scholarly journals Description of a fossil camelid from the Pleistocene of Argentina, and a cladistic analysis of the Camelinae

2020 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sinéad Lynch ◽  
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra ◽  
Ana Balcarcel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
South American ◽  
Lama Guanicoe ◽  
Vicugna Vicugna ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

AbstractWe describe a well-preserved South American Lamini partial skeleton (PIMUZ A/V 4165) from the Ensenadan (~ 1.95–1.77 to 0.4 Mya) of Argentina. The specimen is comprised of a nearly complete skull and mandible with full tooth rows, multiple elements of anterior and posterior limbs, and a scapula. We tested this specimen’s phylogenetic position and hypothesized it to be more closely related to Lama guanicoe and Vicugna vicugna than to Hemiauchenia paradoxa. We formulate a hypothesis for the placement of PIMUZ A/V 4165 within Camelinae in a cladistic analysis based on craniomandibular and dental characters and propose that future systematic studies consider this specimen as representing a new species. For the first time in a morphological phylogeny, we code terminal taxa at the species level for the following genera: Camelops, Aepycamelus, Pleiolama, Procamelus, and Alforjas. Our results indicate a divergence between Lamini and Camelini predating the Barstovian (16 Mya). Camelops appears as monophyletic within the Camelini. Alforjas taylori falls out as a basal member of Camelinae—neither as a Lamini nor Camelini. Pleiolama is polyphyletic, with Pleiolama vera as a basal Lamini and Pleiolama mckennai in a more nested position within the Lamini. Aepycamelus and Procamelus are respectively polyphyletic and paraphyletic. Together, they are part of a group of North American Lamini from the Miocene epoch.

Description of a new species of the genus Onconeura Andersen et Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Argentina with a cladistic analysis of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3580 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
MARIANO DONATO ◽  
AUGUSTO SIRI ◽  
MELINA MAUAD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Parsimony Analysis ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Qualitative Characters ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Combined Data

The male, female and immature stages of the new species Onconeura analiae from Argentina are described and figured. A parsimony analysis including the seven known species of the genus plus the new species, using a combined data set of continuous and qualitative characters, was conducted in order to assess the phylogenetic position of the new species and to give for the first time a phylogenetic hypothesis of the genus.

Costacopluma salamanca new species (Decapoda, Retroplumidae) from the Salamanca Formation (Danian) of Patagonia, Argentina

1997 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney M. Feldmann ◽  
M. Fernanda Rodriguez ◽  
Gabriela A. Martinez ◽  
María Aguirre-Urreta
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
South American ◽  
Geographic Position ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Salamanca Formation ◽  
Asian North American

The description of a new species of retroplumid crab, Costacopluma salamanca from the Danian Salamanca Formation, southern Argentina, represents the eighth species referred to that genus and extends the geographic range of the taxon into Patagonia. Cladistic analysis of the genus suggests that three groups of species can be identified based upon their geographic position; Afro-Asian, North American, and South American.

New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) 

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5048 (4) ◽  
pp. 486-510
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER L. MONASTYRSKII ◽  
VU VAN LIEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
New Records ◽  
Species Level ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
The Status ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species and eight new subspecies of Papilionoidea discovered in Vietnam between 2002 and 2020 are described and illustrated. The status of two taxa are revised. New taxa include Pieridae: Delias sanaca bidoupa Monastyrskii & Vu subspec. nov. and Talbotia naganum aurelia Monastyrskii & Vu subspec. nov.; Nymphalidae: Abrota ganga pulcheria Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov.; Bassarona recta consonensis Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov.; Pantoporia bieti aurantina Monastyrskii & To subspec. nov.; Ragadia latifasciata cristata Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov.; Ragadia latifasciata crystallina Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov.; Faunis indistincta luctus Monastyrskii & Vu subspec. nov. & Aemona gialaica Monastyrskii, K. Saito & Vu, spec. nov. The taxon infuscata Devyatkin & Monastyrskii, previously described as the subspecies Aemona tonkinensis infuscata, was elevated to the species level, while the taxon critias (Ragadia critias Riley & Godfrey) was reduced to a subspecies. Three Satyrinae species were recorded from Vietnam for the first time: Palaeonympha opalina Butler, 1871; Ypthima motschulskyi Bremer & Grey, 1853; and Ragadia latifasciata Leech, 1891.  

Phylogeny and re-definition of the genus Melanophora (Diptera: Rhinophoridae), with description of a new species from Sardinia

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2318 (1) ◽  
pp. 552-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI ◽  
THOMAS PAPE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Generic Delimitation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A cladistic analysis of the genus Melanophora Meigen, 1803 (type-species: Musca grossificationis Linnaeus, 1758 [= Musca roralis Linnaeus, 1758]) is presented and the generic delimitation is critically redefined. The nominal genus-group taxon Bequaertiana Curran, 1929 (type-species: Bequaertiana argyriventris Curran, 1929) is synonymised with Melanophora Meigen syn. nov. The following new combinations are proposed: Melanophora argyriventris (Curran, 1929) comb. nov. and Melanophora basilewskyi (Peris, 1957) comb. nov. Melanophora chia sp. nov. from SW Sardinia is described, illustrated and compared with the other known species of the genus. The male of Melanophora asetosa Kugler, 1978 is described for the first time. Melanophora basilewskyi (Peris, 1957) is recorded from Kenya for the first time.

A new species of Zoniopoda Stål (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Romaleidae) from Argentina and its phylogenetic position within the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2913 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTINA E. POCCO ◽  
GONZALO D. RUBIO ◽  
M. MARTA CIGLIANO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Body ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Median Carina ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the romaleid grasshopper genus Zoniopoda Stål (Romaleidae: Romaleini) is described and illustrated from the Sierras Chicas of Córdoba Province, central Argentina. A cladistic analysis based on morphological characters indicates that the genus Zoniopoda constitutes a monophyletic group and that Zoniopoda serrana n. sp. must be assigned to Iheringi species group based on synapomorphies of the pronotum and body color. The new species is similar to Z. similis Bruner from Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil, from which it can be distinguished by the color pattern of the body, shape of the pronotal dorso-median carina and characters of the male terminalia and epiphallus. This paper has been formatted with embedded links to images of the type specimen, maps based on georeferenced specimen data for the genus and an updated key to the species of Zoniopoda available on the Orthoptera Species File (OSF) online (http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org).

scholarly journals Genetic diversity of the genus Terfezia (Pezizaceae, Pezizales): New species and new record from North Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 334 (2) ◽  
pp. 183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima El-Houaria ZITOUNI-HAOUAR ◽  
JUAN RAMÓN CARLAVILLA ◽  
GABRIEL MORENO ◽  
JOSÉ LUIS MANJÓN ◽  
ZOHRA FORTAS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Ribosomal Subunit ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Large Ribosomal Subunit ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Morphological and phylogenetic analyses of large ribosomal subunit (28S rDNA) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS rDNA) of Terfezia samples collected from several bioclimatic zones in Algeria and Spain revealed the presence of six distinct Terfezia species: T. arenaria, T. boudieri, T. claveryi; T. eliocrocae (reported here for the first time from North Africa), T. olbiensis, and a new species, T. crassiverrucosa sp. nov., proposed and described here, characterized by its phylogenetic position and unique combination of morphological characters. A discussion on the unresolved problems in the taxonomy of the spiny-spored Terfezia species is conducted after the present results.

Review of the Alompra ferruginea Moore, 1872 complex with description of a new species from Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4247 (2) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
SHIPHER WU ◽  
HSUEH LEE ◽  
VADIM V. ZOLOTUHIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Group A ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The present study reviews the Alompra ferruginea Moore, 1872 group. A. ferruginea bidiensis Tams, 1953 (TL: Borneo) and A. ferruginea cerastes Tams, 1953 (TL: Mindanao) are both raised to bona species level. The population of Taiwan is described as a new species, A. yibinfani sp. nov. The lectotype of A. ferruginea is designated from BMNH, the holotype of A. ferruginea cerastes is designated from USNM. A. ferruginea is listed here from Vietnam for the first time. 

A new, diminutive species ofCatopsalis(Mammalia, Multituberculata, Taeniolabidoidea) from the early Paleocene of southwestern Alberta, Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 896-910
Author(s):  
Craig S. Scott ◽  
Anne Weil ◽  
Jessica M. Theodor
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
North American ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Early Paleocene ◽  
Body Sizes ◽  
History Of ◽  
American Clade ◽  
A New Species

AbstractMultituberculates were among the most taxonomically diverse mammals of the early Paleocene, having survived the catastrophic Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction and radiating soon thereafter. Although their evolution during the early Paleocene saw the advent of increasingly specialized dentitions, multituberculates generally remained small, rarely exceeding body sizes greater than those of extant rabbits. A conspicuous exception is the Taeniolabidoidea, a primarily North American clade whose members include the largest multituberculates yet discovered. Taeniolabidoidea includes several genera, with one of these,Catopsalis, being speciose and geographically wide ranging. Until recently, the chronological succession ofCatopsalisappeared to document a trend of increasing body size. We report here on a new species ofCatopsalisfrom the early Paleocene of Alberta that violates this trend and suggests that the evolutionary history ofCatopsalisis considerably more complex.Catopsalis kakwanew species is not only the smallest species ofCatopsalis, but is the smallest taeniolabidoid so far discovered, with an estimated body mass between 400 g and 660 g. In contrast to previous studies, we used recently proposed regressions based on lower cheek tooth row length to estimate body masses for North American taeniolabidoids. Our results propose more modest body mass estimates, particularly for the largest taeniolabidoids. The occurrence ofC.kakwan. sp. in the late early Paleocene implies either a significant ghost lineage, or reversal of several characters, including body size, during the latter part of the early Paleocene; the more likely of these scenarios must await a better understanding of the phylogenetic position ofC.kakwan. sp.UUID:http://zoobank.org/66d85345-49b8-4a46-ba6e-a4d4369cb3e0urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AF7A5659-9068-4F2F-A6EC-5522A2BBA4CB

Fissidens beckettii (Fissidentaceae, Bryophyta) — a new species for moss flora of Russia

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 463-468
Author(s):  
M. S. Ignatov ◽  
T. Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
North American ◽  
Species Occurrence ◽  
Subsequent Revision ◽  
Disturbed Habitats ◽  
First Time ◽  
Southern Species ◽  
A New Species

Fissidens beckettii is reported for the first time for Russia from the Primorye Territory (43°00′N, 133°00–01′E). The species was described from Sri Lanka, and subsequent revision, especially in last decades, revealed its pan-tropical distribution. The description and illustrations based of Russian collections are given and the species distribution is discussed. Russian locality is separated from Japanese ones by ca. 1000 km and from Chinese by ca. 3000 km. Noteworthy is the species occurrence in disturbed habitats, specifically along roads in Miscanthus’ meadows in southern part of the Primorye Territory, together with two other southern species recently found as new for Russia. These are pantropical Fissidens hyalinus and primarily eastern North American Ephemerum spinulosum, the latter recorded after 1975 in southern Japan and West Europe.

On the taxonomy of southern South American species of the wolf spider genus Allocosa (Araneae: Lycosidae: Allocosinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4216 (3) ◽  
pp. 261 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIGUEL SIMÓ ◽  
ARNO A. LISE ◽  
GABRIEL POMPOZZI ◽  
ÁLVARO LABORDA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Wolf Spider ◽  
South American ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
South American Species ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Three species of the genus Allocosa Banks, 1900 from southern South America are redescribed: Allocosa alticeps (Mello-Leitão, 1944), A. brasiliensis (Petrunkevitch, 1910) and A. senex (Mello-Leitão, 1945). The female of A. senex is described for the first time and the species is revalidated. A new species, A. marindia sp. nov. from southern Uruguay and southern Brazil is described. The new species is distinguished by the flattened terminal apophysis of the male bulb and the conspicuous pointed projections on the posterior margin of the female epigynum. The species inhabits in sandy estuarine and oceanic coasts with psammophile vegetation. 

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