Tadpole Description of Leptobrachella petrops (Rowley, Dau, Hoang, Le, Cutajar et Nguyen, 2017) (Anura: Megophryidae), an Endemic Species of Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-151
Author(s):  
Dzung Trung Le ◽  
Loc Thi Nguyen ◽  
Minh Duc Le ◽  
Cuong The Pham ◽  
Truong Quang Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Tail Length ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Maximum Height ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Vent Tube ◽  
First Time

Leptobrachella petrops (Rowley, Dau, Hoang, Le, Cutajar et Nguyen, 2017) was recently described from northern Vietnam. The tadpoles of this endemic species were collected for the first time from its type locality in Cham Chu Nature Reserve, Tuyen Quang Province. Taxonomic identification was based on a fragment of 16S rRNA gene of the newly collected tadpole and sequences of the type series obtained from GenBank. Morphological characters of the tadpoles (Gosner stages 25, 28, 35, 36, 43, 44, and 45) are as follows: Size medium, body elliptical, elongated, eyes are dorsolateral, narial apertures with characteristic gently rounded rims, slightly lifted above body surface, breathing hole on the left, vent tube dextral, separated from body and attached to lower fin, tail length exceeding two times body length, both upper and lower tail fins reach maximum height in posterior third, tip of tail pointed; dorsal surface olive-brown with distinct whitish-golden specklings, the tail has large black spots, ventral surface opaque-white, internal gills distinctly reddish. LTRF: 4(2 – 4)/3(1 – 2). In addition, we compare the tadpoles of Leptobrachella petrops with those of other species in the genus Leptobrachella.

scholarly journals Record of Humerana humeralis (Boulenger 1887) from Rangpur district of north-western Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-282
Author(s):  
H Al-Razi ◽  
MA Baki ◽  
SMI Alam
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Bright Green ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Western

A male Bhamo frog Humerana humeralis was first time collected from Rangpur, Bangladesh, outside its usually habitat. The dorsal surface was characteristically olive brown to bright green in colour and the ventral surface was whitish. Black spots were distributed between nostril and between eyes. The length of snout-vent, head, snout were found to be 43.25 mm, 14.50 mm and 7.5 mm, respectively. Some information of its natural history is also included in the paper.Bangladesh J. Zool. 42(2): 277-282, 2014

scholarly journals A survey on poorly known rainforest litter-dwelling spiders of Orchid Island (Lanyu, Taiwan) with the description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Tetrablemmidae, and Theridiosomatidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4927 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-208
Author(s):  
FRANCESCO BALLARIN ◽  
TAKESHI YAMASAKI ◽  
YONG-CHAO SU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Spider Species ◽  
Orchid Island ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Representatives of some poorly known spider species collected in the rainforest litter of the Orchid Island (Taiwan) are illustrated and discussed here. A new species, Brignoliella tao sp. nov. (Fam. Tetrablemmidae), endemic to Orchid Island, is described based on both sexes. The previously unknown female of Theridiosoma triumphale Zhao & Li, 2012 (Fam. Theridiosomatidae), is described for the first time. Zoma taiwanica (Zhang, Zhu & Tso 2006) comb. nov., from the same family, is illustrated and its transfer from the genus Theridiosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 to Zoma Saaristo, 1996 is proposed on the basis of morphological characters. Habitus and genitalia of the endemic species Gongylidioides angustus Tu & Li, 2006 (Fam. Linyphiidae) are also illustrated. 

Steinernema borjomiense n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from Georgia

Nematology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 653-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleg Gorgadze ◽  
Elena Fanelli ◽  
Manana Lortkhipanidze ◽  
Alberto Troccoli ◽  
Medea Burjanadze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
18S Rrna ◽  
Entomopathogenic Nematode ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Tail Length ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
18S Rrna Gene ◽  
The Body ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
A New Species

Summary A new species of entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema borjomiense n. sp., was isolated from the body of the host insect, Oryctes nasicornis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in Georgia, in the territory of Borjomi-Kharagauli. Morphological characters indicate that the new species is closely related to species of the feltiae-group. The infective juveniles are characterised by the following morphological characters: body length of 879 (777-989) μm, distance between the head and excretory pore = 72 (62-80) μm, pharynx length = 132 (122-142) μm, tail length = 70 (60-80) μm, ratio a = 26.3 (23.0-29.3), H% = 45 (40-51), D% = 54 (47-59), E% = 102 (95-115), and lateral fields consisting of seven ridges (eight incisures) at mid-body. Steinernema borjomiense n. sp. was molecularly characterised by sequencing three ribosomal regions (the ITS, the D2-D3 expansion domains and the 18S rRNA gene) and the mitochondrial COI gene. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that S. borjomiense n. sp. differs from all other known species of Steinernema and is a member of the monticolum-group.

scholarly journals The first data on the role of rhyncholites in the process of epibiota

2019 ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
E. S. Gaponenko ◽  
M. A. Ulshin ◽  
V. N. Komarov
Keyword(s):  
Adult Worm ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Ventral Side ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Clear Indication ◽  
Life Activity ◽  
Additional Food ◽  
Inner Surface ◽  
First Time

For the first time the role of rhyncholites in the process of epibiota has been figured out. Serpulidae inlay is detected in 39 rhyncholites of 979 specimens, representing 4% of the all studied material. This fact demonstrates that rhyncholites were used extremely rarely by encrusting species as a substrate. No other epibionts were found. Polychaetes were found in the genus Hadrocheilus (87%) and in the genus Akidocheilus. Size of the inlaid rhyncholites ranges from 7 to 23 mm. Serpulidae cover usually only the ventral side of rhyncholites, herewith, at 48,7% of the samples epibionts with different degrees of intensity are developed throughout the ventral surface, at 30,7% of the samples they are observed only on the ventral side of the hood and at 20,6% serpulidae are present only on the ventral surface of the arm. At four exemplars of the genus Hadrocheilus (10 % of the total amount) polychaetes are developed on the dorsal surface, but they are always and usually very wide developed on the ventral side of rhyncholites. No samples were found in which serpulidae were found only on the dorsal surface. Among the remains of polychaete worms, large and small tubes were identified and described. The presence of serpulidae on the handle of rhyncholites, that during the life of the cephalopod mollusk was located in a horny jaw, is a clear indication of the settlement’s epibionts on isolated skeletal structures of the already dead cephalopod. Cases when serpulidae are observed only on the ventral side of the hood in representatives of the genus Akidocheilus, suggest that planktonic trochophore – larvae of polychaetes can settle on the inner surface of the mandible of living ammonoids, where they turned into an adult worm. At the same time, polychaetes gained access not only to traditional prey, represented by various microscopic organisms, but also to additional food resources associated with the life activity of cephalopodas.

First report of Rhipicephalus deltoideus from Manipur, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aheibam Jeeran Kumar Singh ◽  
R.K. Gambhir Singh
Keyword(s):  
Microscopic Observation ◽  
New Record ◽  
Bos Indicus ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Body ◽  
Mouth Part ◽  
Present Specimen ◽  
First Time

The present paper deals record of a Rhipicephalus tick, reported for the first time from Manipur, a new record of India. The species under this genus have usual morphological features viz., having a hard sclerotized scutum which completely cover the dorsal surface of the body in males but present a small shield just behind the capitulum in female, basis capitulum is hexagonal in shape, mouth part anterior in position, eyes if present are located near the lateral margin of the scutum, presence of adanal plate in male, presence of festoons, etc. The present specimen which is reporting as a new record was collected from cattle (Bos indicus) from Wakha (24º46'22'’ N, 93º59'12'’E) Imphal East District, Manipur,India. On detailed microscopic observation, the present specimen was found to possess the morphological characters similar to the already known Rhipicephalus species, Rhipicephalus deltoides is a first record from India.

Schmidleinema santiniketanense sp. nov. (Cyanobacteria/ Cyanoprokaryota) from a building facade in Santiniketan, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 283 (2) ◽  
pp. 181 ◽  
Author(s):  
NITIN KESHARI ◽  
SUDIPTA KUMAR DAS ◽  
SIBA PRASAD ADHIKARY
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Rare Occurrence ◽  
Climatic Region ◽  
Consensus Tree ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

Schmidleinema is a monotypic genus in the family Fischerellaceae (Cyanobacteria / Cyanoprokaryota) with S. indicum is the sole species described so far. Due to its rare occurrence and reported only from a tropical climatic region, the taxon was not thoroughly studied, thus its taxonomic position is ubiquitous. No molecular data of the species is available so far. While studying the aero-terrestrial cyanobacterial flora of Santiniketan, West Bengal (India), a new Schmidleinema species, i.e. Schmidleinema santiniketanense sp. nov. was documented.  Light microscopic study of morphological characters of the species revealed its distinctness from the earlier descriptions of Schmidleinema indicum, particularly in the characteristics of sheath and branching pattern. Partial sequence of 16S rRNA gene of the species was obtained and deposited in GenBank for the first time. A consensus tree prepared with  sequences of different groups of  heterocystous and branched cyanobacteria retrieved from GenBank showed its phylogenetic position.

A new species of the genus Microhyla (Anura: Microhylidae) from Eastern Nepal 

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4254 (2) ◽  
pp. 221 ◽  
Author(s):  
JANAK RAJ KHATIWADA ◽  
GUO CHENG SHU ◽  
SHOU HONG WANG ◽  
ARJUN THAPA ◽  
BIN WANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
New Record ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Large Round ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Microhyla is described from Jamun Khadi, Jhapa district of eastern Nepal, based on molecular and morphological comparisons. This species is the sister taxon of Microhyla ornata and can be distinguished by a unique vocalization, morphology and molecular phylogeny. The uncorrected genetic divergences based on rRNA gene between the new species and its closest congeners, M. nilphamariensis, M. ornata and M. rubra were 5.34%, 6.67%, and 8.31%, respectively. The new species, Microhyla taraiensis sp. nov., is distinguished from each other of Microhyla by a combination of the following morphological characters: (1) relatively larger body size (SVL ranges 19.9–20.3 mm, n = 4 in the males and 22.1–24.9 mm, n = 3 in the females); (2) dorsal surface of head and body with light red dots; (3) toes webbing poorly developed or absent; (4) a large round inner metacarpal tubercle; and an (5) elongated outer metacarpal tubercle. In addition, our study also provides a new record of Microhyla nilphamariensis from Nepal. 

A new species of Leptobrachella (Anura: Megophryidae) Smith, 1925 from Wuling Mountains in Hunan Province, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4816 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
TIAN-YU QIAN ◽  
XIN XIA ◽  
YUE CAO ◽  
NENG-WEN XIAO ◽  
DAO-DE YANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Hunan Province ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Bright Orange ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Rrna Sequences

A new species of Leptobrachella, Leptobrachella wulingensis sp. nov. is described based on specimens collected from the Wuling mountains in Hunan Province, China. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of having a SVL body size range of 24.5–32.8 mm in four adult males and 29.9–38.5 mm in three adult females; dorsal surface brown to reddish brown with indistinct markings; ventral surface creamy white, often with pale brown speckling on chest and margins; flanks with small to moderate black spots; skin on dorsum shagreened with sparse large warts, sometimes with short longitudinal ridges; toes with rudimentary webbing and narrow lateral fringes; dermal ridges under toes interrupted at the articulations; and iris bicolored with a bright orange or golden upper half, fading to silver in the lower half. Uncorrected sequence divergence between L. wulingensis sp. nov. and homologous 16S rRNA sequences available for all known species in the genus are ≥ 2.3%–2.9%. 

First record of the genus Discotylenchus Siddiqi, 1980 (Nematoda: Tylenchidae) from Iran, with description of one new and data on two known species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3493 (1) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
RAZIEH GHAEMI ◽  
EBRAHIM POURJAM ◽  
MOHAMMAD REZA ATIGHI ◽  
MAJID PEDRAM ◽  
GERRIT KARSSEN
Keyword(s):  
Tail Length ◽  
Original Description ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Morphometric Characters ◽  
Lateral Field ◽  
Original Population ◽  
Stylet Length ◽  
First Time ◽  
Labial Disc

The genus Discotylenchus is reported for the first time from Iran. Discotylenchus iranicus n. sp. is described and illustratedbased on morphological and morphometric characters. The new species is characterized by a combination of the followingmorphological features: lip region continuous and smooth, tapering to an offset prominent labial disc, lateral field withfour incisures, stylet length of 14–15μm, vulva position at 70.8–76.5 %, tail length of 81–100μm, conoid with a roundedtip and presence of males. The Iranian population of D. brevicaudatus shows a wider morphometric range compared tothe original description and the male of this species is described for the first time. The morphological characters and range of morphometric data of D. discretus are in full agreement with the original population.

A new species of the genus Gracixalus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Mount Jinggang, southeastern China

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4250 (2) ◽  
pp. 171 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHAO-CHI ZENG ◽  
JIAN ZHAO ◽  
CHUN-QUAN CHEN ◽  
GUO-LING CHEN ◽  
ZHONG ZHANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Jiangxi Province ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Southeastern China ◽  
Upper Eyelid ◽  
Ventral Skin ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Gracixalus jinggangensis sp. nov., is described based on a series of specimens collected from Mount Jinggang, Jiangxi Province, southeastern China. The new species is distinguished from all other known congeners by the following combination of morphological characters: relatively small body size, SVL 27.9–33.8 mm in nine males and 31.6 mm in a single female; upper eyelid and dorsum lacking spines; skin of dorsal and lateral surface of head, body and limbs rough with sparsely scattered with tubercles; ventral skin granular; tibiotarsal projection absent; finger webbing rudimentary; toes with moderately developed webbing; brown to beige above in life, with an inverse Y-shaped dark brown marking extending from the interorbital region to the middle of dorsum; males with a single, subgular vocal sac, barely visible nuptial pads with minute granules on the dorsal surface of the bases of first and second fingers. The new species is also genetically divergent from all other Gracixalus for which comparable 16S rRNA gene sequences are available. The discovery of Gracixalus jinggangensis sp. nov. represents the twelfth known species in the genus. 

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