A new species of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Fujian, southeastern China

Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4205 (6) ◽  
pp. 549 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHIYONG YUAN ◽  
YUNKE WU ◽  
JIAJUN ZHOU ◽  
JING CHE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Lateral Side ◽  
Southeastern China ◽  
Amphibian Species ◽  
Long Tail ◽  
Gill Filaments ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Nd2 Gene

New amphibian species have been constantly discovered throughout southern China, including from areas close to heavily populated cities that remain poorly surveyed for amphibian diversity. We describe a new species of the newt genus Paramesotriton from Fujian, a developed province on the southeastern coast of mainland China. The mitochondrial genealogy suggests that the new species is the sister taxon to Paramesotriton hongkongensis, separated by an uncorrected pairwise distances of 5.8% at the ND2 gene fragment analyzed. In addition to the genetic divergence, the new species can be readily differentiated from its congeners by having: a very rough skin; a continuous, orange, vertebral ridge; few warts on each side of the vertebral ridge; numerous small irregular orange-red or yellow spots on the chin, venter, underside of axillae, flanks, lateral side of the tail, base of limbs and cloaca; a small groove at the base of the vomerine tooth series; relatively long tail, relatively flat cloaca in females; normally developed eyes, and the absence of vestigial gills and gill filaments in adults. 

Taxonomic studies on Zingiber (Zingiberaceae) in China III: Z. ventricosum, a new species from Yunnan, and notes on three closely related species

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 261 (2) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
LIN BAI ◽  
JANA LEONG-ŠKORNIČKOVÁ ◽  
NIAN-HE XIA ◽  
YU-SHI YE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Taxonomic Studies ◽  
Wide Geographic Distribution ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Zingiber ventricosum, endemic to Yunnan Province of southwestern China, is described and illustrated. It is similar to Z. oligophyllum, Z. thorelii and Z. xishuangbannaense in having much-reduced ligules, usually elongated petioles, flower shape and glabrous ovaries. Zingiber ventricosum, however, is readily distinguished from its three relatives by having erect peduncles and convex bracts that are inflated at their bases and acuminate and wide-spreading at their apices. These four species belong to Zingiber sect. Cryptanthium and together compose the informal “Z. oligophyllum complex”. This complex has a rather wide geographic distribution that extends from southern China to Thailand, Laos and southern Vietnam and to Taiwan, China. The three previously described species are revised based on a study of herbarium specimens, as well as living plants. Zingiber xishuangbannaense, previously regarded as conspecific with Z. thorelii, is resurrected here. Some of the previous records of Z. thorelii from Thailand are assigned to Z. xishuangbannaense, while the remaining records represent an as-yet unidentified taxon. Zingiber oligophyllum, previously reported as endemic to Taiwan, is now recorded for southeastern mainland China and Hong Kong. Descriptions, colour plates, distribution maps and preliminary IUCN conservations assessments for the four species are provided, together with a key to these species. Lectotypes for Z. oligophyllum and Z. xishuangbannaense are designated here, and the previous lectotypification of Z. thorelii is narrowed to a single specimen. Based on the latest IUCN criteria, Z. ventricosum is proposed to be Critically Endangered (CR), while the other three species qualify as least concern (LC).

Review of the Oriental genus Neoperlops Banks, 1939 (Plecoptera: Perlidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4763 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-418
Author(s):  
RAORAO MO ◽  
GUOQUAN WANG ◽  
WEIHAI LI ◽  
DÁVID MURÁNYI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Southeastern China ◽  
Fujian Province ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the Oriental Perlidae genus Neoperlops Banks, 1939, Neoperlops triangulatus sp. nov. is described from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China. Neoperlops gressitti Banks, 1939 is redescribed, and recorded from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for the first time. Neoperlops huanghuye (Chen, 2020) comb. n., recently described from Fujian Province from southeastern China, is transferred from Phanoperla Banks, 1938. The six species of the genus are classified in two groups of morphologically similar species. 

The tenth member of stout newt (Amphibia: Salamandridae: Pachytriton): Description of a new species from Guangdong, southern China

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4399 (2) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
CHEN LI ◽  
ZHIYONG YUAN ◽  
HAIBIN LI ◽  
YUNKE WU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Amphibian Species ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Hind Limbs ◽  
Bright Orange ◽  
Montane Streams ◽  
A New Species

Field surveys of less-explored forests often lead to discoveries of new amphibian species. During a series of field surveys in early 2017 at Mt. Lianhua (the Lotus Mountain) of Lianhuashan-Baipenzhu Provincial Nature Reserve in southern China, we found an undocumented population of stout newt, genus Pachytriton. Based on its distinct morphological characters and large genetic divergence from congeners (uncorrected p-distance > 5% in either mitochondrial nd2 or cytb sequences), we describe this population as the tenth species of the genus: Pachytriton airobranchiatus sp. nov. It can be distinguished from other members of Pachytriton by a combination of the following morphological characters: prominently elevated distal end of the epibranchial bone showing as two conspicuous protruding bulges behind the head; dorsal coloration can be either spotted or unspotted; bright orange dots absent on dorsum; costal grooves absent between axilla and groin; fingers I and toe I slender, do not forms a volar pad; dorsal tips of fingers and toes brown; and tips of fore- and hind limbs could contact when limbs adpressed against body flank. Phylogenetic analysis grouped the new species with P. wuguanfui, P. xanthospilos, and P. changi. Currently, the new species is known from the type locality and an adjacent mountain peak at about 1000 m elevation. It inhabits small montane streams in broadleaf forests near the top of the mountain. 

scholarly journals A new species of Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the western South Pacific, with comment on C. latipunctatus

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2445 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
HSUAN-CHING HO ◽  
KWANG-TSAO SHAO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Lateral Side ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Long Tail ◽  
South Pacific Ocean ◽  
A New Species

A new species of anglerfish, Chaunax nudiventer, is described on the basis of 35 specimens from the western South Pacific Ocean. It is characterized by large spots on the dorsal surface; a largely naked area on abdomen; a relatively short head and long tail, both reflected in the elongated body; slender and simple spines on body surface; numerous broad flaps on lateral side of body; and higher number of lateral line neuromasts: mainly 41–43 in lateral line proper, 4 in the upper peropercular series, and 16–17 in the pectoral series. Comments on a similar species, C. latipunctatus from the eastern South Pacific Ocean, is provided.

Primulina wuae (Gesneriaceae), a new species from southern China

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-313
Author(s):  
S. Li ◽  
Z.B. Xin ◽  
X. Hong ◽  
L.F. Fu ◽  
F. Wen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
A New Species

A New Species of Leptolalax(Anura: Megophryidae) from Southern China

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 80 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUNG Yikhei ◽  
YANG Jianhuan ◽  
WANG Yingyong
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
A New Species

Tricholomopsis rubroaurantiaca, a new species of Tricholomataceae from southern China

Mycoscience ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 342-347
Author(s):  
Md. Iqbal Hosen ◽  
Jun-Yan Xu ◽  
Ting Li ◽  
Genevieve Gates ◽  
Tai-Hui Li
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Iguanidae) from San Guillermo National Park, western Argentina

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1361 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIO C. MONGUILLOT ◽  
MARIO R. CABRERA ◽  
JUAN C. ACOSTA ◽  
JOSE VILLAVICENCIO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Posterior Surface ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Long Tail ◽  
Sparse Vegetation ◽  
Dorsal Pattern ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Iguanidae Liolaemini lizard from the San Guillermo National Park in western Argentina, is described. The new species is a member of the Liolaemus darwinii complex within the monophyletic boulengeri species group. It is distinguished by its small body size, relatively long tail, low number of scales around midbody, dorsal scales moderately keeled, precloacal pores only in male, bulged patch of enlarged scales on the proximal posterior surface of the thigh in both sexes, dorsal pattern lacking of light vertebral or dorsolateral stripes, antehumeral fold without black pigment in female but greyish in male, a prescapular dark dot dorsal to antehumeral fold in both sexes, and postscapular spot absent. The new species is terrestrial, living in habitats with gravel and sandy soil in an Andean Monte landscape with sparse vegetation, above 2270 meters of altitude.

Widespread infection of the Eastern red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) by a new species of Amphibiocystidium, a genus of fungus-like mesomycetozoan parasites not previously reported in North America

Parasitology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 135 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. R. RAFFEL ◽  
T. BOMMARITO ◽  
D. S. BARRY ◽  
S. M. WITIAK ◽  
L. A. SHACKELTON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
Seasonal Distribution ◽  
Notophthalmus Viridescens ◽  
Amphibian Species ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Causative Agents ◽  
A New Species

SUMMARYGiven the worldwide decline of amphibian populations due to emerging infectious diseases, it is imperative that we identify and address the causative agents. Many of the pathogens recently implicated in amphibian mortality and morbidity have been fungal or members of a poorly understood group of fungus-like protists, the mesomycetozoans. One mesomycetozoan, Amphibiocystidium ranae, is known to infect several European amphibian species and was associated with a recent decline of frogs in Italy. Here we present the first report of an Amphibiocystidium sp. in a North American amphibian, the Eastern red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens), and characterize it as the new species A. viridescens in the order Dermocystida based on morphological, geographical and phylogenetic evidence. We also describe the widespread and seasonal distribution of this parasite in red-spotted newt populations and provide evidence of mortality due to infection.

Bursaphelenchus paraleoni n. sp. (Tylenchina: Aphelenchoididae) intercepted in Loblolly pine logs imported into China from the USA

Nematology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Gu ◽  
Yiwu Fang ◽  
Lele Liu ◽  
Xinxin Ma ◽  
Xiaoling Lu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pinus Taeda ◽  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Precloacal Papilla ◽  
Long Tail ◽  
Lateral Field ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Huge Variation

Summary Bursaphelenchus paraleoni n. sp. was isolated from Loblolly pine, Pinus taeda, logs from the USA. The new species is characterised by a lateral field with three lines, 13-16 μm long stylet with small basal swellings, and the excretory pore located slightly posterior to the nerve ring. The male spicules are mitten-shaped, the lamina smoothly tapering towards the distal tip. The condylus is broadly rounded, with a small dorsally bent hook, rostrum triangular or conical with finely rounded tip, and cucullus absent. One midventral precloacal papilla, one adcloacal pair and two postcloacal pairs of genital papillae are present. The bursal flap is long and spade-like with the posterior margin truncate or irregular. Females have a small vulval flap 4-6 μm long, a post-vulval uterine sac extending for 34-49% of the vulva to anus distance, a very long tail with slight ventral curvature, mostly filiform and with a finely rounded terminus, occasionally bluntly rounded. Huge variation in the tails of males and females were observed in a culture. It is similar to species of B. eidmanni, B. leoni, and B. silvestris in the leoni-group but detailed phylogenetic analysis based on 18S, ITS and D2-D3 28S sequences confirmed it as a new species.

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