A new cryptic species of ground-dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern India

A new cryptic species of ground-dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern India. Recently collected specimens of a gecko resembling Hemidactylus reticulatus from northern Karnataka State in southwestern India led me to investigate variation in the species with regards to its morphology and molecular divergence. Results based on existing museum material, combined with molecular data for the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene support the presence of cryptic species within the broadly distributed H. reticulatus complex. Here, I describe a new species of Hemidactylus from northern Karnataka as the frst contribution in resolving the species complex. The integration of molecular and morphological data supports the distinctness of the new species described herein.

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On the evolution of the species complex Pachycondyla chinensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae), including the origin of its invasive form and description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2685.1.3 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2685 (1) ◽

pp. 39 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

TOSHIHISA YASHIRO ◽

KENJI MATSUURA ◽

BENOIT GUÉNARD ◽

MAMORU TERAYAMA ◽

ROBERT R. DUNN

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Cryptic Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

The United States ◽

Invasive Ant ◽

The World ◽

Pachycondyla Chinensis ◽

A New Species

Ants are one of the most successful and widespread organisms in the world. Although ants of the genus Pachycondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) are predominantly tropical in distribution, Pachycondyla chinensis (Emery) is especially abundant in temperate zones in Asia. Recently, P. chinensis has also become an abundant invasive ant species in the United States. However, it was well-known that the Pachycondyla chinensis species complex remained unresolved. Our molecular and morphological results allow us to distinguish two species in the species complex: the species P. chinensis and the new cryptic species P. nakasujii sp. nov., and these two species are widely and sympatrically distributed and abundant in temperate forests in Japan. Moreover, phylogenetic analysis showed that P. chinensis has been introduced into the United States from Japan. In conclusion, our finding of the new species P. nakasujii suggests that much remains undiscovered even in biologically fascinating and well-studied organisms.

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Molecular and morphological data reveal three new cryptic species ofChiasmocleis(Mehely 1904) (Anura, Microhylidae) endemic to the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.3005 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. e3005 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Mauricio C. Forlani ◽

João F.R. Tonini ◽

Carlos A.G. Cruz ◽

Hussam Zaher ◽

Rafael O. de Sá

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Cryptic Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Congeneric Species ◽

The Third ◽

Coloration Patterns

Three new cryptic species ofChiasmocleisfrom the Atlantic Forest of Brazil are described. Two of these species occur in the northeastern states of Sergipe and Bahia, whereas the third species is found in the southeastern state of São Paulo. The new species can be distinguished from other congeneric species by the molecular data, as evidenced in the phylogeny, and by a combination of morphological characters including: size, foot webbing, dermal spines, and coloration patterns.Chiasmocleisspecies differ in osteological traits, therefore we also provide an osteological description of each new species and comparsions with data reported for other species in the genus.

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A new species of bonefish, Albula koreana (Albuliformes: Albulidae) from Korea and Taiwan

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2903.1.6 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2903 (1) ◽

pp. 57 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

HYUCK JOON KWUN ◽

JIN KOO KIM

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Gene Sequence ◽

Genetic Distances ◽

Similar Species ◽

Base Pairs ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome B ◽

The Family ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome B Gene ◽

A New Species ◽

Scientific Name

A new species of the genus Albula of the family Albulidae is described based on five specimens collected from Korea and Taiwan. Its new scientific name, Albula koreana sp. nov., is derived from its type locality (Korea). We compared Albula koreana sp. nov. with its similar species, A. argentea from Fiji (seven specimens), using morphological and molecular methods. Albula koreana sp. nov. differs morphologically from A. argentea in its tooth patch distributions on the mesopterygoids and parasphenoid. The tooth patches on the mesopterygoids are distributed more anteriorly than those on the parasphenoid in Albula koreana sp. nov. On the other hand, the anterior end of the tooth patches on the mesopterygoids almost corresponds to that of the tooth patches on the parasphenoid in A. argentea. The numbers of vertebrae also differ between the two species (77–78 in Albula koreana sp. nov. vs 72–73 in A. argentea). We analyzed 546 base pairs of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequence, and the Albula koreana sp. nov. sequence differed considerably from that of A. argentea. Kimura’s genetic distances between them were very large (15.9%–16.4%), robustly supporting the new species Albula koreana sp. nov.

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A second Palaearctic species of the genus Wettina Piersig, 1892 based on morphological and molecular data (Acari, Hydrachnidia: Wettinidae)

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.23.4.11 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 724 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vladimir Pešić ◽

Harry Smit

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Western Europe ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Palaearctic Species ◽

Water Mite ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species ◽

Mite Genus

The water mite genus Wettina has a Holarctic distribution and includes only one known species from the Palaearctic, i.e. W. podagrica (Koch, 1837). This species has been considered as a rhitrobiontic and crenophilous species. In the present study we used morphological data and DNA barcoding to describe a new species of the genus, W. lacustris sp. nov. from the glacial Biogradsko Lake in northern Montenegro. The level of COI differentiation between lake population of Wettina lacustris sp. nov. and stream and spring populations of W. podagrica from Western Europe (The Netherlands) was 8.4%. It is likely that Wettina lacustris sp. nov. is more widely distributed in the Palaearctic.

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The formerly enigmatic Unidentiidae in the limelight again: a new species of the genus Unidentia from Thailand (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4551.5.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4551 (5) ◽

pp. 556 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

TATIANA KORSHUNOVA ◽

RAHUL MEHROTRA ◽

SPENCER ARNOLD ◽

KENNET LUNDIN ◽

BERNARD PICTON ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Sea Slugs ◽

The Family ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Morphological Differences ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

An integrative molecular and morphological study is presented for the family Unidentiidae. Molecular phylogenetic analyses were conducted with the inclusion of all previous and newly obtained molecular data for the family Unidentiidae Millen & Hermosillo 2012. A new species of the genus Unidentia Millen & Hermosillo 2012, U. aliciae sp. nov., is described from Thailand as part of an inventory of sea slugs at Koh Tao. All up-to-date available morphological data for the species of the genus Unidentia is for the first time summarized. Morphological differences among the different species of Unidentia are clarified showing that every species has its own distinguishable morphological traits. According to the new molecular and morphological data, the family Unidentiidae is re-confirmed as a well-supported taxon of the aeolidacean nudibranchs. The taxonomy and phylogeny of the Aeolidacea in the light of the family Unidentiidae is briefly discussed and necessity of a fine-scale and narrowly-defined taxa approach instead of a ‘‘superlumping’’ one is highlighted.

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A new cryptic species in the “Calcinus anani Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998” species complex (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae): evidence from colouration and molecular genetics

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3367.1.16 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3367 (1) ◽

pp. 165 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

MARIA CELIA (MACHEL) D. MALAY ◽

TOMOYUKI KOMAI ◽

TIN-YAM CHAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Cytochrome Oxidase ◽

Cryptic Species ◽

Molecular Genetics ◽

Species Complex ◽

New Caledonia ◽

French Polynesia ◽

The Philippines ◽

Cytochrome Oxidase I ◽

A New Species

A new species of Calcinus is described from western Pacific material, including specimens previously identified as Cal-cinus anani Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998. The new species C. fuscus n. sp. differs from C. anani in the colouration in life,and their specific distinction is genetically supported by the barcoding gene cytochrome oxidase I (COI). The two speciesalso have different geographic distributions, with C. fuscus n. sp. ranging from Japan to the Philippines, Papua New Guin-ea, and New Caledonia, while C. anani is restricted to French Polynesia. Moreover C. fuscus n. sp. is found at shallower depths than its sister species C. anani.

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Remarkable sexual dimorphism, rarity and cryptic species: a revision of the ‘aegrota species group’ of the Neotropical butterfly genus Caeruleuptychia with the description of three new species (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/1876312x-00002167 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 130-182 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Shinichi Nakahara ◽

Thamara Zacca ◽

Blanca Huertas ◽

Andrew F. E. Neild ◽

Jason P. W. Hall ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sexual Dimorphism ◽

Cryptic Species ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Species Group ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Phylogenetic Hypothesis ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time

The ‘aegrota species group’ of the Neotropical nymphalid genus Caeruleuptychia Forster, 1964, in addition to three other superficially similar, enigmatic species in the genus, are revised. A lectotype is designated for Euptychia aegrota Butler, 1867, E. aetherialis Butler, 1877 stat. rev., E. helios Weymer, 1911 and E. pilata Butler, 1867, and C. aetherialis is resurrected from its synonymy with C. aegrota. Caeruleuptychia helios caelestissima Brévignon, 2010, syn. nov., and Magneuptychia keltoumae Brévignon & Benmesbah, 2012, syn. nov. are both regarded as junior subjective synonyms of C. helios (Weymer, 1911), as a result of the discovery and first illustration of the female of this taxon. The female of C. aegrota is also described and illustrated for the first time, and three new species, C. trembathi Willmott, Nakahara, Hall & Neild, sp. nov., C. scripta Nakahara, Zacca & Huertas, sp. nov., and C. maryzenderae Lamas & Nakahara, sp. nov. are described and named. We analyze morphological and molecular data separately, in addition to combining morphological data with molecular data, to provide the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the taxa treated in this revision.

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A new species of Colletotrichum from Sonchus sp. in Italy

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.314.1.3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 314 (1) ◽

pp. 55 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

RUVISHIKA S. JAYAWARDENA ◽

ERIO CAMPORESI ◽

ABDALLAH M. ELGORBAN ◽

ALI H. BAHKALI ◽

JIYE YAN ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Distinct Species ◽

First Record ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Colletotrichum Species ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species

Colletotrichum sonchicola, sp. nov. from Sonchus sp. (dandelion tribe) in Forlì-Cesena Province, Italy, is introduced using morphological and molecular data. Combined phylogenetic analysis of ITS, GAPDH, CHS, ACT and TUB2 sequence data demonstrate that C. sonchicola is a distinct species within the dematium species complex. The new species is illustrated and compared with related taxa. This provides the first record of a Colletotrichum species from the genus Sonchus.

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Lactarius cucurbitoides (Russulales, Basidiomycota), a new species from South Korea supported by molecular and morphological data

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.205.3.4 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 205 (3) ◽

pp. 168 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Hyun Lee ◽

Myung Soo Park ◽

Paul Eunil Jung ◽

Jonathan J. Fong ◽

Seung-Yoon Oh ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

The Status ◽

A New Species

A new species belonging to Lactarius subg. Plinthogalus was discovered during a long-term project on the diversity of Korean Lactarius. This species is proposed here as Lactarius cucurbitoides. The status of L. cucurbitoides as a new species is supported by molecular data and morphological features. Phylogenetic analysis based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences shows that L. cucurbitoides is closely related to L. subplinthogalus, L. friabilis, and L. oomsisiensis, with pairwise distances of 2.8–4.3%. Morphological characters of L. cucurbitoides that distinguish it from these closely related species are a pale yellow to pale orange colored pileus and non-discoloration of white latex. The new species is described and illustrated in the present paper.

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A new species of Pomponia Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from the Western Ghats, with notes on the status of P. linearis (Walker, 1850) from southern India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5040.3.4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5040 (3) ◽

pp. 388-403

Author(s):

KALESH SADASIVAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Western Ghats ◽

Species Complex ◽

Species Group ◽

The Other ◽

Southern India ◽

New Taxon ◽

Widespread Species ◽

The Western Ghats ◽

A New Species

A new species of Pomponia Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from the P. linearis group is described from the Western Ghats of southern India. The hitherto unknown species, P. pseudolinearis sp. nov., is easily diagnosed from the other Pomponia species of the Western Ghats based on the unique structure of its male genitalia, low to mid-altitudinal distribution, and the characteristic male song. The new taxon is a member of the P. linearis species group according to its morphology and the distinctly protruding paramedian basal pygofer lobe suggests its affiliation to the linearis species complex inside the P. linearis species group. The divergent basal lobes of pygofer of males of this species are the critical characteristic feature that can be used to distinguish it from all the other members of the P. linearis species complex. It appears that this cryptic, common, and widespread species of the southern Western Ghats region was confused with P. linearis in the past. Pomponia linearis may not occur in the Western Ghats and its records are possibly a result of erroneous identification due to species lumping with similar taxa of linearis species complex distributed from Northeast India to Vietnam. In addition, some new morphometric indices are introduced. Notes on other known Pomponia species of the Western Ghats, namely P. cyanea Fraser, 1948 and P. zebra Bliven, 1964 are also provided with P. folei Fraser, 1948 treated as a nomen nudum.

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