Architrypethelium murisporum (Ascomycota, Trypetheliaceae), a remarkable new lichen species from Thailand challenging ascospore septation as an indicator of phylogenetic relationships

Architrypetheliummurisporum Luangsuphabool, Lumbsch & Sangvichien is described for a crustose lichen occurring in dry evergreen forest in Thailand. It is characterised by a green to yellow-green corticated thallus, perithecia fused in black pseudostromata with white rim surrounding the ostiole and small, hyaline and muriform ascospores. Currently, all species in the genus Architrypethelium have transversely septate ascospores, hence the discovery of this new species indicates that ascospore septation is variable within the genus, similar to numerous other groups of lichen-forming ascomycetes. Phylogenetic analyses of two loci (mtSSU and nuLSU) supported the position of the new species within Architrypethelium. This is the first report of the genus in Southeast Asia.

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Pyrenochaetopsis kuksensis (Pyrenochaetopsidaceae), a new species associated with an ornamental boxwood in the Czech Republic

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.498.3.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 498 (3) ◽

pp. 177-185

Author(s):

MILAN ŠPETÍK ◽

AKILA BERRAF-TEBBAL ◽

ROBERT POKLUDA ◽

ALEŠ EICHMEIER

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

New Taxon ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Buxus Sempervirens ◽

Fungal Microbiome ◽

A New Species

During the investigation of fungal microbiome associated with boxwood in the Czech Republic, samples from Buxus sempervirens L. (Buxaceae) plants were collected and used for isolation. Two fungal strains were proposed as a new species Pyrenochaetopsis kuksensis based on morphology as well as phylogenetic analyses of ITS, LSU, rpb2, and tub2 sequence data. Detailed descriptions and phylogenetic relationships of the new taxon are provided.

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Cortinarius khinganensis (Agaricales), a new species of section Illumini from Northeast China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.500.1.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 500 (1) ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

MENG-LE XIE ◽

TIE-ZHENG WEI ◽

BÁLINT DIMA ◽

YONG-PING FU ◽

RUI-QING JI ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Northeast China ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Sensu Stricto ◽

Similar Species ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

A New Species

This study presents one telamonioid species new to science based on morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Cortinarius khinganensis was collected from the Greater Khingan Mountains, Northeast China and it is characterized by hygrophanous, vivid brownish red and striate pileus, white universal veil, and subglobose spores. According to phylogenetic analyses results, C. khinganensis belongs to the section Illumini, which is a lineage distantly related from subgenus Telamonia sensu stricto. Detailed descriptions of the new species and the comparisons with morphologically similar species are provided. The phylogenetic relationships within the section Illumini are also discussed.

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A revision of dragon millipedes I: genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, with the description of eight new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.761.24214 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 761 ◽

pp. 1-177 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Ruttapon Srisonchai ◽

Henrik Enghoff ◽

Natdanai Likhitrakarn ◽

Somsak Panha

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

Present Article ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

New Genera ◽

Distribution Maps ◽

New Synonyms ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

First Time

The dragon millipede genusDesmoxytess.l. is split into five genera, based on morphological characters and preliminary molecular phylogenetic analyses. The present article includes a review ofDesmoxytess.s., while future articles will deal withHylomusCook and Loomis, 1924 and three new genera which preliminarily are referred to as the ‘acantherpestes’, ‘gigas’, and ‘spiny’ groups. Diagnostic morphological characters of each group are discussed.Hylomusis resurrected as a valid genus and the following 33 species are assigned to it:H.asper(Attems, 1937),comb. n.,H.cattienensis(Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005),comb. n.,H.cervarius(Attems, 1953),comb. n.,H.cornutus(Zhang & Li, 1982),comb. n.,H.dracoCook & Loomis, 1924,stat. rev.,H.enghoffi(Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005),comb. n.,H.eupterygotus(Golovatch, Li, Liu & Geoffroy, 2012),comb. n.,H.getuhensis(Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2014),comb. n.,H.grandis(Golovatch, VandenSpiegel & Semenyuk, 2016),comb. n.,H.hostilis(Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994),comb. n.,H.jeekeli(Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994),comb. n.,H.lingulatus(Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2014),comb. n.,H.laticollis(Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016),comb. n.,H.longispinus(Loksa, 1960),comb. n.,H.lui(Golovatch, Li, Liu & Geoffroy, 2012),comb. n.,H.minutuberculus(Zhang, 1986),comb. n.,H.nodulosus(Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2014),comb. n.,H.parvulus(Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2014),comb. n.,H.phasmoides(Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016),comb. n.,H.pilosus(Attems, 1937),comb. n.,H.proximus(Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005),comb. n.,H.rhinoceros(Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015),comb. n.,H.rhinoparvus(Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015),comb. n.,H.scolopendroides(Golovatch, Geoffroy & Mauriès, 2010),comb. n.,H.scutigeroides(Golovatch, Geoffroy & Mauriès, 2010),comb. n.,H.similis(Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016),comb. n.,H.simplex(Golovatch, VandenSpiegel & Semenyuk, 2016),comb. n.,H.simplipodus(Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016),comb. n.,H.specialis(Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005),comb. n.,H.spectabilis(Attems, 1937),comb. n.,H.spinitergus(Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016),comb. n.,H.spinissimus(Golovatch, Li, Liu & Geoffroy, 2012),comb. n.andH.variabilis(Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016),comb. n.Desmoxytess.s. includes the following species:D.breviverpaSrisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2016;D.cervina(Pocock,1895);D.delfae(Jeekel, 1964);D.desSrisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2016;D.pinnasqualiSrisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2016;D.planata(Pocock, 1895);D.purpuroseaEnghoff, Sutcharit & Panha, 2007;D.takensisSrisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2016;D.taurina(Pocock, 1895);D.terae(Jeekel, 1964), all of which are re-described based mainly on type material. Two new synonyms are proposed:DesmoxytespterygotaGolovatch & Enghoff, 1994,syn. n.(=Desmoxytescervina(Pocock, 1895)),DesmoxytesrubraGolovatch & Enghoff, 1994,syn. n.(=Desmoxytesdelfae(Jeekel, 1964)). Six new species are described from Thailand:D.aurataSrisonchai, Enghoff & Panha,sp. n.,D.corythosaurusSrisonchai, Enghoff & Panha,sp. n.,D.eurosSrisonchai, Enghoff & Panha,sp. n.,D.flabellaSrisonchai, Enghoff & Panha,sp. n.,D.golovatchiSrisonchai, Enghoff & Panha,sp. n.,D.octoconigeraSrisonchai, Enghoff & Panha,sp. n., as well as one from Malaysia:D.perakensisSrisonchai, Enghoff & Panha,sp. n., and one from Myanmar:D.waepyanensisSrisonchai, Enghoff & Panha,sp. n.The species can mostly be easily distinguished by gonopod structure in combination with other external characters; some cases of particularly similar congeners are discussed. All species ofDesmoxytess.s. seem to be endemic to continental Southeast Asia (except the ‘tramp’ speciesD.planata). Some biological observations (relationship with mites, moulting) are recorded for the first time. Complete illustrations of external morphological characters, an identification key, and distribution maps of all species are provided.

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A new species of Synarthonia from Luxembourg, and a new combination in the genus Reichlingia (Arthoniaceae)

The Lichenologist ◽

10.1017/s0024282920000274 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 52 (4) ◽

pp. 261-266

Author(s):

Damien Ertz ◽

André Aptroot ◽

Neil Sanderson ◽

Brian Coppins ◽

Dries Van den Broeck ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Lichen Species ◽

Sister Species ◽

New Combination ◽

A New Species

AbstractA new species of Synarthonia, S. leproidica, is described from Luxembourg. Phylogenetic analyses of mtSSU and RPB2 sequences were used to determine the generic affiliation of this sterile species. Synarthonia leproidica differs from all other species of the genus by the combination of a leproid thallus and the production of psoromic acid. It is the sister species to S. muriformis in our phylogenetic analyses. The discovery of the new species suggests that other strictly sorediate lichen species might have been overlooked in Europe, even in intensely explored countries such as Luxembourg. Phylogenetic analyses further confirm the placement of Reichlingia anombrophila in the genus Reichlingia and of Synarthonia astroidestera in the genus Synarthonia. Arthonia atlantica is transferred to the genus Reichlingia as R. dendritica.

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Jenynsia luxata, a new species from Northwestern Argentina, with additional observations of J. maculataRegan and phylogeny of the genus (Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae)

Neotropical Ichthyology ◽

10.1590/s1679-62252013000300009 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 565-572 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Gastón Aguilera ◽

Juan Marcos Mirande ◽

Pablo A. Calviño ◽

Luis Fernando Lobo

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Northwestern Argentina ◽

Pelvic Bones ◽

New Information ◽

Left And Right ◽

Equal Weighting ◽

A New Species

Jenynsia luxata, a new species from northwestern Argentina, is described. This species is diagnosable from all other Jenynsia by the medial processes of left and right pelvic bones relatively reduced and separated from each other. The new species resembles J. multidentata, but it is further distinguished from this species by the absence of a swelling between the urogenital opening and the anterior base of the anal fin in females and details of coloration. Phylogenetic analyses, both under implied and equal weighting, recover the subgenera Plesiojenynsia and Jenynsia as monophyletic units. New information on previously missing characters of Jenynsia maculata is added. These data and phylogenetic characters coded for the new species herein described contribute to a better resolution of the phylogenetic relationships within the subgenus Jenynsia, which is herein supported by additional synapomorphies relative to previous phylogenies.

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Conulariids of the Upper Talak Formation (Mississippian, Visean) of northern Niger (West Africa)

Journal of Paleontology ◽

10.1666/06-083.1 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 82 (1) ◽

pp. 192-196 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Heyo Van Iten ◽

Moussa Konate ◽

Yahaya Moussa

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

West Africa ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Species Level ◽

First Report ◽

Genus Level ◽

Two New Species ◽

Shale Formation ◽

Extinct Group ◽

Prior Analysis

Conulariids of West Africa have received relatively little detailed attention in the literature on this widespread extinct group of marine cnidarians. Recently, however, Babcock et al. (1995) described two new species, Paraconularia feldmanni and P. sahara, from the upper part of the Mississippian (Visean) Talak Shale Formation in the Tim Mersoi Basin of northern Niger. This was the first report of the genus Paraconularia Sinclair, 1940 from Africa as well as the first assignment of Carboniferous conulariids from that continent to the species level. Since then two of the present authors have collected 24 additional conulariid specimens from the Talak Formation in the same area that yielded the two specimens described by Babcock et al. (1995). Like the previously described material, most of the new specimens, described below, have been worn or weathered to such an extent that it is difficult to identify them to the species level. In some cases, moreover, identification to the genus level is problematical, but this may ultimately be due to the fact that currently recognized conulariid genera (e.g., Moore and Harrington, 1956b) have been defined phenetically, rather than on the basis of prior analysis of the phylogenetic relationships among conulariid species. This means that at least some currently recognized conulariid genera may have been defined by similarities that are primitive or analogous.

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New species of Anelosimus (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Africa and Southeast Asia, with notes on sociality and color polymorphism

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1147.1.1 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1147 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

INGI AGNARSSON ◽

JUN-XIA ZHANG

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Social Behavior ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Color Polymorphism ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Phylogenetic Placement ◽

Unknown Species ◽

Behavioral Information

The cobweb spider genus Anelosimus contains species showing various levels of social behavior. American Anelosimus are well known and several species have been described from Europe, China, Japan, and Madagascar. However, to date, only two behaviorally unknown species have beendescribed from continental Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australasia combined. In this paper we describe seven new Anelosimus species, A. agnar n. sp. (Malaysia), A. biglebowski n. sp. (Tanzania), A. dude n. sp. (Tanzania), A. linda n. sp. (Malaysia), A. monskenyensis n. sp. (Kenya), A. nelsoni n. sp. (South Africa), and A. sulawesi n. sp. (Sulawesi) from Africa and Southeast Asia. We also redescribe A. kohi Yoshida, 1993 and provide evidence for subsocial behavior in that species. Anelosimus kohi shows a marked color polymorphism that is apparently habitat-related, both in populations in Malaysia and in Singapore. Several of the undescribed species were included in previous phylogenetic analyses, and the likely phylogenetic placement of each species is discussed. Based on new behavioral information we discuss the phylogenetic and geographical distribution of temporary and permanent sociality in Anelosimus.

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Two new species of Rhinophis Hemprich (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Sri Lanka

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2881.1.4 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2881 (1) ◽

pp. 51 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

DAVID J. GOWER ◽

KALANA MADUWAGE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Potential Utility ◽

New Development ◽

Two New Species ◽

Colour Patterns ◽

Row Reduction

Two new species of uropeltid (shieldtail) snake are described from Sri Lanka; Rhinophis lineatus sp. nov. from Harasbedda, near Ragala, and Rhinophis zigzag sp. nov. from Bibilegama, near Passara. The new species are distinguished from congeners in morphometric and meristic external characters, and in having very distinctive colour patterns. Scale-row reduction data are presented for the two new species; this is a new development for uropeltid systematics, and its potential utility is highlighted. The nature of the overlap between the two anal scales is also highlighted as a potentially useful character. The two new species were included in previous phylogenetic analyses of allozyme and albumin immunological data, but their phylogenetic relationships are not yet well resolved.

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Three new Hermatomyces species (Lophiotremataceae) on Pandanus odorifer from Southern Thailand

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.275.2.4 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 275 (2) ◽

pp. 127 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

SAOWALUCK TIBPROMMA ◽

JAYARAMA BHAT ◽

MINGKWAN DOILOM ◽

SAISAMORN LUMYONG ◽

SUREEPORN NONTACHAIYAPOOM ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Taxa ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

First Report ◽

Southern Thailand ◽

Three New Species

Investigations on microfungi on Pandanus odorifer (Pandanaceae) from southern Thailand resulted in the discovery of three new species of Hermatomyces (Lophiotremataceae). Phylogenetic analyses of combined LSU, ITS, SSU, RPB2 and TEF1 sequence data showed that our new taxa cluster with Hermatomyces species and were well separated from Aquasubmersa and Lophiotrema species in Lophiotremataceae. We introduce the new species, Hermatomyces krabiensis, H. pandanicola and H. saikhuensis, with illustrated accounts. Evidence for demarcation of the three new species is provided using morphology and phylogenetic analyses. This is the first report of Hermatomyces on Pandanus species.

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