Synotis panzhouensis (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a distinct new species with red-purple pappus from southwestern Guizhou, China

A new species of Asteraceae, Synotis panzhouensis, is described and illustrated from Guizhou Province in China. Compared with other species of the genus, it is distinguishable by having red-purple pappus; additionally, it differs from its closest ally S. nayongensis by the larger involucres and phyllaries, and higher number of phyllaries and disk florets. In addition, detailed discussion of morphological differences, the provisional IUCN status and a distribution map are provided.

Myrcia adulterina (Myrtaceae), a new species from the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.452.2.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 452 (2) ◽

pp. 165-172

Author(s):

THIAGO FERNANDES ◽

DUANE FERNANDES LIMA ◽

JOÃO MARCELO ALVARENGA BRAGA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Related Species ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Leaf Venation ◽

Myrcia adulterina, a new species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, is here described, illustrated and compared with morphologically related species. Additionally, its distribution map and a preliminary conservation status are presented. The new species is here inferred as belonging to Myrcia sect. Reticulosae due its leaves with raised venation, staminal ring densely pilose, hypanthium prolonged in a tube with glabrous inner walls and 3-locular ovaries. Within this section, the species is morphologically related to Myrcia pubipetala, from which it can be distinguished through the laxly reticulate leaf venation and thyrsoid inflorescences with all axes strongly flattened and striated when dry. Myrcia adulterina was misidentified during at least 15 years in herbaria under the name Marlierea tomentosa (currently synonym of Myrcia strigipes, a species belonging to Myrcia sect. Aulomyrcia), which is also morphologically similar. A brief discussion clarifying the morphological differences between these species is also presented.

Morphological and molecular data reveal a new species of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) from SW Anatolia, Turkey

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.212.4.4 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 212 (4) ◽

pp. 283 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

İsmail Gökhan Deniz ◽

İlker Genç ◽

Duygu Sarı

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Tree ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Close Relative ◽

Western Region ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Tree Distribution ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

Allium undulatitepalum (Amaryllidaceae) is described as a new species from the Antalya Province of Turkey. It belongs to the section Melanocrommyum and is endemic to the south-western region of Turkey. The new species is a close relative of A. orientale, but according to results of the ITS sequences, and based on the morphological differences presented in the description, it is clearly different from its relative. A phylogenetic tree, distribution map, illustrations, pollen and seed microphotographs, karyo-morphology, as well as notes on the biogeography and ecology of the new species are provided.

Description of a new species of Megischus Brullé (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae), with a key to the species from China

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1022 ◽

pp. 65-77

Author(s):

Si-Xun Ge ◽

Hong-Liang Shi ◽

Li-Li Ren ◽

Jiang-Li Tan

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Guizhou Province ◽

Distribution Map ◽

A new species of the genus Megischus Brullé, 1846, Megischus kuafu Ge & Tan, sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Guizhou Province, China. The key to all four species from China is included. A distribution map of the Chinese species is added.

A new species of Maraenobiotus Mrázek, 1893 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Canthocamptidae) from Colombian Andean mosses, with an identification key for the American species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5051.1.9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5051 (1) ◽

pp. 101-116

Author(s):

SANTIAGO GAVIRIA ◽

DANIELLE DEFAYE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Identification Key ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Insertion Point ◽

Andean Cordillera ◽

Distinguishing Features ◽

Caudal Rami ◽

Maraenobiotus wellsi sp. nov. (Canthocamptidae) is described based on material collected in mosses in the “páramo” region of the Andean Cordillera of Colombia. The new species is closely related to M. australis Apostolov, 2001 from Tierra de Fuego in Argentina, but can be distiguished by the shape of the caudal rami, the insertion point of its terminal seta IV, and the chaetotaxy of distal segments of legs 3 and 4. We discuss morphological differences with other congeners inhabiting South America (Peru), i.e. M. naticochensis Delachaux, 1917, M. fontinalis Harding, 1955 and M. fontinaloides Löffler, 1960. Major distinguishing features were observed in the chaetotaxy of legs 2 and 3, the morphology and size of the caudal rami, and the ornamentation of the anal operculum. We also discuss morphological characters that distinguish the new species from those living exclusively in mosses, such as M. cuspidatus Štěrba, 1968 and M. canadensis Flössner, 1992, and those reported from mosses and other habitats i.e.. M. vejdovskyi Mrázek, 1893, M. brucei brucei (Richard, 1898), M. zschokkei Kreis, 1920, M. brucei himalayensis Chappuis, 1928b, M. truncatus (Gurney, 1932), M. insignipes elgonensis Chappuis, 1936, M. insignipes nepalensis Löffler, 1968 and M. kinabaluensis Löffler, 1973. A distribution map of American species and an identification key for females are provided.

A new species of Orobanche (Orobanchaceae) from Turkey

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.184.3.4 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 184 (3) ◽

pp. 148

Author(s):

Golshan Zare

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Related Species ◽

Close Relative ◽

New Taxon ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

Orobanche turcica (Orobanchaceae) is described as a new species from Turkey. The new species is a close relative of O. anatolica. Morphological differences of the new taxon from closely related species are discussed. A distribution map, illustration, as well as pollen and seed microphotographs of the species are provided.

A contribution to the knowledge of cave-adapted ground beetles from Guiyang, central Guizhou Province, southwestern China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini)

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.1075.73318 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1075 ◽

pp. 175-198

Author(s):

Mingyi Tian ◽

Guangyuan Cheng ◽

Sunbin Huang

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Ground Beetles ◽

Guizhou Province ◽

Southwestern China ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Two New Species ◽

New Localities ◽

A new genus and two new species of cavernicolous trechines are reported from central Guizhou Province, southwestern China. Haixiaphaenopsgen. nov. is established to place a new species discovered in two limestone caves in northern Qingzhen Shi: H. jinxiaohongaesp. nov. (Dawan Dong cave and Changtu Dong and Dawan Dong caves). This new genus is allied to Zhijinaphaenops Uéno & Ran, 2002. Zhijinaphaenops zhaofeiisp. nov. is described from Zhangkou Dong cave in northern Jiuzhuang Zhen of Xifeng County. In addition, two new localities of the species Zhijinaphaenops jingliae Deuve & Tian, 2015, and two new localities of Sinaphaenops chengguangyuaniMa et al. 2020 are provided. A distribution map for all cavernicolous trechine beetles known in Guiyang is provided.

Notes on the genus Frithia (Mesembryanthemaceae) and the description of a new species, E humilis, in South Africa

Bothalia ◽

10.4102/abc.v30i1.531 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

P. M. Burgoyne ◽

G. F. Smith ◽

F. Du Plessis

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Distinct Species ◽

Formal Description ◽

Monotypic Genus ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Limited Distribution ◽

North West ◽

Frithia N.E.Br (Mesembryanthemaceae), formerly thought to be a monotypic genus, has been found to comprise two species. Populations from the eastern parts of the distribution range of Frithia pulchra N.E.Br. are recognised as a distinct species, Frithia humilis PM Burgoyne The genus has a limited distribution, although present in three provinces of South Africa, namely Gauteng, North-West and Mpumalanga. The two window-leaved species are allopatnc and morphological differences between the roots, leaves, flowers, pollen, capsules and seeds are discussed. A formal description of the new species, an identification key and a distribution map of the two species are provided.

Alkanna malatyana (Boraginaceae), a new species from East Anatolia, Turkey

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.164.2.6 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 164 (2) ◽

pp. 124 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

HASAN YILDIRIM ◽

SERDAR GÖKHAN ŞENOL

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Species Description ◽

Eastern Anatolia ◽

Distribution Map ◽

East Anatolia ◽

A New Species ◽

Single Locality

Alkanna malatyana (Boraginaceae) is described as a new species to science. It is endemic to the eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. A. malatyana is an obligated chasmophytic species, which colonizes on limestone rocky cliffs, known from a single locality in Levent Canyon, located in Malatya Province. It is related to A. mughlae and it shows some morphological similarities with A. confusa and A. kotschyana, but it clearly differs from them based on the morphological differences presented in the species description. In addition, the conservation status, a distribution map, and notes on the biogeography and ecology of the new species are given.

A new species of Contomastix (Squamata, Teiidae) supported by total evidence, with remarks on diagnostic characters defining the genus

Herpetological Journal ◽

10.33256/hj29.1.2336 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 23-36

Author(s):

Mario. R. Cabrera

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽

Total Evidence ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

Proximal Margin ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

A New Species ◽

Molecular Characters

Formerly Cnemidophorus was thought to be the most speciose genus of Teiidae. This genus comprised four morphological groups that were later defined as four different genera, Ameivula, Aurivela, Cnemidophorus and Contomastix. The last appears as paraphyletic in a recent phylogenetic reconstruction based on morphology, but monophyletic in a reconstruction using molecular characters. Six species are allocated to Contomastix. One of them, C. lacertoides, having an extensive and disjunct geographic distribution in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Preliminary analyses revealed morphological differences among its populations, suggesting that it is actually a complex of species. Here, we describe a new species corresponding to the Argentinian populations hitherto regarded as C. lacertoides, by integrating morphological and molecular evidence. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the presence of notched proximal margin of the tongue is a character that defines the genus Contomastix.

A New Species of Justicia (Acanthaceae: Acanthoideae: Justicieae) from Northeastern Brazil

Systematic Botany ◽

10.1600/036364420x15862837791177 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 328-333

Author(s):

Camila Alcantara ◽

Gleison Soares ◽

Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos ◽

Marccus Alves

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Key To Species ◽

Abstract—Justicia rubrobracteata, a new species from northeastern Brazil, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to J. aequilabris due to its shrubby habit, and terminal and axillary spicate inflorescences with red flowers. However, J. rubrobracteata is differentiated mainly by the shape and color of its bracts and bracteoles as well as an orangish macula in the corolla, and a torulose capsule. In addition, J. rubrobracteata is only known from northeastern Brazil, from the states of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte, while J. aequilabris is widely distributed in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. A table with the main morphological characters of both species is included, as well as photographs, a key to species of Justicia for the states of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte in northeastern Brazil, a distribution map of both species, and conservation data for the new species.