scholarly journals Review of East Palaearctic Elliptera (Diptera, Limoniidae) immatures with description of a new species

2021 ◽  
Vol 735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginija Podeniene ◽  
Sigitas Podenas ◽  
Sun-Jae Park ◽  
A-Young Kim ◽  
Jung A Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New Species ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
European Species ◽  
A New Species

The genus Elliptera Schiner, 1863 is represented by ten species worldwide, but immatures of only the European species E. omissa Schiner has been described so far. Molecular methods were used to associate larvae and adults for two East Asian species from South Korea. Elliptera jacoti Alexander and E. zipanguensis zipanguensis Alexander are common species in aquatic, hygropetric habitats in mountainous parts of the Korean peninsula. Elliptera mongolica Podeniene, Podenas & Gelhaus sp. nov. from Mongolia and China (Inner Mongolia) is described based on mitochondrial DNA COI gene barcode sequences and morphological characters of larvae. Larvae of all three species and pupae of E. jacoti are described and illustrated. Morphological characters of the larvae useful for discrimination of species are given. An identification key for East Asian larvae of the genus Elliptera is compiled.

scholarly journals Unrealized diversity in an urban rainforest: A new species of Lygosoma (Squamata: Scincidae) from western Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4370 (4) ◽  
pp. 345 ◽  
Author(s):  
BENJAMIN R. KARIN ◽  
ELYSE S. FREITAS ◽  
SAMUEL SHONLEBEN ◽  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
AARON M. BAUER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Lizard Species ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
East Malaysia ◽  
Mitochondrial Nd1 ◽  
Distinct Morphology ◽  
A New Species

We collected two specimens of an undescribed species of Lygosoma from pitfall traps in an urban rainforest in Kuching and from the base of a forested hill in western Sarawak, East Malaysia. The new species is diagnosable from all south-east Asian congeners by morphological characters, and most closely resembles Lygosoma herberti from the Thai-Malay Peninsula. The new species shows substantial molecular divergence from its closest relatives in two protein-coding genes, one mitochondrial (ND1) and one nuclear (R35) that we sequenced for several south-east Asian congeners. We describe the new species on the basis of this distinct morphology and genetic divergence. It is the third species of Lygosoma known from Borneo, and highlights the continuing rise in lizard species diversity on the island. In addition, the discovery of this species from a small urban rainforest underscores the importance of preserving intact rainforest areas of any size in maintaining species diversity. 

Untangling Lepidocyrtus (Collembola, Entomobryidae): new molecular data shed light on the relationships of the European groups

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Mateos ◽  
Paula Escuer ◽  
Galina Buşmachiu ◽  
Marta Riutort ◽  
Marta Álvarez-Presas
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Gene Sequences ◽  
European Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Shed Light

European Lepidocyrtus species are usually grouped into five species-groups within two subgenera, Lepidocyrtus s.s. and Lanocyrtus, defined by the distribution of scale covering and dorsal head and body macrochaetotaxy. The discovery of several Lepidocyrtus populations with morphological characters intermediate between two species-groups suggested the need for the present study to test whether molecular data provide support to these groups. The morphology and gene sequences of 110 specimens belonging to 19 species of European Lepidocyrtus have been studied. Our molecular results are congruent with the distribution of the European species into the five groups established in the literature on the basis of morphological characters, but also indicated that subgenus Lanocyrtus is paraphyletic while subgenus Lepidocyrtus s.s. is monophyletic. A new species, Lepidocyrtus intermedius, is described, and a redefinition of European species-groups is proposed based on chaetotaxy.

Geothelphusa makatao sp. nov. (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae), a new freshwater crab from an uplifted Pleistocene reef in Taiwan

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2106 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
HSI-TE SHIH ◽  
JHY-YUN SHY
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Freshwater Crab ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Dna Evidence ◽  
Southwestern Taiwan ◽  
A New Species

A new species of potamid freshwater crab, Geothelphusa makatao, is described from southwestern Taiwan, based on morphological characters and mitochondrial DNA evidence. The new species differs from close congeners, G. pingtung Tan & Liu, 1998, G. shernshan Chen, Cheng & Shy, 2005, and G. ancylophallus Shy, Ng & Yu, 1994 and a superficially similar species, G. albogilva Shy, Ng & Yu, 1994, in the structure of its ambulatory legs, thoracic sternum, male abdomen, and male first pleopods. The unique gene sequences of 16S rRNA and cytochrome oxidase I also support the recognition of this coastal population, which is isolated from other closely related species inhabiting montane areas. Except for G. makatao, the phylogenetic analysis showed that there are three additional hill subclades within the G. pingtung clade, G. shernshan, G. pingtung and the Liangshan subclade, situated in different watersheds of rivers or streams near the Central Range in the southwestern Taiwan.

A new species of spider mite, Oligonychus neocastaneae sp. nov. (Acari: Tetranychidae), from Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4378 (4) ◽  
pp. 563 ◽  
Author(s):  
TEA ARABULI ◽  
TETSUO GOTOH
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New Species ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Spider Mite ◽  
Distal Portion ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Castanea Crenata ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Tree ◽  
A New Species

A new species Oligonychus neocastaneae sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Castanea crenata Sieb. et Zucc. (Fagaceae). The new species closely resembles Oligonychus castaneae Ehara & Gotoh, 2007, which inhabits the same host plant, Castanea crenata, but mainly differs by the aedeagus in having a longer distal portion which forms a small sigmoid and acuminate tip, instead of having a shorter distal portion which ends in a truncate tip. Several differences were also observed between the two species in the leg setal counts of tarsus II in the male and female; the number of tactile setae and solenidia (in parentheses) was 11(1) for the female and male in the new species, but in O. castaneae this count is 12(1) for the female and 12(2) for the male. A maximum likelihood tree based on the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) showed that O. neocastaneae sp. nov. was clearly separated from O. castaneae and other related species. A key to all species of the genus Oligonychus known in Japan is given. 

Contribution to the genus Plutomurus Yosii (Collembola, Tomoceridae): notes on the morphology of Plutomurus carpaticus Rusek & Weiner and P. unidentatus (Börner)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4816 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-80
Author(s):  
SHALVA BARJADZE ◽  
ĽUBOMÍR KOVÁČ ◽  
ANDREA PARIMUCHOVÁ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
European Species ◽  
Number Of Teeth ◽  
Distribution Ranges ◽  
A New Species

In two European species of the genus Plutomurus Yosii, P. carpaticus Rusek & Weiner and P. unidentatus (Börner), several diagnostic morphological characters are specified and illustrated: body chaetotaxy, number of internal spine-like chaetae on tibiotarsi and number of teeth on claw. The contribution is based on the study of type specimens of both species and specimens of other populations of their distribution ranges. The numerous specimens of the genus Plutomurus collected recently in the Western Carpathian caves are the most similar to P. carpaticus, but differ in macrochaetotaxy and may represent a new species. Three types of macrochaetae on thorax and abdomen of Plutomurus congeners from the Europe and Caucasus are defined. Identification key to European Plutomurus species is provided. 

A new species of Eoperipatus (Onychophora) from Vietnam reveals novel morphological characters for the South-East Asian Peripatidae

2013 ◽  
Vol 252 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivo de Sena Oliveira ◽  
Stefan Schaffer ◽  
Pavel V. Kvartalnov ◽  
Eduard A. Galoyan ◽  
Igor V. Palko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The South ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Helicteres binhthuanensis V.S.Dang (Malvaceae, Helicteroideae), a new species from southern Vietnam

PhytoKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 87-95
Author(s):  
Van-Son Dang ◽  
Minh-Quan Dang ◽  
Nghia-Son Hoang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Fruit Shape ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Conservation Assessment ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Southern Vietnam ◽  
A New Species

Helicteres binhthuanensis V.S.Dang, sp. nov. from Ham Thuan Bac District, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to H. angustifolia, which is a common species in mainland southeast Asia, and H. sphaerotheca, which is endemic to the Northern Territory, Australia, but differs from both by several salient characters such as leaf and calyx size, androgynophore length, petal color, and fruit shape. Photographs, a vernacular name, a preliminary conservation assessment, and a table of morphological characters comparing this new species to two closely related species also are provided.

Description of a new species of the genus Maua Distant (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4949 (3) ◽  
pp. 582-588
Author(s):  
JIALI WANG ◽  
JOANNES P. DUFFELS ◽  
CONG WEI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Intraspecific Variation ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Morphological Observation ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi Gene ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Maua squeala sp. nov., is described from China. This species is similar to M. affinis Distant, 1905 and M. palawanensis Duffels, 2009, but can be distinguished by the shorter and more slender body of the new species, the lateral fasciae on the mesonotum and the shape of the male genitalia. The intraspecific variation of this species is discussed based on morphological observation combined with sequences of partial mitochondrial COI gene (DNA barcoding) of individuals exhibiting different morphological characters. 

Strobilomyces pteroreticulosporus (Boletales), a new species of the S. strobilaceus complex from the Republic of Korea and remarks on the variability of S. confusus

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 219 (1) ◽  
pp. 78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Antonin ◽  
Alfredo Vizzini ◽  
Enrico Ercole ◽  
Marco Leonardi
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Republic ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Strobilomyces pteroreticulosporus, is described based on two recent collections from the Republic of Korea. This new taxon is well characterized by morphological characters, and proved using rpb1 and ITS2 sequences. The variability of size and basidiospore ornamentation of the common species S. confusus is also discussed.

A new species of Plagiotrochus from China (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) galling on Quercus glauce (Fagaceae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4995 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-395
Author(s):  
QING WANG ◽  
XIU-DAN WANG ◽  
DAO-HONG ZHU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Hunan Province ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Central Vein ◽  
Blade Surface ◽  
Gall Wasp ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Cyclobalanopsis Glauca

A new gall wasp species, Plagiotrochus hepingensis sp. n. is described from Hunan Province, China that forms integral galls on the central vein on the abaxial leaf blade surface of Quercus (Cyclobalanopsis) glauca (Fagaceae). The morphological characters of the new species are described and photographed and data on the diagnosis, distribution, and biology are given. Additionally, a specific region of the COI gene was amplified using the primers HCO-2198 and LCO-1490 and compared for both the new species and Plagiotrochus masudai Ide, Wachi & Abe.  

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