Miconia paralimoides (Miconieae: Melastomataceae), a new species from the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic

In the course of a taxonomic revision of Miconia sect. Lima, we discovered a previously undescribed species, Miconia paralimoides, from the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. This species is part of the Miconia lima species complex, and is most similar morphologically to Miconia limoides. We illustrate and provide a distribution map of the species, as well as a key to distinguish M. paralimoides from other members of the Miconia lima complex, i.e., species with very well-developed, bulla-based hairs on the adaxial leaf surface, which mostly or completely cover the areoles.

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Contributions to the Andean Senecioneae (Compositae)—II. Werneria lanatifolia, a new species from central Andes

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.422.2.7 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 422 (2) ◽

pp. 201-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

JOEL CALVO ◽

ROSA I. MENESES

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Leaf Surface ◽

Central Andes ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Adaxial Leaf Surface ◽

Dichotomous Key ◽

A New Species

Werneria lanatifolia is described as a new species from the central Andes. It is a minute plant characterized by a lanate indumentum on the adaxial leaf surface and involucre. The new species is compared with the morphologically closest taxa and useful characters for its proper identification are provided. Detailed pictures of living plants, a distribution map, and a dichotomous key including the species allied to W. lanatifolia are also presented.

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Taxonomic and nomenclatorial revision within the Neotropical genera of the subtribe Odontocheilina W. Horn in a new sense—23. Odontocheila parafemoralis sp. nov., a new species of the O. cajennensis species-complex (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4995.1.5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4995 (1) ◽

pp. 96-110

Author(s):

JIŘÍ MORAVEC

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Present Author ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Species Group ◽

Similar Species ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Key To Species ◽

Previously Treated ◽

A New Species

A new species of the genus Odontocheila Laporte de Castelnau, 1834 is described from Brazil as Odontocheila parafemoralis sp. nov. Along with other species previously treated as subspecies of O. cajennensis (Fabricius, 1787), the new species is classified here as a species of the O. cajennensis species-complex (within the O. cajennensis species-group). It was commonly confused in collections with O. bipunctata (Fabricius, 1792) and O. femoralis Chaudoir, 1860. Specimens from Itaituba, Rio Tapajoz, Pará (the type locality of the new species) were previously considered by the present author to be aberrant adults of O. oseryi (Lucas, 1857) and were also included within the species in the taxonomic revision of the genus (Moravec 2018). A recent examination of numerous specimens from Itaituba has revealed that they represent an undescribed species, which is diagnostically separated from all taxa of the O. cajennensis species-complex. Consequently, it is described here as new to science. Illustrations of the habitus, diagnostic characters and variability of the new species and distinguishing characters of similar species are presented in colour photographs. A revised key to species of the O. cajennensis species-complex (within the complete O. cajennensis species-group) is presented with reference to the taxonomic revision of the genus (Moravec 2018). An essential map of distribution is also given.

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Taxonomic revision of four species of the Neotropical land planarian genera Cratera and Geoplana (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) with a description of two new species and an emendation of Cratera

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4500.4.3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4500 (4) ◽

pp. 517 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

DOMINGO LAGO-BARCIA ◽

FERNANDO CARBAYO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Variation ◽

Morphological Feature ◽

Ejaculatory Duct ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Terminal Portion ◽

Two New Species ◽

A New Species ◽

Land Planarian

The Brazilian land planarians Cratera crioula, C. joia, Geoplana hina, and G. taxiarcha (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Geoplanidae) are revised taxonomically from type material and additional specimens. Geoplana hina sensu Carbayo et al. (2013) was found to be an undescribed species and therefore is described and named as Cratera picuia sp. n. A new species of the genus is also described and named as Cratera arucuia sp. n. G. hina and G. taxiarcha are transferred to Cratera. The most remarkable morphological feature of Cratera—a dilated terminal portion of the ejaculatory duct—is either absent, inconspicuous, or variable in C. hina, C. joia, C. picuia sp. n., and C. arucuia sp. n. Based on the monophyletic status of Cratera inferred elsewhere, an emendation of the genus is here proposed to encompass the morphological variation observed in the genus.

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Taxonomic revision of the Square-tailed Drongo species complex (Passeriformes: Dicruridae) with description of a new species from western Africa

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.4 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4438 (1) ◽

pp. 105 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

JÉRÔME FUCHS ◽

MORY DOUNO ◽

RAURI C.K. BOWIE ◽

JON FJELDSÅ

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Genetic Divergence ◽

Species Complex ◽

Morphological Character ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Genetic Data ◽

Sister Species ◽

Western Africa ◽

Gallery Forests ◽

A New Species

We describe a new species of drongo in the Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii) complex using a combination of biometric and genetic data. The new species differs from previously described taxa in the Square-tailed Drongo complex by possessing a significantly heavier bill and via substantial genetic divergence (6.7%) from its sister-species D. sharpei. The new species is distributed across the gallery forests of coastal Guinea, extending to the Niger and Benue Rivers of Nigeria. We suspect that this taxon was overlooked by previous avian systematists because they either lacked comparative material from western Africa or because the key diagnostic morphological character (bill characteristics) was not measured. We provide an updated taxonomy of the Square-tailed Drongo species complex.

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Studies in Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) of Hispaniola

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.420.1.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 420 (1) ◽

pp. 1-20

Author(s):

ELADIO FERNÁNDEZ ◽

IRINA FERRERAS ◽

BRIAN D. FARRELL ◽

BRUNO A. S. De MEDEIROS ◽

GUSTAVO A. ROMERO-GONZÁLEZ

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Dominican Republic ◽

Senior Author ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Photographic Record ◽

Two New Species ◽

A New Species

A review of the literature at large and the field photographic record of the senior author of this study indicate that there are several undescribed species of Aristolochia in Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), related to A. bilobata. Here we show that A. mirandae is a synonym of A. bilobata and that what appears as A. bilobata in Marión H. (2011: 76–77) is a new species here described as Aristolochia adiastola. In addition, two new species, A. bonettiana and A. marioniana, also related to A. bilobata, are described and illustrated herein.

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Burmeistera quimiensis (Lobelioideae, Campanulaceae): A new species from the Cordillera del Cóndor range in southeast Ecuador

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.433.1.7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 433 (1) ◽

pp. 67-74

Author(s):

BROCK MASHBURN ◽

ÁLVARO J. PÉREZ ◽

CLAES PERSSON ◽

NICOLÁS ZAPATA ◽

DANIELA CEVALLOS ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Leaf Surface ◽

New Taxon ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Abaxial Leaf Surface ◽

Revolute Margin ◽

A New Species ◽

Biological Reserve

A new taxon belonging to the genus Burmeistera (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae) is described from El Quimi Biological Reserve in Morona Santiago Province, southeast Ecuador. Burmeistera quimiensis is characterized by its red-violet stems and veins, spiral phyllotaxy, bullate, ascending leaves with a revolute margin, puberulous abaxial leaf surface, cupuliform hypanthia, and thick-walled white to red-violet fruits with reflexed pedicels. Photos of the new species are given, as well as a distribution map of known collection localities, and its relationships with other species are discussed.

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Taxonomic revision of the marbled skink (Cyclodina oliveri, Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex, with a description of a new species

New Zealand Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1080/03014220809510110 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 129-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

David G. Chapple ◽

Geoff B. Patterson ◽

Dianne M. Gleeson ◽

Charles H. Daugherty ◽

Peter A. Ritchie

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

A New Species

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A new species of Long-eared Brown Bat of the genus Histiotus (Chiroptera) and the revalidation of Histiotus colombiae

Caldasia ◽

10.15446/caldasia.v43n2.85424 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 221-234 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Miguel E. Rodríguez-Posada ◽

Darwin M. Morales-Martínez ◽

Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves ◽

Daniela Martínez-Medina ◽

Camilo A. Calderón-Acevedo

Keyword(s):

Species Richness ◽

New Species ◽

The Other ◽

Evolutionary Relationships ◽

South American ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Cordillera Central ◽

Bolivian Andes ◽

Mammal Fauna ◽

A New Species

The South American bats of the genus Histiotus comprise between four and eight species, but their taxonomy has been controversial and the limits between species and their distribution are not well understood. In Colombia, Histiotus humboldti and H. montanus colombiae have been recorded, but undescribed species has been suggested. We evaluated the species richness and distribution of Colombian Histiotus using morphological, molecular, and acoustic traits. Our results evidence three species in Colombia, the two previously recorded taxa and a new species from the Cordillera Central of Colombia and northern Ecuador that we describe here. We also revalidated H. colombiae as a full species. H. humboldti is widely distributed in the Colombian and Ecuadorean Andes and can be sympatric with the other two species. H. colombiae is restricted to the Colombian Cordillera Oriental. Finally, we highlight the potential hidden diversity within Histiotus in the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes, the need to resolve the evolutionary relationships of the genus, and its implications to the understanding of the processes that have structured the Andean mammal fauna.

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A new species of the elm powdery mildew species complex (Erysiphaceae) on Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia) in East Asia segregated from Erysiphe ulmi

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.447.4.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 447 (4) ◽

pp. 276-282

Author(s):

ROLAND KIRSCHNER ◽

HERMINE LOTZ-WINTER ◽

MEIKE PIEPENBRING

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Powdery Mildew ◽

East Asia ◽

Species Complex ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Powdery Mildews ◽

Ulmus Parvifolia ◽

A New Species ◽

Chinese Elm

Powdery mildews are common pathogens on wild elm trees as well as on planted ornamentals in Asia and Europe. The taxonomy of the powdery Erysiphe species on elms (Ulmus spp., Ulmaceae) is complicated by taxonomical changes and inconsistently labelled DNA data in databases and publications. Based on morphology and phylogenetic analysis of new collections from Germany and Taiwan, E. ulmi from Europe is revised, while specimens on U. parvifolia from East Asia revealed a separate clade indicating an undescribed species. Morphologically, both species can be distinguished by length of the foot cell of the conidiophore, whereas the teleomorph characteristics were not significantly distinctive.

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Taxonomic revision of Mcvaughia W.R.Anderson (Malpighiaceae): notes on vegetative and reproductive anatomy and the description of a new species

PhytoKeys ◽

10.3897/phytokeys.117.32207 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 117 ◽

pp. 45-72 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rafael F. Almeida ◽

Isabel R. Guesdon ◽

Marcelo R. Pace ◽

Renata M.S. Meira

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

The State ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Secondary Phloem ◽

Reproductive Anatomy ◽

A New Species

A taxonomic revision ofMcvaughiais presented, including the description of a new species from the state of Piauí, Brazil, and notes on wood, secondary phloem, leaf, and floral morpho-anatomy. We present a key to the species, full morphological descriptions, a distribution map, and notes on distribution, ecology, etymology, and conservation status for each species.

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