Molecular phylogeny of the weevil genus Kyklioacalles Stüben, with descriptions of a new subgenus Glaberacalles and two new species (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae)

A molecular phylogeny of the western Palearctic weevil genus Kyklioacalles Stüben, 1999 is presented, combining two mitochondrial genes (CO1 and 16S) in a Bayesian analysis. Based on molecular data, the validity of the subspecies Kyklioacalles punctaticollis punctaticollis (Lucas, 1849) and Kyklioacalles punctaticollis meteoricus (Meyer, 1909) is discussed and the morphological differentiation of the endophalli and known distributions of both subspecies are verified. Glaberacalles subg. n. (formerly Kyklioacalles punctaticollis-group) and two new species are described, Kyklioacalles atlasicus sp.n. from Morocco and Kyklioacalles plantapilosus sp.n. from Spain. Kyklioacalles berberi (Stüben, 2005), comb. n. and Kyklioacalles olcesei (Tournier, 1873) comb. n. are transferred from Acalles Schoenherr. The molecular results further advocate a transfer of Onyxacalles pyrenaeus (Boheman, 1844) to Kyklioacalles; however this is not supported by morphological evidence. Kyklioacalles almadensis Stüben, 2004 syn. n. (Spain) is synonymized with Kyklioacalles bupleuri Stüben, 2004 (Tunisia). A catalogue of all 40 (sub-)species of Kyklioacalles is given and a key of the species of the subgenus Glaberacalles is presented.

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Molecular phylogeny in 'nano-weevils': description of a new subgenus Nanoacalles and two new species of Calacalles from the Macaronesian Islands (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2300.1.4 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2300 (1) ◽

pp. 51-67 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

JONAS J. ASTRIN ◽

PETER E. STÜBEN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Bayesian Analysis ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

New Subgenus ◽

Two New Species ◽

Macaronesian Islands ◽

Valid Taxon ◽

First Time ◽

La Gomera

A molecular phylogeny for the eastern Atlantic weevil genus Calacalles Peyerimhoff, 1925 is presented, using two mitochondrial genes (CO1 and 16S). Based on a phylogenetic (Bayesian) analysis, we propose the following taxonomic amendments: the new subgenus Nanoacalles subg. n. is described and two new species, Calacalles hermigua sp. n. and Calacalles nataliae sp. n., are described from the Canarian island La Gomera and distinguished from other species of the genus. Calacalles palmensis (Roudier, 1954) (formerly Acalles wollastoni palmensis Roudier, 1954), which is illustrated here for the first time (habitus and aedeagus), is not a synonym of Acalles seticollis Wollaston, 1864, but a valid taxon. Calacalles subcarinatus (Israelson, 1984) from the Azores is assigned to the subgenus Crateracalles Stüben 2004. We also present a catalogue of all known Calacalles species.

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Integrative Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and New Species of the Weevil GenusOnyxacallesStüben (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae)

Psyche A Journal of Entomology ◽

10.1155/2012/654948 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 ◽

pp. 1-22

Author(s):

Peter E. Stüben ◽

Jonas J. Astrin

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Related Species ◽

Mediterranean Area ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Integrative Taxonomy ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

Western Palearctic ◽

Species Groups ◽

Three New Species

A molecular phylogeny of the western Palearctic weevil genusOnyxacallesStüben, 1999 is presented, combining two mitochondrial genes (COI and 16S) in a Bayesian analysis. Based on molecular data,Onyxacalles pyrenaeusBoheman, 1844 is transferred into the genusKyklioacallesStüben 1999 (K. faustigroup) and—in an integrative taxonomy framework—the interaction between morphology and molecular analysis is illustrated. The species ofOnyxacalless. str. are assigned to three new species groups,O. henoni,O. luigionii, andO. portusvenerisgroups. The distribution of the related species in the Mediterranean area is illustrated with values of COI and 16S p-distances. Three new species are described and distinguished from their related species:Onyxacalles nuraghiStüben sp.n. from Italy (Sardinia),Onyxacalles torreStüben and Astrin sp. n. from France (Corsica) andOnyxacalles vilaeStüben sp. n. from Croatia (Velebit Mts.). A catalogue of all 20 species ofOnyxacallesis given, and a key is finally presented combined with image stacking of the habitus and aedeagus for all species.

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Two new species of snail-eating snakes of the genus Tropidodipsas (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from southern Mexico, with notes on related species

Herpetozoa ◽

10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e69176 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 34 ◽

pp. 233-257

Author(s):

Christoph I. Grünwald ◽

Sarahi Toribio-Jiménez ◽

Carlos Montaño-Ruvalcaba ◽

Hector Franz-Chávez ◽

Miguel A. Peñaloza-Montaño ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Species Group ◽

Conservation Priorities ◽

Southern Mexico ◽

Two New Species ◽

Taxonomic Changes ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

Mexican Species

We describe two new species of Tropidodipsas related to the T. fasciata species group as defined by Kofron (1987), and provide morphological and molecular data to support the novelty of both species. A partial molecular phylogeny of the Mexican species of snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) is presented, and we discuss evolutionary relationships as supported by our molecular results. We analyze specific relationships of the new species described herein with their closest relatives. We present a distribution map for all species of Tropidodipsas and include photographs of living individuals of each species. Finally, we discuss other taxonomic changes based on our molecular phylogeny as well as conservation priorities of the new species.

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Morphological and phylogenetic evidence for two new species of Russula subg. Heterophyllidia from Guangdong Province of China

MycoKeys ◽

10.3897/mycokeys.82.64913 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 82 ◽

pp. 139-157

Author(s):

Bin Chen ◽

Jie Song ◽

Yanliu Chen ◽

Jinhua Zhang ◽

Junfeng Liang

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Maximum Likelihood ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Guangdong Province ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Terminal Cell ◽

Two New Species ◽

Long Chains

Two new species of Russula subg. Heterophyllidia from Guangdong Province of China were described and illustrated based on morphological characters, and their identity supported by molecular phylogeny. R. luofuensis is morphologically characterized by a grayish yellow to brownish orange pileus center with a purplish gray to grayish magenta margin, a surface that is cracked and broken into small golden-brown patches, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid basidiospores with warts fused in short or long chains and a suprapellis composed of hyphal extremities with inflated, ellipsoid or globose cells and attenuated terminal cell. R. subbubalina is distinguished by the blanched almond to dark salmon pileus that is cracked with age, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid basidiospores with wart fused in short or long chains and frequently connected by line connections, a suprapellis with hyphal ends composed of inflated or ellipsoid cells and attenuated terminal cell, and pileocystidia that are mainly clavate and sometimes with round or ellipsoid appendage. The phylogenetic analyses based on ITS-nrLSU-mtSSU-TEF1 dataset were performed using maximum likelihood and Bayesian analysis. In terms of morphological features and molecular data, the former species belongs to subsect. Virescentinae, whereas the latter comes under subsect. Heterophyllinae.

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A new frog family (Anura: Terrarana) from South America and an expanded direct-developing clade revealed by molecular phylogeny

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2211.1.1 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2211 (1) ◽

pp. 1-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 62

Author(s):

MATTHEW P. HEINICKE ◽

WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN ◽

LINDA TRUEB ◽

D. BRUCE MEANS ◽

ROSS D. MacCULLOCH ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

Direct Development ◽

Morphological Evidence ◽

New Family ◽

Close Phylogenetic Relationship ◽

Basal Clade ◽

Relationship Of ◽

A New Species

Three frogs of a new species found in cloud forests on two nearby mountains in Guyana were included in a molecular phylogeny of 17 nuclear and mitochondrial genes (10,739 aligned sites) that revealed that their closest relative is Terrarana (Brachycephalidae, Craugastoridae, Eleutherodactylidae, and Strabomantidae) and their next-closest relative is Hemiphractidae (marsupial frogs). We place these frogs in a new family, genus, and species which is strongly supported as the basal clade within Terrarana: Ceuthomantidae n. fam., Ceuthomantis smaragdinus n. gen, n. sp. Morphological evidence supports the placement of two other species from the Guiana Highlands, Pristimantis aracamuni (BarrioAmorós & Molina) and P. cavernibardus (Myers & Donnelly), in the new family and genus. This close phylogenetic relationship of terraranans and marsupial frogs, nearly all of which have direct development, supports an hypothesis that direct development evolved early in the evolution of this huge clade (~1000 species), for which we propose the unranked taxonomic epithet Orthobatrachia.

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Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of Holarctic species of Pluteus section Pluteus (Agaricales: Pluteaceae), with description of twelve new species

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.180.1.1 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 180 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Alfredo Justo ◽

Ekaterina Malysheva ◽

Tatiana Bulyonkova ◽

Else C Vellinga ◽

Gerry Cobian ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Genetic Variation ◽

New Species ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Western Palearctic ◽

Holarctic Region ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

Better Than ◽

Holarctic Species

The taxonomy and phylogeography of Pluteus section Pluteus in the Holarctic region was investigated using morphological and molecular data. Over 300 specimens spanning the major areas of boreal and temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere were studied and nrITS and tef1 were obtained for phylogenetic analyses. In order to stabilize the taxonomy of the group all available type collections were studied and, if possible, sequenced. A total of 26 species occurring in Eurasia and North America were recovered in the phylogenetic analyses. Twelve species are described as new (Pluteus rangifer, P. elaphinus, P. hibbettii, P. eos, P. orestes, P. methvenii, P. shikae, P. kovalenkoi, P. leucoborealis, P. sepiicolor, P. oreibatus, P. atrofibrillosus), one is provisionally named (P. parilis) and one variety is raised to species rank (P. americanus). In many cases separation of the species based on morphology alone is challenging. In general, tef1 distinguishes the species better than nrITS. Structured infraspecific genetic variation was detected in the nrITS phylogenies for five species (P. atromarginatus, P. hibbettii, P. orestes, P. primus and P. shikae) and in the tef1 phylogenies for P. cervinus. Phylogeographic patterns are strikingly different among the species in this group and include widespread Holarctic species, exclusively Palearctic, putative disjuncts and endemics in each Holarctic subregion (Eastern/Western Palearctic and Nearctic). Identification keys are provided for each subregion.

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Molecular phylogeny of Echinodera and Ruteria (Coleoptera:Curculionidae:Cryptorhynchinae) and the parallel speciation of Canary Island weevils along replicate environmental gradients

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is10021 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 24 (5) ◽

pp. 434 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jonas J. Astrin ◽

Peter E. Stüben

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Phylogenetic Tree ◽

Canary Islands ◽

Canary Island ◽

Environmental Gradients ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

Two New Species ◽

Taxonomic Changes ◽

Western Palaearctic

A molecular phylogeny for the western Palaearctic weevil genus Echinodera Wollaston, 1863 and the former genus Ruteria Roudier, 1954 is presented, combining two mitochondrial genes (CO1 and 16S) in a Bayesian analysis. Special consideration is given to the species of Echinodera from the Canary Islands. Between islands, these are represented by multiple vicariant species that have undergone parallel speciation along replicate environmental gradients on the respective islands. Based on the phylogenetic tree and further data, a number of taxonomic changes is presented: two new species are described, Echinodera montana, sp. nov. from the Canaries (Fuerteventura) and Echinodera bargouensis, sp. nov. from Tunisia. Five species are declared to be synonyms: Echinodera gomerensis Stüben, 2000, syn. nov. = Echinodera praedicta Germann & Stüben, 2006, syn. nov. = Echinodera pseudohystrix Stüben, 2000; Ruteria bellieri epirica Wolf, 2001, syn. nov. = Echinodera tyrrhenica Caldara, 1978, syn. nov. = Acalles bellieri Reiche, 1860; Echindera troodosi Wolf, 2010, syn. nov. = Echinodera cyprica Stüben, 2010. The subgenus Echinodera (Dieckmannia) Stüben, 1998 is a synonym of Echinodera s. str. The genus Ruteria is again declared a subgenus of Echinodera: Echinodera (Ruteria) Roudier, 1954 stat. rev. Two species are transferred to a different subgenus: Echinodera (Ruteria) incognita (Hoffmann, 1956) and Echinodera (Ruteria) cognita Stüben, 2006 (both formerly Echinodera s. str.).

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