Notes on the genus Zaranga Moore with description of a new species in the Zaranga pannosa species group (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4926 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-589
Author(s):  
EVGENY A. BELJAEV ◽  
SEI-WOONG CHOI ◽  
ALEKSANDR A. KUZMIN

The Zaranga pannosa species group of the genus Zaranga Moore, 1884 is reviewed and a new species, Zaranga koreana sp. nov. from Korea, is described based on morphology and genetic data. An updated checklist, key, and ecological and distributional notes to the species are provided. Diagnoses and description are given for the described species. A new locality to Zaranga tukuringra Streltzov et Yakovlev, 2007, is given and this species is considered as narrow local endemic of north-west Amur basin, distributed on the huge distance from other Zapanga species.

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 864 ◽  
pp. 111-146
Author(s):  
Veronica L. Urgiles ◽  
Paul Székely ◽  
Diana Székely ◽  
Nicholas Christodoulides ◽  
Juan C. Sanchez-Nivicela ◽  
...  

In the genus Pristimantis, species are often combined into taxonomic units called species groups. The taxonomy of these groups is frequently inaccurate due to the absence of genetic data from type series and repeated misidentifications generated by high morphological resemblance between taxa. Here, we focus on the P.orestes species group, providing the first genetic assessment of P.orestes sensu stricto from individuals collected from the type locality, with a reviewed diagnosis and description of advertisement calls. We find that two lineages previously named P.orestes are genetically distinct and should be separated into two different species. Based on genetic and morphological data, we name one of these species P.cajanumasp. nov. This new species is morphologically distinct from other members of the group by having shagreen dorsal skin, evident dorsolateral folds, broader discs on toes and fingers and pale gray ventral coloration. Additionally, P.saturninoi is placed within the P.orestes species group based on genetic data from its type series. However, we find that one of its paratypes is genetically distinct and belongs to a clade containing a new species we name P.quintanaisp. nov. This new species is morphologically distinguished by lacking a tympanic membrane and vocal sacs in males, and by having expanded discs on toes and fingers, finely tuberculated dorsal skin and irregular white or cream spots in the groin and concealed surfaces of thighs. Our findings highlight the importance of providing genetic characterization and placement from the type series in taxonomic challenging groups, such as Pristimantis. We also suggest that the diversity of species within the P.orestes group will increase as more sampling is achieved in the southern Andes of Ecuador.


2018 ◽  
pp. 25-42
Author(s):  
Luis M. Díaz ◽  
Sixto J. Incháustegui ◽  
Cristian Marte ◽  
Gunther Köhler ◽  
Antonio Cádiz ◽  
...  

A new species of frog, Eleutherodactylus geitonos sp. nov., is described from the southeastern slope of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. The new frog is closely related to E. haitianus and both species share a small size. They differ in some morphological proportions and other external features, coloration, advertisement calls and DNA sequences of the 16S rRNA gene. Morphological and bioacoustic comparisons with other species in the  E. abbotti species group are also provided. Our preliminary genetic data suggest that the taxonomic status of E. neodreptus (a synonym of E. audanti) and E. melatrigonum need to be re-evaluated.


Acta Tropica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 155-161
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Takaoka ◽  
Wichai Srisuka ◽  
Atiporn Saeung

Acta Tropica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 217 ◽  
pp. 105865
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Takaoka ◽  
Wichai Srisuka ◽  
Zubaidah Ya'cob ◽  
Van Lun Low ◽  
Atiporn Saeung

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1361 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIO C. MONGUILLOT ◽  
MARIO R. CABRERA ◽  
JUAN C. ACOSTA ◽  
JOSE VILLAVICENCIO

A new species of Iguanidae Liolaemini lizard from the San Guillermo National Park in western Argentina, is described. The new species is a member of the Liolaemus darwinii complex within the monophyletic boulengeri species group. It is distinguished by its small body size, relatively long tail, low number of scales around midbody, dorsal scales moderately keeled, precloacal pores only in male, bulged patch of enlarged scales on the proximal posterior surface of the thigh in both sexes, dorsal pattern lacking of light vertebral or dorsolateral stripes, antehumeral fold without black pigment in female but greyish in male, a prescapular dark dot dorsal to antehumeral fold in both sexes, and postscapular spot absent. The new species is terrestrial, living in habitats with gravel and sandy soil in an Andean Monte landscape with sparse vegetation, above 2270 meters of altitude.


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4656 (3) ◽  
pp. 596-600
Author(s):  
GIORGIO SABELLA ◽  
FABIO MASSIMO VIGLIANISI ◽  
VERA D’URSO

Tychus meggiolaroi sp. n. from Lebanon is described and illustrated. It belongs to the Tychus cilicicus species group (Sabella & Kurbatov 2002) and can be readily distinguished from related taxa by the different structure of the aedeagus and morphological features of antennae. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3981 (4) ◽  
pp. 565
Author(s):  
BEN-YONG MAO ◽  
YAO NIU ◽  
ZHE-MIN ZHENG ◽  
MATTHEW B. SCOTT

Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4084 (3) ◽  
pp. 436 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. LUCIA PÉREZ-BENAVIDES ◽  
FRANCISCO SERNA ◽  
GARY A.P. GIBSON

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