A new species of Plagiotrochus from China (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) galling on Quercus glauce (Fagaceae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4995 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-395
Author(s):  
QING WANG ◽  
XIU-DAN WANG ◽  
DAO-HONG ZHU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Hunan Province ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Central Vein ◽  
Blade Surface ◽  
Gall Wasp ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Cyclobalanopsis Glauca

A new gall wasp species, Plagiotrochus hepingensis sp. n. is described from Hunan Province, China that forms integral galls on the central vein on the abaxial leaf blade surface of Quercus (Cyclobalanopsis) glauca (Fagaceae). The morphological characters of the new species are described and photographed and data on the diagnosis, distribution, and biology are given. Additionally, a specific region of the COI gene was amplified using the primers HCO-2198 and LCO-1490 and compared for both the new species and Plagiotrochus masudai Ide, Wachi & Abe.  

Discovery of a new species of Dryocosmus Giraud, 1859 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) on Castanopsis tibetana from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4403 (1) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
YIN PANG ◽  
CHENG-YUAN SU ◽  
DAO-HONG ZHU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Hunan Province ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Morphological Comparison ◽  
Gall Wasp ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Mtdna Coi ◽  
Comparison Pair ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
A New Species

A new gall wasp species, Dryocosmus liui Pang, Su et Zhu n. sp., is described from Hunan Province, China. The new species forms integral galls on branches of Castanopsis tibetana Hance. The results of morphological comparison, pair-wise genetic distance of mtDNA COI, and phylogenetic analysis based on COI gene sequences did not support treating Chilaspis and Dryocosmus as separate genera. Our results also provided new evidence supporting the notion that the Nearctic Dryocosmus species may represent a lineage distinct from the Old World species of the genus. 

A new species of Cerroneuroterus Melika & Pujade-Villar from the Eastern Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4869 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-528
Author(s):  
JULI PUJADE-VILLAR ◽  
YIPING WANG ◽  
RUI GUO ◽  
ALBA SALA-NISHIKAWA ◽  
VICTOR CUESTA-PORTA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Gall Wasp ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Asexual Generation ◽  
Sexual Generation ◽  
A New Species

A new gall wasp species, Cerroneuroterus yukawamasudai Pujade-Villar & Melika sp. nov., is described from China. The asexual generation induces leaf lenticular galls, and the sexual generation induces catkin galls on Q. acutissima and Q. variabilis. Sexual females and males are not described yet. Data on the diagnosis, distribution, and biology of the new species are provided, including a key to sexual and asexual females of all described Cerroneuroterus species. Previous misidentifications of host galls recorded in Japan are commented on. Molecular analyses were performed to assess the validity of the genus Cerroneuroterus and the affiliation of the new species.  

Description of a new species of the genus Maua Distant (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4949 (3) ◽  
pp. 582-588
Author(s):  
JIALI WANG ◽  
JOANNES P. DUFFELS ◽  
CONG WEI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Intraspecific Variation ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Morphological Observation ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi Gene ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Maua squeala sp. nov., is described from China. This species is similar to M. affinis Distant, 1905 and M. palawanensis Duffels, 2009, but can be distinguished by the shorter and more slender body of the new species, the lateral fasciae on the mesonotum and the shape of the male genitalia. The intraspecific variation of this species is discussed based on morphological observation combined with sequences of partial mitochondrial COI gene (DNA barcoding) of individuals exhibiting different morphological characters. 

A new species of herb gall wasp (Cynipidae, Aulacideini, Aulacidea) from Turkey

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4747 (2) ◽  
pp. 378-390
Author(s):  
MUSA AZMAZ ◽  
YUSUF KATILMIŞ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Host Use ◽  
Sem Images ◽  
Gall Wasp ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

A new species of cynipid herb gall wasp, Aulacidea turcica Azmaz & Katılmış sp. n., (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Aulacideini) is described from Turkey. Based on morphological characters, A. turcica belongs to the genus Aulacidea. Both sexual females and males of this species are known and the females induce galls on the stem of Digitalis ferruginea. This is the first record of host use in the genus Digitalis and possibly the family Plantaginaceae by a species of Aulacidea. Five species belonging to Aulacideini were previously known from Turkey. SEM images and data on the diagnosis, distribution, and biology of the new species are provided. 

A new species of the genus Hebius (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Hunan Province, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4674 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-82
Author(s):  
ZHENGYAN ZHOU ◽  
ZHIYONG SUN ◽  
SHUO QI ◽  
YUYAN LU ◽  
ZHITONG LYU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Genetic Divergence ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Hunan Province ◽  
Cytb Gene ◽  
Posterior Teeth ◽  
Snake Species ◽  
Outer Border ◽  
Significant Genetic Divergence ◽  
A New Species

A new snake species of the genus Hebius is described on the basis of three specimens from Hunan Province, China. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by a significant genetic divergence of 6.1%–12.9% of the mitochondrial cytb gene and a combination of the following morphological characters: (1) tail long, approximately 25% of the total length; (2) dorsal scale rows 19-19-17, vertebral scales enlarged, smooth, 2nd–10th rows distinctly keeled; (3) anterior temporals 2, preocular 1, postoculars 3; (4) ventrals 160–164; (5) internasals narrowed anteriorly; (6) a pair of occipital spots and a pale postparietal streak; (7) a pale brown or beige dorsolateral stripe on the 4th–6th scale rows; (8) ventral scales brick-red at their outer border, with a row of well-defined dark blotches; (9) maxillary teeth 21, gradually enlarged, followed by 2 moderately enlarged posterior teeth, without diastema; (10) nostrils lateral. 

scholarly journals Multiple lines of evidence reveal a new species of Krait (Squamata, Elapidae, Bungarus) from Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1025 ◽  
pp. 35-71
Author(s):  
Ze-Ning Chen ◽  
Sheng-Chao Shi ◽  
Gernot Vogel ◽  
Li Ding ◽  
Jing-Song Shi
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Dental Morphology ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
Coloration Pattern ◽  
Cranial Osteology ◽  
A New Species

Kraits of the genus Bungarus Daudin 1803 are widely known venomous snakes distributed from Iran to China and Indonesia. Here, we use a combination of mitochondrial DNA sequence data and morphological data to describe a new species from Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China: Bungarus suzhenaesp. nov. Phylogenetically, this species forms a monophyletic lineage sister to the Bungarus candidus/multicinctus/wanghaotingi complex based on cyt b and ND4 genes but forms a sister species pair with the species B. magnimaculatus Wall & Evans, 1901 based on COI gene fragments. Morphologically, B. suzhenaesp. nov. is similar to the B. candidus/multicinctus/wanghaotingi complex but differs from these taxa by a combination of dental morphology, squamation, coloration pattern, as well as hemipenial morphology. A detailed description of the cranial osteology of the new species is given based on micro-CT tomography images. We revised the morphological characters of B. candidus/multicinctus/wanghaotingi complex and verified the validity of three species in this complex. The distribution of these species was revised; the records of B. candidus in China should be attributed to B. wanghaotingi. We also provide an updated key to species of Bungarus.

A new species of the genus Megophrys (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Hunan, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4695 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
LU WANG ◽  
XUEJIAN DENG ◽  
YONG LIU ◽  
QIANQIAN WU ◽  
ZHAO LIU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Hunan Province ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Megophryidae frog, Megophrys shunhuangensis sp. nov., from Hunan Province, Southern China. It can be distinguished from other known species in the subgenus Panophrys by morphological characters, bioacoustic data and a molecular divergence in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene similar to that found among other species of Panophrys. M. shunhuangensis sp. nov. is characterized by a relatively small body size, with adult females measuring 37.6 mm and adult males measuring 30.3–33.6 mm in snout to vent length; maxillary teeth present, vomerine teeth absent; tongue smooth, not notched behind; hindlimb slender, heels overlapping, tibio-tarsal articulation reaches forward between the nasal and tip of snout. Molecular phylogenetic analyses also show that M. sp. 6 from (Mao’er Shan, China) from Chen et al. (2017) and M. sp. 24 (Anjiangping and Mao’er Shan, China) from Liu et al. (2018) may be the same species as M. shunhuangensis sp. nov., we consequently speculate that the new species also distributed in Anjiangping and Mao’er Shan, China. At present, the genus Megophrys contains 85 species of which 48 species are distributed in China, and 30 belong to the subgenus Panophrys. 

scholarly journals Review of East Palaearctic Elliptera (Diptera, Limoniidae) immatures with description of a new species

2021 ◽  
Vol 735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginija Podeniene ◽  
Sigitas Podenas ◽  
Sun-Jae Park ◽  
A-Young Kim ◽  
Jung A Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New Species ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
European Species ◽  
A New Species

The genus Elliptera Schiner, 1863 is represented by ten species worldwide, but immatures of only the European species E. omissa Schiner has been described so far. Molecular methods were used to associate larvae and adults for two East Asian species from South Korea. Elliptera jacoti Alexander and E. zipanguensis zipanguensis Alexander are common species in aquatic, hygropetric habitats in mountainous parts of the Korean peninsula. Elliptera mongolica Podeniene, Podenas & Gelhaus sp. nov. from Mongolia and China (Inner Mongolia) is described based on mitochondrial DNA COI gene barcode sequences and morphological characters of larvae. Larvae of all three species and pupae of E. jacoti are described and illustrated. Morphological characters of the larvae useful for discrimination of species are given. An identification key for East Asian larvae of the genus Elliptera is compiled.

scholarly journals A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Yunnan, China

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1021 ◽  
pp. 109-126
Author(s):  
Shuo Liu ◽  
Dingqi Rao
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Cyrtodactylus is described on the basis of five specimens collected from the karst formations of Zhenkang County, Yunnan Province, China. Cyrtodactylus zhenkangensissp. nov. is recognized by having a unique combination of morphological characters, the most diagnostic being: 12–15 enlarged femoral scales on each thigh; 2–5 femoral pores on each thigh in males, 0–3 pitted scales on each thigh in females; eight or nine precloacal pores in a continuous row or separated by one poreless scale in males, 7–9 pitted scales in females; subcaudals enlarged, arranged alternately as single and double on anterior and mostly single at middle and posterior; dorsal surface of head with obvious reticulations. Phylogenetic analyses show that the new species is a member of the C. wayakonei species group and a sister taxon to a clade consisting of C. wayakonei and C. martini based on Maximum Likelihood analyses and Bayesian Inference and differs from its congeners by at least 12.0% genetic divergence in a fragment of the COI gene.

A New Species of Justicia (Acanthaceae: Acanthoideae: Justicieae) from Northeastern Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-333
Author(s):  
Camila Alcantara ◽  
Gleison Soares ◽  
Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos ◽  
Marccus Alves
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—Justicia rubrobracteata, a new species from northeastern Brazil, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to J. aequilabris due to its shrubby habit, and terminal and axillary spicate inflorescences with red flowers. However, J. rubrobracteata is differentiated mainly by the shape and color of its bracts and bracteoles as well as an orangish macula in the corolla, and a torulose capsule. In addition, J. rubrobracteata is only known from northeastern Brazil, from the states of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte, while J. aequilabris is widely distributed in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. A table with the main morphological characters of both species is included, as well as photographs, a key to species of Justicia for the states of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte in northeastern Brazil, a distribution map of both species, and conservation data for the new species.

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