Four new species of the genus Paraustrorhynchus (Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia: Polycystididae)

Four new species of Paraustrorhynchus (Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia: Polycystididae) are described: two from Southern China (P. shenda n. sp., P. sinensis n. sp.), one from New Caledonia (P. isoldeae n. sp.), and one from India (P. smeetsae n. sp.). All four species show a typical dark blue dorsal pigmentation pattern, which is unique to the genus. This pigment forms a broad longitudinal line in P. shenda n. sp. and P. sinensis n. sp., shows an additional transverse band at the level of the pharynx in P. smeetsae n. sp. and forms a Y-shaped pattern in P. isoldeae n. sp. The four species can also be distinguished from each other and their congeners by the detailed morphology of the hard parts of the male system, which in all cases consists of an L-shaped (P. shenda n. sp., P. isoldeae n. sp) or slightly-curved (P. smeetsae n. sp., P. sinensis n. sp.) prostate stylet type II and a prostate stylet type III, which consists of three plates: a basal plate from which two longer plates depart, each with a distal serrated rim. A phylogenetic analysis based on 18S and 28S-rDNA data indicates that Paraustrorhynchus is a monophyletic taxon within Polycystidinae, with Alcha evelinae as the sister group.

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Three new Russula species in sect. Ingratae (Russulales, Basidiomycota) from southern China

MycoKeys ◽

10.3897/mycokeys.84.68750 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 84 ◽

pp. 103-139

Author(s):

Guo-Jie Li ◽

Shou-Mian Li ◽

Bart Buyck ◽

Shi-Yi Zhao ◽

Xue-Jiao Xie ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽

Southern China ◽

Its Region ◽

Line Drawings ◽

Phylogenetic Data ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time

Three new species of Russulasection Ingratae, found in Guizhou and Jiangsu Provinces, southern China, are proposed: R. straminella, R. subpectinatoides and R. succinea. Photographs, line drawings and detailed morphological descriptions for these species are provided with comparisons against closely-related taxa. Phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region supported the recognition of these specimens as new species. Additionally, R. indocatillus is reported for the first time from China and morphological and phylogenetic data are provided for the Chinese specimens.

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The first representatives of the millipede family Glomeridellidae (Diplopoda, Glomerida) recorded from China and Indochina

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.954.54694 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 954 ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Weixin Liu ◽

Sergei Golovatch

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Dna Barcoding ◽

Southern China ◽

Mitochondrial Gene ◽

Guizhou Province ◽

The Family ◽

Structural Details ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

A New Species

A new species of glomeridellid millipede is described from Guizhou Province, southern China: Tonkinomeris huzhengkunisp. nov. This new epigean species differs very clearly in many structural details, being sufficiently distinct morphologically and disjunct geographically from T. napoensis Nguyen, Sierwald & Marek, 2019, the type and sole species of Tonkinomeris Nguyen, Sierwald & Marek, 2019, which was described recently from northern Vietnam. The genus Tonkinomeris is formally relegated from Glomeridae and assigned to the family Glomeridellidae, which has hitherto been considered strictly Euro-Mediterranean in distribution and is thus new to the diplopod faunas of China and Indochina. Tonkinomeris is re-diagnosed and shown to have perhaps the basalmost position in the family Glomeridellidae. Its relationships are discussed, both morphological and zoogeographical, within and outside the Glomeridellidae, which can now be considered as relict and basically Oriental in origin. Because of the still highly limited array of DNA-barcoding sequences of the COI mitochondrial gene available in the GenBank, the first molecular phylogenetic analysis of Glomerida attempted here shows our phylogram to be too deficient to consider meaningful.

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Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships of Dasyloricaria Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with description of a new species

Neotropical Ichthyology ◽

10.1590/1982-0224-20150120 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Alejandro Londoño-Burbano ◽

Roberto E. Reis

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Sister Group ◽

Valid Species ◽

Maracaibo Basin ◽

New Synonyms ◽

Branchial Arches ◽

A New Species

ABSTRACT A taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis were completed for Dasyloricaria . The genus includes three valid species: D . filamentosa and D . latiura previously included in the genus, and a new species described herein. Dasyloricaria have a restricted trans-Andean distribution, with D . filamentosa occurring at the lower and middle Magdalena, lower Cauca, and Sinu in Colombia, and lago Maracaibo basin in Colombia and Venezuela; D . latiura in the Atrato and the Tuyra basins in Colombia and Panama, respectively; and the new species in the upper and middle Magdalena basin in Colombia. New synonyms for D . filamentosa and D . latiura are proposed, and a lectotype is designated for the latter. Dasyloricaria is herein recognized as monophyletic, with D . filamentosa as the sister group of D . latiura , and the new speciesas sister to that clade. Spatuloricaria is hypothesized to be the sister group of Dasyloricaria based on synapomorphies of the neurocranium, branchial arches and external morphology features. The subtribe Rineloricariina was partially corroborated through the phylogenetic analysis. An identification key for the species of Dasyloricaria is provided.

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Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Corotoca, with description of a new genus and species from Brazil (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/1876312x-bja10005 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-45

Author(s):

Bruno Zilberman

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Species Identification ◽

New Genus ◽

Cladistic Analysis ◽

Sister Group ◽

Exhaustive Search ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

A New Species

Corotoca is a strictly Neotropical genus of termitophilous beetles associated with termites of genus Constrictotermes. A cladistic analysis based on 13 terminal taxa and 60 characters (57 morphological and three behavioral) was conducted. The exhaustive search with equally weighted characters resulted in two most parsimonious trees with 95 steps. Spirachtha is proposed to be the sister group of the monophyletic “subgroup Corotocae” (Corotoca + Cavifonexus gen. nov.), based on eleven synapomorhphies (ten exclusive and one homoplastic). The monophyly of Corotoca is supported here, including six species associated with Constrictotermes cyphergaster: (Corotoca hitchensi sp. nov + (C. melantho + C. pseudomelantho sp. nov.) + ((C. fontesi + (C. phylo + C. araujoi)). A new genus, Cavifronexus gen. nov., is proposed to two species associated with Constrictotermes cavifrons (Holmgren, 1910): Cavifronexus guyanae comb. nov., from Guyana and Brazil, previously described as Corotoca; and a new species, Cavifronexus papaveroi sp. nov., from Brazil. This work also includes descriptions, redescriptions, and illustrations for all species and genera. Keys for genera and species identification in “subgroup Corotocae” are also provided.

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Three novel species of Russula from southern China based on morphological and molecular evidence

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.392.4.2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 392 (4) ◽

pp. 264 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

JING-WEI LI ◽

JIAN-FEI ZHENG ◽

YU SONG ◽

FA YUAN ◽

LI-HONG QIU

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽

Novel Species ◽

Southern China ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Its Sequences ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

Three New Species

Three new species of Russula collected from southern China are proposed based on morphological characters and phylogenetic analysis of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. Russula bubalina sp. nov. is characterized by cinnamon buff to pink pileus with striate margin, interveined and forked lamellae, basidiospores with warty ornamentations not forming reticulum, hymenial cystidia becoming brown in sulphovanillin (SV) and slender terminal cells in suprapellis. R. pseudobubalina sp. nov. is closely related to Russula bubalina in macro-morphology, but it can be recognized by its unforked lamellae, shorter cheilocystidia, bigger basidia and basidiospores with lower ornamentations. Russula subatropurpurea sp. nov. can be recognized by the purplish brown pileus, mild-tasted and white context changing to light purplish red with FeSO4, white and forking lamellae without lamellulae, long hymenial cystidia becoming brown in SV. Both morphological and phylogenetic analysis consistently confirmed the distinct positions of three new species in subg. Heterophyllidia subsection Heterophyllinae.

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Coltriciella multipileata (Agaricomycetes, Hymenochaetaceae), a new species from Mexico, related to ectomycorrhizal lineages

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.475.2.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 475 (2) ◽

pp. 79-90

Author(s):

RICARDO VALENZUELA ◽

TANIA RAYMUNDO ◽

CONY DECOCK ◽

MA BLANCA NIEVES LARA-CHÁVEZ ◽

ISOLDA LUNA-VEGA ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Ribosomal Dna ◽

Dna Sequences ◽

Preliminary Analysis ◽

Sister Group ◽

High Rate ◽

Pinus Patula ◽

A New Species ◽

28S Ribosomal Dna

Coltriciella multipileata is described here as a new species from Mexico. The species grow on soils in open areas at the vicinity of living trees of Pinus patula, and its known only from the Parque Recreativo Los Colomos, Jalisco. The phylogenetic analysis based on partial nuclear 28S ribosomal DNA sequences, recovered Coltriciella multipileata as sister group with a specimen reported as ectomycorrhizal, and closely related with other two species that are considered saprophitic. According with our preliminary analysis of character states reconstruction, the ectomycorrhizal condition appeared early in the Coltriciella clade, with a high rate of transitions between ectomycorrhizal and saprophitic conditions. A key for species similar to Coltriciella multipileata is presented.

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Phylogeny of the Mycetophiliformia, with proposal of the subfamilies Heterotrichinae, Ohakuneinae, and Chiletrichinae for the Rangomaramidae (Diptera, Bibionomorpha)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1535.1.1 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1535 (1) ◽

pp. 1-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM ◽

EIRIK RINDAL

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Sister Group ◽

Data Matrix ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

The Family ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species ◽

Transformation Series

A phylogenetic analysis of the Mycetophiliformia (= Sciaroidea) was performed to determine the relationships among its families and to place the following genera of uncertain position in the system: Heterotricha, Ohakunea, Colonomyia, Freemanomyia, Rhynchoheterotricha, Chiletricha, Afrotricha, Anisotricha, Kenyatricha, Nepaletricha, Sciarosoma, Sciaropota, Insulatricha, Cabamofa, Rogambara, and Starkomyia. Eratomyia n. gen. is described based on a new species from Ecuador. Colonomyia brasiliana sp.n. and Colonomyia freemani sp.n. are described respectively from southern Brazil and Chile. The male of Cabamofa mira Jaschhof is described for the first time. A total of 64 terminal taxa and 137 transformation series (with 202 characters) were included in the data matrix, with a number of new features from thoracic morphology. Willi Hennig’s 1973 system for the higher Bibionomorpha was adopted using the name Mycetophiliformia for the Sciaroidea. The Mycetophiliformia are monophyletic. The family Cecidomyiidae appears as the sister group of the remaining Mycetophiliformia, followed by the Sciaridae. In the preferred topology, the Rangomaramidae appear as the group sister of a clade consisting of (Ditomyiidae + Bolitophilidae + Diadocidiidae + Keroplatidae) and of (Lygistorrhinidae + Mycetophilidae). The topology within the Rangomaramidae is (Chiletrichinae subfam. n. (Heterotrichinae subfam. n. ((Rangomaraminae + Ohakuneinae subfam. n.))). The Chiletrichinae include the genera Kenyatricha, Rhynchoheterotricha, Insulatricha, Chiletricha, and Eratomyia n. gen. Heterotrichinae and Rangomaraminae are monotypic. The subfamily Ohakuneinae includes Ohakunea, Colonomyia, Cabamofa, and Rogambara. The positions of Freemanomyia, Loicia, Taxicnemis, Sciaropota, Starkomyia, Anisotricha, Nepaletricha, and Sciarosoma are considered. Afrotricha might belong to the Sciaridae. The similarities used by many authors to gather the Sciaridae and Mycetophilidae in a clade are shown to be a combination of plesiomorphies and homoplasies.

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A new ant-eating spider genus Suffascar (Araneae:Zodariidae) endemic to Madagascar: a considerable extension of the dual femoral organ clade

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is16064 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 31 (5) ◽

pp. 519 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Arnaud Henrard ◽

Rudy Jocqué

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Sister Group ◽

Monophyletic Group ◽

Exact Role ◽

Group Relation ◽

Ant Eating

The new zodariid genus Suffascar, gen. nov. is described from Madagascar. It is apparently endemic to the island, common and speciose. Twelve new species were discovered and are here described: Suffascar albolineatus, sp. nov., S. fianara, sp. nov., S. fisheri, sp. nov., S. fitzpatrickae, sp. nov., S. gigas, sp. nov., S. griswoldi, sp. nov., S. macromma, sp. nov., S. micromma, sp. nov., S. nonus, sp. nov., S. scutatus, sp. nov., S. sufficiens, sp. nov. and S. tofti, sp. nov. It is well known that Zodariidae with femoral organs are specialised consumers of ants or termites, although the exact role of these glands still remains obscure. Suffascar is part of the ‘dual femoral organ clade’ (DF), which also includes Asceua Thorell, 1887, Suffasia Jocqué, 1991, and Suffrica Henrard & Jocqué, 2015. Using a morphology-based phylogenetic analysis, we test whether zodariids sharing the dual femoral organ are part of the same group as the ‘single femoral organ clade’ (SF) or form a separate monophyletic group. It appears that SF and DF constitute clearly monophyletic entities with a sister-group relation. These groups may be considered as distinct subfamilies and, together, they may turn out to be sister to the Storeninae (which then could be re-established). An analysis that focuses on these questions is underway. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:281E1357-FAEE-4300-B1BB-F0D43E724E91

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Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophrys) from southern China

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.942.47983 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 942 ◽

pp. 105-140 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Zhi-Tong Lyu ◽

Yuan-Qiu Li ◽

Zhao-Chi Zeng ◽

Jian Zhao ◽

Zu-Yao Liu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Cryptic Species ◽

Southern China ◽

Eastern China ◽

Nuclear Gene ◽

Southern Hunan ◽

Northern Guangdong ◽

Mtdna Genealogy

Recent phylogenetic analysis encompassing multilocus nuclear-gene and matrilineal mtDNA genealogy has revealed a series of cryptic species of the subgenus Panophrys within genus Megophrys from southern and eastern China. This study demonstrates that the Panophrys specimens from the hilly areas among Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan can be morphologically distinguished from all recognized congeners, thereby providing additional supports for the recognitions of four new species of Panophrys, namely Megophrys (Panophrys) mirabilis Lyu, Wang & Zhao, sp. nov. from northeastern Guangxi, Megophrys (Panophrys) shimentaina Lyu, Liu & Wang, sp. nov. from northern Guangdong, and Megophrys (Panophrys) xiangnanensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, sp. nov. and Megophrys (Panophrys) yangmingensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, sp. nov. from southern Hunan. The descriptions of these species take the number of Megophrys species to 101, 46 of which belong to the subgenus Panophrys.

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Arachniodes libingii sp. nov. and A. vietnamensis sp. nov. (Dryopteridaceae), two new ferns from southern China and central Vietnam

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.522.3.9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 522 (3) ◽

pp. 256-262

Author(s):

NGAN THI LU ◽

LINH PHUONG NGUYEN ◽

CHI TOAN LE ◽

THANH TRUNG NGUYEN ◽

LIANG ZHANG

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Southern China ◽

Morphological Studies ◽

Central Vietnam ◽

Two New Species ◽

Close Relationship

We here describe two new species Arachniodes libingii and A. vietnamensis (Dryopteridaceae) from southern China and central Vietnam, respectively. Our previous phylogenetic analysis found a close relationship between the two new species. Further morphological studies showed that the two species share short creeping rhizomes, blackish brown and lanceolate scales, papery laminae, aristate pinnules, dense scales along fronds, and entire indusia. However, A. libingii has deltoid-oblong laminae and apices abruptly acuminate-caudate, while A. vietnamensis has shortly ovate laminae and apices gradually acuminate.

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