Pseudolebinthus lunipterus sp. nov.: a striking deaf and mute new cricket from Malawi (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Eneopterinae)

This article presents an intriguing new cricket species of the tribe Xenogryllini discovered in Northern Malawi. This is the first case of mute and deaf species in the subfamily Eneopterinae; it shows no stridulatory apparatus on short male forewings and no tympana on either side of fore tibiae in both sexes. We introduce the new species and its complete mitogenome and assess phylogenetic relationships based on molecular data obtained from next-generation sequencing genome skimming method. Phylogenetic analyses place the new species within the genus Pseudolebinthus in Xenogryllini, as the sister species of Pseudolebinthus gorochovi Robillard. We describe Pseudolebinthus lunipterus sp. nov., provide illustrations of main morphology, male and female genitalia, photographs of living specimens and information about habitat and update the identification key for species of genus Pseudolebinthus. We discuss the differences between the new species and related taxa and the striking loss of acoustic communication in this cricket.

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A redefinition of the genus Troglocharinus Reitter, 1908, with description of new species (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4926 (2) ◽

pp. 151-188

Author(s):

JAVIER FRESNEDA ◽

VALERIA RIZZO ◽

JORDI COMAS ◽

IGNACIO RIBERA

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Valid Species ◽

Distribution Area ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Separate Species ◽

Male And Female ◽

New Material

We redefine the genus Troglocharinus Reitter, 1908 based on a phylogenetic analysis with a combination of mitochondrial and molecular data. We recovered the current Speonomites mengeli (Jeannel, 1910) and S. mercedesi (Zariquiey, 1922) as valid, separate species within the Troglocharinus clade, not directly related to Speonomites Jeannel, 1910, a finding corroborated by a detailed study of the male and female genitalia. In consequence, we reinstate Speonomus mercedesi Zariquiey, 1922 stat. nov. as a valid species, transfer both of them to the genus Troglocharinus, T. mengeli (Jeannel, 1910) comb. nov. and T. mercedesi (Zariquiey, 1922) comb. nov., and redescribe the genus. The study of new material from the distribution area of the former S. mengeli revealed the presence of two undescribed species, T. sendrai sp. nov. and T. fadriquei sp. nov., which we describe herein. We designate the lectotype of Speonomus vinyasi Escolà, 1971 to fix its identity, as among its syntypes there are two different species. In agreement with the results of the phylogenetic analyses we establish the synonymy between the genus Speonomites and Pallaresiella Fresneda, 1998 syn. nv.

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

Life ◽

10.3390/life11050420 ◽

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.

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Xylodon bambusinus and X. xinpingensis spp. nov. (Hymenochaetales) from southern China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.511.3.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 511 (3) ◽

Author(s):

XIANG MA ◽

CHANG-LIN ZHAO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Bayesian Inference ◽

Maximum Likelihood ◽

Growth Habit ◽

Southern China ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Two New Species ◽

Thin Walled ◽

Inference Methods

Two new species, Xylodon bambusinus and X. xinpingensis, are proposed based on morphological and molecular evidences. Both species share the annual growth habit, resupinate basidiomata and monomitic hyphal system with clamped, colorless generative hyphae, smooth, thin-walled basidiospores, but X. bambusinus is characterized by the smooth to tuberculate hymenial surface, presence of capitate and fusiform cystidia, broad ellipsoid basidiospores, while X. xinpingensis by the reticulate hymenophore with cream hymenial surface, and subglobose basidiospores (4.5–6 × 3.5–5 µm). Sequences of ITS and LSU nrRNA gene regions of the studied samples were generated, and phylogenetic analyses were performed with maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference methods. The phylogenetic analyses based on molecular data of ITS and ITS+nLSU sequences showed that X. bambusinus was sister to X. subclavatus, while X. xinpingensis grouped with X. astrocystidiatus and X. paradoxus. The nLSU dataset revealed that X. bambusinus grouped with X. asperus and X. brevisetus with lower supports, and that X. xinpingensis grouped with X. astrocystidiatus and X. paradoxus and then with X. rimosissimus without supports. Both morphological and molecular evidences confirmed the placement of two new species in Xylodon. Description and figures from the new species and a key to the known species of Xylodon from China are presented.

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A comprehensive genetic assessment of male and female infertility using next-generation sequencing

Fertility and Sterility ◽

10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.07.722 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 108 (3) ◽

pp. e240

Author(s):

G.R. Kellogg ◽

A. Pollock ◽

R. Shraga ◽

S. Parets ◽

B. Patel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Next Generation Sequencing ◽

Female Infertility ◽

Next Generation ◽

Male And Female ◽

Genetic Assessment ◽

Generation Sequencing

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A curious nematode, Diploscapteroides persicus n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditida: Rhabditomorpha), from Iran with a note on the status of the male genital papillae

Nematology ◽

10.1163/15685411-00002922 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 17 (9) ◽

pp. 1045-1056 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Razieh Ghaemi ◽

Ebrahim Pourjam ◽

Sergio Álvarez-Ortega ◽

Majid Pedram ◽

Mohammad Reza Atighi

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Tail Length ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Rrna Genes ◽

Valid Species ◽

Female Tail ◽

The Status ◽

Species Being ◽

Male Genital

Diploscapteroides persicus n. sp. is described and illustrated based on morphological, morphometric and molecular data. The new species is mainly characterised by female body length of 469-673 μm, female tail length of 51-99 μm, shape of gubernaculum and spicules and arrangement of male genital papillae. Also, the arrangement of male genital papillae of the new species shows the presence of precloacal papillae, a feature that has not been previously described for the genus. The new species is comparable with all valid species of the genus, namely D. boettgeri, D. brevicauda, D. chitinolabiatus, D. coroniger, D. dacchensis and D. flexuosus, from which the morphological comparisons of the new species with aforementioned species are discussed. Phylogenetic analyses using partial sequences of SSU and LSU rRNA genes were performed for the new species, being the first representative of the genus to be phylogenetically studied using both Bayesian inference (BI) and maximum likelihood (ML) methods, and revealed that D. persicus n. sp. formed a clade with a species of Cephaloboides.

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Morphological and molecular identification of a new species of Atraporiella (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) in China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.332.1.3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 332 (1) ◽

pp. 31 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ZI-QIANG WU ◽

SHAN SHEN ◽

KAI-YUE LUO ◽

ZHENG-HUI WANG ◽

CHANG-LIN ZHAO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Large Subunit ◽

Strong Support ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Fungal Species ◽

Monophyletic Lineage ◽

Inference Methods ◽

A New Species ◽

Molecular Characters

A new poroid wood-inhabiting fungal species, Atraporiella yunnanensis sp. nov., is proposed based on morphological and molecular characters. The species is characterized by cream pore surface when dry, which is easy to separate from substrate and very rapidly stained dark brown to black when bruised; hyphal system monomitic with generative hyphae hyaline to pale brown, thin-walled, unbranched, interwoven; slightly allantoid basidiospores, 2.2–3 × 0.8–1.5 µm. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and the large subunit (LSU) regions of nuclear ribosomal RNA gene sequences of the studied samples were generated, and phylogenetic analyses were performed with maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony and bayesian inference methods. The phylogenetic analysis based on molecular data of ITS+nLSU sequences showed that Atraporiella yunnanensis belonged to the residual polyporoid clade, formed a monophyletic lineage with a strong support (100% BS, 100% BP, 1.00 BPP) and was closely related to A. neotropica, and then grouped with other related genera: Antrodiella, Pouzaroporia, Steccherinum and Xanthoporus. Both morphological and molecular characters confirmed the placement of the new species in Atraporiella.

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Lecanicillium subprimulinum (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales), a novel species from Baoshan, Yunnan

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.348.2.4 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 348 (2) ◽

pp. 99 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

SHIKE HUANG ◽

SAJEEWA S.N. MAHARACHCHIKUMBURA ◽

RAJESH JEEWON ◽

D JAYARAMA BHAT ◽

RUNGTIWA PHOOKAMSAK ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Novel Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Its Sequence ◽

New Taxon ◽

Sexual Morph ◽

The Family ◽

Asexual Morphs ◽

A New Species

In this paper, we report a new asexual-morph taxon belonging to the family Cordycipitaceae (Hypocreales), which is associated with a sexual morph of an ophioceras-like taxon on submerged wood collected from Baoshan, Yunnan, China. Morphologically, this new taxon is similar to known asexual morphs of Lecanicillium and characterized by conidiophores arising from hyaline hyphae, with gregarious, ellipsoid to ovoid, aseptate conidia. Phylogenetic analyses of a combined LSU, SSU, tef1-α and ITS sequence dataset positions our taxon in Cordycipitaceae and close to Lecanicillium sp. (CBS 639.85) and L. primulinum. Lecanicillium subprimulinum is introduced as a new species with support from molecular data.

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Insights on The Morphological and Phylogenetic Delimitation of Dacrymyces Nees

10.21203/rs.3.rs-950799/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Renato Lúcio Mendes Alvarenga ◽

Tatiana Baptista Gibertoni

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Features ◽

New Combinations ◽

Dna Analyses ◽

Homogeneous Composition ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data

Abstract Dacrymycetes has four families and 13 genera, few of them with molecular data available and then usually polyphyletic in phylogenetic analyses. Dacrymyces Nees is one of the polyphyletic genera in Dacrymycetes and it was introduced to accommodate one species, D. stillatus Nees. The morphological features of the genus are a homogeneous composition of the intra-structure and an amphigenous or superior hymenium. In this study, we included Neotropical specimens in the phylogeny of the Dacrymycetes and Dacrymyces s.s. is emended to include species with resupinate basidiomata, unilateral hymenium and heterogeneous context. In this new delimitation, the new species Dacrymyces flavobrunneus is described using morphological and molecular data and three new combinations (D. ceraceus comb. nov., D. maxidorii comb. nov. and D. spathularia comb. nov.) are proposed based on DNA analyses.

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Cymbidium xichouense (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae), a new species from China: evidence from morphological and molecular data

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.484.3.4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 484 (3) ◽

pp. 291-297

Author(s):

XINYU XU ◽

CHANG-CHUN DING ◽

WENQI HU ◽

XIA YU ◽

YU ZHENG ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Yunnan Province ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Plastid Dna ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Evidence ◽

The Status ◽

Nuclear Its ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species

A new species of Cymbidium (Orchidaceae), Cymbidium xichouense, from Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated based on morphological evidence and molecular analyses. The new orchid is morphologically similar to C. qinbeiense, but it has several morphological features that distinguish it from C. qiubeinense and all other recognized species in Cymbidium. Phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear (ITS) and plastid DNA (matK) were conducted, and the results also supported the status of C. xichouense as a new species, which is sister to C. qiubeiense.

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A new species of Cycloramphus Tschudi (Anura: Cycloramphidae) from the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, Southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2737.1.2 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2737 (1) ◽

pp. 19 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

LUIZ NORBERTO WEBER ◽

VANESSA KRUTH VERDADE ◽

RODRIGO DE DE OLIVEIRA LULA SALLES ◽

ANTOINE FOUQUET ◽

SERGIO POTSCH DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Medium Size ◽

New Taxon ◽

Skin Texture ◽

Male And Female ◽

A New Species

We report here the discovery of a new species of frog associated to the open areas of the highlands of the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos. The new species, Cycloramphus organensis is characterized by a unique skin texture, medium size (maximum male and female SVL 26.4 mm and 33.3 mm respectively), dorsal surfaces uniformly brick red colored, uniformly areolate skin on dorsum, pupil horizontal, iris with a menisc on upper margin; no fleshy tubercles on eyelid, tympanic annulus concealed beneath skin, macroglands not visible externally, fingers and toes without fringes and webs; supernumerary palmar and plantar tubercles absent, nuptial spines absent. Despite the presence of an iris menisc, a character shared by frogs of both genera Cycloramphus and Zachaenus Cope, the combination of morphological characters is so unique that the allocation of the species to any of these genera remains ambiguous. Consequently, we used additional molecular-based phylogenetic analyses to ascertain the position of the new taxon. The new species proved to be embedded within the genus Cycloramphus.

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