No longer endemic to Africa: Kribiodosis Kieffer, 1921 (Diptera, Chironomidae) new to Oriental China with a phylogeny and expanded adult generic diagnoses

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5072 (6) ◽  
pp. 560-574
Author(s):  
WU HAN ◽  
JIE LIU ◽  
YIFAN LUO ◽  
HONGQU TANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Likelihood Methods ◽  
Core Member ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Methods ◽  
African Genus

Kribiodosis Kieffer, 1921, an African genus of Chironomini (Diptera: Chironomidae), is newly recorded from the Oriental region through a new species K. cantonensis sp. n. Detailed descriptions of the male, female and a DNA barcode are provided. With the inclusion of the new species bearing scutal tubercle and fused tibial comb, the generic diagnosis needs revision and expansion. The phylogenetic position of Kribiodosis within the tribe Chironomini is explored based on five concatenated genetic makers (18S, 28S, CAD1, CAD4 and COI-3P) using both mixed-model Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods. Kribiodosis is placed as a core member of the Microtendipes group but its precise sister group remains unclear. Inclusion of the analysis of Nilodosis Kieffer, another Chironomini genus with an African-Oriental distribution, reveals an unexpected robust position as sister to a large and diverse inclusive group of many Chironomini.  

scholarly journals The Afro–Oriental Genus Yaeprimus Sasa et Suzuki (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironomini): Phylogeny, New Species and Expanded Diagnoses

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Wu Han ◽  
Jinxing Wei ◽  
Xiaolong Lin ◽  
Hongqu Tang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Genetic Markers ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Likelihood Methods ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Methods ◽  
A New Species

Expanded generic diagnoses of all life stages of Yaeprimus Sasa et Suzuki, 2000 (Lunditendipes Harrison, 2000, syn. n.) are given. Yaeprimus tropicus comb. n. is redescribed as an adult based on type material. Additionally, a new species Y. balteatus sp. n. from Oriental China is described based on the adult male and pupa. The phylogenetic position of Yaeprimus within Chironomini and the validity of the new species are explored based on concatenated five genetic markers (18S, 28S, CAD1, CAD4, and COI-3P) through both mixed–model Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods. The results strongly support Yaeprimus as sister to Imparipecten Freeman, 1961, which counters a previously proposed systematical position based solely on morphology.

Paraphyly of Chinese Amolops (Anura, Ranidae) and phylogenetic position of the rare Chinese frog, Amolops tormotus

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1531 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
HONG-XIA CAI ◽  
JING CHE ◽  
JUN-FENG PANG ◽  
ER-MI ZHAO ◽  
YA-PING ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
12S Rrna ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Likelihood Methods ◽  
New Classification ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Methods ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Relationship Of

In order to evaluate the five species groups of Chinese Amolops based on morphological characteristics, and to clarify the phylogenetic position of the concave-eared torrent frog Amolops tormotus, we investigated the phylogeny of Amolops by maximum parsimony, Bayesian Inference, and maximum likelihood methods using two mitochondrial DNA fragments (12S rRNA, 16S rRNA). Our results supported a sister group relationship of Amolops ricketti and Amolops hainanensis. However, the grouping of Amolops mantzorum and Amolops monticola needs to be resolved with more data. Amolops tormotus was nested in genus Odorrana. Thus, recognition of the A. tormotus group is unwarranted and A. tormotus should be referred to genus Odorrana as O. tormota. This species is the sister group of O. nasica plus O. versabilis. The new classification implies that the genus Wurana is to be considered as junior subjective synonym of Odorrana.

A new leaf-litter harvestman species of the genus Karos (Opiliones: Stygnopsidae: Karosinae), with a reanalysis of the morphological phylogeny of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4378 (4) ◽  
pp. 533 ◽  
Author(s):  
JESÚS A. CRUZ-LÓPEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Likelihood Methods ◽  
The Family ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Methods

Karos Goodnight & Goodnight, 1944 is the most diverse genus of the family Stygnopsidae. It contains seven micro-endemic species from the Huasteca region in eastern Mexico. In this paper, the new species Karos morronei sp. nov. is described based on the morphology of adults of both sexes. The new species is from Zacualtipán de Ángeles, Hidalgo State, which represents the southernmost record for the genus. Additionally, a reanalysis of the previous morphological phylogeny of the genus using both parsimony and maximum likelihood methods is provided. According to the morphological reanalysis, K. morronei sp. nov. exhibits an autapomorphy (males with femur IV thicker than females) and is the sister group of the clade that includes K. barbarikos, K. hexasetosus, K. monjarazi, K. parvus and K. singularis. Finally, information of barcoding (CO1) is provided for this new species. 

Three new remarkable amphipod species (Crustacea: Gammaridae) from springs and subterranean waters of Central Asia

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4444 (4) ◽  
pp. 437 ◽  
Author(s):  
DMITRY SIDOROV ◽  
ZHONGE HOU ◽  
BORIS SKET
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Amphipod Species ◽  
Small Areas ◽  
Morphological Studies ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Subterranean Waters

Three new species of the family Gammaridae—Gammarus troglomorphus, sp. n., G. parvioculatus, sp. n. from Lebap Province of Turkmenistan and Tadzocrangonyx alaicus, sp. n. from Batken Region of Kyrgyzstan are described and illustrated. Morphological studies of a closely related Turkmenistan population of G. cf. subaequalis-Garlyk, probably conspecific with Gammarus subaequalis Martynov, 1935 was provided. The affinity of new species to concerned taxa is discussed. To define phylogenetic position of mentioned species DNA barcode data are obtained. Gammarus troglomorphus and G. parvioculatus are close neighbors but exceedingly different morphologically. Gammarus troglomorphus is a troglobiont; G. parvioculatus is an eutroglophile, but with exception of slightly smaller eyes, not troglomorph. Both found only within small areas in the extreme East of Turkmenistan. Gammarus cf. subaequalis-Garlyk seems to extend from the same region far into the eastern Kyrgyzstan. 

scholarly journals Genetic Classification of “Rickettsia heilongjiangii” and “Rickettsia hulinii,” Two Chinese Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae

2000 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 3498-3501 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Z. Zhang ◽  
M. Y. Fan ◽  
Y. M. Wu ◽  
P. E. Fournier ◽  
V. Roux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spotted Fever ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Spotted Fever Group ◽  
Neighbor Joining ◽  
Likelihood Methods ◽  
Genetic Classification ◽  
Repeat Units ◽  
Statistical Bootstrap ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Methods

To determine the phylogenetic position of two new rickettsial strains isolated from ticks in China, 16S ribosomal DNA,gltA, and ompA (apart from the tandem repeat units) genes were amplified by PCR and sequenced. The phylogenetic relationships between these strains and other rickettsiae were inferred from the comparison of sequences of the three genes by the parsimony, neighbor-joining, and maximum-likelihood methods. The results demonstrated that the 054 strain, a rickettsia pathogenic in humans, and the HL-93 strain were related and clustered together withRickettsia japonica. Significant statistical bootstrap values (100 and 92%) supported the nodes in this cluster. Based on previous genotypic and antigenic data and the phylogenetic analysis presented here, the 054 and HL-93 strains should be considered as new species, and we formally propose that they be named “Rickettsia heilongjiangii” and “Rickettsia hulinii,” respectively.

Towards a monophyletic classification of Lejeuneaceae I: subtribe Leptolejeuneinae subtr. nov.

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 156 (3) ◽  
pp. 165 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOCHEN HEINRICHS ◽  
ALFONS SCHÄFER-VERWIMP ◽  
ALEKSANDRA CZUMAY ◽  
SHANSHAN DONG ◽  
ARMIN SCHEBEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Maximum Parsimony ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Bootstrap Support ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Likelihood Methods ◽  
Monophyletic Lineage ◽  
Current Classification ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Methods

We employed sequences of two chloroplast regions (trnL-trnF, rbcL) and the nuclear ribosomal ITS region of seven accessions of Leptolejeunea to explore its phylogenetic position. Maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses led to similar topologies but deeper nodes received good bootstrap support only with maximum likelihood methods. Leptolejeunea formed an early diverging, robust monophyletic lineage within Lejeuneaceae tribe Lejeuneeae. Contrary to earlier belief, it is not closely related to Drepanolejeunea. To amend the current classification of Lejeuneeae into subtribes, we propose Leptolejeuneinae, subtr. nov.

Description of Tottonophyes enigmatica gen. nov., sp. nov. (Hydrozoa, Siphonophora, Calycophorae), with a reappraisal of the function and homology of nectophoral canals

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4415 (3) ◽  
pp. 452 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. PUGH ◽  
C.W. DUNN ◽  
S.H.D. HADDOCK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
New Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Distinct Morphology ◽  
A New Species

A new species of calycophoran siphonophore, Tottonophyes enigmatica gen. nov, sp. nov., is described. It has a unique combination of traits, some shared with prayomorphs (including two rounded nectophores) and some with clausophyid diphyomorphs (the nectophores are dissimilar, with one slightly larger and slightly to the anterior of the other, and both possess a somatocyst). Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that the new species is the sister group to all other diphyomorphs. A new family, Tottonophyidae, is established for it. Its phylogenetic position and distinct morphology help clarify diphyomorph evolution. The function and homology of the nectophoral canals and somatocyst is also re-examined and further clarification is given to their nomenclature.

scholarly journals First report of the genus Pelecystola Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) in China, with description of a new species

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1046 ◽  
pp. 189-206
Author(s):  
Lin-Lin Yang ◽  
Hou-Hun Li
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Nuclear Gene ◽  
Dna Barcodes ◽  
Likelihood Methods ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Methods ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

The genus Pelecystola Meyrick, 1920 and the species Pelecystola strigosa (Moore, 1888) are newly recorded from China, and Pelecystola peculiarissp. nov. is described as new to science. Adults, head, venation, and genitalia of the two species are illustrated. A molecular phylogenetic analysis is presented to ascertain the generic affiliation of the new species. Forty-four species of 38 genera in Tineidae are analyzed using maximum likelihood methods based on one mitochondrial (COI) and two nuclear gene fragments (CAD and wingless). DNA barcodes of the two species are provided, and the genetic distance of barcode divergence among four species of Pelecystola is calculated.

scholarly journals Three new species of the genus Aphidius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 63-77
Author(s):  
Sangjin Kim ◽  
Željko Tomanović ◽  
Yeonghyeok Yu ◽  
JuHyeong Sohn ◽  
Yunjong Han ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome C ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Biocontrol Agents ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Reference Species ◽  
Three New Species

Several species of the genus Aphidius are well known as commercial biocontrol agents of pest aphids, and more than 130 species of the genus have been recorded worldwide. To date, only 15 Aphidius species have been recorded in South Korea. Using the DNA barcode region (ca. 658 bp) of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), we amplified sequences of 15 Aphidius Korean species, aligned them in combination with 23 reference species retrieved from GenBank for comparison and identification, and then reconstructed a barcode phylogeny by the neighbour-joining method. As a result, three Aphidius species were found to be new to Science. Descriptions and illustrations of the three species new to Science – Aphidius longicarpussp. nov., A. longistigmussp. nov., and A. asiaticussp. nov. – are provided, together with their phylogenetic position within the genus Aphidius. In addition, a redescription of A. areolatus, a parasitoid of maple aphids (Peryphillus spp.), is also given.

Asiorrhina, a new Oriental genus of Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Sciaroidea) and its phylogenetic position

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2295 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR BLAGODEROV ◽  
HEIKKI HIPPA ◽  
JAN ŠEVČÍK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Fossil Genus ◽  
A New Species

A new genus of Lygistorrhinidae, Asiorrhina gen. n., and a new species, Asiorrhina parasiatica sp. n., are described. Asiorrhina asiatica (Senior-White) comb. n. is redescribed and selected as the type species for the new genus. The systematic position of the new genus is discussed. All recent taxa of Lygistorrhinidae form a monophyletic group with the fossil genus Palaeognoriste Meunier as the sister group.

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