Cryptomonas indica sp. nov. (Cryptophyceae: Cryptomonadales), a new species described from the Western Ghats, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 518 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-270
Author(s):  
EVGENIY GUSEV ◽  
BALASUBRAMANIAN KARTHICK ◽  
NIKITA MARTYNENKO ◽  
NATALIYA SHKURINA ◽  
MAXIM KULIKOVSKIY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Basal Clade ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Cryptomonas indica sp. nov., is described from Western Ghats, India, based on morphological and molecular data. Phylogenetic relationships inferred from nuclear small and large subunit ribosomal DNA, internal transcribed spacer 2, and plastid psbA sequences show that the new species forms a separate lineage on the phylogenetic tree of the genus Cryptomonas. This new species is included in the basal clade of Cryptomonas tree, which consists of undescribed taxa from Europe and South Korea. Cells of this species are up to 19 µm in length, elliptical to slightly asymmetrical in broad view, and have a plastid with four pyrenoids. Cryptomonas indica has been observed in one locality, the Northern region of the Western Ghats. Notably, this is the first Cryptomonas taxon described from the Indian subcontinent with both morphology and molecular information.

Gymnostachyum warrieranum (Acanthaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats of India, based on morphological and molecular data

Kew Bulletin ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Prabhukumar ◽  
Indira Balachandran ◽  
V. B. Sreekumar ◽  
K. S. Ramya ◽  
Satheesh George ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

First record of the myrmicine ant genus Syllophopsis Santschi, 1915 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4985 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
SHAHID ALI AKBAR ◽  
HIMENDER BHARTI ◽  
MARIUSZ KANTURSKI ◽  
AIJAZ AHMAD WACHKOO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
National Park ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Here we describe and illustrate Syllophopsis peetersi sp. nov. from Silent Valley National Park, a biodiversity hotspot region of the Western Ghats of India. The discovery also marks a first native report of the genus from the Indian subcontinent. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis was carried out to elucidate the general morphology and sensilla of the new species. The new species is similar to congeners from Madagascar, but with larger differences from species that occur elsewhere.

Parasola psathyrelloides (Psathyrellaceae), a new species from Kerala State, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 405 (5) ◽  
pp. 255-262
Author(s):  
K. G. GREESHMA GANGA ◽  
PATINJAREVEETTIL MANIMOHAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer Region ◽  
Comprehensive Description ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Kerala State ◽  
A New Species

Parasola psathyrelloides sp. nov. is described from Kerala State, India, based on both morphological and molecular data. Comprehensive description, photographs, and comparisons with morphologically similar and phylogenetically related species are provided. Sequences of both the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) and the nuclear ribosomal large subunit (nLSU) region of the new species were obtained and used in BLASTn searches. The phylogenetic study was based on Maximum likelihood (ML) analysis of the ITS sequences.

A distinct new species of riparian rock-dwelling gecko (genus: Hemidactylus) from the southern Western Ghats

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4434 (1) ◽  
pp. 141 ◽  
Author(s):  
ACHYUTHAN N. SRIKANTHAN ◽  
PRIYANKA SWAMY ◽  
ASHWINI V. MOHAN ◽  
SAUNAK PAL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Data Support ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Hill Range

We describe a new species of rock-dwelling gecko, Hemidactylus paaragowlipaaragowli sp. nov., from the Agastyamalai Hill Range, in the southern Western Ghats. Morphological and molecular data support the distinctiveness of the species and its close relationship to other large-bodied, tuberculate Hemidactylus spp. from the H. prashadi group from India and Sri Lanka. This species belongs to a rupicolous complex and can be distinguished from other members of the group based on the following characters: 22–24 longitudinal rows of fairly regularly arranged, subtrihedral, weakly keeled, striated tubercles at midbody; 9–11 and 10–12 subdigital lamellae on the first and fourth digits, respectively, of both manus and pes; tail with transverse series of four enlarged tubercles on each tail segment; 10–12 femoral pores on each side separated by 16–18 scales without pores; 11–13 supralabials and 9–10 infralabials. 

A new species of Gomphidia Selys, 1854 (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats of India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4652 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. BABU ◽  
K.A. SUBRAMANIAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Gomphidia Selys, 1854 is described from southern Western Ghats, India based on a male specimen. The new species is very distinct from all the known species of Gomphidia from Indian subcontinent. Revised keys to the males and known females of Gomphidia of India and Sri Lanka are provided.  

Cryptomonas cattiensis sp. nov. (Cryptophyceae: Cryptomonadales), a new species described from Vietnam

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 454 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-136
Author(s):  
NIKITA A. MARTYNENKO ◽  
EVGENIY S. GUSEV ◽  
DMITRY A. KAPUSTIN ◽  
ELENA E. GUSEVA ◽  
MAXIM S. KULIKOVSKIY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
National Park ◽  
Ventral View ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Separate Branch ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Cat Tien National Park ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Cryptomonas cattiensis sp. nov., is described from Vietnam based on morphological and molecular data. Phylogenetic relationships inferred from nuclear small and large subunit ribosomal DNA, internal transcribed spacer 2, and plastid psbA sequences show that the new species forms a separate branch on the phylogenetic tree of the genus Cryptomonas. This species has slightly sigmoid to elliptical cells in ventral view and a single plastid, deeply notched into several irregular lobes, with two pyrenoids. C. cattiensis has been observed in one locality in Cat Tien National Park.

A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India with a molecular phylogeny and expanded characterisation of related species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4981 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-468
Author(s):  
S.R. GANESH ◽  
ASHOK KUMAR MALLIK ◽  
N.S. ACHYUTHAN ◽  
KARTIK SHANKER ◽  
GERNOT VOGEL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

We conducted a molecular phylogenetic study on the Boiga ceylonensis group from the Western Ghats of India, building on a recent morphology-based study. Our analysis supports previous work in elucidating the phylogenetic position of B. nuchalis and B. beddomei s. str. (of Matheran, Western Ghats) as clustering closely with B. ceylonensis, while B. flaviviridis clustered with the Sri Lankan taxon close to B. ranawanei. Additionally, our phylogenetic study revealed the presence of an undescribed taxon in the Southern Western Ghats, more closely related to B. ceylonensis than to any other sampled taxon, including sympatric congeners. This new taxon is described here as a new species Boiga whitakeri sp. nov. from the Devar Malai–Anaimalai hill complex. Based on molecular and morphometric studies, we expand the description of the recently described B. thackerayi as inhabiting almost the entire stretch of the Western Ghats. We also complement the diagnoses of B. nuchalis and B. flaviviridis, and determine the phylogenetic position of B. thackerayi with molecular data. 

A new species of Albatrellus sensu stricto (Albatrellaceae, Russuales) from China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 510 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
HONG-MIN ZHOU ◽  
YING-DA WU ◽  
YU-CHENG DAI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species

Based on morphological and molecular data, a new species of Albatrellus sensu stricto, A. alpinus sp. nov., is described from Yunnan Province of southwestern China. Albatrellus alpinus is characterized by a buff to pale yellow pileal surface, simple septate hyphae, yellow and shapeless oily substance present in all hyphae but seldom in tramal hyphae, and small amyloid basidiospores. Phylogenetic analyses based on the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (nrITS) and the large subunit of the nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (nLSU) indicated that the new species is nested within Albatrellus sensu stricto. A key to the Chinese species of Albatrellus sensu stricto is provided.

scholarly journals A new genus and three new species of hysteriaceous ascomycetes from the semiarid region of Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 176 (1) ◽  
pp. 298 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVI AUGUSTO CARNEIRO DE ALMEIDA ◽  
LUÍS FERNANDO PASCHOLATI GUSMÃO ◽  
ANDREW NICHOLAS MILLER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Semiarid Region ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
A New Species

During an inventory of ascomycetes in the semi-arid region of Brazil, one new genus and three new species of hysteriaceous ascomycetes were found. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses of the nuclear ribosomal 28S large subunit were performed to investigate the placement of the new taxa within the class Dothideomycetes. Anteaglonium brasiliense is described as a new species within the order Pleosporales, and Graphyllium caracolinense is described as a new species nested inside Hysteriales. Morphological and molecular data support Hysterodifractum as a new monotypic genus in the Hysteriaceae. The type species, H. partisporum, is characterized by navicular, carbonaceous, gregarious hysterothecia and pigmented, fusiform ascospores that disarticulate into 16 ovoid or obovoid, septate, part-spores. This is the first report of a hysteriaceous fungus producing part-spores.

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