scholarly journals The fungal genus Tricholomopsis (Agaricales) in New Zealand, including Tricholomopsis scabra sp. nov.

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 288 (1) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
JERRY A. COOPER ◽  
DUCKCHUL PARK
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
Pinus Radiata ◽  
Historical Collections ◽  
Native Forests ◽  
Conifer Plantations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Fungal Genus

The status of the genus Tricholomopsis (Agaricales) in New Zealand is reviewed. T. rutilans is a species described from the northern hemisphere and recorded from plantations of exotic Pinus radiata in New Zealand. Historical collections identified as T. rutilans were subjected to morphological and phylogenetic analysis. The results show that most of these collections refer to T. ornaticeps, originally described from New Zealand native forests. The presence in New Zealand of T. rutilans was not confirmed. Collections of Tricholomopsis from native forests and bush also include a newly described species, T. scabra, which is characterised by a distinctly scabrous pileus. The new species is phylogenetically and morphologically distinct but related to T. ornaticeps. T. ornaticeps and T. scabra are currently known only from New Zealand and the former has extended its habitat to include exotic conifer plantations.

Analysis of the genus Sunamphitoe Spence Bate, 1857 (Amphipoda: Ampithoidae) with descriptions of eight new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4269 (3) ◽  
pp. 301 ◽  
Author(s):  
RACHAEL A. PEART
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
The Status ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Algal Host

Sunamphitoe Spence Bate, 1857 is one of several ampithoid amphipod genera to be reasonably specific to its algal host. Sunamphitoe was recently shown to be a senior synonym of Peramphithoe Conlan & Bousfield, 1982 by both morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses that included selected exemplars of both putative genera. Phylogenetic analysis considering all species of Sunamphitoe herein corroborates the validity of this synonymy and also delineates several morphological groups within the genus. Eight new species are descibed herein, Sunamphitoe angrox sp. nov., S. batavia sp. nov., S. dampierensis sp. nov., S. jonathani sp. nov., S. lehae sp. nov., S. mixtura sp. nov., S. naturaliste sp. nov., and S. stevesmithi sp. nov., all from Australia and New Zealand; the status of the problematic New Zealand species, Sunamphitoe aorangi is resolved.

scholarly journals Sphaeropezia leucocheila sp. nov. (Stictidaceae): a liverwort pathogen from New Zealand

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 409 (4) ◽  
pp. 222-226
Author(s):  
P. R. JOHNSTON ◽  
D. PARK ◽  
M. A. M. RENNER
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
Fruiting Bodies ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
A New Species

Sphaeropezia leucocheila is described as a new species from New Zealand. Known from a single specimen, its fruiting bodies were consistently associated with a patch of dead and dying leaves in a liverwort colony that included several species of Lepidoziaceae. A phylogenetic analysis places this fungus in Sphaeropezia, a genus that includes several putative parasites of liverworts and mosses from the Northern Hemisphere.

Pseudodactylaria brevis sp. nov. from Thailand confirms the status of Pseudodactylariaceae

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 369 (4) ◽  
pp. 241 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHUAN-GEN LIN ◽  
ERIC H. C. MCKENZIE ◽  
DARBHE J. BHAT ◽  
JIAN-KUI LIU ◽  
KEVIN D. HYDE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Its Sequence ◽  
Morphological Comparison ◽  
Phylogenetic Placement ◽  
Data Analyses ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Pseudodactylaria brevis, is described, illustrated and compared with other Pseudodactylaria and Dactylaria-like taxa. Evidence for the new species is provided by morphological comparison and sequence data analyses. Pseudodactylaria brevis can be distinguished from other Pseudodactylaria and Dactylaria-like species by its short hyaline conidiophores and fusiform, 1-septate hyaline conidia. Phylogenetic analysis of LSU and ITS sequence data was carried out to determine the phylogenetic placement of the species and confirm the taxonomic status of Pseudodactylariaceae.

Correction - The Australasian genera of pericomoid Psychodidae (Diptera) and the status of related Enderlein genera in the neotropics

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 721
Author(s):  
DA Duckhouse
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
New Genera ◽  
The Status ◽  
Taxonomic Problem ◽  
Actual Relationship ◽  
Made In

Australasian pericomoids, psychodids resembling northern hemisphere species of Pericoma Walker (tribe Pericomini), are mostly members of the tribe Maruinini, here re-defined. Amongst Maruinini, they are like several neotropical genera named by Enderlein (1937), but their actual relationship to Enderlein's genera, and hence their identity, has been a long-standing taxonomic problem. Consideration of extensive new collections and observations made in the southern hemisphere now shows that they consist of the following: Genus Notiocharis Eaton. Tribe Maruinini: genus Didicrum Enderlein, and five new genera, Eremolobulosa, Rotundopteryx, Alloeodidicrurn, Satchellomyia and Ancyroaspis. Of these, the Australian Eremolobulosa is the possible sister group of the European Lobulosa Szabo, and the New Zealand genera Satchellomyia and Ancyroaspis are possible sister groups. Of Enderlein's neotropical genera, five classified by Quate (1963) as synonyms, or in one case a subgenus, of Pericoma (Didicrum, Desmioza, Synmormia, Syntomolaba and Podolepria) are recognised as full genera. A key to Australasian pericomoid genera is provided.

scholarly journals The youngest South American rhynchocephalian, a survivor of the K/Pg extinction

2014 ◽  
Vol 281 (1792) ◽  
pp. 20140811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastián Apesteguía ◽  
Raúl O. Gómez ◽  
Guillermo W. Rougier
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
South America ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
South American ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Northern Patagonia ◽  
Extinction Event ◽  
New Form

Rhynchocephalian lepidosaurs, though once widespread worldwide, are represented today only by the tuatara ( Sphenodon ) of New Zealand. After their apparent early Cretaceous extinction in Laurasia, they survived in southern continents. In South America, they are represented by different lineages of Late Cretaceous eupropalinal forms until their disappearance by the Cretaceous/Palaeogene (K/Pg) boundary. We describe here the only unambiguous Palaeogene rhynchocephalian from South America; this new taxon is a younger species of the otherwise Late Cretaceous genus Kawasphenodon . Phylogenetic analysis confirms the allocation of the genus to the clade Opisthodontia. The new form from the Palaeogene of Central Patagonia is much smaller than Kawasphenodon expectatus from the Late Cretaceous of Northern Patagonia. The new species shows that at least one group of rhynchocephalians not related to the extant Sphenodon survived in South America beyond the K/Pg extinction event. Furthermore, it adds to other trans-K/Pg ectotherm tetrapod taxa, suggesting that the end-Cretaceous extinction affected Patagonia more benignly than the Laurasian landmasses.

Taking a closer look: an SEM review of Levinsenia species (Polychaeta: Paraonidae) reported from California

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4751 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-275
Author(s):  
LAWRENCE L. LOVELL ◽  
KIRK FITZHUGH
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Light Microscope ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetics ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
Sensory Organ ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron

Scanning electron (SEM) and light microscope examinations of members of Levinsenia Mesnil, 1897, species from California yielded a new species, new characters, emended name and range extension for L. kirbyorum Lovell, 2002. Specimens of L. gracilis (Tauber, 1879) from Sweden, Iceland, and California were compared and could not be distinguished on the basis of morphology. Two other Californian species, L. multibranchiata (Hartman, 1957) and L. oculata (Hartman, 1957), were also examined. SEM revealed features previously undescribed for the genus. Additional prostomial ciliary bundles, dorsal transverse ciliary branchial connections, notopodial sensory pores, and neurochaetal fascicle configurations. Levinsenia barwicki n.sp. possessing a terminal sensory organ, 4-8 leaf-like ciliate branchiae, and recurved neurochaete with distal hood is described More SEM work is necessary to confirm if these features are present among other members of Levinsenia and other Paraonidae genera. The status of Levinsenia according to the phylogenetic analysis performed by Langeneck et al. (2019, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 136, 1-13) is discussed. 

Bursaphelenchus parayongensis n. sp. (Tylenchina: Aphelenchoididae) found in packaging wood from China

Nematology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Gu ◽  
Yiwu Fang ◽  
Ute Schönfeld ◽  
Xinxin Ma ◽  
Xiaoling Lü
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Excretory Pore ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Posterior Part ◽  
Precloacal Papilla ◽  
Lateral Field ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Partial 18S

Summary Bursaphelenchus parayongensis n. sp. was isolated from packaging wood of a consignment from China exported to Germany. The new species is characterised by the lateral field with three lines, 9-13 μm long stylet with small basal swellings, and the excretory pore located near the posterior part of metacorpus. The male spicules are mitten-shaped, the lamina smoothly tapers towards the distal tip. The condylus is broadly rounded, with a small dorsally bent hook, rostrum triangular with sharply pointed tip, and without cucullus. One precloacal papilla, one adcloacal pair and two postcloacal pairs of male papillae present, with the posteriormost pair forming ‘gland papillae’. Bursal flap long, spade-like with posterior margin truncate or irregular. Females have a small vulval flap of 2-3 μm long, and a post-vulval uterine sac extending for 55-77% of the vulva to anus distance. Tail cylindrical, mostly (about 70%) with a robust mucron, very short to less than 3 μm, but occasionally tail terminus bluntly rounded, without mucron. It is similar to species in subgroup 3 of the eggersi group including B. carpini, B. clavicauda, B. cryphali and B. yongensis, but morphologically different. Detailed phylogenetic analysis based on partial 18S, ITS and D2-D3 region of 28S sequences has confirmed the status of this nematode as a new species.

On some Afrotropical Harpalus, with description of two new species, and remarks on Hypharpax australis (Coleoptera: Carabidae): misidentification, mislabeling, and introduction to the Australian region

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5020 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-56
Author(s):  
BORIS M. KATAEV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
African Continent ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Status

New data on taxonomy of several Afrotropical species of Harpalus Latreille, 1802 are provided, with special attention to the species recorded outside the African continent. Two new species from East Africa are described: H. pseudoasemus sp. n. from Tanzania and Kenya (type locality: Oldonyo Dambu, 15 km north of Arusha, Tanzania), and H. merkli sp. n. from Ethiopia (type locality: Chercher). Harpalus impressus Roth, 1851, H. asemus Basilewsky, 1947, H. fuscoaeneus Dejean, 1829, H. australasiae Dejean, 1829, and H. parvulus Dejean, 1829 are re-described based on the types and additional material, and the diagnostic characters of Hypharpax australis (Dejean, 1829) are given. Harpalus australasiae sensu Larochelle & Larivière, 2005 (non Dejean, 1829) is treated as conspecific with the Afrotropical H. parvulus which was introduced to Australia and New Zealand. The genus Anisochirus Jeannel, 1946, stat. resurr. is restored for most of the Madagascan and Mascarene species included previously in Harpalus. The members of this genus differ from those of Harpalus in having glabrous paraglossae. The status and taxonomic position of Anisochirus is discussed. The following synonymies are proposed: Harpalus impressus Roth, 1851 = H. sundaicus Schauberger, 1933, syn. n., and H. asemus Basilewsky, 1947 (January 30) = H. hamasiensis G. Müller, 1947 (September 30), syn. n. Lectotypes are designated for H. impressus and H. fuscoaeneus.  

A revision of the Australasian species of the freshwater genera Boeckella and Hemiboeckella (Copepoda: Calanoida)

1964 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 180 ◽  
Author(s):  
IAE Bayly
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Status ◽  
General Aspects ◽  
First Time

The taxonomic utility of various characters is discussed. The status of Hemiboeckella searli Sars is discussed, and the retention of the monotypic genus Hemiboeckella is considered to be justified. A list of generic characters is given for both Boeckella and Hemiboeckella, a key is given to the Australasian species of Boeckella and is accompanied by comparative drawings. Except for B. minuta Sars, this key does not enable female specimens to be identified. The number of Australasian species of Boeckella previously described is reduced from 25 to 14 by synonymy. Two new species, B. geniculata and B. montana, and a new subspecies, B. robusta maxima, are described. Another apparently new species is figured but not named (based on a single specimen only). Two species described from New Zealand are recorded from Australia for the first time. The male fifth legs of all species are described and, except for B. opaqua Fairbridge, all are figured. Additional features are also figured for some species. The distribution of species and some general aspects of their ecology are discussed.

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