On the Trichoptera of Italy with delineation of incipient sibling species

Lumpers, focussing between gross and molecular morphologies and neglecting fine phenomics, highly underestimate biodiversity. The outdated lumper’s attitude fixed in the Distribution Atlas of European Trichoptera (Neu et al. 2018) is revisited and some theoretical background of why and how to delineate phylogenetic-retigenetic incipient species is outlined very briefly. We expose the adverse effect of lumpers in order to improve by fine phenomics the detection of the fine structure of the local genetic resources, the most valuable and most specific living components, the endemics of the particular ecosystems. In the Italian caddisfly fauna we have recorded, treated or revised the species complex status of Plectrocnemia geniculata, Tinodes dives, Diplectrona atra, Rhyacophila praemorsa, R. pubescens, R. vulgaris, Drusus graecus, D. discolor D. muelleri, D. flavipennis, D. mixtus, D. spelaeus, D. alpinus, D. nebulicola, Limnephilus stigma. Raised the subspecies status to phylogenetic-retigenetic incipient species rank of Plectrocnemia calabrica Malicky, 1971 stat. nov., Tinodes cantabricus Botosaneanau & Gonzalez, 2001 stat. restit., stat. nov., Tinodes consiglioi Botosaneanu, 1980 stat. nov. Tinodes jeekeli Botosaneanu, 1980, stat restit., stat. nov., Ernodes romaniulus Moretti, Cianficconi, Campadelli & Crudele, 1999 stat. nov. Described 21 new species: Wormaldia ameliae sp. nov., W. dupla sp. nov., W. joani sp. nov., W. marilouae sp. nov., W. reggella sp. nov., W. toscanica sp. nov., Diplectrona ligurica sp. nov., Rhyacophila abruzzica sp. nov., R. harmasa sp. nov., R. ligurica sp. nov., R. pilosa sp. nov., Drusus oblos sp. nov., D. cerreto sp. nov., D. dondenaz sp. nov., D. tagolt sp. nov., D. hatras sp. nov., D. granparadiso sp. nov., D. camposilvano sp. nov., Limnephilus logos sp. nov., Chaetopteryx kimera sp. nov., Consorophylax juliae sp. nov.

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A review of Chiromantes obtusifrons (Dana, 1851) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae), with descriptions of four new sibling-species from Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), Guam and Taiwan

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3609.1.1 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3609 (1) ◽

pp. 1-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

PETER J.F. DAVIE ◽

PETER K.L. NG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Indian Ocean ◽

Sibling Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Eastern Indian Ocean ◽

Abdominal Somite ◽

West Pacific ◽

Christmas Island ◽

Species Separation

The identity of Chiromantes obtusifrons (Dana, 1851), previously considered widespread in the tropical West Pacific re-gion to the eastern Indian Ocean, is revised and found to be a species-complex. Chiromantes obtusifrons is now considered endemic to the Hawaiian Is., and four new species are described from Guam, Taiwan and Christmas Island. Two species live sympatrically in Taiwan. Species separation is based on carapace and frontal shape and granulation, leg proportions, abdominal somite proportions, and distinctive live colouration.

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Description of the Macrocheles kraepelini species complex (Acari: Macrochelidae) with two new species

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z86-034 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

pp. 212-217 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

D. E. Walter ◽

G. W. Krantz

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Body Size ◽

Sibling Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Species Group ◽

Species Pair ◽

Two New Species ◽

Adult Body ◽

First Time ◽

Time Information

Mite predators of synanthropic flies similar to Macrocheles kraepelini (Berlese) are described as a new complex of species belonging to the Macrocheles glaber species group. Two new species in the kraepelini complex are described, M. tantalus and M. hallidayi. The male of M. kraepelini is described for the first time. Information on the distribution and phoretic associations of all three species is presented. Macrocheles hallidayi and M. kraepelini are sibling species, which, when sympatric, differ in adult body size by the same ratio as the holarctic sibling species pair of M. perglaber and M. glaber.

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Description of Tetrahymena empidokyrea n.sp., a new species in the Tetrahymena pyriformis sibling species complex (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea), and an assessment of its phylogenetic position using small-subunit rRNA sequences

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z96-214 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 74 (10) ◽

pp. 1898-1906 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

Cheryl A. Jerome ◽

Denis H. Lynn ◽

Ellen M. Simon

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sibling Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Tetrahymena Pyriformis ◽

Small Subunit ◽

Biological Species ◽

Phylogenetic Position ◽

Small Subunit Rrna ◽

A New Species ◽

Rrna Sequences

Ciliates infected 0.25% of adult Aedes sp. mosquitoes collected in Guelph, Ontario. Morphological observations of live and stained specimens indicated that these ciliates belonged to the Tetrahymena pyriformis sibling species complex. This study provides the first well-documented case of insects being infected by a species in the T. pyriformis complex. Mating experiments demonstrated that these "mosquito" ciliates were reproductively isolated from previously described biological species in the complex, and are designated a new species, Tetrahymena empidokyrea n.sp. Phylogenetic analysis using SSrDNA sequences suggested that T. empidokyrea n.sp. is either basal to all species in the genus Tetrahymena or basal to one of the two main lineages in that genus.

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Two new species of Hydnophlebia (Meruliaceae, Polyporales) from China based on morphological and molecular evidence

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.477.1.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 477 (1) ◽

pp. 35-46

Author(s):

DONG-MEI LIU ◽

YUN-LIN XU ◽

YUE LI ◽

WEI-HONG LIU ◽

HAI-XIA MA ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sibling Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Southern China ◽

Northern China ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

Two New Species ◽

Morphological Differences

Two new corticioid species, Hydnophlebia sinensis and H. subchrysorhiza, are described and illustrated from China. Hydnophlebia sinensis was collected from northern China (Beijing, Jilin and Shaanxi Provinces), while H. subchrysorhiza was collected from southern China (Hainan, Hunan and Yunnan Provinces). The two new species belong to the H. chrysorhiza species complex and are similar to each other with few morphological differences. However, they are phylogenetically independent in both the ITS-LSU tree of Meruliaceae and the ITS tree of Hydnophlebia. In the trees, H. sinensis was sister to H. sp., whilst H. subchrysorhiza was closely related to H. chrysorhiza. Our analyses show that we do not have H. chrysorhiza in China but possess two undescribed sibling species

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Formal taxonomy of species C of the Anopheles minimus sibling species complex (Diptera: Culicidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1654.1.3 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1654 (1) ◽

pp. 41-54 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

RALPH E. HARBACH ◽

CLAIRE GARROS ◽

NGUYEN DUC MANH ◽

SYLVIE MANGUIN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sibling Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Type Specimens ◽

Anopheles Minimus ◽

Holotype Female ◽

Formal Taxonomy ◽

Available Information

The nomenclatural identity of species C of the Anopheles minimus complex is resolved by excluding the available junior synonyms of the nominotypical member of the complex and naming it An. harrisoni Harbach & Manguin, sp. n. Anopheles formosaensis I Tsuzuki, An. christophersi Theobald and An. christophersi var. alboapicalis Theobald are retained as junior synonyms of An. minimus Theobald based on the provenance of type specimens in geographical areas where An. harrisoni is not known to occur. A lectotype is designated for An. vincenti Laveran, which thus becomes the senior name of the specific entity known as An. jeyporiensis James. Molecular data that diagnose An. harrisoni are reviewed and the holotype female is contrasted with the neotype series of An. minimus. Available information on the bionomics and distribution of the new species is included.

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Two new species of the Torodora karismata species complex and a new species of the Torodora leucochlora species complex (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae: Torodorinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3547.1.4 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3547 (1) ◽

pp. 46 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

KYU-TEK PARK ◽

SANGMI LEE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sibling Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

The Philippines ◽

Species Complexes ◽

Two New Species ◽

A New Species ◽

Malaysian Borneo

Two new species of the Torodora karismata species complex, T. parakarismata Park, sp. nov. and T. sabahana Park, sp. nov., are described from Sumatra, Indonesia, and Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, respectively, and a sibling species of Torodora leucochlora (Meyrick), T. niphadodes Park, sp. nov., is described from the Philippines. The Torodora new species are easily distinguished from congeners by having dark-fuscous wings with various sizes of whitish costal patches or the orange-white wings and body. Illustrations of adults and genitalia for the new species are provided, as well as keys to the species for each the two species-complexes.

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A review of the Philaethria dido species complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) and description of three new sibling species from Colombia and Venezuela

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2720.1.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2720 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

LUIS MIGUEL CONSTANTINO ◽

JULIAN A. SALAZAR

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sibling Species ◽

Chromosome Numbers ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

Species Complex ◽

New Records ◽

Ventral Surface ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Three New Species ◽

And Behavior

Three new species and seven new subspecies of Philaethria from Colombia, Venezuela, and Panama are described as follows: P. browni sp. nov., P, romeroi sp. nov., P. neildi neildi sp. nov., P. neildi winhardi spp. nov., P. neildi tachiraensis spp. nov., P. dido panamensis ssp. nov., P. andrei orinocensis ssp. nov., P. ostara araguensis ssp. nov., P. ostara meridensis ssp. nov., and P. pygmalion metaensis ssp. nov. The three new sibling species are diagnosed using characters of maculation on the ventral surface of the wing, male genitalia, and chromosome numbers. New records of P. andrei from Venezuela and P. dido from Panama are reported. The adults (both dorsal and ventral surface) are illustrated for all the species and subspecies and information about habitats and behavior for each species is provided with a key to identify the species known in the Neotropical Region.

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