scholarly journals The Occurrence of Quill Mites (Arachnida: Acariformes: Syringophilidae) on Bee-Eaters (Aves: Coraciiformes: Meropidae: Merops) of Two Sister Clades

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3500
Author(s):  
Maciej Skoracki ◽  
Jakub Z. Kosicki ◽  
Bozena Sikora ◽  
Till Töpfer ◽  
Jan Hušek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Related Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Sister Clade ◽  
The Family ◽  
Host Lineage ◽  
A New Species

We studied the quill mite fauna of the family Syringophilidae, associated with bee-eaters. We examined 273 bird specimens belonging to nine closely related species of the genus Merops, representing two phylogenetic sister clades of a monophyletic group. Our examination reveals the presence of two species of the genus Peristerophila, as follows: (1) a new species Peristerophila mayri sp. n. from Merops viridis in the Philippines, M. leschenaulti in Nepal and Sri Lanka, and M. orientalis in Sri Lanka; and (2) P. meropis from M. superciliosus in Tanzania and Egypt, M. persicus in Sudan, Tanzania, Liberia, Senegal, Kenya, and D.R. Congo, M. ornatus in Papua New Guinea, M. philippinus in Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, and M. americanus in the Philippines. The prevalence of host infestations by syringophilid mites varied from 3.1 to 38.2%. The distribution of syringophilid mites corresponds with the sister clade phylogenetic relationships of the hosts, except for P. meropis associated with Merops americanus. Possible hypotheses for the host lineage shift are proposed.

A new, Asian species in the Parmeliella mariana complex (Pannariaceae)

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per M. JØRGENSEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Related Species ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
A New Species

AbstractParmeliella zeylanica is described as a new species in the P. mariana group, although it differs from all known species in the group by not having radiating marginal lobes resting on a distinct mat of rhizohyphae. It is as yet known only from the highlands of Sri Lanka. The new combination Parmeliella leiostroma (Nyl.) P. M. Jørg. is made for a closely related species from the same region, and it is shown that Parmeliella endomilta var. achromatica Makhija & Adawara falls within the variation of Parmeliella mariana (Fr.) P. M.Jørg. & D. J. Galloway, and is not closely related to P. endomilta.

Mites of the family Parasitidae Oudemans, 1901 (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Japan: a new species of Vulgarogamasus Tichomirov, 1969, and a key to Japanese species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4429 (2) ◽  
pp. 379 ◽  
Author(s):  
MOHAMED W. NEGM ◽  
TETSUO GOTOH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Japanese Literature ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Japanese Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Ibaraki Prefecture ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
A New Species

Vulgarogamasus edurus sp. nov. (Acari: Parasitidae) is described based on females, deutonymphs and males extracted from leaf litter and soil in Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Morphological differences between the new species and its closely related species, Vulgarogamasus fujisanus (Ishikawa, 1972), are recorded based on the examination of type materials. Information about parasitid mites reported in Japanese literature is reviewed, and a key to species is provided. 

scholarly journals Zingiber Salarkhanii (Zingiberaceae), A new species from Bangladesh

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Atiqur Rahman ◽  
M. Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Family ◽  
Plant Taxon ◽  
A New Species

Zingiber salarkhanii Rahman et Yusuf, belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, is described and illustrated from Bangladesh as a new species. It was collected from six different localities of hilly forests in Chittagong, Khagrachari and Moulvi Bazar districts. Morphological diagnostic characters of closely related species of the genus are discussed.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v20i2.17398Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 20(2): 239-242, 2013

scholarly journals Ophiocordyceps aphrophoridarum sp. nov., a new entomopathogenic species from Guizhou, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Yang ◽  
Yuanpin Xiao ◽  
Gangjiang Yu ◽  
TingChi Wen ◽  
ChunYing Deng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Entomopathogenic Fungi ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

Ophiocordyceps is the largest genus in the family Ophiocordicipitaceae, including many entomopathogenic species. In recent years, many species have been described in this genus, with a wide range of host insects. Entomopathogenic fungi include ecologically, economically and medicinally important species, but a large portion of their diversity remains to be discovered and described. In this study, a new species, Ophiocordyceps aphrophoridarum sp. nov, parasitising Aphrophoridae sp. (Hemiptera) is proposed from China, based on evidence from morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses. This species is characterised by fibrous, pigmented stromata, cylindrical asci and filiform ascospores. Compared to its closest relative, O. tricentri, the new species has wider perithecia and longer asci. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of a multilocus dataset (consisting of SSU, ITS, LSU, TEF1, RPB1 and RPB2) confirm its placement in Ophiocordyceps. Ophiocordyceps aphrophoridarum is morphologically described and illustrated with colour photographs. Morphological comparisons with closely-related species are also presented in tabulated format.

scholarly journals Nessia gansi: a Second Three-toed Snake-Skink (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka with the Designation of a Neotype for Nessia burtonii Gray

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 377-388
Author(s):  
Sudesh Batuwita ◽  
Udeni Edirisinghe
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Discrete Distribution ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
The Third ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Meristic Data

Abstract A new species of Nessia is described from Sri Lanka. Nessia gansi sp. n. is distinguished from its sister species (N. burtonii) based on the morphological and meristic data. The new species differs from all other congeners except N. burtonii Gray, by a combination of following characters: presence of four limbs; all limbs bearing three digits; interparietal broader than frontal. It distinguishes from N. burtonii by having five (vs. six) supraciliaries; one (vs. two) pretemporal/s; two (vs. one) primary temporal/s; three (vs. four) infralabials; 93-105 (vs. 110-124) paravertebral scale rows; 103-114 (vs. 117-121) ventral scales; two (vs. three) subdigital lamellae under each digit of manus; mental as wide as postmental (vs. mental wider than postmental); and nostrils visible when viewed ventrally (vs. not visible). Two closely related species show a discrete distribution in Sri Lanka: N. gansi sp. n. is recorded from Kanneliya, Rumaswala, Kottawa, Panagula, Ambalangoda and Imaduwa in the first and second peneplains (~100 m), whereas N. burtonii records (here corrected) are reported from Alagalla, Ambagamuwa, Gampola, Hiniduma and Kandy within the third peneplain (from ~500 m). The identity of N. burtonii is stabilized through the designation of a neotype, and here it is re-described.

Observations on the quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from charadriiform birds

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1156 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
MACIEJ SKORACKI ◽  
JACEK DABERT ◽  
RONALD SCHMÄSCHKE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Length Ratio ◽  
Tabular Form ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Quill Mites ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Tringa Totanus

We provide a list of all 19 named species of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata) parasitizing charadriiform birds (Charadriiformes) together with new records and keys to these species. We describe a new species Niglarobia cursoriae sp. nov. from Cursorius temminckii Swainson (Glareolidae) and redescribe Creagonycha totana (Oudemans, 1904) from Tringa totanus L. (Scolopacidae). Niglarobia cursoriae sp. nov. differs from the closely related species N. rhinoptili Fain et al., 2000 in the following characters: in females of N. cursoriae sp. nov. hysterosomal shield is present and fused with pygidial shield; the length ratio of setae g:pg1:pg2 is 1:5:3.8. In females of N. rhinoptili the hysterosomal shield is absent; and the length ratio of setae g:pg1:pg2 is 1:3:2. All known syringophilid records from charadriiform birds are summarized in tabular form.

A new species of Neoparaphytoseius (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Brazil, with a review of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4985 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
LÍDIA R. A. SILVA ◽  
EDMILSON S. SILVA ◽  
JORGE L.M. MARTICORENA ◽  
GILBERTO J. DE MORAES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Family ◽  
Caatinga Biome ◽  
A New Species

Neoparaphytoseius Chant & McMurtry is a genus in the family Phytoseiidae, subfamily Amblyseiinae. The genus includes only two known species from Brazil and Peru, and the third is described here. Neoparaphytoseius caatinga n. sp. is described from the Caatinga biome of Alagoas State, where it was found on Croton blanchetianus Baill (Euphorbiaceae). The new species is compared with the closely related species, Neoparaphytoseius charapa Jiménez, McMurtry & Moraes, and N. sooretamus (El-Banhawy). An identification key for the species of this genus is provided, based on the examination of the type specimens.

Trogia benghalensis (Marasmiaceae, Basidiomycota), a new species from India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 331 (2) ◽  
pp. 273 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARUN KUMAR DUTTA ◽  
SUDESHNA NANDI ◽  
ENTAJ TARAFDER ◽  
RIMPA SIKDER ◽  
ANIRBAN ROY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer Region ◽  
Comprehensive Description ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Molecular Sequence ◽  
Region Data ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Trogia (Marasmiaceae, Basidiomycota) is described from West Bengal, India. Analysis of the molecular sequence (nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region) data suggests that T. benghalesis is phylogenetically distinct from its closely related species. Comprehensive description based on macro- and microscopic characters, photographs and comparisons with morphologically similar and phylogenetically related species are provided.

A New Orchid Species of Dendrobium Sect. Calcarifera from Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia (Orchidaceae: Dendrobiinae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 383 (2) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
EDWARD ENTALAI BESI ◽  
DOME NIKONG ◽  
MUSKHAZLI MUSTAFA ◽  
RUSEA GO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Orchid Species ◽  
Summit Region ◽  
A New Species

Dendrobium mizanii, a new species to science belonging to Dendrobium Sect. Calcarifera was discovered in a summit region of a disturbed montane forest in Setiu, Terengganu, and named after His Majesty Sultan of Terengganu, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin. A description, illustration, field and comparison with the closely related species D. crocatum from Peninsular Malaysia and D. doloissumbinii from Borneo are provided here.

On a new species of the Genus Spinicauda, Travassos (1920) (Nematoda: Heterakidae) in Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Anura: Bufonidae ) from Industrial area of Aurangabad (Maharashtra) India

2021 ◽  
pp. 208-212
Author(s):  
Sujeet Jamdar
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Duttaphrynus Melanostictus ◽  
A New Species

Spinicauda anurae sp. nov. from the intestine of Duttaphrynus melanostictus [21] collected from industrial area of Aurangabad (M.S.) India. The specimens under investigation show the resemblance in their various body characters with S. cophotis Baylis, [7]. Morphologically the most closely related species is S. voltaensis [2] in Bufo sp. from Burkina Faso, but it differs in smooth cuticle and is less sclerotized.

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