Odd, outsized, and obscure: Sarcophaga (Hadroxena) karakoncolos sp. n. (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from Turkey

A new species of flesh fly, Sarcophaga karakoncolos sp. n., is described based on a single adult male from Turkey (Isparta Province, Anatolia), characterised by its very large size (almost 22mm in body length) and by a unique combination of morphological features. These, together with available molecular data, do not support inclusion of the new species in any of the currently recognised subgenera of Sarcophaga, and it is placed in a new subgenus, Hadroxena subg. n.

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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 ◽

10.3897/zookeys.760.24787 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 760 ◽

pp. 89-112 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

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.

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Cymbopleura natellia – a new species from Transbaikal area (Russia, Siberia) described on the basis of molecular and morphological investigation

PhytoKeys ◽

10.3897/phytokeys.183.72285 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 183 ◽

pp. 95-105

Author(s):

Anton Glushchenko ◽

Evgeniy Gusev ◽

Yevhen Maltsev ◽

John Patrick Kociolek ◽

Irina Kuznetsova ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Features ◽

Diatom Species ◽

Morphological Investigation ◽

Molecular Tool ◽

A New Species ◽

Morphological Investigations

A new cymbelloid diatom species from the genus Cymbopleura (Krammer) Krammer is described on the basis of molecular and morphological investigations. Cymbopleura natellia Glushchenko, Kulikovskiy & Kociolek, sp. nov. is, on the basis of results with molecular data, close to C. naviculiformis (Auerswald ex Heiberg) Krammer. The two species differ both by molecular distance and morphological features. Morphologically, C. natelliasp. nov. is compared with several other species in the genus. This work is a pioneer investigation of cymbelloid taxa using molecular tool from Transbaikal area.

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A new species of Omolicna (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae) from coconut palm in Costa Rica and new country records for Omolicna brunnea and Omolicna triata

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4577.3.5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4577 (3) ◽

pp. 501 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

BRIAN W. BAHDER ◽

CHARLES R. BARTLETT ◽

EDWIN A. BARRANTES BARRANTES ◽

MARCO A. ZUMBADO ECHAVARRIA ◽

ALESSANDRA R. HUMPHRIES ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Ribosomal Rna ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Cocos Nucifera ◽

Molecular Data ◽

New Taxon ◽

Additional Species ◽

New Subgenus ◽

A New Species

An ongoing survey for novel phytoplasmas and viruses that affect palms (Arecaceae) is being conducted in Costa Rica along with potential vectors. During that survey, a new species of derbid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) in the genus Omolicna Fennah was detected from Heredia and Limón State and is here described as Omolicna xavieri sp. n. This new taxon was first found on declining coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) and subsequently on healthy coconut palms in Tortuguero National Park. Also, two additional species of Omolicna, O. brunnea and O. triata, were collected on coconut in the same habitat and represent new country records. There are no previously published records of Omolicna from Costa Rica. Sequence data for the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and the 18S ribosomal RNA gene were obtained. In addition, novel 18S primers specific to auchenorrhynchan insects were developed and presented. The molecular data show high pairwise distances between O. xavieri sp. n. and other Omolicna species (24% to 31% and 10% using COI and 18S, respectively). Based on both morphological and sequence data, we erect and briefly describe the new subgenus Agoo for the new species to reflect the observed differences. A checklist of Omolicna species is presented.

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Morphometric and molecular data of the two digenean species Lasiotocus lizae Liu, 2002 (Monorchiidae) and Paucivitellosus vietnamensis sp. n. (Bivesiculidae) from mullet fish in Tonkin Bay, Vietnam

Journal of Helminthology ◽

10.1017/s0022149x16000389 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 91 (3) ◽

pp. 346-355 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

D.M. Atopkin ◽

V.V. Besprozvannykh ◽

H.D. Ngo ◽

N. Van Ha ◽

N. Van Tang ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

18S Rrna ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Features ◽

Digenean Species ◽

Molecular Differentiation ◽

A New Species

AbstractAdults of Lasiotocus lizae Liu, 2002 (Monorchiidae) were found in the mullet Liza longimanus (Günther) from Tonkin Bay, near Cat Ba Island, Vietnam. In this region, flukes belonging to the genus Paucivitellosus (Bivesiculudae) were found in Liza subviridis (Valenciennes), Liza engeli (Bleeker) and Valamugil seheli (Forskåi). Results of investigations showed that morphological features of L. lizae (like L. glebulentus Overstreet, 1971) do not meet the criteria of the genus Lasiotocus. In addition, L. lizae is highly differentiated from other species of Lasiotocus from which molecular data were obtained, including L. arrhichostoma Searle, Cutmore et Cribb, 2014 and L. typicum (Nicoll, 1912). Phylogenetic analyses revealed that L. lizae differs considerably from other species of the genus Lasiotocus presented in the GenBank database. We have identified a new species of the genus Paucivitellosus–P. vietnamensis sp. n. – from L. subviridis, which differs from P. fragilis Coil, Reid et Kuntz, 1965 by metrical and molecular (18S rRNA) data, and from P. hanumanthai Mani, 1989 by metric features. Our results also show considerable molecular differentiation between P. vietnamensis sp. n. and Paucivitellosus spp. recovered from L. engeli and V. seheli in Vietnam.

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Planothidium sheathii, a new monoraphid diatom species from rivers in California, USA

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.393.2.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 393 (2) ◽

pp. 131 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

ROSALINA STANCHEVA

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽

New Species ◽

Morphological Features ◽

Diatom Species ◽

Unique Combination ◽

Valve Morphology ◽

Valve Margin ◽

A New Species ◽

Scanning Electron

Planothidium sheathii sp. nov., a new species from rivers in California, USA, is described based on light and scanning electron microscopy. P. sheathii has broadly lanceolate to elliptic valves with obtusely rounded apices and a unique combination of morphological features, as follows: 1) cavum with broad hood aperture that flares out at the valve margin with open borders fused with the neighboring virgae on SV, 2) multiseriate striae, composed of five to six rows of same sized areolae on both valves, interrupted at valve mantle junction, and 3) areolae groups on valve mantle, with rounded areolae on RV, and rounded and elongated areolae on SV. Valve morphology of P. sheathii is discussed in comparison with similar freshwater taxa, from which the new species is clearly distinct.

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Rotylenchus castilloi n. sp. (Nematoda: Hoplolaimidae), a new species with long stylet from northern Iran

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3931.1.6 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3931 (1) ◽

pp. 88 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

ATEFEH TALEZARI ◽

EBRAHIM POURJAM ◽

AHMAD KHEIRI ◽

GRACIA LIÉBANAS ◽

FARZAD ALIRAMAJI ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Body Length ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Rrna Genes ◽

Bisexual Species ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Stylet Length ◽

A New Species ◽

Specific Sequences

Rotylenchus castilloi n. sp., a new bisexual species is described and illustrated based on morphological, morphometric and molecular data. The new species is characterised by having a hemispherical, continuous lip region with an irregular corncob-like appearance under SEM, very long stylet (62–68 µm), vulva located at 49.7–62.2% of body length from anterior end, with a protruding double epiptygma, a rounded to convex-conoid (rarely bi-lobed) tail with 8–12 annuli and specific sequences of D2-D3 segments of 28S and ITS1-rRNA genes. Differences between the new species and four other species of the genus (R. mesorobustus, R. cazorlaensis, R. magnus and R. jaeni) are discussed. Morphologically, the new species can be separated from these species mostly by its body length, lip region characters, stylet length and location of phasmid. Phylogenetic analyses using 721 bp partial sequences of D2-D3 expansion segments of the 28S and 590 bp ITS1-rRNA genes revealed the new species forming a clade with two isolates of R. eximius and two isolates of R. unisexus, two morphologically unrelated species.

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A review of the Neotropical microcaddisfly genus Acostatrichia Mosely, 1939 with description of a new species from Brazil (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae: Leucotrichiinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4755 (2) ◽

pp. 201-230

Author(s):

ALLAN PAULO MOREIRA SANTOS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South America ◽

Adult Male ◽

Morphological Features ◽

The Other ◽

Type Specimens ◽

Group A ◽

Northern Brazil ◽

Species Groups ◽

A New Species

The microcaddisfly genus Acostatrichia Mosely (Leucotrichiinae, Leucotrichiini) is revised. Based on morphological features of the adult male, species assigned to the genus are here divided into three species groups: A. plaumanni Group, A. brevipenis Group, and A. cerna Group. After examination of type specimens, the subjective synonymy of Acostatrichia darda Oláh & Flint, A. hosulaba Oláh & Flint, and A. pika Oláh & Flint is proposed, with the first name being chosen to have priority over the other two. Acostatrichia ketvilla Oláh & Flint is considered a junior synonym of Costatrichia nelsonferreirai Santos & Nessimian, and another 3 species are removed from Acostatrichia: A. tapada Oláh & Flint and A. rovidka Oláh & Flint are transferred to Costatrichia; and A. topora Oláh & Flint is transferred to Leucotrichia Mosely. A new species, Acostatrichia araca sp. nov. is described and illustrated from northern Brazil; descriptions and illustrations are also provided for the other 11 Acostatrichia species. After these nomenclatural acts, the genus Acostatrichia includes 15 species restricted to South America.

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Pedicelliops gen. nov., a new genus from West Africa with striking antennae (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)

African Invertebrates ◽

10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.59354 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 61 (2) ◽

pp. 119-135

Author(s):

Thomas Kaltenbach ◽

Jean-Luc Gattolliat

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

West Africa ◽

Body Length ◽

New Genus ◽

Maxillary Palp ◽

Fore Tibia ◽

Labial Palp ◽

Large Size ◽

A New Species

A new genus of Baetidae, Pedicelliopsgen. nov., and a new species, P. capillifersp. nov., are described from Guinea (West Africa) based on larvae. The new genus is characterized by having strongly enlarged pedicelli and very short flagella, a brush of dense, short setae between prostheca and mola of both mandibles, a small rectangular labrum, an apicolaterally pointed maxillary palp, a labial palp with a small distolateral protuberance and long setae ventrally on glossae and paraglossae. The femora of all legs are covered with numerous long, fine setae. The patellotibial suture is absent on the fore tibia and present on middle and hind tibiae. The claw is pointed with two rows of denticles. No spines are present on the posterior margins of the abdominal tergites. The imago remains unknown and the relationships with other African genera of Baetidae remains tentative. Despite being easily identifiable and of a fairly large size (body length ca. 5 mm), only two larvae were found in two highly sampled localities in West Africa.

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A new species of Agaricus sect. Brunneopicti from Eastern India

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.374.2.5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 374 (2) ◽

pp. 139

Author(s):

ENTAJ TARAFDER ◽

ARUN KUMAR DUTTA ◽

JIT SARKAR ◽

KRISHNENDU ACHARYA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

West Bengal ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Features ◽

Eastern India ◽

Comprehensive Description ◽

A New Species

Agaricus duplocingulatoides (Agaricaceae, Agaricales, Basidiomycota) is proposed here as new to science based on collections made from West Bengal, Eastern India. The morphological features together with molecular data confirms its placement in Agaricus sect. Brunneopicti within Agaricus subg. Pseudochitonia. A comprehensive description, illustrations and comparison with morphologically and phylogenetically related taxa are provided.

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A new species of Lepidodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Kei Islands, Maluku, Indonesia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4350.1.5 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4350 (1) ◽

pp. 91 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

ALEXANDER L. STUBBS ◽

BENJAMIN R. KARIN ◽

UMILAELA ARIFIN ◽

DJOKO T. ISKANDAR ◽

EVY ARIDA ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Sister Taxon ◽

Unique Combination ◽

Group Iii ◽

Kei Islands ◽

Species Groups ◽

Intertidal Habitats ◽

A New Species

Lepidodactylus pantai is a new species of gecko from the Kei Islands, Maluku, Indonesia that is closely associated with intertidal habitats. This species does not fit cleanly into any of the three species groups described for the genus because it possesses the unique combination of both divided terminal scansors on all toes and a nearly completely cylindrical tail without fringes or evidence of dorsoventral compression. A phylogenetic analysis including this species demonstrates that it is the sister taxon of a population from Palau, and that this clade is sister to the clade containing Group III species for which we have molecular data.

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