A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary

Cyrtodactylus phnomchiensissp. nov. is described from Phnom Chi, an isolated mountain in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia. The new species is recognized by having a unique combination of morphological characters, including snout-vent length 76.1–80.7 mm; paravertebral tubercles 31–36; ventral scales 45–54; enlarged femoral scales 0–8, without pores; enlarged precloacal scales 7–10, bearing pores 4–5 in males, pits 1–7 in females; the posterior border of nuchal loop unbroken and pointed, bordered anteriorly and posteriorly by a broad yellow or yellowish white band; and yellow spots on top of head. The new species also represents a divergent mitochondrial DNA lineage within the C. irregularis complex that is closely related to C. ziegleri, but the phylogenetic relationships among the new species and two divergent mitochondrial subclades within C. ziegleri are not resolved based on available sequence data. Cyrtodactylus phnomchiensissp. nov. is the only member of the C. irregularis complex known to occur west of the Mekong River. The new species may be endemic to Phnom Chi, and likely faces imminent conservation threats.

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Genetic diversity of the genus Terfezia (Pezizaceae, Pezizales): New species and new record from North Africa

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.334.2.7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 334 (2) ◽

pp. 183 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Fatima El-Houaria ZITOUNI-HAOUAR ◽

JUAN RAMÓN CARLAVILLA ◽

GABRIEL MORENO ◽

JOSÉ LUIS MANJÓN ◽

ZOHRA FORTAS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

North Africa ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Ribosomal Subunit ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Phylogenetic Position ◽

Unique Combination ◽

Large Ribosomal Subunit ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

Morphological and phylogenetic analyses of large ribosomal subunit (28S rDNA) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS rDNA) of Terfezia samples collected from several bioclimatic zones in Algeria and Spain revealed the presence of six distinct Terfezia species: T. arenaria, T. boudieri, T. claveryi; T. eliocrocae (reported here for the first time from North Africa), T. olbiensis, and a new species, T. crassiverrucosa sp. nov., proposed and described here, characterized by its phylogenetic position and unique combination of morphological characters. A discussion on the unresolved problems in the taxonomy of the spiny-spored Terfezia species is conducted after the present results.

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Discovery of the genus Rybocyclops Dussart, 1982 (Crustacea, Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in subterranean groundwaters of southeastern India, with the description of a new species and its biogeographic significance

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1810.1.2 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1810 (1) ◽

pp. 40 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

YENUMULA RANGA REDDY ◽

DANIELLE DEFAYE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Endopodal Segment ◽

Generic Diagnosis ◽

Unique Combination ◽

Setal Formula ◽

A New Species ◽

Bore Well ◽

Copepoda Cyclopoida

Rybocyclops Dussart, 1982 is a little-known stygobitic genus, hitherto represented by its type and only species, R. pauliani (Lindberg, 1954), from Madagascar. A second species, named Rybocyclops dussarti sp. nov., is described herein from an agricultural bore-well in southeastern India. The new species has a unique combination of morphological characters, which, inter alia, include: genital double-somite enlarged; anal operculum moderately large; furcal rami somewhat outcurved and about twice as long as wide; female antennules 11-segmented; legs 1–4 with spine formula 2.2.2.2, and setal formula 5.5.5.4; legs 1 and 4 without seta on inner margin of coxa and basis; leg 4 male with one seta more than in female on second endopodal segment; leg 5 fused to somite and represented by vague protuberance, bearing three setae; and leg 6 reduced to two setae. The generic diagnosis is partially amended for accommodating the new species. The discovery of R. dussarti sp. nov. is of much biogeographic interest because it is the first record of Rybocyclops from Asia and only the second freshwater stygobitic cyclopoid taxon from India, with apparent Gondwanan distribution.

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A new species of Marphysa Quatrefages, 1865 (Polychaeta: Eunicida: Eunicidae) from northern Australia and a review of similar taxa from the Indo-west Pacific, including the genus Nauphanta Kinberg, 1865

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2352.1.2 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2352 (1) ◽

pp. 29 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

CHRISTOPHER J. GLASBY ◽

PAT A. HUTCHINGS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Fish Farm ◽

Unique Combination ◽

Northern Australia ◽

Coastal Regions ◽

West Pacific ◽

Peculiar Behaviour ◽

A New Species

A taxonomic survey of Marphysa species (Polychaeta: Eunicida: Eunicidae) from coastal regions of northern Australia including recently collected specimens from a fish farm near Darwin, yielded three species: M. mullawa Hutchings & Karageorgopolous, 2003, a first record from northern Australia; M. mossambica (Peters, 1854; was Nauphanta mossambica), first confirmed record from Australia; and a new species, M. fauchaldi. The new species was recorded from intertidal muddy shores as well as in the sediments of fish farm ponds, where it was extremely abundant. It is characterised by a unique combination of chaetal features. A newly proposed informal subgroup of Marphysa, the Teretiuscula-group, is erected to contain the new species and other Marphysa species that share the possession of compound spinigerous chaetae in anterior parapodia only and the peculiar behaviour of encapsulating embryos in jelly cocoons. Morphologically, the new species falls between a group of Marphysa species having only compound spinigers and the recently resurrected genus Nauphanta, which completely lacks compound chaetae. The discovery of this new species necessitated a re-evaluation of the morphological features of Nauphanta and Marphysa species lacking falcigers, in particular homology of fan chaetae, the only apparent synapomorphy of Nauphanta. Fan chaetae appear to be a specialised type of pectinate chaetae, which are found also in species of Marphysa including the new species. Based on this finding, and an evaluation of other characters, Nauphanta is returned to synonymy with Marphysa. Further, an analysis of size-related variation of key morphological characters in M. mossambica and comparison with those in the types of M. novaehollandiae (Kinberg, 1865; formerly Nauphanta) and M. simplex Treadwell, 1922, indicated that both species should be synonymised with M. mossambica. A key is provided to identify Marphysa species of the Indo-west Pacific.

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A new species of the diurnal gekkonid genus Pristurus Rüppell, 1835 from the Red Sea island Hanish al-Kabir, Yemen

Amphibia-Reptilia ◽

10.1163/156853808784124983 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 217-227 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Herbert Rösler ◽

Wolfgang Böhme ◽

Jörn Köhler

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Red Sea ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Unique Combination ◽

Small Species ◽

Island Endemic ◽

A New Species

Abstract We describe a new species of gecko of the genus Pristurus from the Yemenite Red Sea Island Hanish al-Kabir. It is a small species (snout-vent length less than 30 mm) of the genus, distinguished from its congeners by a unique combination of morphological characters. Superficially, it is most similar to P. rupestris, but differs mainly by a longer and narrower snout, by its strongly compressed tail, presence of a lateral caudal groove, by a tail crest present in both sexes, by a higher number of scales bordering infralabials and a higher midbody scale count. The new species is tentatively considered to represent an island endemic. Its possible origin is briefly discussed.

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Pinnularia arkadii sp. nov., a new diatom (Naviculales, Bacillariophyceae) from Shemya Island, Alaska, USA

Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii ◽

10.31111/nsnr/2018.52.1.83 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 83-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. A. Neplyukhina ◽

D. A. Chudaev ◽

M. A. Gololobova

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Central Area ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Peat Bog ◽

Similar Species ◽

Unique Combination ◽

Pennate Diatom ◽

Diatom Genus ◽

A New Species

Based on a unique combination of morphological characters, a new species of the raphid pennate diatom genus Pinnularia was described from the sediments in MacDonald Point peat-bog, Shemya Island, Alaska, USA. P. arkadii sp. nov. has linear valves with parallel margins, widely rounded ends and central area forming wide fascia; striae are relatively coarse, 5.6–6.6 in 10 μm, not crossed by longitudal bands. This taxon was compared to other morphologically similar species of Pinnularia: P. aestuarii, P. brebissonii, P. eifelana, P. franconica, P. idsbensis, P. inconstans, P. laperousei, P. linearidivergens, P. rabenhorstii var. subantarctica and P. tolottiana. The main morphological characters of P. arkadii and similar taxa are discussed.

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Confusion surrounding Didymosphaeria—phylogenetic and morphological evidence suggest Didymosphaeriaceae is not a distinct family

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.176.1.12 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 176 (1) ◽

pp. 102 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

HIRAN A. ARIYAWANSA ◽

ERIO CAMPORESI ◽

KASUN M. THAMBUGALA ◽

AUSANA MAPOOK ◽

JI-CHUAN KANG ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Morphological Evidence ◽

Nucleotide Sequence Data ◽

The Family ◽

Family Based ◽

Phylogenetic Lineages ◽

A New Species

Didymosphaeriaceae is a ubiquitous fungal family that is reported to include saprobic, endophytic and pathogenic species associated with a wide variety of substrates. The family is characterized by 1-septate ascospores and trabeculate pseudoparaphyses, mainly anastomosing above the asci. In recent treatments Appendispora, Didymosphaeria, Roussoella, Phaeodothis and Verruculina were placed in the family. The aim of the present study is to delineate phylogenetic lineages within Didymosphaeriaceae and allied genera. A new species, Didymosphaeria rubi-ulmifolii, was isolated and identified based on morphological characters and phylogenetic analyses of partial 18S nrDNA and 28S nrDNA nucleotide sequence data. Didymosphaeria rubi-ulmifolii clustered with Montagnulaceae as a separate genus, while two putative strains (HKUCC 5834 and CMW 22186) of D. futilis from GenBank clustered with Cucurbitariaceae and Didymellaceae, respectively. The new species is characterized by immersed to slightly erumpent ascomata immersed under a clypeus, a peridium with compressed cells of textura intricata, long trabeculate pseudoparaphyses, anastomosing mostly above the asci and brown, 1-septate ascospores with granulate ornamentation. Phylogenetic analysis in combination with morphology and a review of literature show that Appendispora, Phaeodothis, Roussoella and Verruculina should be excluded from the family. Phaeodothis belongs in Montagnulaceae, Verruculina in Testudinaceae, while Appendispora and Roussoella belong in Roussoellaceae. The position of Didymosphaeriaceae as a distinct family, based on 1-septate ascospores and trabeculate pseudoparaphyses, mainly anastomosing above the asci is doubtful. Fresh collections of more Didymosphaeria strains are needed for epitypification and to obtain sequence data to establish if this family can be maintained.

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Sporidesmium guizhouense sp. nov. (Sordariomycetes incertae sedis), a new species from a freshwater habitat in Guizhou Province, China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.422.2.2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 422 (2) ◽

pp. 144-156

Author(s):

LING-LING LIU ◽

JING YANG ◽

NING-GUO LIU ◽

YA-YA CHEN ◽

XIAO-XIA GUI ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Systematic Position ◽

Sensu Stricto ◽

Guizhou Province ◽

Freshwater Habitat ◽

Incertae Sedis ◽

A New Species

During a survey of freshwater fungi in Guizhou Province, China, a collection from a submerged decaying twig in Baihua Lake was identified as a new species of Sporidesmium sensu lato based on morphological characters and phylogenetic analyses of combined LSU, SSU, ITS, TEF1α and RPB2 sequence data. Phylogenetic analyses supported its placement in Sordariomycetes but the fungus grouped distant from Sporidesmium sensu stricto, and its ordinal or familial position within the class remained inconclusive. Sporidesmium guizhouense sp. nov. is introduced with an illustrated account and notes on its taxonomy, phylogeny and systematic position are provided.

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A new species of jumping pitviper of the genus Atropoides (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from the Sierra de Botaderos and the Sierra La Muralla, Honduras

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1948.1.3 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1948 (1) ◽

pp. 57-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

ERIC N. SMITH ◽

JORGE A. FERRARI-CASTRO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Gene Sequence ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Mitochondrial Gene ◽

Sequence Divergence ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

The Body ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

A New Species ◽

Gene Sequence Data

We describe a new species of pitviper of the genus Atropoides from the Sierra de Botaderos and La Muralla, Honduras. The new species is easily distinguished from all other members of the genus, except A. picadoi from Costa Rica and Panama, by possessing more ventral scales (140 vs. 103–138). This new species differs from A. picadoi in being relatively small, less than 600 mm in total length (vs. reaching > 750 mm), having the posterior third of the body venter heavily melanized (vs. more than 50%), less than 50% of the underside of the tail melanized, and the postorbital stripe covering more than 50% of only one or two scales from the first temporal row and covering completely only the last scale of the row, at most (vs. 3–4 more than 50% melanized and the last two scales in the row usually completely melanized). In addition to morphological characters, molecular evidence also differentiates this new species from the other species of Atropoides (as recognized by Castoe et al. 2005). Using mitochondrial gene sequence data, they found the new species described herein to represent the sister species of A. occiduus, with 5.7 % sequence divergence separating these two taxa.

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A new species of Astragalus section Laguropsis (Fabaceae: Galegeae) from a cross-border highland region of Altai Mountains in Russia and Mongolia

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.414.4.6 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 414 (4) ◽

pp. 194-198

Author(s):

ANDREI I. PYAK ◽

ELIZAVETA A. PYAK

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

New Taxon ◽

Altai Mountains ◽

Cross Border ◽

Highland Region ◽

A New Species ◽

Yellowish White

Astragalus admirabilus Pyak & E.Pyak (Fabaceae: Galegeae), a new species from a cross-border highland region of Altai Mountains in Russia and Mongolia, is described and illustrated. This species belongs to section Laguropsis. Diagnostic morphological characters for discriminating this new species from closely similar A. zaissanensis and A. dilutus are tabulated. It differs from A. zaissanensis by the colour of the corolla (yellowish-white with purple keel and purple upper part of the standard vs. yellow) and its longer pods (13–14 vs. 10 mm). It differs from A. dilutus by its larger flowers (23–25 vs. 17–20 mm), its shorter peduncles (shorter than leaves vs. equal or longer than leaves) and number of flowers per inflorescence (5–8(–9) vs. 15–20). Notes are presented on the distribution, ecology and conservation status of the new taxon.

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Two species and a genus new for Thailand, with description of a new species of Neurolarthra Fischer (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4438 (3) ◽

pp. 551

Author(s):

JUNLI YAO ◽

CORNELIS VAN ACHTERBERG ◽

MICHAEL J. SHARKEY ◽

ERIC G. CHAPMAN ◽

JIAHUA CHEN

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Key To Species ◽

Coi Sequences ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

Neurolarthra Fischer, 1976, is a small braconid genus with two described species. The genus is revised using morphological characters and a phylogenetic analysis of COI sequence data; GenBank accession numbers of seven COI sequences from two species are included. A new species from Thailand is described and illustrated: N. karensharkeyae Yao n. sp. Neurolarthra Fischer and N. procera are reported for the first time from Thailand. A key to species of the genus Neurolarthra is presented.

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