A new species of cascade frog (Amphibia: Ranidae) in the Amolops monticola group from China

A new species, Amolops wenshanensis sp. nov., is described from Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces, China. The new species is a member of the A. monticola group, and is distinguished from its congeners using morphological and molecular data. The new species is diagnosed by having glandular dorsolateral folds; smooth skin; side of head dark with a light-colored upper lip stripe extending to axilla; green dorsal coloration in life; immaculate venter; indistinct transverse bands on dorsal surfaces of limbs; tympanum distinct; pineal body absent; all fingertips expanded with circummarginal grooves; two oblique vomerine teeth; vocal sac and white nuptial pad present in males; supratympanic fold absent; outer metatarsal tubercle absent; glandular gold-white flank spot absent; and skin on venter not translucent. A molecular phylogenetic analysis is performed using the mitochondrial (mt) NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) gene and parts of flanking tRNA genes for nine of the 15 members of the A. monticola group with available homologous sequences. The new species is sister to a clade containing A. cucae and A. compotrix, two species known from adjacent parts of Vietnam and Laos. The new species differs from its congeners by having an uncorrected p-distance of > 6.7% in the mt DNA fragment examined. At present, the new species is known from small, montane streams near Wenshan, Yunnan Province, and Jingxi, Guangxi Province, China.

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Zehneria grandibracteata (Cucurbitaceae), an overlooked new species from western Kenyan forests

PhytoKeys ◽

10.3897/phytokeys.165.57399 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 165 ◽

pp. 85-98

Author(s):

Neng Wei ◽

Zhi-Xiang Zhong ◽

David Kimutai Melly ◽

Solomon Kipkoech ◽

Benjamin Muema Watuma ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Western Kenya ◽

Entire Plant ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species

Zehneria grandibracteata, a new species of Cucurbitaceae from western Kenya, is described here, based on morphological and molecular data. It has long been misidentified as the widely-distributed species Z. scabra. However, it differs by its ovate leafy probract at the base of the inflorescences, subglabrous condition of the entire plant, shorter receptacle-tube and filaments, as well as denser and sessile inflorescences. Furthermore, the molecular phylogenetic analysis of Zehneria, based on nrITS sequences, further supports the argument that Z. grandibracteata should be segregated from Z. scabra.

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Stellaria multipartita (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from Chongqing, China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.442.3.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 442 (3) ◽

pp. 196-204 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

YAN-FENG SONG ◽

MENG LI ◽

BO XU ◽

SHUI-FEI CHEN ◽

LIN CHEN ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species

Stellaria multipartita sp. nov. (Caryophyllaceae) from Chongqing, China, is described and illustrated based on morphological and molecular data. The new species is similar to S. radians by the palmately fimbriate petals with more linear divisions. Different characters are: shape of the leaves (oblong-triangular to ovate-triangular vs. oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate in S. radians), petals (10–12-cleft vs. 5–7-cleft in S. radians), and seeds (with mamillate ornamentation vs. scrobiculate ornamentation in S. radians). A molecular phylogenetic analysis supports the recognition of Chongqing population as a new species for science.

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A new species of Tetrataenium (Tordyliinae, Apiaceae) from SW Yunnan, China, based on morphological and molecular data

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.491.1.10 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 491 (1) ◽

pp. 85-91

Author(s):

ZE-HUAN WANG ◽

YI WANG ◽

BAO-LIN LIU ◽

CHAO-HE WANG ◽

XIAN-GUO FU

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Sensu Stricto ◽

The Other ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Nuclear Its ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species

Tetrataenium mianguaqi, a traditionally used medicinal herb in Cangyuan County, SW Yunnan, China, is described as a species new to science and illustrated. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on nuclear ITS well supports its belonging to Tetrataenium sensu stricto. The new species can be easily distinguished by its unique peltate, palmatilobate basal and lower leaves from the other five Chinese Tetrataenium species.

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Description of Hypocambala zizhongi sp. nov. and the new combination, Glyphiulus polytrichus (Golovatch et al., 2011) comb. nov., based on morphological and molecular data (Spirostreptida: Cambalidea: Cambalopsidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4903.3.6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4903 (3) ◽

pp. 405-418

Author(s):

XUAN-KONG JIANG ◽

ZU-XU ZHANG ◽

HUI-MING CHEN ◽

ZHI-CAI XIE

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Molecular Data ◽

New Combination ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species

The recent delimitation of the cambalopsid genera Hypocambala and Glyphiulus is debatable. The focus of controversy is whether the presence of crests on the trunk rings is an appropriate key character dividing these two genera. To address this issue, we conducted a molecular phylogenetic analysis including species with or without crests belonging to Hypocambala and species with crests belonging to Glyphiulus. The results of the phylogenetic analysis suggest that cambalopsids with crests are monophyletic and sister to a species without crests. Hypocambala polytricha, a cambalopsid with crests that is in a clade with crested Glyphiulus species, should be transferred to Glyphiulus. Therefore, a new combination is proposed, Glyphiulus polytrichus comb. nov. In addition, a discussion on the boundary between these two genera and a description of a new species, Hypocambala zizhongi sp. nov., are provided.

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A new species of Clavariadelphus (Basidiomycota: Clavariadelphaceae) from China based on morphological and molecular data

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.447.1.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 447 (1) ◽

pp. 61-67

Author(s):

LU XIA ◽

LI FAN

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

North China ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Its Sequences ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species

Clavariadelphus griseoclavus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from North China. Morphologically, the new species is distinguished from other Clavariadelphus species by its grey to greyish basidiomata. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on ITS sequences is provided and supports the establishment of the new species.

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Re-description and systematic re-appraisal of the genus Kokkocynips Pujade-Villar & Melika, (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), including new combinations of Nearctic species and the description of a new species from Panama

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4938.2.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4938 (2) ◽

pp. 205-232

Author(s):

JOSÉ LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY ◽

JAMES A. NICHOLLS ◽

CHANG-TI TANG ◽

GEORGE MELIKA ◽

GRAHAM N. STONE ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

New Records ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Biological Data ◽

Red Oaks ◽

Gall Wasps ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species

The monophyly and taxonomic validity of some currently accepted genera of gall wasps in the Cynipini (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) are being challenged by recent systematic studies. Here we used morphological and molecular data to re-describe and revise the taxonomic limits of the monotypic genus Kokkocynips Pujade-Villar & Melika, previously recorded only from Mexico. We describe a new species from Panama, Kokkocynips panamensis Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey, reared from galls on Quercus salicifolia Neé, and add new records from Mexico for the type species of the genus K. doctorrosae Pujade-Villar. Six Nearctic species, Dryocosmus rileyi (Ashmead, 1896), D. imbricariae (Ashmead, 1896), D. coxii (Basset, 1881), D. deciduus (Beutenmueller, 1913), Callirhytis difficilis (Ashmead, 1887) and C. attractans (Kinsey, 1922) are transferred to Kokkocynips. Species of Kokkocynips are associated only with red oaks (Quercus section Lobatae (Fagaceae)) and are distributed in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions, from Canada through Mexico and Panama. Taxonomic limits of Kokkocynips are discussed in light of the molecular phylogenetic relationships of the studied species. Diagnostic characters, gall description, distribution, and biological data of Kokkocynips species are given, including a key for the identification of the asexual generations of seven species.

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Dianthus pseudocrinitus (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from Northeast of Iran identified by morphological and molecular data

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.156.2.1 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 156 (2) ◽

pp. 59 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jamil Vaezi ◽

Maryam Behroozian ◽

Farshid Memariani ◽

Mohammad Reza Joharchi

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Trees ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Stem Type ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

Floral Characters ◽

A New Species

A new species from southwest of Bojnord, NE of Iran is described and illustrated here as Dianthus pseudocrinitus (Caryophyllaceae). This species is morphologically similar to D. crinitus subsp. turcomanicus, but can be distinguished from the latter by bract number, width of lower and upper leaves, margin of thickness of outermost bracts, length of calyx, length and width of anther, branches of stem, type of sheath of lower leaf, and tip shape of petal fimbria. The new species is also similar to D. orientalis subsp. stenocalyx in terms of floral characters, but they differ by several non- overlapping morphological characters. Results obtained from the morphological data are consistent with those obtained from the molecular phylogenetic trees based on sequences of the two copies of DFR1 gene, confirming phylogenetic affinity of the new species to D. crinitus subsp. turcomanicus.

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A new species of Cynomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from the northwestern slope of the Andes

Mammalia ◽

10.1515/mammalia-2020-0068 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Daniela Arenas-Viveros ◽

Pamela Sánchez-Vendizú ◽

Alan Giraldo ◽

Jorge Salazar-Bravo

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Mtdna Sequences ◽

The Andes ◽

Western Side ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species ◽

Lines Of Evidence

Abstract The systematics and taxonomy of the broadly distributed bats of the genus Cynomops has changed considerably in the last few years. Among the major changes, Cynomops abrasus was split into two species of large-bodied forms (Cynomops mastivus and C. abrasus) distributed east of the Andes. However, large Colombian specimens identified as C. abrasus from the western side of the Andes had yet to be included in any revisionary work. Phylogenetic analysis performed in this study, using mtDNA sequences (Cytochrome-b), revealed that these Colombian individuals are more closely related to Cynomops greenhalli. Morphological and molecular data allowed us to recognize populations from western Colombia, western Ecuador and northwestern Peru, as members of a new species of Cynomops. Characters that allow for its differentiation from C. greenhalli include a larger forearm, paler but more uniform ventral pelage, more globular braincase, and well-developed zygomatic processes of the maxilla (almost reaching the postorbital constriction). This study serves as another example of the importance of including multiple lines of evidence in the recognition of a new species. Given its rarity and the advanced transformation of its habitat, this new species is particularly important from a conservation perspective.

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Description of a new species of Auriculostoma (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) from Characidium heirmostigmata (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from Argentina, using morphological and molecular data

Journal of Helminthology ◽

10.1017/s0022149x21000109 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 95 ◽

Author(s):

M.M. Montes ◽

J. Barneche ◽

Y. Croci ◽

D. Balcazar ◽

A. Almirón ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

National Park ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Rrna Gene ◽

28S Rrna ◽

The Family ◽

Parasitological Survey ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species

Abstract During a parasitological survey of fishes at Iguazu National Park, Argentina, specimens belonging to the allocreadiid genus Auriculostoma were collected from the intestine of Characidium heirmostigmata. The erection of the new species is based on a unique combination of morphological traits as well as on phylogenetic analysis. Auriculostoma guacurarii n. sp. resembles four congeneric species – Auriculostoma diagonale, Auriculostoma platense, Auriculostoma tica and Auriculostoma totonacapanensis – in having smooth and oblique testes, but can be distinguished by a combination of several morphological features, hosts association and geographic distribution. Morphologically, the new species can be distinguished from both A. diagonale and A. platense by the egg size (bigger in the first and smaller in the last); from A. tica by a shorter body length, the genital pore position and the extension of the caeca; and from A. totonacapanensis by the size of the oral and ventral sucker and the post-testicular space. Additionally, one specimen of Auriculostoma cf. stenopteri from the characid Charax stenopterus (Characiformes) from La Plata River, Argentina, was sampled and the partial 28S rRNA gene was sequenced. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that A. guacurarii n. sp. clustered with A. tica and these two as sister taxa to A. cf. stenopteri. The new species described herein is the tenth species in the genus and the first one parasitizing a member of the family Crenuchidae.

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A New Species of Cudonia Based on Morphological and Molecular Data

Mycologia ◽

10.2307/3761715 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 94 (4) ◽

pp. 641 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Zheng Wang ◽

Manfred Binder ◽

David S. Hibbett

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species

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