New record of Hyphoderma etruriae (Basidiomycota) in Portugal and its combination in Lawrynomyces

Hyphoderma etruriae is a very rare corticioid species, described originally from Italy and more recently reported from Macedonia, always growing on decayed wood of Juniperus spp. It was now found in Lisbon, on a stump of Cupressus lusitanica. Several authors have suggested that H. etruriae could be related to Hyphoderma capitatum and Hyphoderma orphanellum, and molecular analyses confirmed that these three species belong to the Hymenochaetales and are thus not closely related to Hyphoderma s. str. species. The monospecific new genus Lawrynomyces was proposed, to accommodate H. capitatum. According to multigene phylogenetic analyses (18S, 5.8S, 28S, RPB2), H. etruriae is in a well-supported clade with H. capitatum, both species sharing clampless hyphae, capitate cystidia, and an association with conifers. On the contrary, results do not support a close relationship between H. orphanellum and the H. capitatum-H. etruriae clade. The new combination Lawrynomyces etruriae is proposed, based on these results.

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Taxonomic and phylogenetic characterizations reveal four new species of Simplicillium (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) from Guizhou, China

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-94893-z ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Wan-Hao Chen ◽

Yan-Feng Han ◽

Jian-Dong Liang ◽

Zong-Qi Liang

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

New Combination ◽

Rock Surface ◽

Decayed Wood ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Mycoparasitic Fungi ◽

Associated Species

AbstractSimplicillium species are commonly found from soil, seawater, rock surface, decayed wood, air and as symbiotic, endophytic, entomopathogenic and mycoparasitic fungi. Minority insect-associated species was reported. Simplicillium coccinellidae, S. hymenopterorum, S. neolepidopterorum and S. scarabaeoidea were introduced as the newly insect-associated species. The phylogenetic analyses of two combined datasets (LSU + RPB1 + TEF and SSU + ITS + LSU) revealed that S. coccinellidae and S. hymenopterorum were both nested in an independent clade. S. neolepidopterorum and S. scarabaeoidea have a close relationship with S. formicidae and S. lepidopterorum, respectively. S. neolepidopterorum can be easily distinguished from S. formicidae by ellipsoidal to cylindrical, solitary conidia which occasionally gather in short imbricate chains. S. scarabaeoidea could be easily distinguished from S. lepodopterorum by having longer phialides and larger conidia. Based on the morphological and phylogenetic conclusion, we determine the four newly generated isolates as new species of Simplicillium and a new combination is proposed in the genus Leptobacillium.

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Pinnule-less polyps: a new genus and new species of Indo-Pacific Clavulariidae and validation of the soft coral genus Acrossota and the family Acrossotidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1400.2 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1400 (1) ◽

pp. 27 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

PHILP ALDERSLADE ◽

CATHERINE S. McFADDEN

Keyword(s):

New Genus ◽

Soft Coral ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

New Combination ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Coral Genus ◽

The Family ◽

Lateral Margins ◽

Number Of Authors

Clavularia amboinensis Burchardt, a species described as possessing simple, pinnule-less tentacles (a fact refuted by later authors) is confirmed to be as described and is transferred as a new combination to Acrossota Bourne — a genus dismissed until now by a number of authors. The species is compared to recently collected material with live photographs. A second new genus and species, Knopia octocontacanalis, is also described. This taxon resembles Acrossota in general form, but has tentacles where the pinnules appear as though they are fused side to side along the tentacles’ lateral margins. Preliminary phylogenetic analyses of two mitochondrial genes support placement of Knopia in Clavulariidae and retention of genus Acrossota in Bourne’s unrecognised family Acrossotidae.

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Underestimated anuran radiations in the high Andes: five new species and a new genus of Holoadeninae, and their phylogenetic relationships (Anura: Craugastoridae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ◽

10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx020 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 182 (1) ◽

pp. 129-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Ignacio De la Riva ◽

Juan C Chaparro ◽

Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher ◽

José M Padial

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Diversity ◽

New Genus ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Distribution Patterns ◽

Southern Peru ◽

The Andes ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Taxonomic Research

AbstractDespite recent efforts to accelerate exploration and species description, the diversity of high Andean frogs remains highly underestimated. We report high levels of species diversity in direct-developing frogs or terraranas inhabiting the wet puna and adjacent cloud forests of the Amazonian versant of the Andes in Bolivia and Peru. Descriptive evidence of external morphology, distribution patterns and molecular phylogenetic analyses support the existence of nine unnamed species in two clades, which represents a 30% increase in species diversity for those clades. The relationships of these species and their relatives in Holoadeninae are tested using nuclear and mitochondrial genes for 159 terminals representing the 11 genera in this subfamily and 25 species of previously unknown relationships. Our results corroborate species monophyly in all but three cases and support the monophyly of all Holoadeninae genera, albeit the position of some differs between analyses. We propose a new genus (Microkayla gen. nov.) for the clade containing all Bolivian species formerly in Psychrophrynella plus five species from southern Peru. The new genus is monophyletic and supported by anatomical synapomorphies. Psychrophrynella is re-diagnosed and redefined to include three species from the Andes of southern Peru. We discuss the taxonomic instability associated with Noblella and Psychrophrynella due to the fact that the type species of both genera share a number of traits that support a close relationship. We also name and describe three new species of Bryophryne and two of Microkayla from Peru, provide baseline data for the future description of four Bolivian species of Microkayla, and describe the unknown mating calls of two species. Our results support that the grasslands of the Amazonian versant of the Andes harbour a large diversity of species with small altitudinal and horizontal distributions that replace each other along a latitudinal axis. These species belong to different lineages whose closest relatives are forest species, often from distant parts of the continent. These patterns suggest that high Andean environments were colonized several times independently by species with forest ancestors and which radiated into a multitude of species with remarkably similar ecomorphologies. The extent of these radiations remains obscured by a still rudimentary knowledge of species diversity due to insufficient fieldwork and taxonomic research.

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Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny of Four Trachelocercid Ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Karyorelictea) Found in Marine Coastal Habitats of Northern China, With Description of a New Genus, Two New Species and a New Combination

Frontiers in Marine Science ◽

10.3389/fmars.2020.615903 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

Author(s):

Mingzhen Ma ◽

Yuqing Li ◽

Honggang Ma ◽

Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid ◽

Alan Warren ◽

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Keyword(s):

Oral Cavity ◽

New Genus ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Northern China ◽

Small Subunit ◽

Sandy Beaches ◽

Ssu Rdna ◽

New Combination ◽

Cortical Granules ◽

Ciliary Tuft

The morphology of four trachelocercid ciliates, Foissnerella typica gen. nov., spec. nov., Trachelolophos monocaryon (Dragesco, 1965) comb. nov. (original combination: Tracheloraphis monocaryonDragesco, 1965), Tracheloraphis katzae spec. nov., and Tracheloraphis colubis (Kahl, 1933) Xu et al., 2011 were studied in live and protargol-stained specimens. All samples were isolated from the intertidal zone of sandy beaches at Qingdao, China. The new genus Foissnerella can be distinguished from other trachelocercid genera mainly by the three circumoral kineties each composed of a row of dikinetids and the absence of a brosse or ciliary tuft in the oral cavity. The detailed investigation on the poorly described Tracheloraphis monocaryon (Dragesco, 1965) reveals that its oral infraciliature includes one uninterrupted circumoral kinety and a conspicuous ciliary tuft in the center of the oral cavity, which is consistent with the genus Trachelolophos rather than Tracheloraphis. Therefore, this species is transferred to Trachelolophos as Trachelolophos monocaryon (Dragesco, 1965) comb. nov. Tracheloraphis katzae spec. nov. can be recognized by the combination of its minute brownish cortical granules and 9–15 somatic kineties. The small subunit (SSU) rDNA of each species was sequenced for the first time. Phylogenetic analyses of the SSU rDNA show that Foissnerella typica gen. nov., spec. nov. clusters with Apotrachelocerca arenicola (Kahl, 1933) Xu et al., 2011 in a group that is sister to all other trachelocercids.

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Ongoing revision of Echiniscoididae (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidea), with the description of a new interstitial species and genus with unique anal structures

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ◽

10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz122 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 188 (3) ◽

pp. 663-680 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nadja Møbjerg ◽

Aslak Jørgensen ◽

Reinhardt M Kristensen

Keyword(s):

New Genus ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Intertidal Sediments ◽

Species Complexes ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Unidentified Species ◽

Coi Sequences

Abstract Marine tidal heterotardigrades (Echiniscoididae) have gained increasing interest owing to their unique adaptations and evolutionary position, bridging marine and limnoterrestrial taxa. Echiniscoididae was established to accommodate the marine genera Anisonyches and Echiniscoides. However, it has become apparent that Anisonyches, with its claw configuration, median cirrus and seminal receptacles, clearly has little or no affinity to tidal echiniscoidids with supernumerary claws. Consequently, we establish Anisonychidae fam. nov. to accommodate Anisonyches in a paraphyletic Arthrotardigrada and discuss its affinity to other heterotardigrade taxa. We recently split Echiniscoides into Isoechiniscoides and Echiniscoides s.l. The latter remains a miscellany of species complexes and undescribed genera, and it has become evident that a larger number of echiniscoidids belonging to Echiniscoides, Isoechiniscoides and undescribed genera coexist in intertidal sediments. Here, we erect Neoechiniscoides aski gen. nov., sp. nov. from Roscoff, France, which has a unique anal system, characterized by prominent lateral lobes with a set of wing-like structures. Phylogenetic analyses based on COI sequences infer a close relationship between N. aski, an undescribed species from Roscoff and unidentified species from Maine, USA. We propose that the new genus includes the former Echiniscoides species Echiniscoides pollocki and Echiniscoides horningi, which we hereby transfer.

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Apios chendezhaoana (Fabaceae), an overlooked species and a new combination from China: evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.371.1.1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 371 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

FAN ZHANG ◽

SI FENG ◽

JIANJUN ZHOU ◽

RONG ZHANG ◽

LINHAN LIU ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Endangered Species ◽

South China ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Conservation Status ◽

New Combination ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Molecular Analyses ◽

Iucn Criteria

Apios chendezhaoana, a new combination derived from Sinolegumenea chendezhaoana, is recognized by both morphological and molecular evidence. It is a new member within Apios, and it is also an endemic and endangered species from East and South China. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that it could be sister to A. fortunei, but morphologically it differs from all its allies by its broad triangular leaflets with caudate apices, white corolla, pink markings on the lower part of the keel, and dilated style with tufted hairs beneath the stigma. We provide a detailed description, photographs, illustrations, and distribution map. We also estimate its conservation status according to IUCN criteria. A key to Apios is also provided, together with a brief revision.

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Lollipopaia minuta from Thailand, a new genus and species of the Diaporthales (Ascomycetes, Fungi) based on morphological and molecular data

Canadian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1139/b01-085 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 79 (9) ◽

pp. 1099-1106 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Patrik Inderbitzin ◽

Mary L Berbee

Keyword(s):

Dna Sequences ◽

New Genus ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Small Subunit ◽

Bootstrap Support ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Tropical Mycology ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data

In this paper, we describe the new genus and species Lollipopaia minuta from a tropical rain forest in Thailand. The ascomata were long beaked and seated on a pseudoparenchymatous stroma that was erumpent through the bark of a decaying branch. Mature ascomata were readily formed under laboratory conditions. Lollipopaia minuta had ascomatal walls forming a textura intricata in surface view and deliquescent paraphyses. The asci floated freely at maturity and had a nonstaining apical ring. These characters are found in the Diaporthales. However, the habit of the stroma combined with the filiform ascospores distinguished L. minuta from all known genera of the Diaporthales. Thus, a close relationship to taxa outside the Diaporthales was considered. Lollipopaia minuta was similar to Ophioceras or Pseudohalonectria in shape of the ascomata, asci, and ascospores. However, phylogenetic analyses based on small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences confirmed the placement of L. minuta within the Diaporthales with 100% bootstrap support. A closest relative within the Diaporthales was not determined.Key words: Magnaporthaceae, microfungi, taxonomy, tropical mycology.

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Additions to tribe Chromosereae (Basidiomycota, Hygrophoraceae) from China, including Sinohygrocybe gen. nov. and a first report of Gloioxanthomyces nitidus

MycoKeys ◽

10.3897/mycokeys.38.25427 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 38 ◽

pp. 59-76 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chao-Qun Wang ◽

Ming Zhang ◽

Tai-Hui Li ◽

Xi-Shen Liang ◽

Ya-Heng Shen

Keyword(s):

New Record ◽

New Genus ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

Generic Level ◽

First Report ◽

Thin Walled

Sinohygrocybegen. nov., typified by S.tomentosipessp. nov., is described upon morphological and molecular evidence. The new genus is characterised by its sinuate to subdecurrent or short deccurent, usually furcate and interveined and relatively distant lamellae, dry and whitish tomentose stipe, thin-walled ellipsoid to oviod, non-constricted basidiospores and particularly elongated basidia and a ratio of basidiospore to basidium length of >5 to 8; it is close to genera Chromosera and Gloioxanthomyces of the tribe Chromosereae, but morphologically differs from Chromosera in less umbilicate basidiomata, tomentose stipe and usually longer basidia and differs from Gloioxanthomyces in more robust basidioma and less glutinous pileus and/or stipe surface. Phylogenetic analyses, with ITS-LSU-RPB2 data, also indicate that Sinohygrocybe forms a very distinct and independent clade at the generic level. In addition, a Chinese new record G.nitidus is described here.

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New contributions to Diatrypaceae from karst areas in China

MycoKeys ◽

10.3897/mycokeys.83.68926 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 83 ◽

pp. 1-37

Author(s):

Sihan Long ◽

Lili Liu ◽

Yinhui Pi ◽

Youpeng Wu ◽

Yan Lin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

New Combination ◽

Large White ◽

The Family ◽

Karst Areas ◽

Three New Species ◽

A New Species

In this study, fungal specimens of the family Diatrypaceae were collected from karst areas in Guizhou, Hainan and Yunnan Provinces, China. Morpho-molecular analyses confirmed that these new collections comprise a new genus Pseudodiatrype, three new species (Diatrype lancangensis, Diatrypella pseudooregonensis and Eutypa cerasi), a new combination (Diatrypella oregonensis), two new records (Allodiatrype thailandica and Diatrypella vulgaris) from China and two other known species (Neoeutypella baoshanensis and Paraeutypella citricola). The new taxa are introduced, based on multi-gene phylogenetic analyses (ITS, β-tubulin), as well as morphological analyses. The new genus Pseudodiatrype is characterised by its wart-like stromata with 5–20 ascomata immersed in one stroma and the endostroma composed of thin black outer and inner layers of large white cells with thin, powdery, yellowish cells. These characteristics separate this genus from two similar genera Allodiatrype and Diatrype. Based on morphological as well as phylogenetic analyses, Diatrype lancangensis is introduced as a new species of Diatrype. The stromata of Diatrype lancangensis are similar to those of D. subundulata and D. undulate, but the ascospores are larger. Based on phylogenetic analyses, Diatrype oregonensis is transferred to the genus Diatrypella as Diatrypella oregonensis while Diatrypella pseudooregonensis is introduced as a new species of Diatrypella with 8 spores in an ascus. In addition, multi-gene phylogenetic analyses show that Eutypa cerasi is closely related to E. lata, but the ascomata and asci of Eutypa cerasi are smaller. The polyphyletic nature of some genera of Diatrypaceae has led to confusion in the classification of the family, thus we discuss whether the number of ascospores per asci can still be used as a basis for classification.

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Yanomamius n. gen., a new genus of tarantula from Brazilian and Venezuelan Amazon (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with description of three new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4933.3.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4933 (3) ◽

pp. 324-340

Author(s):

ROGÉRIO BERTANI ◽

MARLUS QUEIROZ ALMEIDA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Compact Group ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Distal Tibia ◽

Molecular Data ◽

New Combination ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Three New Species ◽

Relationship Of

The new genus Yanomamius n. gen. from Brazilian and Venezuelan Amazon is described, with three new species from Brazil: Y. franciscoi n. sp. (type species), Y. raonii n. sp., and Y. neblina n. sp. The enigmatic Venezuelan species described as Holothele waikoshiemi Bertani & Araújo, 2006 and presently included in Guyruita Guadanucci et al. (2007) is transferred to the new genus, making the new combination Y. waikoshiemi (Bertani & Araújo, 2006) n. comb. Yanomamius n. gen. is closely related with the schismatotheline genera Schismatothele Karsch, 1879 and Euthycaelus Simon, 1889 sharing as probable synapomorphies a group of short spines on the retrolateral distal tibia of male palp and the shape of bulb. They differ by the position of the spines in a compact group instead of in rows and by a tapering embolus. Females differ from Schismatothele and Euthycaelus by the spermathecae weakly sclerotized. A series of recent phylogenies based on molecular data suggested a close relationship between schimatothelines and psalmopoeines. The male tibia I of Yanomamius n. gen. species have a series of ridges or a single protuberance behind the tibial apophyses that resemble those of psalmopoeines and strengthen the idea of close relationship of the two subfamilies.

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