scholarly journals Conchological and molecular analysis of the “non-scaly” Bornean Georissa with descriptions of three new species (Gastropoda, Neritimorpha, Hydrocenidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 840 ◽  
pp. 35-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Zacaery Khalik ◽  
Kasper P. Hendriks ◽  
Jaap J. Vermeulen ◽  
Menno Schilthuizen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Surface Sculpture ◽  
Informal Group ◽  
Group A ◽  
Specific Variation ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Malaysian Borneo

The Bornean representatives of the genus Georissa (Hydrocenidae) have small, dextral, conical, calcareous shells consisting of ca. three teleoconch whorls. Our recent study on the Georissa of Malaysian Borneo has revealed high intra- and inter-specific variation in the “scaly” group (a group of species with striking scale-like surface sculpture). The present study on the “non-scaly” Georissa is the continuation of the species revision for the genus. The “non-scaly” species are also diverse in shell sculptures. This informal group comprises Georissa with subtle spiral and/or radial sculpture. The combination of detailed conchological assessment and molecular analyses provides clear distinctions for each of the species. Conchological, molecular, and biogeographic details are presented for 16 species of “non-scaly” Georissa. Three of these are new to science, namely Georissacorrugatasp. n., Georissainsulaesp. n., and Georissatrusmadisp. n.

Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XLV: More New Species and Taxonomic Changes in Palicourea (Rubiaceae, Palicoureeae) and Psychotria subg. Heteropsychotria

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-195
Author(s):  
Charlotte M. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Studies

Psychotria subg. Heteropsychotria Steyerm. has been shown by morphological and molecular analyses to be polyphyletic. Most of its species, including its type, belong to Palicourea Aubl. (“Pal.”). Thirty-two species of this group are reviewed here, and 17 species in Psychotria L. are transferred to Palicourea and one to Rudgea Salisb. Two replacement names, Pal. agudeloana C. M. Taylor and Pal. tabayensis C. M. Taylor, are published. Taxonomic studies here clarify circumscriptions of similar, often-confused species for several distinctive species groups found variously in Mesoamerica and the Andes: the Palicourea aschersonianoides group, the Palicourea galeottiana group, the Palicourea sulphurea group, and the Palicourea tristis group. Three new species of Palicourea are described: Pal. aschersonianula C. M. Taylor, Pal. gonzaleziana C. M. Taylor, and Pal. wachterae C. M. Taylor. Nineteen names are newly typified, and infrageneric classifications are noted for the species of Palicourea studied.

Morphological and phylogenetic study of the Western Atlantic Crepidula plana complex (Caenogastropoda, Calyptraeidae), with description of three new species from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1112 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIZ RICARDO L. SIMONE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Good Resolution ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Informal Group ◽  
Phylogenetic Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Good Number

A detailed morphological study was performed in the following species of Crepidula: 1) C. margarita new species from Venezuela; 2) C. plana Say, 1822; 3) C. atrasolea Collin, 2000; 4) C. depressa Say, 1822, from Florida, USA; 5) C. pyguaia, new species from Santa Catarina coast, Brazil; 6) C. carioca, new species from Rio de Janeiro coast, Brazil. Additionally, five other species anatomically studied in Simone (2002) were also included: 7) C. argentina Simone, Pastorino & Penchaszadeh, 2000, from Argentina; 8) C. glauca Say, 1822, from Venezuela; 9) C. fornicata (Linné, 1758), from Mediterranean and Florida; 10) C. protea Orbigny, from S.E. Brazil; 11) C. aff. plana, here described as C. intratesta new species, from S.E. Brazil; 12) C. cachimilla Cledón Simone & Penchaszadeh, 2004, from Patagonia. The 46 characters (106 states) for these species were phylogenetically analyzed and a single cladogram was obtained (length: 93, CI: 65; RI: 64) as follows: (Crepidula cachimilla (C. argentina ((C. carioca C. pyguaia) ((C. fornicata (C. intratesta C. protea)) ((C. glauca C. margarita) (C. plana (C. atrasolea C. depressa))))))). Two outgroups were used: Bostrycapulus aculeatus (Gmelin, 1791), which most authors consider a Crepidula (operationally analyzed as part of the ingroup), and the remaining calyptraeoideans studied by the author. The monophyly of the ingroup is confirmed, supported by 25 morphological synapomorphies. Although the ingroup is fully resolved, no clades are formally named, because the phylogeny is still considered provisional. Most studied species belong to an informal group called “Crepidula plana-complex”, but it is not monophyletic, since C. fornicata, which does not belong to this complex, is part of the ingroup. This study demonstrates that detailed morphological data are useful in phylogenetic studies even at the level of closely related/sibling species, resulting in cladogram with good resolution and a good number of shared, analyzable characters. A biogeographic analysis is also performed considering the distribution of each species under the light of the obtained cladogram, a clear ascension from south to north is the main pattern of the evolutionary history of these species. Further comments on the systematics of Crepidula aplysioides Reeve and C. convexa Say is also performed.

scholarly journals Acalyptris Meyrick: revision of the platani and staticis groups in Europe and the Mediterranean (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1436 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ERIK J. VAN NIEUKERKEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Mt Dna ◽  
Pupal Exuviae ◽  
European Species ◽  
Group A ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Three New Species

The European and Mediterranean species of the Acalyptris platani and A. staticis groups are revised, with respectively four and six species. Three new species are described: A. pistaciae Van Nieukerken sp. n. (from Greece, Cyprus and Turkey, on Pistacia) in the platani group, A. limoniastri Van Nieukerken sp. n. (from Algeria and Tunisia, associated with Limoniastrum) and A. lesbia Van Nieukerken & Hull sp. n. (from Greece: Lesvos, on Limonium gmelini) in the staticis group. Lectotypes are selected for A. minimella (Rebel, 1924) and A. staticis (Walsingham, 1908). The European species of the A. platani group are leafminers on Anacardiaceae, Platanaceae and Loranthaceae, the species of the A. staticis group feed on Plumbaginaceae, except A. pyrenaica A. & Z. Laštůvka, for which the host is unknown, but likely to belong to another family. Immatures are described for five species, final instar larvae and pupal exuviae for all species in the A. platani group and for A. lesbia. Larvae and pupae of the latter species differ markedly from the A. platani group. Recorded parasitoids are listed. CO1 barcodes are provided for seven species. The groups are phylogenetically not very close; the monophyly of Acalyptris and the phylogeny on the basis of CO1 (mt-DNA) sequences are discussed.

Primulina lianchengensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Danxia landform of Fujian, China: Evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 411 (4) ◽  
pp. 264-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
BAO-JIAN YE ◽  
XIN-YAN CHEN ◽  
SHI-QUN ZHENG ◽  
LI-HUI WANG ◽  
HUI CHEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Leaf Petiole ◽  
Danxia Landform ◽  
Stigma Lobe ◽  
Plastid Markers ◽  
A New Species

Primulina lianchengensis B.J.Ye & S.P.Chen (Gesneriaceae) is described and illustrated from Fujian Province in the Southeast of China. Then phylogenetic analyses of the genus were presented using nuclear ribosomal ITS and two plastid markers (atpB-rbcL and rpL32-trnL). Morphological analysis indicates that P. lianchengensis is similar to P. danxiaensis, P. depressa, P. lechangensis and P. yangshanensis, but it differs in the base and margin of leaf, petiole, bract, length and shape of corolla, numbers of staminodes and stigma lobe. Molecular analysis reveals that P. lianchengensis is genetically similar to P. danxiaensis and P. yangshanensis.

Three new species of Euglossa Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1547 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Group A ◽  
Three New Species

Euglossa (Euglossella) jacquelynae sp. n., from Central Brazil, Euglossa solangeae sp. n., from coastal southeastern Brazil, and Euglossa (Euglossa) sovietica sp. n., from the western Brazilian Amazon, are described as new species. Euglossa solangeae sp. n. is believed to belong to the Euglossa stellfeldi Moure species group—a discussion on the placement of this group is also presented – and Euglossa sovietica sp. n. is treated as a member of Euglossa purpurea Friese species group.

scholarly journals Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from the Ankarana tsingy of northern Madagascar: inventory and description of new taxa

Parasite ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoine Blavier ◽  
Laetitia Laroche ◽  
Fano José Randrianambinintsoa ◽  
Vincent Lucas ◽  
Jean-Charles Gantier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome B ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
28S Rdna ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Molecular Variability ◽  
Phlebotomine Sandflies ◽  
Molecular Studies ◽  
Three New Species

An inventory of Phlebotomine sandflies was carried out in the Ankarana tsingy located in far northern Madagascar. A total of 723 sandflies were used for morphological, morphometric, and molecular studies (sequencing of partial cytochrome B (mtDNA) and partial 28S (rDNA)). Nine species were identified: Phlebotomus fertei, Sergentomyia anka, Se. sclerosiphon, Se. goodmani, two species of the genus Grassomyia, as well as three new species described herein: Se. volfi n. sp., Se. kaltenbachi n. sp., and Se. ozbeli n. sp. The recognition of these new species is strongly supported by molecular analyses. The first two of the new species could not be classified into any existing subgenus, therefore we proposed two new subgenera (Ranavalonomyia subg. nov., and Riouxomyia subg. nov.), with combinations as: Sergentomyia (Ranavalonomyia) volfi and Sergentomyia (Riouxomyia) kaltenbachi. Our study reveals important molecular variability in Se. anka, with the recognition of a population whose taxonomic status remains below that of species. Our research confirms the need to further study the specific diversity of Malagasy sandflies, which until the start of this millennium remained mostly unknown.

The systematic status of Kiransus Makhan, 1994, with the description of three new species of Hydrochus Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae)

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hansen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Systematic Status ◽  
Structural Peculiarities ◽  
Group A ◽  
Three New Species

AbstractThe genus Kiransus Makhan, 1994 erected for a hydrochid species, K. aschnaae Makhan, 1994, with a unique and extremely modified tergum 8 (= 'sternum 5' of Makhan), is placed as a junior synonym (syn. n.) of Hydrochus Leach, 1817, in which it represents a highly derived, subordinate clade, here referred to as the 'Hydrochus aschnaae species group'. A redefinition of this clade is proposed, based on the discovery of three new species, Hydrochus tuberculatus sp. n. from Burkina, H. nigeriensis sp. n. from Nigeria and H. ensifer sp. n. from Sudan. Structural peculiarities in the abdominal apex of Hydrochidae are outlined and attention is called to certain features of phylogenetic importance.

Three New Species of Stigmidium s. l. (lichenicolous ascomycetes) on Acarospora and Squamarina

2003 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicent Calatayud ◽  
Dagmar Triebel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Group A ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Distinguishing Features

AbstractStigmidium cartilagineae Calatayud &Triebel (on the apothecial discs of Squamarina cartilaginea), a lichenicolous fungus belonging to Stigmidium s. str., is described as new. Two other species of Stigmidium s. 1. with a net of branched and anastomosing, rudimentary interascal filaments are also described as new to science: Stigmidium rouxianum Calatayud & Triebel (on Acarospora cervina) and S. squamarinicola Calatayud & Triebel (on the thallus of Squamarina spp.). They are related to Stigmidium psorae and treated here as ‘Stigmidium’ psorae group. To facilitate discussion of the distinguishing features of this group, a table comparing the terms referring to hamathecial hyphae in pyrenocarpous ascomycetes is presented.

scholarly journals Integrative revision of the Caryocolum schleichi species group – a striking example of a temporally changing species concept (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 39-63
Author(s):  
Peter Huemer
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Traits ◽  
Species Concept ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Dna Barcodes ◽  
Group A ◽  
The Alps ◽  
Three New Species

The taxonomy of the Palaearctic Caryocolum schleichi species group is revised, leading to a largely new species concept. Initially described as four different species (C. schleichi, C. arenariella, C. dianthella, C. improvisella), these taxa were later considered as subspecies. Recently the taxon C. arenariella was re-instated to species level without, however, revision of the remaining three subspecies. Analysis of DNA barcodes of the mtCOI (Cytochrome c Oxidase 1) gene of all four validly described taxa showed an unexpected pattern of genetic diversity. Careful re-examination of morphological traits, particularly male and female genitalia, fully supported this pattern, leading to the re-instatement of C. dianthellasp. rev. and C. improvisellasp. rev. as valid species and the description of three new species, all of them occurring in the Alps: C. messnerisp. nov. (Italy, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece), C. lamaisp. nov. (Italy, France) and C. habelerisp. nov. (France, Switzerland, Germany). All species are described in detail and the adults and genitalia of both sexes are illustrated.

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