A taxonomic review of the Crypticerya species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae) of the southwestern United States and Mexico, including description of a new species from Baja California

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1759 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
CORINNE M. UNRUH
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Instar Nymph ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data

A recent phylogenetic study of the scale insect tribe Iceryini (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae) based on morphological and molecular data led to a revised generic classification, including redefinition of three genera, one of which was Crypticerya Cockerell. The new concept of Crypticerya encompasses 22 described species, all of which are found in the New World. Nine species are scattered throughout the deserts of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Here these species are redescribed and one new species, Crypticerya bursera sp.nov. is described from Baja California, Mexico. The adult female and first-instar nymph are illustrated for nine of the 10 species. A key to the adult females of the southwestern species and morphologically similar species of Crypticerya is provided.

A taxonomic review of the genera Boonea, Chrysallida, Parthenina, Ivara, Fargoa, Mumiola, Odostomella and Trabecula (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae, Odostomiinae) from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2049 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDRE DIAS PIMENTA ◽  
RICARDO SILVA ABSALÃO ◽  
CINTIA MIYAJI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
One New Species

The genera Boonea Robertson, 1978, Chrysallida Carpenter, 1856, Fargoa Bartsch, 1909, Ivara Dall & Bartsch, 1903, Mumiola A. Adams, 1863, Odostomella Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883, Parthenina Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 and Trabecula Dall & Bartsch, 1909 from Brazil are reviewed. Boonea jadisi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958), Boonea seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839), Chrysallida gemmulosa C. B. Adams, 1850, Ivara terryi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958), Fargoa bushiana Bartsch, 1909, Mumiola gradatula (Mörch, 1876) and Odostomella carceralis Pimenta, Absalão & Alencar, 2000 are confirmed to occur in Brazil. We also present the first records of Parthenina varia (Odé, 1993), Odostomella fonteini (Jong & Coomans, 1988) and Trabecula krumpermanni (Jong & Coomans, 1988) from the region, all, new combinations. Two species, previously reported from the Brazilian coast, could not be confirmed: Boonea bisuturalis (Say, 1822) and Boonea impressa (Say, 1822). Odostomella cf. doliolum (Philippi, 1844) and Parthenina cf. interspatiosa (Linden & Eikenboom, 1992), originally described from the eastern Atlantic, are here recorded from Brazil, although their status remains dubious because of lack of information on their biology and due to lack of morphological and molecular data. One new species is described: Boonea scymnocelata, which can be distinguished from the similar species B. seminuda by its smaller size and immersed protoconch, with no visible nucleus.

scholarly journals A taxonomic revision of the mealybug genus Ferrisia Fullaway (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), with descriptions of eight new species and a new genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3543 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. KAYDAN ◽  
P. J. GULLAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
Genetic Groups ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data

The mealybug genus Ferrisia Fullaway is revised to include 18 species, based on morphological and molecular data. Wedistinguish the widespread pest species F. virgata (Cockerell) from morphologically similar species and provide a reviseddescription and illustration for the adult female of F. virgata. We resurrect Dactylopius dasylirii Cockerell stat. rev. fromsynonymy with Dactylopius virgatus Cockerell as Ferrisia dasylirii (Cockerell) and apply this name to many North Amer-ican and Caribbean populations previously recognised as F. virgata; F. dasylirii is the most difficult to distinguish mor-phologically from F. virgata and exhibits morphological and molecular variation among some populations. We designatea lectotype for D. dasylirii Cockerell. Eight new species of Ferrisia are described and illustrated based on the adult female,and named as Ferrisia colombiana sp. n., F. cristinae sp. n., F. ecuadorensis sp. n., F. kondoi sp. n., F. milleri sp. n., F.pitcairnia sp. n., F. uzinuri sp. n. and F. williamsi sp. n. The relationships of five of these new species and five namedspecies are discussed in relation to a previously published phylogenetic tree that was based on nucleotide sequence data.Taxonomically informative morphological features (such as the size, shape and position of discoidal pores associated withthe dorsal enlarged tubular ducts and the ventral oral-collar tubular ducts), identified for each of the genetic groups (clades)on the tree, are used to help to diagnose the species. We also describe and illustrate the adult female of a form of F. gilliGullan, found on Magnolia and some other host plants, that has numerous clusters of small ventral oral-collar ducts onthe body margins. For seven named species—F. claviseta (Lobdell), F. malvastra (McDaniel), F. meridionalis Williams,F. multiformis Granara de Willink, F. quaintancii (Tinsley), F. setosa (Lobdell) and F. terani Williams & Granara de Will-ink—we provide revised illustrations of the adult females as well as diagnostic morphological notes and information ondistribution and host plants. We also recognise Eurycoccus copallinae Ferris as a junior synonym (syn. n.) of Dactylopiusquaintancii Tinsley (now F. quaintancii) and designate a lectotype for E. copallinae. We include photographs of the liveappearance of the adult females of six Ferrisia species and also a key to all known species of Ferrisia based on the mor-phology of the adult females. We transfer the species currently known as Ferrisia floridana (Ferris) to a new monotypicgenus, Pseudoferrisia gen. n., as Pseudoferrisia floridana (Ferris) comb. n., and provide a description of the genus and its type species (Ferrisiana floridana Ferris), as well as a new illustration of the adult female.

The myth of monophagy in Paralobesia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)? A new species feeding on Cypripedium reginae (Orchidaceae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4446 (1) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
HANNA R. ROYALS ◽  
JEAN-FRANÇOIS LANDRY ◽  
TODD M. GILLIGAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Feeding Habits ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Genital Morphology ◽  
Systematic Revision ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Two Populations ◽  
A New Species

The genus Paralobesia Obraztsov, 1953 is found primarily in eastern North America and consists of 18 described and several undescribed species. Prior to 1900, all North American Paralobesia were assumed to be P. viteana (Clemens). However, rearing experiments by William Kearfott in the early 1900s suggested that species of Paralobesia were monophagous and could be separated by host. Recently, a species of Paralobesia was reared from showy lady’s slipper, Cypripedium reginae Walter (Orchidaceae), during a study of two populations of this orchid in eastern Ontario and southwestern Québec. Although originally assumed to be P. cypripediana (Forbes), which was described from specimens reared from Cypripedium in Manitoba, DNA barcode data and genital morphology confirmed that this was a new species similar to P. cypripediana and P. monotropana (Heinrich). Herein, we describe P. marilynae, sp. n., and provide specifics of its discovery and life history. Rearing records indicate that Paralobesia can span the range from strictly monophagous to polyphagous, even for very similar species with similar feeding habits, and that host records should be combined with morphological and molecular data when circumscribing species in this genus. This work is part of a complete systematic revision of Paralobesia currently in progress. 

A new four-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4514 (4) ◽  
pp. 553 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOÃO PAULO FELIX AUGUSTO DE ALMEIDA ◽  
MARCO ANTONIO DE FREITAS ◽  
MÁRCIO BORBA DA SILVA ◽  
MARIA CELESTE COSTA VALVERDE ◽  
MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Genetic Divergence ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Tail Tip ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Amphisbaena from the Espinhaço Mountain Range in Bahia State is described based on morphological and molecular data. Amphisbaena caetitensis sp nov. is a small four-pored amphisbaenian with 186–194 body annuli, 10–12 tail annuli, 16 dorsal and 19–22 ventral segments on a midbody annulus and a strikingly distinctive tail tip. The most similar species is A. uroxena, but they can be distinguished by some morphological features besides the genetic divergence of 7.65% on the mitochondrial 16S rRNA. 

Phylogeny and biogeography of the mite harvestmen (Arachnida : Opiliones : Cyphophthalmi) of Queensland, Australia, with a description of six new species from the rainforests of the Wet Tropics

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L. Boyer ◽  
Caitlin M. Baker ◽  
Zachary R. Popkin-Hall ◽  
Domokos I. Laukó ◽  
Hannah A. Wiesner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Historical Biogeography ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Insight Into

The Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia, represent the largest remaining fragment of vast rainforests that once covered the entire continent. Over the past few decades the Wet Tropics bioregion has received much attention from biologists interested in the effect of climate change on diversity and distribution of rainforest animals. However, most such studies have focused on vertebrates, and despite considerable interest in the biota of the area, the diversity of many of Wet Tropics invertebrate taxa remains poorly known. Here we describe six new species of mite harvestman from the area, identified using a combination of morphological and molecular data. Our study represents the first detailed phylogenetic study of the genus Austropurcellia, and provides insight into the historical biogeography of these dispersal-limited arachnids.

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 new species of Hohenbuehelia (Pleurotaceae) from India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 420 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
C. BIJEESH ◽  
A. MANOJ KUMAR ◽  
C.K. PRADEEP ◽  
K.B. VRINDA
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Kerala State ◽  
A New Species

Hohenbuehelia odorata sp.nov. is described based on morphological and molecular data of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (nrITS) region from Kerala State, India. The macro- and micromorphological features in conjunction with nrITS-based phylogenetic analysis performed using Maximum Likelihood (ML) method supported the novelty of H. odorata. Complete morphological descriptions, photographs and comparisons with similar species and a key to the Indian species of Hohenbuehelia are provided.

scholarly journals A new glanapterygine catfish of the genus Listrura (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from southeastern Brazil, corroborated by morphological and molecular data

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Villa-Verde ◽  
Henrique Lazzarotto ◽  
Sergio M. Q. Lima
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Parsimony Method ◽  
Maximum Parsimony Method ◽  
Small Streams ◽  
C Subunit ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data

Listrura costai, new species, is described from small streams in a swampy coastal plain in the rio Jurumirim basin, Angra dos Reis Municipality, Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil. The new species is morphologically very similar to L. nematopteryx and L. picinguabae, all possessing only one long pectoral-fin ray. It differs from its congeners by possessing an autapomorphic character: first hypobranchial with an anterior process (vs. process absent). Other features such as coloration, numbers of opercular and interopercular odontodes, number of anal-fin rays, head length, and shape of some bone structures help to distinguish the new species from L. nematopteryx and L. picinguabae. Molecular analyses using partial sequences of the mitochondrial DNA genes cytochrome oxidase c subunit 1 and cytochrome b from the new species and morphologically similar species are provided. The results about both molecular markers corroborate the validity of the new species by significant genetic distance values between it and congeneric species, and by its phylogenetic position in the hypotheses performed by maximum-parsimony method.

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