Aspiciliella pakistanica a new lichen species (Megasporaceae, Pertusariales, Ascomycota) from Pakistan

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 511 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
KAMRAN HABIB ◽  
QUDSIA FIRDOUS ◽  
MOHAMMAD SOHRABI ◽  
ABDUL NASIR KHALID
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Anatomical Study ◽  
Lichen Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Separate Branch ◽  
A New Species

A new species in Megasporaceae, Aspiciliella pakistanica is described and illustrated from Pakistan. A comparative morpho–anatomical study and ITS–based molecular analysis confirmed its position within the recently resurrected genus Aspiciliella. The taxon is characterized by whitish–grey thalli having large and thick areoles without pale lines on the surface, and a discontinuous algal layer arranged in groups of vertical rows. Its positioning in a separate branch in the phylogenetic tree also makes it distinct from the other known species of the genus.

Upretia squamulosa, a new lichen species from the arid valley of Jinsha-jiang River, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 402 (6) ◽  
pp. 288
Author(s):  
YAN YUN ZHANG ◽  
XIN YU WANG ◽  
LI JUAN LI ◽  
ULRIK SØCHTING ◽  
AN CHENG YIN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Lichen Species ◽  
The Other

Upretia squamulosa is described as new to science from the arid valley of Jinsha-jiang River, China. It is characterized by a squamulose thallus, greyish green to brown upper surface, lecanorine apothecia, and by containing gyrophoric and lecanoric acids. The other species in the genus, U. amarkantakana, differs from the new species by the crustose to subsquamulose thallus with lobate margin and the absence of gyrophoric and lecanoric acids. A phylogenetic tree based on nrITS for Upretia and related genera in the subfamily Caloplacoideae is established to assess the affinities of the new species.

A new species and a new record of Xanthagaricus (Agaricaceae, Agaricales) from China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 371 (4) ◽  
pp. 241 ◽  
Author(s):  
FENGJIAN WANG ◽  
LIANGLIANG QI ◽  
XIANGYU ZHOU ◽  
YU LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
New Record ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ribosomal Rna Gene ◽  
Micromorphological Characters ◽  
A New Species

Two species of Xanthagaricus discovered in Hubei Province of China are described based on the macro- and micromorphological features. Their identity is further supported by molecular analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of the ribosomal RNA gene. The phylogeny obtained here showed that one of the Chinese species is nested in an exclusive clade which in combination with its striking morphological features, infers that it represents a new species, named X. ianthinus, while the other species is placed as a member in the X. epipastus clade. Descriptions are accompanied with illustrations of macro- and micromorphological characters and a discussion of related taxa is presented.

A new species of Monilochaetes from Nothapodytes pittosporoides

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 326 (2) ◽  
pp. 129 ◽  
Author(s):  
SI-XUAN ZHOU ◽  
LI-JUN QIAO ◽  
JI-CHUAN KANG ◽  
KEVIN D. HYDE ◽  
XIAO-YA MA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Morphological Examination ◽  
A New Species

Monilochaetes nothapodytis sp. nov. was isolated from healthy Nothapodytes pittosporoides in Tongren City, Guizhou Province, China. Molecular analysis based on combined ITS and LSU sequence data showed that M. nothapodytis formed a distinct clade with the type species M. infuscans and other species in this genus. Morphological examination showed that M. nothapodytis differs from other Monilochaetes species in its host and in having aseptate, ellipsoidal conidia, the micro-conidiophores are shorter and the micro-conidia are smaller than in other species. The new species is described and illustrated and an updated phylogenetic tree is presented for Glomerellales.

scholarly journals Massalongia olechiana (Massalongiaceae, Peltigerales), a new lichen species from the Antarctic

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vagn Alstrup ◽  
Ulrik Søchting
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Antarctic Peninsula ◽  
Lichen Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
The South ◽  
Shetland Islands ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
A New Species

Massalongia olechiana (Massalongiaceae, Peltigerales), a new lichen species from the Antarctic A new species of lichenized ascomycete, Massalongia olechiana Alstrup et Søchting, sp. nov. (Massalongiaceae) is described from the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. The species is distinguished by laminal isidia and 5-7-septate ascospores. The relationships with the other species of the genus are discussed. From Massalongia carnosa, recorded from both the Arctic and the Antarctic, the new species is distinguished by its lack of isidioid squamules and in having pluriseptate ascospores instead of 1-septate ascospores.

scholarly journals Cyclorhiza puana (Apiaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China

PhytoKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 182 ◽  
pp. 57-66
Author(s):  
Jing Zhou ◽  
Jun-Mei Niu ◽  
Xin-Yue Wang ◽  
Pei Wang ◽  
Ming-Jia Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Leaf Blade ◽  
The Other ◽  
Nuclear Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Congeneric Species ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Cyclorhiza puana J. Zhou & Z.W. Liu (Apiaceae) from Sichuan Province of China, is described and illustrated here. Morphological comparisons with congeneric species revealed that it is distinguished by its slender habit, sparse annular scars, 4-pinnatisect leaf blade with ultimate segments linear (2–4×0.5–1 mm), subequal rays, oblong fruits with slightly thickened ribs, obconic stylopodium and slightly concave seed face. A molecular analysis based on nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences indicated that C. puana is genetically distinct from the other two species of the genus. A distribution map, as well as an updated key, are provided for the species of Cyclorhiza.

New lineages within the Malagasy freshwater crab fauna: Agora n. gen. for Thelphusa goudoti H. Milne Edwards, 1853, and a phytotelmic new species of Malagasya Cumberlidge & Sternberg, 2002 (Brachyura: Potamonautidae: Deckeniinae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 584-599
Author(s):  
Neil Cumberlidge ◽  
Julia B Soma ◽  
Ellen M Leever ◽  
Savel R Daniels
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Freshwater Crab ◽  
Tropical Island ◽  
Freshwater Crabs ◽  
A New Species

Abstract New molecular and morphological analyses of the relationships of 77 specimens of potamonautid freshwater crabs collected from all parts of Madagascar support the monophyly of the island’s freshwater crab fauna and verify most of the existing taxa. The phylogenetic tree identified several new lineages that represent four new genera and 10 new species, and found Foza Reed & Cumberlidge, 2006 to be paraphyletic. The present work is the first of a series of articles reporting on these discoveries that provide an improved understanding of the relationships between the endemic potamonautid species found on this tropical island. We describe a new species of Malagasya Cumberlidge & Sternberg, 2002 from a phytotelmic habitat in northeast Madagascar, and establish Agoragen. nov. to accommodate Thelphusa goudoti H. Milne Edwards, 1853. Both of these new taxa are recognized based on combinations of morphological characters and molecular data. The new species of Malagasya is distinguished from the other two species of this genus, which are illustrated here for comparative purposes. Agora goudotin. comb. is endemic to Madagascar, and is compared with and distinguished from the eight other genera of freshwater crabs occurring in that country.

Molecular and morphological evidence of Onobrychis avanakensis, a new species from Iran

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 487 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
ATEFE AMIRAHMADI ◽  
MARYAM KHOSHSOKHAN-MOZAFFAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Nrdna Its ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Separate Branch ◽  
A New Species

Onobrychis avanakensis is described as a new species in sect. Onobrychis. The new species is restricted to the Alborz Mountains in the Qazvin province of Iran and distinguished from its closely related taxa in both morphological and molecular evidence based on nrDNA ITS sequences. O. avanakensis is well distinct from O. major and O. carduchorum by having different sizes of keel, wing and calyx. Based on the phylogenetic tree resulted from Bayesian inference, the new species is located in a separate branch. The distribution map and an illustration of the new species are provided.

A new gastropod associated with a deep-sea whale carcass from São Paulo Ridge, Southwest Atlantic

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4568 (2) ◽  
pp. 347 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAZUNORI HASEGAWA ◽  
YOSHIHIRO FUJIWARA ◽  
TAKASHI OKUTANI ◽  
PAULO YUKIO GOMES SUMIDA ◽  
MASARU KAWATO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Submarine Canyon ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The Other ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Southwest Atlantic ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

An unfamiliar gastropod was collected from a deep-sea whale carcass at the base of the São Paulo Ridge in the Southwest Atlantic by the manned research submersible Shinkai 6500, and is here described as a new species of the abyssochrysoidean genus Rubyspira, R. brasiliensis sp. nov., following morphological and molecular phylogenetic examinations. There are only two other known species in the genus, which occur together in the Monterey Submarine Canyon off California. The present new species was shown by the molecular analysis to be closer to one of the Californian species than the other. It was found aggregated on and around a whale carcass at a depth of 4204 m, which represents the deepest record of whale- fall ecosystems ever discovered. 

scholarly journals Discovery of the Smallest Lace Bug from Mid-Cretaceous of Northern Myanmar Supports the Hypothesis of a Miniaturization Phenomenon of Insects in Kachin Amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae)

Taxonomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-68
Author(s):  
Jun Souma ◽  
Shûhei Yamamoto ◽  
Yui Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Lace Bug ◽  
New Finding ◽  
A New Species

A total of 14 species in seven tingid genera have been described from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese (Kachin) amber from northern Myanmar, with very distinct paleofauna. Here, a new species of a new genus, Burmavianaida anomalocapitata gen. et sp. nov., is described from Kachin amber. This new species can be readily distinguished from the other described tingid taxa by the apparently smaller body and the structures of the pronotum and hemelytron. Burmavianaida gen. nov. shares the diagnostic characters with two clades composed of three extant subfamilies (Cantacaderinae + Tinginae) and Vianaidinae and may represent an extinct clade distinct from them. To the best of our knowledge, B. anomalocapitata sp. nov. is the smallest species of Tingidae among over 2600 described species. Our new finding supports the hypothesis of the miniaturization phenomenon of insects in Kachin amber, as suggested by previous studies.

The Leptobrachium (Anura: Megophryidae) of the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2804 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRYAN L. STUART ◽  
JODI J. L. ROWLEY ◽  
DAO THI ANH TRAN ◽  
DUONG THI THUY LE ◽  
HUY DUC HOANG
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New Species ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Original Description ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Upper Lip ◽  
Southern Vietnam ◽  
A New Species

We sampled two forms of Leptobrachium in syntopy at the type locality of L. pullum at upper elevations on the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam. The two forms differed in morphology (primarily in coloration), mitochondrial DNA, and male advertisement calls. One form closely agrees with the type series of L. pullum (but not to its original description due to error), and the other is described as new. Leptobrachium leucops sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by having small body size (males with SVL 38.8–45.2), the upper one-third to one-half of iris white, a blue scleral arc, a dark venter, and sexually active males without spines on the upper lip. Leptobrachium pullum and L. mouhoti, a recently described species from low-elevation slopes of the Langbian Plateau in eastern Cambodia, are morphologically divergent but genetically similar, warranting further investigation into geographic variation in the red-eyed Leptobrachium of southern Indochina.

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