scholarly journals New species of Pseudosperma (Agaricales, Inocybaceae) from Pakistan revealed by morphology and multi-locus phylogenetic reconstruction

MycoKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Malka Saba ◽  
Danny Haelewaters ◽  
Donald H. Pfister ◽  
Abdul Nasir Khalid
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Western Himalayas ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstructions ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Close Relatives

During fungal surveys between 2012 and 2014 in pine-dominated forests of the western Himalayas in Pakistan, several collections of Pseudosperma (Agaricales, Inocybaceae) were made. These were documented, based on morphological and molecular data. During this work, three new species came to light, which are here formally described as Pseudosperma brunneoumbonatum, P. pinophilum and P. triacicularis. These species belong in the genus Pseudosperma fideMatheny et al. (2019) = Pseudosperma clade fideMatheny (2005) = Inocybe sect. Rimosae s.s. fideLarsson et al. (2009). Macro- and micro-morphological descriptions, illustrations and molecular phylogenetic reconstructions of the studied taxa are provided. The new species are differentiated from their close relatives by basidiospore size and colouration of basidiomata. Molecular phylogenetic relationships are inferred using ITS (ITS1–5.8S–ITS2), nrLSU and mtSSU sequence data. All three newly-described taxa likely share an ectomycorrhizal association with trees in the genus Pinus. In addition, five names are recombined in Inosperma, Mallocybe and Pseudosperma. These are Inosperma vinaceobrunneum, Mallocybe erratum, Pseudosperma alboflavellum, Pseudosperma friabile and Pseudosperma neglectum.

scholarly journals Additions to the genus Chroogomphus (Boletales, Gomphidiaceae) from Pakistan

MycoKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 23-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Munazza Kiran ◽  
Ammara Sattar ◽  
Khushbakht Zamir ◽  
Danny Haelewaters ◽  
Abdul Nasir Khalid
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data

With only three published reports, the genus Chroogomphus (Boletales, Gomphidiaceae) is poorly studied in Pakistan. During recent sampling events in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province, Pakistan, several collections of Chroogomphus were made, representing undescribed taxa. Based on morphological and molecular data, two new species are described: Chroogomphus pakistanicus and C. pruinosus. We present a description and illustrations for both taxa. A molecular phylogenetic reconstruction, based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS1–5.8S–ITS2) barcode region, shows that C. pakistanicus and C. pruinosus are placed in two different subgenera of Chroogomphus (subg. Chroogomphus and subg. Siccigomphus, respectively).

A new species of cat-eyed snake (Serpentes: Dipsadinae: Leptodeirini) from the Andes of southern Ecuador

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4895 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-380
Author(s):  
OMAR TORRES-CARVAJAL ◽  
JUAN C. SÁNCHEZ-NIVICELA ◽  
VALENTINA POSSE ◽  
ELVIS CELI ◽  
CLAUDIA KOCH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Nuclear Dna ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Southern Ecuador ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species

Leptodeira is one of the most widespread and taxonomically problematic snake taxa in the Americas. Here we describe a new species of Leptodeira from the Andes of southern Ecuador based on morphological and molecular data. The new species is geographically close and morphologically similar to L. ornata and L. larcorum, from which it can be distinguished by having smaller dorsal body blotches, a longer tail, and shorter spines on the hemipenial body. The shortest genetic distances between the new species and its congeners are 0.02 (16S), 0.05 (cytb), and 0.18 (ND4). The new species is restricted to the Jubones River Basin in southern Ecuador, an area of endemism for other reptile species. Our phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data also supports recognition of the names L. larcorum (restricted to Peru) for “L. septentrionalis larcorum”, and L. ornata for populations of “L. s. ornata” from central and eastern Panama, western Colombia, and western Ecuador. However, some samples of “L. s. ornata” from Panama and Costa Rica, as well as the new species described herein, are not included within or more closely related to L. ornata, which is sister to the clade (L. bakeri, L. ashmeadii). 

scholarly journals The Genus Leccinum (Boletaceae, Boletales) from China Based on Morphological and Molecular Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 732
Author(s):  
Xin Meng ◽  
Geng-Shen Wang ◽  
Gang Wu ◽  
Pan-Meng Wang ◽  
Zhu L. Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Change ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Important Group ◽  
Microscopic Features ◽  
Identification Of Species ◽  
Greenish Blue ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Three New Species

Leccinum is one of the most important groups of boletes. Most species in this genus are ectomycorrhizal symbionts of various plants, and some of them are well-known edible mushrooms, making it an exceptionally important group ecologically and economically. The scientific problems related to this genus include that the identification of species in this genus from China need to be verified, especially those referring to European or North American species, and knowledge of the phylogeny and diversity of the species from China is limited. In this study, we conducted multi-locus (nrLSU, tef1-α, rpb2) and single-locus (ITS) phylogenetic investigations and morphological observisions of Leccinum from China, Europe and North America. Nine Leccinum species from China, including three new species, namely L. album, L.parascabrum and L.pseudoborneense, were revealed and described. Leccinum album is morphologically characterized by the white basidioma, the white hymenophore staining indistinct greenish blue when injured, and the white context not changing color in pileus but staining distinct greenish blue in the base of the stipe when injured. Leccinumparascabrum is characterized by the initially reddish brown to chestnut-brown and then pale brownish to brown pileus, the white to pallid and then light brown hymenophore lacking color change when injured, and the white context lacking color change in pileus but staining greenish blue in the base of the stipe when injured. Leccinumpseudoborneense is characterized by the pale brown to dark brown pileus, the initially white and then brown hymenophore lacking color change when injured, and the white context in pileus and stipe lacking color change in pileus but staining blue in stipe when bruised. Color photos of fresh basidiomata, line drawings of microscopic features and detailed descriptions of the new species are presented.

scholarly journals Zehneria grandibracteata (Cucurbitaceae), an overlooked new species from western Kenyan forests

PhytoKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 85-98
Author(s):  
Neng Wei ◽  
Zhi-Xiang Zhong ◽  
David Kimutai Melly ◽  
Solomon Kipkoech ◽  
Benjamin Muema Watuma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Western Kenya ◽  
Entire Plant ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species

Zehneria grandibracteata, a new species of Cucurbitaceae from western Kenya, is described here, based on morphological and molecular data. It has long been misidentified as the widely-distributed species Z. scabra. However, it differs by its ovate leafy probract at the base of the inflorescences, subglabrous condition of the entire plant, shorter receptacle-tube and filaments, as well as denser and sessile inflorescences. Furthermore, the molecular phylogenetic analysis of Zehneria, based on nrITS sequences, further supports the argument that Z. grandibracteata should be segregated from Z. scabra.

scholarly journals Diversity and distribution of Epeorus (Caucasiron) (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in Iran, with descriptions of three new species

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 947 ◽  
pp. 71-102
Author(s):  
Ľuboš Hrivniak ◽  
Pavel Sroka ◽  
Jindřiška Bojková ◽  
Roman J. Godunko ◽  
Javid Imanpour Namin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Central Iran ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Northern Iran ◽  
Coi Sequences ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

Combining morphological and molecular data in an integrative approach, three new mayfly species of Epeorus (Caucasiron) are described. These include Epeorus (Caucasiron) alborzicus Hrivniak & Sroka, sp. nov. and Epeorus (Caucasiron) shargi Hrivniak & Sroka, sp. nov. from northern Iran, and Epeorus (Caucasiron) zagrosicus Hrivniak & Sroka, sp. nov. from central Iran. They are unambiguously delimited using both distance-based and likelihood-based approaches in the analyses of barcode COI sequences. Each new species is compared with other species of the subgenus and morphological diagnostic characters are provided. Based on extensive sampling of streams throughout the country, the distribution and habitat preferences of all Caucasiron species in Iran are assessed. Altogether, there are now six species recorded, among them also E. (C.) nigripilosus Sinitshenkova, 1976 is reported for the first time in Iran. Five species are distributed in the Alborz Mts. in northern Iran, one species was found in the Zagros Mts. in central Iran.

scholarly journals A Revised Sectional Classification of Plukenetia L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) with Four New Species from South America

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 507-536
Author(s):  
Warren M. Cardinal-McTeague ◽  
Lynn J. Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Staminate Flower ◽  
Pistillate Flower ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Extrafloral Nectaries ◽  
Leaf Venation ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Three New Species

Abstract—We present a phylogenetic classification for Plukenetia (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) based on morphology and molecular phylogenetic studies using nuclear (ETS, ITS, KEA1 introns 11 and 17, TEB exon 17) and plastid (matK, ndhF, psbA-trnH) DNA data. Plukenetia comprises 25 species divided into six sections, with three new sections and four new species described here. The circumscription of Plukenetia is unaltered from recent treatments and we continue to recognize Romanoa as distinct. The sections of Plukenetia correspond with the subclade system proposed by Cardinal-McTeague and Gillespie (2016): P1 = P. sect. Fragariopsis comb. et stat. nov.; P2 = P. sect. Penninerviae sect. nov.; P3 = P. sect. Plukenetia; P4 = P. sect. Angostylidium; and P5 = P. sect. Hedraiostylus + P. sect. Madagascarienses sect. nov. The sections are distinguished by a combination of leaf venation, staminate flower morphology, pistillate flower number, style morphology, fruit type, and seed size. Additionally, we describe three new species from South America belonging to sect. Penninerviae: Plukenetia brevistyla and Plukenetia megastyla from the Amazon basin and Plukenetia chocoensis from the Chocó Biogeographic Region of Colombia. The new Amazonian species are morphologically similar to P. brachybotrya but distinguished by their style shape and size. The new Colombian species is morphologically similar to P. penninervia but distinguished by its elongate basilaminar extrafloral nectaries, presence of abaxial laminar extrafloral nectaries, and longer inflorescences. We also describe a new species from sect. Plukenetia, Plukenetia sylvestris, which is found in central and southern Peru. This species is suggested to be the wild progenitor of the cultivated P. carolis-vegae, differing by its smaller seeds/fruits and fewer stamens. Molecular data, including a new ETS phylogeny sampling P. brevistyla, support our new taxa as distinct. Keys to the sections and species of Plukenetia are provided and we designate 12 new lectotypes for Plukenetia and Romanoa.

Three new species of the genus Dendronotus from Japan and Russia (Mollusca, Nudibranchia)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4747 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-513
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER MARTYNOV ◽  
YOSHIHIRO FUJIWARA ◽  
SHINJI TSUCHIDA ◽  
NADEZHDA SANAMYAN ◽  
KAREN SANAMYAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Pacific ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
The North ◽  
Pacific Waters ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Japanese Islands ◽  
The North Pacific

Three new species of the genus Dendronotus are described from the North Pacific waters of Japan and Russia. For the first time since 1949, three new species, D. jamsteci sp. nov., D. zakuro sp. nov. and D. bathyvela sp. nov. are described from the waters of the Japanese Islands. D. zakuro sp. nov. was also discovered in the waters of Russia (Kamchatka). The descriptions of the new species D. jamsteci sp. nov. and D. zakuro sp. nov. are based on morphological and molecular data; D. bathyvela sp. nov. morphologically belongs to the group of D. robustus, D. velifer and D. patricki. This study revises our knowledge of North Pacific species of the genus Dendronotus, considerably expands the number of species worldwide and contributes to the multilevel fine-scale diversity concept. 

Stellaria multipartita (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from Chongqing, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 442 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
YAN-FENG SONG ◽  
MENG LI ◽  
BO XU ◽  
SHUI-FEI CHEN ◽  
LIN CHEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species

Stellaria multipartita sp. nov. (Caryophyllaceae) from Chongqing, China, is described and illustrated based on morphological and molecular data. The new species is similar to S. radians by the palmately fimbriate petals with more linear divisions. Different characters are: shape of the leaves (oblong-triangular to ovate-triangular vs. oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate in S. radians), petals (10–12-cleft vs. 5–7-cleft in S. radians), and seeds (with mamillate ornamentation vs. scrobiculate ornamentation in S. radians). A molecular phylogenetic analysis supports the recognition of Chongqing population as a new species for science.

A revision of the Paracanthocobitis zonalternans (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) species complex with descriptions of three new species 

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4324 (1) ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
RANDAL A. SINGER ◽  
JOHN M. PFEIFFER ◽  
LAWRENCE M. PAGE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Andaman Sea ◽  
Surprising Result ◽  
Geographic Ranges ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Three New Species

The Paracanthocobitis zonalternans species complex is revised based on analysis of morphological and molecular data. Three new species, P. nigrolineata, P. marmorata, and P. triangula are described, and P. phuketensis is removed from synonymy. All species are described morphologically, geographic ranges are delimited, and relationships are discussed for those for which molecular data (cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 - COI) are available. In view of the morphological similarities of some of the species, a surprising result of this study was the moderately large genetic distances among species. Uncorrected COI p-distances between geographic clades of P. zonalternans ranged from 7.6–9.3%, suggesting that the species are reproductively isolated from one another even though morphological changes are minor. Paracanthocobitis phuketensis, distributed in several rivers draining to the Gulf of Thailand and to the Andaman Sea, shows considerable intraspecific variation that should be explored in detail for historical and ecological explanations. Cobitis chlorosoma McClelland, 1839 from Assam, India, is a synonym of P. botia, not P. zonalternans. 

Remarkable sexual dimorphism, rarity and cryptic species: a revision of the ‘aegrota species group’ of the Neotropical butterfly genus Caeruleuptychia with the description of three new species (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichi Nakahara ◽  
Thamara Zacca ◽  
Blanca Huertas ◽  
Andrew F. E. Neild ◽  
Jason P. W. Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Cryptic Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Hypothesis ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

The ‘aegrota species group’ of the Neotropical nymphalid genus Caeruleuptychia Forster, 1964, in addition to three other superficially similar, enigmatic species in the genus, are revised. A lectotype is designated for Euptychia aegrota Butler, 1867, E. aetherialis Butler, 1877 stat. rev., E. helios Weymer, 1911 and E. pilata Butler, 1867, and C. aetherialis is resurrected from its synonymy with C. aegrota. Caeruleuptychia helios caelestissima Brévignon, 2010, syn. nov., and Magneuptychia keltoumae Brévignon & Benmesbah, 2012, syn. nov. are both regarded as junior subjective synonyms of C. helios (Weymer, 1911), as a result of the discovery and first illustration of the female of this taxon. The female of C. aegrota is also described and illustrated for the first time, and three new species, C. trembathi Willmott, Nakahara, Hall & Neild, sp. nov., C. scripta Nakahara, Zacca & Huertas, sp. nov., and C. maryzenderae Lamas & Nakahara, sp. nov. are described and named. We analyze morphological and molecular data separately, in addition to combining morphological data with molecular data, to provide the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the taxa treated in this revision.

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