scholarly journals The first representatives of the millipede family Glomeridellidae (Diplopoda, Glomerida) recorded from China and Indochina

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 954 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Weixin Liu ◽  
Sergei Golovatch
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
The Family ◽  
Structural Details ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of glomeridellid millipede is described from Guizhou Province, southern China: Tonkinomeris huzhengkunisp. nov. This new epigean species differs very clearly in many structural details, being sufficiently distinct morphologically and disjunct geographically from T. napoensis Nguyen, Sierwald & Marek, 2019, the type and sole species of Tonkinomeris Nguyen, Sierwald & Marek, 2019, which was described recently from northern Vietnam. The genus Tonkinomeris is formally relegated from Glomeridae and assigned to the family Glomeridellidae, which has hitherto been considered strictly Euro-Mediterranean in distribution and is thus new to the diplopod faunas of China and Indochina. Tonkinomeris is re-diagnosed and shown to have perhaps the basalmost position in the family Glomeridellidae. Its relationships are discussed, both morphological and zoogeographical, within and outside the Glomeridellidae, which can now be considered as relict and basically Oriental in origin. Because of the still highly limited array of DNA-barcoding sequences of the COI mitochondrial gene available in the GenBank, the first molecular phylogenetic analysis of Glomerida attempted here shows our phylogram to be too deficient to consider meaningful.

scholarly journals A new species of Pilarella (Copepoda, Calanoida, Arietellidae) from the hyperbenthic layer of Japan, with a molecular phylogenetic analysis of some representative genera of the Arietellidae

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1038 ◽  
pp. 179-194
Author(s):  
Sota Komeda ◽  
Kenta Adachi ◽  
Susumu Ohtsuka
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Posterior Border ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
New Diagnosis ◽  
Caudal Rami ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the continental shelf hyperbenthic genus Pilarella is described, the first from the Indo-Pacific. This is the second species of Pilarella known, and the first description of a male in the genus. The new species is easily distinguished from other species of Pilarella (P. longicornis) based on: (1) short caudal rami, approximately 1.5 times longer than wide; (2) 2 setae on the mandibular endopod; (3) 6 setae on the maxillular coxal epipodite; and (4) in the female, a short left antennule reaching the posterior border of the genital double-somite. The new diagnosis of Pilarella differs from Metacalanus in the separation of ancestral segments IX–XII and XIV–XV of the antennule, and the presence of 5–6 setae on the maxillular praecoxal arthrite. Pilarella is also separated from Metacalanalis based on the absence of a seta on the third ancestral segment of the antennary exopod, the symmetry of legs 1–3, the presence of a medial basal seta on the female leg 5, and 2 lateral exopodal spines on the female leg 5. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of some representative genera of the family Arietellidae, including the present new species, recovers two arietellid clades (Metacalanus- and Arietellus-clades) as in previous studies. Dichotomous keys for the genera of Arietellidae and the species of Pilarella are included.

A new species of Elixia (Umbilicariales) from Greece

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-371
Author(s):  
Toby SPRIBILLE ◽  
H. Thorsten LUMBSCH
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Hampshire ◽  
Small Subunit ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

AbstractElixia cretica T. Sprib. & Lumbsch is described as a new species from the mountains of western Crete. The second member of the previously monotypic genus and only the third member of the family Elixiaceae, it is distinguished by its surficial thallus, larger ascospores and corticolous habit. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on a sequence of mitochondrial small subunit DNA confirms the position of the new species. We also report E. flexella from New Hampshire (USA) as new to eastern North America.

Youngia zhengyiana (Asteraceae, Crepidinae), a new species from south China, with notes on the systematics of Youngia inferred from morphology and nrITS phylogeny

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 170 (4) ◽  
pp. 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Deng ◽  
Jian Wen Zhang ◽  
XIN XIN ZHU ◽  
Dai Gui Zhang ◽  
Zelong Nie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
South China ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Infrageneric Classification ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Youngia zhengyiana, a new species of Youngia sect. Mesomeris (Asteraceae: Crepidinae) from Guizhou province of south China is described and illustrated. The placement of this species within Youngia is assessed based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the nuclear ribosomal ITS and on morphological comparisons with related species. The new species can be easily distinguished by morphology from the only species known to possess 5 florets, Y. szechuanica. The infrageneric classification and the recently debated circumscription of Youngia are discussed in the light of the nrITS phylogeny, which includes several species for the first time. Pseudoyoungia is confirmed as a congener of Youngia. The redefined Youngia is still non-monophyletic with Lapsanastrum nested within it.

scholarly journals A new species of the genus Euxaldar Fennah, 1978 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Issidae) from China and revision on the molecular phylogeny of the family

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1021 ◽  
pp. 19-35
Author(s):  
Liang-Jing Yang ◽  
Zhi-Min Chang ◽  
Lin Yang ◽  
Xiang-Sheng Chen
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species Euxaldar daweishanensis Yang, Chang & Chen, sp. nov. is described and illustrated from southwestern China. The female genitalia of the genus Euxaldar is described and presented for the first time. A checklist and key to the known species of the genus are provided. A revised molecular phylogenetic analysis of the family Issidae based on combined partial sequences of 18S, 28S, COI, and Cytb is provided using both Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses.

Description of a new species of Auriculostoma (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) from Characidium heirmostigmata (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from Argentina, using morphological and molecular data

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Montes ◽  
J. Barneche ◽  
Y. Croci ◽  
D. Balcazar ◽  
A. Almirón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
The Family ◽  
Parasitological Survey ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species

Abstract During a parasitological survey of fishes at Iguazu National Park, Argentina, specimens belonging to the allocreadiid genus Auriculostoma were collected from the intestine of Characidium heirmostigmata. The erection of the new species is based on a unique combination of morphological traits as well as on phylogenetic analysis. Auriculostoma guacurarii n. sp. resembles four congeneric species – Auriculostoma diagonale, Auriculostoma platense, Auriculostoma tica and Auriculostoma totonacapanensis – in having smooth and oblique testes, but can be distinguished by a combination of several morphological features, hosts association and geographic distribution. Morphologically, the new species can be distinguished from both A. diagonale and A. platense by the egg size (bigger in the first and smaller in the last); from A. tica by a shorter body length, the genital pore position and the extension of the caeca; and from A. totonacapanensis by the size of the oral and ventral sucker and the post-testicular space. Additionally, one specimen of Auriculostoma cf. stenopteri from the characid Charax stenopterus (Characiformes) from La Plata River, Argentina, was sampled and the partial 28S rRNA gene was sequenced. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that A. guacurarii n. sp. clustered with A. tica and these two as sister taxa to A. cf. stenopteri. The new species described herein is the tenth species in the genus and the first one parasitizing a member of the family Crenuchidae.

The genus Xylaria (Xylariaceae) in the south of China—6. A new Xylaria species based on morphological and molecular characters

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 147 (2) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAI-XIA MA ◽  
LARISSA VASILYEVA ◽  
YU LI
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Its Sequences ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Nrdna Its ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
The South ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Molecular Characters

Xylaria fusispora, an undescribed species of Xylaria (Xylariales, Xylariaceae), is described and illustrated as a new species based on collections from Guizhou Province, China. Both morphology and phylogenetic analysis of nrDNA ITS sequences support the establishment of this new species. The fungus is characterized by its fusoid-equilateral ascospores and an ascus apical ring not bluing in Melzer’s reagent. The differences between the new species and the related fungi are discussed.

Pilaira australis sp. nov. (Mucorales, Mucoromycota) isolated from emu faeces in Australia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 329 (3) ◽  
pp. 277 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW S. URQUHART ◽  
PAULINE M. L. COULON ◽  
ALEXANDER IDNURM
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacers ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Dromaius Novaehollandiae ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Carbon Utilisation ◽  
A New Species

Pilaira australis, a new species of fungus in the coprophilous genus Pilaira, was isolated from emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) faeces and is described. Morphologically, the species resembles other species in the genus, particularly P. moreaui, except differs in its unique combination of sporangiophore height and sporangiospore length. Molecular phylogenetic analysis indicates that P. australis is distinct from other species in the genus with two regions, the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and a fragment of the pyrG gene, showing 91% and 90% identity to the nearest species, respectively. Ultrastructure features and carbon utilisation were determined for P. australis, and may provide characteristics for species identification in this genus.

Codonopsis atriplicifolia (Campanulaceae), a new species from western Sichuan, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 512 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
YU-YANG ZHOU ◽  
YUN-HAO SI ◽  
ZHEN ZHANG ◽  
QIANG WANG ◽  
YAN YU
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Chloroplast Dna ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Dna Fragments ◽  
Western Sichuan ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

Codonopsis atriplicifolia (Campanulaceae) from western Sichuan, China, is described here as a new species, which is similar to C. subscaposa in a number of characters. The results of molecular phylogenetic analysis of 25 species of Codonopsis based on chloroplast DNA fragments (matK, petD with petB-petD, rbcL) show that C. atriplicifolia is closely related to C. farreri. In morphology, the new species is distinctly different from the allied species by its linear-lanceolate leaves with subentire to pinnatipartite margins.

Revisiting the type of Cespitularia stolonifera Gohar, 1938 leads to the description of a new genus and a species of the family Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4964 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-344
Author(s):  
YEHUDA BENAYAHU ◽  
LEEN P. VAN OFWEGEN ◽  
J. P. RUIZ ALLAIS ◽  
CATHERINE S. MCFADDEN
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Soft Coral ◽  
Taxonomic Assignment ◽  
Coral Genus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Membranous Part ◽  
Green Island ◽  
A New Species

Because of the problematical identity and status of the type of the xeniid soft coral genus Cespitularia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850, the species C. stolonifera Gohar, 1938 is revised. Examination of the type colonies has led to the establishment of the new genus Unomia gen. n. which is described and depicted. This genus features a stalk, commonly divided into branches featuring a diffuse polypiferous part consisting of distal clustered polyps and proximal individual ones on the stalk or the basal membranous part of the colonies. The sclerites are ellipsoid platelets composed of dendritic calcite rods whose tips are distinct on the surface of the platelets. Freshly collected material from Venezuelan reefs where the species is invasive was subjected to molecular phylogenetic analysis, the results of which substantiate the taxonomic assignment of the new genus under U. stolonifera comb. n. A new species, U. complanatis, from Japan and Green Island (Taiwan) is described and further illustrates the extent of the interspecific morphological variation within the genus. The results reveal that the biogeographic distribution of Unomia gen. n. includes Pacific Ocean reefs in addition to the previously reported invaded Caribbean reefs. 

A new species of Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae) from Hubei, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 350 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
RUI-HONG WANG ◽  
MAO-QIN XIA ◽  
JIN-BO TAN ◽  
CHUAN CHEN ◽  
XIN-JIE JIN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Species Delimitation ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Central China ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Leaf Margin ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Scrophularia jinii (Scrophulariaceae), from Central China is described and illustrated. This new species was formerly misidentified as S. fargesii, from which it differs in many morphological characters. Moreover, it is distinct with all known Scrophularia species in its unique deeply double serrate leaf margin with 3–7 big teeth on each side. Molecular phylogenetic analysis further supports its species delimitation and suggests a close relationship with several Japanese and North American species.

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