Two new species of Manerebia Staudinger from paramo habitat in the Colombian Eastern Cordillera of the Andes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Pronophilina)

Two new species of the genus Manerebia Staudinger, 1897 (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) are described from paramo habitat on the eastern slopes of the Colombian Eastern Cordillera in the area of Pisba and La Colorada: Manerebia bernito n. sp. and Manerebia clarita n. sp. Both are morphologically most similar to Manerebia levana and Manerebia pervaga, and the possible phylogenetic relationship between them is hypothesized. Their habitat is described and a proposal of their conservation status is made. With the addition of the two new species described in this study, a total of 15 species of Manerebia are reported from Colombia. However, a molecular analysis should be carried out to validate the taxonomic status of several species of Manerebia, in particular having in mind a potentially high cryptic diversity of this genus.

Download Full-text

Passiflora splendida and P. quinonesiae, two new species of Passiflora supersection Tacsonia (Passifloraceae) from the Colombian Andes

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.268.3.2 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 268 (3) ◽

pp. 181

Author(s):

MIGUEL MACGAYVER BONILLA MORALES ◽

ADRIANA CAROLINA AGUIRRE-MORALES ◽

CREUCÍ MARÍA CAETANO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Stem Size ◽

Eastern Cordillera ◽

Floral Tube ◽

Taxonomic Key ◽

The Andes ◽

Colombian Andes ◽

Two New Species

Two new species, Passiflora splendida and P. quinonesiae of the section Colombiana from the Andes of Cundinamarca Department (Colombia Eastern Cordillera) are described and illustrated. Passiflora splendida is morphologically similar to P. cremastantha of the series Leptomischae, but can be distinguished by its linear stipules, petioles up to 1.8 cm long, lance-ovate leaves (6–8.5 × 2.5–3.3 cm), flowers with a diameter of 9–11 cm long, sepals and petals with intermediate disposition, both longer than the floral tube, floral tube of 3.2–4.5 cm long and fusiform ovary. Passiflora quinonesiae is similar to the species of series Colombianae, most closely related to P. cuatrecasasii and P. lanata. It differs from P. cuatrecasasii by its terete stem, size of the leaves 4.4–15 × 10.3 cm, elliptic bracts and floral tube 5.2–6 cm long. It differs from P. lanata by its ovate leaves, bracts halfway down the floral tube, elliptical sepals and petals, and elliptical ovary. In addition, a taxonomic key to section Colombiana ser. Colombianae and Leptomischae for Colombia is included and information about the ecology, distribution, and conservation status of P. splendida and P. quinonesiae are discussed.

Download Full-text

Morphological traits and molecular analysis for two new Chrysosporium species from Fujian Province, China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.400.5.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 400 (5) ◽

pp. 257

Author(s):

ZHONG LI ◽

YAN-WEI ZHANG ◽

WAN-HAO CHEN ◽

YAN-FENG HAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Analysis ◽

Forest Soils ◽

Morphological Traits ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Fujian Province ◽

5.8S Rdna ◽

Rdna Sequences ◽

Two New Species

Two new species, Chrysosporium laterisporum and C. ovalisporum, were isolated from forest soils and zoo soils in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China, using child hair as baits. Molecular (ITS-5.8S rDNA sequences) and morphological characters were used to identify taxonomic status. The phylogeny showed C. laterisporum and C. ovalisporum grouped into a separate subclade, closely related to C. georgii, C. magnasporum, C. oceanitesii and C. vespertilium. These previously described Chrysosporium species can be distinguished from the new species based on morphology alone.

Download Full-text

Passiflora creuci-caetanoae a new species of Passiflora L. supersection Tacsonia (Passifloraceae) from Colombia

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.6 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 261 (3) ◽

pp. 267

Author(s):

MIGUEL MACGAYVER BONILLA MORALES ◽

CAROLINA AGUIRRE-MORALES ◽

JULIAN CARDENAS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Eastern Cordillera ◽

The Andes ◽

A New Species

A new species of Passiflora from the Andes of Cundinamarca and Meta regions (Colombian Eastern Cordillera) is described and illustrated. P. creuci-caetanoae is morphologically similar to the species of the section Colombianae ser. Colombianae, in particular with P. cuatrecasasii and P. adulterina. P. creuci-caetanoae is characterized by its straight trichomes, ovate-lanceolate leaves with truncate base, ensiform stipules and obovate petals. In addition, an improved key to section Colombiana ser. Colombiane for Colombia is provided, and information about ecology, distribution, and conservation status of P. creuci-caetanoae are discussed.

Download Full-text

Cryptic diversity in the Azorean beetle genus Tarphius Erichson, 1845 (Coleoptera: Zopheridae): An integrative taxonomic approach with description of four new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4236.3.1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4236 (3) ◽

pp. 401 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

PAULO A. V. BORGES ◽

ISABEL R. AMORIM ◽

SOFIA TERZOPOULOU ◽

FRANÇOIS RIGAL ◽

BRENT C. EMERSON ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Taxa ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Similar Species ◽

Cryptic Diversity ◽

Diagnostic Features ◽

Taxonomic Description ◽

Two New Species ◽

Taxonomic Approach

Recent findings based on molecular data support the occurrence in the Azores of several independently evolving lineages of the beetle genus Tarphius Erichson, 1845 (Coleoptera: Zopheridae Solier, 1834) and higher species richness masked by cryptic diversity, needing formal taxonomic description. All Tarphius from the Azores are revised using an integrative taxonomic approach, using evidence from morphology, morphometrics and molecular data to delimit species. Our results reveal that Azorean Tarphius comprise at least five phyletic lineages, two of which share a similar morphology, despite being divergent at the molecular level. A total of four new species are described grouped into two complexes: i) two new species in the “complex tornvalli” with the new taxa Tarphius relictus sp. nov. (Terceira) and Tarphius furtadoi sp. nov. (São Jorge, Faial and Pico) and; ii) two new species in the “complex azoricus-wollastoni-depressus” with the new taxa Tarphius gabrielae sp. nov. (Pico) and Tarphius floresensis sp. nov. (Flores). Descriptions, photographs of holotypes and morphological details, and remarks on diagnostic features comparing similar species are presented. Additional information on the distribution and conservation status of the 12 described species in the archipelago is also provided.

Download Full-text

Revision of the Australian species of Agrotera Schrank (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4362.2.2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4362 (2) ◽

pp. 213 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

KAI CHEN ◽

MARIANNE HORAK ◽

XICUI DU ◽

DANDAN ZHANG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Related Species ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Northern Territory ◽

Australian Species ◽

South Wales ◽

Two New Species

The genus Agrotera Schrank, 1802 is revised for Australia and the generic definition is refined based on the male genitalia. The genera Leucinodella Strand, 1918 stat. rev. with L. leucostola (Hampson, 1896) comb. nov., Nistra Walker, 1859 stat. rev. with N. coelatalis Walker, 1859 comb. rev., Sagariphora Meyrick, 1894 stat. rev. with S. magnificalis (Hampson, 1893) comb. nov., and Tetracona Meyrick, 1884 stat. rev. with T. amathealis (Walker, 1859) comb. rev. and T. pictalis Warren, 1896 comb. rev. are removed from synonymy with Agrotera, as they lack the synapomorphies of Agrotera. Two new species, Agrotera genuflexa sp. nov. from Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales, and A. longitabulata sp. nov. from Queensland, are described. The taxonomic status of the Australian species of Agrotera is discussed, and a key to all species, based on males, is provided. The adults and genitalia of the new species and some related species are figured.

Download Full-text

Two new species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from the Western Ghats, India

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.334.3.4 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 334 (3) ◽

pp. 233 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

BINCE MANI ◽

SINJUMOL THOMAS ◽

S. JOHN BRITTO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Western Ghats ◽

Pollen Morphology ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Species Conservation ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Two New Species ◽

The Western Ghats

Impatiens saulierea and I. josephia, two new species, are described from the Western Ghats, India. The former is collected from Kakkayam, Kozhikode and the latter from Idukki, Kerala. A detailed description of both taxa along with diagnostic characters between allied species, conservation status, pollen morphology and colour photographs are provided.

Download Full-text

Two new species of the freshwater-crab genus Demanietta Bott, 1966 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae) from southern Myanmar

Journal of Crustacean Biology ◽

10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa091 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Bo-Yang Shi ◽

Xiao-Yong Chen ◽

Hong-Ying Sun

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

16S Rdna ◽

New Taxa ◽

Molecular Analysis ◽

Systematic Position ◽

Freshwater Crab ◽

Two New Species ◽

Mitochondrial 16S Rdna

Abstract We describe two new species of the freshwater-crab genus Demanietta Bott, 1966 from Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) division, southern Myanmar (Burma), Demanietta liui sp. nov. and Demanietta lenya sp. nov. Demanietta liui sp. nov. is morphologically most similar to D. thagatensis Rathbun, 1904 and D. khirikhan Yeo, Naiyanetr & Ng, 1999; D. lenya sp. nov. appears close to D. manii Rathbun, 1904, D. merguensis Bott, 1966, and D. nakhonsi Yeo, Naiyanetr & Ng, 1999. The two new species are easily distinguished from their most similar congeners in the shape of the external orbital tooth, epibranchial tooth, and male first gonopod. Molecular analysis based on partial mitochondrial 16S rDNA also supports the systematic position of the new taxa.

Download Full-text

Biodiversity in the Andean Mountains: Two new rain frogs of the genus Pristimantis (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the northern Cordillera Central in Colombia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5040.3.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5040 (3) ◽

pp. 334-364

Author(s):

MAURICIO RIVERA-CORREA ◽

GUSTAVO A. GONZÁLEZ-DURÁN ◽

ANA M. SALDARRIAGA-GÓMEZ ◽

SEBASTIÁN DUARTE-MARÍN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Delimitation ◽

Intraspecific Diversity ◽

Conservation Strategies ◽

Phylogenetic Position ◽

The Andes ◽

Two New Species ◽

Diversity Studies ◽

First Time ◽

Central Cordillera

Frequent biodiversity sampling and monitoring programs often lead to relevant taxonomic findings. Here, as a product of different field expeditions to two places in the northern Andes, we discover and describe two new species of rain frogs of the genus Pristimantis from the cloud forests of the Central Cordillera of Colombia. Pristimantis chocolatebari sp. nov. is diagnosed by having the following character states: dentigerous process of vomer triangular, snout large and protruding, dorsum smooth, vocal slits and vocal sac present, groin and hidden part of the thighs yellow. Pristimantis carylae sp. nov. is diagnosed by having iris copper red, dentigerous process of vomer oval, snout short and rounded, dorsum finely shagreen with scattered tubercles, double nuptial pad in males, groin and hidden part of thighs pink. We also infer, for the first time, the phylogenetic position of P. permixtus, P. platychilus, and two candidate new species. In addition, we emphasize not to use genetic distance as the only source of evidence for species delimitation, considering the high intraspecific diversity found in one of the species described here. Finally, we highlight the relevance of different habitat and ecosystem conservation strategies to promote amphibian diversity studies in the Andes.

Download Full-text

Description of two new species of Avicularia Lamarck 1818 and redescription of Avicularia diversipes (C. L. Koch 1842) (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae)—three possibly threatened Brazilian species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2223.1.2 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2223 (1) ◽

pp. 25-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

ROGÉRIO BERTANI ◽

CAROLINE SAYURI FUKUSHIMA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Protected Areas ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Original Description ◽

Color Pattern ◽

Habitat Destruction ◽

Southern State ◽

Two New Species ◽

Specimen Identification ◽

Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

Avicularia diversipes (C. L. Koch 1842) known previously only from its original description is redescribed along with Avicularia sooretama sp. nov. and Avicularia gamba sp. nov. The three species are endemic to Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. With other Avicularia species, they share a procurved anterior eye row, slender embolus and medially folded spermathecae, whereas they have unusual characters, such as a very long and spiraled embolus (A. diversipes) and spermathecae with multilobular apex (A. sooretama sp. nov.). Furthermore, the three species lack a tibial apophysis in males and share a distinctive color pattern ontogeny that is not known in any other Avicularia species. The conservation status of the three species is discussed, especially with respect to endemism, illegal trafficking and habitat destruction. The creation of protected areas in southern State of Bahia, Brazil, is recommended, as well as the inclusion of these species in IUCN and CITES lists. Appendices with figures and species information are presented to facilitate correct specimen identification by custom officers, in order to limit illegal traffic.

Download Full-text

A revised taxonomy of Asian snail-eating snakes Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae): evidence from morphological comparison and molecular phylogeny

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.939.49309 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 939 ◽

pp. 45-64

Author(s):

Ping Wang ◽

Jing Che ◽

Qin Liu ◽

Ke Li ◽

Jie Qiong Jin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Bayesian Inference ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Multivariate Morphometrics ◽

Cryptic Diversity ◽

Cyt B ◽

Morphological Comparison ◽

The Family ◽

Two New Species

The Asian snail-eating snakes Pareas is the largest genus of the family Pareidae (formerly Pareatidae), and widely distributed in Southeast Asia. However, potential diversity remains poorly explored due to their highly conserved morphology and incomplete samples. Here, on basis of more extensive sampling, interspecific phylogenetic relationships of the genus Pareas were reconstructed using two mitochondrial fragments (cyt b and ND4) and two nuclear genes (c-mos and Rag1), and multivariate morphometrics conducted for external morphological data. Both Bayesian Inference and Maximum Likelihood analyses consistently showed that the genus Pareas was comprised of two distinct, monophyletic lineages with moderate to low support values. Based on evidences from molecular phylogeny and morphological data, cryptic diversity of this genus was uncovered and two new species were described. In additional, the validity of P. macularius is confirmed.

Download Full-text