of the adults, male and female genitalia, and the leaf mines.  

Description of Ruehmaphelenchus fujiensis n. sp. (Tylenchomorpha: Aphelenchoididae) isolated from dead wood of Quercus crispula from Yamanashi, Japan

Nematology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Natsumi Kanzaki
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cryptic Species ◽  
Botrytis Cinerea ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Dead Wood ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Small Subunit ◽  
Quercus Crispula ◽  
Female Tail ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

Summary Three undescribed Ruehmaphelenchus species were isolated from dead wood of Quercus crispula collected in three different localities in Japan. One of these three species was successfully cultured using Botrytis cinerea as its food fungus and is described and figured as R. fujiensis n. sp. The new species is characterised by the following features: male tail, conical with or without a projection; female tail, conical with variously shaped terminal mucron or projection; and male spicule possessing a relatively long and triangular condylus. The new species is close to, or almost a cryptic species of R. digitulus, i.e., the typological characters and morphometric values of these two species are mostly overlapping. In a molecular phylogenetic relationship inferred from near-full-length small subunit (18S) and D2-D3 expansion segments of the large subunit (28S) of ribosomal RNA, the new species is close to R. asiaticus, R. digitulus, R. formosanus, and Ruehmaphelenchus sp. NKZ202; however, it was clearly separated from these species.

A new genus and new species of Potamidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidae), the first stygomorphic cave crab known from China and East Asia

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4232 (1) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHAO HUANG ◽  
HSI-TE SHIH ◽  
PETER K. L. NG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
16S Rdna ◽  
New Genus ◽  
First Record ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Freshwater Crab ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Body Coloration ◽  
Mitochondrial 16S Rdna

A new genus and species of freshwater crab, Diyutamon cereum n. gen., n. sp., is described from a cave in Guizhou, China. This is the first record of a true stygomorphic crab from China and East Asia, possessing pale body coloration, strongly reduced eyes, and long ambulatory legs. While superficially similar to Chinapotamon Dai & Naiyanetr, 1994, and Tiwaripotamon Bott, 1970, the new genus possesses a diagnostic combination of carapace, ambulatory leg, thoracic sternal, and male abdominal characters that easily distinguishes it from other genera. Molecular data derived from the mitochondrial 16S rDNA supports the establishment of the new genus. 

scholarly journals A new species of Plesiosorex (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla) from the Early Miocene of Japan: first record of the genus from East Asia

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 292-299
Author(s):  
Mitsuharu Oshima ◽  
Yukimitsu Tomida ◽  
Takamichi Orihara
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
First Record ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Central Japan ◽  
European Species ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A nearly complete dentary with preserved i2, p3 and m1 of a relatively large soricomorph from the Dota locality, Kani Basin, Early Miocene (ca. 18.5 Ma), Nakamura Formation of the Mizunami Group in central Japan, is described as a new species of Plesiosorex. It represents the first record of the genus in East Asia. Plesiosorex fejfari sp. nov. has a slender dentary, posteriorly elongated angular and condyloid processes, p3 with two roots, and m1 without hypoconulid or cingulid. Cladistic analysis of Butselia gracilis and seven species of Plesiosorex shows that Butselia is basally positioned with respect to Plesiosorex, and it seems likely that Plesiosorex originated in Europe at the beginning of the Miocene and expanded its distribution to East Asia and North America during the Early Miocene. Two Middle Miocene North American species are more closely related to each other than to European species of the same age.

scholarly journals A report of a new species and new record of Cadlina (Nudibranchia, Cadlinidae) from South Korea

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 996 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Thinh Dinh Do ◽  
Dae-Wui Jung ◽  
Hyun-Jong Kil ◽  
Chang-Bae Kim
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
First Record ◽  
Northwestern Pacific ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
Korean Waters ◽  
C Subunit ◽  
A New Species

Of the four species in the genus Cadlina present in the northwestern Pacific region, C. japonica has been the only species recorded from South Korea. For the purpose of investigating Cadlina in Korean waters, specimens were collected from the Korean East Sea (Sea of Japan) by scuba diving. The radula and morphology of these specimens were examined by stereoscopic and scanning electron microscopy. Based on morphology, three species were identified in Korean waters, including the new species, Cadlina koreanasp. nov., C. umiushi (first record in South Korea), and C. japonica. Cadlina koreanasp. nov. somewhat resembles C. umiushi but differs in both its morphology as well as the structure of its radula. The background color of Cadlina koreanasp. nov. is translucent white, tubercles on the dorsum are opaque white and the yellow marginal band is absent. The radular formula of Cadlina koreanasp. nov. is 57 × 23.1.23 with a rectangular rachidian tooth. In addition, mitochondrial cytochrome c subunit 1 (COI), 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA), and nuclear 28S ribosomal RNA (28S rRNA) gene sequences were generated and used for analysis of Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery (ABGD) and reconstruction of the phylogenetic tree. Morphological distinction and genetic analyses confirm that three Cadlina species are present in Korean waters of which Cadlina koreana is a new species.

Description of Ektaphelenchoides caspiensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Ektaphelenchinae) from Iran

Nematology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzad Aliramaji ◽  
Ebrahim Pourjam ◽  
Akbar Karegar ◽  
Mohammad Reza Atighi ◽  
Majid Pedram
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Excretory Pore ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Subunit Gene ◽  
Lateral Field ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Tail Shape ◽  
Anterior Body ◽  
Molecular Characters

Ektaphelenchoides caspiensis n. sp. is described and illustrated based on morphological, morphometric and molecular characters. The new species is characterised by its continuous lip region, obscure lateral field, females with body length of 499-572 μm, 9-10 μm long stylet, excretory pore posterior to base of metacorpus at 62-72 μm from anterior body end, short post-uterine sac ca 0.5 times corresponding body diam. or 4-9 μm long, and posterior body end (i.e., including ‘tail’) very long and filiform. Males are common and have 7-8 μm long spicules, five copulatory papillae and a long (109-140 μm) conoid tail with very long filiform terminus. Based on morphological and molecular characters, it comes close to five known species of the genus, namely: E. attenuata, E. fuchsi, E. kelardashtensis, E. musae and E. ruehmi. It differs from the closest species, E. kelardashtensis, by the shorter female stylet (9-10 vs 13-16 μm), more anterior vulva (V = 51.7-58.1 vs 61.5-68.0), more posterior excretory pore (62-72 vs 55-66 μm from anterior end), very long posterior body (i.e., including ‘tail’) in female, and male tail shape (conoid with very long filiform terminus vs conoid, sharply pointed). Comparisons with other close species of the genus are also discussed. Molecular analyses were performed using 732 bp of the partial ribosomal RNA large subunit gene (D2-D3 of LSU) using Bayesian inference (BI) and maximum likelihood (ML) methods and showed that the new species formed a clade with one species of the genus (E. fuchsi) and Devibursaphelenchus lini.

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