“Ino Budensis var. Mollis” Grum-Grshimailo, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) from Eastern Asia recognized as a valid species on the base of morphological and molecular analysis

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4619 (3) ◽  
pp. 518-526
Author(s):  
KONSTANTIN A. EFETOV ◽  
GERHARD M. TARMANN ◽  
EKATERINA V. PARSHKOVA
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data

Based on morphological and molecular data, Ino budensis var. mollis Grum-Grshimailo, 1893, from China, so far treated as a synonym of Jordanita (Roccia) paupera (Christoph, 1887), is here recognized as a good species, Jordanita (Roccia) mollis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1893), stat. nov. This species is recorded as new for the fauna of Russia and Korea. An identification key for this species is provided. 

Description of the sexual generation of Dryocosmus destefanii (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) and disclosure of its life cycle

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4742 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIULIANO CERASA ◽  
GABRIELLA LO VERDE ◽  
VIRGILIO CALECA ◽  
BRUNO MASSA ◽  
JAMES A. NICHOLLS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Sexual Generation ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Western Palaearctic ◽  
First Time

The sexual generation of Dryocosmus destefanii Cerasa & Melika, 2018 that emerges from galls on Q. suber L. in Italy is described for the first time, establishing its heterogonic life cycle. We provide observations on its distribution, illustration of adults and galls and information on its biology as supported by morphological and molecular data. An illustrated identification key to Western Palaearctic Dryocosmus species is also given. 

Reassessment of the species Stigeoclonium polyrhizum (Chaetophoraceae, Chaetophorales) based on morphological and molecular data

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 333 (1) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
BENWEN LIU ◽  
XUDONG LIU ◽  
QINGHUA WANG ◽  
ZHENGYU HU ◽  
GUOXIANG LIU
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Culture Conditions ◽  
Ssu Rdna ◽  
Juvenile Stage ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Mature Stage ◽  
Branch Development ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Main Filament

Four specimens of Stigeoclonium spp., sampled in China between 2015 and 2016, were identified as the species Stigeoclonium polyrhizum (Chaetophoraceae, Chaetophorales) due to their unique morphology. A large part of the main filament and branches was tightly enclosed by numerous rhizoidal branches, which extended downward to the base of the plant to form an expanded holdfast. S. polyrhizum has previously been regarded as a synonym of S. longipilum or other related species by most phycologists. Therefore, a reassessment of S. polyrhizum based on morphological and molecular data was conducted. Rhizoidal branch development of S. polyrhizum was also described, showing the abundant rhizoidal branches present from the juvenile stage to the mature stage under controlled culture conditions. Phylogenetic evidence, using nuclear-encoded SSU rDNA data, clearly revealed that the Chaetophoraceae diverged into two well-supported sister clades: the Chaetophora-clade and the Fritschiella-clade. S. polyrhizum was included in the Fritschiella-clade instead of the Chaetophora-clade where Chaetophora draparnaldioides (S. longipilum) was found. The morphological and molecular data unambiguously show that S. polyrhizum is a valid species rather than a synonym of S. longipilum or other related species. Thylakoid bands appressed to the periphery of the pyrenoid matrix of S. polyrhizum was also described.

Sciaphila kozushimensis (Triuridaceae), a new mycoheterotrophic plant from Kozu Island, Izu Islands, Japan, based on morphological and molecular data

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 436 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
KENJI SUETSUGU ◽  
AKIHIKO KINOSHITA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Flowering Stage ◽  
Unisexual Flowers ◽  
Mycoheterotrophic Plants ◽  
Male Flowers ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Izu Islands

A new species of Sciaphila (Triuridaceae), S. kozushimensis Suetsugu, is described from Kozu Island, Izu Islands, Japan. The new species is similar to S. tosaensis in having unisexual flowers (the female towards the base of the rachis), perianth-segments without any appendages and club-shaped style that is as long as or slightly exceeds ovary in the flowering stage. However, it is distinguishable by smaller male flowers, wide and acuminate male perianth segments and somewhat dissimilar perianth segments. An illustration and molecular analysis based on ITS sequences of the new species are provided. A key to the Japanese Sciaphila is also provided for identification of these rare mycoheterotrophic plants.

Morphological and molecular diversity in the freshwater crab Potamon ruttneri-P. gedrosianum species complex (Decapoda, Brachyura) indicate the need for taxonomic revision

Crustaceana ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Keikhosravi ◽  
Reza Naderloo ◽  
Christoph D. Schubart
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
Molecular Diversity ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Indus River ◽  
Mitochondrial 16S Rdna ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Incomplete Sampling

Many species and subspecies of Potamon have been described from the easternmost distribution of the genus in the western tributaries of the Indus River. Most of them were synonymised subsequently under the two names of currently valid species known from the region: Potamon gedrosianum Alcock, 1909 and Potamon ruttneri Pretzmann, 1962. Genetic and morphological information, based on mitochondrial 16S rDNA and the first male gonopod (G1), were gathered in the course of the present study. The corresponding results suggest the occurrence of four groups and question the taxonomic status of both species. We also revise the distribution range of both species, in particular that of P. gedrosianum, with a new record from Iran. Overall, the study reveals the need for a major revision using further morphological and molecular data. Because of the complexity of this necessary revision and the incomplete sampling, we here refrain from proposing any taxonomic conclusions.

scholarly journals Morphological and molecular data reveal a new genus of the tribe Issini from Southern China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Issidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 766 ◽  
pp. 51-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menglin Wang ◽  
Aimin Shi ◽  
Thierry Bourgoin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Chongqing Municipality ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species

A new genusSinonissusgen. n.of the tribe Issini (Issidae, Issinae) with a new speciesSinonissusbrunetussp. n.from Chongqing municipality and Sichuan Province, China are described. Barcode of the species is provided. A molecular analysis combined with morphological characters confirms its placement into the Issini. Distribution of this new genus in the Oriental realm is briefly discussed in regard of other Issinae taxa in China.

scholarly journals Experimental taxonomy exposes ontogenetic variability and elucidates the taxonomic value of claw configuration in MilnesiumDoyère, 1840 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Apochela)

2016 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Witold Morek ◽  
Piotr Gąsiorek ◽  
Daniel Stec ◽  
Brian Blagden ◽  
Łukasz Michalczyk
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Dna ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Species Differentiation ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
Configuration Change ◽  
Gene Coi ◽  
Diagnostic Key ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data

In this paper we describe a new apochelan species, Milnesium variefidumsp. nov. from Scotland and provide novel morphological and molecular data for Milnesium berladnicorumCiobanu et al., 2014. The new species differs from the most similar M. berladnicorumby the presence of developmental dimorphism in claw configuration, absent or weakly developed cuticular bars under claws I-III, a different arrangement of cuticular pseudoplates, and by differences in the sequences of three nuclear DNA fragments: 18S rRNA (p-distance: 0.6%), 28S rRNA (2.0%), ITS-2 (9.3%), and on mitochondrial gene COI (12.4%). Although ontogenetic claw configuration change was suspected to occur in some Milnesiumspecies, we are the first to document it through the combined use of traditional, molecular and experimental methodologies. We discuss the implications of the observed phenomenon for the taxonomy of the genus and propose a new diagnostic key to all Milnesiumspecies described up to the end of 2015. We also review other traits used for species differentiation in the genus and offer recommendations to improve the quality of future descriptions as well as suggest a need for integrative redescriptions of the known species. Finally, we propose to suppress M. dujiangensisand M. tardigradum trispinosumand suggest that M. alpigenumand M. quadrifidumare valid species that require thorough redescriptions.

Phaeoclavulina liliputiana sp. nov. (Gomphaceae, Gomphales) a new endemic species from Tlaxcala, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 470 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-164
Author(s):  
ASTRID GONZÁLEZ-ÁVILA ◽  
CÉSAR RAMIRO MARTÍNEZ-GONZÁLEZ ◽  
DAVID ESPINOSA ◽  
ARTURO ESTRADA-TORRES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Oak Forests ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Scanning Electron

Phaeoclavulina liliputiana is a new endemic species from Tlaxcala, from the conifer and oak forests at an altitude of 2700 m asl, characterized by a very small basidiome size and, subellipsoid and usually more or less lacrymoid spores of 4.3–6.2 × 2.7–3.5 µm, with rounded warted ornamentation. We proposed this new species based on evidence from morphological and molecular data. We provide macro- and microscopic descriptions including illustrations of the basidiocarp, scanning electron micrographs of the basidiospores and also discuss the taxonomic position of this new species. We undertook a molecular analysis using the atp6 and SSU mitochondrial loci and nuclear ribosomal LSU.

A revision of the Trimeresurus puniceus-complex (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) based on morphological and molecular data

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1293 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICK DAVID ◽  
GERNOT VOGEL ◽  
S. P. VIJAYAKUMAR ◽  
NICOLAS VIDAL
Keyword(s):  
Species Concept ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Biological Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Biological Species Concept ◽  
Phylogenetic Species Concept ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species

The brown Asian pitvipers of the genus Trimeresurus related to Trimeresurus puniceus (informal Trimeresurus puniceus-complex) are revised on the basis of morphological and molecular analyses. Variation in morphological characters were investigated among 119 specimens from 62 populations of the whole range of the pitvipers currently known as Trimeresurus puniceus (Boie, 1827), Trimeresurus borneensis (Peters, 1872) and Trimeresurus brongersmai Hoge, 1969. Molecular and morphological analyses clearly differentiate two groups of taxa, referrable to the informal Trimeresurus puniceus-group and Trimeresurus borneensis-group, and confirm the distinct specific status of T. puniceus and T. borneensis. Morphological univariate and multivariate analyses differentiate six clusters of populations that are morphologically diagnosable, of which five are here considered to represent independent lineages and one is placed incertae sedis pending the availability of further specimens. These clusters are considered to be distinct species following the Biological Species Concept and the Phylogenetic Species Concept. One of them is described as a new species, Trimeresurus andalasensis spec. nov. (T. borneensis-group), which includes populations from northern Sumatra. Trimeresurus wiroti Trutnau, 1981 is revalidated to accommodate populations from Thailand and West Malaysia. Trimeresurus borneensis is here considered endemic to Borneo. Trimeresurus puniceus is known from Java and from South Sumatra, but the taxonomy of this species in Sumatra is left unresolved. Also left unresolved is the taxonomic position of specimens from western Sumatra and the Mentawai Archipelago, and from the Natuna Islands and Anamba Islands. Although belonging to the T. puniceus-group, they show some differences to other specimens of the group. They are not referred to any taxon pending the collection of additional specimens. Lastly, Trimeresurus brongersmai is confirmed as a valid species from the Mentawai Archipelago. A key to these taxa is provided.

Redescriptions of Eunice filamentosa and E. denticulata and description of E. tovarae n. sp. (Polychaeta: Eunicidae), highlighted with morphological and molecular data

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2880 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS F. CARRERA-PARRA ◽  
SERGIO I. SALAZAR-VALLEJO
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Divergence ◽  
Sequence Variation ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
Mexican Pacific ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Variation ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data

In a series of studies on eunicids, three Grand Caribbean species Eunice filamentosa, E. denticulata, and E. conglomerans were regarded as synonyms, or part of a species complex with an amphiamerican distribution. The revision of type and additional materials collected in the Grand Caribbean Region (GCR) and along the Mexican Pacific coasts, allowed us to clarify that E. conglomerans is a junior synonym of E. denticulata. Thus, E. filamentosa and E. denticulata are valid species in the GCR; while the specimens from the Tropical Eastern Pacific belong to a newly described species, E. tovarae n.sp. Herein we describe these three species, and some morphological features described in previous studies are reevaluated. Additionally, we found an important genetic divergence in nucleotide sequence variation of COI, which supported the morphological data. E. filamentosa and E. denticulata have a genetic divergence of 19.6%; whereas E. tovarae n. sp. has a genetic divergence of 20.7% from E. denticulata, and a 12.9% divergence from E. filamentosa.

Description of Dryocosmus destefanii new species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from Quercus suber L. in Italy

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4370 (5) ◽  
pp. 535 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIULIANO CERASA ◽  
GABRIELLA LO VERDE ◽  
VIRGILIO CALECA ◽  
BRUNO MASSA ◽  
JAMES A. NICHOLLS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Quercus Suber ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Western Palaearctic ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Host Associations

A new species, Dryocosmus destefanii Cerasa & Melika n. sp. associated with a Cerris section oak, Quercus suber L., is described from Italy. Description, diagnosis, host associations and biology for the new species and an illustrated identification key to the Western Palaearctic Dryocosmus species are given. The description is supported by morphological and molecular data.  

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