The limits of polymorphism in Liolaemus rothi: Molecular and phenotypic  evidence for a new species of the Liolaemus boulengeri clade  (Iguanidae, Liolaemini) from boreal Patagonia of Chile

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1452 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL PINCHEIRA-DONOSO ◽  
J. ALEJANDRO SCOLARO ◽  
JAMES A. SCHULTE II
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Wide Geographical Distribution ◽  
Argentinean Patagonia ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Chilean Population

Studies conducted over the last few years in Andean boreal Patagonia along the border of Argentina and Chile (36°50’S–37°53’S) have shown that its reptile diversity is comprised of several endemic lizards. Increasing research has led to recognize a number of cryptic iguanian species from previously named taxa. In this area is common the only known Chilean population of the Patagonian Liolaemus rothi, considered as a polymorphic species with wide geographical distribution. In this paper, we provide evidence to support the hypothesis that such population represents a new taxon, herein described as Liolaemus hermannunezi. This new species occurs in the southeastern areas of Laguna del Laja, in the Los Barros and Río de Los Pinos basins of Antuco Volcano (1428–1521 m) in the Bio Bio Region. Liolaemus hermannunezi is closely related to L. rothi, from which is significantly differentiated by molecular variables. In addition, this new species appears to be related to L. loboi and L. sagei, from which differs in having a smaller body size, a distinctive colour pattern and an isolated geographical distribution. Liolaemus hermannunezi is known from the boreal Patagonia of Chile, whereas L. loboi, L. rothi, and L. sagei are endemic to Argentinean Patagonia. The new species is a member of the boulengeri clade, diagnosed by the presence of a patch of abruptly enlarged scales on the posterior medial surface of the thigh, a character that is more conspicuous in adult males. Finally, a phylogenetic hypothesis for 67 Liolaemini taxa based on DNA sequences is presented

Euphorbia mongoliensis (Euphorbiaceae), a new species from Inner Mongolia, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 501 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-161
Author(s):  
ER-HUAN ZANG ◽  
MING-XU ZHANG ◽  
WEN-LE WANG ◽  
CHUN-HONG ZHANG ◽  
MIN-HUI LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Pollen Morphology ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Euphorbia Esula ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Flora Of China ◽  
A New Species

In May 2020, a new taxon of Euphorbia, Euphorbiaceae was collected from a dry hillside of Dongsheng District, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia. The morphological characteristics of the specimens analyzed differ from those of the known Euphorbia species from this region; therefore, we suspected this may be a new species, and we set to analyze the ITS2 sequences of some Euphorbia species. The results show that the new taxon belongs to the sect. Esula of Euphorbia subg. Esula. It is similar to Euphorbia esula (description from Flora of China) but does not belong to the same species. Concomitantly, plant morphological data and pollen morphology results show significant differences between the new taxon, E. esula and E. caesia, a finding that supports the delimitation of this new taxon, which is named Euphorbia mongoliensis in accordance with its geographical distribution.

Paris variabilis (Melanthiaceae), a new species from southwestern China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 401 (3) ◽  
pp. 190
Author(s):  
ZHENYAN YANG ◽  
CHENGJIN YANG ◽  
YUNHENG JI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Phylogenetic Placement ◽  
Greenish Yellow ◽  
The Status ◽  
Its Dna Sequences ◽  
A New Species

Paris variabilis, a new species from the Wumengshan Mountains, southwestern China, is described and illustrated. The new species is placed in Paris section Euthyra. The new taxon was determined to be most morphologically similar to P. vietnamensis but differs in its oblong leaf blades with an acute apex, stamens 2–4 × petal number, greenish yellow filaments and an enlarged, purplish red style base. The phylogenetic placement of this species was assessed based on nuclear ribosomal ITS DNA sequences data. The results of morphological and phylogenetic analyses support the status of the taxon as a new species.

Beauty in the eye of the beholder: a new species of gecko (Diplodactylidae: Lucasium) from inland north Queensland, Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4877 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-310
Author(s):  
ERIC VANDERDUYS ◽  
CONRAD J. HOSKIN ◽  
ALEX S. KUTT ◽  
JUSTIN M. WRIGHT ◽  
STEPHEN M. ZOZAYA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Homogeneous Body ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Reptile Species ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Species Being ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Significant Attention

The Einasleigh Uplands bioregion of central north Queensland, Australia, harbours a unique suite of reptiles that have begun to receive significant attention in the last 20 years. This has resulted in a number of new reptile species being described, and recognition that others await description. We describe a new species of Lucasium Wermuth, 1965 from the western Einasleigh Uplands. Lucasium iris sp. nov. is genetically distinct and morphologically diagnosable from all congeners by its large size, long and narrow tail, nares in contact with rostral scale, homogeneous body scales, distinct vertebral stripe, and paired, enlarged, apical subdigital lamellae. It is known from low rocky hills in a localised area of the Gregory Range, has the most restricted known distribution of any Lucasium, and is the only Lucasium endemic to Queensland. The new species appears most closely related to L. steindachneri (Boulenger, 1885), based on mitochondrial DNA sequences, but has a colour-pattern more similar to L. immaculatum Storr, 1988. All three of these species occur in the Einasleigh Uplands, but only L. steindachneri is known to occur in sympatry with L. iris sp. nov. In addition to the description of the new species, we present records of Lucasium immaculatum from the Einasleigh Uplands, which represent a significant known range extension.

A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from northern Vietnam

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4243 (3) ◽  
pp. 544 ◽  
Author(s):  
JODI J. L. ROWLEY ◽  
VINH Q. DAU ◽  
HUY D. HOANG ◽  
DUONG T. T. LE ◽  
TIMOTHY P. CUTAJAR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Skin Texture ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
A New Species ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene

We describe a new, medium-sized Leptolalax species from Vietnam. Leptolalax petrops sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by a combination of having a medium-sized body (23.6–27.6 mm in 21 adult males, 30.3–47.0 mm in 17 adult females), immaculate white chest and belly, no distinct black markings on the head, highly tuberculate skin texture, toes lacking webbing and with narrow lateral fringes, and a call consisting of an average of four notes and a dominant frequency of 5.6–6.4 kHz (at 24.5–25.3 °C). Uncorrected sequence divergences between L. petrops sp. nov. and all homologous DNA sequences available for the 16S rRNA gene are >8%. 

Oreocharis brachypodus (Gesneriaceae), a new taxon from Guizhou, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 204 (4) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
Li JiaMei ◽  
LI ZHI-MING
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
A New Species

Oreocharis brachypodus is described and illustrated as a new species from Guizhou, China. The new species is similar to Oreocharis villosa. However, the new species is readily distinguished from the latter by cymes not branched, 1–4-flowered, larger and pronounced gibbous corolla (2.2–2.5 cm long), ovary ca. 1 cm long, with 4 ribs prominent, style ca. 0.7 cm long, and thecae confluent. Comments on affinities, geographical distribution, ecology, phenology and conservation status of the new species are also provided.

Polytremis jigongi: a new skipper from China (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3274 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIAN-QING ZHU ◽  
ZHI-BING CHEN ◽  
LI-ZHEN LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Congeneric Species ◽  
The World ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Polytremis jigongi is described from Zhejiang, China. The new taxon resembles four congeneric species P.nascens (Leech), P. micropunctata (Huang), P. theca (Evans) and P. mencia (Moore), which are also analyzed and compared in the present study, and their geographical distribution in China is mapped. A key to the genus Polytremis of the world is given.

A new species of Vriesea (Bromeliaceae) from Pedra dos Pontões, Espírito Santo, Brazil: an area of endemism for Bromeliaceae at Atlantic Forest

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 433 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-173
Author(s):  
DAYVID R. COUTO ◽  
IGOR M. KESSOUS ◽  
ANDREA F. COSTA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
A New Species

Vriesea mimosoensis is described and illustrated as a new taxon from the Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo, Southeastern Brazil. Morphological comparisons of this taxon with related species are presented. Here we discuss taxonomy comments, etymology, geographical distribution and the conservation status of this new species.

Sellaphora mayrii (Bacillariophyceae), a new diatom from the Argentinean Patagonia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 437 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-146
Author(s):  
M. LUJÁN GARCÍA ◽  
EDUARDO A. MORALES ◽  
DAVID G. MANN ◽  
NORA I. MAIDANA
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
New Species ◽  
Size Range ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Chemical Characteristics ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Argentinean Patagonia ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Sellaphora was found in modern and fossil sediments from shallow-lake Laguna Gemelas Este, Santa Cruz, Argentina. The new taxon was studied with light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. We present a detailed analysis of its morphology, supporting its placement in the genus Sellaphora Mereschkowsky, and report the physico-chemical characteristics of the lake where it was found. Sellaphora mayrii sp. nov. is most similar to S. smirnovii Chudaev & Gololobova, a small-celled species first reported from Russia. Both species have in common the valve outline, but the new species from Argentina has a wider size range and, when observed with electron microscopy, is visibly different regarding stria pattern, central area, and shape of the areolae.

Danionella priapus, a new species of miniature cyprinid fish from West Bengal, India (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2277 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
RALF BRITZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Genital Papilla ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Vicariance Event ◽  
Morphological Novelties ◽  
A New Species

Danionella priapus, a new species of sexually dimorphic miniature cyprinid from the Brahmaputra drainage in India, is distinguished from the other three species in the genus by the presence in adult males of a conical projection of the genital papilla situated between funnel-shaped pelvic fins, the number of analand pectoral-fin rays, and the position of insertion of the last anal-fin pterygiophore. It differs further from D. translucida and D. mirifica in details of the colour pattern, from D. dracula and D. mirifica in number of procurrent caudal-fin rays, from D. translucida in number of vertebrae and from D. dracula in several skeletal characters. Like the other species in the genus, D. priapus shows a developmentally truncated skeleton that is associated with several evolutionary morphological novelties. The present distribution of the Danionella species may be the result of a vicariance event in the early Miocene, when the tectonic uplift of eastern Tibet and the Indo-Burman ranges lead to the interruption of the palaeo-connection between the Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) and the upper Irrawaddy Rivers.

A new species of stone loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae: Schistura) from Arunachal Pradesh, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4551 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
HRISHIKESH CHOUDHURY ◽  
ABHINIT DEY ◽  
RATUL CH. BHARALI ◽  
DANDADHAR SARMA ◽  
WAIKHOM VISHWANATH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Stone Loach ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
North Bank ◽  
Brahmaputra Basin ◽  
A New Species

Schistura rebuw, new species, is described from the Kameng River, a north-bank tributary of the Brahmaputra, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The new species is easily distinguished from all known congeners in the Brahmaputra basin by its unique sexual dimorphism, specifically a suborbital slit in adult females, and a suborbital flap in adult males; and a colour pattern of 10–11 blackish bars on a greyish-beige body, the pre-dorsal bars mostly broken or incomplete, coalescing dorsally in a more or less alternate fashion. 

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