scholarly journals Solanum plastisexum, an enigmatic new bush tomato from the Australian Monsoon Tropics exhibiting breeding system fluidity

PhytoKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 39-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela J. McDonnell ◽  
Heather B. Wetreich ◽  
Jason T. Cantley ◽  
Peter Jobson ◽  
Christopher T. Martine
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Sexual Fluidity ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Australian Monsoon ◽  
Morphometric Analyses ◽  
Biogeographic Region ◽  
Vegetative Characters ◽  
A New Species

A bush tomato that has evaded classification by solanologists for decades has been identified and is described as a new species belonging to the Australian “Solanumdioicum group” of the Ord Victoria Plain biogeographic region in the monsoon tropics of the Northern Territory. Although now recognised to be andromonoecious, S.plastisexum Martine & McDonnell, sp. nov. exhibits multiple reproductive phenotypes, with solitary perfect flowers, a few staminate flowers or with cymes composed of a basal hermaphrodite and an extended rachis of several to many staminate flowers. When in fruit, the distal rachis may abcise and drop. A member of SolanumsubgenusLeptostemonum, Solanumplastisexum is allied to the S.eburneum Symon species group. Morphometric analyses presented here reveal that S.plastisexum differs statistically from all of its closest relatives including S.eburneum, S.diversiflorum F. Meull., S.jobsonii Martine, J.Cantley & L.M.Lacey, S.succosum A.R.Bean & Albr. and S.watneyi Martine & Frawley in both reproductive and vegetative characters. We present evidence supporting the recognition of S.plastisexum as a distinctive entity, a description of the species, representative photographs, a map showing the distribution of members of the S.eburneum species group and a key to the andromonoecious Solanum species of the Northern Territory of Australia. This new species is apparently labile in its reproductive expression, lending to its epithet, and is a model for the sort of sexual fluidity that is present throughout the plant kingdom.

scholarly journals A new species of Craugastor (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the montane rainforest of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erick Arias ◽  
Gerardo Chaves ◽  
Gabriela Parra-Olea
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Species Group ◽  
White Pigment ◽  
Morphometric Analyses ◽  
Distinct Lineage ◽  
Cordillera De Talamanca ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Montane Rainforest

A new species of Craugastor (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the montane rainforest of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. A new dirt frog of the Craugastor podiciferus Species Group is described from Costa Rica; it is restricted to elevations between 2330 and 2700 m a.s.l. in the montane rainforest of the Cordillera de Talamanca. Analysis of DNA sequences of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA (16S) and cytochrome oxidase I (COI) genes reveals a distinct lineage within the C. podiciferus Species Group. Additional morphological and morphometric analyses support the distinctiveness of this lineage that is described as a new species herein. The species is distinguished from other members of the C. podiciferus Species Group by its unique coloration: a violet-brown to blackish brown venter with white pigment forming blotches, and dark brown palmar surfaces with prominent white folds between subarticular tubercles in the adults. The genetic divergence of the species from other members of the C. podiciferus Species Group is signifcant (higher than 9.2% in 16S and 13.3% in COI). Although not closely related, it resembles C. podiciferus morphologically, a species that also inhabits montane rainforest. The discovery of this new species highlights the importance of montane rainforest as a center of species richness and endemism.

A new species of the Simulium (Simulium) variegatum species-group (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand

Acta Tropica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 155-161
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Takaoka ◽  
Wichai Srisuka ◽  
Atiporn Saeung
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the Simulium (Gomphostilbia) ceylonicum species-group (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand

Acta Tropica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 217 ◽  
pp. 105865
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Takaoka ◽  
Wichai Srisuka ◽  
Zubaidah Ya'cob ◽  
Van Lun Low ◽  
Atiporn Saeung
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Iguanidae) from San Guillermo National Park, western Argentina

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1361 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIO C. MONGUILLOT ◽  
MARIO R. CABRERA ◽  
JUAN C. ACOSTA ◽  
JOSE VILLAVICENCIO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Posterior Surface ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Long Tail ◽  
Sparse Vegetation ◽  
Dorsal Pattern ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Iguanidae Liolaemini lizard from the San Guillermo National Park in western Argentina, is described. The new species is a member of the Liolaemus darwinii complex within the monophyletic boulengeri species group. It is distinguished by its small body size, relatively long tail, low number of scales around midbody, dorsal scales moderately keeled, precloacal pores only in male, bulged patch of enlarged scales on the proximal posterior surface of the thigh in both sexes, dorsal pattern lacking of light vertebral or dorsolateral stripes, antehumeral fold without black pigment in female but greyish in male, a prescapular dark dot dorsal to antehumeral fold in both sexes, and postscapular spot absent. The new species is terrestrial, living in habitats with gravel and sandy soil in an Andean Monte landscape with sparse vegetation, above 2270 meters of altitude.

A new species of Tychus Leach, 1817 from Lebanon (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4656 (3) ◽  
pp. 596-600
Author(s):  
GIORGIO SABELLA ◽  
FABIO MASSIMO VIGLIANISI ◽  
VERA D’URSO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
A New Species

Tychus meggiolaroi sp. n. from Lebanon is described and illustrated. It belongs to the Tychus cilicicus species group (Sabella & Kurbatov 2002) and can be readily distinguished from related taxa by the different structure of the aedeagus and morphological features of antennae. 

Review of the genus Qinshuiacris (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from China with proposal of Caryanda viridis-species group and description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3981 (4) ◽  
pp. 565
Author(s):  
BEN-YONG MAO ◽  
YAO NIU ◽  
ZHE-MIN ZHENG ◽  
MATTHEW B. SCOTT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Oozetetes De Santis (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) from Colombia with an updated key for the bucheri species-group

Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4084 (3) ◽  
pp. 436 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. LUCIA PÉREZ-BENAVIDES ◽  
FRANCISCO SERNA ◽  
GARY A.P. GIBSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
A New Species

A New Species of the Scinax catharinae Species Group (Anura: Hylidae) from Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil

Herpetologica ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 468-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina Calijorne Lourenço ◽  
Luciana Barreto Nascimento ◽  
Maria Rita Silvério Pires
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
A New Species

First record of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vietnam with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4969 (3) ◽  
pp. 492-510
Author(s):  
DZUNG TRUNG LE ◽  
SALY SITTHIVONG ◽  
TUNG THANH TRAN ◽  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Hind Limbs ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Dorsal Pattern ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Dorsal Tubercle

A new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus is described from Dien Bien Province, northwestern Vietnam based on morphological and molecular data. Cyrtodactylus ngati sp. nov. can be distinguished from remaining congeners by the following combination of characters: maximum SVL 69.3 mm; dorsal pattern consisting of six dark irregular transverse bands between limb insertions; inter-supranasals one; dorsal tubercles present on occiput, body, hind limbs and on first half of tail; 17–22 irregular dorsal tubercle rows at midbody; lateral folds clearly defined, with interspersed tubercles; 32–38 ventral scales between ventrolateral folds; 13 precloacal pores separated by a diastema of 5/5 poreless scales from a series of 7/7 femoral pores in enlarged femoral scales; precloacal and femoral pores absent in females; 1–3 postcloacal tubercles on each side; transversely enlarged median subcaudal scales absent. In the molecular analyses, the new species is shown to be the sister taxon to C. interdigitalis from Thailand. This is the 47th species of the genus Cyrtodactylus and the first member of the C. brevipalmatus species group recorded from Vietnam. 

A new species and distribution records of Dichotomius Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Colombia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4942 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-206
Author(s):  
WILLIAM CHAMORRO ◽  
ALEJANDRO LOPERA-TORO ◽  
MICHELE ROSSINI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Dichotomius (Dichotomius) quadrilobatus new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Dichotomiini), from western Amazonia (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) is described and its putative systematic position within the Dichotomius boreus species group is discussed. An updated identification key to the species of the Dichotomius boreus species group is provided. Additionally, Dichotomius (Selenocopris) fortepunctatus Luederwaldt, 1923 is recorded for the first time in Colombia. 

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