Festuca
albomontana (Poaceae), a new chasmophytic fescue from the Western Taurus Mountains
(Antalya, Turkey)

A new species of Festuca from the Western Taurus Mountains (Antalya, Turkey) is described here and named F. albomontana. The new species can clearly be distinguished from the other species included in the F. alpina group by its leaf anatomical features. It has a geographically isolated position in the Western Tauruses whereas a closely related species, F. sommieri, is very local in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is suggested that it should be in the “critically endangered” threat category according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) criteria. Observations on the ecology of the population are noted.

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Description and bioacoustics of a new species of the genus Isophya (Orthoptera: Tetigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from Turkey

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3361.1.3 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3361 (1) ◽

pp. 33-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

HASAN SEVGİLİ ◽

ALİ DEMİRSOY ◽

BATTAL ÇIPLAK

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Related Species ◽

Additional Data ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Calling Song ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

Male And Female ◽

Black Sea Region ◽

Male Calling ◽

A New Species

A new species for the genus Isophya, I. bumerangoides, is described from the Northeastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. Thenew species differs from closely related species in some aspects of morphology, mainly in male and female genitalia. Illustra-tions of external morphological characters and male and female songs are provided. Additional data on male calling song andfemale song of closely related bush-cricket Isophya rizeensis Sevgili, 2003 are also given. Scanning Electron Microscopeimages of stridulatory file of the other related species I. redtenbacheri Adelung, 1907 are provided. I. bumerangoides clearlybelongs to I. amplipennis group. Our bioacoustic results suggest that within the genus Isophya, changes in calling song seem to appear more slowly than those in external morphological characters as in most tettigoniid.

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Taxonomic status of the genus Spermophilus (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Turkey and Iran with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1529.1.1 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1529 (1) ◽

pp. 1-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

ŞAKIR ÖNDER ÖZKURT ◽

MUSTAFA SÖZEN ◽

NURI YIĞIT ◽

IRFAN KANDEMIR ◽

REYHAN ÇOLAK ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Statistical Analyses ◽

The Other ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Taurus Mountains ◽

Spermophilus Citellus ◽

Morphologic Data ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

We report a new species of Spermophilus ( Rodentia: Sciuridae), here designated as S. torosensis sp. nov., distributed in the Taurus Mountains in southern Anatolia, Turkey. A total of 161 specimens of the genus Spermophilus from Turkey and Iran were analyzed for their morphological, morphometric, and karyological characteristics. Uni- and multi-variate statistical analyses of morphologic data for 95 adult specimens yielded 4 distinct groups. Taxonomic evaluations classified the specimens into 4 species Spermophilus citellus, S. xanthopymnus, S. fulvus and S. torosensis sp. nov. Morphometrics, coat coloration, a brush-shaped tail, and a NFa value of 72 are diagnostic characters that distinguish S. torosensis sp. nov. from the other species. In Turkey, S. torosensis sp. nov. was found in 6 locations. The karyotype of S. fulvus also is described for the first time as 2n= 36, NFa= 70 and NFa= 66; new karyotypic data is reported for S. xanthoprymnus from Iran and Turkey.

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A New Species of Ligyrocoris Stal With a Key to the Northeastern Species (Hemiptera:Lygaeidae)

Psyche A Journal of Entomology ◽

10.1155/1963/49672 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 70 (1) ◽

pp. 17-21

Author(s):

Merrill H. Sweet

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Life Cycle ◽

New England ◽

Related Species ◽

Habitat Preferences ◽

Life Cycles ◽

The Other ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

Carex Stricta ◽

A New Species

In the course of current work upon the biology and ecology of the Rhyparochrominae of New England, a new species of Ligyrocoris was discovered. The species runs in Barber's (1921) key to the couplet separating diffusus (Uhler) from sylvestris (L.), but is distinct from either species. While the new species is closely related to these species, it is also quite close to L. depictus which is separated out in a different part of Barber's key.These four closely related species are sympatric in New England, although they are markedly different in their overall distribution. The habitat preferences and life cycles of the species are quite different (Sweet, unpublished). The habitat of the new species described below is most unusual for the genus. The greater part of the type series was collected along the margin of a small pond where sedge clumps were standing in the water among occasional exposed rocks rather than in relatively dry fields or slope habitats where the other species occur. The species feeds upon the seeds of the sedge, Carex stricta Lam, and its life cycle is apparently adapted to that of the sedge, which fruits in late May and June. The insect becomes adult in mid-June and lays eggs until mid-July. The eggs remain in diapause over the summer and winter and hatch in May.

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Cyrtandra argentii, a new species of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) from the Philippines, and a review of the C. villosissima group

European Journal of Taxonomy ◽

10.5852/ejt.2020.676 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jay Edneil C. Olivar ◽

Hannah Atkins ◽

Frank Hauenschild ◽

Alexandra N. Muellner-Riehl

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

The Philippines ◽

Anthropogenic Pressure ◽

International Union ◽

Distribution Maps ◽

A New Species ◽

Near Threatened ◽

Iucn Criteria

Cyrtandra argentii Olivar, H.J.Atkins & Muellner sp. nov., endemic to the Philippines and named after George Argent, is herein described and illustrated. Collections associated with this new species are often confused with three other species, namely C. ferruginea Merr., C. villosissima Merr., and C. hirtigera H.J.Atkins & Cronk. Distinguishing characters including keys, updated descriptions, distribution maps, and photos of live specimens are provided to aid identification of the four species. Following the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) criteria, C. argentii sp. nov. is considered to be Near Threatened (NT) due to its distribution in a zone susceptible to anthropogenic pressure and the lack of any formal protection.

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Crinitodiscus ozkani sp. n., a new uropodid mite from Turkey (Acari, Mesostigmata, Uropodidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1069.1.3 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 1069 (1) ◽

pp. 47

Author(s):

DURMU‘ AL§ BAL

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Black Sea ◽

Identification Key ◽

The Black Sea ◽

Life Stages ◽

Black Sea Region ◽

A New Species

The genus Crinitodiscus (Uropodidae) is re-described and its description supplemented with additional new data. A new species, Crinitodiscus ozkani sp. n., is described from specimens collected from the Black Sea region of Turkey. All life stages of the new species are described, and an identification key for the adults and nymphs of the four known species of Crinitodiscus is presented.

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First finding of Greeffiella Cobb, 1922 (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida) in the Black Sea

Ecologica Montenegrina ◽

10.37828/em.2021.42.5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

pp. 96-102

Author(s):

Nelly G. Sergeeva ◽

Tatiana N. Revkova

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Black Sea ◽

Fine Sand ◽

The Body ◽

The Other ◽

The Black Sea ◽

Short Esophagus ◽

First Finding ◽

Northwestern Shelf ◽

A New Species

The first finding of the genus Greeffiella Cobb 1922 (Greeffiellinae, Desmoscolecidae) in the Black Sea is presented. Two mature females were collected in Northwestern Shelf of Crimea in strongly silted fine sand with detritus at a water depth of 56 m. Greeffiella sp. is described and illustrated. The absence of males in the collections does not allow the authors to present it as a new species for science or to identify it as one of the known species of the genus Greeffiella. Black sea specimen is distinguished from the other known species of the genus Greeffiella with the presence of 8 pairs of thicker specific setae along the body, the basis of which looks like a small lamina, but without hairs, which was previously described for G. pierri Schrage & Gerlach, 1975 and G. australis Schrage & Gerlach, 1975. The short esophagus at the base has two salivary glands and a cardia. Cardia has not been mentioned before for the known species of the genus Greeffiella.

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A new species of Bellardiochloa, B. doganiana (Poaceae), from the Taurus Mountains of Turkey

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.205.2.6 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 205 (2) ◽

pp. 123

Author(s):

Evren Cabi ◽

Robert John Soreng ◽

Burçin Çıngay ◽

Ersin Karabacak

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

The Other ◽

Basal Leaf ◽

Taurus Mountains ◽

A New Species

Bellardiochloa doganiana, a new species from the Taurus Mountains of Turkey, is described and illustrated. It differs from the other four species of the genus in its basal tuft of short, stiff, terete, arched, pungent-tipped basal leaf–blades, conical panicles with numerous panicle branches and mostly 1 or 2 spikelets per branch, and pedicels as long as or longer than the spikelets.

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Antidesma jongkindii (Phyllanthaceae), a new species from Liberia

Plant Ecology and Evolution ◽

10.5091/plecevo.2020.1665 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 153 (2) ◽

pp. 321-324

Author(s):

Frans J. Breteler

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

The Other ◽

Critically Endangered ◽

Herbarium Material ◽

Botanical Exploration ◽

A New Species ◽

Iucn Criteria

Background and aims – The botanical exploration of Liberia, notably by C.C.H. Jongkind, has yielded several new species. One of his recent collections proved to contain a new species of Antidesma.Methods – Normal practices of herbarium taxonomy were applied to study the relevant herbarium material available at BR, K, and WAG. The relevant collecting data are stored at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Section Botany. Map Maker was used to produce the distribution map.Key results – Antidesma jongkindii Breteler is described as a new species and illustrated. Its distinction from the other three species present in Liberia is presented in a key. The species is proposed to be listed as Critically Endangered [CR B2ab (ii)] following IUCN criteria.

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Dracula irmelinae, a new species in the subtribe Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae) from the Western Andes of Colombia

Lankesteriana ◽

10.15517/lank.v20i2.41823 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Nicolás Peláez ◽

Gary E. Meyer ◽

Ubiel Rendon-Jaramillo ◽

Juan David Fernández ◽

Norberto López-Álvarez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Endangered Species ◽

Small Area ◽

Conservation Status ◽

New Taxon ◽

International Union ◽

Western Cordillera ◽

Species Being ◽

A New Species ◽

Iucn Criteria

A new species of Dracula (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from Colombia is described, honoring Irmelin Indenbirken, mother of the actor and philanthropist Leonardo DiCaprio. D. irmelinae is phenotypically most similar to Dracula verticulosa, but differs in having larger and wider sepals that form a smoothly curved semicircular mentum behind the lip, an indumentum with dark red internal and external maculae and dense long pubescence on the internal sepal surfaces and bases of the tails. The geographic distributions of the two species also differ, with the new species being restricted to a small area in the western Cordillera of Colombia. The conservation status of the new taxon is assessed as Endangered (EN) according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) criteria. Key words: Colombia, Dracula, endangered species, Pleurothallidinae, Western Andes

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A new species and first record of the genus Procerobaetis Kaltenbach & Gattolliat, 2020 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from Thailand

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.1023.61081 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1023 ◽

pp. 13-28

Author(s):

Chanaporn Suttinun ◽

Thomas Kaltenbach ◽

Jean-Luc Gattolliat ◽

Boonsatien Boonsoong

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Posterior Margin ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Genetic Distances ◽

The Other ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

Coi Sequences ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The genus Procerobaetis Kaltenbach & Gattolliat, 2020 is reported for the first time from Thailand, and Procerobaetis totuspinosussp. nov. is described as a new species based on larvae. It can be easily distinguished from other known Procerobaetis species by the presence of triangular spines at the posterior margin of tergites VI–IX. COI sequences were obtained from all known species. The genetic distances (Kimura 2-parameter) between the new species and the other species are between 20% and 23%. The morphological characters of the new species and its closely related species are discussed; larval key to all species of the genus Procerobaetis is also provided.

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