Fahimi’s racerunner, a new species of the genus Eremias Fitzinger, 1834 (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Iran

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4768 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-578
Author(s):  
OMID MOZAFFARI ◽  
FARAHAM AHMADZADEH ◽  
REIHANEH SABERI-PIROOZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Relative Size ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Lacertid Lizard ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome B ◽  
Tehran Province ◽  
Western Side ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Lacertid lizard of the genus Eremias from the border of the northeastern side of Markazi Province to the western side of Tehran Province in Iran. Eremias fahimii sp. nov. is part of the Eremias subgenus (or morphotype) by virtue of lacking lateral fringes on the fourth toe, having movable eyelids, a lower nasal shield that rests on two supralabials, and ventral plates arranged in oblique longitudinal rows. It can be further differentiated from previously described species assigned to this morphotype by the absence of distinctly keeled upper caudal scales, gular scales that do not extend to the second inframaxiallary scales, shape and relative size of frontoparietals, parietal and parietals, scale counts and absence of lateral color ocellus. In addition, the molecular phylogeny of the most common Iranian racerunners including Eremias fahimii sp. nov. was studied using mitochondrial Cytochrome b (Cyt b) and 12S ribosomal RNA (12S) genes. Our results support the validation of the new species which depicts a sister group relationship to E. persica. Of the 20 species of Eremias known from Iran, E. fahimii sp. nov. is the seventh endemic species along with E. andersoni, E. isfahanica, E. lalezharica, E. kavirensis, E. montana and E. papenfussi. Despite the fact that up to now E. fahimii sp. nov. is only known from the type locality, it is highly probable that it also occurs in Tehran, Alborz, Qom, Qazvin and Zanjan Provinces due to topological characteristics and habitat similarities in these areas. 

On a new species of Ericaella Bonaldo (Araneae, Miturgidae, Eutichurinae), with a cladistic analysis of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 835 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
ALEXANDRE B. BONALDO ◽  
ANTONIO D. BRESCOVIT ◽  
CRISTINA A. RHEIMS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Outgroup Species ◽  
Optimal Tree ◽  
Fourth Species ◽  
A New Species

A fourth species of Ericaella, E. florezi n. sp., is described based on males and a female from Cauca, Colombia. A cladistic analysis of all known species of Ericaella, plus two outgroup species (Radulphius camacan Bonaldo and Eutichurus luridus Simon) is presented. The single optimal tree obtained depicted a sister group relationship between Ericaella longipes Chickering plus E. florezi sp. n. and E. samiria Bonaldo plus E. kaxinawa Bonaldo.

A new species of Protopsychoda Azar et al., 1999 from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera: Psychodidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 352-356
Author(s):  
DANY AZAR ◽  
SIBELLE MAKSOUD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Separate Family ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
A New Species

Psychodidae Newman, 1834 is a large family of small, hairy nematoceran dipterans, comprising more than 2,600 described extant species. It is currently subdivided into seven subfamilies: Bruchomyiinae Alexander, 1920, Horaiellinae Enderlein, 1936, Phlebotominae Rondani, 1840, Psychodinae Newman, 1834, Sycoracinae Jung, 1954, Trichomyiinae Tonnoir, 1922, and the fossil subfamily Protopsychodinae Stebner et al., 2015. Some authors consider the group to consist of two families, i.e., Psychodidae and Phlebotomidae (Williams, 1993; Azar et al., 1999). This fact is founded only on the hematophagous and medically important aspects of the phlebotomines, nevertheless this arrangement is unfounded, because the phylogenetic relationships between the psychodid subfamilies remain unresolved, even if there is a possible sister-group relationship between the Phlebotominae and Psychodinae (Curler & Moulton, 2012). We consider recognizing phlebotomines as a separate family would necessitate also giving separate familial status to all the currently recognized subfamilies, which is not adopted here.

Eremias papenfussi sp. nov., a new lacertid lizard (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Tehran Province, Iran

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3114 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
OMID MOZAFFARI ◽  
FARAHAM AHMADZADEH ◽  
JAMES F. PARHAM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Northern Iran ◽  
Lacertid Lizard ◽  
Alborz Mountain ◽  
Tehran Province ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Eremias lacertid from the Alborz Mountain range in northern Iran (Tehran Province). Eremias papenfussi n. sp. is part of the Eremias subgenus (or morphotype) by virtue of lacking lateral fringes on the fourth toe and color pattern. It can be further differentiated from previously described species assigned to this morphotype by the absence of distinctly keeled upper caudal scales, gular scales that do not extend to the second inframaxiallary scales, color pattern, and scale counts. Eremias papenfussi is found on rocky mountain slopes of the Alborz where it is presumed to have a much broader distribution than demonstrated by the available specimens. Of the 15 species of Eremias known from Iran, E. papenfussi is the fifth species known to inhabit rocky mountain slopes along with E. strauchi, E. lalezharica, E. montanus and E. novo.

A new species of Zangerlia (Testudines: Nanhsiungchelyidae) from the Upper Cretaceous redbeds at Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, and the relationships of the genus

1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 526-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Brinkman ◽  
Jiang-Hua Peng
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Zangerlia neimongolensis sp.nov. is described on the basis of material from the Upper Cretaceous redbeds at Bayan Mandahu in Inner Mongolia. Zangerlia neimongolensis is similar to Zangerlia testudinimorpha in the proportions of the carapace and plastron and presence of a knob at the posterior end of the neural series, but differs from it in the arrangement of scutes covering the bridge. The placement of Zangerlia in the Nanhsiungchelyidae is supported by derived features of the bridge peripherals and plastral scutes shared by Z. neimongolensis, Basilemys, and Nanhsiungchelys. These are the presence of ventrally expanded sixth inframarginal scutes, humeral scutes that are narrow at the midline and expanded laterally, pectoral scutes that are wide at the midline and narrow laterally, and large rectangular abdominal scutes. The skull of Zangerlia is more primitive than that of Nanhsiungchelys, the only other member of the family for which a skull is known. It shows extensive emargination of the temporal and cheek regions and the absence of a large, tubular external narial opening. A cladistic analysis of the Trionychoidea using Zangerlia as the representative of the Nanhsiungchelyidae suggests a sister-group relationship between the Nanhsiungchelyidae and Adocidae.

A new species of the Andean genus Leptopeltus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) with a revised key and an updated phylogeny

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4834 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
MANUEL F. LÓPEZ-PRADA ◽  
MARIANA RAQUEL CHANI-POSSE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Maximum Parsimony ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

Leptopeltus trogloxenus López-Prada & Chani-Posse, a new species of the subtribe Philonthina (tribe Staphylinini) from the Andes of Colombia, is described and illustrated. A dataset of 49 morphological characters scored for 10 taxa, including all currently known species of Leptopeltus Bernhauer and its putative sister group, Leptopeltoides Chani-Posse & Asenjo, was prepared and analysed by maximum parsimony. Our analysis unambiguously placed L. trogloxenus within Leptopeltus in a sister-group relationship with a clade of four species. A revised key to species and an updated phylogeny of Leptopeltus are also provided. 

scholarly journals A cladistic analysis of the Neotropical genus Sepedonea Steyskal (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1236 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCIANE MARINONI ◽  
WAYNE N. MATHIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
A New Species

A cladistic analysis of the 13 known species of Sepedonea Steyskal, 1973, is presented and a new species, Sepedonea giovana sp. n., is described. The monophyly of the genus is confirmed, as is the genus’ sister-group relationship to Sepedomerus Steyskal, 1973. The cladistic analysis was done using NONA and a matrix of 27 adult morphological characters, including structures of the male and female terminalia. The relationships in parenthetic notation are: (S. guatemalana (S. veredae (S. lindneri (S. isthmi (S. lagoa ((S. barbosai+ S. canabravana) ((S. neffi (S. giovana+S. guianica))(S. telson (S. incipiens+S. trichotypa))))))))).

Endemism within endemism: a new species of Austroleptis Hardy, 1920 (Diptera: Austroleptidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest highlands

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4803 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-494
Author(s):  
DIEGO AGUILAR FACHIN ◽  
CHARLES MORPHY D. SANTOS ◽  
DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Forest Species ◽  
A New Species

A third species of the southern temperate tabanomorph genus Austroleptis Hardy, 1920 (Diptera: Austroleptidae)—A. camposgerais sp. nov.—from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is described and illustrated. A key for the species of the genus in Brazil is provided. Shared derived features indicate a sister group relationship between the new species and A. longirostris Fachin et al., 2018. Whatever the relationships among the species of this clade, however, there is a process of endemism within endemism in the Atlantic Forest: species at higher altitudes undergo vicariance process that do not affect lowland species distributed around the mountain chains. The low number of specimens known from highland species and the very restricted geographic distribution of each species strongly indicate the urgency to protect the natural environments at higher altitudes in Brazil. 

scholarly journals A Small Representative of the Phalacrocoracoidea (Cormorants and Anhingas) from the Late Oligocene of Germany

The Condor ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 929-942
Author(s):  
Gerald Mayr
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Crown Group ◽  
Stem Lineage ◽  
Early Neogene ◽  
Fossil Site ◽  
A New Species

AbstractI describe a skeleton of a cormorant-like bird from Enspel, a late Oligocene (24.7 mya) fossil site in Germany, which is assigned to a new species, ?Borvocarbo stoeffelensis, sp. nov. The specimen constitutes the earliest described and most completely preserved fossil record of the Phalacrocoracoidea, the clade including Anhingidae (anhingas) and Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants). ?B. stoeffelensis shares derived features with cormorants that are absent in anhingas. Despite its cormorant-like overall morphology, an assignment to the stem lineage of Phalacrocoracidae is not straightforward, because the new species is also distinguished from crown group representatives of the clade (Anhingidae + Phalacrocoracidae) by presumably plesiomorphic features. The morphology displayed by ?B. stoeffelensis places a caveat on the assignment to the Phalacrocoracidae of other less completely known Paleogene and early Neogene taxa. Plesiomorphic features shared by ?B. stoeffelensis and extant “microcormorants” (sensu Siegel-Causey 1988) support a sister group relationship between “Microcarbo” spp. and all other extant Phalacrocoracidae.

On the spider genus Weintrauboa (Araneae, Pimoidae), with a description of a new species from China and comments on its phylogenetic relationships

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1814 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUSTAVO HORMIGA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Parsimony Analysis ◽  
Phylogenetic Placement ◽  
A New Species

Weintrauboa yele new species (Pimoidae) is described and illustrated based on specimens collected in China. The taxonomic status and distribution of Weintrauboa insularis (Saito, 1935) new combination and of W. chikunii (Oi, 1979) are discussed and the former species is illustrated based on specimens from the Sakhalin islands. Parsimony analysis of morphological characters provides support for the monophyly of Weintrauboa and for its sister group relationship to the genus Putaoa Hormiga and Tu, 2008. Some comments on the phylogenetic placement of the recently erected family “Sinopimoidae” are provided.

scholarly journals Genome of Superficieibacter maynardsmithii, a novel, antibiotic susceptible representative of Enterobacteriaceae

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gherard Batisti Biffignandi ◽  
Marjorie J Gibbon ◽  
Marta Corbella ◽  
Harry A Thorpe ◽  
Cristina Merla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Gc Content ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Phylogenomic Analysis ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance Genes ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Abstract During a citywide microbiological screening project in Pavia (Italy) a bacterial strain isolated from the surface of an Automated Teller Machine was classified as a Klebsiella sp. by MALDI-TOF spectrometry, and shown to be susceptible to the most antimicrobial classes by phenotypic testing. After Illumina genome sequencing and subsequent assembly, a high-quality draft genome was obtained (size = 5,051,593 bp, N50 = 615,571 bp, largest contig = 1,328,029 bp, N_contig = 17, GC content = 51.58%, coverage = 141.42), absence of antimicrobial resistance genes was confirmed, but the strain resulted to be highly divergent from all Klebsiella, and more related to other Enterobacteriaceae. The higher values of 16S rRNA identity were with members of the genera Citrobacter, Salmonella, and “Superficieibacter.” An ortholog-based phylogenomic analysis indicated a sister group relationship with “Superficieibacter electus,” in a distinct clade from other members of the Enterobacteriaceae family. In order to evaluate whether the novel genome represents a new species of “Superficiebacter,” average nucleotide identity (ANI) and Hadamard analysis were performed on a dataset of 78 Enterobacteriaceae. The novel genome showed an ANI of 87.51% with S. electus, which compared on identity values between other members of the family, clearly indicates that the genome represents a new species within the genus “Superficieibacter.” We propose for the new species the name “Superficieibacter maynardsmithii.”

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