A new species of Lerista Bell, 1833 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, belonging to the Lerista allanae clade but strongly disjunct from other members of the clade

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4613 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-171
Author(s):  
ANDREW P. AMEY ◽  
PATRICK J. COUPER ◽  
JESSICA WORTHINGTON WILMER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Cape York ◽  
A New Species

A species of the skink genus Lerista is described from Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.  The species is biogeographically interesting as it appears to be separated by at least 500 km from its nearest relatives, members of the Lerista allanae clade.  The role of Pleistocene sea level changes altering availability of suitable habitat for these sand specialists is discussed as a possible driver of isolation and speciation. 

Modes of extinction, pseudo-extinction and distribution in Middle Jurassic ammonites: terminology

2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-195
Author(s):  
Gerd EG Westermann
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Middle Jurassic ◽  
Small Populations ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Range Contraction ◽  
Extreme Form ◽  
Phylogenetic Lineage

Mid-Jurassic Ammonitina (Cephalopoda, Mollusca) provide good examples of true and apparent "extinctions" (i.e., taxon or clade disappearances) at the local, regional, and global scales. A terminology is presented. Extinction is the termination of a phylogenetic lineage or entire clade (not of local demes or regional populations). Extinction was often preceded by progressive range contraction that resulted in diachronous regional disappearance ("extirpation") and occurred with the elimination of the last refuge. Other range contractions, however, were not terminal, but were followed by renewed expansions, resulting in temporary absence of the lineage over part of its known range only, due to pseudo-extinction. Some lineages, called Lazarus taxa, apparently disappeared entirely for short or extended periods by pseudotermination (causing a "phylogenetic hiatus"). This is an extreme form of pseudo-extinction with unknown refuge due to small size and (or) unsuitable facies and location. Lineage or clade reappearance may be in the form of new species, whose relationship to ancestral taxa has been problematic. Some disappearances can be explained with displacive competition, where the replacement taxon is either of endemic origin or an immigrant. Recent research in previously underexplored field areas has closed some of the gaps of documentation by finding the refuges. Range contractions and expansions, together with their regional disappearances and pseudo-extinctions, including pseudotermination, were often causally related to sea-level changes, especially eustasy. Most true extinctions, however, cannot be identified precisely, because they occurred in small populations and (or) refuges. Extinctions presumably did not coincide with global geoevents.

A new species of bandy-bandy (Vermicella: Serpentes: Elapidae) from the Weipa region, Cape York, Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4446 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
CHANTELLE M. DEREZ ◽  
KEVIN ARBUCKLE ◽  
ZHIQIANG RUAN ◽  
BING XIE ◽  
YU HUANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
The Body ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Potential Habitat ◽  
Cape York ◽  
Tropical Monsoon ◽  
Conservation Concern ◽  
A New Species

Bandy-bandies (genus Vermicella) are small (50–100cm) black and white burrowing elapids with a highly specialised diet of blindsnakes (Typhlopidae). There are currently 5 recognized species in the genus, all located in Australia, with Vermicella annulata the most encountered species with the largest distribution. Morphological and mitochondrial analyses of specimens collected from the Weipa area, Cape York, Queensland reveal the existence of a new species, which we describe as Vermicella parscauda sp. nov. Mitochondrial DNA analysis (16S and ND4) and external morphological characteristics indicate that the closest relatives of the new species are not V. annulata, which also occurs on Cape York, but rather species from Western Australia and the Northern Territory (V. intermedia and V. multifasciata) which, like V. parscauda, occupy monsoon habitats. Internasal scales are present in V. parscauda sp. nov., similar to V. annulata, but V. intermedia and V. multifasciata do not have nasal scales. V. parscauda sp. nov. has 55–94 black dorsal bands and mottled or black ventral scales terminating approximately 2/3rds of the body into formed black rings, suggesting that hyper-banding is a characteristic of the tropical monsoon snakes (V. intermedia, V. multifasciata and V. parscauda). The confined locality, potential habitat disruption due to mining activities, and scarcity of specimens indicates an urgent conservation concern for this species. 

A new Veronica (Plantaginaceae) species from Central Anatolia, Turkey

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 362 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Ö. KORAY YAYLACI ◽  
OKAN SEZER ◽  
KURTULUŞ ÖZGİŞİ ◽  
DERVİŞ ÖZTÜRK ◽  
İSMÜHAN POTOĞLU ERKARA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Single Site ◽  
Central Anatolia ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
A New Species

Veronica ersin-yucelii (subg. Pentasepalae, Plantaginaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species. It grows on marble rocks and screes, in one single site in Central Anatolia (Eskişehir Province), at elevations from about 1700 to 1820 metres above sea level. Diagnostic features are also given to enable comparison with the most similar species, V. caespitosa Boiss. and V. multifida L., especially regarding the indumentum, habit, inflorescence, bracts, seeds and leaves. The geographical distribution of the new species is mapped. Notes about its ecology and conservation status are also presented.

First records of Net-winged Midges (Diptera: Blephariceridae) from Papua New Guinea, with description of a new species

1989 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 361 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Zwick ◽  
KG Hortle
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
First Report ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fly River ◽  
A New Species

Curupirina papuana sp. n. and an unnamed species of a probably new genus of Apistomyiini (Diptera : Blephariceridae) are described from the Ok Tedi, a tributary of the Fly River, Papua New Guinea. This is the first report of the family from the island; its zoogeographical significance is discussed with reference to the long-presumed role of the island in the evolution and dispersal of the tribe Apistomyiini.

Origin of species diversity in the catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) inhabiting the Paraná river basin, with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3453 (1) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
YAMILA P. CARDOSO ◽  
ADRIANA ALMIRÓN ◽  
JORGE CASCIOTTA ◽  
DANILO AICHINO ◽  
MARTA S. LIZARRALDE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Mitochondrial Control Region ◽  
Paraná River ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Parana River ◽  
D Loop ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Paraná River Basin

Within the Loricariidae, the genus Hypostomus is one of the most diversified freshwater catfish groups. Using new se-quence data from the mitochondrial Control Region (D-loop) we examined the phylogeny of this genus. Our phylogeneticanalyses suggest that, in the Paraná river basin, species diversity in the genus Hypostomus has been shaped by two proc-esses: 1) by inter-basin diversification, generating groups of species that inhabit different basins, as a result of dispersalevents; and 2) via intra-basin speciation as a result of basin fragmentation due to past marine transgressions, which pro-duced groups of species within a basin. Using the D-loop as a molecular clock, each event of diversification was datedand linked with documented hydrological events or sea level changes. We also assessed the possible dispersal routes be-tween the Paraná and Uruguay rivers, in addition to the obvious dispersal route via the Río de la Plata estuary. Finally, wedescribe a new species of Hypostomus inhabiting Middle Paraná river, Hypostomus arecuta n. sp. This species can be sep-arated from all other Hypostomus by having light roundish dots on a darker background and by number of premaxillary/ dentary teeth.

A revision of the taxonomy of Dendrelaphis caudolineatus (Gray, 1834) (Serpentes: Colubridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3272 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHAN VAN ROOIJEN ◽  
GERNOT VOGEL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Philippine Island ◽  
Isolated Populations ◽  
A New Species

The systematics of the wide-ranging southeast Asian colubrid snake Dendrelaphis caudolineatus (Gray, 1834) wasinvestigated on the basis of multivariate analyses of morphological and coloration data for 131 museum specimensrepresenting 28 geographically isolated populations. The results demonstrate that the current taxonomy of D.caudolineatus underestimates species diversity in the Philippines. The following revisions are implemented. 1)Populations from the Philippine island Palawan and adjacent islands currently referred to D. c. caudolineatus (Gray, 1834)are described as a new species, D. levitoni sp. nov. 2) Populations from the Philippine islands Negros, Panay, Mindoroand Masbate, currently assigned to D. c. terrificus (Peters, 1872) and D. c. luzonensis Leviton, 1961 are referred to D.fuliginosus Griffin 1909, which is revalidated. 3) Populations from the southern Philippine islands Basilan, Mindanao,Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Polillo, Kalotkot, Catanduanes as well as Southeast Luzon currently referred to D. c. terrificus(Peters, 1872) are referred to D. philippinensis Günther, 1879 which is revalidated. 4) The population from Sulawesi isreferred to D. terrificus (Peters, 1872). Currently regarded as a polytypic species composed of five subspecies, D.caudolineatus is here considered to be a monophyletic group comprising eight species. The distributions of these eightspecies correspond largely with aggregate island complexes formed during periods of reduced sea level during the Pleistocene. However, some deviations indicate post-Pleistocene dispersals across sea barriers.

Neobartsia matuy (Orobanchaceae), a new species from the Colombian Andes

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 424 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
MARIA DEL PILAR MALAGON ◽  
HUMBERTO MENDOZA-CIFUENTES ◽  
SOFIA GÓMEZ-PARRA ◽  
SIMON URIBE-CONVERS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Corolla Tube ◽  
Glandular Hairs ◽  
Yellowish Green ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Floral Bracts ◽  
Light Green ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Neobartsia endemic to the eastern Andes of Colombia is described, illustrated, and compared with related species. This species belongs to section Orthocarpiflorae and morphologically it is characterized by having floral bracts light green with glandular hairs, corolla yellowish green, the galea cucullate, longer than the lip, retrorsely glandular-puberulous, the lip three-lobed, glabrous and the corolla tube decurved. Currently, it is only known from two localities in the Colombian department of Boyacá, where it grows in the páramo ecosystem between 3528 and 3639 meters above sea level on rocky soil with grassy vegetation.

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