A new species of Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae) of the Bolitoglossa franklini group from an isolated cloud forest in northern Guatemala

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4966 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-214
Author(s):  
HELLEN DAHINTEN-BAILEY ◽  
MARCELO J. SERRANO ◽  
MARGARITA ALONSO-ASCENCIO ◽  
JOSE J. CRUZ-FONT ◽  
ISABELLA ROSITO-PRADO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Habitat Destruction ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Mountain Ridge ◽  
Sister Clade ◽  
Biogeographic Barrier ◽  
Conservation Actions ◽  
Alta Verapaz ◽  
A New Species

We describe Bolitoglossa qeqom sp. nov. from an isolated cloud forest in Cerro Guachmalén, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, based on multiple lines of evidence (morphological, molecular, and biogeographic data). This region comprises a mountain ridge without previous herpetological surveys. The new species is a large salamander with uniform purplish-black coloration and is distinguished by having relatively long legs with only one costal groove between adpressed limbs, numerous maxillary teeth, few vomerine teeth, only one phalange free of webbing in digit III of feet, and a relatively short tail. It is geographically closest to its sister clade of B. lincolni + B. franklini and the xeric Chixoy river canyon appears to be the major biogeographic barrier that isolated the new taxon. The cloud forest inhabited by this species has undergone severe habitat destruction in the region and land conservation actions are urgent. 

scholarly journals A new species of Rhipidocladum (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Arthrostylidiinae) from Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 420 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-263
Author(s):  
EDUARDO RUIZ SANCHEZ ◽  
CHRISTOPHER D. TYRRELL ◽  
ANDRÉS E. ORTIZ-RODRIGUEZ ◽  
VICTORIA SOSA ◽  
HÉCTOR GÓMEZ-DOMÍNGUEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Vegetation Type ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Field Work ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Species Overlap ◽  
Mexican State ◽  
Leaf Surfaces ◽  
Taxonomic Novelty ◽  
A New Species

Mexico has a rich woody bamboo flora with over 52 species, 66% of which are endemic. Mexico represents the northernmost extent for many Neotropical bamboo genera such as the widespread Rhipidocladum, a genus with characteristic fan-like branching and variable synflorescence morphologies. Only four species of Rhipidocladum are known from Mexico: R. bartlettii, R. martinezii, R. pittieri and R. racemiflorum. Remarkably, the ranges of all four species overlap in the Mexican state of Chiapas. During field work in Chiapas, a flowering population of Rhipidocladum was discovered that had two glumes and retrorsely scabrous abaxial leaf surfaces, and lacked foliage leaf fimbriae. This combination of characters is unlike that of any known species in the genus. We conducted a comprehensive morphological study of specimens from this population and confirmed the existence of a new species of Rhipidocladum. We describe and illustrate the new taxon, discuss its diagnostic characters and provide an updated key to the species of Rhipidocladum distributed in Mexico. This taxonomic novelty increases the richness of the genus to 20 species and adds a new endemic woody bamboo to the flora of Mexico. The new species inhabits montane cloud forest, an important yet threatened vegetation type in Mexico.

A new species of Fredlanea Martins and Galileo, 1996 from Peruvian Andes (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Hemilophini)

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
Gino Juarez-Noé ◽  
Uzbekia Gonzalez-Coronado
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Peruvian Andes ◽  
Longitudinal Strip ◽  
A New Species

A new species of genus Fredlanea Martins and Galileo, 1996 is described from Peru: Fredlanea wilderi sp. nov., based on a specimen collected from the Cuyas cloud forest in Piura region, important mountain rainforest of Peruvian Andes. The new taxon is closely related to Fredlanea guaranitica (Lane, 1966) but can be distinguished by presence of yellowish pubescence on proepisterna, mesepimera and metepisterna, and absence of longitudinal strip of yellow pubescence on epipleural margins. A key to Peruvian species of Fredlanea Martins and Galileo, 1996 is provided.

Ternstroemia acajetensis (Pentaphylacaceae), a new species from the cloud forest in central Veracruz, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 418 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-218
Author(s):  
GONZALO CASTILLO-CAMPOS ◽  
OLIVIA M. PALACIOS-WASSENAAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Cloud Forests ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Quercus Forests

Ternstroemia acajetensis Cast.-Campos & Palacios-Wassenaar sp. nov. is described and illustrated. This new taxon is part of the arboreal and shrub strata of cloud forests, Quercus forests, and Pinus-Quercus forests in the mountains of the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Oaxaca, Mexico. This species is related to T. sylvatica and T. huasteca, which grow in similar environments. However, the new species can be differentiated from the others by the length of the peduncle, the shape of the petals, the color of the flowers, and the length of the prolongation of the connective in the anthers.

Magnolia poqomchi, a new species of subsection Magnolia (Magnoliaceae) from San Cristóbal Verapaz, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 454 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-243
Author(s):  
MARCELO JOSÉ SERRANO ◽  
RAFAEL GRAJEDA-ESTRADA ◽  
ANDRÉS VILLALOBOS ◽  
MARÍA RENÉE ÁLVAREZ-RUANO ◽  
J. ANTONIO VÁZQUEZ-GARCÍA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Dichotomous Key ◽  
Exploratory Survey ◽  
Alta Verapaz ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Iucn Criteria

In the last decade, several species of magnolias have been described for Guatemala, five of which are found in Alta Verapaz, where, during an exploratory survey, we found a specimen that did not correspond morphologically to any previously reported species. To obtain material and determine phenology, several individuals were monitored for a year. Here, we describe this as a new species of Magnolia subsection Magnolia (Magnoliaceae). It is distributed in the cloud forest of San Cristóbal Verapaz, Alta Verapaz, and is culturally important for the local villagers. It differs from other similar species, M. montebelloensis and M. tribouillierana, in having an abruptly acuminate leaf apex (drip tip), larger flowers, purple staminophores and more stamens, among other traits. According to IUCN criteria, M. poqomchi is critically endangered [B1ab (iii), B2ab (iii)]. Additionally, we include a dichotomous key and distribution map for the genus in Guatemala. Taking this record into account, there are a total of ten native species reported for Guatemala, making it an important centre of species diversity for magnolias.

scholarly journals A New Species of the Graphium (Pazala) mandarinus Group from Central Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4554 (1) ◽  
pp. 286 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHAO-JI HU ◽  
FABIEN L. CONDAMINE ◽  
ALEXANDER L. MONASTYRSKII ◽  
ADAM M. COTTON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Molecular Dating ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Sister Clade ◽  
Central Vietnam ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species

The Graphium (Pazala) mandarinus group was recently defined and the status of taxa as well as the number of species was revised. We report here the discovery of a new species from Kon Tum plateau of the Truong Son (Annamite) Range of Central Vietnam, which we describe based on morphological and molecular evidence. Molecular phylogeny shows that the new taxon, G. (P.) wenlingae Hu, Cotton & Monastyrskii sp. nov., is sister to G. (P.) daiyuanae Hu, Zhang & Cotton, 2018 plus G. (P.) confucius Hu, Duan & Cotton, 2018. Molecular dating analysis further suggests that this new species diverged from its sister clade in the Pliocene (~3.5 million years ago). The new taxon constitutes the eighth and southernmost species of the mandarinus group. 

scholarly journals Una especie nueva notable de Pinguicula (Lentibularianceae) de los estados de Querétaro y San Luis Potosí, México

2017 ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Zamudio-Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
San Luis ◽  
San Luis Potosi ◽  
Especie Nueva ◽  
A New Species ◽  
San Luis Potosí

Pinguicula calderoniae is described as a new species to science. It grows on calcareous rocks in the cloud forest in the border of Querétaro and San Luis Potosí states. On account of its bilabiate corolla with long-infundibuliform tube, as long as or shorter than the spur, it is placed in subgenus Pinguicula, section Longitubus. This new taxon is clearly differentiated from other members of this group by its long lanceolatelinear summer leaves, which are unique in the section.

A new species of Sclerocephalus with a fully ossified endocranium gives insight into braincase evolution in temnospondyls

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Rainer R. Schoch ◽  
Gabriela Sobral
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Character Evolution ◽  
Late Paleozoic ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Early Permian ◽  
Top Predator ◽  
Central European ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract The late Paleozoic temnospondyl Sclerocephalus formed an aquatic top predator in various central European lakes of the late Carboniferous and early Permian. Despite hundreds of specimens spanning a wide range of sizes, knowledge of the endocranium (braincase and palatoquadrate) remained very insufficient in Sclerocephalus and other stereospondylomorphs because even large skulls had unossified endocrania. A new specimen from a stratigraphically ancient deposit at St. Wendel in southwestern Germany is recognized as representing a new taxon, S. concordiae new species, and reveals a completely ossified endocranium. The sphenethmoid was completely ossified from the basisphenoid to the anterior ethmoid region, co-ossified with the parasphenoid, and the basipterygoid joint was fully established. The pterygoid bears a slender, S-shaped epipterygoid, which formed a robust pillar lateral to the braincase. The massive stapes was firmly sutured to the parasphenoid. In the temnospondyl endocranium, character evolution involved various changes in the epipterygoid region, which evolved distinct morphologies in each of the major clades. UUID: http://zoobank.org/5e6d2078-eacf-4467-84cf-a12efcae7c0b

A New Species ofPristimantis(Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Cloud Forest of Sangay National Park, Ecuador

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Brito M. ◽  
Reed Ojala-Barbour ◽  
Diego Batallas R. ◽  
Ana Almendáriz C.
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals <i>Navilithus altivelum</i>: a remarkable new genus and species of deep photic coccolithophores

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy R. Young ◽  
Harald Andruleit
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Significant Addition ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Genetic Results ◽  
Basal Structure

Abstract. A very distinctive new deep-photic coccolithophore is described from the NE Indian Ocean. The new species is trimorphic with: 200–300 body coccoliths bearing low spines attached by narrow stems to a basal narrow-rimmed placolith structure; up to 18 circum-flagellar coccoliths with tall sail-like spines; and up to 22 coccoliths with moderately elevated spines occurring both around the circum-flagellar coccoliths and antapically. These features make the coccolithophore unique and require placement in a new species and genus. The basal structure, however, shows similarities to a recently recognized group of narrow-rimmed placoliths. Hence, the new coccolithophore provides some support for this grouping as a significant addition to our understanding of coccolithophore biodiversity, and potentially an explanation for a set of anomalous molecular genetic results. In addition the new taxon provides further evidence that the deep-photic coccolithophore community is more diverse than has been assumed.

Cyclotella deceusteriana, a new centric diatom species (Bacillariophyta) from the sub-Antarctic Region

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 333 (1) ◽  
pp. 108 ◽  
Author(s):  
BART VAN DE VIJVER ◽  
STEVEN DESSEIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Centric Diatom ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Antarctic Region ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
Electron Microscopical ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Freshwater Diatom

During a survey of the freshwater diatom flora of the sub-Antarctic region (Iles Kerguelen and Iles Crozet) in the southern Indian Ocean, an unknown Cyclotella taxon was observed that was formerly identified as the presumed cosmopolitan C. meneghinana. Detailed morphological analysis based on light and scanning electron microscopical observations and comparison with several similar Cyclotella taxa worldwide justified the description of this unknown taxon as a new species: Cyclotella deceusteriana sp. nov. The new taxon is characterized by the presence of marginal fultoportulae on every costa, hyaline furrows between the raised marginal parts on which the striae are located, 2, occasionally 1, 3 or 4 central fultoportulae and an entirely flat, smooth, relatively small central area. The new species is described and compared with other Cyclotella taxa. Notes on its distribution and ecology are added.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document