scholarly journals Two new species of Lithobius on Qinghai-Tibetan plateau identified from morphology and COI sequences (Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 785 ◽  
pp. 11-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penghai Qiao ◽  
Wen Qin ◽  
Huiqin Ma ◽  
Tongzuo Zhang ◽  
Jianping Su ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Distance Determination ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Coi Sequences ◽  
Qinghai Tibet Plateau

Lithobius (Ezembius) longibasitarsussp. n. and Lithobius (Ezembius) datongensissp. n. (Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae), recently discovered from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China, are described. A key to the species of the subgenus Ezembius in China is presented. The partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I barcoding gene was amplified and sequenced for eight individuals of the two new species and the dataset was used for molecular phylogenetic analysis and genetic distance determination. Both morphology and molecular data show that the specimens examined should be referred to Lithobius (Ezembius).

The freshwater crab genus Lacunipotamon Dai, Song, He, Cao, Xu & Zhong, 1975 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae), with descriptions of two new species from southwestern China

Crustaceana ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 93 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1361-1379
Author(s):  
Chao Huang ◽  
Hsi-Te Shih ◽  
Shane T. Ahyong
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Freshwater Crab ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Coi Sequences

Abstract The poorly known genus Lacunipotamon Dai, Song, He, Cao, Xu & Zhong, 1975, is studied and reviewed. Two new species, Lacunipotamon yuanshi sp. nov. and Lacunipotamon cymatile sp. nov. from Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, respectively, are described based on morphology and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences. Both superficially resemble Lacunipotamon albusorbitum Dai, Song, He, Cao, Xu & Zhong, 1975, the type and previously only known species in the genus, but can be distinguished by the combination of live colour, size, maxilliped III, male thoracic sternum, male pleon, male gonopod, and female gonopore characters. Phylogenetic analysis of the molecular data corroborates the novelty of the two species.

Two new species of Rhodocollybia from tropical India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 340 (2) ◽  
pp. 157 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. P. DEEPNA LATHA ◽  
K. N. ANIL RAJ ◽  
PATINJAREVEETTIL MANIMOHAN
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Kerala State

Two new species of Rhodocollybia, R. ciliatomarginata and R. brevipes, are described from Kerala State, India, based on morphological and molecular data. Comprehensive descriptions, photographs, and comparisons with phenetically similar and phylogenetically related species are provided. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on nrITS-rDNA sequences coupled with morphology confirmed both the novelty of these species and their placement in the genus Rhodocollybia. The present study forms the first documentation of the genus Rhodocollybia from south Asia.

Paris lihengiana (Melanthiaceae: Parideae), a new species from Yunnan, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 392 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHUN XU ◽  
NENG WEI ◽  
YING TAN ◽  
SHUAI PENG ◽  
VERONICAH MUTELE NGUMBAU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Leaf Surface ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Abaxial Leaf Surface ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Plastid Markers ◽  
A New Species

Paris lihengiana (Melanthiaceae), a new species from Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated based on evidence from morphological characters and molecular phylogeny. It differs from other species of Paris in its pubescent stem, pedicel and abaxial leaf surface, as well as other characters. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of 33 taxa in Paris was conducted based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and six plastid markers. Paris lihengiana is supported as a new species by both morphological characters and molecular data.

Eunotia (Bacillariophyta) biodiversity from high altitude, freshwater habitats in the Mugecuo Scenic Area, Sichuan Province, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 394 (2) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
FEN LUO ◽  
QINGMIN YOU ◽  
PAN YU ◽  
WANTING PANG ◽  
QUANXI WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sichuan Basin ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Hengduan Mountains ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Monsoon Climate ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Freshwater Habitats ◽  
The Sichuan Basin ◽  
Qinghai Tibet Plateau

Mugecuo Scenic Area is located in the northern Hengduan Mountains between the Sichuan Basin and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and has a subtropical humid monsoon climate. The area is at an altitude of 2600–3800 m above sea level (asl), with water originating mostly from melting mountain snow. In the region, a total of 20 Eunotia species have been identified, including two new species: E. mugecuo sp. nov., consisting of valves arched, clavate, ends broadly rounded, and terminal raphe fissures at the junction between valve face and mantle. The other newly-identified species is classified named as E. filiformis sp. nov., consisting of valves gently bent, ends not noticeably or only slightly inflated, broadly rounded, with external terminal raphe fissures curving in an angle of 180° back from apical nodules. Five newly recorded species have been identified in China, including E. odebrechtiana, E. michaelis, E. pomeranica, E. pseudogroenlandica and E. superpaludosa. Here, we discuss the new species and new taxon records through light and scanning microscopic documentation of valve morphology, along with key internal and external valve characteristics, and analyze the distribution of Eunotia in the Mugecuo Scenic Area.

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 Integrative taxonomy reveals two new cryptic species of Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908 (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Maracaçumé and middle Tocantins River basins, Eastern Amazon region

2020 ◽  
Vol 723 ◽  
pp. 77-107
Author(s):  
Erick Cristofore Guimarães ◽  
Pâmella Silva De Brito ◽  
Pedro Henrique Negreiros Bragança ◽  
Jadson Pinheiro Santos ◽  
Axel Makay Katz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

Two new species, Hyphessobrycon frickei Guimarães, Brito, Bragança, Katz & Ottoni sp. nov. and H. geryi Guimarães, Brito, Bragança, Katz & Ottoni sp. nov., are herein described, based on seven different and independent species delimitation methods, and on molecular and morphological characters, making the hypothesis of these new species supported from an integrative taxonomy perspective. They belong to the “Rosy tetra” clade, which is mainly characterized by the presence of a dark brown or black blotch on the dorsal fin and the absence of a midlateral stripe on the body. These two new species are distinguished from the other members of this clade mainly by the arrangement, shape and color pattern of humeral and dorsal-fin spots, as well as by other characters related to scale counts and body pigmentation. The placement of the new species within the “Rosy tetra” clade was based on the combination of morphological character states mentioned above and corroborated by a molecular phylogenetic analysis using the mitochondrial gene cytochrome oxidase subunit 1. In addition, a new clade (here termed Hyphessobrycon copelandi clade) within the “Rosy tetra” clade is proposed based on molecular data, comprising H. copelandi, H. frickei sp. nov., H. geryi sp. nov. and a still undescribed species. Our results corroborate the occurrence of hidden species within the “Rosy tetra” clade, as suggested by previous studies.

scholarly journals Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gloydius (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with description of two new alpine species from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1061 ◽  
pp. 87-108
Author(s):  
Jing-Song Shi ◽  
Jin-Cheng Liu ◽  
Rohit Giri ◽  
John Benjamin Owens ◽  
Vishal Santra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Temporal Scale ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Sister Relationship ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Lateral Body ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Qinghai Tibet Plateau

We provide a molecular phylogeny of Asian pit vipers (the genus Gloydius) based on four mitochondrial genes (12S, 16S, ND4, and cytb). Sequences of Gloydius himalayanus, the only member of the genus that occurs south of the Himalayan range, are included for the first time. In addition, two new species of the genus Gloydius are described based on specimens collected from Zayu, Tibet, west of the Nujiang River and Heishui, Sichuan, east of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The new species, Gloydius lipipengi sp. nov., can be differentiated from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: the third supralabial not reaching the orbit (separated from it by a suborbital scale); wide, black-bordered greyish postorbital stripe extending from the posterior margin of the orbit (not separated by the postoculars, covering most of the anterior temporal scale) to the ventral surface of the neck; irregular black annular crossbands on the mid-body; 23-21-15 dorsal scales; 165 ventral scales, and 46 subcaudal scales. Gloydius swildsp. nov. can be differentiated from its congeners by the narrower postorbital stripe (only half the width of the anterior temporal scale, the lower edge is approximately straight and bordered with white); a pair of arched stripes on the occiput; lateral body lakes black spots; a pair of round spots on the parietal scales; 21 rows of mid-body dorsal scales; zigzag dark brown stripes on the dorsum; 168–170 ventral scales, and 43–46 subcaudal scales. The molecular phylogeny in this study supports the sister relationship between G. lipipengisp. nov. and G. rubromaculatus, another recently described species from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, more than 500 km away, and indicate the basal position of G. himalayanus within the genus and relatively distant relationship to its congeners.

Two new species of Tomentella (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota) from Lesser Xingan Mts., northeastern China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 369 (2) ◽  
pp. 80 ◽  
Author(s):  
XU LU ◽  
YAN-HONG MU ◽  
HAI-SHENG YUAN
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Northeastern China ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

Two new species of Tomentella from the Lesser Xingan Mts. of northeastern China, T. pallidocastanea and T. tenuirhizomorpha, are described and illustrated using morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analysis. T. pallidocastanea is characterized by mucedinoid basidiocarps adherent to the substrate, a light reddish brown to pinkish grey hymenophoral surface, absence of rhizomorphs and cystidia, generative hyphae with clamps, rarely with simple septa and echinulate, and subglobose to lobed basidiospores (echinuli up to 1.5 μm long). T. tenuirhizomorpha is characterized by mucedinoid basidiocarps separable from the substrate, a greyish brown to dark brown hymenophoral surface, thin rhizomorphs in the subiculum and margins, an absence of cystidia, generative hyphae with clamps rarely with simple septa and echinulate, and subglobose to globose basidiospores (echinuli up to 1.5 μm long). Molecular analyses using Maximum Likelihood, Maximum Parsimony and Bayesian Analysis confirm the phylogenetic position of the two new species. The discriminating characters of these two new species and their closely related species are discussed in this study.

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