A revision of the genus Orbilia in the Canary Islands

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 284 (4) ◽  
pp. 231 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS QUIJADA ◽  
HANS-OTTO BARAL ◽  
ESPERANZA BELTRÁN-TEJERA
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
New Records ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Global Distribution ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Ecological Data

Based on field work and herbarium studies, a taxonomic revision of the genus Orbilia in the Canary Islands was carried out. Eighteen species of the genus are recognized in the present study. Eight of these are new records for the archipelago (Orbilia cejpii, O. euonymi, O. flavida, O. flavidorosella, O. hesperidea, O. scolecospora, O. vinosa and O. vitalbae). Three of them are here described in detail (O. cejpii, O. flavida and O. vitalbae), because they were not reported again since their first publication. Corrections and clarifications about the identity of four previously reported species (O. alnea, O. auricolor, O. delicatula and O. epipora) are provided, being renamed to O. eucalypti, O. tenuissima, O. xanthostigma, and O. dryadum, respectively, the last one being a new combination for O. alnea var. dryadum. Two species with a rather short original diagnoses reported for the Canary Islands are redescribed in detail (O. corculispora and O. gambelii), and those being endemic for the archipelago are illustrated and briefly discussed (Orbilia adenocarpi, O. asomatica, O. pisciformis and O. succulenticola). A key for the identification of these species, a discussion about closely related taxa, notes on their global distribution, and ecological data are provided.

New distribution and taxonomic information on Callitriche (Plantaginaceae) in the Mediterranean region

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 313 (1) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD V. LANSDOWN ◽  
IOANNIS BAZOS ◽  
MARIA CARMELA CARIA ◽  
ANGELO TROIA ◽  
JAN J. WIERINGA
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
New Records ◽  
Field Work ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

This article presents new records of water-starworts (Callitriche sp. pl.) from the Mediterranean basin, resulting from review of herbarium specimens and field work. Callitriche brutia var. naftolskyi is stated as a new combination and confirmed from Greece (Lesvos and Milos), Israel, Italy (Sardinia and Sicily), Libya, Morocco and Syria; C. lusitanica from Greece (Lesvos), Israel and Italy (Sardinia and Sicily); C. brutia var. brutia has been known from Greece for some time but is confirmed from Lesvos and Milos; C. obtusangula and C. truncata subsp. truncata are both confirmed from Sardinia and Sicily, while the latter is also confirmed from Syria. Callitriche lenisulca and C. stagnalis are confirmed from Sardinia but records of the latter from Lesvos appear to be erroneous; C. truncata subsp. occidentalis is known from Lesvos but records from Sardinia and Sicily appear to be erroneous. Records of C. regis-jubae from Sardinia are probably misidentifications for C. brutia var. naftolskyi. Records of C. brutia var. hamulata from the region are likely to be erroneous. A recent find of the alien C. terrestris in Spain is the first record for that country and the second record for Europe.

Taxonomic Revision of Chionoloma (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta)

2019 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Alonso ◽  
Juan A. Jiménez ◽  
María J. Cano
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
New Records ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Distribution Data

A worldwide taxonomic revision of the species belonging to the moss genus Chionoloma Dixon (Pottiaceae) is here presented. Our work is based on the morphological analysis of more than 2600 specimens deposited in different herbaria or collected during field trips. A total of 131 names were found and their nomenclatural types were examined, resulting in the lectotypification of 45 names. It is concluded that Chionoloma is composed of 22 species and one variety, seven of them are here newly combined (C. circinatum (Besch.) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez; C. cylindrotheca (Mitt.) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez; C. hyalinoblastum (Broth.) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez; C. melanostomum (Mitt.) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez; C. orthodontum (Müll. Hal.) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez; C. sarawakense (Dixon) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez; and C. stenocarpum (Thér) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez). Moreover, 42 names are newly synonymized and a total of 74 new records for various countries are reported. Keys, descriptions, illustrations, photographs, and distribution data of each species are provided.

Taxonomic revision of the genus Anostomoides (Characiformes: Anostomidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4646 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-144
Author(s):  
FERNANDO MASSAYUKI ASSEGA ◽  
JOSÉ LUÍS OLIVAN BIRINDELLI
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Posterior Half ◽  
Body Depth ◽  
Lower Lip ◽  
Longitudinal Stripe ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Dermal Papillae

A taxonomic revision of Anostomoides is herein presented based on a comprehensive revision of specimens deposited in fish collections and the literature. The present revision proposes that A. laticeps is a junior synonym of A. atrianalis, while A. passionis is a junior synonym of Leporinus nattereri, and the latter is thus transferred to Anostomoides, forming the new combination Anostomoides nattereri. Principal Components Analysis (PCA) showed that examined specimens form two distinct morphotypes, corroborating the validity of both A. atrianalis and A. nattereri. Anostomoides nattereri is distinguished from A. atrianalis by having four branchiostegal rays (vs. three), three pores in infraorbital one (vs. four), 37–39 pored lateral-line scales (vs. 41–44), lower lip with rounded dermal papillae (vs. forming ridges), three dark  rounded midlateral blotches (vs. three or four vertically elongated blotches and/or a faded dark longitudinal stripe), dark lines between scale series on posterior half of body on specimens smaller than 150 mm SL (vs. dark lines absent), a greater body depth (27.6–36.2 % vs. 24.5–38.7% of SL) and smaller interorbital distance (34.4–53.8 % vs. 42.6–67.3 % of HL). Anostomoides nattereri is distributed across several tributaries of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, whereas A. atrianalis is widespread throughout the Amazon, Orinoco, and Essequibo basins. The genus Anostomoides is currently diagnosed based on a combination of non-exclusive characters: upturned or slightly upturned mouth with four premaxillary teeth including symphyseal tooth bicuspid or with blunt cutting edge, remaining teeth slightly tricuspid (with medial cuspid distinctly larger); four dentary teeth, symphyseal tooth with truncate cutting edge (without cusps); second tooth with a single large cusp, and two lateral teeth with three or slightly more small cusps. 

New records of naturalised and invasive cacti (Cactaceae) from Gran Canaria and Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Bradleya ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (35) ◽  
pp. 58-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Verloove ◽  
Elizabeth Ojeda-Land ◽  
Gideon F. Smith ◽  
Alessandro Guiggi ◽  
Jorge Alfredo Reyes-Betancort ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
New Records ◽  
Gran Canaria

Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea IV: Taxonomy on Medaurini (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Clitumninae) of China

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4365 (5) ◽  
pp. 501
Author(s):  
GEORGE WAI-CHUN HO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Combination ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
New Genera ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Taxonomic Keys

This paper deals with the taxonomy of Chinese Medaurini with descriptions of two new genera, 14 new species and two new subspecies, proposal of two new combinations and report of two new records for China. A total of seven genera and 42 species are recognised in the tribe. Ten new species and two new subspecies from four recognised genera including Cnipsomorpha Hennemann, Conle, Zhang & Liu, 2008, Interphasma Chen & He, 2008, Medauroidea Zompro, 2000 and Parapachymorpha Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 are described. They are Cnipsomorpha bii sp. nov., C. daliensis sp. nov., C. maoershanensis sp. nov., C. wenxuani sp. nov., Interphasma elongatum elongatum sp. nov. & subsp. nov., I. elongatum parvum subsp. nov., I. huanglianshanense sp. nov., Medauroidea chenshuchuni sp. nov., Parapachymorpha dentata sp. nov., P. jinpingensis sp. nov. and P. sinica sp. nov. Two new genera, Neointerphasma gen. nov. and Neosinophasma gen. nov., are established. The former only includes Neointerphasma minutigranulatum sp. nov. The latter includes four species, N. biangulatum (Chen & Zhang, 2008) comb. nov. [transferred from Cnipsomorpha], N. tangliangi sp. nov., N. wenxuani sp. nov. and N. yunnanense sp. nov. A new combination is also suggested for Medauroidea nyalamensis (Chen, Shang & Pei, 2000) comb. nov. transferred from Ramulus Saussure, 1862. Parapachymorpha spiniger (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) and Medauromorpha foedata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) are new records for China. Taxonomic keys are given to Cnipsomorpha, Interphasma, Medauroidea, Medauromorpha, Neosinophasma gen. nov. and Parapachymorpha. 

scholarly journals A revision of the genus Psammogorgia Verrill, 1868 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 961 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Odalisca Breedy ◽  
Hector M. Guzman
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
Eastern Pacific Ocean ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
Character Tables ◽  
Two New Species

The species of the genus Psammogorgia Verrill, 1868 from the shallow waters of the tropical eastern Pacific were mainly described from 1846 to 1870. Very few contributions were published subsequently. Recently, the genus was revisited with the addition of two new species. However, a comprehensive generic study is still missing for the eastern Pacific. Psammogorgia is characterised by having axes cores without mineralisation, mainly coarse irregular spindles and thorny, leafy or tuberculate clubs coenenchymal sclerites and the anthocodial armature with distinct collaret and points arrangements. Herein a taxonomic revision of the genus is presented based on type material which was morphologically analysed and illustrated using optical and scanning electron microscopy. Comparative character tables are provided for comparison among species in the genus, along with a taxonomic key. Moreover, the taxonomic status of each species was analysed. The genus Psammogorgia comprises six valid species and two varieties, and three lectotypes and a new combination are proposed to establish the taxonomic status of these species.

scholarly journals New records of Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) from northern Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Araujo Perini ◽  
Júlia Quintaneiro Mota
Keyword(s):  
Odocoileus Virginianus ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
Scientific Collections ◽  
First Time

We report new records of the White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Brazil based on specimens deposited in scientific collections. These new records expand the known geographic distribution of the species in Brazil southwards in the states of Roraima and Amapá, the latter the first record of the species below the equator line in Brazil, and register it for the first time in the state of Amazonas. These records contribute to increase the knowledge of the geographical distribution of O. virginianus in Brazil and highlights the importance of museum collections as a source of biogeographic and ecological data.

The genus Ceratium (Dinophyceae) in Bass Strait and adjoining waters, southern Australia

1989 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
JM Huisman
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
New Combination

Thirty-two species of the dinoflagellate genus Ceratium Schrank (Dinophyceae, Peridiniales) are reported and described from the Bass Strait and adjoining waters, southern Australia. Ten of these species (C. setaceum, C. kofoidii, C. longirostrum, C. falcatiforme, C. contortum, C. gibberum, C. paradoxides, C. ranipes, C. vultur, C. carriense var. carriense) represent new records for the area. A new combination, Ceratium carriense var. massiliense (Gourret) Huisman, is proposed. Descriptions and illustrations are provided for all species.

New Records of Cactaceae from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)

Haseltonia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 79-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Verloove ◽  
Águedo Marrero Rodríguez ◽  
Marcos Salas-Pascual ◽  
Alessandro Guiggi
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
New Records ◽  
Gran Canaria

Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903–1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5028 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-80
Author(s):  
BRUNA S. SANTOS ◽  
MARIANA P. MARQUES ◽  
AARON M. BAUER ◽  
LUIS M. P. CERÍACO
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Historia Natural

Francisco Newton’s zoological expedition to Angola undertaken between 1903 and 1906 is one of the least studied of the naturalist’s life. Only three major papers regarding the herpetofauna collected in this expedition have been published, and a significant part of the specimens remains unstudied since the 1900’s. Here we review the extant herpetological specimens of this expedition, present an updated taxonomic revision, and provide new insights on their taxonomic status. The extant collection is constituted by 329 specimens (155 amphibians and 174 reptiles), corresponding to 73 species, 39 genera and 22 families, and it is presently housed in the Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto (MHNC-UP).  

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