scholarly journals Phylogenetic Affinity of Genolopa (Digenea: Monorchiidae) with Descriptions of Two New Species

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Apryle J. Panyi ◽  
Stephen S. Curran ◽  
Robin M. Overstreet

The validity of Genolopa Linton, 1910 has been controversial because the observation of presently recognized critical diagnostic morphological features (spines in the genital atrium and a bipartite, anteriorly spined terminal organ) were omitted from the original diagnosis, and these features were not universally appreciated as important diagnostic features until 2008. Modern taxonomists have been further challenged by inappropriate fixation techniques that have resulted in various interpretations of morphological features. Consequently, named species in the genus have fluctuated among other monorchiid genera depending on various interpretations by taxonomists, and a modern consensus on classifying these species is lacking. This study combines a molecular approach with modern conventional morphological techniques to investigate the validity of Genolopa as a lineage within the Monorchiidae. New morphology and molecular sequence data from the type-species of Genolopa were studied, and two new species in the genus were described, Genolopa vesca n. sp. and Genolopa minuscula n. sp. Interrelationships among the Monorchiidae were explored using Bayesian inference analysis of the partial 28S rDNA fragment, incorporating three species of Genolopa for the first time. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the genus represents a natural lineage, supporting the presence of spines in the genital atrium in conjunction with a bipartite and anteriorly spined terminal organ as key features of the generic diagnosis. This study also provides for the first time partial 28S rDNA data for Postmonorchis orthopristis, Lasiotocus trachinoti, Lasiotocus glebulentus, and an unidentified species of Lasiotocus.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 102-106
Author(s):  
Roman V. Yakovlev

The article describes two new species: Roepkiella jakli sp. nov. (type locality: Indonesia, Sangir Isl., Tahuna Distr., Bukit Bembalut Hill) and R. korshunovi sp. nov. (type locality: Thailand, Khon Kaen Prov., Phu Wiang Wat). The diagnostic features are given, the male genitalia of R. celebensis (Roepke, 1957) are described for the first time.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 480 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
YI-LE WAN ◽  
DAN-FENG BAO ◽  
ZONG-LONG LUO ◽  
DARBHE-JAYARAMA BHAT ◽  
YUE-XIN XU ◽  
...  

During a survey on diversity of freshwater fungi along a north-south latitudinal gradient in Asia, three fresh specimens of Minimelanolocus were collected from submerged wood in streams in northwestern Yunnan Province, China. Based on their distinct morphological features and phylogenetic analyses of combined ITS, LSU and SSU sequence data, Minimelanolocus nujiangensis and M. clavatus are described as new species and M. submersus was recollected from Yunnan, China. Illustrations and descriptions with notes of the three species are provided. This study increases the known diversity of Minimelanolocus and enriches freshwater fungal resources.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
M. Hernández-Restrepo ◽  
A. Giraldo ◽  
R. van Doorn ◽  
M.J. Wingfield ◽  
J.Z. Groenewald ◽  
...  

The Genera of Fungi series, of which this is the sixth contribution, links type species of fungal genera to their morphology and DNA sequence data. Five genera of microfungi are treated in this study, with new species introduced in Arthrographis, Melnikomyces, and Verruconis. The genus Thysanorea is emended and two new species and nine combinations are proposed. Kramasamuha sibika, the type species of the genus, is provided with DNA sequence data for first time and shown to be a member of Helminthosphaeriaceae (Sordariomycetes). Aureoconidiella is introduced as a new genus representing a new lineage in the Dothideomycetes.


Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3557 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
MIRCEA-DAN MITROIU

Caenocrepis Thomson (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is recorded for the first time in the Afrotropical region and two species, C. simonae sp. nov. and C. formidolosa sp. nov., are newly described from Mozambique and Zimbabwe. A key to the world species of the genus is provided. The two new species show some interesting morphological features such as enlarged clypeal lobes and unusually wide temples, which are not present in any Palaearctic species.


Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4208 (5) ◽  
pp. 485 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHUNCAI YAN ◽  
GUANGJUN ZHAO ◽  
TING LIU ◽  
QIN GUO ◽  
ZIYUAN HOU ◽  
...  

Two new species of the genus Cryptochironomus Kieffer, C. maculus Yan & Wang sp. n. and C. protuberans Yan & Wang sp. n. are described and illustrated as adult males. C. albofasciatus (Staeger) is recorded from China for the first time. A key to the males of Cryptochironomus in China is presented and generic diagnosis is emended. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1899 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-42
Author(s):  
BEN-YONG MAO ◽  
XIAO-HONG OU ◽  
GUO-DONG REN

The generic diagnosis of genus Sinophlaeoba Niu et Zheng, 2005 is reviewed. The main morphological characters that this genus distinguishes with its relatives are: head nearly as long as pronotum; pronotum with irregular and short carinae between median and lateral carinae; tegmina not surpassing beyond the middle of hind femora and touching each other in mid dorsal line. S. laoyinshan sp. nov. and S. brachyptera sp. nov. from Yunnan, China are described as new species, as well as the female of S. bannaensis Niu et Zheng, 2005 for the first time. All specimens are deposited in the College of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Dali University (CLDU), except that are mentioned otherwise. A key to three known species is given.


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4312 (2) ◽  
pp. 381
Author(s):  
YOUSSEF MOHAMED OMAR ◽  
RUNZHI ZHANG ◽  
STEVEN R. DAVIS

The genus Coptus Wollaston is recorded for the first time in mainland China with the description of two new species, Coptus brevirostris sp. nov, and Coptus vitreous sp. nov. A key to the known species from the Palearctic and Oriental regions of the genus is presented and illustrations of diagnostic features of the new species are provided. 


Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 324 (2) ◽  
pp. 168 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHUANG-HUI HE ◽  
SHI-LIANG LIU ◽  
HAI-JIAO LI ◽  
YU-CHENG DAI

Hymenochaete angustispora and H. verruculosa spp. nov. are described and illustrated from Shanxi Province, northern China. Hymenochaete angustispora was collected on Vitex negundo, and is characterized by resupinate basidiocarps, the absence of a hyphal layer, and narrowly cylindrical to allantoid basidiospores 5–7 × 1.8–2.2 µm. Hymenochaete verruculosa was collected on Cornus sp., and is distinct by the effuso-reflexed basidiocarps with a verruculose hymenophore, the presence of a cortex and hyphal layer, and small ellipsoid basidiospores 3.5–4.5 × 2–2.8 µm. Hymenochaete colliculosa, collected on Berberis sp., is reported in China for the first time. The phylogeny of 57 Hymenochaete species was inferred from a concatenated dataset of nuc rDNA ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (ITS barcode) and D1-D2 domains of nuc 28S rDNA (28S) sequences.


Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2074 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-60
Author(s):  
MING CHENG ◽  
XINHUA WANG

The genus Thienemannimyia Fittkau, 1957 is recorded from the Oriental region for the first time. T. barberi (Coquillett, 1902), T. fusciceps (Edwards, 1929) and T. laeta (Meigen, 1818) are reported in the region, and two new species, T. dimorpha sp. n. and T. galbina sp. n. are described and illustrated as males. T. fusciceps and T. geijskesi (Goetghebuer, 1934) are also recorded from Palaearctic China. The generic diagnosis is emended and a key to the males of Thienemannimyia is presented.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong Wu ◽  
Zhe Wang ◽  
Lili Duan ◽  
Hamed El-Serehy ◽  
Saleh A. Al-Farraj ◽  
...  

The morphology and phylogeny of two new sessilid species, Zoothamnium weishanicum n. sp. and Epicarchesium sinense n. sp., two insufficiently known species, Zoothamnium arbusculaEhrenberg, 1831 and Zoothamnium hentscheliKahl, 1935, and a well-known species, Carchesium polypinum (Linnaeus, 1767) Ehrenberg, 1838, collected from freshwater habitats of China, were investigated. Zoothamnium weishanicum n. sp. is characterized by its inverted bell-shaped zooids, double-layered peristomial lip, alternately branched stalk, and two different-length rows in infundibular polykinety 3 (P3). Epicarchesium sinense n. sp. is recognized by its asymmetric-pyriform zooids, single-layered peristomial lip, conspicuous cortical blisters on the pellicle, dichotomously branched stalk, and P3 containing one short inner row and two long outer rows. Based on previous and newly obtained data of the three known species, improved diagnoses and redescriptions are provided including, for the first time, data on the infraciliature of Z. arbuscula and Z. hentscheli. In addition, we analyzed the phylogeny of each species based on SSU rDNA sequence data.


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