scholarly journals Subterranean Campodeidae fauna from Sicily (Diplura): its biogeographical interest with the description of a new species of Plusiocampa

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4679 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALBERTO SENDRA ◽  
GIUSEPPE NICOLOSI ◽  
ELENA AMORE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Mediterranean Islands ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Subterranean Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Different Origin ◽  
New Discovery

A description is given of a biogeographically interesting new species of Campodeidae (Diplura), Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) tinoamorei sp. nov., a troglobiotic species found in the Sicilian Villasmundo and Scrivilleri caves. A second subterranean species already known from three caves in northwest Sicily near Palermo, Campodea (Campodea) majorica sicula Condé, 1957, also was studied. Both species were characterized with SEM. Each species belongs to a different monophyletic group: Plusiocampa s. str., with thoracic medial posterior macrosetae, and the group related to Campodea (Campodea) grassi Silvestri, 1912. Both groups are widely distributed on almost all of the large western Mediterranean islands. Nevertheless, although these two monophyletic groups have a different origin both could be dispersed via land connections between the mainland and the islands during the Messinian Age. This new discovery shows the great value of Sicilian caves that hold species with unique features and of high biogeographic significance. 

scholarly journals A new species of Pista Malmgren, 1866 (Polychaeta, Terebellidae) from the north-western Mediterranean Sea

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 838 ◽  
pp. 71-84
Author(s):  
Céline Labrune ◽  
Nicolas Lavesque ◽  
Paulo Bonifácio ◽  
Pat Hutchings
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Anterior Part ◽  
Posterior Part ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Single Pair ◽  
The North ◽  
Western Mediterranean Sea ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Terebellidae, Pistacolinisp. n., has been identified from the harbour of Banyuls-sur-Mer, north-western Mediterranean Sea. This new species was found in very high densities, exclusively in gravelly sand deposited manually, and was not found in the original source habitat of the gravel. This species is characterized by the colour of the ventral shields with pinkish anterior part and a blood red posterior part in live specimens, a pair of unequal-sized plumose branchiae inserted on segment II and anterior thoracic neuropodia with long-handled uncini. The presence of long-handled uncini even in the smallest specimens constitutes the major difference between Pistacolinisp. n. and other Pista species with a single pair of branchiae such as P.lornensis and P.bansei.

Les Himantariidae ouest-européens, avec la description d’une nouvelle espèce du genre Stigmatogaster Latzel, 1880 (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha)

2021 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-158
Author(s):  
Etienne Iorio
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
European Species ◽  
Identification Keys ◽  
Single Genus ◽  
Western European ◽  
Almost All ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Unpublished Information

The Western-European Himantariidae, with the description of a new species of the genus Stigmatogaster Latzel, 1880 (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha). After an examination of one or several specimens of almost all of the Western-European species of the genus Stigmatogaster, a new species is described: S. tufi n. sp. apparently endemic to Corsica. New morphological details are given on several Western-European Himantariidae, particularly Stigmatogaster sardoa which is described in detail and confirmed as clearly valid, for some characters of S. excavata and for the female of Himantariella scutellaris which was previously unknown. S. arcisherculis has been again identified in France after 95 years without records in this country. All species so far variously assigned to either Haplophilus or Stigmatogaster are here classified in a single genus Stigmatogaster. Preliminary illustrated identification keys for the Western-European genera of Himantariidae and for the Stigmatogaster species are given also in English. An updated checklist of the Western-European Himantariidae with their distribution is given. Thanks to unpublished information of Lucio Bonato, Himantarium mediterraneum is confirmed in Europe.

scholarly journals A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Madeira and rio Paraguai basins, with a redescription of H. lunatus

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafaela P. Ota ◽  
Flávio C. T. Lima ◽  
Carla S. Pavanelli
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Gill Rakers ◽  
Horizontal Stripe ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Formal Restriction ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Subjective Synonym ◽  
Rio Madeira

A new Hemigrammusis described from the rio Paraguai and rio Madeira basins, Mato Grosso and Rondônia States, Brazil. The new species is characterized by possessing a wide dark horizontal stripe across the eye, a vertically elongated humeral blotch, and 4-5 gill-rakers on upper branch and 9-10 on lower. The new species can be easily diagnosed from H. lunatus, the sympatric and morphologically most similar congener, by the shape of humeral blotch and the number of gill rakers. Data of the type material of both Hemigrammus lunatus and H. maxillaris, as well as extensive examination of specimens, allowed us to conclude that H. maxillarisis a junior subjective synonym of H. lunatus. A redescription of H. lunatus, as well as a formal restriction of its type locality, is provided. A putative monophyletic group within Hemigrammus, composed by H. barrigonae, Hemigrammus lunatus, H. machadoi new species, and H. ulreyi, named Hemigrammus lunatus group, is proposed based on overall body morphology and color pattern. Additionally, a discussion on the biogeographical relationships between the rio Paraguai and rio Guaporé basins is provided.

A new species of Dahmsopottekina (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Huntemanniidae) from the western Mediterranean deep sea

2011 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 1043-1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Sevastou ◽  
Paulo Henrique Costa Corgosinho ◽  
Pedro Martínez Arbizu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Sediment Traps ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Depth Range ◽  
Mode Of Life ◽  
Study Support ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Dahmsopottekina is described from the Mediterranean Sea. Dahmsopottekina guilvardi sp. nov. was collected from abyssal habitats at a depth range of 2340–2850 m. Like its congeners, the new species has a vermiform habitus, a highly transformed P1 in both sexes and a plough-like rostrum in the female. Dahmsopottekina guilvardi sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeneric species by the combination of a fused basis and endopodite in P1 of both sexes and the absence of an endopodite in P2–P4 of the female. Dahmsopottekina guilvardi sp. nov. is the second record of a harpacticoid species after its congener D. peruana in which the basis and endopodite of a leg other than the P5, namely the P1, are fused. Furthermore, the new species is the only one among Dahmsopottekina species with a 1-segmented P1 exopodite in the male. Similar to its congeners, D. guilvardi sp. nov. is strongly sexually dimorphic. This is evident through the morphology of most of the cephalic appendages and the reduction of P2–P6 in the female. The results of the present study support the observation that Dahmsopottekina species are sparsely distributed and highly endemic. Nevertheless, our results do not agree with the statement of considerably larger females as the length variability between females is greater than between the two sexes. Despite the morphological characters of the species commensurate with a burrowing mode of life, its presence in sediment traps suggests that D. guilvardi sp. nov. is an active ‘swimmer’.

scholarly journals A new species of terrestrial frog of the genus Noblella Barbour, 1930 (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor, Tungurahua, Ecuador

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Pablo Reyes-Puig ◽  
Carolina Reyes-Puig ◽  
Santiago Ron ◽  
Jhael A. Ortega ◽  
Juan M. Guayasamin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Tympanic Membrane ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Ecological Corridor ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of terrestrial frog of the genus Noblella from the eastern versants of the Ecuadorian Andes in the upper Pastaza watershed. Noblella naturetrekii sp. n. differs from its Ecuadorian congeners by the presence of a differentiated tympanic membrane and a weakly defined tympanic annulus, and eyelids with rounded tubercles. In addition, the new species is characterized by its blackish–dark brown ventral coloration scattered with little white dots and the absence of papillae at the tip of the fingers and toes. We provide a detailed description of the call and osteology of the new species. Finally, we present the most complete phylogeny of the genus, which confirms that Noblella is a non-monophyletic group.

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.

Origin, extinction and ancient DNA of a new fossil insular viper: molecular clues of overseas immigration

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enric Torres-Roig ◽  
Kieren J Mitchell ◽  
Josep Antoni Alcover ◽  
Fernando Martínez-Freiría ◽  
Salvador Bailón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Complete Mitochondrial Genome ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Balearic Islands ◽  
Mediterranean Islands ◽  
North East ◽  
Iberian Population ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Insular Population

Abstract Viperinae is a subfamily of viperid snakes whose fossil record in the Mediterranean islands is, until now, restricted to 12 palaeontological deposits on seven islands. Revision of the material excavated 30 years ago from the Middle/Late Pleistocene–Holocene deposit of Es Pouàs [Eivissa (= Ibiza), Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean] revealed about 6000 bones of a small-sized viper across different stratigraphic levels. Its morphological characteristics are different enough to known species of Vipera to warrant the description of a new species, but the nearly complete mitochondrial genome obtained from this snake based on a sample dated to 16 130 ± 45 bp, suggested it belonged to a new insular population of Lataste’s viper (Vipera latastei), Vipera latastei ebusitana subsp. nov. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that the dispersal of the ancestors of V. l. ebusitana to Eivissa, most probably from a north-east Iberian population, occurred via overwater colonization < 1.5 Mya, well after the Messinian Salinity Crisis (5.97–5.32 Mya) when land bridges allowed terrestrial colonization of the Balearic Islands by mainland faunas. The morphological differences between V. l. ebusitana and the Iberian populations suggest that it is a new dwarf taxon resulting from insular evolutionary processes, becoming extinct shortly after the first human arrival to this island about 4000 years ago.

Passiflora kumandayi (Passifloraceae), a new species from the Colombian Andes in a new section within subgenus Decaloba

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 344 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARÍA ALEJANDRA BUITRAGO A. ◽  
JOHN M. MACDOUGAL ◽  
LUIS FERNANDO COCA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Cordillera Central ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Passion Flower ◽  
A New Species

A new species of passion flower from the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes is here described; Passiflora kumandayi M.A. Buitrago A. & Coca (subgenus Decaloba, supersection Auriculata). This species, along with five other closely related Andean species, comprise a monophyletic group characterized by paired branched inflorescences and small flowers with short or absent androgynophores. A provisional key to the species in the newly described section Apodae is presented. Passiflora kumandayi is here illustrated and its affinities with related species are discussed based on morphology and phylogenetic binning analysis using molecular site weight calibration.

Opuntia delafuentiana (Cactaceae: Opuntioideae), a new xoconostle from central Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 231 (3) ◽  
pp. 230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesar Ramiro Martínez-González ◽  
Isolda Luna-Vega ◽  
Clemente Gallegos-Vázquez ◽  
Ricardo García-Sandoval
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Marker ◽  
Intergenic Spacer ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
Chloroplast Gene ◽  
Prickly Pears ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of a wild Mexican Opuntia producer of edible acidic prickly pears (xoconostles), locally known as “xoconostle de cerro blanco“ (white hillside xoconostle), based on external morphology and micromorphology attributes (mainly characters of the spines). This species is morphologically compared with another four species of wild xoconostles distributed in the same region: O. joconostle, O. leiascheinvariana, O. oligacantha and O. matudae. A taxonomic key for the xoconostles of the area is provided. Based on the phylogenetic analysis of one chloroplast gene, one plastid intergenic spacer and one nuclear molecular marker, the new species was recognized as a monophyletic group within Opuntia s.s. sensu Majure et al.

Sanghuangporus vitexicola sp. nov. (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) from tropical Taiwan

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 475 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-51
Author(s):  
SHENG-HUA WU ◽  
CHIA-LING WEI ◽  
CHIUNG-CHIH CHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Pore Surface ◽  
Vitex Negundo ◽  
A New Species

Sanghuangporus vitexicola (Hymenochaetales) is described as a new species based on collections made from Pingtung County, tropical South Taiwan. All studied basidiocarps grew on living trunks of Vitex negundo. This new species is characterized by having perennial, pileate basidiocarps; pore surface yellowish brown, pores 6–8 per mm; context 0.7–1.5 cm thick; setae ventricose to subulate, dark brown, 17–30 × 5–8 μm; basidiospores broadly ellipsoid, brownish, smooth, 4.2–4.8 × 3.2–3.7 μm, with 0.2–0.5 μm thick walls. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference phylogenies inferred from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA indicated that six strains of Sanghuangporus viexicola formed a monophyletic group which is sister to S. zonatus. An identification key to known species of Sanghuangporus is provided.

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