Morphological and molecular evidence of a new species of Melanochlamys (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from the Bohai Sea, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4861 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-410
Author(s):  
SHUQIAN ZHANG ◽  
MEIJIE LIAO ◽  
YINGENG WANG ◽  
MIAO KONG ◽  
BIN LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Bohai Sea ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Reproductive Organ ◽  
Morphological Observation ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Laizhou Bay ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Sea Slugs ◽  
A New Species

Increasing discoveries of new species of the genus Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881 in the recent years indicate that the biodiversity of this group remains underestimated. Recently, several aglajid sea slugs were collected from Laizhou Bay, Shandong Province, China. Morphological observation of their external and internal anatomy revealed that they represent an undescribed species of Melanochlamys. This new species, Melanochlamys aquilina sp. nov., is closely related to Melanochlamys fukudai Cooke, Hanson, Hirano, Ornelas-Gatdula, Gosliner, Chernyshev & Valdés, 2014 in body size and dark external coloration, but can be differentiated from the latter by features of both shell and male reproductive organ. Phylogenetic analyses of two mitochondrial (COI, 16S rRNA) and a nuclear (H3) genes using Bayesian inference, maximum likelihood, and species delimitation analysis also support the separation of Melanochlamys aquilina sp. nov. from its related congeners. 

A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ninh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4999 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-76
Author(s):  
Quyen Hanh Do ◽  
TRUNG MY PHUNG ◽  
HANH THI NGO ◽  
MINH DUC LE ◽  
THOMAS ZIEGLER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Southern Vietnam ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi Gene ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Dorsal Pattern ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis group is described from Ninh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam based on molecular divergence and morphological differences. Cyrtodactylus orlovi sp. nov. is distinguished from the remaining Indochinese bent-toed geckos by having the unique combination of the following characters: size medium (SVL 61.0–77.7 mm); dorsal tubercles in 16–20 irregular rows; 36–39 ventral scale rows; precloacal pores absent in females, 5 or 6 in males, in a continuous row; femoral pores absent; 3–8 enlarged femoral scales; postcloacal spurs 1 or 2; lamellae under toe IV 16–19; a continuous neckband; a highly irregular transverse banded dorsal pattern; the absence of transversely enlarged median subcaudal scales. In phylogenetic analyses, the new species was revealed to be the sister taxon to a clade consisting of Cyrtodactylus cattienensis and the most recently described species from Vietnam, C. chungi, with 12.1–12.4% and 11.7 % pairwise genetic divergence from the two species, respectively, based on a fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene.  

A new species of Cleistocybe (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from the Tibetan Plateau, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 336 (3) ◽  
pp. 286 ◽  
Author(s):  
HONG-MEI WU ◽  
JIA-QI LUO ◽  
KE WANG ◽  
RUN-CHAO ZHANG ◽  
YI LI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Observation ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Sequence Analyses ◽  
The North ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
A New Species

During field expeditions to the Tibetan Plateau, a collection of an undescribed species with several basidiomes was found. Morphological observation and DNA sequence analyses of the collection revealed a close relationship with Cleistocybe vernalis, the type species of the genus Cleistocybe. Therefore, a new species is proposed for the fungus with full morphological description accompanied by phylogenetic analyses. The discovery of the species extends the reported distribution of the genus from the north of America and Europe to Asia.

Strobilomyces rubrobrunneus (Boletaceae), a new species with reddish brown scales from eastern China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 376 (4) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
LI-HONG HAN ◽  
YAN-JIA HAO ◽  
CHAO LIU ◽  
DONG-QIN DAI ◽  
KUAN ZHAO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Mixed Forest ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Gene Markers ◽  
Black Discoloration ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Strobilomyces rubrobrunneus, is described from eastern China based on morphological and molecular evidence. Morphologically, this species is characterized by its tiny to small basidiomes, reddish-brown and more or less erect pyramidal scales, grayish black discoloration of the pileal context when bruised, reticulate spores and a subtropical distribution in a mixed forest of Fagaceae and Pinaceae. Our phylogenetic analyses based on four gene markers (rpb1, rpb2, tef1 and cox3) support its placement in Strobilomyces and its separation from other related species of this genus. Morphological illustrations and description are provided.

Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of the genus Panolis Hübner, [1821] (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4565 (4) ◽  
pp. 523
Author(s):  
XUAN AN ◽  
MAMORU OWADA ◽  
MIN WANG ◽  
HOU-SHUAI WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
A New Species ◽  
I Gene

A new species of the genus Panolis Hübner, [1821], P. xundian sp. nov., is described and illustrated from southwestern China. It is well-defined morphologically by the male genitalia, with a well-developed pollex at the distal terminal of the sacculus and a broad, ventrally concave cucullus, the female corpus bursae with four long signum-stripes. Based on a 658 bp segment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene, we report the pairwise genetic distance of 2.5% from its allied species P. exquisita Draudt, 1950. Molecular phylogenetic analyses using three genes (2189 bp in total length) indicate that the new species belongs to the P. exquisita species group. 

Recognition of a new species of Hedysarum (Fabaceae, Hedysareae) from China based on morphological and molecular evidence

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 295 (3) ◽  
pp. 237 ◽  
Author(s):  
PEI-LIANG LIU ◽  
YING WEI ◽  
JUN WEN ◽  
ZHAO-YANG CHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Eastern Himalaya ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Calyx Tube ◽  
Calyx Tooth ◽  
Nuclear Its ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Hedysarum cuonanum (Fabaceae, Hedysareae), is described from the eastern Himalaya in China. This new species is similar to H. xizangense, but differs by its lanceolate or narrowly elliptic leaflet blade, ovate or lanceolate bracteole about half the length of calyx tube, acute or obtuse standard apex, and mucronate keel apex. It also resembles H. longigynophorum, but can be distinguished by its leaflet blade with 13–19 secondary veins on each side, abaxial calyx tooth about 1.5 times as long as the adaxial teeth, standard as long as keel, and elliptic or ovate loment article. Phylogenetic analyses based on the nuclear ITS, ETS sequences, and the plastid psbA-trnH, trnC-petN, petN-psbM sequences showed that H. cuonanum is sister to H. xizangense, and the H. cuonanum + H. xizangense clade is then sister to H. longigynophorum.

scholarly journals Hydnophanerochaete and Odontoefibula, two new genera of phanerochaetoid fungi (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from East Asia

MycoKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 75-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Che-Chih Chen ◽  
Sheng-Hua Wu ◽  
Chi-Yu Chen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Generic Type ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Phylogenetic Affinities ◽  
A New Species

Two new genera with phylogenetic affinities to Phanerochaete s.l. are presented, namely Hydnophanerochaete and Odontoefibula. The generic type of Hydnophanerochaete is Phanerochaeteodontoidea. Odontoefibula is established based on a new species: O.orientalis (generic type). Both genera have effused basidiocarps with odontioid hymenial surface, simple-septate generative hyphae, cystidia lacking, clavate basidia and ellipsoid basidiospores that are smooth, thin-walled, inamyloid, non-dextrinoid and acyanophilous. Hydnophanerochaete is additionally characterised by a compact texture in the subiculum with thick-walled generative hyphae and quasi-binding hyphae. Odontoefibula has a dense texture of subiculum with thin- to slightly thick-walled hyphae and further a dark reddish reaction of basidiocarps when treated with KOH. Multi-marker phylogenetic analyses based on sequences, inferred from the ITS+nuc 28S+rpb1+rpb2+tef1 dataset, indicate that Hydnophanerochaete and Odontoefibula are placed in the Meruliaceae and Donkia clades of Phanerochaetaceae, respectively. Phanerochaetesubodontoidea is a synonym of P.odontoidea, according to morphological and molecular evidence.

Cymbidium yunnanensis: a new orchid species (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae) from China based on morphological and molecular evidence

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 387 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUO-QIANG ZHANG ◽  
GUI-ZHEN CHEN ◽  
LI-JUN CHEN ◽  
SI-REN LAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Orchid Species ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
A New Species

A new orchid species, Cymbidium yunnanensis (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae; Cymbidieae), from Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated. Based on morphological and molecular analyses, we demonstrate that this new species is similar to C. floribundum, but it differs in its smaller size, leaves 5–15 cm, shorter scape, white flowers with pale purplish markings on its sepals and petals, lip with purplish red blotch, petals narrowly falcate oblong and lip midlobe nearly round with column foot 1.5–2.0 mm long. Phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid (matK, rbcL) DNA sequence data support C. yunnanensis as a new species.

New species of Gekko (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from China: morphological and molecular evidence

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1778 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAIYA ZHOU ◽  
QIUXIAN WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Continuous Series ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Temporal Region ◽  
Cyt B ◽  
The West ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
South Slope ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Gekko is described from the south slope of the west Qinling Mts in Gansu, China. Gekko wenxianensis, sp. nov., is characterized by its nostril-rostral contact, moderate sized body with dorsal tubercles extending from the occiput and temporal region to the back and tail base, but lacking on the forelimb and thigh, 6–8 precloacal pores in a continuous series in males, and tail generally with two cloacal spurs on each side. Molecular phylogenetic analyses using 1556 bp of mtDNA (825 bp COI and 731 bp cyt b) from 7 species of Gekko indicate that the new species is the sister taxon of G. japonicus. It is the twelfth species of Gekko recorded from China.

Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of Lyperosomum Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Dicrocoeliidae) from Melanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829) from northern Mexico

2020 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.T. González-García ◽  
M.P. Ortega-Olivares ◽  
L. Andrade-Gómez ◽  
M. García-Varela
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Nuclear Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Bootstrap Support ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Congeneric Species ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Cox 1

Abstract A new species of the genus Lyperosomum Looss, 1899, from the intestine of the golden-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) from northern Mexico is described. Lyperosomum cuauhxinqui sp. n. is morphologically distinguished from other congeneric species from the Americas by a higher oral/ventral sucker ratio and its body length and width. The sequences of domains D1–D3 of the large subunit (LSU) of nuclear ribosomal DNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox 1) from the mitochondrial DNA of the new species were obtained and compared with available sequences from GenBank. The genetic divergence estimated between the new species and other congeneric species ranged from 2 to 6% and 13.4 to 17.3% for LSU and cox 1, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses based on the two (LSU and cox 1) molecular markers consistently showed that L. cuauhxinqui sp. n. was nested within the genus Lyperosomum, with strong bootstrap support (100%) and Bayesian posterior probabilities (1.0). In particular, the LSU tree indicated that the sequence of the new species is closely related to sequences from Zonorchis alveyi, Zonorchis delectans and Zonorchis sp. from Central America, suggesting that these sequences should be transferred to the genus Lyperosomum. The new species represents the first record from Mexico and the fifth species identified in the Americas. Our study also revealed that the taxonomy of the genus Lyperosomum should be re-examined by combining molecular, morphological and ecological characteristics.

A new species of the genus Daplasa Moore from China based on morphological and molecular evidence (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4948 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-446
Author(s):  
XUAN AN ◽  
WA DA ◽  
MIN WANG ◽  
HOUSHUAI WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Nuclear Genes ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Total Length ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Gene Coi ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Daplasa medoga sp. nov., is described from Tibet, China. The new species can be distinguished morphologically from all other known Daplasa species by its male genitalia with a sagittate uncus and distally broadly crotched valvae. The validity of new species is well supported by the molecular phylogenetic analyses of one mitochondrial gene (COI) and two nuclear genes (EF-1α & RPS5), with a total length of 2,324 bp. 

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