A troglobitic species of the centipede Cryptops (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from northwestern Botswana

A new species of Cryptops, C. (Cryptops) legagussp. nov., occurs in caves in the Koanaka and Gcwihaba Hills in northwestern Botswana. Bayesian molecular phylogenetics using 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, 16S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I corroborates a morphological assignment to the subgenus Cryptops and closest affinities to southern temperate species in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The new species is not conspicuously modified as a troglomorph.

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Integrative description of Mesobiotus anastasiae sp. nov. (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotoidea) and first record of Lobohalacarus (Chelicerata, Trombidiformes) from the Republic of South Africa

European Journal of Taxonomy ◽

10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1179 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 726 ◽

Author(s):

Denis V. Tumanov

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

18S Rrna ◽

First Record ◽

Mite Species ◽

28S Rrna ◽

Unique Combination ◽

Morphological Approach ◽

The Republic ◽

A New Species

A new species of the genus Mesobiotus is described from the Republic of South Africa using a traditional morphological approach (light and scanning electron microscopy) combined with molecular analysis (18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, ITS-2 and COI markers). Mesobiotus anastasiae sp. nov. differs from all known Mesobiotus species by having a unique combination of characters of the adult animals and the eggs. Adults of the new species have an oral cavity armature without elongate teeth in the second band, while the processes of the egg chorion have a basal collar and distinct rows of large pores. An updated key to the species of the genus Mesobiotus, including 66 of 70 currently described species, is given. An aquatic mite species from the Lobohalacarus weberi complex (freshwater Halacaridae) co-occurs with M. anastasiae sp. nov., suggesting that the newly described tardigrade inhabits constantly wet moss cushion habitats.

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Whale falls, multiple colonisations of the deep, and the phylogeny of Hesionidae (Annelida)

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is14055 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 105 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Mindi Summers ◽

Fredrik Pleijel ◽

Greg W. Rouse

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Maximum Likelihood ◽

16S Rrna ◽

Deep Sea ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

18S Rrna ◽

Shallow Waters ◽

28S Rrna ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽

New Members

Phylogenetic relationships within Hesionidae Grube, 1850 are assessed via maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses of mitochondrial (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and 16S rRNA) and nuclear (18S rRNA, and 28S rRNA) data. The analyses are based on 42 hesionid species; six of these being new species that are described here. The new species, all from deep (>200 m depth) benthic environments (including whale falls) in the eastern Pacific, are Gyptis shannonae, sp. nov., Neogyptis julii, sp. nov., Sirsoe sirikos, sp. nov., Vrijenhoekia ketea, sp. nov., Vrijenhoekia falenothiras, sp. nov., and Vrijenhoekia ahabi, sp. nov. The molecular divergence among the new members of Vrijenhoekia is pronounced enough to consider them cryptic species, even though we cannot distinguish among them morphologically. Our results also showed that the subfamily Hesioninae Grube, 1850, as traditionally delineated, was paraphyletic. We thus restrict Hesioninae to include only Hesionini Grube, 1850 and refer the remaining members to Psamathinae Pleijel, 1998. The present study increases the number of hesionid species associated with whale falls from one to six and markedly increases the number of described deep-sea hesionid taxa. There appear to have been multiple colonisations of the deep sea from shallow waters by hesionids, though further sampling is warranted.

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Molecular phylogeny of Australasian anopsobiine centipedes (Chilopoda : Lithobiomorpha)

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is03033 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 235 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Gregory D. Edgecombe ◽

Gonzalo Giribet

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

New Zealand ◽

New Caledonia ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Mitochondrial Protein ◽

Molecular Data ◽

12S Rrna ◽

28S Rrna ◽

16S Rna

Species assigned to the anopsobiine centipede genera Anopsobius Silvestri, 1899, and Dichelobius Attems, 1911, are widely distributed on fragments of the Gondwanan supercontinent, including temperate and tropical Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, the Cape region of South Africa, and southern South America. Phylogenetic relationships between Australasian and other Gondwanan Anopsobiinae are inferred based on parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses (via direct optimisation) of sequence data for five markers: nuclear ribosomal 18S rRNA and 28S rRNA, mitochondrial ribosomal 12S rRNA and 16S RNA, and the mitochondrial protein-coding cytochrome c oxidase subunit I. New molecular data are added for Anopsobius from South Africa and New Zealand, Dichelobius from New Caledonia, and a new species from Queensland, Australia, Dichelobius etnaensis, sp. nov. The new species is based on distinctive morphological and molecular data. The molecular phylogenies indicate that antennal segmentation in the Anopsobiinae is a more reliable taxonomic character than is spiracle distribution. The former character divides the Gondwanan clade into a 17-segmented group (Dichelobius) and a 15-segmented group (Anopsobius). Confinement of the spiracles to segments 3, 10 and 12 has at least two origins in the Gondwanan clade. The area cladogram for Dichelobius (Queensland (Western Australia + New Caledonia)) suggests a relictual distribution pruned by extinction.

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Remarks on Macrobiotus furciger Murray, 1906 and description of three new species of the furciger group (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1075.1.3 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 1075 (1) ◽

pp. 55 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

MARIA GRAZIA BINDA ◽

GIOVANNI PILATO ◽

OSCAR LISI

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

New Zealand ◽

Cosmopolitan Species ◽

Three New Species ◽

A New Species

Macrobiotus furciger Murray, has been considered a probable cosmopolitan species. The authors examined specimens named M. furciger from two subantarctic areas from New Zealand, and from South Africa and noted that in the subantarctic area two species are present: M. furciger and a new species here described and named Macrobiotus aradasi sp. nov. The specimens from New Zealand belong to a different species here described and named Macrobiotus divergens sp. nov., and the specimens from South Africa belong to a third new species here described and named Macrobiotus sicheli sp. nov. The authors also hypothesize that the records of Macrobiotus furciger from Andamane Islands and from Europe may refer to different species.

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A new species of the Gondwanan centipede Anopsobius (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from New South Wales, Australia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.204.1.1 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 204 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

GREGORY D. EDGECOMBE

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

New Zealand ◽

New England ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Falkland Islands ◽

Australian Species ◽

South Wales ◽

A New Species

Anopsobius wrighti n. sp., from the New England and Washpool-Gibraltar Range regions of northern New South Wales, is the first Australian species of the Gondwanan genus Anopsobius Silvestri, 1899 (Henicopidae: Anopsobiinae). Anopsobius is also known from Chile, Argentina, the Falkland Islands, South Africa, New Zealand, and the Chatham and Auckland Islands. The new species is closely related to the New Zealand species A. neozelanicus Silvestri, 1909.

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Determining the position of Diomocoris, Micromimetus and Taylorilygus in the Lygus-complex based on molecular data and first records of Diomocoris and Micromimetus from Australia, including four new species (Insecta : Hemiptera : Miridae : Mirinae)

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is20015 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Anna A. Namyatova ◽

Michael D. Schwartz ◽

Gerasimos Cassis

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

16S Rrna ◽

Morphological Study ◽

18S Rrna ◽

Initial Step ◽

Sister Group ◽

Molecular Data ◽

28S Rrna ◽

Group Relationships ◽

First Time

The Lygus-complex is one of the most taxonomically challenging groups of Miridae (Heteroptera), and its Australian fauna is poorly studied. Here we examine the Australian taxa of the Lygus-complex using morphological and molecular methods. After a detailed morphological study of the material collected throughout Australia, Taylorilygus nebulosus is transferred to Diomocoris, with the genus recorded for the first time in this country. Taylorilygus apicalis, also widely distributed in Australia, is redescribed on the basis of Australian material. The genus Micromimetus is recorded for the first time in Australia, with M. celiae, sp. nov., M. hannahae, sp. nov., M. nikolai, sp. nov. and M. shofneri, sp. nov. described as new to science. Micromimetus pictipes is redescribed and its distributional range is increased. The monophyly of the Lygus-complex and relationships within this group were tested using cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), 16S rRNA, 18S rRNA and 28S rRNA markers. The Lygus-complex has been found to be non-monophyletic. Phylogeny confirmed the monophyly of Micromimetus, and it has shown that Taylorilygus apicalis is closer to Micromimetus species than to Diomocoris nebulosus. This study is the initial step in understanding the Lygus-complex phylogeny; analyses with more taxa, more genes and morphology are needed to reveal the interrelationships within this group, and sister-group relationships of Australian taxa. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7393D96B-2BBA-438D-A134-D372EFE7FB9E

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Revision of the genus Emphylica Turner, 1913 based on morphology and molecular data (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae)

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.836.32796 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 836 ◽

pp. 113-133 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kai Chen ◽

Qingming Liu ◽

Jianhua Jin ◽

Dandan Zhang

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

16S Rrna ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Southern China ◽

Molecular Data ◽

28S Rrna ◽

New Combinations ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Phylogenetic Framework ◽

A New Species

Moths of the genus Emphylica Turner, 1913 resemble species of Achyra Guenée, 1849, Loxostege Hübner, 1825 and Sitochroa Hübner, 1825 in having a conical frons. In order to examine the monophyly of Emphylica, and its relationship to other genera with a conical frons, a molecular phylogenetic framework is reconstructed based on sequence data of COI, 16S rRNA, 28S rRNA, EF-1α and Wg gene regions. The results robustly support the monophyly of Emphylica. Achyra + (Loxostege + Sitochroa) is in a sister position to Emphylica. A new species, E.crassihamatasp. n., is described from Southern China and two new combinations, E.diaphana (Caradja & Meyrick, 1934), comb. n. and E.cruoralis (Warren, 1895), comb. n., are proposed. An identification key based on males is provided for all Emphylica species. The adult habitus and genitalia of all species are figured.

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Revision of the genus Epiparbattia Caradja, 1925 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae), based on morphology and molecular data

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.960.54986 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 960 ◽

pp. 143-155

Author(s):

Dandan Zhang ◽

Kai Chen ◽

Lanbin Xiang

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

16S Rrna ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Molecular Data ◽

28S Rrna ◽

A New Species ◽

General Appearance

The genus Epiparbattia Caradja, 1925 is revised based on general appearance, including genitalia. A new species, Epiparbattia multispinalis Zhang & Chen, sp. nov. is described. The external characters and genitalia morphology of all species are figured. The phylogeny of Epiparbattia species is investigated using molecular data. Monophyly of the genus is well supported by phylogenetic analysis based on sequence data of COI, 16S rRNA, EF-1α and 28S rRNA gene regions.

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A new species of Naultinus from the Te Paki area, northern New Zealand

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4915.3.7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4915 (3) ◽

pp. 389-400

Author(s):

RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH ◽

STUART V. NIELSEN ◽

JUDITH A. LYSAGHT ◽

AARON M. BAUER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Zealand ◽

Molecular Phylogenetics ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Morphological Features ◽

Yellow Colour ◽

Far North ◽

The North ◽

Northern Half ◽

A New Species

We describe a new species of the New Zealand diplodactylid gecko genus Naultinus. Molecular phylogenetics and distinctive morphological features support taxonomic separation of the populations on the northern half of Aupori Peninsula in the far north of the North Island as a new species, Naultinus flavirictus sp. nov. The specific epithet refers to the diagnostic yellow colour at the corners of the mouth. We discuss the conservation status of and threats to this novel taxon and to Te Paki, Northland—the unique area of New Zealand where it is found. We further discuss the distribution and possible function of bright mouth colour within Naultinus.

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A new species of the deep-sea genus Scaphander (Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea) from the Mar del Plata submarine canyon off Argentina

Bulletin of Marine Science ◽

10.5343/bms.2019.0069 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 96 (1) ◽

pp. 111-126

Author(s):

Justine Siegwald ◽

Guido Pastorino ◽

Trond Oskars ◽

Manuel António E Malaquias

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Deep Sea ◽

Molecular Phylogenetics ◽

Submarine Canyon ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Rrna Genes ◽

28S Rrna ◽

The Pacific ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species

Scaphander Montfort, 1810, is a genus of deep-sea, soft-bottom gastropods composed of approximately 23 species distributed worldwide. The systematics of the genus in the Atlantic was recently revised and eight species were recognized. The present study describes a new species (Scaphander meridionalis sp. n.) from the Argentine continental slope using morphological and molecular data. Shells, gizzard plates, radulae, and male reproductive systems were studied by optical and scanning electron microscopy and compared with data from all other known Scaphander species. Bayesian molecular phylogenetics based on two mitochondrial (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and 16S rRNA) and one nuclear (28S rRNA) genes together with the molecular species delimitation method Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery were used to compare the novel samples with all known Atlantic species. Our results revealed that the Argentinian specimens have a distinct shell and penial papilla and were molecularly 6.35–6.53%, 6.9–7.44%, and 7.99–8.89% distinct (COI uncorrected p-distance) from their closest relatives, the Pacific species Scaphander grandis and Scaphander mundus, and the northern Atlantic species Scaphander nobilis, respectively. Scaphander meridionalis sp. n. is the first species only known from the South Atlantic and its occurrence off Argentina represents a new southern geographical limit of the distribution of the genus in the Atlantic Ocean.

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