scholarly journals The species of the bee genus Centris of the “hyptidis group” revisited with the description of Centris (Anisoctenodes) new subgenus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Vivallo
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data

In this paper, the species of Centris of the “hyptidis group” are revisited, proposing to recognize them as members of Anisoctenodes subgen. nov., a new subgenus supported by morphological and molecular data. The species included in this new taxon are C. hyptidis Ducke, 1908 (type-species), C. hyptidoides Roig-Alsina, 2000, C. thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009 and C. anisitsi (Schrottky, 1908), transferring this latter from Centris (Xanthemisia) Moure, 1945. An updated key, information on the type depository, a distribution map, photographs of both sexes as well as of the diagnostic characters of the new subgenus are also provided.

A new species of Omolicna (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae) from coconut palm in Costa Rica and new country records for Omolicna brunnea and Omolicna triata

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4577 (3) ◽  
pp. 501 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRIAN W. BAHDER ◽  
CHARLES R. BARTLETT ◽  
EDWIN A. BARRANTES BARRANTES ◽  
MARCO A. ZUMBADO ECHAVARRIA ◽  
ALESSANDRA R. HUMPHRIES ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Cocos Nucifera ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
A New Species

An ongoing survey for novel phytoplasmas and viruses that affect palms (Arecaceae) is being conducted in Costa Rica along with potential vectors. During that survey, a new species of derbid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) in the genus Omolicna Fennah was detected from Heredia and Limón State and is here described as Omolicna xavieri sp. n. This new taxon was first found on declining coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) and subsequently on healthy coconut palms in Tortuguero National Park. Also, two additional species of Omolicna, O. brunnea and O. triata, were collected on coconut in the same habitat and represent new country records. There are no previously published records of Omolicna from Costa Rica. Sequence data for the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and the 18S ribosomal RNA gene were obtained. In addition, novel 18S primers specific to auchenorrhynchan insects were developed and presented. The molecular data show high pairwise distances between O. xavieri sp. n. and other Omolicna species (24% to 31% and 10% using COI and 18S, respectively). Based on both morphological and sequence data, we erect and briefly describe the new subgenus Agoo for the new species to reflect the observed differences. A checklist of Omolicna species is presented. 

Rhynchostegium occultum (Brachytheciaceae), a new species from relict forests of central Chile

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 453 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-217
Author(s):  
JUAN BERNARDO LARRAÍN ◽  
SANNA HUTTUNEN ◽  
ELENA IGNATOVA ◽  
MICHAEL IGNATOV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
New Combination ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Recent Introduction ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Local Species ◽  
A New Species

We present a description of the new species Rhynchostegium occultum from central Chile, including illustrations, a distribution map, and preliminary molecular data that supports its taxonomic placement. The new taxon is restricted to coastal relict forests of central Chile. An overview of the Chilean taxa of Rhynchostegium, and a key for local species are also provided. The new combination Rhynchostegium corralense, and new synonyms for Rhynchostegium acanthophyllum and for Cratoneuropsis chilensis are proposed. Oxyrrhynchium hians is newly reported for Chile, apparently being a recent introduction. Lectotypes are selected for Hypnum corralense, Hypnum acanthophyllum, and for Rhynchostegiella acanthophylla var. robusta.

A new genus of cynipid inquiline, Lithosaphonecrus Tang, Melika & Bozsó (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini), with description of four new species from Taiwan and China

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miklós Bozsó ◽  
Chang-Ti Tang ◽  
Zsolt Pénzes ◽  
Man-Miao Yang ◽  
Péter Bihari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
The Third ◽  
Main Lineage ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Western Palaearctic

The cynipid inquilines genus Saphonecrus is known to be a polyphyletic group with distinct lineages. One lineage is associated with Synophrus in the Western Palaearctic on section Cerris oaks. Another involves the type species of Saphonecrus, S. connatus, and represents a distinct and probably early-diverging lineage with a Palaearctic distribution on white oaks. The third main lineage is predominantly Asian, and associated with Quercus subgenus Cyclobalanopsis and Quercus section Cerris and the oak-related Fagaceae including Lithocarpus. This third lineage shows large diversity, and includes the genus Ufo, the European lineage of S. undulatus and S. haimi, and the herein described new genus, Lithosaphonecrus Tang, Melika & Bozsó, known from Taiwan and China, with four new species: L. formosanus Melika & Tang, L. dakengi Tang & Pujade-Villar, L. huisuni Tang, Bozsó & Melika and L. yunnani Tang, Bozsó & Melika. All the four described species are associated only with Lithocarpus. Descriptions, diagnoses, biology, and host associations for the new genus and species are given, as well as a key to species and cynipid inquilines genera. All taxa are supported by morphological and molecular data.

scholarly journals Morphological and molecular data reveal a new species of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) from SW Anatolia, Turkey

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 212 (4) ◽  
pp. 283 ◽  
Author(s):  
İsmail Gökhan Deniz ◽  
İlker Genç ◽  
Duygu Sarı
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Close Relative ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Tree Distribution ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species

Allium undulatitepalum (Amaryllidaceae) is described as a new species from the Antalya Province of Turkey. It belongs to the section Melanocrommyum and is endemic to the south-western region of Turkey. The new species is a close relative of A. orientale, but according to results of the ITS sequences, and based on the morphological differences presented in the description, it is clearly different from its relative. A phylogenetic tree, distribution map, illustrations, pollen and seed microphotographs, karyo-morphology, as well as notes on the biogeography and ecology of the new species are provided.

scholarly journals Orientocardiochiles, a new genus of Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with descriptions of two new species from Malaysia and Vietnam

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 971 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilgoo Kang ◽  
Khuat Dang Long ◽  
Michael J. Sharkey ◽  
James B. Whitfield ◽  
Nathan P. Lord
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Braconid Wasp ◽  
First Time

For the first time in 21 years, a new genus of cardiochiline braconid wasp, Orientocardiochiles Kang & Long, gen. nov. (type species Orientocardiochiles joeburrowi Kang, sp. nov.), is discovered and described. This genus represents the ninth genus in the Oriental region. Two new species (O. joeburrowi Kang, sp. nov. and O. nigrofasciatus Long, sp. nov.) are described and illustrated, and a key to species of the genus, with detailed images, is added. Diagnostic characters of the new genus are analyzed and compared with several other cardiochiline genera to allow the genus to key out properly using an existing generic treatment. The scientific names validated by this paper and morphological data obtained from this project will be utilized and tested in the upcoming genus-level revision of the subfamily based on combined morphological and molecular data.

scholarly journals Undiscovered Biodiversity of the European Moss Flora: Neodicranella hamulosa (Aongstroemiaceae), a New Genus and Species from SW Portugal

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2289
Author(s):  
Ronald D. Porley ◽  
Vladimir Fedosov ◽  
Vítězslav Plášek ◽  
Alina Fedorova
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Bioclimatic Zone ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Sw Portugal

A new genus is described to accommodate Neodicranella hamulosa, a novel species resolved in the family Aongstroemiaceae, from the Monchiquense district in SW Portugal. Characterized by its small size, erect spreading to subsecund non-sheathing leaves, plane bistratose leaf margins, and rhizoidal gemmae with slightly protruberant cells, it differs from all other European Dicranellaceae in the uniquely patterned distal peristome segments with backward-pointing papillae resembling hooked barbs. The species appears to be endemic to the sub-Mediterranean bioclimatic zone, in wooded biomes where humidity remains relatively high throughout the year. Morphological and molecular data strongly support the singularity of this new taxon. The species is illustrated by photomicrographs and SEM, and its ecology and conservation are discussed.

scholarly journals A revision of Onychelmis Hinton, 1941 (Coleoptera: Elmidae), with description of new species, DNA barcoding and notes on the geography of the genus

2021 ◽  
Vol 739 ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
Marek Linský ◽  
Zuzana Čiamporová-Zaťovičová ◽  
Fedor Čiampor Jr
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Species Delimitation ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Long Time ◽  
New Material ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data

The genus Onychelmis Hinton, 1941 was for a long time regarded as a small taxon with only three known species distributed in the Andes. A study of new material from Ecuador, using morphological and molecular data, has resulted in the discovery of five new species: Onychelmis lenkae sp. nov., O. lobata sp. nov., O. minor sp. nov., O. onorei sp. nov. and O. splendida sp. nov. We also revised the entire genus and redescribed the three known species, O. longicollis (Sharp, 1882), O. leleupi Delève, 1968 and O. whiteheadi Spangler & Santiago, 1991. Habitus photographs of adults are provided, together with line drawings of male and female genitalia, and schematic illustrations of the distribution of femoral tomentum for each species. DNA sequences for barcoding the COI mtDNA fragment were used to support species delimitation and to suggest possible relationships among species. The revision includes a key to adults of all species of Onychelmis and notes on the biogeography of the genus, with an updated distribution map.

A new taxon of Hypericum (Hypericaceae) from southeastern Turkey

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 479 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-136
Author(s):  
KURTULUŞ ÖZGİŞİ ◽  
ATİLA OCAK
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Gland Type

Hypericum malatyanum subsp. nurhakense is described as a new taxon from Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. Morphologically, it is similar to Hypericum malatyanum subsp. malatyanum, but is easily distinguished by several morphological characters, including the shape of its bracts and bracteoles, the shape of sepals, the gland type on the sepal margin, the number of cilia on the petal margin, and features of seeds. Diagnostic characters, a detailed description, and photographs of the new taxon are given; the IUCN Red List category and observations on the ecology of the populations are noted; and the distribution map of the new taxon and its closely related relatives in Turkey are presented.

Phylogenetic relationships within the flatworm genus Choeradoplana Graff (Platyhelminthes : Tricladida) inferred from molecular data with the description of two new sympatric species from Araucaria moist forests

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 605 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. S. Lemos ◽  
G. P. Cauduro ◽  
V. H. Valiati ◽  
A. M. Leal-Zanchet
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Moist Forest ◽  
Feasible Alternative ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Forest C

The genus Choeradoplana encompasses 11 species, nine of which have a restricted distribution and are only known from their type localities. Herein we describe two new species of Choeradoplana from Araucaria moist forests, C. minima, sp. nov. Lemos & Leal-Zanchet and C. benyai, sp. nov. Lemos & Leal-Zanchet, based on morphological and molecular data, and use two molecular markers to investigate their phylogenetic relationships with other species in the genus, including its type species. Both morphological and molecular analyses clearly distinguish C. minima, sp. nov., C. benyai, sp. nov. and C. iheringi. The analyses of the ITS-1, COI and sequence divergence data also indicated that C. benyai, sp. nov. is more closely related to the type species of the genus, C. iheringi, than to C. minima, sp. nov. The three species are sympatric in Araucaria moist forest areas of the São Francisco de Paula National Forest; C. minima, sp. nov. and C. benyai, sp. nov. seem to be endemic to their type localities. Regarding external morphology, C. benyai, sp. nov. and C. iheringi could be considered cryptic species, only distinguishable on the basis of the copulatory apparatus. However, immature specimens of C. benyai, sp. nov. and C. iheringi could only be identified based on molecular data. Our results demonstrate that COI should be used with caution for reconstructing phylogenies, and other slower-evolving nuclear genes are a feasible alternative for resolving some of the phylogenetic relationships.

scholarly journals A New Tribe of the Ladybird Beetle Subfamily Microweiseinae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Discovered on an Island in the North Atlantic Ocean

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 367
Author(s):  
Karol Szawaryn ◽  
Jaroslav Větrovec ◽  
Wioletta Tomaszewska
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
The North ◽  
The World ◽  
New Tribe ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Distinct Branch

Microweiseinae is a quite recently established subfamily within ladybird beetles (Coccinellidae). According to recent analyses of morphological and molecular data, it has been divided into three tribes. Members of the subfamily are distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Despite several recent taxonomical studies of this group, its diversity and distribution is still not fully understood. Recent field collecting on Madeira Island resulted in the discovery of interesting specimens belonging to a yet unknown taxon, described here as Madeirodula atlantica gen. et sp. nov. Phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters indicate that the new taxon form a distinct branch within the subfamily Microweiseinae, for which we propose a new tribe Madeirodulini trib. nov. Evolutionary trends within the subfamily are discussed, and an updated key to the tribes of Microweiseinae is provided.

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