Cambarus franklini, a new crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Catawba River Basin in western North Carolina, USA

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4568 (3) ◽  
pp. 520
Author(s):  
MICHAEL A. PERKINS ◽  
BRONWYN W. WILLIAMS ◽  
WILLIAM T. RUSS
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The South ◽  
Double Row ◽  
Western North Carolina ◽  
Upper South ◽  
C Complex ◽  
A New Species

A new species of stream-dwelling crayfish, Cambarus franklini, the South Mountains crayfish, is described from the upper South Fork Catawba River basin in western North Carolina, USA using morphological and genetic data. Cambarus franklini was previously considered a member of the widespread and morphologically variable Cambarus species C complex and is morphologically most similar to an undiagnosed member of the group native to the upper Catawba River basin in NC. Cambarus franklini can be differentiated from this species group by several morphological characteristics including: lacking a well-defined double row of tubercles along the mesial margin of the palm, possessing a more weakly convergent and longer acumen, and conspicuous blue-green and red coloration, particularly throughout the telson and along the distal margins of the rami. This species is phylogenetically most similar to Cambarus johni, Cooper, 2006, another former member of the Cambarus species C group. Cambarus franklini has a limited geographic range (<100 km2) and is currently known only from the Henry and Jacob Fork watersheds in the South Mountains region of the Eastern Blue Ridge foothills. 

Leptochelia Vatulelensis (Crustacea: Tanaidacea), A New Species From Anchialine Caves of the South-Western Pacific

2011 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-363
Author(s):  
Modest Guţu ◽  
Thomas Iliffe
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Small Islands ◽  
The South ◽  
Anchialine Caves ◽  
A New Species

Leptochelia Vatulelensis(Crustacea: Tanaidacea), A New Species From Anchialine Caves of the South-Western PacificLeptochelia vatulelensisn. sp., discovered on the small islands of Vatulele (Fijian group) and Ouvéa (Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia), is described and illustrated. The new species is distinguished from the others of the"Leptochelia-dubiagroup" (to which it is generally similar) by the following combination of morphological characteristics: (1) the presence of three to four distal setae on the maxilliped basis; (2) merus of pereopods III and IV with only a distosternal seta; (3) endopod of the uropods formed of four (rarely three) articles; (4) males with two (sometimes three) relatively short aesthetascs on the first five articles of the antennular flagellum; (5) male cheliped with a diminished dimorphism; (6) males with a vertical comb-row of setae on the cheliped propodus. Although it inhabits inland, anchialine caves, the new species lacks morphological features that are characteristic of some cave species.

A new species of the Ololygon catharinae species group (Anura: Hylidae) from the Cerrado biome, State of Goiás, Central Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4425 (2) ◽  
pp. 283 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHEILA PEREIRA DE ANDRADE ◽  
DANUSY LOPES SANTOS ◽  
CEZAR FILHO ROCHA ◽  
JOSÉ P. JR. POMBAL ◽  
WILIAN VAZ-SILVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Dorsal View ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Morphological Attributes ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Ololygon from the Cerrado biome, Central Brazil. The new species is assigned to the Ololygon catharinae species group based in morphological attributes. Ololygon goya sp. nov. in known only from type locality—Sítio d’Abadia municipality, State of Goiás—and associated with riparian environments connected to seasonal dry forest on the banks of the Corrente river, a tributary of the Paranã river basin. The new species is characterized by the combination of the following characters: medium size (24.4–38.8 mm SVL); snout subovoid in dorsal view; canthus rostralis well defined; males with hypertrophied forearms and nuptial pads; inguinal region and hidden surfaces of thigh with irregular dark brown spots on pale yellowish background. We also describe the external morphology and oral morphology of tadpoles, and the advertisement calls of the new species. 

Description of Dysdera zonsteini n. sp. (Arachnida: Araneae: Dysderidae) from Turkmenistan

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4938 (5) ◽  
pp. 588-594
Author(s):  
DRAGOMIR DIMITROV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The South ◽  
Kopet Dagh ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Dysdera Latreille, 1804 is described from the South-Western Kopet Dagh, Turkmenistan, on the basis of both sexes. The species is compared to its closest congener Dysdera kronebergi Dunin, 1992, and tentatively assigned to the D. asiatica species-group. 

Soyedina Ricker, 1952 (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) in the eastern Nearctic: review of species concepts, proposed morphology-based species groups, and description of a new species from North Carolina

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4658 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-250
Author(s):  
SCOTT A. GRUBBS ◽  
RICHARD W. BAUMANN
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
Species Concepts ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Highland Region ◽  
Southern Appalachian ◽  
Dichotomous Key ◽  
Western North Carolina ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

The eastern Nearctic species of the genus Soyedina Ricker, 1952 (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) are reviewed. Two morphology-based species groups are proposed based on epiproct characteristics. Soyedina sheldoni sp. nov. is described from the southern Appalachian Highland region of western North Carolina. A distribution map and a dichotomous key to all nine Nearctic species are provided.

A new species group of the genus Trechosia from the Cape region of South Africa (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1469 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
GERNOT GEGINAT
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The South ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

Trechodes intermedia sp. nov. and T. kogelbergensis sp. nov. are described from South Africa. A third species, T. humeralis (Jeannel, 1930) comb.nov. is transferred to Trechosia Jeannel from the genus Cothresia Jeannel. All three species are macropterous, endemic to the South African Cape region, and together represent a new species group of the genus Trechosia. Keys to the species groups of the genus Trechosia and to the species of the new T. intermedia group are provided.

scholarly journals Crosniera wennerae, a new species of thalassinidean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thomassiniidae) from the South Atlantic Bight

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1644 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
RICHARD W. HEARD ◽  
RACHAEL A. KING
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
South Atlantic Bight ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Female Specimen ◽  
The South ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Abdominal Somite ◽  
Lateral Margins ◽  
A New Species

Crosniera wennerae sp. nov. is described from a depth of 318 m in the South Atlantic Bight off North Carolina, USA. The species, based on a female specimen 20 mm in length, is distinguished from the other four nominal species of the genus by a combination of characters, including smooth uropodal lateral margins, well-developed exopods on maxillipeds 2 and 3, the smooth inner margin of the merus of maxilliped 3, and the presence of long, simple setae on the uropods, telson, and posterior margin of sixth abdominal somite. Crosniera wennerae sp. nov. represents the second member of the genus described from the western Atlantic. A key is presented for the separation of the species of Crosniera.

A new species of Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Guizhou Province, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3510 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAOMING GU ◽  
RONGRONG CHEN ◽  
YINGZHOU TIAN ◽  
SONG LI ◽  
JINGCHENG RAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Mitochondrial Data ◽  
A New Species

In this study, we describe a new species of salamander, Paramesotriton maolanensis sp. n., from the MaolanNational Nature Reserve, Libo County, Guizhou Province, China. The new species is placed in the genusParamesotriton based on morphological characteristics and molecular data. It differs from all other members of thegenus in a number of morphological characteristics, especially in its much larger body size, absence of granularwarts from head and body, largely reduced external eyes and peculiar shape of epibranchia in hyoid apparatus. Weexamined the relationships of nuclear POMC haplotypes between and within the new species and six recognizedspecies. POMC variation and published mitochondrial data suggested that the new species’ closest known relativesare P. longliensis, P. zhijinensis and P. caudopunctatus, and it should be placed into the P. caudopunctatus species group or subgenus Allomesotriton.

A new species of Aegla Leach, 1820 (Crustacea, Anomura) from the Iguaçu River basin, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4527 (3) ◽  
pp. 335 ◽  
Author(s):  
FERNANDA POLLI PÁEZ ◽  
INGRID COSTA MARÇAL ◽  
LENICE SOUZA-SHIBATTA ◽  
RAFAEL AUGUSTO GREGATI ◽  
SILVIA HELENA SOFIA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Interspecific Distance ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Iguaçu River

A new species of aeglid crab, Aegla okora n. sp., is described. This species was found in the Iguaçu River basin in Paraná state, southern Brazil. Aegla okora n. sp. was discriminated based on morphological and molecular data (mitochondrial COI). Morphologically, the new species differs from congeners of the same river basin by the presence of a trapezoidal areola and the ventromesial border of the ischium having three tubercles, besides other exclusive additional morphological characteristics. Molecular results demonstrated that there is no overlap between the intraspecific distances of Aegla okora n. sp. and the interspecific distance of other species of Aegla added to the analysis, confirming the separation of species and increasing the known diversity of the Iguaçu River basin. 

scholarly journals DNA barcoding reveals a species group of the genus Campiglossa (Diptera, Tephritidae, Tephritinae) with recognition of a new species from East Asia and previously unknown females of Campiglossa coei (Hardy)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 899 ◽  
pp. 1-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho-Yeon Han ◽  
Kyung-Eui Ro
Keyword(s):  
Structural Modification ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Dna Barcodes ◽  
Monophyletic Clade ◽  
Accurate Identification ◽  
Tephritid Species ◽  
A New Species

While analyzing DNA barcodes of all the Korean and some East Asian tephritid species in conjunction with the barcode sequences available from BOLD Systems (www.boldsystems.org), the large and taxonomically enigmatic genus Campiglossa was recovered as a monophyletic clade, together with the genera Dioxyna and Homoeotricha, which are here synonymized for that reason. Ten major lineages are also recognized within the Campiglossa clade: producta group, loewiana group, sororcula group, irrorata group, achyrophori group, difficilis group, luxorientis group, magniceps group, arisanica group, and misella group. Here, more detailed taxonomic accounts are provided for the misella group, including four DNA analysis-recovered members: C. coei, C. misella, C. paramelaenasp. nov., and C. melaena. A single morphological synapomorphy is proposed for this species group: the presence of a large mid-anterior dark wing marking in males with associated structural modification (more apically positioned crossvein R-M than in females). Based on the morphological characteristics, two presumptive members that are only known from male specimens are further recognized: C. pishanica and C. propria from China. A full description of C. paramelaenasp. nov., and a redescription of C. coei, for which only males were previously known, are provided. For all the included species, a taxonomic key, diagnoses, and photographs to aid their accurate identification are given. Finally, C. favillacea is synonymized with C. coei and C. roscida with C. misella, and C. coei and C. pishanica resurrected from the synonymy of C. misella.

scholarly journals A new frog of the Leptodactylus fuscus species group (Anura: Leptodactylidae), endemic from the South American Gran Chaco

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosio G. Schneider ◽  
Dario E. Cardozo ◽  
Francisco Brusquetti ◽  
Francisco Kolenc ◽  
Claudio Borteiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
South American ◽  
The South ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Rdna Genes ◽  
Gran Chaco ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Leptodactylus frog (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the South American Gran Chaco, morphologically similar and previously confused with the widespread Leptodactylus mystacinus, is described through the use of multiple sources of evidence (molecular, external morphology, coloration, osteology, bioacoustics, and behavior). The phylogenetic analysis with partial sequences of mitochondrial rDNA genes (12S and 16S) recovered the new species within the L. fuscus group, being highly divergent (>3% genetic distance in 16S). The new species was recovered as sister taxa of L. mystacinus, from which it is distinguished by tympanum coloration, cephalic index, dorsum and legs coloration, and some osteological differences in nasals and prevomers. This new frog is characterized by a moderate body size (SVL 46.80–66.21 mm), distinctive color pattern (reddish dorsal surfaces of body with noticeable black stripes in the dorsolateral folds), a circular and dark tympanum with dark tympanic annuli, and behavior of males that call on top of fallen logs and tree branches close to the ground.

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