A new rare species of Agalinis (Orobanchaceae) from the coast of Veracruz, México

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 349 (3) ◽  
pp. 265
Author(s):  
ANTONIO FRANCISCO-GUTIÉRREZ ◽  
GONZALO CASTILLO-CAMPOS ◽  
JOSÉ GUADALUPE GARCÍA-FRANCO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
The State ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Mangrove Swamp ◽  
Restricted Distribution ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Single Locality

A new species of Agalinis from the state of Veracruz is herein described, illustrated and compared with A. flexicaulis, A. harperi, A. maritima var. grandiflora, and A. peduncularis. This new taxon was found in a single locality in the northern coast of Veracruz, Mexico, near to a mangrove-swamp. Given its highly restricted distribution, this species is considered as endemic, being critically endangered as a consequence of local urbanization.

Behuria mestrealvarensis (Melastomataceae): a new species on an inselberg in Espírito Santo, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 255 (3) ◽  
pp. 281 ◽  
Author(s):  
DIEGO TAVARES IGLESIAS ◽  
VALQUÍRIA FERREIRA DUTRA ◽  
RENATO GOLDENBERG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Habitat Quality ◽  
The State ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Fragmented Landscape ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Iucn Criteria ◽  
Single Locality

Behuria mestrealvarensis (Melastomataceae) from the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, is described, illustrated and compared with B. capixaba, the species most similar to it. Behuria mestrealvarensis differs from B. capixaba by the glabrous petioles and hypanthia, by the solitary flowers or these in simple or compound triads up to 7 flowers, elliptic bracteoles almost the same size of the pedicel and hypanthium, sepals with eciliate margins and ovary apex with trichomes up to 0.5 mm. It occurs in a single locality, on an isolated, ca. 800m elev. inselberg. Due to its restricted occupancy area, fragmented landscape and poor habitat quality, this species must be considered as Critically Endangered according to IUCN criteria.

Chirocephalus sanhadjaensis sp. nov., a new chirocephalid species (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from Numidia (Algeria)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4526 (3) ◽  
pp. 381
Author(s):  
LYLIA BOUMENDJEL ◽  
NICOLAS RABET ◽  
MOUNIA AMAROUAYACHE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Resting Eggs ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Freshwater Ponds ◽  
Restricted Distribution ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Northeastern Algeria

A new species of Chirocephalus collected in temporary freshwater ponds in Northeastern Algeria is described. Chirocephalus sanhadjaensis sp. nov. seems to be restricted to Ain-Magroun and Belkroun pools (Skikda Province). The most similar species is C. marchesonii Ruffo & Vesentini, 1957, which is endemic to Italy. The new taxon, belonging to the “diaphanus” species group of the genus Chirocephalus, is identifiable from all congeners primarily by the shape of the antennal appendages and that of the apex of the distal antennomere of the antennae. The resting eggs of C. sanhadjaensis sp. nov. are similar to those of C. diaphanus or C. salinus but are larger (448.24 ± 30.93 µm). The restricted distribution of this species confirms the high biological diversity of the area of the Guerbes-Sanhadja eco-complex. 

scholarly journals Habenaria yookuaaensis (Orchidaceae: Orchidioideae), a new species from Oaxaca, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 292 (1) ◽  
pp. 74 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARÍA ISABEL MEJÍA-MARÍN ◽  
ADOLFO ESPEJO-SERNA ◽  
ANA ROSA LÓPEZ-FERRARI ◽  
ROLANDO JIMÉNEZ-MACHORRO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The State ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Complex Species ◽  
A New Species

Habenaria yookuaaensis, a new species from the state of Oaxaca, is described and illustrated. The new taxon is part of the H. brevilabiata, H. virens, H. odontopetala, H. strictissima, and H. acalcarata complex, species with which the new entity is compared.

scholarly journals A new species of coralsnake of the genus Calliophis (Squamata: Elapidae) from the west coast of peninsular India

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3437 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
ERIC N. SMITH ◽  
HEMANT OGALE ◽  
V. DEEPAK ◽  
VARAD B. GIRI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The State ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
Venomous Snake ◽  
The Third ◽  
Dark Pigmentation ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Dark Body

We describe a new species of coralsnake, Calliophis castoe, from western peninsular India. The discovery of this new species comes as a surprise because it is a venomous snake from both lowland and mountainous areas that are accessible and well populated. The new species differs from all other Calliophis, the Tropical Asian coralsnakes, in having unicolored and dark body and tail dorsa, an orange head band, a salmon color to scarlet body and tail underside, four maxillary teeth behind the fang (the highest number, except for some individuals of C. maculiceps) and, in having the prefrontals touching the third supralabial while having both a preocular and a nasal (except for some C. beddomei). Calliophis castoe also differs from all other Indian coralsnakes, with the exception of some Sinomicrurus macclellandi, in having an unpatterned body, no dark pigmentation on the last supralabial, and a wide post-temporal band. We also present mitochondrial DNA sequence differences between the new taxon and C. nigrescens. The new specie is the second species of coralsnake known from the state of Goa (beside C. nigrescens), the third known from Maharashtra (beside C. melanurus and C. nigrescens), and the fifth known from the state of Karnataka (beside C. beddomei, C. bibroni, C. melanurus, and C. nigrescens).

Fritzschia furnensis (Marcetia alliance, Melastomataceae): an endangered new species from the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 302 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
ROSANA ROMERO ◽  
MARIA JOSÉ REIS DA ROCHA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Glandular Trichomes ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Small Populations ◽  
Floristic Survey ◽  
Restricted Distribution ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
A New Species

During a floristic survey of Melastomataceae carried out in Delfinópolis and Capitólio, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, a new species of Fritzschia was found. Fritzschia furnensis has stems peeling in thin, woody flakes, petiole 2–10 mm long, large leaf blades (23–38 × 10–29 mm) and an indumentum of glandular trichomes on the branches, petioles, leaves, bracteoles, pedicels, hypanthia, and sepals. The new species is regarded as endangered (EN) due to a restricted distribution, small populations and the destruction of its habitat.

Kielmeyera ferruginosa (Calophyllaceae), a new species from the Atlantic Forest, southern Bahia, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 221 (3) ◽  
pp. 288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Pricilla Batista Santos ◽  
Rafaela Jorge Trad ◽  
Fabio Da Silva Do Espírito Santo ◽  
Maria do Carmo Estanislau Do Amaral ◽  
Alessandro Rapini
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Related Species ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Abaxial Surface ◽  
Southern Bahia ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Flooded Areas

Kielmeyera ferruginosa, a new species of Calophyllaceae from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, is here described and illustrated. The species is critically endangered and can be easily distinguished from other Kielmeyera species by the rusty coloration of the trunk and branches, orange-colored latex, and the occurrence in flooded areas. It differs from the other species of the section Prolifera by the leaves with secondary veins relatively more distant from each other and prominent on the abaxial surface. Diagnostic characters and the state of conservation of the new species are discussed, and an identification key for K. ferruginosa and related species from series Rupestres and Neglectae is provided.

scholarly journals A new species of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae) from southwestern Tamaulipas, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
IVÓN RAMÍREZ MORILLO ◽  
CARLOS F. JIMÉNEZ NAH ◽  
JACINTO TREVIÑO CARREÓN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The State ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Mexican State ◽  
White Cotton ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Hechtia from the Mexican State of Tamaulipas is herein proposed as new: Hechtia hernandez-sandovalii, which is known only from the municipality of Villa de Miquihuana in the southwestern portion of the state. The new species is easily recognized by the following combination of characters: its white cotton-like indument (turning brownish with age) on the branches, rachis, and peduncle of both staminate and pistillate inflorescences. The new taxon is compared with H. glomerata, a species morphologically similar.

Tillandsia religiosa, a new species from the state of Morelos, México

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 184 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Hernández-Cárdenas ◽  
EDITH GONZÁLEZ-ROCHA ◽  
Adolfo ESPEJO-SERNA ◽  
ANA ROSA LÓPEZ-FERRARI ◽  
ROSA CERROS-TLATILPA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The State ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
A New Species

Tillandsia religiosa Hern.-Cárdenas, González-Rocha, Espejo, López-Ferr., Cerros & Ehlers, a new species from Morelos, Mexico is described and illustrated. The new species is compared to taxa with similar characteristics, T. taxcoensis Ehlers, T. thyrsigera E. Morren ex Baker and T. superinsignis Matuda. Images and a distribution map of the new taxon are included.

scholarly journals A new nurse frog (Anura: Allobates) from Brazilian Amazonia with a remarkably fast multi-noted advertisement call

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9979
Author(s):  
Jesus R.D. Souza ◽  
Miquéias Ferrão ◽  
James Hanken ◽  
Albertina P. Lima
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
The State ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Advertisement Calls ◽  
Brazilian Amazonia ◽  
Adult Morphology ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Single Locality

Nurse frogs (Aromobatidae: Allobates) are probably the most extensively studied genus by taxonomists in Brazilian Amazonia. The southwestern portion of Amazonia is the most species-rich: as many as seven species may occur in sympatry at a single locality. In this study, we describe a new species of nurse frog from this region. The description integrates data from larval and adult morphology, advertisement calls and DNA sequences. Allobates velocicantus sp. nov. is distinguished from other Allobates mainly by the absence of hourglass-shaped dark marks on the dorsum and dark transverse bars on the thigh; a throat that is white centrally and yellow marginally; basal webbing on toes II and III; finger I longer than finger II; and an advertisement call composed of 66–138 pulsed notes with a note duration of 5–13 ms, inter-note intervals of 10–18 ms and a dominant frequency of 5,512–6,158 Hz. Tadpoles of the new species have 3–4 short, rounded papillae on the anterior labium, 16–23 papillae on the posterior labium, and a labial keratodont row formula 2(2)/3(1). This is the fifth species of Allobates described from the state of Acre, southwestern Brazilian Amazonia.

Dictyanthus stevensii (Apocynaceae; Asclepiadoideae; Gonolobinae), a new species from Chimalapas region, Oaxaca, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 394 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
CÉSAR ADRIÁN GONZÁLEZ-MARTÍNEZ ◽  
LUCIO LOZADA-PÉREZ ◽  
LEONARDO O. ALVARADO-CÁRDENAS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
The State ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Dictyanthus is herein described and illustrated, more than 30 years since the last paper describing new species of this genus. Dictyanthus stevensii sp. nov. is known only from the Zoque forest in the Chimalapas region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. This species differs from all other species because it has the smallest flowers within the genus. It is morphologically related to D. eximius, a microendemic species of Chiapas. Information on the distribution and habitat of this new species is given, and its conservation status is proposed as Critically Endangered B2ab(ii). An identification key to Dictyanthus species in southern and southerneast Mexico is also provided.

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