First Report of Three Tylenchidae Taxa from Southern Alberta, Canada

Members of the family Tylenchidae are highly abundant in soil habitats, including agricultural settings, where they play key ecological roles. In the present study, we identified three Tylenchidae species, namely Basiria bhabi, Coslenchus acceptus, and Filenchus vulgaris, using integrative taxonomy. The detailed morphological and morphometric characteristics, distribution, and host associations of each species were also discussed. Phylogenetic analyses of these populations with other Tylenchidae nematodes indicated the presence of divergent lineages in Filenchus and Basiria, whereas Coslenchus appeared to be a monophyletic genus. Herein, we aim to grow awareness about this common but least studied group of nematodes. The species reported in this study are new records for Canada, revealing that the identified nematode diversity in our cultivated areas is relatively underrepresented. Our analyses also provided greater taxonomic resolution and captured rare taxa that might have been missed or misidentified in prior nematode inventory surveys. These findings will add to our understanding of the nematofauna of southern Alberta, thereby providing a more complete picture of existing nematode diversity present in the fields of this highly cultivated region.

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Five New Records of Raphignathoid Mites (Acari: Raphignathoidea) from Poland/ Pięć Nowych Gatunków Roztoczy Z Nadrodziny Raphignathoidea (Acari) Stwierdzonych W Faunie Polski

Zoologica Poloniae ◽

10.2478/zoop-2014-0001 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 59 (1-4) ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Salih Doðan ◽

Sevgi Sevsay ◽

Joanna Mąkol ◽

Erhan Zeytun ◽

Evren Buğa

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Mite Species ◽

First Report ◽

The Family

Abstract Five raphignathoid (Acari: Raphignathoidea) mite species, including three of family Stigmaeidae, Eustigmaeus rhodomela (KOCH), Mediolata obtecta DÖNEL and DOĞAN, Stigmaeus glabrisetus SUMMERS, one of Cryptognathidae, Favognathus cucurbita (BERLESE), and one of Barbutiidae, Barbutia anguineus (BERLESE), are recorded as new for the Polish fauna. This is the first report of the family Barbutiidae from Poland.

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Research Note. The first report of three acanthocephalan parasite species isolated from Philippine fishes

Helminthologia ◽

10.1515/helmin-2015-0061 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 52 (4) ◽

pp. 384-389 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

J. C. A. Briones ◽

R. D. S. Papa ◽

G. A. Cauyan ◽

M. Urabe

Keyword(s):

Fish Species ◽

Parasite Species ◽

New Records ◽

First Record ◽

Research Note ◽

First Report ◽

Naturally Occurring ◽

The Family ◽

Acanthocephalan Parasite ◽

First Time

Summary Three acanthocephalan parasites, namely Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) quinghaiensis, Rhadinorhynchus ganapatti, and Bolbosoma sp. are reported for the first time from Philippine fishes. N. (N.) quinghaiensis (Neoechinorhynchidae) may have been introduced into the country through the importation of carp species from China, where this parasite was first described and is presumed to be naturally occurring. The adult worms of R. ganapatti and the isolated cystacanth of Bolbosoma sp. represent the first record of parasites from both the family Rhadinorhynchidae and Polymorphidae in Philippine waters, respectively. These three new records encompass a third of all listed acanthocephalan parasites that have been reported in Philippine fish species to date, highlighting the need for more biodiversity-focused parasitology research, in light of potentially numerous more undocumented parasite species.

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Morphological and molecular characterisation of new and known species of Tripyla Bastian, 1865 (Triplonchida: Tripylidae) from northern Iran, with phylogenetic relationships, compendium and identification key

Nematology ◽

10.1163/15685411-00003030 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 21-56 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ramezan Asghari ◽

Ali Eskandari ◽

Zahra Tanha Maafi ◽

Sergio Álvarez-Ortega ◽

Zeng Qi Zhao

Keyword(s):

Body Length ◽

Common Ancestor ◽

New Records ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Vaginal Wall ◽

Recent Common Ancestor ◽

28S Rrna ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Long Tail ◽

The Family

During a nematological survey of the family Tripylidae, two new and two known species of the genusTripyla, namelyT. paraffinissp. n.,T. parafilicaudatasp. n.,T. glomeransandT. setifera, were identified and described from soil samples collected from the rhizosphere of forest trees in northern Iran. Three populations ofT. paraffinissp. n., found in different locations, are described and morphometric data of the type and other populations provided.Tripyla paraffinissp. n. is characterised by its body length of 1.21-1.89 mm, dorsal tooth wedge-shaped and triangular, short outer labial and cephalic sensilla, tail bent ventrad and gradually tapering to the end, horn-shaped spicules bearing a distinct constriction in the middle, and presence of 16-20 ventromedian supplementary papillae.Tripyla parafilicaudatasp. n. is described and illustrated from four different locations. It is characterised by females with a body length of 1.48-1.95 mm, dorsal tooth hook-shaped, vaginal wall with a downward pointing tooth-like projection in the middle, long outer labial and setiform cephalic sensilla, long tail, sausage-shaped spermatozoa, males with horn-shaped spicules and 11-17 ventromedian supplementary papillae.Tripyla glomeransandT. setiferaare new records for the Iranian nematofauna. The results of phylogenetic analyses based on sequences of the partial 18S and D2-D3 expansion segments of 28S rRNA fromT. paraffinissp. n. andT. parafilicaudatasp. n. and other species in the genus clearly support the proposal ofT. paraffinissp. n. andT. parafilicaudatasp. n. as new species, as well as indicating thatTripylashares a more recent common ancestor withTobrilus,Tripylella,Prismatolaimus,Diphtherophoraand two trichodorids,TrichodorusandParatrichodorus. The Tripylidae is placed in a main clade within the Triplonchida.

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A new species of the Goblin Spider genus Predatoroonops Brescovit, Rheims & Ott 2012 (Araneae, Dysderoidea: Oonopidae), with new records for the genus

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4964.2.11 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4964 (2) ◽

pp. 395-400

Author(s):

MARIA PAULA PEREIRA ◽

FACUNDO MARTÍN LABARQUE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

New Records ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Male Specimen ◽

Biodiversity Inventory ◽

The Family ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

A New Species

The family Oonopidae Simon, 1890 is composed of tiny spiders between 0.5 and 4mm (Baehr et al. 2012) that are distributed all over the world (Platnick et al. 2020; World Spider Catalog 2021). They occupy diverse habitats, mainly in tropical and subtropical regions (Platnick et al. 2020), generally associated with the soil and litter fauna (Ranasinghe & Benjamin 2018). Oonopidae is among the eight most diverse spider families with 114 genera and 1872 species (World Spider Catalog 2021). Most of this diversity was discovered after 2006, as a result of the Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (PBI) project: Goblin Spider (Platnick et al. 2012). Recent molecular phylogenetic analyses recovered Oonopidae as monophyletic (Wheeler et al. 2017), hypothesis supported by the presence of a synapomorphic pair of completely fused testicles (Burger & Michalik 2010). Brazil has a great diversity of Oonopidae (e.g., Brescovit et al. 2012a; Platnick et al. 2013; Feitosa et al. 2017), including the genus Predatoroonops Brescovit, Rheims & Ott 2012, endemic to the Atlantic Forest, that includes 17 species (World Spider Catalog 2021). The genus can be recognized by the male chelicerae frontally modified, with one or two pairs of distally sclerotized, and sometimes branched, apophyses, and by the pars cephalica dorsally squared (Brescovit et al. 2012b). In this paper, we describe a new species of the genus, based on a male specimen from the State of Minas Gerais: Predatoroonops stani sp. nov.. Also, we give new records for Predatoroonops yautja Brescovit, Rheims & Santos, 2012 from the same state and a distribution map with all the records of Predatoroonops along the Atlantic Forest.

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New records of some rare species in the family Hyaloscyphaceae (Ascomycota, Helotiales) from Central Russia

Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii ◽

10.31111/nsnr/2013.47.135 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 47 ◽

pp. 135-142

Author(s):

E. S. Popov

Keyword(s):

Rare Species ◽

New Records ◽

Moscow Region ◽

North Caucasus ◽

Central Russia ◽

The Family ◽

First Time

Three rare species of discomycetes in the family Hyaloscyphaceae are reported from Central Russia (Oryol and Bryansk Regions). Proliferodiscus tricolor is recorded for the first time in Russia. Comments are made on Aeruginoscyphus sericeus and Eriopezia caesia previously reported only from Moscow Region and North Caucasus respectively.

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New records of the true bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha, Pentatomomorpha) for the Northeast of European Russia

Zoosystematica Rossica ◽

10.31610/zsr/2014.23.2.242 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 242-247

Author(s):

A.N. Zinovjeva

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

European Russia ◽

True Bugs ◽

The Family ◽

First Time

Twenty seven species of the true bugs from the families Anthocoridae, Reduviidae, Miridae (Cimicomorpha), Coreidae, Thyreocoridae, Acanthosomatidae, and Pentatomidae (Pentatomomorpha) are recorded from the Northeast of European Russia for the first time. The family Thyreocoridae is for the first time reported from the region.

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Looking at the Nudibranch Family Myrrhinidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from a Mitochondrial ‘2D Folding Structure’ Point of View

Life ◽

10.3390/life11060583 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 583

Author(s):

Giulia Furfaro ◽

Paolo Mariottini

Keyword(s):

16S Rrna ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Integrative Taxonomy ◽

Point Of View ◽

Past Study ◽

Mitochondrial Coi ◽

The Past ◽

Combining Data ◽

Folding Structure ◽

Comparison Of The Results

Integrative taxonomy is an evolving field of multidisciplinary studies often utilised to elucidate phylogenetic reconstructions that were poorly understood in the past. The systematics of many taxa have been resolved by combining data from different research approaches, i.e., molecular, ecological, behavioural, morphological and chemical. Regarding molecular analysis, there is currently a search for new genetic markers that could be diagnostic at different taxonomic levels and that can be added to the canonical ones. In marine Heterobranchia, the most widely used mitochondrial markers, COI and 16S, are usually analysed by comparing the primary sequence. The 16S rRNA molecule can be folded into a 2D secondary structure that has been poorly exploited in the past study of heterobranchs, despite 2D molecular analyses being sources of possible diagnostic characters. Comparison of the results from the phylogenetic analyses of a concatenated (the nuclear H3 and the mitochondrial COI and 16S markers) dataset (including 30 species belonging to eight accepted genera) and from the 2D folding structure analyses of the 16S rRNA from the type species of the genera investigated demonstrated the diagnostic power of this RNA molecule to reveal the systematics of four genera belonging to the family Myrrhinidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia). The “molecular morphological” approach to the 16S rRNA revealed to be a powerful tool to delimit at both species and genus taxonomic levels and to be a useful way of recovering information that is usually lost in phylogenetic analyses. While the validity of the genera Godiva, Hermissenda and Phyllodesmium are confirmed, a new genus is necessary and introduced for Dondice banyulensis, Nemesis gen. nov. and the monospecific genus Nanuca is here synonymised with Dondice, with Nanuca sebastiani transferred into Dondice as Dondice sebastiani comb. nov.

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Towards a Natural Classification of Hyphodontia Sensu Lato and the Trait Evolution of Basidiocarps within Hymenochaetales (Basidiomycota)

Journal of Fungi ◽

10.3390/jof7060478 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (6) ◽

pp. 478

Author(s):

Xue-Wei Wang ◽

Tom W. May ◽

Shi-Liang Liu ◽

Li-Wei Zhou

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Ancestral State ◽

Trait Evolution ◽

Natural Classification ◽

Multiple Loci ◽

The Family ◽

Phylogenetic Perspective ◽

Taxonomic Framework ◽

First Time

Hyphodontia sensu lato, belonging to Hymenochaetales, accommodates corticioid wood-inhabiting basidiomycetous fungi with resupinate basidiocarps and diverse hymenophoral characters. Species diversity of Hyphodontia sensu lato has been extensively explored worldwide, but in previous studies the six accepted genera in Hyphodontia sensu lato, viz. Fasciodontia, Hastodontia, Hyphodontia, Kneiffiella, Lyomyces and Xylodon were not all strongly supported from a phylogenetic perspective. Moreover, the relationships among these six genera in Hyphodontia sensu lato and other lineages within Hymenochaetales are not clear. In this study, we performed comprehensive phylogenetic analyses on the basis of multiple loci. For the first time, the independence of each of the six genera receives strong phylogenetic support. The six genera are separated in four clades within Hymenochaetales: Fasciodontia, Lyomyces and Xylodon are accepted as members of a previously known family Schizoporaceae, Kneiffiella and Hyphodontia are, respectively, placed in two monotypic families, viz. a previous name Chaetoporellaceae and a newly introduced name Hyphodontiaceae, and Hastodontia is considered to be a genus with an uncertain taxonomic position at the family rank within Hymenochaetales. The three families emerged between 61.51 and 195.87 million years ago. Compared to other families in the Hymenochaetales, these ages are more or less similar to those of Coltriciaceae, Hymenochaetaceae and Oxyporaceae, but much older than those of the two families Neoantrodiellaceae and Nigrofomitaceae. In regard to species, two, one, three and 10 species are newly described from Hyphodontia, Kneiffiella, Lyomyces and Xylodon, respectively. The taxonomic status of additional 30 species names from these four genera is briefly discussed; an epitype is designated for X. australis. The resupinate habit and poroid hymenophoral configuration were evaluated as the ancestral state of basidiocarps within Hymenochaetales. The resupinate habit mainly remains, while the hymenophoral configuration mainly evolves to the grandinioid-odontioid state and also back to the poroid state at the family level. Generally, a taxonomic framework for Hymenochaetales with an emphasis on members belonging to Hyphodontia sensu lato is constructed, and trait evolution of basidiocarps within Hymenochaetales is revealed accordingly.

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Multiple Types of Novel Enteric Bopiviruses (Picornaviridae) with the Possibility of Interspecies Transmission Identified from Cloven-Hoofed Domestic Livestock (Ovine, Caprine and Bovine) in Hungary

Viruses ◽

10.3390/v13010066 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 66

Author(s):

Zoltán László ◽

Péter Pankovics ◽

Gábor Reuter ◽

Attila Cságola ◽

Ádám Bálint ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Novel Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Interspecies Transmission ◽

Background Information ◽

Type Ii ◽

Rt Pcr ◽

Faecal Samples ◽

The Family ◽

Domestic Livestock

Most picornaviruses of the family Picornaviridae are relatively well known, but there are certain “neglected” genera like Bopivirus, containing a single uncharacterised sequence (bopivirus A1, KM589358) with very limited background information. In this study, three novel picornaviruses provisionally called ovipi-, gopi- and bopivirus/Hun (MW298057-MW298059) from enteric samples of asymptomatic ovine, caprine and bovine respectively, were determined using RT-PCR and dye-terminator sequencing techniques. These monophyletic viruses share the same type II-like IRES, NPGP-type 2A, similar genome layout (4-3-4) and cre-localisations. Culture attempts of the study viruses, using six different cell lines, yielded no evidence of viral growth in vitro. Genomic and phylogenetic analyses show that bopivirus/Hun of bovine belongs to the species Bopivirus A, while the closely related ovine-origin ovipi- and caprine-origin gopivirus could belong to a novel species “Bopivirus B” in the genus Bopivirus. Epidemiological investigation of N = 269 faecal samples of livestock (ovine, caprine, bovine, swine and rabbit) from different farms in Hungary showed that bopiviruses were most prevalent among <12-month-old ovine, caprine and bovine, but undetectable in swine and rabbit. VP1 capsid-based phylogenetic analyses revealed the presence of multiple lineages/genotypes, including closely related ovine/caprine strains, suggesting the possibility of ovine–caprine interspecies transmission of certain bopiviruses.

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Molecular diversity and evolutionary trends of cysteine-rich peptides from the venom glands of Chinese spider Heteropoda venatoria

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-82668-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Jie Luo ◽

Yiying Ding ◽

Zhihao Peng ◽

Kezhi Chen ◽

Xuewen Zhang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Expressed Sequence Tags ◽

Molecular Diversity ◽

Insect Pests ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Spider Venom ◽

Evolutionary Trends ◽

The Family ◽

Venom Glands ◽

Venom Evolution ◽

Expressed Sequence

AbstractHeteropoda venatoria in the family Sparassidae is highly valued in pantropical countries because the species feed on domestic insect pests. Unlike most other species of Araneomorphae, H. venatoria uses the great speed and strong chelicerae (mouthparts) with toxin glands to capture the insects instead of its web. Therefore, H. venatoria provides unique opportunities for venom evolution research. The venom of H. venatoria was explored by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem time-of-flight and analyzing expressed sequence tags. The 154 sequences coding cysteine-rich peptides (CRPs) revealed 24 families based on the phylogenetic analyses of precursors and cysteine frameworks in the putative mature regions. Intriguingly, four kinds of motifs are first described in spider venom. Furthermore, combining the diverse CRPs of H. venatoria with previous spider venom peptidomics data, the structures of precursors and the patterns of cysteine frameworks were analyzed. This work revealed the dynamic evolutionary trends of venom CRPs in H. venatoria: the precursor has evolved an extended mature peptide with more cysteines, and a diminished or even vanished propeptides between the signal and mature peptides; and the CRPs evolved by multiple duplications of an ancestral ICK gene as well as recruitments of non-toxin genes.

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