Reinstatement of Loxogramme dictyopteris, based on phylogenetic evidence, for the New Zealand endemic fern, Anarthropteris lanceolata (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiidae)

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Peter Kreier ◽  
Harald Schneider
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Chloroplast Genome ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Monotypic Genus

Phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand endemic Anarthropteris lanceolata are inferred from DNA sequences of four chloroplast genome regions, rbcL, rps4, rps4–trnS IGS, and trnL–F IGS. In addition to a broad collection of polygrammoid ferns, the sampling includes two species of the genus Dictymia, five species of the genus Loxogramme, and one sample of the monotypic genus Anarthropteris. The latter is found to be nested within Loxogramme, and we reinstate it here as Loxogramme dictyopteris, to replace Anarthropteris lanceolata. These findings are not in conflict with morphological evidence. Phylogenetic evidence implies an isolation of L. dictyopteris from its closest relatives in Malesia. The five other species of Loxogramme included in this study fall either into an Asiatic-Malesian clade or in an Afro-Madagascan-Neotropical clade.

Revision of the Shore-fly Genera Parahyadina Tonnoir and Malloch and New Zealand Hyadina Haliday (Diptera: Ephydridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4623 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-440
Author(s):  
WAYNE N. MATHIS ◽  
TADEUSZ ZATWARNICKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Shore Fly ◽  
First Time

Two genera of the shore-fly tribe Hyadinini, Hyadina Haliday and Parahyadina Tonnoir & Malloch, are revised, and all species treated, save P. lacustris Tonnoir & Malloch, are described for the first time. The phylogenetic position of both genera within Hyadinini is presented along with confirming, morphological evidence. The New Zealand fauna of Hyadina is now limited to the single new species H. breva, and Parahyadina is expanded from being a monotypic genus based on P. lacustris to also include the following 9 endemic new species: P. angusta, P. atra, P. bifurcata, P. bulla, P. debilis, P. edmistoni, P. hennigi, P. irwini, and P. latistylis. For both genera, emphasis is given to structures of the male terminalia, which are fully illustrated. Detailed locality data and distribution maps for all species are provided, and structures of the male terminalia are fully illustrated. For perspective and to facilitate recognition of genera, the tribe Hyadinini is diagnosed and a key to genera from New Zealand is provided. 

scholarly journals A Phylogenetic Investigation of the New Zealand  Pteridaceae Ferns

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Whitney L M Bouma
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Taxonomic Confusion ◽  
Species Specific

<p>The fern family Pteridaceae is among the largest fern families in New Zealand. It comprises 17 native species among five genera. Traditionally the classification of Pteridaceae was based on morphological characters. The advent of molecular technology, now makes is possible to test these morphology-based classifications. The Pteridaceae has previously been subjected to phylogenetic analyses; however representatives from New Zealand and the South Pacific have never been well represented in these studies. This thesis research aimed to investigate the phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand Pteridaceae, as well as, the phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand species to their overseas relatives. The DNA sequences of several Chloroplast loci (e.g. trnL-trnF locus, rps4 and rps4-trnS IGS, atpB, and rbcL) were determined and the phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand Pteridaceae and several species-specific question within the genus Pellaea and Adiantum were investigated. Results presented in this thesis confirm previously published phylogenetics of the Pteridaceae, which show the resolution of five major clades, i.e.,cryptogrammoids, ceratopteridoids, pteridoids, cheilanthoids, and the adiantoids. The addition of the New Zealand species revealed a possible South West Pacific groups formed by the respective genera, where New Zealand species were generally more related to one another than to overseas relatives. Within the New Zealand Pellaea, the analysis of the trnL-trnF locus sequence data showed that the morphologically-intermediate plants P. aff. falcata, responsible for taxonomic confusion, were more closely related to P. rotundifolia than to P. falcata. Furthermore, the species collected on the Kermadec Islands, previously thought to be P. falcata, are genetically distinct from the Australian P. falcata and they could constitute a new species. Adiantum hispidulum, which is polymorphic for two different hair types being used to distinguish them as different species, was also reinvestigated morphologically and molecularly. Morphological inspection of hairs revealed three hair types as opposed to the previous thought two, and furthermore, they correspond to three different trnL-trnF sequences haplotypes.</p>

A systematic revision of the New Zealand longicorn beetle genus Drototelus Broun (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae : Cerambycinae)

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiao Wang ◽  
Wen Lu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Dead Wood ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Systematic Revision ◽  
Species Relationship ◽  
Longicorn Beetle ◽  
One New Species

The New Zealand endemic longicorn beetle genus Drototelus Broun is revised. The scope of the genus is redefined. The monotypic genus Neocalliprason Brookes is synonymised with Drototelus. Two known species, D. politus Broun and D. elegans (Brookes), are redescribed and one new species, D. rarus, is described. These changes have brought the number of Drototelus species to three. Distribution and biology are noted for each species. Adults are diurnally active flower-visitors, and larvae are dead-wood feeders. Phylogenetic relationships of these species are cladistically analysed, confirming the monophyly of the revised genus and determining the sister-species relationship between D. politus and D. rarus.

Phylogenetic positions of Actites megalocarpa and Sonchus hydrophilus (Sonchinae: Asteraceae) based on ITS and chloroplast non-coding DNA sequences

2004 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung-Chul Kim ◽  
Christina T. Lu ◽  
Brendan J. Lepschi
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Chloroplast Dna ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Intergenic Spacer ◽  
Its Sequences ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Nuclear Rdna

Phylogenetic positions of the Australian endemic taxa Actites megalocarpa and Sonchus hydrophilus within the subtribe Sonchinae were determined on the basis of ITS sequences of nuclear rDNA and the psbA–trnH(GUG) intergenic spacer of chloroplast DNA. Both ITS and cpDNA phylogenies suggest that the monotypic genus Actites is not closely related to the members of Sonchus section Asperi, as previously suggested. Rather, this study indicates that it is more closely related to the members of Sonchus sections Maritimi (S.�maritimus) and Arvenses (S. arvensis). It also suggests that S. maritimus from section Maritimi is one of the closest relatives of Actites in Australia, although an alternative origin from section Arvenses is possible. Actites and Embergeria, once treated as congeneric taxa, appear to have originated independently in Australia and New Zealand, respectively. Sonchus hydrophilus is closely related to the S. asper complex, S. oleraceus and S. kirkii. This study suggests that S. kirkii may be involved in the origin of S. hydrophilus in Australia.

Reuniting males and females: redescriptions of Nuisiana arboris (Marples 1959) and Cambridgea reinga Forster & Wilton 1973 (Araneae: Desidae, Stiphidiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2739 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
COR J. VINK ◽  
BRIAN M. FITZGERALD ◽  
PHIL J. SIRVID ◽  
NADINE DUPÉRRÉ
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Spider Species ◽  
Males And Females

Two New Zealand endemic spider species, Nuisiana arboris (Marples 1959) (Desidae) and Cambridgea reinga Forster & Wilton 1973 (Stiphidiidae), are redescribed, including notes on their distribution and DNA sequences from the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1. Based on morphological evidence and mitochondrial DNA sequences, Matachia magna Forster 1970 is a junior synonym of Nuisiana arboris, and Nanocambridgea grandis Blest & Vink 2000 is a junior synonym of Cambridgea reinga. Two forms of male morph in C. reinga are recorded.

scholarly journals A Phylogenetic Investigation of the New Zealand  Pteridaceae Ferns

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Whitney L M Bouma
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Taxonomic Confusion ◽  
Species Specific

<p>The fern family Pteridaceae is among the largest fern families in New Zealand. It comprises 17 native species among five genera. Traditionally the classification of Pteridaceae was based on morphological characters. The advent of molecular technology, now makes is possible to test these morphology-based classifications. The Pteridaceae has previously been subjected to phylogenetic analyses; however representatives from New Zealand and the South Pacific have never been well represented in these studies. This thesis research aimed to investigate the phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand Pteridaceae, as well as, the phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand species to their overseas relatives. The DNA sequences of several Chloroplast loci (e.g. trnL-trnF locus, rps4 and rps4-trnS IGS, atpB, and rbcL) were determined and the phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand Pteridaceae and several species-specific question within the genus Pellaea and Adiantum were investigated. Results presented in this thesis confirm previously published phylogenetics of the Pteridaceae, which show the resolution of five major clades, i.e.,cryptogrammoids, ceratopteridoids, pteridoids, cheilanthoids, and the adiantoids. The addition of the New Zealand species revealed a possible South West Pacific groups formed by the respective genera, where New Zealand species were generally more related to one another than to overseas relatives. Within the New Zealand Pellaea, the analysis of the trnL-trnF locus sequence data showed that the morphologically-intermediate plants P. aff. falcata, responsible for taxonomic confusion, were more closely related to P. rotundifolia than to P. falcata. Furthermore, the species collected on the Kermadec Islands, previously thought to be P. falcata, are genetically distinct from the Australian P. falcata and they could constitute a new species. Adiantum hispidulum, which is polymorphic for two different hair types being used to distinguish them as different species, was also reinvestigated morphologically and molecularly. Morphological inspection of hairs revealed three hair types as opposed to the previous thought two, and furthermore, they correspond to three different trnL-trnF sequences haplotypes.</p>

Description of Tripylella jianjuni sp. n. (Nematoda: Tripylidae) from New Zealand

Nematology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 795-810
Author(s):  
Yumei Xu ◽  
Daniel Leduc ◽  
Weimin Ye ◽  
Zengqi Zhao
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Male Tail

Summary Tripylella jianjuni sp. n. (Tripylidae) is described from New Zealand. Females are characterised by a relatively long body (1743 (1675-1860) μm in the female and 1747 (1576-1979) μm in the male), outer labial setae (8-9 μm long) and cephalic setae (4-5 μm long) in a single circle, two large subventral teeth in two adjacent stomatal chambers, relatively short pharynx (b = 5.5 (5.4-5.6) in the female and 5.7 (5.3-6.1) in the male), vulva located slightly anterior to mid-body (V = 44 (43-46)), protuberant lips, and long filiform tail (461 (398-531) μm, c = 3.8 (3.3-4.2) and c′ = 23.2 (18-29) in the female, and 450 (362-511) μm, c = 3.9 (3.6-4.4) and c′ = 19.0 (16.0-20.8) in the male), tail with three ventromedian caudal setae. Males have arcuate spicules 37 (35-41) μm long, gubernaculum straight, 14 (12-16) μm long, three ventromedian supplementary papillae located anterior to the cloacal aperture, and a single plus four pairs of subventral caudal setae located posterior to the cloacal aperture on the tail. Preliminary analyses of phylogenetic relationships within the Triplonchida were done using the SSU and D2-D3 region of LSU DNA sequences.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document