A New Record of Chaunocephalus ferox (Digenea, Echinostomatidae) from Ciconia nigra in Ukraine Including Morphological and Molecular Data

Abstract Morphological and molecular data on the type-species of Chaunocephalus Dietz, 1910, Chaunocephalus ferox (Rudolphi, 1795) is provided based on material collected from the type-host, Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus), from Kiev Zoo, Ukraine.

New Record of a Genus and Species of Odd-Scaled Snake (Serpentes: Xenodermidae) from China

Russian Journal of Herpetology ◽

10.30906/1026-2296-2020-27-6-348-352 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (6) ◽

pp. 348-352

Author(s):

Cai De Bo ◽

Zening Chen ◽

Jun Gao ◽

Ding Li ◽

Rong Dai

Keyword(s):

New Record ◽

First Record ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Extent Of Occurrence ◽

Parafimbrios has been reported in Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. In this paper, based on morphological and molecular data, Parafimbrios lao was reported as the first record of a genus and species of odd-scaled snake in China. This record extends the extent of occurrence to 65,000 km2 and the area of occurrence to 20 km2.

Redescription of Paradiplozoon hemiculteri (Monogenea, Diplozoidae) from the type host Hemiculter leucisculus, with neotype designation

Parasite ◽

10.1051/parasite/2018004 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 ◽

pp. 4 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Dagmar Jirsová ◽

Xuejuan Ding ◽

Kristína Civáňová ◽

Eliška Jirounková ◽

Jana Ilgová ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Southern China ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Posterior Part ◽

Original Description ◽

Molecular Data ◽

The Body ◽

Type Host ◽

Hemiculter Leucisculus ◽

Median Plate

Paradiplozoon hemiculteri (Ling, 1973), a member of the Diplozoidae, parasitizes the gills of Asian fish. Not only is the type material unavailable for this species, the original description was poor and somewhat conflicting, and adequate molecular data were not available. What is more, the available morphological and molecular data are inconsistent and fluctuate significantly. Here, we present a redescription of P. hemiculteri based on morphological and molecular data from new isolates collected from the type host, the sharpbelly Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855), captured at the neotype locality (Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, southern China); a neotype for P. hemiculteri was designated from this collection. The length and width of the body, buccal suckers, pharynx, attachment clamps, sickle and the central hook handle were all measured and the shape of the anterior and posterior part of the median plate and anterior and posterior joining sclerites accurately documented. Phylogenetic analyses based on the sequences of the second rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) indicated that all new samples clustered together and differed clearly from sequences attributed to P. hemiculteri, which are deposited in GenBank. Our results confirm that P. hemiculteri is the only diplozoid that has demonstrably been found on the gills of H. leucisculus to date.

A new record of the genus Yua (Vitaceae) from Vietnam

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.255.3.9 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 255 (3) ◽

pp. 274 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

VIET CUONG DANG ◽

LIMIN LU ◽

VAN HIEU NGUYEN ◽

SADAF HABIB ◽

RUSSELL L. BARRETT ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Record ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Northern Vietnam ◽

Northern India ◽

Diagnostic Characteristics ◽

Lao Cai ◽

Yua C.L. Li (Vitaceae), a genus previously known from China, Nepal and India, is newly recorded from Vietnam. A specimen discovered in the rainforest of Lao Cai province, northern Vietnam was identified as Yua austro-orientalis (F.P. Metcalf) C.L. Li based on both morphological and molecular data. To improve our understanding of relationships between Yua and Parthenocissus Planch., we present diagnostic characteristics for these two genera. We discuss leaf, stem and seed features used to distinguish between Y. austro-orientalis and Y. thomsonii (M.A. Lawson) C.L. Li, a species widely distributed in China, Nepal and northern India. The opportunity is taken to review the typification of all Yua taxa. A lectotype is selected for Vitis thomsonii M.A. Lawson.

A new genus of cynipid inquiline, Lithosaphonecrus Tang, Melika & Bozsó (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini), with description of four new species from Taiwan and China

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/1876312x-45032116 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 46 (1) ◽

pp. 79-114 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Miklós Bozsó ◽

Chang-Ti Tang ◽

Zsolt Pénzes ◽

Man-Miao Yang ◽

Péter Bihari ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Molecular Data ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Key To Species ◽

The Third ◽

Main Lineage ◽

Western Palaearctic

The cynipid inquilines genus Saphonecrus is known to be a polyphyletic group with distinct lineages. One lineage is associated with Synophrus in the Western Palaearctic on section Cerris oaks. Another involves the type species of Saphonecrus, S. connatus, and represents a distinct and probably early-diverging lineage with a Palaearctic distribution on white oaks. The third main lineage is predominantly Asian, and associated with Quercus subgenus Cyclobalanopsis and Quercus section Cerris and the oak-related Fagaceae including Lithocarpus. This third lineage shows large diversity, and includes the genus Ufo, the European lineage of S. undulatus and S. haimi, and the herein described new genus, Lithosaphonecrus Tang, Melika & Bozsó, known from Taiwan and China, with four new species: L. formosanus Melika & Tang, L. dakengi Tang & Pujade-Villar, L. huisuni Tang, Bozsó & Melika and L. yunnani Tang, Bozsó & Melika. All the four described species are associated only with Lithocarpus. Descriptions, diagnoses, biology, and host associations for the new genus and species are given, as well as a key to species and cynipid inquilines genera. All taxa are supported by morphological and molecular data.

Morphological and molecular diversity in the freshwater crab Potamon ruttneri-P. gedrosianum species complex (Decapoda, Brachyura) indicate the need for taxonomic revision

Crustaceana ◽

10.1163/15685403-00003512 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 89 (2) ◽

pp. 129-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Alireza Keikhosravi ◽

Reza Naderloo ◽

Christoph D. Schubart

Keyword(s):

New Record ◽

Molecular Diversity ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Valid Species ◽

Indus River ◽

Mitochondrial 16S Rdna ◽

Incomplete Sampling

Many species and subspecies of Potamon have been described from the easternmost distribution of the genus in the western tributaries of the Indus River. Most of them were synonymised subsequently under the two names of currently valid species known from the region: Potamon gedrosianum Alcock, 1909 and Potamon ruttneri Pretzmann, 1962. Genetic and morphological information, based on mitochondrial 16S rDNA and the first male gonopod (G1), were gathered in the course of the present study. The corresponding results suggest the occurrence of four groups and question the taxonomic status of both species. We also revise the distribution range of both species, in particular that of P. gedrosianum, with a new record from Iran. Overall, the study reveals the need for a major revision using further morphological and molecular data. Because of the complexity of this necessary revision and the incomplete sampling, we here refrain from proposing any taxonomic conclusions.

Orientocardiochiles, a new genus of Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with descriptions of two new species from Malaysia and Vietnam

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.971.56571 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 971 ◽

pp. 1-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ilgoo Kang ◽

Khuat Dang Long ◽

Michael J. Sharkey ◽

James B. Whitfield ◽

Nathan P. Lord

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Key To Species ◽

Two New Species ◽

Braconid Wasp ◽

First Time

For the first time in 21 years, a new genus of cardiochiline braconid wasp, Orientocardiochiles Kang & Long, gen. nov. (type species Orientocardiochiles joeburrowi Kang, sp. nov.), is discovered and described. This genus represents the ninth genus in the Oriental region. Two new species (O. joeburrowi Kang, sp. nov. and O. nigrofasciatus Long, sp. nov.) are described and illustrated, and a key to species of the genus, with detailed images, is added. Diagnostic characters of the new genus are analyzed and compared with several other cardiochiline genera to allow the genus to key out properly using an existing generic treatment. The scientific names validated by this paper and morphological data obtained from this project will be utilized and tested in the upcoming genus-level revision of the subfamily based on combined morphological and molecular data.

Phylogenetic relationships within the flatworm genus Choeradoplana Graff (Platyhelminthes : Tricladida) inferred from molecular data with the description of two new sympatric species from Araucaria moist forests

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is14003 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 28 (6) ◽

pp. 605 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

V. S. Lemos ◽

G. P. Cauduro ◽

V. H. Valiati ◽

A. M. Leal-Zanchet

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Type Species ◽

Sequence Divergence ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Sympatric Species ◽

National Forest ◽

Moist Forest ◽

Feasible Alternative ◽

Forest C

The genus Choeradoplana encompasses 11 species, nine of which have a restricted distribution and are only known from their type localities. Herein we describe two new species of Choeradoplana from Araucaria moist forests, C. minima, sp. nov. Lemos & Leal-Zanchet and C. benyai, sp. nov. Lemos & Leal-Zanchet, based on morphological and molecular data, and use two molecular markers to investigate their phylogenetic relationships with other species in the genus, including its type species. Both morphological and molecular analyses clearly distinguish C. minima, sp. nov., C. benyai, sp. nov. and C. iheringi. The analyses of the ITS-1, COI and sequence divergence data also indicated that C. benyai, sp. nov. is more closely related to the type species of the genus, C. iheringi, than to C. minima, sp. nov. The three species are sympatric in Araucaria moist forest areas of the São Francisco de Paula National Forest; C. minima, sp. nov. and C. benyai, sp. nov. seem to be endemic to their type localities. Regarding external morphology, C. benyai, sp. nov. and C. iheringi could be considered cryptic species, only distinguishable on the basis of the copulatory apparatus. However, immature specimens of C. benyai, sp. nov. and C. iheringi could only be identified based on molecular data. Our results demonstrate that COI should be used with caution for reconstructing phylogenies, and other slower-evolving nuclear genes are a feasible alternative for resolving some of the phylogenetic relationships.

New morphological and molecular data for Xystretrum solidum (Gorgoderidae, Gorgoderinae) from Sphoeroides testudineus (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) in Mexican waters

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.925.49503 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 925 ◽

pp. 141-161

Author(s):

Andrés Martínez-Aquino ◽

Jhonny Geovanny García-Teh ◽

Fadia Sara Ceccarelli ◽

Rogelio Aguilar-Aguilar ◽

Victor Manuel Vidal-Martinez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Type Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Coi Gene ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽

Future Work ◽

Scanning Electron

Adults of trematodes in the genus Xystretrum Linton, 1910 (Gorgoderidae, Gorgoderinae) are parasites found exclusively in the urinary bladders of tetraodontiform fishes. However, limited and unclear morphological data were used to describe the type species, X. solidum Linton, 1910. Here, we present the first detailed morphological information for a member of Xystretrum. Morphological characters were described using light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of Xystretrum specimens from Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus) (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae), collected at six localities off the northern Yucatan Peninsula coast of the Gulf of Mexico. We also compared sequence fragments of the 28S (region D1–D3) ribosomal DNA and mitochondrial Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene with those available for other gorgoderine taxa. We assigned these Xystretrum specimens to X. solidum, despite the incompleteness of published descriptions. The data provide a foundation for future work to validate the identities of X. solidum, X. papillosum Linton, 1910 and X. pulchrum (Travassos, 1920) with new collections from the type localities and hosts. Comparisons of 28S and COI regions described here also provide an opportunity to evaluate the monophyletic status of Xystretrum.

New record of Setomelanomma holmii on Picea crassifolia in China based on morphological and molecular data

Mycotaxon ◽

10.5248/128.105 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 128 (1) ◽

pp. 105-111 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zi-Qiang Wu ◽

Xin-Lei Fan ◽

Ting Yang ◽

Cheng-Ming Tian ◽

Ying-Mei Liang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Record ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Picea Crassifolia ◽

Replacement name for Cleta Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4869.1.9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4869 (1) ◽

pp. 149-150

Author(s):

KAROL SZAWARYN ◽

WIOLETTA TOMASZEWSKA

Keyword(s):

Type Species ◽

New World ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Sensu Stricto ◽

New Classification ◽

Ladybird Beetles ◽

The Family ◽

World Fauna

Recently the classification of the ladybird beetles’ tribe Epilachnini was revised based on morphological and molecular data (Szawaryn et al. 2015, Tomaszewska & Szawaryn 2016). Based on these findings a new classification of the tribe was proposed. The genus Epilachna Chevrolat in Dejean, 1837 sensu lato was split into several clades, with Epilachna sensu stricto limited to New World fauna, and one of the Afrotropical clades, formerly defined as Epilachna sahlbergi-group (Fürsch 1963), has been named Chazeauiana Tomaszewska & Szawaryn, 2015 (Szawaryn et al. 2015), with Epilachna sahlbergi Mulsant, 1850 as the type species. However, that taxon received an unnecessary replacement name, as Mulsant (1850) already described a subgenus of Epilachna named Cleta distributed in Afrotropics, with Epilachna eckloni Mulsant, 1850 as the type species, which also belongs to the E. sahlbergi-group. Consequently Cleta has been elevated to the genus level (Tomaszewska & Szawaryn 2016) and Chazeuiana was synonymized with Cleta as a junior synonym. Nonetheless, authors (Tomaszewska & Szawaryn 2016) were not aware that the name Cleta is preoccupied. It appeared that Duponchel (1845) established the genus Cleta in the family Geometridae (Lepidoptera) that makes Cleta Mulsant (1850) a junior homonym. Therefore, we propose here Afrocleta nom. nov. as a replacement name for Cleta Mulsant, 1850.