Two new species of marine flatworm from southern China facilitate determination of the phylogenetic position of the genus Nerpa Marcus, 1948 and the histochemical structure of the nervous system in the genus Paucumara Sluys, 1989 (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4568 (1) ◽  
pp. 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIA-JIA CHEN ◽  
WEI-XUAN LI ◽  
RONALD SLUYS ◽  
MING-QI WU ◽  
LEI WANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Dorsal Side ◽  
The Body ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Nerve Structure ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Copulatory Position

Two new species of flatworm, collected from a beach at eastern Shenzhen, China, were studied through an integrative approach by combining morphological, histological, histochemical (acetylcholinesterase, AChE), and molecular (18S r- DNA) data. These species belong to two genera of marine triclads, previously unrecorded from China, viz. Nerpa Marcus, 1948 and Paucumara Sluys, 1989.        Nerpa fistulata Wang & Chen, sp. nov. is characterized by: transparent body; principally pentamerous intestine with three distinct commissures; two very large, prepharyngeal testis follicles; a semi-circular lens in each eye cup; a penis papilla provided with a chitinized, pointed stylet; lateral bursae communicating with the oviduct and opening ventrally to the exterior via a duct. Phylogenetically N. fistulata groups with one member of the family Bdellouridae. This new, Chinese species of Nerpa introduces a major geographic disjunction, as the type species N. evelinae was described from the bay of Santos, Brazil, so that the genus is now known from both Atlantic as well as Pacific coasts.        The species Paucumara falcata Wang & Li, sp. nov. is characterized by: three distinct pale yellow transverse pigmentation bands on its dorsal side, between which some snowflake-like specks are randomly distributed, and a brown transverse band anteriorly to the eyes; 8–11 testicular follicles on either side of the body, the follicles extending from immediately behind the ovaries to half-way along the pharyngeal pocket; a musculo-parenchymatic organ with a sclerotic, curved tip projecting from the anterior wall of the male atrium, ventrally to the root of the penis papilla. Phylogenetically P. falcata groups with its congener P. trigonocephala, with the genus Paucumara forming the sister taxon of the genus Ectoplana. Comparison of the nerve structure of P. falcata, as revealed by AChE histochemistry, with that of eight other species of triclad suggested that the nervous system of marine planarians is simpler than that of species of freshwater planarians, but revealed also that the nerve structure is rather variable among species.        The copulatory position exhibited by two partners in Paucumara falcata is remarkable in that they intertwine, with their heads pointing downwards and the tails pointing upwards, the entire process lasting about 10 min. Such a copulatory position has never before been reported for triclad flatworms. 

Description of Deleyia gen. n. with a discussion of its phylogenetic relationships to the genera Daubaylia Chitwood & Chitwood, 1934 and Myolaimus Cobb, 1920 (Nematoda: Rhabditida)

Nematology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Boström ◽  
Oleksandr Holovachov
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Body ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Rotting Wood ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Basal Bulb ◽  
Terrestrial Material ◽  
Cuticular Layer

AbstractThe new genus Deleyia gen. n., including two new species, D. poinari gen. n., sp. n. and D. aspiculata gen. n., sp. n., is described from terrestrial material (rotting wood and moss) in Ukraine. The new genus is inter alia characterised by the outer cuticular layer being defoliated along most of the body, except for labial region and tail posterior to phasmid, forming a cuticular sheath around the body and a vulval cuticular sac in females, and reduced stoma and basal bulb. Deleyia poinari gen. n., sp. n. is separated from D. aspiculata gen. n., sp. n. by a shorter body (L = 600-831 vs 756-945 μm), a shorter PUS (7-18 vs 44-69 μm), longer tail in both females and males (40-50 vs 32-38 μm and 37-48 vs 35 μm, respectively), and presence vs absence of spicules and gubernaculum. The phylogenetic position of Deleyia gen. n. and its relationships to the genera Daubaylia and Myolaimus are discussed.

scholarly journals Steinernema guangdongense sp. n. (Nematoda: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from southern China with a note on S. serratum (nomen nudum)

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 704 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
LIHONG QIU ◽  
YUANYUAN FANG ◽  
YONG ZHOU ◽  
YI PANG ◽  
KHUONG B. NGUYEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Length ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Entomopathogenic Nematode ◽  
Dorsal Side ◽  
The Body ◽  
Width Ratio ◽  
Body Width ◽  
Republic Of China

A new species of entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema guangdongense sp. n. was recovered from a soil sample collected from Jijia town in the western part of Guangdong province, the Peoples Republic of China during a survey for entomopathogenic nematodes in 2001. The nematode can be separated from other described species of Steinernema, by morphological, morphometrical characteristics of different stages of the nematode, by crossbreeding tests and by characterizations and phylogeny of DNA sequences of either a partial 28S or the internal transcribed spacer regions of rDNA. This nematode is closest to S. longicaudum. It can be distinguished from that nematode by characteristics of different stages. For infective juveniles, although the body length is almost similar (1055 m compared to 1063 m), body diameter of the new species is larger; values of EP (length from anterior end to excretory pore), NR (length from anterior end to nerve ring) and a body length/body width ratio are smaller, and tail with dorsal constriction. For male, the new species has longer spicule, not well curved, spicule head shorter, shaft not prominent or absent and spicule tip not suddenly tapered as shown in S. longicaudum. Also, the ratios SW (spicule length/anal body width) and GS (gubernaculums/spicule) are smaller. For female, the presence of a small double flapped epiptygma, a small projection on dorsal side of the tail tips and prominent post-anal swelling is typical for the new species.

scholarly journals A new species of Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) from China, with an account on the histochemical structure of its major nervous system

2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-447
Author(s):  
Xiao-Yu Song ◽  
Wei-Xuan Li ◽  
Ronald Sluys ◽  
Shu-Xin Huang ◽  
Shuang-Fei Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
New Species ◽  
Ejaculatory Duct ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Dorsal Side ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Rdna Its ◽  
Histological Data ◽  
A New Species

By means of an integrated approach, including molecular, morphological, anatomical and histological data, we describe a new species of freshwater flatworm of the genus Dugesia from southwest China, representing the third species recorded for the country. Morphologically, the new species, Dugesia umbonata Song & Wang, sp. nov., is particularly characterised by the presence of a muscularised hump immediately antero-dorsally to a knee-shaped bend in its bursal canal and by an ejaculatory duct that opens subterminally through the dorsal side of the penis papilla. Four molecular datasets (18S rDNA; ITS-1; 28S rDNA; COI) facilitated determination of the phylogenetic position of the new species, which belongs to a clade comprising other species from the Australasian and Oriental regions. We also analysed the structure of its major nervous system by means of the acetylcholinesterase (AChE) histochemical method and compared these results with data available for three other species of Dugesia.

scholarly journals Two new species of Russula subsect. Virescentinae from southern China

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 993-1005
Author(s):  
Bin Chen ◽  
Jie Song ◽  
Junfeng Liang ◽  
Yangkun Li
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of the Rhopalopsole magnicerca group (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4388 (3) ◽  
pp. 444
Author(s):  
RAORAO MO ◽  
GUOQUAN WANG ◽  
DING YANG ◽  
WEIHAI LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Two New Species

Two leuctrid species of the Rhopalopsole magnicerca group are described as new, R. brevicula sp. nov. and R. jizushana sp. nov. from the Guangxi Autonomous Region of southern China, bordering Vietnam and Yunnan Province of southwestern China, respectively. The new species are compared with related taxa. 

Two new species of the genus Cobitis Linnaeus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from southern China

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 517-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongxia Chen ◽  
Xiaoyun Sui ◽  
Na Liang ◽  
Yifeng Chen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of the genus Flavoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Guangxi, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5032 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-261
Author(s):  
RAORAO MO ◽  
JINJUN CAO ◽  
GUOQUAN WANG ◽  
WEIHAI LI ◽  
DÁVID MURÁNYI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sequence Comparisons ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ◽  
Taxonomic Relationships ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species, Flavoperla retusata Mo, Li & Wang, sp. nov. and F. yangi Mo, Li & Murányi, sp. nov. are proposed from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China. Distinctness of the new species is based on morphological characters and DNA sequence comparisons with their closest known relative, F. galerispina Mo, Wang & Li, 2020. The taxonomic relationships of the two new species and related congeners are discussed.  

Biodiversity in the Andean Mountains: Two new rain frogs of the genus Pristimantis (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the northern Cordillera Central in Colombia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5040 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-364
Author(s):  
MAURICIO RIVERA-CORREA ◽  
GUSTAVO A. GONZÁLEZ-DURÁN ◽  
ANA M. SALDARRIAGA-GÓMEZ ◽  
SEBASTIÁN DUARTE-MARÍN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Delimitation ◽  
Intraspecific Diversity ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Diversity Studies ◽  
First Time ◽  
Central Cordillera

Frequent biodiversity sampling and monitoring programs often lead to relevant taxonomic findings. Here, as a product of different field expeditions to two places in the northern Andes, we discover and describe two new species of rain frogs of the genus Pristimantis from the cloud forests of the Central Cordillera of Colombia. Pristimantis chocolatebari sp. nov. is diagnosed by having the following character states: dentigerous process of vomer triangular, snout large and protruding, dorsum smooth, vocal slits and vocal sac present, groin and hidden part of the thighs yellow. Pristimantis carylae sp. nov. is diagnosed by having iris copper red, dentigerous process of vomer oval, snout short and rounded, dorsum finely shagreen with scattered tubercles, double nuptial pad in males, groin and hidden part of thighs pink. We also infer, for the first time, the phylogenetic position of P. permixtus, P. platychilus, and two candidate new species. In addition, we emphasize not to use genetic distance as the only source of evidence for species delimitation, considering the high intraspecific diversity found in one of the species described here. Finally, we highlight the relevance of different habitat and ecosystem conservation strategies to promote amphibian diversity studies in the Andes.  

New genus and new species of Pentatomidae from Borneo (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4958 (1) ◽  
pp. 560-569
Author(s):  
MARCOS ROCA-CUSACHS ◽  
DAVID. A. RIDER ◽  
SUNGHOON JUNG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Structure Comparison ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Two New Species

A new genus, Graziasternum gen. nov., with two new species, Graziasternum graziae sp. nov. and Graziasternum joceliae sp. nov. are described. According to external thoracic and genital structures, this new genus is considered to be the closest extant relative known to the genus Placosternum Amyot & Serville. Discussion of its possible phylogenetic position based on structure comparison, with the discussion on the importance of the characteristics of the thoracic sterna, the genital structures with other genera or groups of genera that share similar structures is given. Additionally, the two new species are keyed and illustrated. 

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