A new species of Rock Gecko genus Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Western Sarawak, Malaysia

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4258 (6) ◽  
pp. 525 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAKAKI KURITA ◽  
KANTO NISHIKAWA ◽  
MASAFUMI MATSUI ◽  
TSUTOMU HIKIDA
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Geographic Isolation ◽  
Anterior Portion ◽  
Posterior Portion ◽  
Dna Phylogeny ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Malaysian Borneo

A new species of Asian rock gecko, genus Cnemaspis, is described from Padawan, western Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. The new species forms a clade with C. paripari and C. nigridia of the C. nigridia group in a mitochondrial DNA phylogeny and is similar to them morphologically in some characters such as caudal scalation. It differs from the other Asian Cnemaspis species in its unique combination of snout–vent length (up to 62.7 mm), 4–9 precloacal pores in males, keeled subcaudals with an enlarged, smooth, median row, presence of ventrolateral caudal tubercles, and coloration (head and upper flanks dark-yellow; anterior portion of tail black; posterior portion of tail white with black, paravertebral blob). Phylogenetic relationships within the C. nigridia group and the distributional ranges of species within the group suggest allopatric speciation by geographic isolation.

scholarly journals The freshwater crabs of Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, East Malaysia, with a description of a new species of Thelphusula Bott, 1969 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Gecarcinucidae, Potamidae, Sesarmidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 760 ◽  
pp. 89-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter K. L. Ng ◽  
Paul Y. C. Ng
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
New Record ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Freshwater Crabs ◽  
East Malaysia ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Malaysian Borneo

Seven species of freshwater crabs from three families are recorded from and around the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo: Thelphusulacapillodigitus sp. n., Thelphusuladicerophilus Ng & Stuebing, 1990, Arachnothelphusaterrapes Ng, 1991, Terrathelphusasecula Ng & Tan, 2015, Parathelphusavalida Ng & Goh, 1987 (new record) (Gecarcinucidae); Isolapotamoningeri Ng & Tan, 1998 (Potamidae); and Geosesarmadanumense Ng, 2002 (Sesarmidae). The new species of Thelphusula Bott, 1979, can be distinguished from all congeners by a unique combination of morphological features, most notably the presence of dense patches of short setae on the fingers of the adult male chelipeds, as well as the structure of the male first gonopod. Arachnothelphusaterrapes is confirmed to be a phytotelm species. A key to all species in the conservation area is provided.

The Leptobrachium (Anura: Megophryidae) of the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2804 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRYAN L. STUART ◽  
JODI J. L. ROWLEY ◽  
DAO THI ANH TRAN ◽  
DUONG THI THUY LE ◽  
HUY DUC HOANG
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New Species ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Original Description ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Upper Lip ◽  
Southern Vietnam ◽  
A New Species

We sampled two forms of Leptobrachium in syntopy at the type locality of L. pullum at upper elevations on the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam. The two forms differed in morphology (primarily in coloration), mitochondrial DNA, and male advertisement calls. One form closely agrees with the type series of L. pullum (but not to its original description due to error), and the other is described as new. Leptobrachium leucops sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by having small body size (males with SVL 38.8–45.2), the upper one-third to one-half of iris white, a blue scleral arc, a dark venter, and sexually active males without spines on the upper lip. Leptobrachium pullum and L. mouhoti, a recently described species from low-elevation slopes of the Langbian Plateau in eastern Cambodia, are morphologically divergent but genetically similar, warranting further investigation into geographic variation in the red-eyed Leptobrachium of southern Indochina.

scholarly journals Re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of Vegaranina (Crustacea: Raninidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Cuba, with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4527 (4) ◽  
pp. 588
Author(s):  
ALBERTO ARANO-RUIZ ◽  
LAZARO W. VIÑOLA-LÓPEZ ◽  
REINALDO ROJAS-CONSUEGRA ◽  
CARLOS RAFAEL BORGES-SELLEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
The Other ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
A New Species

A new species of raninid crustacean, Vegaranina rivasi sp. nov, is described based on three specimens collected from a Late Cretaceous deposit in central Cuba. Previous studies assigned one of the specimens to Vegaranina precocia (Feldmann, Vega, Tucker, Garcia-Barrera & Avendano, 1996), a species described from the Late Cretaceous of Mexico. However, after collecting the new specimens and recent major revisions of the group, we identified a unique combination of characters in the Cuban specimens that separate them from the other species in the genus. 

A new, narrowly endemic species of Blumenbachia (Loasaceae subfam. Loasoideae) from Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 236 (2) ◽  
pp. 196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tilo Henning ◽  
Samuel Siriani De Oliveira ◽  
Clemens Schlindwein ◽  
Maximilian Weigend
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Leaf Morphology ◽  
The Other ◽  
Flower Size ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
A New Species

The genus Blumenbachia is restricted to Southern South America and comprises 10 species. Within that genus, monophyletic B. sect. Blumenbachia is a clearly delimited group of four previously known species. Here, a new species from Minas Gerais, Brazil, is described. Blumenbachia amana differs from the known species in ovoidal (versus spherical) capsules and in the unique combination of the inflorescence characters of B. insignis with the leaf morphology of B. latifolia, while approaching the flower size of B. catarinensis. Like all its close allies, the new species is facultatively autogamous, but pollinated by a highly specialized pollinator in the wild. It is geographically isolated from the other species and only known from two collections sites.

Description of Tottonophyes enigmatica gen. nov., sp. nov. (Hydrozoa, Siphonophora, Calycophorae), with a reappraisal of the function and homology of nectophoral canals

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4415 (3) ◽  
pp. 452 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. PUGH ◽  
C.W. DUNN ◽  
S.H.D. HADDOCK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
New Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Distinct Morphology ◽  
A New Species

A new species of calycophoran siphonophore, Tottonophyes enigmatica gen. nov, sp. nov., is described. It has a unique combination of traits, some shared with prayomorphs (including two rounded nectophores) and some with clausophyid diphyomorphs (the nectophores are dissimilar, with one slightly larger and slightly to the anterior of the other, and both possess a somatocyst). Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that the new species is the sister group to all other diphyomorphs. A new family, Tottonophyidae, is established for it. Its phylogenetic position and distinct morphology help clarify diphyomorph evolution. The function and homology of the nectophoral canals and somatocyst is also re-examined and further clarification is given to their nomenclature.

A new species of Chasmosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Dinosaur Park Formation of southern Alberta

2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 1423-1438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B Holmes ◽  
Catherine Forster ◽  
Michael Ryan ◽  
Kieran M Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Bone Resorption ◽  
The Other ◽  
Posterior Portion ◽  
Southern Alberta ◽  
Posterior Parietal ◽  
Dinosaur Park Formation ◽  
A New Species

Chasmosaurus irvinensis (sp. nov.) is distinguished from other species of this genus by the possession of a broad snout, absence of a brow horn (the position of which is occupied by a pit or rugosities suggestive of bone resorption), broadly rounded and open jugal notch, subrectangular squamosal, straight posterior parietal bar bearing 10 epoccipitals, eight of which are flattened, strongly curved anterodorsally, and nearly indistinguishably coossified to their neighbours, and small, transversely oriented parietal fenestrae restricted to the posterior portion of the frill. This species, restricted to the upper part of the Dinosaur Park Formation, is significantly younger than the other recognized Canadian Chasmosaurus species, C. belli and C. russelli. Phylogenetic analysis shows that C. irvinensis is most closely related to the other Canadian Chasmosaurus species and more distantly related to Chasmosaurus mariscalensis from Texas.

Freziera dasycarpa (Pentaphylacaceae), a new species from the montane forest of Antioquia, Colombia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 263 (3) ◽  
pp. 279
Author(s):  
DANIEL SANTAMARIA-AGUILAR ◽  
ROSA DEL C. ORTIZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
The Other ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Abaxial Surface ◽  
A New Species

Freziera dasycarpa, a new species from the montane forest of Antioquia, Colombia, is described. The new species is compared with morphologically similar species and distinguished from them by a unique combination of characters, among them, notably the villous abaxial surface of the petals, ovary, and immature fruits, a feature otherwise, at present, unknown in the other species of the genus Freziera.

Study of mononchids from Iran, with description of Mylonchulus kermaniensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Mononchida)

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3599 (6) ◽  
pp. 519-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
EBRAHIM SHOKOOHI ◽  
ABDOLRAHMAN MEHRABI-NASAB ◽  
MAHDIEH MIRZAEI ◽  
VLADA PENEVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Length ◽  
18S Rdna ◽  
Molecular Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Soil Nematodes ◽  
Posterior Portion ◽  
Female Tail ◽  
New Geographical Record ◽  
A New Species

During a survey of soil nematodes in Iran, three species of predatory nematodes, including a new species of the genus Mylonchulus Cobb, 1916 were recovered. Mylonchulus kermaniensis sp. n. is characterised by its body length (1.2–1.4 mm), six rows of rasp-like denticles, the sixth line consisting of four denticles, female tail slightly sigmoid, sharply bent ventrad with digitate posterior portion slightly but clearly bent dorsad, (37–49 μm long, c=27.9–38.9, c'=1.2–1.7) with a terminal opening of spinneret. Two advulval papillae present, one is pre-vulval and the other one is located posterior to vulva. Furthermore, two other mononchid species namely M. cf. hawaiiensis (Cassidy, 1931) Goodey, 1951 and Mononchus truncatus Bastian, 1865 were also recovered from soil in the province of Kerman, Iran, the former representing a new geographical record for Iran. Measurements and illustration are provided for these three species. Molecular study of 18S rDNA region of M. cf. hawaiiensis demonstrated that the Iranian population compared with the nearest populations identified as M. hawaiiensis from Japan, shows 5 to 8 nucleotide differences. In addition, phylogeny of Mylonchulus is discussed and a checklist of the species of Mononchida from Iran is provided.

scholarly journals New species of Jupiaba Zanata (Characiformes: Characidae) from Serra do Cachimbo, with comments on the endemism of upper rio Curuá, rio Xingu basin, Brazil

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
José L. O. Birindelli ◽  
Angela M. Zanata ◽  
Leandro M. Sousa ◽  
André L. Netto-Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Posterior Portion ◽  
Lateral Body ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Jupiaba is described from rio Curuá, a tributary of the rio Iriri, rio Xingu basin, Pará State, Brazil. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by the unique combination of teeth cusps of similar size, dentary teeth gradually decreasing in size towards posterior portion, color pattern consisting of dark markings on the base of the majority of lateral body scales, inconspicuous dark elongate humeral blotch and conspicuous dark round blotch on the caudal peduncle, and 21 to 24 branched anal-fin rays. The new species is very similar, and possibly sister taxon to J. meunieri. Comments on the endemism of the fish fauna of the upper rio Curuá are given.

scholarly journals A new species ofCoahomasuchus(Archosauria, Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation, Deep River Basin, North Carolina

2016 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew B. Heckert ◽  
Nicholas C. Fraser ◽  
Vincent P. Schneider
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Upper Triassic ◽  
The Other ◽  
Anterior Portion ◽  
City Formation ◽  
The North ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Rare Instance

AbstractWe describe a new species of the aetosaurCoahomasuchus,C.chathamensis, based on an incomplete, but largely articulated, anterior portion of a skeleton recovered from a quarry in the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation of Chatham County, North Carolina. This is only the second documented occurrence ofCoahomasuchus, with the other being the holotype ofC.kahleorumHeckert and Lucas, 1999 from the Upper Triassic Colorado City Formation of Texas. Although much of the specimen is the same size as the holotype ofC.kahleorum, the dorsal paramedian osteoderms of the North Carolina taxon are considerably (~1.3×) wider than homologous counterparts inC.kahleorum, and the ventral thoracic osteoderms are also rectangular (~1.5× wider than long), rather than square, presumably to accommodate the wider body. This is a rare instance where two articulated specimens of closely related aetosaur species are available for direct comparison of homologous osteoderms. Isolated osteoderms with similar ornamentation from the same locality indicate thatC.chathamensismay have been one of the earliest aetosaurs to attain the broad osteoderm proportions (width:length >3.5:1) otherwise known solely from later branching, spinose taxa such asTypothorax. The co-occurrence ofLucasuchusandCoahomasuchusin both North Carolina and Texas supports past correlations indicating an Otischalkian (Carnian) age for these strata and demonstrates that plesiomorphic, non-spinose aetosaur genera were not necessarily endemic to a single basin in North America.

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