scholarly journals A new species of Picicola Clay and Meinertzhagen, 1938 (Phthiraptera: Ischno-cera) parasitic on the Rufous-sided Broadbill (Passeriformes: Eurylaimidae) in Ghana

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1762 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATHYS J. MEYER ◽  
ROGER D. PRICE ◽  
KEVIN P. JOHNSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Elongation Factor ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Elongation Factor 1Α ◽  
Chewing Louse ◽  
Complex Sequences ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase ◽  
A New Species

Picicola donwebbi, a new species of chewing louse from the Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis Gray, 1864) collected in Ghana, is herewith described and illustrated. This is the first species of Ischnocera recorded from the broadbills (Passeriformes: Eurylaimidae) and, based on morphology, is placed in the Picicola quadripustulosus species group recorded from the Pittidae (Passeriformes). To evaluate its genetic distinctiveness and phylogenetic position in the Degeeriella complex, sequences of nuclear (elongation factor-1α) and mitochondrial (cytochrome oxidase I) genes for Picicola donwebbi are compared to various other species. Although this new species is genetically distinct, its phylogenetic position within the larger complex is unclear.

Redescriptions of two species and descriptions of three new species of the louse genus Bizarrifrons Eichler, 1938 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3273 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHEL P. VALIM ◽  
RICARDO L. PALMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Elongation Factor ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Elongation Factor 1Α ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase

Redescriptions of Bizarrifrons magus (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866), the type species of Bizarrifrons, and B. picturatus Car-riker & Díaz-Ungría, 1961 are given based on material from their type hosts. The nymphal instars of these two species aredescribed and illustrated for the first time. Also, three new species are named and described: B. latifrons, from the russet-backed oropendola, Psarocolius angustifrons alfredi (Des Murs, 1856); B. wecksteini, from the Amazonian oropendola,Psarocolius b. bifasciatus (Spix, 1824); and B. quasisymmetricus, from the solitary cacique, Cacicus solitarius (Vieillot,1816) (Passeriformes: Icteridae). Two species-groups are proposed, and a checklist and a key for the species of Bizarri-frons are also included. Sequences of a portion of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and the nuclear elongation factor 1α (EF-1α) genes for two species are given for the first time in this genus.

A new species of Zoniopoda Stål (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Romaleidae) from Argentina and its phylogenetic position within the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2913 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTINA E. POCCO ◽  
GONZALO D. RUBIO ◽  
M. MARTA CIGLIANO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Body ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Median Carina ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the romaleid grasshopper genus Zoniopoda Stål (Romaleidae: Romaleini) is described and illustrated from the Sierras Chicas of Córdoba Province, central Argentina. A cladistic analysis based on morphological characters indicates that the genus Zoniopoda constitutes a monophyletic group and that Zoniopoda serrana n. sp. must be assigned to Iheringi species group based on synapomorphies of the pronotum and body color. The new species is similar to Z. similis Bruner from Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil, from which it can be distinguished by the color pattern of the body, shape of the pronotal dorso-median carina and characters of the male terminalia and epiphallus. This paper has been formatted with embedded links to images of the type specimen, maps based on georeferenced specimen data for the genus and an updated key to the species of Zoniopoda available on the Orthoptera Species File (OSF) online (http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org).

Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of the genus Panolis Hübner, [1821] (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4565 (4) ◽  
pp. 523
Author(s):  
XUAN AN ◽  
MAMORU OWADA ◽  
MIN WANG ◽  
HOU-SHUAI WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
A New Species ◽  
I Gene

A new species of the genus Panolis Hübner, [1821], P. xundian sp. nov., is described and illustrated from southwestern China. It is well-defined morphologically by the male genitalia, with a well-developed pollex at the distal terminal of the sacculus and a broad, ventrally concave cucullus, the female corpus bursae with four long signum-stripes. Based on a 658 bp segment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene, we report the pairwise genetic distance of 2.5% from its allied species P. exquisita Draudt, 1950. Molecular phylogenetic analyses using three genes (2189 bp in total length) indicate that the new species belongs to the P. exquisita species group. 

scholarly journals Taxonomy of the sand bubbler crabs Scopimera globosa De Haan, 1835, and S. tuberculata Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dotillidae) in East Asia, with description of a new species from the Ryukyus, Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2345 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
KINGSLEY J. H. WONG ◽  
BENNY K. K. CHAN ◽  
HSI-TE SHIH
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South China ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase ◽  
A New Species

Sand bubbler crabs of the genus Scopimera are common on sandy shores in East Asia yet the taxonomy of the species remains unclear. Scopimera globosa De Haan, 1835, the type species, was described from Japanese specimens and also occurs in Korea and China. Scopimera tuberculata Stimpson, 1858, described from Japan, has been regarded a junior synonym of S. globosa, but the types had long been lost. Some workers have considered the two taxa distinct and S. tuberculata has been recorded from South China. In the present study, we confirm using male gonopod morphology and molecular analysis, that the early records of S. tuberculata from Hong Kong and S. globosa from Taiwan are in fact S. intermedia Balss, 1934. The present study regards S. tuberculata as a subjective junior synonym to S. globosa. A new species, Scopimera ryukyuensis sp. nov. from the Ryukyus, is identified and described herein. The new species is close to S. globosa but can be separated by carapace characters. The mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene revealed basepair (bp) difference between the new species and other Scopimera spp. to be at the interspecific level, at least 28 bp (4.3%).

Five new species of Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae) in Panama

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2200 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROGER D. PRICE ◽  
KEVIN P. JOHNSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase I ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Avian Family ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase

There are 23 species of Myrsidea recognized from passerine thraupid hosts. Five new species parasitic on members of this avian family are described. They and their type hosts are Myrsidea rozsai ex the Thick-billed Euphonia, Euphonia laniirostris d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, M. cruickshanki ex the Carmiol's Tanager, Chlorothraupis carmioli (Lawrence), M. patersoni ex the Grey-headed Tanager, Eucometis penicillata (Spix), M. pagei ex the Crimson-backed Tanager, Ramphocelus dimidiatus Lafresnaye, and M. valimi ex the Tawny-capped Euphonia, Euphonia anneae Cassin. The first species is placed in the bonariensis species group, while the remaining four are placed in the fusca species group. Sequences of a portion of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene were compared to other species of Myrsidea and were highly divergent.

The Madagascan genus Dolurgocleptes Schedl (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae): description of a new species and transfer to the tribe Polygraphini

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2014 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
BJARTE H. JORDAL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase ◽  
Elongation Factor ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase I ◽  
Elongation Factor 1Α ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the Malagasy genus Dolurgocleptes Schedl, 1965 is described and illustrated. This is the second species known for the genus, which is restricted to the montane rainforests of north-eastern Madagascar. Dolurgocleptes is transferred from the tribe Dryocoetini to Polygraphini and placed near Polygraphus Erichson, based on examination of internal and external morphological characters and molecular data from Elongation Factor-1α and Cytochrome Oxidase I.

The Tipula (Acutipula) bosnica species group, with the description of a new species from Turkey (Diptera: Tipulidae)

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-274
Author(s):  
Herman De Jong ◽  
Hasan Koç ◽  
Abdullah Hasbenli
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Crane Flies ◽  
Western Palaearctic ◽  
A New Species

AbstractThe Tipula (Acutipula) bosnica species group is a small group of crane flies containing three known species, viz. T. (A.) aureola Mannheims, T. (A.) bosnica Strobl, and the newly described Turkish T. (A.) aktashi. The male, female, and male pupal skin of T. (A.) aktashi are described and illustrated. T. (A.) aktashi is compared with the other two species of the bosnica group; genital structures of aureola and bosnica are illustrated. A map showing the distribution of the three species is given. The phylogenetic position of the bosnica group in the Tipulidae is discussed; the group takes a rather isolated position within Acutipula and apparently represents an old western Palaearctic lineage.

scholarly journals A taxonomic review of the Palpada ruficeps species group, with the description of a new flower fly from Colombia (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1741 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIMO MENGUAL ◽  
F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Flower Flies ◽  
A New Species

A new species of flower flies, Palpada prietorum Mengual spec. nov. (Diptera: Syrphidae: Eristalinae) is described from Cali, Colombia. The new species belongs to the ruficeps subgroup in the vinetorum species group. An identification key is provided for the species of the ruficeps subgroup, as well as a comparison of morphological diagnostic characters to separate these taxa. Fragments of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, the D2-3 region of the nuclear 28S rRNA gene and the nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) are supplied for two species, Palpada prietorum spec. nov. and Palpada ruficeps (Macquart, 1842).

A new species of Hyloscirtus (Anura, Hylidae) from the Colombian and Venezuelan slopes of Sierra de Perijá, and the phylogenetic position of Hyloscirtus jahni (Rivero, 1961)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4382 (1) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
FERNANDO J. M. ROJAS-RUNJAIC ◽  
EDWIN E. INFANTE-RIVERO ◽  
PATRICIA E. SALERNO ◽  
FABIO LEONARDO MEZA-JOYA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Internal Surface ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
12S Rrna ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Hyloscirtus, belonging to the H. bogotensis species Group, is described from the Venezuelan and Colombian slopes of the Sierra de Perijá. The new species can be readily distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: mental gland present, disc-shaped and small; ulnar, outer, and inner tarsal folds present; calcar tubercle absent; whitish stripes on external border of upper eyelids and supratympanic folds, longitudinally on the mid-dorsum, on supracloacal fold, outer ulnar folds, inner and outer tarsal folds, and also on dorsal internal surface of shanks. We estimate phylogenetic relationships based on mtDNA (spanning fragments of 12S rRNA, tRNA-Val and 16S rRNA), of all Hyloscirtus species available in Genbank, as well as the new species described herein, H. callipeza, H. jahni, and H. platydactylus, all of which have not been previously sequenced. Our molecular data support the hypothesis of the new species as sister species of H. callipeza and indicates that H. jahni does not belong to the H. bogotensis species Group, but rather is sister species of all other Hyloscirtus (sensu Faivovich et al. 2005). Based on this last result we propose a new species group for H. jahni and the synonymy of Colomascirtus in Hyloscirtus. We also provide the first description of the advertisement call of H. callipeza. With the new species described herein, the number of Hyloscirtus species increases to 37. 

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