Phylogeny, taxonomy and flower-breeding ecology of the Colocasiomyia cristata species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae), with descriptions of ten new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5079 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
KOHEI TAKENAKA TAKANO ◽  
JIAN-JUN GAO ◽  
YAO-GUANG HU ◽  
NAN-NAN LI ◽  
MASAKO YAFUSO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Host Plant Selection ◽  
Breeding Ecology ◽  
Flower Breeding ◽  
Three New Species

The phylogeny of the Colocasiomyia cristata species group is reconstructed as a hypothesis, based on DNA sequences of two mitochondrial and six nuclear genes and 51 morphological characters. The resulting tree splits this species group into two clades, one of which corresponds to the colocasiae subgroup. Therefore, a new species subgroup named as the cristata subgroup is established for the other clade. Within the cristata subgroup, three subclades are recognized and each of them is defined as a species complex: the cristata complex composed of five species (including three new ones: C. kinabaluana sp. nov., C. kotana sp. nov. and C. matthewsi sp. nov.), the sabahana complex of two species (C. sabahana sp. nov. and C. sarawakana sp. nov.), and the xenalocasiae complex of five species (including C. sumatrana sp. nov. and C. leucocasiae sp. nov.). There are, however, three new species (C. ecornuta sp. nov., C. grandis sp. nov. and C. vieti sp. nov.) not assigned to any species complex. In addition, breeding habits are described for four cristata-subgroup species, each of which monopolizes its specific host plant. And, data of host-plant use are compiled for all species of the cristata group from records at various localities in the Oriental and Papuan regions. The evolution of host-plant selection and sharing modes is considered by mapping host-plant genera of each species on the phylogenetic tree resulting from the present study.

scholarly journals Three new species of the genus Coddingtonia from Asia (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 886 ◽  
pp. 113-126
Author(s):  
Chengcheng Feng ◽  
Yucheng Lin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Three New Species

The current paper expands knowledge of the genus Coddingtonia Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009. Based on morphological characters and molecular data, three species are documented as new to science: C. erhuan Feng & Lin, sp. nov. (♀) from China, C. lizu Feng & Lin, sp. nov. (♀) from China, and C. huifengi Feng & Lin, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Indonesia. The type of C. euryopoides Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 is also reexamined. DNA sequences (COI), detailed illustrations of habitus, male palp and epigyne are provided for these four species, as well as a key and a distribution map for Coddingtonia species.

Review of Indian Allacta Saussure & Zehntner, 1895 (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Pseudophyllodromiinae), with description of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4920 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-266
Author(s):  
M. SENRAJ ◽  
S. MARIA PACKIAM ◽  
S. PRABAKARAN ◽  
CRISTIAN C. LUCANAS ◽  
DEEPA JAISWAL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Three New Species

The known species of Allacta Saussure & Zehntner, 1895 in India are reviewed. Three new species, A. jcenpro sp. nov., A. vellimalai sp. nov., and A. kollimalai sp. nov., are described. All are placed under hamifera species group. The new species can be differentiated from other members of hamifera species group by the pronotal and facial markings, the structure of the male genitalia and other morphological characters. Additional reports to A. kalakadensis Prabakaran & Senraj 2019 and A. figurata (Walker, 1871) are provided. A key to the known species of Indian Allacta is provided. 

scholarly journals A review of taxonomy and flower-breeding ecology of the Colocasiomyia toshiokai species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae), with description of a new species from Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 341-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao SHI ◽  
Masanori J. TODA ◽  
Kohei Takenaka TAKANO ◽  
Masako YAFUSO ◽  
Awit SUWITO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Breeding Ecology ◽  
Flower Breeding ◽  
A New Species

Review of the Mesovelia horvathi species complex (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha: Mesoveliidae), with the description of seven new species from India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4651 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. EYARIN JEHAMALAR ◽  
KAILASH CHANDRA ◽  
DAN A. POLHEMUS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Andaman Islands ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Species Groups

Seven new species from India are described in the Mesovelia horvathi species complex and assigned to two putatively monophyletic species groups. Mesovelia brevia sp. nov. and M. dilatata sp. nov., both occurring in Tamil Nadu and Meghalaya, and M. occulta sp. nov., known from only Tamil Nadu, are described and placed in the Mesovelia horvathi species group. Mesovelia andamana sp. nov. from the Andaman Islands, M. bispinosa sp. nov. and M. isiasi sp. nov. from Meghalaya, and M. tenuia sp. nov. from Tamil Nadu, are described and placed in the M. andamana species group. Photographs of morphological characters, distribution maps, and a key to males are provided for all of the species treated. 

Three new species of northern Australian Glycine (Fabaceae, Phaseolae), G. gracei, G. montis-douglas and G. syndetika

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 245 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Pfeil ◽  
L. A. Craven ◽  
A. H. D. Brown ◽  
B. G. Murray ◽  
J. J. Doyle
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Diploid Species ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Crossing Experiments ◽  
Diploid Parent ◽  
The Third ◽  
A Genome ◽  
Three New Species

Three new Australian diploid species in Glycine Willd. are described. Two of these (Glycine gracei B.E.Pfeil & Craven and Glycine montis-douglas B.E.Pfeil & Craven) are endemic to the Northern Territory whereas the third (Glycine syndetika B.E.Pfeil & Craven) is endemic to Queensland. G. montis-douglas is only known from one locality. The genetic affinities of G. gracei and G. syndetika are with other A genome species. The species G. syndetika is the closest relative of a diploid parent of the T2 allotetraploid race of the G. tomentella s.l. Hayata species complex, as well as of allotetraploid G. pescadrensis Hayata, which is here formally reinstated from synonymy. Images are included of the leaflet venation for several species discussed in the paper. Thus, the treatment incorporates evidence from morphology, cytology, DNA sequences and crossing experiments. A key to the subgenera and to the species within Glycine subgenus Glycine is provided, which includes all 25 described Australian taxa.

Phylogeography and taxonomic revision of the New Zealand cryptic skink (Oligosoma inconspicuum; Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2782 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID G. CHAPPLE ◽  
TRENT P. BELL ◽  
STEPHANIE N. J. CHAPPLE ◽  
KIMBERLY A. MILLER ◽  
CHARLES H. DAUGHERTY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Mountainous Regions ◽  
Three New Species

The New Zealand skink fauna is highly diverse and contains numerous cryptic, undescribed or hitherto undiscovered species. We completed a taxonomic revision of the cryptic skink (Oligosoma inconspicuum) species complex using molecular (550 bp of the ND2 mitochondrial gene) and morphological analyses. Four new species are described, with each diagnosable by a range of morphological characters and genetic differentiation from several closely related species: O. inconspicuum (sensu stricto), O. notosaurus, O. maccanni, O. stenotis and O. grande. Oligosoma tekakahu sp. nov. is restricted to Chalky Island in Fiordland, and is most closely related to O. inconspicuum and O. notosaurus. The other three new species are restricted to particular mountainous regions in central and western Otago (O. burganae sp. nov., Lammermoor and Rock and Pillar Ranges; O. toka sp. nov., Nevis Valley; O. repens sp. nov., Eyre Mountains) and are most closely related to O. stenotis and O. grande. We also re-described O. inconspicuum. Two proposed new taxa, the ‘Big Bay’ skink and ‘Mahogany’ skink, were found to represent Westland/Fiordland populations of O. inconspicuum rather than distinct taxa. We discuss the evolutionary and phylogeographic implications of cryptic and ‘anti-cryptic’ species within the O. inconspicuum species complex, and suggest that morphologically aberrant populations are the result of local adaptation to novel selective regimes.

Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Amiota nagatai species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2193 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAOFANG HE ◽  
JIAN-JUN JIANG ◽  
HUA-ZHI CAO ◽  
HONG-WEI CHEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Nadh Dehydrogenase ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Nadh Dehydrogenase Subunit ◽  
Nadh Dehydrogenase Subunit 2 ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Nd2 Gene

Three new species of the Amiota nagatai species group were described from southern China: A. bachlii Cao and Chen, sp. nov., A. chengyuae Cao and Chen, sp. nov. and A. protuberantis Cao and Chen, sp. nov. A key to all the species of this group was provided. The phylogenetic relationship in this group was investigated based on DNA sequences of the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) gene, with two species of the genus Amiota taken as outgroups.

Three new species of Polyalthia (Annonaceae) from Thailand and Laos

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 512 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
PASAKORN BUNCHALEE ◽  
DAVID M. JOHNSON ◽  
NANCY A. MURRAY ◽  
PIYA CHALERMGLIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Third ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species of Polyalthia are described and illustrated. Two of the new species are part of the Polyalthia evecta species complex, while the third species belongs to a species group including P. cinnamomea and P. stenopetala.

scholarly journals Three new species of the ‘ Geophagus’ brasiliensis species group from the northeast Brazil (Cichlidae, Geophagini)

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
José L.O. Mattos ◽  
Wilson J.E.M. Costa
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
Geophagus Brasiliensis ◽  
Coastal Basins ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Bright Blue

Morphological characters and phylogenetic trees generated by analyses of segments of two mitochondrial genes cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase I support recognition of three new species of the ‘Geophagus’ brasiliensis species group from coastal basins of northeast Brazil. All new species were diagnosed by exclusive morphological characters and exclusive nucleotide transformations. Geophagusrufomarginatus sp. n., from the Rio Buranhém Basin, is distinguished from all other species of the group by dorsal-fin lappets with red edges, the presence of longitudinal series of small light blue spots between the anal-fin spines and rays, and non-denticulated gill-rakers; it is closely related to G.brasiliensis and G.iporangensis. Geophagusmultiocellus sp. n., from the Rio de Contas Basin, is distinguished from all other species of the group by having small pale blue spots with minute bright blue dots at their centres, that are often vertically coalesced to form short bars on the caudal fin. Geophagussantosi sp. n., from the Rio Mariana Basin, is distinguished from all other species of the group by having blue stripes parallel to the dorsal and anal fin rays on their longest portions. Geophagusmultiocellus and G.santosi belong to the same clade of G.itapicuruensis. The clade composed by the Rio Paraguaçu Basin species was recovered as the sister group of the other species of the ‘G.’ brasiliensis species group.

Bryodiversity in the tropics: taxonomy of Microporella species (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) with personate maternal zooids from Indian Ocean, Red Sea and southeast Mediterranean

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2798 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEAN-GEORGES HARMELIN ◽  
ANDREW N. OSTROVSKY ◽  
JULIA P. CÁCERES-CHAMIZO ◽  
JOANN SANNER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Anthropogenic Dispersal ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
The Tropics

The particularly speciose cheilostomate genus Microporella includes taxa whose maternal zooids and associated ovicells present a personate structure, i.e. a particularly developed peristome. Six species of Microporella with personate ovicells are analysed from material sampled in the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and southeast Mediterranean. Consideration of highly diagnostic tiny morphological characters displayed by the primary orifice and the avicularium has made it possible to distinguish three new species, M. browni n. sp., M. maldiviensis n. sp. and M. collaroides n. sp., and to better characterise the other species. Among the latter, two species named by Audouin (1826) from Savigny’s drawings (1817), M. coronata and M. genisii, are redescribed and neotypes are selected. Additionally, a new species of the M. coronata species group, Microporella hastingsae n. sp., is proposed following examination of a museum specimen recorded as M. ciliata var. coronata (Hastings 1927). The species dealt with in this study revealed remarkably different patterns of geographic distribution, possibly showing different potential for natural and/or anthropogenic dispersal. The bryozoan assemblages sampled along the coast of Lebanon include four of the six studied species, at least three of them presumably non-indigenous including M. harmeri Hayward, which displays a remarkably wide distribution from the Indian Ocean to the West Pacific and the East Atlantic (Canary Islands).

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