Taxonomic revision of Ulva montana (Lightfoot 1777) and description of a new genus of Lightfootiella (Cyanophyceae, Chroococcaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 362 (2) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
PETR HAŠLER ◽  
ALLAN PENTECOST ◽  
EVA JAHODÁŘOVÁ ◽  
PETR DVOŘÁK ◽  
ALOISIE POULÍČKOVÁ
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Evolutionary Lineage ◽  
Fresh Material

We investigated type material of Ulva montana (Lightfoot 1777: 973) and compared it with the type material of Gloeocapsa magma Brébisson in Brébisson & Godey (1835: 40) and fresh material from nature. Our investigation indicates a separate evolutionary lineage of U. montana which possesses specific morphological features differing from the most closely related genera Gloeocapsa, Gloeocapsopsis and Chroococcus. We propose a new genus Lightfootiella gen. nov. based on the new combination Lightfootiella montana comb. nov. We revise the taxonomy of this entity and compare this species with Gloeocapsopsis magma sensu (Brébisson) Komárek & Anagnostidis 1986.

Sagittanthera (Hyacinthaceae, Urgineoideae), a new buzz pollinated genus from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIO MARTÍNEZ-AZORÍN ◽  
MANUEL B. CRESPO ◽  
ANTHONY P. DOLD ◽  
WOLFGANG WETSCHNIG ◽  
MICHAEL PINTER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Buzz Pollination ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
South Eastern

Within the framework of a taxonomic revision of subfamily Urgineoideae, we here describe a new genus from south-eastern South Africa. Sagittanthera gen. nov. is at first sight related to Rhadamanthus and Tenicroa, but it can be clearly differentiated by the presence of bracteoles and the anthers connate to form a cone-like structure dehiscing by minute apical pores. This genus is based on Rhadamanthus cyanelloides, an enigmatic species occurring in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It was described on the basis of incomplete material. Recently, Drimia cremnophila and D. mzimvubuensis, two species that match the diagnostic characters of the new genus, were described from the same region. A complete description is presented for Sagittanthera, and data on morphology, ecology, and distribution are also reported. Two species are accepted in this genus, and the necessary combinations are stated. Furthermore, we demonstrate that pollen is released by vibration. This fact together with morphological features of the androecium clearly evidence that buzz pollination occurs in this new genus.

scholarly journals A Revision of the Names of Foliicolous Lichenized Fungi Published by Batista and Co-Workers Between 1960 and 1975

1998 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Lücking ◽  
Emmanuël SÉrusiaux ◽  
Leonor C. Maia ◽  
Eugênia C. G. Pereira
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Lichenized Fungi ◽  
New Combination ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Lichenicolous Fungi ◽  
Foliicolous Lichens ◽  
Nomina Dubia

AbstractBetween 1960 and 1975, 212 names of foliicolous lichenized fungi (or believed to have such a biological status) were described or used by A. C. Batista and co-workers. A considerable number of the new names were not validly published but mentioned as nomina nuda in various papers, while a further 69 names exist only as herbarium names. A taxonomic revision demonstrates that 36 of the 38 validly described genera ( = 95%) and 56 of the 68 validly published species and varieties ( = 82%) are either synonyms of previously known taxa, or represent non-lichenized or lichenicolous fungi, or cannot be readily identified and remain nomina dubia. Most of the descriptions refer to pycnidia, particularly those of the Strigulaceae (5 genera, 8 species or varieties), the hyphophores of Gomphillaceae (6 genera, 10 species), and the genus Microtheliopsis (3 genera, 3 species), whereas campylidia of the Ectolechiaceae are under-represented. A further six, monotypic genera correspond to lichenicolous or non-lichenized fungi. The following validly described taxa remain as autonomous genera or species of foliicolous lichens: Amazonomyces Bat., a generic name taken up for two species previously placed in Stirtonia and Cryptothecia, with two new combinations: Amazonomyces sprucei (R. Sant.) Lücking, Sérus. & Thor comb. nov. [Bas.: Stirtonia sprucei R. Sant.; Syn.: Amazonomyces palmae Bat. & Cavalc], and Amazonomyces farkasiae (Lücking) Lücking, Sérus. & Thor comb. nov. [Bas.: Cryptothecia farkasiae Lücking]; Lyromma Bat. & H. Maia, a distinctive genus of the Dothideales, with two species described by Batista and co-workers, and one new combination: Lyromma palmae (Cavalc. & A. A. Silva) Lücking & Sérus. comb. nov. [Bas.: Anconomyces palmae Cavalc. & A. A. Silva]; Arthonia lecythidicola (Bat. & H. Maia) Lücking & Sérus. comb. nov. [Bas.: Ameropeltomyces lecythidicola Bat. & H. Maia]; Arthonia orbignyae (H. B. P. Upadhyay) Matzer [Bas.: Opegrapha orbignyae H. B. P. Upadhyay; Syn.: Arthonia opegraphina Lücking]; Asterothyrium aspidospermatis (Peres) Lücking & Sérus. comb, nov. [Bas.: Actinoteichus aspidospermatis Peres] and Asterothyrium pernambucense (Cavalc.) Lücking & Sérus. comb. nov. [Bas.: Actinoteichus pernambucensis Cavalc], two apomictic pycnidial forms of Asterothyrium, in addition to the reinstalled A. umbilicatum (Müll. Arg.) Müll. Arg.; Byssoloma guttiferae (Bat. & Peres) Lücking & Sérus. comb. nov. [Bas.: Crocicreomyces guttiferae Bat. & Peres; Syn.: Byssoloma aeruginascens Vězda]; Phyllobathelium leguminosae (Cavalc. & A. A. Silva) Lücking & Sérus. comb. nov. [Bas.: Septoriomyces leguminosae Cavalc. & A. A. Silva]; Tricharia couepiae (Bat.) Lücking & Sérus. comb. nov. [Bas.: Aderkomyces couepiae Bat.] and Trichothelium brasiliense J. L. Bezerra & L. Xavier. Echinoplaca amapensis Bat. & Poroca, a distinctive species with characters that suggest a placement into the Arthoniaceae, will most probably require a new genus when more material is available. One species is validated and two are described as new: Bapalmuia verrucosa Serus. & Lucking spec, nov., Enterographa batistae Lucking & Serus. spec, nov. and Opegrapha ducket Bat., J. L. Bezerra & Cavalc. ex Lucking & Serus.

Phylogenetic relationships, taxonomic revision and new taxa of Termitomyces (Lyophyllaceae, Basidiomycota) inferred from combined nLSU- and mtSSU-rDNA sequences

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 321 (1) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.C. MOSSEBO ◽  
E.P.F. ESSOUMAN ◽  
M.C. MACHOUART ◽  
C. GUEIDAN
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
Different Strains ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

In order to contribute to the taxonomic revision of several species of Termitomyces, sequences of 74 strains representing 28 taxa were used to generate a combined nLSU-mtSSU phylogenetic tree. The phylogenetic analysis showed that re-classification was required for 12 taxa originally misidentified under various names. The changes led to the use of 8 valid names for these 12 taxa, including two new forms: T. striatus f. subclypeatus and T. medius f. ochraceus; and a new combination: Termitomyces brunneopileatus according to their placement on various clades and subclades in the phylogenetic trees. Termitomyces letestui and T. medius were taxonomically revised. In addition,    T. letestui collected from China is the first record from the Asian continent. This species was so far collected only in tropical Africa. Similarly, T. robustus is reported for the first time from Cameroon. Moreover, the phylogenetic analysis confirms T. subumkowaan as a new species that was originally described only on the basis of morphological features. The combined phylogenetic analysis and morphological features reveal that different strains of the same taxon show sometimes large variations in macro- and micromorphological features, some very likely with links to genetic factors other than genes sequenced here, thereby justifying the new forms erected within these taxa in order to facilitate their identification. 

Insights into the Systematics of Tribe Duranteae (Verbenaceae): A Taxonomic Revision of the New World Genus Bouchea

2019 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-399
Author(s):  
Pablo Moroni ◽  
Nataly O’Leary
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Herbarium Material ◽  
First Time

A taxonomic revision of Bouchea Cham. (Duranteae, Verbenaceae) is presented, updating the last formal revision of the genus by Moldenke from 1940, with a more comprehensive and profound study of herbarium material. The analyses of the morphological features support the recognition of 13 Bouchea species. A new combination is proposed for Stachytarpheta bifurca Benth. (≡ B. bifurca (Benth.) P. Moroni & N. O'Leary), and B. boyacana Moldenke var. glabrata Moldenke is elevated to the species rank. Eight taxa are here synonymized: B. inopinata Moldenke (= B. agrestis Schauer), B. prismatica (L.) Kuntze var. brevirostra Grenzeb. (= B. bifurca), B. beckii Moldenke (= B. boliviana (Kuntze) Moldenke), B. flabelliformis M. E. Jones (= B. dissecta S. Watson), B. prismatica var. laciniata Grenzeb. (= B. dissecta), S. kingii Moldenke (= B. nelsonii Grenzeb.), B. boyacana Moldenke (= B. prismatica), and B. spathulata Torr. var. longiflora Moldenke (= B. spathulata). Lectotypes are designated for the names B. incrassata Lange (second-step), B. rusbyi Moldenke (second-step), and S. laxiflora Turcz. Furthermore, B. boliviana is reported for the first time growing in Argentina, B. notabilis Moldenke in Ecuador, and B. rusbyi in Brazil and Peru.

Taxonomic revision of Brazilian Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3245 (1) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAVIER H. SIGNORELLI ◽  
GUIDO PASTORINO
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Mantle Cavity ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Literature Research

The worldwide distributed family Mactridae Lamarck, 1809, is well represented in the western Atlantic Ocean. An ex-haustive literature research revealed 54 nominal species from the Brazilian coast. The study was done using morphologicalcharacters of shell and in some cases mantle cavity organs. All type material was examined and illustrated. Eleven validliving species are confirmed from the Brazilian littoral and their synonymies and geographic distributions are updated.Redescriptions are provided for Mactrellona alata (Spengler, 1802); Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791); Mulinia clery-ana (d´Orbigny, 1846) and Anatina anatina (Spengler, 1802). The revision of Trinitasia iheringi (Dall, 1897) new combination, reveals the presence of a Tertiary genus among the Recent fauna of South America.

Unexpected diversity of Hyboserica chafers in South African forest remnants: cladistic analysis, new species and the new genus Leoserica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 186 (4) ◽  
pp. 950-982
Author(s):  
Silvia Fabrizi ◽  
Jonas Eberle ◽  
Dirk Ahrens
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Forest Remnants ◽  
Species Distribution Map ◽  
New Synonymy

AbstractA taxonomic revision of Hyboserica uncovers an unexpected diversity of species from Southern African forest remnants. The work results in the description of a new genus, Leoserica gen. nov., a new combination, a new synonymy and 32 new species are described. The lectotypes of Serica capensis and Triodonta caffra are designated. The habitus and male genitalia of all revised species are illustrated. A species distribution map and an identification key to the species are provided. Phylogenetic analysis reveals a deep split into one very diverse eastern clade that is distributed north to Zimbabwe, and one western clade that is restricted to the fynbos of the Cape Region.

Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2320 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIO H. LONDOÑO-MESA
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Poor Condition ◽  
The Poor

Twenty-four genera of Terebellidae Grube, 1850, are described including one new genus and forty-four species recorded and characterized from the Grand Caribbean region. Six species are newly described: Lysilla caribe sp. nov., Polycirrus angeli sp. nov., Eupolymnia rullieri sp. nov., Euthelepus kritzleri sp. nov., Streblosoma tenhovei sp. nov., and Kritzlerius anomalus gen. nov. and sp. nov. Twenty-four formerly recorded species are regarded as valid: Biremis blandi Polloni, Rowe & Teal, 1973, Enoplobranchus sanguineus Verrill, 1873, Polycirrus holthei Londoño-Mesa & Carrera-Parra, 2005, P. pennulifera Verrill, 1900, P. purpureus Schmarda, 1861, Amphitritides bruneocomata (Ehlers, 1887), Eupolymnia crassicornis (Schmarda, 1861), Lanicola carus (Young & Kritzler, 1987), L. garciagomezi (Londoño-Mesa, 2006), Loimia minuta Treadwell, 1929, L. salazari Londoño-Mesa & Carrera-Parra, 2005, Neoamphitrite glasbyi LondoñoMesa & Carrera-Parra, 2005, P. palmata (Verrill, 1873), P. sombreriana McIntosh, 1885, Polymniella aurantiaca Verrill, 1900, Scionides reticulata (Ehlers, 1887), Spinosphaera carrerai Londoño-Mesa, 2003, S. hutchingsae Londoño-Mesa, 2003, Terebella turgidula Ehlers, 1887, T. verrilli Holthe, 1986, Terebellobranchia mchughae Londoño-Mesa & CarreraParra, 2005, Streblosoma hartmanae Kritzler, 1971, S. polybranchia Verrill, 1900, Thelepus haitiensis Treadwell, 1931, and T. pascua (Fauchald, 1977). Two species are reinstated: Loimia bermudensis Verrill, 1900, and Thelepus crassibranchiatus Treadwell, 1901. One species is reinstated with a new combination: Eupolymnia magnifica (Webster, 1884). Five species names are new combinations: Pista cetrata (Ehlers, 1887), Pistella papillosa (Tourtellotte & Kritzler, 1988), Terebellobranchia hiata (Treadwell, 1931), Thelepus tenuis (Verrill, 1900), and T. verrilli (Treadwell, 1911). Finally, five species are regarded as distinct but remain undescribed because of the poor condition of the specimens: Amaeana sp. 1, Neoleprea sp. A Kritzler, 1984, Neoleprea sp. 1, Proclea sp. 1, and Thelepus sp. 1. All of the type and non-type material available for each species from the region is revised and compared with specimens of species previously regarded as junior synonyms of others species described from areas outsie of the region. A key to all species is provided.

THE NEOTONCHINAE, NEW SUBFAMILY (CYATHOLAIMIDAE: NEMATODA), WITH AN ANALYSIS OF ITS GENERA, NEOTONCHUS COBB, 1933 AND GOMPHIONEMA NEW GENUS

1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Wieser ◽  
Bruce Hopper
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Combination

Discovery of slides bearing type material of Neotonchus punctatus provides a basis for an analysis of the genus Neotonchus Cobb, 1933 and a related new genus, Gomphionema. Characteristics, unique and common to a rich supply of species of these genera, necessitate the erection of a new subfamily within the Cyatholaimidae for the accommodation of the genera. Neotonchus punctatus, the type species, is redescribed and four new species and one new combination are added to the genus, namely N. phaleratus n. sp., N. chamberlaini n. sp., N. lutosa n. sp., N. melotridus n. sp., and N. corcunda (Gerlach, 1956) n. comb. syn. Comesa corcunda. The genus Comesa Gerlach, 1956 is synonymized with Neotonchus Cobb, 1933. The new genus Gomphionema is created for G. typica n. sp. (type species), G. fellator n. sp., and G. compacta (Gerlach, 1957) n. comb. syn. Neotonchus compactus. Keys to, and descriptions of, all species in the subfamily are provided.

On the morphology and taxonomy of Hannaea arcus (Bacillariophyta)

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 14-22
Author(s):  
S. I. Genkal ◽  
V. G. Kharitonov
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Microscopy Study ◽  
Electron Microscopy Study ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Specific Rank ◽  
Ultraoligotrophic Lake ◽  
Emended Diagnosis

This electron microscopy study of the materials from ultraoligotrophic lake Elgygytgyn (Chukotka) revealed variability of morphological features in Hannaea arcus var. arcus and H. arcus var. recta. An emended diagnosis for H. arcus var. arcus is presented, and a new combination in specific rank is published: H. inaequidentata (Lagerstedt) Genkal et Kharitonov (= H. arcus var. recta).

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. 

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