scholarly journals Berberis karnaliensis Bh. Adhikari (Berberidaceae): a new addition to the Flora of India

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
Umeshkumar L. Tiwari ◽  
Gopal Singh Rawat ◽  
Bhupendra Singh Adhikari
Keyword(s):  
Species Identification ◽  
Indian Territory ◽  
Habitat Ecology ◽  
Related Taxon ◽  
Flora Of India ◽  
First Time

Abstract Berberis karnaliensis Bh. Adhikari, a recently described species was recorded for the first time from the Indian territory. Hence, it is being reported herewith as an addition to the Flora of India. The species differs from its closely related taxon viz. Berberis jaeschkeana Schneid. var. usteriana Schneid. in having coriaceous leaves and 5-6 primary veins on each side of the midrib. Detailed information on taxonomy, morphology, habitat, ecology and distribution of B. karnaliensis as well as photographs and illustrations are provided here for the species identification.

scholarly journals Genus Metagentiana T. N. Ho & S. W. Liu (Gentianaceae Juss.) – a new record for flora of Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 05003
Author(s):  
Van Quyet Khuat ◽  
Minh Tam Ha ◽  
Thi Thuy Hang Nguyen ◽  
Thanh Hai Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Species Identification ◽  
New Record ◽  
Habitat Ecology ◽  
Distinct Genus ◽  
First Time

Ho et al. proposed to exclude Stenogyne section from the genus Gentiana and classifying it as a distinct genus (Metagentiana). Fourteen species of this genus have been recorded and distributed in China, Myanmar and Thailand. This is the first time there has been a confirmed genus Metagentiana distributed in Vietnam. This genus has two species: Metagentiana rhodantha and Metagentiana primuliflora, which are proposed in Vietnam. Particularly, Metagentiana rhodantha, which had only been known from China, was reported in Vietnam. A detailed description along with their distribution, habitat, ecology, illustrations, and photos has been provided to aid species identification. The key to identify all taxa of the genus has been constructed

scholarly journals Ceratophyllum platyacanthum subsp. oryzetorum (Kom.) Les (Ceratophyllaceae): an addition to the flora of India from Kashmir Himalaya

Check List ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aijaz Hassan Ganie ◽  
Bilal A. Tali ◽  
Anzar A. Khuroo ◽  
Zafar A. Reshi ◽  
Donlad H. Les
Keyword(s):  
Ceratophyllum Demersum ◽  
Kashmir Himalaya ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Taxonomic Description ◽  
Related Taxon ◽  
Flora Of India ◽  
Field Identification ◽  
First Time

Ceratophyllum platyacanthum Cham. subsp. oryzetorum (Kom.) Les (Ceratophyllaceae) is recorded for the first time from Kashmir Himalaya and India. The species differs from its closely related taxon, Ceratophyllum demersum, in having smaller leaves and the fruit with a facial spine. A comparison between Ceratophyllum demersum and C. platyacanthum subsp. oryzetorum, and the taxonomic description, photographs and distribution map are provided to facilitate its field identification in the region. 

scholarly journals Prevalence of Eimeria spp. in calves from dairy farms in northern Paraná state, Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-122
Author(s):  
Sérgio Tosi Cardim ◽  
Mércia Seixas ◽  
Victor Bittencourt Dutra Tabacow ◽  
Alessandra Taroda ◽  
Priscilla Gomes Carneiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Identification ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
The State ◽  
Pathogenic Species ◽  
Eimeria Spp ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
The World ◽  
Cattle Herds ◽  
First Time

Abstract Bovine coccidiosis is a disease of major importance in cattle herds across the world. The disorder mainly affects young calves, and E. bovis and E. zuernii are considered the most pathogenic species of the genus, however, E. alabamensis have been described in grazing calves. In this study, the prevalence of Eimeria spp. was evaluated in calves on dairy farms in the northern region of the state of Paraná, Brazil. Four hundred calves on 44 dairy farms were tested for the presence of coccidian oocysts. The positives were re-examined and the oocysts were morphometrically analyzed for species identification. All the farms were contaminated and 205 animals (51.25%) presented Eimeria spp. oocysts. Among these, 146 animals (71.22%) were co-infected by two or more species of coccidia. Ten species of Eimeria were identified: E. bovis (in 30.25% of the positive samples), E. alabamensis (26.75%), E. zuernii (22.00%), E. ellipsoidalis (18.50%), E. auburnensis (13.75%), E. canadensis (8.00%), E. cylindrica (7.25%), E. subspherica (5.00%), E. bukidnonensis (3.00%) and E. brasiliensis (0.75%). This study demonstrates the high prevalence of Eimeria spp. in the northern region of Paraná, Brazil, and detection for the first time in our region the pathogenic species E. alabamensis.

scholarly journals Relevance of wing morphology in distinguishing and classifying genera and species of Stenogastrinae wasps

2011 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Baracchi ◽  
Leonardo Dapporto ◽  
Stefano Turillazzi
Keyword(s):  
Geometric Morphometrics ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
Reliable Method ◽  
Wing Morphology ◽  
Wing Vein ◽  
Statistical Assessment ◽  
Genus Level ◽  
Nesting Material ◽  
First Time

The phylogeny of the Stenogastrinae wasps is still under discussion and their systematic incomplete. In the present work we used geometric morphometrics, a technique based on a rigorous statistical assessment of shape, to compare the forewings of fifteen species of Stenogastrinae wasps belonging to four different genera to ascertain whether this approach may be used as a reliable method in the study of the taxonomy of the group. The results show that the wing vein junctions can be diagnostic for both genus and species identification. For the first time in this subfamily, we propose a phylogenetic classification of the species based on wing morphology that largely agrees with the cladistic data available at genus level and reflects the differences among species in terms of nesting material and architecture of their nest.

Male identification, generic classification and sexual dimorphism of Micronychus pardus (Kazantsev, 2018) comb. nov. (Coleoptera: Lycidae: Calochrominae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4657 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAL MOTYKA
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Large Specimen ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Almost All ◽  
First Time

Almost all net-winged beetles are members of Müllerian complexes and their similarity due to phenotypic coevolution sometimes complicates species identification and generic placement. Therefore, large specimen series, detailed exhaustive examination of morphological characters and molecular data are needed to clarify the taxonomic placement. Using mitochondrial DNA sequences, I investigated the sexual dimorphism and generic placement of the recently described species Calochromus pardus Kazantsev, 2018. I found that the species does not belong in Calochromus Guérin-Méneville, 1833 and all morphological characters and molecular analyses point to its placement in Micronychus Motschulsky, 1861. Therefore, Micronychus pardus (Kazantsev, 2018), comb. nov. is proposed. Additionally, the male is described here for the first time showing the sexual dimorphism in the species. Unlike the females, the males do not superficially resemble members of Xylobanus Waterhouse, 1879 with bright coloured elytral costae and black background, but mimics the sympatrically occurring yellow and black lycids in the genus Cautires Waterhouse, 1879. 

scholarly journals New Baetidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) Records from Venezuela and Nymph Description of an UnnamedFallceonSpecies

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Paulo Vilela Cruz ◽  
Rafael Boldrini ◽  
Carlos F. Quinto ◽  
Hortencia Frontado
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
First Time

The Ephemeroptera fauna in Venezuela is poorly known, as is also the case in others areas in South America. Recently, two studies increased from 33 to 50 the number of species recorded in Venezuela. The objective of the present study is to report for the first time in Venezuela the following species:Baetodes levis;Camelobaetidius edmundsi;Fallceonsp.;Mayobaetis ellenae.The nymph ofFallceonsp. is described, but is not named because adults were not reared to allow species identification; however, description of this nymph indicates the presence of this genus in South America.

The Creation of Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayesha Jalal
Keyword(s):  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Colonial Rule ◽  
Indian Territory ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Open Question ◽  
First Time

The All-India Muslim League first voiced the demand for a Muslim homeland based on India’s northwestern and northeastern provinces in March 1940. Seven years later at the moment of British decolonization in the subcontinent, Pakistan emerged on the map of the world, an anomaly in the international community of nations with its two wings separated by a thousand miles of Indian territory. Over a million people died in the violence that accompanied partition while another 14½ million moved both ways across frontiers demarcated along ostensibly religious lines for the first time in India’s six millennia history. Commonly attributed to the age-old religious divide between Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs, the causes of Pakistan’s creation are better traced to the federal problems created in India under British colonial rule. Despite sharing a common identity based on religious affiliation, Indian Muslims were divided along regional, linguistic, class, sectarian, and ideological lines. More Muslims live in India and Bangladesh than in Pakistan today, highlighting the clear disjunction between religiously informed identities and territorial sovereignty. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the leader of the All-India Muslim League, tried resolving the problem by claiming in 1940 that Indian Muslims were not a minority but a nation, entitled to the principle of self-determination. He envisaged a “Pakistan” based on undivided Punjab and Bengal. Since this left Muslims in the Hindu-majority provinces out of the reckoning, Jinnah left it an open question whether “Pakistan” and Hindustan would form a confederation covering the whole of India or make treaty arrangements as two separate sovereign states. In the end Jinnah was unable to achieve his larger aims and had to settle for a Pakistan based on the Muslim-majority districts of Punjab and Bengal, something he had rejected out of hand in 1944 and then again in 1946.

Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical ensign wasp genus Decevania (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1496 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICARDO KAWADA ◽  
CELSO O. AZEVEDO
Keyword(s):  
Species Identification ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
First Time

Neotropical species of Decevania Huben, 2003 are revised for the first time. Species in this genus are characterized by having an 8-segmented flagellum, eye relatively reduced, wings frequently large and floppy with reduced venation (M+CU, 1CUa, 1Cub and 2CU), anterior wing with only one cell enclosed by tubular vein (costal), and hind tarsomere 1–3 posteriorly expanded. Thirteen species are recognized, two of which were previously described, D. parva (Enderlein, 1901) and D. striatigena (Kieffer, 1910), and eleven which are described and illustrated as new; D. brevis sp. nov., D. deansi sp. nov., D. destituta sp. nov., D. elongata sp. nov., D. glabra sp. nov., D. hemisphaerica sp. nov., D. nigra sp. nov., D. nuda sp. nov., D. polita sp. nov., D. reticulata sp. nov., D. unidentata sp. nov. Keys for species identification based on males and females are provided.

scholarly journals Statolith identification of Mediterranean Octopodidae, Sepiidae, Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae and Enoploteuthidae based on warp analyses

2006 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoni Lombarte ◽  
Marta M. Rufino ◽  
Pilar Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Species Identification ◽  
Shape Analysis ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Landmark Analysis ◽  
Relative Warp ◽  
Discriminating Power ◽  
Morphometric Methods ◽  
Discriminant Analyses ◽  
First Time

The statoliths of 14 species (193 right statoliths from subadult to adult individuals), belonging to five Cephalopoda families (Sepiidae, Loliginidae, Enoploteuthidae, Ommastrephidae and Octopodidae) were analysed using morphometric methods based on landmarks (geometric morphometry). The aim of the current study is to determine the discriminating power of statolith shape analysis in species identification of Mediterranean cephalopods. Discriminant analyses of the partial warps were able to fully identify (100% discrimination) the species of all families, except Octopodidae which showed some misclassification (correctly classified about 68–90%). These results were also shown by relative warp analysis. Octopodidae statoliths were studied for the first time using geometric landmark-based methods. Greatest differences in statolith shape between Octopodidae species, were in the area that unites the statolith dome with the flat wing. Landmark analysis applied to statoliths can be a useful taxonomic tool in the identification of closely related species.

scholarly journals Species of Odontia and Tomentella (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota) new to Dagestan, Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-173
Author(s):  
Yu. Yu. Ivanushenko ◽  
S. V. Volobuev
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Phylogenetic Structure ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Its Nrdna ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

Aim. To obtain new data on the species diversity, phylogenetic structure, and ecological characteristics of thelephoroid fungi (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota) in the Republic of Dagestan.Material and Methods. Both micromorphological and molecular analyses were used for studying of the fungal specimens collected by the authors in 2018-2019 in the Gunibsky and Magaramkentsky Districts of Dagestan. Additional specimens from the Mycological Herbarium of the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LE) were studied. The ITS region of nrDNA was amplified with two pairs of primers, ITS1F/ITS4 and ITS5/ITS4.Results. Sixteen ITS sequences belonging to eight species were obtained from the studied material. Of them, 14 sequences clustered in the Tomentella clade and two sequences nested within the Odontia clade. Four species – Odontia duemmeri, Tomentella lapida, T. radiosa, T. terrestris – were registered for the first time for Dagestan. Detailed information on the specimens studied is presented. Species identification of Odontia fibrosa, Tomentella badia, T. ferruginea, and T. stuposa was confirmed by ITS nrDNA analysis.Conclusion. Data on the species richness of the genera Odontia and Tomentella in Dagestan is updated, and the species T. lilacinogrisea is excluded from the regional funga. To date the genera Odontia and Tomentella in the Republic of Dagestan are represented by three and fifteen species, respectively.

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