Cytochrome b sequence of the Mazama americana jucunda Thomas, 1913 holotype reveals Mazama bororo Duarte, 1996 as its junior synonym

Species of the genus Oligoryzomys are commonly found accross Latin America, and several of them play important rolesas natural reservoirs of Hantaviruses. Here we demonstrate that O. utiaritensis, the natural reservoir of hantavirus Castelodos Sonhos in northwestwern Brazil and previously considered a junior synonym of O. nigripes or O. eliurus, is a validspecies. Morphology, morphometry, karyotyping, and phylogenetic reconstructions based on nuclear (intron 7 of the beta-fibrinogen gene) and mitochondrial (cytochrome b) DNA show that O. utiaritensis differs from O. nigripes and from otherforms of the genus, including the recently described taxon O. moojeni. Oligoryzomys utiaritensis differs in external (whit-ish ventral pelage and tail weakly bicolored) and cranial (incisive foramina never extending posteriorly the alveolus lineof M1) characters from sympatric species. It has the highest diploid number (2n=72) within Oligoryzomys, and is charac-terized by three putative synapomorphies in cytochrome b, and one in intron 7 of beta fibrinogen. We also point to theassignment of Oligoryzomys eliurus as a junior synonym of O. nigripes. Finally, we present phylogenetic analyses of in-trageneric relationships showing that O. utiaritensis is a member of a clade containing Amazonian and Cerrado taxa, including O. moojeni, O. rupestris, and O. delicatus.

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Taxonomic status of Brucepattersonius albinasus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1199.1.4 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1199 (1) ◽

pp. 61-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

JÚLIO FERNANDO VILELA ◽

JOÃO ALVES DE OLIVEIRA ◽

CIBELE RODRIGUES BONVICINO

Keyword(s):

Genetic Distance ◽

Cytochrome B ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Evolutionary Lineage

Molecular (cytochrome b) comparisons between topotypical specimens of Brucepattersonius griserufescens and the holotype of B. albinasus, both described from the same locality in southeastern Brazil, reveal a very low estimate of genetic distance, equivalent to those obtained in comparisons between haplotypes of B. griserufescens. Only six variable sites, five transitions and one transversion, were found among the 1040 bp of all haplotypes. These findings, together with a re-evaluation of the morphological characters on which the distinction between the two nominal forms was based, indicate that only one evolutionary lineage is represented, which must bear the name B. griserufescens, with B. albinasus as a junior synonym.

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Some Observations on Intra-Mitochondrial Crystals

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100079486 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 35 ◽

pp. 406-407

Author(s):

J. A. Clarke ◽

D. N. Landon ◽

P. R. Ward

Keyword(s):

Cytochrome B ◽

Mitochondrial Myopathy ◽

Crystallographic Analysis ◽

Mitochondrial Membranes ◽

Electron Microscopes ◽

Muscle Biopsies

Intra-mitochondrial crystals have been noted in muscle biopsies from patients in a wide variety of diseased states. As far as we are aware, none of these crystals have been subjected to detailed crystallographic analysis. Recently, similar crystals were observed in a biopsy from a patient with a mitochondrial myopathy, characterised by a deficiency in reducible cytochrome b (Morgan-Hughes, J. A., Darveniza, P., Kahn, S. N., Landon, D. N., Sherratt, R. M., Land, J. M. and Clark, J. B., 1977, Brain, In Press). Aldehyde-fixed, osmicated resin imbedded material was examined using Siemens, JEOL and Phillips electron microscopes with goniometer specimen stages. The crystals generally lay between the outer and inner mitochondrial membranes and measured 1 - 3 μm in length and 0.1 - 0.3 μm in width. Characteristically, these crystals revealed specific periodicities.

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The identification and phylogenetic relationship of pathogenic species of Aspergillus based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene

Medical Mycology ◽

10.1046/j.1365-280x.1998.00145.x ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 153-164 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

WANG ◽

KOJI YOKOYAMA ◽

MAKOTO MIYAJI ◽

KAZUKO NISHIMURA

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationship ◽

Cytochrome B ◽

Cytochrome B Gene ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽

Pathogenic Species ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome B ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome B Gene ◽

Relationship Of

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Non lactate acidotic encephalomyopathy with ptosis, severe central apnea, isolated complex III deficiency and 15257 mutation in the cytochrome b gene – a previously undescribed mitochondrial disorder constellation

Neuropediatrics ◽

10.1055/s-2004-819452 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 35 (01) ◽

Author(s):

M Kieslich ◽

B Gebhardt ◽

S Vlaho ◽

V Boda ◽

S Dittrich ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cytochrome B ◽

Mitochondrial Disorder ◽

Cytochrome B Gene ◽

Complex Iii ◽

Central Apnea

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Yolina tiwaiensis Franciscolo & Sanfilippo, 1990, junior synonym of Yolina libera Biström, 1987 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

Entomologica Fennica ◽

10.33338/ef.83535 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 52

Author(s):

Olof Biström ◽

Mario Franciscolo ◽

Nino Sanfilippo

Keyword(s):

Junior Synonym

Entomologica Fennica. Vol. 2:52. 27.VIII.1991

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Paraswammerdamia ruthiella Steuer, 1993 a junior synonym of P. albicapitella (Scharfenberg, 1805) (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)

Entomologist s Gazette ◽

10.31184/g00138894.712.1764 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 71 (2) ◽

pp. 149-150

Author(s):

David Agassiz

Keyword(s):

Distinct Species ◽

Junior Synonym

The case for retaining Paraswammerdamia ruthiella Steuer, 1993 as a good species is reviewed. It should be regarded as a junior synonym of P. albicapitella (Scharfenberg, 1805), since there is no further evidence that it is a distinct species.

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Distribution, systematics and nomenclature of the three taxa of Common Stonechats (Aves, Passeriformes, Muscicapidae, Saxicola) that breed in the Caucasian region

Zoosystematica Rossica ◽

10.31610/zsr/2020.29.1.33 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 33-57

Author(s):

V.M. Loskot ◽

G.B. Bakhtadze

Keyword(s):

Geographic Distribution ◽

Habitat Preferences ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

Type Locality ◽

Diagnostic Features ◽

Western Turkey ◽

Geographical Variations ◽

History Of ◽

The Individual ◽

North Western

Geographic distribution and habitat preferences of Saxicola rubicola rubicola (Linnaeus, 1766), S. maurus variegatus (S.G. Gmelin, 1774), and S. m. armenicus (Stegman, 1935) inhabiting the Caucasian Isthmus and adjacent areas are described in detail. We examined the individual, sexual, age, seasonal and geographical variations of seven main diagnostic features of both plumage and morphometrics (exactly, the length of wing and tail) using 381 skin specimens. Substantially improved diagnoses of S. m. variegatus and S. m. armenicus are provided. After a thorough examination of the materials and history of the expedition of Samuel Gmelin in 1768–1774, and his description of Parus variegatus, it was concluded that the type locality of this taxon was the vicinity of Shamakhi in Azerbaijan not Enzeli in North-Western Turkey. It is also shown the fallacy of the recently proposed attribution of the holotype of the northern subspecies S. m. variegatus to the southern taxon S. m. armenicus and synonymisation of these names, as well as the replacement of the name S. m. variegatus by its junior synonym S. m. hemrichii Ehrenberg, 1833 for the northern subspecies.

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The centipede genus Otostigmus Porat in Brazil: Description of three new species from the Atlantic Forest; a summary and an identification key to the Brazilian species of this genus (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae, Otostigminae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3280.1.1 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3280 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

AMAZONAS CHAGAS-JÚNIOR

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

The State ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

Identification Key ◽

Nominal Species ◽

Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time ◽

New Distribution

Three new species of Otostigmus Porat, 1876 from Brazilian Atlantic Forest are described. Otostigmus beckeri sp. n. andO. lanceolatus sp. n. are described from the state of Bahia and O. giupponii sp. n. from the state of Espírito Santo. InBrazil, the otostigmine scolopendrid genus Otostigmus comprises 22 species. A summary of Brazilian Otostigmus speciesis presented with new distribution records, taxonomic remarks when appropriate and an identification key. Otostigmus sul-catus Meinert, 1886 is recorded for the first time from Brazil; the Andean Otostigmus silvestrii Kraepelin 1903, previouslyrecorded from Brazil, is here considered not to be present in this country. Eight nominal species are regarded here as newsynonyms. Five of them—Otostigmus pradoi Bücherl, 1939, O. longistigma Bücherl, 1939, O. longipes Bücherl, 1939,O. langei Bücherl, 1946 and O. dentifusus Bücherl, 1946—are based on females of O. tibialis Brölemann, 1902. O. latipesBücherl, 1954 is conspecific with and is considered a junior synonym of O. sulcatus Meinert, 1886; O. limbatus diminutusBücherl, 1946 is a junior synonym of O. limbatus Meinert, 1886 and O. fossulatus Attems, 1928 is a junior synonym of O. goeldii Brölemann, 1898. A lectotype is designated for O. goeldii.

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Taxonomic revision of the genus Anostomoides (Characiformes: Anostomidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4646.1.7 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4646 (1) ◽

pp. 124-144

Author(s):

FERNANDO MASSAYUKI ASSEGA ◽

JOSÉ LUÍS OLIVAN BIRINDELLI

Keyword(s):

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Cutting Edge ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

New Combination ◽

Posterior Half ◽

Body Depth ◽

Lower Lip ◽

Longitudinal Stripe ◽

Components Analysis ◽

Dermal Papillae

A taxonomic revision of Anostomoides is herein presented based on a comprehensive revision of specimens deposited in fish collections and the literature. The present revision proposes that A. laticeps is a junior synonym of A. atrianalis, while A. passionis is a junior synonym of Leporinus nattereri, and the latter is thus transferred to Anostomoides, forming the new combination Anostomoides nattereri. Principal Components Analysis (PCA) showed that examined specimens form two distinct morphotypes, corroborating the validity of both A. atrianalis and A. nattereri. Anostomoides nattereri is distinguished from A. atrianalis by having four branchiostegal rays (vs. three), three pores in infraorbital one (vs. four), 37–39 pored lateral-line scales (vs. 41–44), lower lip with rounded dermal papillae (vs. forming ridges), three dark rounded midlateral blotches (vs. three or four vertically elongated blotches and/or a faded dark longitudinal stripe), dark lines between scale series on posterior half of body on specimens smaller than 150 mm SL (vs. dark lines absent), a greater body depth (27.6–36.2 % vs. 24.5–38.7% of SL) and smaller interorbital distance (34.4–53.8 % vs. 42.6–67.3 % of HL). Anostomoides nattereri is distributed across several tributaries of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, whereas A. atrianalis is widespread throughout the Amazon, Orinoco, and Essequibo basins. The genus Anostomoides is currently diagnosed based on a combination of non-exclusive characters: upturned or slightly upturned mouth with four premaxillary teeth including symphyseal tooth bicuspid or with blunt cutting edge, remaining teeth slightly tricuspid (with medial cuspid distinctly larger); four dentary teeth, symphyseal tooth with truncate cutting edge (without cusps); second tooth with a single large cusp, and two lateral teeth with three or slightly more small cusps.

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