scholarly journals First appearance deceives many: disentangling theHemidactylus triedrusspecies complex using an integrated approach

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e5341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeeshan A. Mirza ◽  
Gaurang G. Gowande ◽  
Rishikesh Patil ◽  
Mayuresh Ambekar ◽  
Harshil Patel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central India ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Taxonomic Approach ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data

The gekkonid lizard genusHemidactylusOken is the second most species-rich genus of geckos with greatest diversity in the tropical regions of the world. Some species of the genus are commensal and widespread; however, there are several endemic lineages with restricted distribution. India is home to at least 35 species, with 20 endemic species and the number is steadily increasing with exploration of new habitats and integrated taxonomic approach including molecular data. We made investigations into the molecular and morphological variation throughout the distribution ofHemidactylus triedrusDaudin, 1802 based on fresh specimens, literature review, museum material and molecular data. Results from morphological, molecular and micro-CT based anatomical data are unequivocal and show thatH. triedrusis a species complex represented by three species,H. triedrussensu stricto and two undescribed taxa.H. subtriedrusJerdon, 1854 syn. nov. was found to be morphologically similar to the type specimen ofH. triedrus, and genetically embedded in a clade containingH. triedrussensu stricto and is here treated as a junior synonym ofH. triedrus, whereasH. lankaeDeraniyagala is referred to asnomen dubiumgiven that the types are presently not traceable and the original description is inadequate in diagnosing the taxon. The populations from western-central India and parts of Pakistan, and from southern Karnataka are distinct and diagnosable, and are herein described as two new species, respectively. Morphological and molecular data support the distinctiveness of the new species. The present work resolves a taxonomic turmoil that lasted over two centuries highlighting the need for studies that integrate morphological and molecular data.

Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Azores

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 2172-2189
Author(s):  
Wojciech Niedbała ◽  
Katarzyna Buczkowska
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
Species Variability

Seven soil samples have been collected on four islands of the Azores, in which 14 species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) were found. One new species Phthiracarus andreasi Niedbała sp. nov. from Faial Island is described. Four species have been recorded for the first time from the Azores. Molecular analysis showed that the differences in the sculpture patterns in Euphthiracarus excultus Pérez-Iñigo, 1987 represent within-species variability. However, the length of body setae can separate two different species: Phthiracarus atlanticus Pérez-Iñigo, 1987 sensu stricto and Phthiracarus falciformis Morell & Subías, 1991, despite the absence of any other morphological differences. On the basis of our morphological and molecular data, a key to species from the Azores is provided. 

scholarly journals Mideopsis milankovici sp. nov. a new water mite from Montenegro based on morphological and molecular data (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia, Mideopsidae)

Acarologia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 566-575
Author(s):  
Vladimir Pešić ◽  
Harry Smit
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Water Mite ◽  
Coi Sequences ◽  
Taxonomic Approach ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Standing Waters

Water mite species of the genus Mideopsis Neuman, 1880 are common in running and standing waters in the Palaearctic. In the present study we used an integrative taxonomic approach by applying partial COI sequences (DNA-barcodes) and morphological characteristics to describe a new species, Mideopsis milankovici sp. nov. from the Mediterranean region of Montenegro. A high genetic distance (18.8-26% K2P) from three other known European congeners, M. crassipes Soar, 1904, M. orbicularis (Müller, 1776), and M. roztoczensis Biesiadka and Kowalik, 1979, support M. milankovici sp. nov. as a distinct species. From M. persicus Pešić and Saboori, 2015, a species known from South Iran, which resembles the new species in the shape of the ejaculatory complex, M. milankovici sp. nov. differs by the morphology of dorsal shield.

Review of the genus Cruziohyla (Anura: Phyllomedusidae), with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4450 (4) ◽  
pp. 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW R. GRAY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Phylogenetic Information ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene

The presented work summarises new and existing phenotypic and phylogenetic information for the genus Cruziohyla. Data based on morphology and skin peptide profiling supports the identification of a separate new species. Specimens of Cruziohyla calcarifer (Boulenger, 1902) occurring in Ecuador, Colombia, two localities in Panama, and one in the south east Atlantic lowlands of Costa Rica, distinctly differ from those occurring along the Atlantic versant of Central America from Panama northwards through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, to Honduras. A new species—Cruziohyla sylviae sp. n.—(the type locality: Alto Colorado in Costa Rica)—is diagnosed and described using an integrated approach from morphological and molecular data. Phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences of the 16S rRNA gene confirms the new species having equal minimum 6.2% genetic divergence from both true C. calcarifer and Cruziohyla craspedopus. 

A new species of Tetrataenium (Tordyliinae, Apiaceae) from SW Yunnan, China, based on morphological and molecular data

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 491 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-91
Author(s):  
ZE-HUAN WANG ◽  
YI WANG ◽  
BAO-LIN LIU ◽  
CHAO-HE WANG ◽  
XIAN-GUO FU
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
The Other ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Nuclear Its ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species

Tetrataenium mianguaqi, a traditionally used medicinal herb in Cangyuan County, SW Yunnan, China, is described as a species new to science and illustrated. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on nuclear ITS well supports its belonging to Tetrataenium sensu stricto. The new species can be easily distinguished by its unique peltate, palmatilobate basal and lower leaves from the other five Chinese Tetrataenium species.

scholarly journals A new species of Heliothrips (Thysanoptera, Panchaetothripinae), based on morphological and molecular data

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4638 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
YANLAN XIE ◽  
LAURENCE A. MOUND ◽  
HONGRUI ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Heliothrips Haemorrhoidalis ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Area Of Origin

Heliothrips longisensibilis sp. n. is described from the tropical regions of southern China, Yunnan and Hainan, based on morphology and data from mitochondrial and nuclear genes. However, specimens that are identical in colour and structure are reported from northern Brazil, and this is presumably the area of origin of this new species. The area of origin within South America of the Greenhouse Thrips, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis, is discussed and remains in doubt. An identification key to the four species of Heliothrips is provided. 

scholarly journals Uncovering the diversity of monogeneans (Platyhelminthes) on endemic cypriniform fishes of the Balkan Peninsula: new species of Dactylogyrus and comments on their phylogeny and host-parasite associations in a biogeographic context

Parasite ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Eva Řehulková ◽  
Michal Benovics ◽  
Andrea Šimková
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Morphological Examination ◽  
Taxonomic Approach ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data

Seven new species of Dactylogyrus Diesing, 1850 (Dactylogyridae) are described from the gills of seven endemic species of cyprinoids (Cyprinidae, Leuciscidae) inhabiting the Balkan Peninsula: Dactylogyrus romuli n. sp. from Luciobarbus albanicus (Greece), Dactylogyrus remi n. sp. from Luciobarbus graecus (Greece), Dactylogyrus recisus n. sp. from Pachychilon macedonicum (Greece), Dactylogyrus octopus n. sp. from Tropidophoxinellus spartiaticus (Greece), Dactylogyrus vukicae n. sp. from Delminichthys adspersus (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Dactylogyrus leptus n. sp. from Chondrostoma knerii (Bosnia and Herzegovina), and Dactylogyrus sandai n. sp. from Telestes karsticus (Croatia). To delineate species boundaries, we used an integrative taxonomic approach combining morphological and genetic data. With these tools, we illustrate that some species of monogeneans considered as cryptic might be designated as pseudocryptic (morphologically similar, not easily differentiated) after a posteriori detailed morphological examination, as happened with D. romuli n. sp. and D. remi n. sp. Thus, for accurate species characterization, it is particularly important to acquire both morphological and molecular data from the same individual specimens, ideally along with illustrations of taxonomically important structures directly taken from hologenophores. Using phylogenetic reconstruction, we investigated the phylogenetic position of newly described Dactylogyrus species within Dactylogyrus species from Balkan cyprinoids with regard to morphological characteristics, host range, and geographical distribution.

A new species of Albatrellus sensu stricto (Albatrellaceae, Russuales) from China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 510 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
HONG-MIN ZHOU ◽  
YING-DA WU ◽  
YU-CHENG DAI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species

Based on morphological and molecular data, a new species of Albatrellus sensu stricto, A. alpinus sp. nov., is described from Yunnan Province of southwestern China. Albatrellus alpinus is characterized by a buff to pale yellow pileal surface, simple septate hyphae, yellow and shapeless oily substance present in all hyphae but seldom in tramal hyphae, and small amyloid basidiospores. Phylogenetic analyses based on the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (nrITS) and the large subunit of the nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (nLSU) indicated that the new species is nested within Albatrellus sensu stricto. A key to the Chinese species of Albatrellus sensu stricto is provided.

scholarly journals Loose Ends in the Cortinarius Phylogeny: Five New Myxotelamonoid Species Indicate a High Diversity of These Ectomycorrhizal Fungi with South American Nothofagaceae

Life ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 420
Author(s):  
María Eugenia Salgado Salomón ◽  
Carolina Barroetaveña ◽  
Tuula Niskanen ◽  
Kare Liimatainen ◽  
Matthew E. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
South American ◽  
Edible Fungi ◽  
Rdna Its ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
High Diversity

This paper is a contribution to the current knowledge of taxonomy, ecology and distribution of South American Cortinarius (Pers.) Gray. Cortinarius is among the most widely distributed and species-rich basidiomycete genera occurring with South American Nothofagaceae and species are found in many distinct habitats, including shrublands and forests. Due to their ectomycorrhizal role, Cortinarius species are critical for nutrient cycling in forests, especially at higher latitudes. Some species have also been reported as edible fungi with high nutritional quality. Our aim is to unravel the taxonomy of selected Cortinarius belonging to phlegmacioid and myxotelamonioid species based on morphological and molecular data. After widely sampling Cortinarius specimens in Patagonian Nothofagaceae forests and comparing them to reference collections (including holotypes), we propose five new species of Cortinarius in this work. Phylogenetic analyses of concatenated rDNA ITS-LSU and RPB1 sequences failed to place these new species into known Cortinarius sections or lineages. These findings highlight our knowledge gaps regarding the fungal diversity of South American Nothofagaceae forests. Due to the high diversity of endemic Patagonian taxa, it is clear that the South American Cortinarius diversity needs to be discovered and described in order to understand the evolutionary history of Cortinarius on a global scale.

A new species of Cynomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from the northwestern slope of the Andes

Mammalia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Arenas-Viveros ◽  
Pamela Sánchez-Vendizú ◽  
Alan Giraldo ◽  
Jorge Salazar-Bravo
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Mtdna Sequences ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Western Side ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Lines Of Evidence

Abstract The systematics and taxonomy of the broadly distributed bats of the genus Cynomops has changed considerably in the last few years. Among the major changes, Cynomops abrasus was split into two species of large-bodied forms (Cynomops mastivus and C. abrasus) distributed east of the Andes. However, large Colombian specimens identified as C. abrasus from the western side of the Andes had yet to be included in any revisionary work. Phylogenetic analysis performed in this study, using mtDNA sequences (Cytochrome-b), revealed that these Colombian individuals are more closely related to Cynomops greenhalli. Morphological and molecular data allowed us to recognize populations from western Colombia, western Ecuador and northwestern Peru, as members of a new species of Cynomops. Characters that allow for its differentiation from C. greenhalli include a larger forearm, paler but more uniform ventral pelage, more globular braincase, and well-developed zygomatic processes of the maxilla (almost reaching the postorbital constriction). This study serves as another example of the importance of including multiple lines of evidence in the recognition of a new species. Given its rarity and the advanced transformation of its habitat, this new species is particularly important from a conservation perspective.

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