Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of the genus Panolis Hübner, [1821] (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4565 (4) ◽  
pp. 523
Author(s):  
XUAN AN ◽  
MAMORU OWADA ◽  
MIN WANG ◽  
HOU-SHUAI WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
A New Species ◽  
I Gene

A new species of the genus Panolis Hübner, [1821], P. xundian sp. nov., is described and illustrated from southwestern China. It is well-defined morphologically by the male genitalia, with a well-developed pollex at the distal terminal of the sacculus and a broad, ventrally concave cucullus, the female corpus bursae with four long signum-stripes. Based on a 658 bp segment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene, we report the pairwise genetic distance of 2.5% from its allied species P. exquisita Draudt, 1950. Molecular phylogenetic analyses using three genes (2189 bp in total length) indicate that the new species belongs to the P. exquisita species group. 

scholarly journals A taxonomic review of the Palpada ruficeps species group, with the description of a new flower fly from Colombia (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1741 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIMO MENGUAL ◽  
F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Flower Flies ◽  
A New Species

A new species of flower flies, Palpada prietorum Mengual spec. nov. (Diptera: Syrphidae: Eristalinae) is described from Cali, Colombia. The new species belongs to the ruficeps subgroup in the vinetorum species group. An identification key is provided for the species of the ruficeps subgroup, as well as a comparison of morphological diagnostic characters to separate these taxa. Fragments of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, the D2-3 region of the nuclear 28S rRNA gene and the nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) are supplied for two species, Palpada prietorum spec. nov. and Palpada ruficeps (Macquart, 1842).

New species of Gekko (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from China: morphological and molecular evidence

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1778 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAIYA ZHOU ◽  
QIUXIAN WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Continuous Series ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Temporal Region ◽  
Cyt B ◽  
The West ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
South Slope ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Gekko is described from the south slope of the west Qinling Mts in Gansu, China. Gekko wenxianensis, sp. nov., is characterized by its nostril-rostral contact, moderate sized body with dorsal tubercles extending from the occiput and temporal region to the back and tail base, but lacking on the forelimb and thigh, 6–8 precloacal pores in a continuous series in males, and tail generally with two cloacal spurs on each side. Molecular phylogenetic analyses using 1556 bp of mtDNA (825 bp COI and 731 bp cyt b) from 7 species of Gekko indicate that the new species is the sister taxon of G. japonicus. It is the twelfth species of Gekko recorded from China.

A new species of the genus Daplasa Moore from China based on morphological and molecular evidence (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4948 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-446
Author(s):  
XUAN AN ◽  
WA DA ◽  
MIN WANG ◽  
HOUSHUAI WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Nuclear Genes ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Total Length ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Gene Coi ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Daplasa medoga sp. nov., is described from Tibet, China. The new species can be distinguished morphologically from all other known Daplasa species by its male genitalia with a sagittate uncus and distally broadly crotched valvae. The validity of new species is well supported by the molecular phylogenetic analyses of one mitochondrial gene (COI) and two nuclear genes (EF-1α & RPS5), with a total length of 2,324 bp. 

The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part VII: the subpollinosa species group from China, with morphological and molecular evidence

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4247 (3) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIA HUANG ◽  
YIRUI SU ◽  
HONGWEI CHEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Neighbor Joining ◽  
Bayesian Analyses ◽  
I Gene

Seventeen species of Leucophenga subpollinosa species group are described from China (including 11 new species): L. argentina (de Meijere, 1924); L. flavicosta Duda, 1926; L. formosa Okada, 1987; L. nigroscutellata Duda, 1924; L. subpollinosa (de Meijere, 1914); L. umbratula Duda, 1924; L. aculeata sp. nov.; L. acuticauda sp. nov.; L. cultella sp. nov.; L. cyclophylla sp. nov.; L. flaviclypeata sp. nov.; L. fuscipedes sp. nov.; L. gracilenta sp. nov.; L. latipenis sp. nov.; L. magnicauda sp. nov.; L. rhombura sp. nov.; L. rugatifolia sp. nov. A key to all examined species of the subpollinosa group in the present study is provided. The phylogenetic relationships among the 17 species of the subpollinosa group are reconstructed by NJ (Neighbor-joining) and Bayesian analyses using 98 DNA sequences of COI (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) gene. The pairwise intra- and interspecific p-distances of aforementioned sequences are summarized. 

A new species of African Snake-Eyed Skink (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Ethiopia

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4779 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-200
Author(s):  
TIMOTHY J. COLSTON ◽  
R. ALEXANDER PYRON ◽  
AARON M. BAUER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Cryptic Diversity ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Phylogenetic Revision ◽  
A New Species

A recent molecular phylogenetic revision of the snake-eyed skinks (genus Panaspis Cope, 1868) uncovered extensive cryptic diversity, including several new species from throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we describe one of these from Ethiopia as Panaspis annettesabinae sp. nov. This description is based on a previous molecular phylogeny and morphological, scalation, and coloration data collected from the type specimen. Phylogenetic analyses place the species alone in what we term the P. annettesabinae species group from Ethiopia. This group forms the sister lineage to a large southern African radiation and suggests a potential northern origin for much of the extant diversity of Panaspis. Many new taxa have recently been discovered in the genus and region, and there are several historical records of Panaspis from elsewhere in Ethiopia. Thus, we suggest that the range of this new species (known only from a single specimen at present) may be much larger, and that additional undescribed species may exist in northern sub-Saharan Africa. 

A new genus Gnathospinosa (Lepidoptera: Tineidae: Euplocaminae) from China, with description of a new species and its taxonomic position

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4555 (3) ◽  
pp. 416 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHENG-QING LIAO ◽  
MIN WANG ◽  
GUO-HUA HUANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
A New Species ◽  
I Gene

The genus Gnathospinosa Liao & Huang, gen. nov., belonging to the subfamily Euplocaminae, is described with a new species G. qinlingensis Liao & Huang, sp. nov. from China as its type species. The new species was illustrated with photographs of the adults and male genitalia. A preliminary phylogenetic study based on mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (co1) sequence data of the new species and Psecadioides cuneus are presented. 

scholarly journals The Stoor Hobbit of Guangdong: Goniurosaurus gollum sp. nov., a cave-dwelling Leopard Gecko (Squamata, Eublepharidae) from South China

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 991 ◽  
pp. 137-153
Author(s):  
Shuo Qi ◽  
Jian Wang ◽  
L. Lee Grismer ◽  
Hong-Hui Chen ◽  
Zhi-Tong Lyu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Guangdong Province ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Sharp Focus ◽  
Leopard Gecko ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Dorsal Tubercle

A new species of the genus Goniurosaurus is described based on three specimens collected from a limestone cave in Huaiji County, Guangdong Province, China. Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses, the new species is nested within the Goniurosaurus yingdeensis species group. However, morphological analyses cannot ascribe it to any known species of that group. It is distinguished from the other three species in the group by a combination of the following characters: scales around midbody 121–128; dorsal tubercle rows at midbody 16–17; presence of 10–11 precloacal pores in males, and absent in females; nuchal loop and body bands immaculate, without black spots; iris orange, gradually darker on both sides. The discovery of yet another limestone-adapted species of Goniurosaurus in Guangdong Province underscores a growing body of evidence for the high biodiversity of limestone habitats and brings into sharp focus the urgent need for their conservation.

The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part VIII: twenty-one species from the Oriental region, with morphological and molecular evidence

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4503 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
JIA HUANG ◽  
YALIAN WANG ◽  
PATRICK MICHAEL O’GRADY ◽  
YIRUI SU ◽  
HONGWEI CHEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Summary Table ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Mtcoi Gene

Twenty-one (six known and 15 new) species of the genus Leucophenga from the Oriental region are described or redescribed: L. jacobsoni Duda, 1926; L. kurahashii Okada, 1987; L. setipalpis Duda, 1923; L. sorii Kang, Lee & Bhang, 1965; L. spinifera Okada, 1987; L. varinervis Duda, 1923; L. acantha Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. alafumosa Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. brevipenis Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. brevitabulata Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. delta Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. forcipula Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. fuscipalpula Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. glabtabulata Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. helvipecta Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. hyaloptera Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. oxyptera Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. platypyga Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. serrateiceps Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. valvata Huang & Chen, sp. nov.; L. zebrina Huang & Chen, sp. nov. A key and a morphological summary table to all these Leucophenga species are provided. Phylogenetic relationships among these 21 Leucophenga species, another 14 congeneric, known species from seven groups, and two representative outgroup taxa are reconstructed using 169 DNA sequences of the partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mtCOI) gene. In sum, 13 of the 21 Leucophenga species, which possess the only diagnostic character of the proxima species group (abdominal third tergite shortened, anteriorly discolored in males), are not monophyletic. Therefore, all the Leucophenga species described or redescribed in this study are temporarily classified as unplaced species (except for L. sorii, which has been assigned to the sorii species group) to avoid further confusion. 

New insights on Trametopsis Tomšovský (Polyporales Gäum) based on phylogenetic evidences and morphological analyses of neotropical species

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 311 (2) ◽  
pp. 155 ◽  
Author(s):  
NATALY GÓMEZ-MONTOYA ◽  
ELISANDRO RICARDO DRECHSLER-SANTOS ◽  
VALÉRIA FERREIRA-LOPES ◽  
MICHAL TOMŠOVSKÝ ◽  
CARLOS URCELAY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Lsu Rdna ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Morphological Pattern ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

Based on molecular evidence and morphological analyses, a new species in the genus Trametopsis is revealed. Trametopsis aborigena sp. nov. is proposed and described from South America. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of ITS and LSU rDNA sequences suggest that Trametopsis cervina seems to encompass more than one species and confirm previous results showing that Antrodiella brasiliensis groups with Trametopsis. The morphological analyses of type specimens of A. brasiliensis and A. luteocontexta revealed a shared morphological pattern with Trametopsis and their combinations in Trametopsis are proposed. The circumscription of Trametopsis is discussed since all the studied specimens revealed a previously overlooked arrangement of characters, i.e., cylindrical and slightly curved to allantoid basidiospores and a metachromatic hyphal system monomitic in the context and dimitic in the tubes.

Vanda malipoensis, a new species of Vanda (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae; Vandeae) from China: evidence from morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 186 (2) ◽  
pp. 87 ◽  
Author(s):  
LONG-HAI ZOU ◽  
Zhong-Jian Liu ◽  
JIU-XIANG HUANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Vanda, V. malipoensis, from Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated in this study based on morphological and molecular evidence. Detailed morphological comparisons between the newly discovered orchid and other members of Vanda s.l. indicate that V. malipoensis is similar to V. christensoniana and V. nana. The new plant differs from the former species by the presence of inflorescences with sparse and smaller flowers, a shorter column and caudiculate pollinia, and it differs from the latter by the presence of longer inflorescences with fully open flowers and erect sidelobes of the lip. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on nrITS and plastid datasets (atpI-atpH, matK, trnH-psbA, and trnL-F) also support the conclusion that V. malipoensis is a new species in section Ascocentropsis of Vanda s.l. and is sister to V. nana and this pair to V. christensoniana. Given the observed discrepancy between the plastid and nrITS results, hybridization may have been involved in the evolution of this set of species.

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