The larva of Sericostoma galeatum Rambur 1842 (Trichoptera: Sericostomatidae), based on French material

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4991 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-176
Author(s):  
JOHANN WARINGER ◽  
GENNARO COPPA
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Western Alps ◽  
Species Pair ◽  
Ecological Information ◽  
Material Information

The present paper describes the previously unknown larva of Sericostoma galeatum based on French material. Information on the morphology of the larva is given, and the most important morphological characters are illustrated. Sericostoma galeatum is very close to the S. personatum / S. flavicorne species pair and cannot be separated yet from those confusing congeners. With respect to the distribution, S. galeatum is confined to the French, Italian, and Swiss western Alps and the Apennines. In addition, ecological information is provided.  

Exhuming Saint-Hilaire: revision of the Drosera villosa complex (Droseraceae) supports 200 year-old neglected species concepts

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 156 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Minatel Gonella ◽  
Fernando Rivadavia ◽  
Paulo Takeo Sano ◽  
Andreas Fleischmann
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Narrow Endemic ◽  
Ecological Information ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Plateau Central ◽  
First Time

The Drosera villosa complex is here reviewed and includes six species endemic to Brazil: D. villosa, here identified for the first time as a narrow endemic species native to the neighboring highlands of the Serra Negra and Serra do Ibitipoca, in southern Minas Gerais state; D. ascendens, rediscovered nearly 200 years after its description, narrowly endemic to the Diamantina Plateau, central Minas Gerais; D. graomogolensis, endemic to northern Minas Gerais, but here found to be more widespread than previously reported; D. latifolia, a highly polymorphic and widespread taxon, previously placed in synonymy of D. villosa and heretofore misidentified as D. ascendens, is here elevated to species rank; and two new species here described, D. riparia and D. chimaera. Furthermore, two new natural hybrids are reported: D. villosa × D. tomentosa var. glabrata and D. latifolia × D. tomentosa. The morphological characters distinguishing these taxa from each other and from similar species are discussed, together with habitat and ecological information, detailed illustrations and photographs, distribution maps, and a key to the species of the D. villosa complex is provided. 

Two New Asian Xanthoria Species (Teloschistaceae, Lichenized Ascomycotina)

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kondratyuk ◽  
J. Poelt
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Far East ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Species Pair ◽  
Typical Species

AbstractTwo corticolous species of the lichen genus Xanthoria, X. alfredi S. Kondratyuk & Poelt from Russian and Chinese Far East and X. aphrodites Kalb, Poelt & S. Kondratyuk from Cyprus are described. Morphological characters, in particular the presence of true rhizines within Xanthoria and their differences from hapters are indicated. Xanthoria novozelandica Hillmann is the first species of Xanthoria in which oil paraphyses have been found. A key to the treated species, including X. novozelandica and Xanthoria sp. from western North America is provided. The ecology and distribution of described species are discussed. Xanthoria alfredi and X. ulophyllodes probably constitute a typical species pair; X. alfredi and X. aphrodites are relict endemics.

scholarly journals The genus Pseudoraphis (Poaceae) in Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 247-257
Author(s):  
Paweena Wessapak ◽  
◽  
Chatchai Ngernsaengsaruay ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Paddy Fields ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Ecological Information ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Central South

A taxonomic study of the genus Pseudoraphis in Thailand was conducted. Four species, P. balansae, P. brunoniana, P. minuta and P. spinescens are reported. This genus is distributed in the Northern, Eastern, Central, South-Eastern, and Peninsular floristic regions of Thailand. All the species are aquatic or semi-aquatic, found in swampy places, marshes, lakes, paddy fields, ditches, moats and on sandy soils from sea level to 300 m. Morphological descriptions, distribution data, and ecological information are provided. All species are illustrated and a key to the species, based on morphological characters, is provided.

Revision of the Hycleus sexmaculatus species group (Coleoptera: Meloidae, Mylabrini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4790 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-42
Author(s):  
SAYEH SERRI ◽  
MARCO A. BOLOGNA ◽  
ALESSANDRA RICCIERI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Ecological Information ◽  
Detailed List ◽  
Southwest Iran ◽  
New Synonymy

In this study, the blister beetles belonging to the Hycleus sexmaculatus species group are revised. Morphological characters are described and figured for each species and keys to both male and female are provided. Hycleus hayki new species from Southwest Iran is described and the following new synonymies are proposed: Mylabris triangulifera ab. reitterioides Mader 1929 = Hycleus bipunctatus (Olivier, 1811) new synonymy; Mylabris triangulifera ab. bushirensis Mader 1929 = Hycleus bipunctatus (Olivier, 1811) new synonymy; Mylabris javeti Marseul, 1870 = Hycleus colligatus (Redtenbacher, 1850) new synonymy; Mylabris javeti umbilicatus Kaszab, 1958 = Hycleus colligatus (Redtenbacher, 1850) new synonymy; Hycleus amrishi Makhan, 2012 = Hycleus cingulatus (Faldermann, 1837) new synonymy. Additional remarks which rectify previous errors in the identification of the species are provided. The taxonomic positions of Zonabris soumacovi Pic, 1930 and Zonabris sialanus Pic, 1929 are also discussed. Phylogenetic relationships of the species, based on a subset of available species inferred from molecular data are proposed, and some morphologically defined subgroups of species are distinguished with the molecular support. The geographic and ecological distributions of all the species are defined, and a detailed list of localities is provided. The ecological information including phenology, elevation and host plants of the species are summarized in a table. Based on literature records, collections and recently collected data, the distribution of the sexmaculatus species and their biogeographic characteristics are discussed. 

Key to the currently recognized species of Limnias Schrank, 1803 (Rotifera, Monogononta, Gnesiotrocha, Flosculariidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4442 (2) ◽  
pp. 307 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT LEE WALLACE ◽  
AZAR KORDBACHEH ◽  
ELIZABETH J. WALSH
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Ecological Information ◽  
Genetic Features ◽  
Species Groups

Although the most widely used key to the Rotifera subsumes six species of the sessile genus Limnias within two species groups (L. ceratophylli and L. melicerta), the original descriptions of these forms are sufficiently different to recognize them as distinct entities. We used these descriptions and all available literature on these species to develop dichotomous and formula keys to the six species based on easily recognizable morphological characters. As part of our review we added relevant ecological information from published sources, as well as our own data. We also discuss the need for additional observations of morphological, behavioral, life history, and genetic features to better understand the diversity of this widespread genus.

scholarly journals Ramalina arsenii, an additional new species in the R. pollinaria group in Western Europe

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 433-439
Author(s):  
Emmanuël Sérusiaux ◽  
Pieter van den Boom ◽  
Nicolas Magain
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Western Alps ◽  
Lower Side ◽  
Rock Outcrops ◽  
European Context

AbstractRamalina arsenii sp. nov. belongs to the R. pollinaria group and is easily recognized by its ITS barcode and several micro-morphological characters that are diagnostic in a European context: small size, less than 3 cm long; soralia developing on the underside of lobe apices; absence of excavate depressions on the lower side. Its ecological niche (i.e. rock outcrops and especially underhangs of slightly calcareous rocks, at low and mid altitudes) is also unique. Ramalina arsenii is frequent and locally abundant in France (Alps, Cantal) and Switzerland (western Alps), and is also known from Germany and the Spanish side of the Pyrenees.

Phylogenetic review of dobsonflies of the subfamily Corydalinae and the genus Corydalus Latreille (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2862 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ATILANO CONTRERAS-RAMOS
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Species Pair ◽  
Species Phylogeny ◽  
The World ◽  
Guayana Shield ◽  
Phylogenetic Hypotheses

Phylogenetic relationships of the World genera of dobsonflies, subfamily Corydalinae, are reappraised, as well as those of species of the New World genus Corydalus, both on the basis of morphological characters. Previous phylogenetic hypotheses of dobsonfly genera by Glorioso, Penny, and Contreras-Ramos, respectively, are re-evaluated, and a fourth revised phylogeny is presented. Ninety-five characters of 10 taxa, one outgroup and nine ingroup taxa, were used in the updated analysis of Corydalinae. It recognizes four lineages, with Chloroniella as sister to the other three, of which the Nevromus lineage (Acanthacorydalis + Nevromus + Neoneuromus) is sister to the Corydalus lineage (Chloronia + Platyneuromus + Corydalus), and both as a group are sister to the Protohermes lineage (Protohermes + Neurhermes). The main changes in the updated Corydalinae phylogeny are the placement of Chloroniella as sister to all other dobsonfly genera, and the placement of Acanthacorydalis as a member of the Nevromus lineage. Previously, Penny had proposed Chloroniella as sister to all dobsonfly genera except the Protohermes lineage, and both Glorioso and Penny, respectively, placed Acanthacorydalis as sister to the Corydalus lineage. About Corydalus, its species phylogeny is herein updated, as four species from Venezuela were added to the genus after its taxonomic revision. For the new phylogeny, 120 characters of 35 taxa, two outgroup and 33 ingroup taxa, were used. It produced a strict consensus of two trees, better resolved than the previous one. The C. arpi species group is moved to sister of all other species except the C. cephalotes species pair, while the C. batesii species group is conserved, being the only unresolved group within the phylogeny. Two of the species added, C. hayashii and C. mayri, belong to the well defined C. arpi species group, of Guayana Shield affinity, whereas C. crossi is sister to a large and widespread group beginning with the C. nubilus species group, and C. clavijoi is sister to C. tesselatus within the latter group.

scholarly journals Elucidating the controversial Drosera montana complex (Droseraceae): a taxonomic revision 

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 172 (3) ◽  
pp. 141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Rivadavia ◽  
Paulo Minatel Gonella ◽  
Paulo Takeo Sano ◽  
Andreas Fleischmann
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Serra Do Cipó ◽  
Narrow Endemic ◽  
Ecological Information ◽  
Minas Gerais State

The species of the affinity of Drosera montana (Droseraceae) are reviewed taxonomically and the complex is redefined to include only D. montana, D. tentaculata, D. tomentosa var. tomentosa, D. tomentosa var. glabrata, and D. spirocalyx. The latter is a newly described narrow endemic species from the Serra do Cipó in central Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The morphological characters distinguishing these five taxa from each other and from other similar species are discussed together with habitat and ecological information. Detailed illustrations, photographs, distribution maps and an identification key are provided. A lectotype for D. tomentosa is here designated.

scholarly journals On a new commensal species of Aliaporcellana from the western Pacific (Crustacea, Decapoda, Porcellanidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 780 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Hiller ◽  
Bernd Werding
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Soft Corals ◽  
Ecological Information ◽  
Commensal Species ◽  
Morphological Adaptations ◽  
The Western Pacific

Aliaporcellanaspongicolasp. n.from the Philippines and Indonesia is described. The new species has been frequently photographed by divers because of its striking coloration, but has not been described yet.Aliaporcellanaspongicolasp. n.is in fact a widespread commensal of barrel sponges of the genusXestospongiaand other sponges. Morphological characters and ecological information of all described species ofAliaporcellana, and of other porcellanids associated with sponges and soft corals, suggest that all members of the genus are commensals, and that similar morphological adaptations to dwelling on these hosts have evolved independently in different evolutionary lines within Porcellanidae.

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