scholarly journals Believe It or Not: On Multiplying Classes of Belief-like States

2017 ◽  
pp. 79-110
Author(s):  
James Robert Thompson
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Novel Taxa

This paper explores whether it is justified to add any new taxa concerning informational states to our psychological taxonomy. Such exploration will not lead to a straightforward decision between remaining steadfast with the taxonomic status quo and adding only one new taxon. A careful analysis of when one would be warranted in positing a new taxon for informational states will reveal similarly compelling reasons to posit all sorts of additional taxa. As an antidote to such proliferation, I suggest a reinforcement of traditional taxonomies of the mental by allowing belief and a range of extant taxa to play their requisite explanatory roles, thereby obviating the need for the postulation of any novel taxa.

Mimaporia, a new genus of Epicopeiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of a new species from Vietnam

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4254 (5) ◽  
pp. 537 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHIA-HSUAN WEI ◽  
SHEN-HORN YEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

The Epicopeiidae is a small geometroid family distributed in the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions. It exhibits high morphological diversity in body size and wing shape, while their wing patterns involve in various complex mimicry rings. In the present study, we attempted to describe a new genus, and a new species from Vietnam, with comments on two assumed congeneric novel species from China and India. To address its phylogenetic affinity, we reconstructed the phylogeny of the family by using sequence data of COI, EF-1α, and 28S gene regions obtained from seven genera of Epicopeiidae with Pseudobiston pinratanai as the outgroup. We also compared the morphology of the new taxon to other epicopeiid genera to affirm its taxonomic status. The results suggest that the undescribed taxon deserve a new genus, namely Mimaporia gen. n. The species from Vietnam, Mimaporia hmong sp. n., is described as new to science. Under different tree building strategies, the new genus is the sister group of either Chatamla Moore, 1881 or Parabraxas Leech, 1897. The morphological evidence, which was not included in phylogenetic analyses, however, suggests its potential affinity with Burmeia Minet, 2003. This study also provides the first, although preliminary, molecular phylogeny of the family on which the revised systematics and interpretation of character evolution can be based. 

scholarly journals An Update on the Novel Genera and Species and Revised Taxonomic Status of Bacterial Organisms Described in 2016 and 2017

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Munson ◽  
Karen C. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Microbiology ◽  
Human Microbiome ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Mycolic Acid ◽  
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Bacterial Taxonomy ◽  
Disease Epidemiology ◽  
The Family ◽  
Novel Taxa

ABSTRACTRecognition and acknowledgment of novel bacterial taxonomy and nomenclature revisions can impact clinical practice, disease epidemiology, and routine clinical microbiology laboratory operations. TheJournal of Clinical Microbiology(JCM) herein presents its biannual report summarizing such changes published in the years 2016 and 2017, as published and added by theInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Noteworthy discussion centers around descriptions of novelCorynebacteriaceaeand an anaerobic mycolic acid-producing bacterium in the suborderCorynebacterineae; revisions within thePropionibacterium,Clostridium,Borrelia, andEnterobactergenera; and a major reorganization of the familyEnterobacteriaceae. JCMintends to sustain this series of reports as advancements in molecular genetics, whole-genome sequencing, and studies of the human microbiome continue to produce novel taxa and clearer understandings of bacterial relatedness.

A novel late Early Miocene assemblage of terrestrial gastropods from Santa Cruz (Patagonia, Argentina)

2015 ◽  
Vol 89 (5) ◽  
pp. 748-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio E. Miquel ◽  
Pablo E. Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
First Record ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Dense Vegetation ◽  
Humid Environment ◽  
New Information

AbstractA remarkable fossil assemblage composed of five gastropod taxa is described from the Early Miocene of Santa Cruz (Patagonia, Argentina) in southernmost South America. The assemblage includes extinct and living genera South America, and on geographic distributions and represent background new information on spatial and across time distributions as well as identification of new taxa. A new taxon,Patagocharopa enigmatican. gen. n. sp., is tentatively assigned to Charopidae.Gastrocopta patagonican. sp. (Vertiginidae) represents the oldest record ofGastrocoptain Argentina and the southernmost record for the Americas.Punctum patagonicumn. sp. (Punctidae) represents the first record ofPunctumfor continental South America, and characterized by a protoconch with traces of axial costulae and a teleoconch with strong radial ribs.Zilchogyra miocenican. sp. is the first Miocene record of the charopid genusZilchogyra. Fragments of a possibleScolodonta(Scolodontidae) are recorded. Overall, the assemblage represents an important and useful paleoenvironmental tool. This fauna suggests that a more temperate and humid environment than today—with a more dense vegetation cover—was prevalent at this site during the Early Miocene.

scholarly journals Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from the Ankarana tsingy of northern Madagascar: inventory and description of new taxa

Parasite ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoine Blavier ◽  
Laetitia Laroche ◽  
Fano José Randrianambinintsoa ◽  
Vincent Lucas ◽  
Jean-Charles Gantier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome B ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
28S Rdna ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Molecular Variability ◽  
Phlebotomine Sandflies ◽  
Molecular Studies ◽  
Three New Species

An inventory of Phlebotomine sandflies was carried out in the Ankarana tsingy located in far northern Madagascar. A total of 723 sandflies were used for morphological, morphometric, and molecular studies (sequencing of partial cytochrome B (mtDNA) and partial 28S (rDNA)). Nine species were identified: Phlebotomus fertei, Sergentomyia anka, Se. sclerosiphon, Se. goodmani, two species of the genus Grassomyia, as well as three new species described herein: Se. volfi n. sp., Se. kaltenbachi n. sp., and Se. ozbeli n. sp. The recognition of these new species is strongly supported by molecular analyses. The first two of the new species could not be classified into any existing subgenus, therefore we proposed two new subgenera (Ranavalonomyia subg. nov., and Riouxomyia subg. nov.), with combinations as: Sergentomyia (Ranavalonomyia) volfi and Sergentomyia (Riouxomyia) kaltenbachi. Our study reveals important molecular variability in Se. anka, with the recognition of a population whose taxonomic status remains below that of species. Our research confirms the need to further study the specific diversity of Malagasy sandflies, which until the start of this millennium remained mostly unknown.

Syringoplutarchusia nordmanni, a new genus and species of the feather mite family Syringobiidae (Acari, Astigmata, Pterolichoidea) from the Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni (Charadriiformes, Glareolidae)

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Dabert ◽  
Maciej Skoracki
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Museum Specimen ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Host Family ◽  
Feather Mite ◽  
Mite Family

AbstractSyringoplutarchusia, a new genus of the syringicolous feather mite family Syringobiidae (Pterolichoidea), is described based on a single new species, S. nordmanni sp. nov., collected from the feather quills of a museum specimen of the Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Fischer, 1842 (Glareolidae). Absence of adanal discs and complete reduction of setae d and e on tarsi IV in males of the new genus is unique in this family. The highly elongated body shape of both sexes is most similar to the genera Plutarchusia Oudemans, 1904 and Paidoplutarchusia Dabert, 2003 but strong sclerotization of coxal fields and hypertrophied posterior legs with variously shaped apophyses resemble more advanced syringobiid mites, e.g. Syringobia Trouessart et Neumann, 1888. Syringoplutarchusia represents the first syringobiid from this host family. The taxonomic status of the new taxon is discussed.

scholarly journals Recommended minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Halomonadaceae

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 2436-2446 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Arahal ◽  
Russell H. Vreeland ◽  
Carol D. Litchfield ◽  
Melanie R. Mormile ◽  
Brian J. Tindall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
International Committee ◽  
The Family ◽  
Novel Taxa ◽  
Polyphasic Characterization

Following Recommendation 30b of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), a proposal of minimal standards for describing new taxa within the family Halomonadaceae is presented. An effort has been made to evaluate as many different approaches as possible, not only the most conventional ones, to ensure that a rich polyphasic characterization is given. Comments are given on the advantages of each particular technique. The minimal standards are considered as guidelines for authors to prepare descriptions of novel taxa. The proposals presented here have been endorsed by the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae.

The genus Pereionotus (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Phliantidae) from Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3486 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
CH. OLIVER COLEMAN ◽  
JAMES K. LOWRY
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
New Name

Pereionotus species from around Australia are described. The new taxa Pereionotus dieteri sp. nov. and Pereionotushartmuti sp. nov. are fully described and compared with the redescribed Pereionotus thomsoni. Species misidentified inthe past are synonymised and as a result the new taxon Pereionotus yongensis sp. nov. is introduced. A new name,Pereionotus hirayamai sp. nov., is proposed for Pereionotus thomsoni japonicus (Hirayama, 1987) (homonym of P. japonicus (Tzvetkova, 1967)). A key to the Australian species of the genus Pereionotus is given.

The taxonomy and phylogeny of Austropleospora ochracea sp. nov. (Didymosphaeriaceae) from Guizhou, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 491 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-229
Author(s):  
LAKMALI S. DISSANAYAKE ◽  
NALIN N. WIJAYAWARDENE ◽  
MILAN C. SAMARAKOON ◽  
KEVIN D. HYDE ◽  
JI-CHUAN KANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Terrestrial Habitat ◽  
Extant Species

Austropleospora is a genus of Didymosphaeriaceae with only three extant species. A survey of saprobic ascomycetes in Guizhou Province, China, discovered a new Austropleospora species on dead twigs in a terrestrial habitat. The molecular phylogeny based on a combined SSU-LSU-tef1-ITS DNA sequence dataset confirmed the new species’ taxonomic position in Austropleospora. Austropleospora ochracea sp. nov. is characterized by globose to subglobose and uni-loculate ascoma with a centric short papilla, brown to dark brown peridium with cells of textura angularis to textura prismatica and conical, comparatively smaller ascospores with narrowly rounded polar ends. The new taxon is compared with similar species in Austropleospora, and its taxonomic status is briefly discussed. 

scholarly journals Taxonomic notes on Encephalartos ferox (Cycadales: Zamiaceae), with the description of a new subspecies from Mozambique

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 204 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Philip Rousseau ◽  
Pieter Johannes Vorster ◽  
Abilio Afonso ◽  
Abraham Erasmus Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
Outer Surface ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Petiole Length ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Infraspecific Variation ◽  
New Subspecies

Continued work on the systematics of the genus Encephalartos has been conducted over a large area along the Mozambican coast to determine the infraspecific variation and taxonomic status of Encephalartos ferox populations. The northern extent of the species was also investigated based on anecdotal information that it might represent a new taxon. Several (45) vegetative and reproductive (ca. 40) characters were analysed and used to re-circumscribe E. ferox. Literature and iconographic citations are included, as is information on ecology, cytology and conservation as available. No specimens of E. ferox were located north of the Save River in the Sofala Province, Mozambique, and the northernmost population of the species was found to be anomalous. Accordingly a new subspecies, E. ferox subsp. emersus, is recognised based on its invariably emergent stems, shorter unarmed petiole length, shorter leaves, greater number and narrower leaflets (in seedlings as well) which are more closely spaced. Strobili and peduncles in subsp. emersus are shorter and narrower with strobili having a propensity towards yellow, while internally the megasporophylls are green, grading to white away from the outer surface. The IUCN Red List status is suggested as Critically Endangered A4d + B1a,b(v) + B2a,b(v), with the threat of illegal over-collection highlighted.

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