When Molecules and Morphology Clash: A Phylogenetic Analysis of the North American Ambystomatid Salamanders (Caudata: Ambystomatidae)

1991 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 284 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Bradley Shaffer ◽  
James M. Clark ◽  
Fred Kraus
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
North American ◽  
The North ◽  
Ambystomatid Salamanders

scholarly journals First records of the North American leafhopper Gyponana mail (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) invading urban gardens and agroecosystems in Europe

2021 ◽  
pp. 213-219
Author(s):  
Valeria Trivellone ◽  
Vally Forte ◽  
Luisa Filippin ◽  
Christopher H. Dietrich
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
North American ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Morphological Study ◽  
European Population ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Urban Gardens ◽  
The North ◽  
Palearctic Region

The Nearctic leafhopper species Gyponana (Gyponana) mali DeLong, 1942 is reported from Europe for the fi rst time and represents the fi rst record of the tribe Gyponini Stål, 1870 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae: Gyponini) for the Palearctic Region. Specimens were collected in southern Switzerland (Ticino) and two regions of northern Italy (Lombardy and Veneto) in 2015–2019. The preferred host plant in these areas appears to be Cornus sanguinea L. Phylogenetic analysis of the COI barcode sequences grouped one of the European specimens with three individuals of G. (G.) mali from Ontario, Canada. Morphological study indicated that the male genitalia of the European population are intermediate between G. (G.) mali and G. (G.) extenda DeLong, 1942.

An assessment of the phylogeny of the Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata), using PAUP

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 1318-1326 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Gelder ◽  
R. O. Brinkhurst
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
North American ◽  
Taxonomic Rank ◽  
The North ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Cladistic Analyses ◽  
Anatomical Characters

Analyses using PAUP (phylogenetic analysis using parsimony) were conducted on a matrix of 24 taxa and 26 characters. The taxa included generalised descriptions of a haplotaxid and a lumbriculid oligochaete as outgroups with a hypothetical branchiobdellidan ancestor and 21 genera as ingroups. The branchiobdellidan taxon is a monophyly, and using anatomical characters only, is composed of three suprageneric assemblages. The taxonomic rank of the taxon and assemblages cannot be determined until they have been compared with cladistic analyses on other closely related clitellate groups. In the meantime the currently accepted ordinal rank of Branchiobdellida and the major branchiobdellidan families should continue to be used, with the latter reflecting the assemblages of the genera in our analyses: Branchiobdellidae (including Holtodrilus n.gen., Sinodrilus n.gen., and Xironodrilus), Bdellodrilidae (including Caridinophila and Hidejiodrilus n.gen.), and Cambarincolidae. An analysis with two zoogeographical characters in the matrix caused the genera to be divided into their respective North American and Eurasian groups; however, the North American Triannulata appeared constantly in the latter group. The genera in the Branchiobdellidae, as defined by us, are found in both geographical regions, and predictably the assemblage was split in two.

Molecular confirmation of Leucoagaricus idae-fragum (Agaricales, Agaricaceae), and notes on its morphological variability

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 332 (2) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
ALFREDO VIZZINI ◽  
TOMASO LEZZI ◽  
ALESSIA TATTI ◽  
MARIO IANNOTTI ◽  
MARIO FILIPPA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
North American ◽  
Morphological Variability ◽  
Single Species ◽  
High Variability ◽  
The North ◽  
Morphological Basis ◽  
North American Taxon ◽  
Morphological Investigations

Leucoagaricus idae-fragum, a nice and very rare pink-lilac lepiotoid species originally described from France, was put into synonymy with the North American taxon Lepiota decorata by Vellinga (2006), only on a morphological basis. In this paper, the independent position of L. idae-fragum from L. decorata is pointed out, based upon the phylogenetic analysis of the nrITS sequences obtained from recently collected specimens of L. idae-fragum from three Italian areas, and from the holotype collection. Morphological investigations of all these collections revealed high variability in shape of the cheilocystidia, spores, inconstant ammonia reaction, characters which have always been considered to be quite stable within a single species and traditionally used for discriminating among species in Leucoagaricus. Full descriptions, with illustrations of fresh basidiomes and of the main macro- and micromorphological features are provided together with a comparison with allied species. 

scholarly journals Taxonomic and phylogenetic review of Necrosuchus ionensis (Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) and the early evolution and radiation of caimanines

2019 ◽  
Vol 189 (2) ◽  
pp. 657-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanne M Cidade ◽  
Daniel Fortier ◽  
Annie S Hsiou
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
South America ◽  
North American ◽  
Early Evolution ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Phylogenetic Studies ◽  
First Time ◽  
Salamanca Formation

Abstract Alligatoroidea is the most species-rich crocodylomorph clade of the Cenozoic of South America, with nearly all species belonging to the Caimaninae clade. However, the earliest records of Caimaninae in South America, which are from the Palaeocene, are based mostly on incomplete specimens, which increases the importance of detailed taxonomic and phylogenetic studies on these taxa. This paper offers a taxonomic and phylogenetic review of Necrosuchus ionensis, a caimanine species from the Salamanca Formation of the Palaeocene of Argentina. Necrosuchus ionensis is considered a valid species, albeit with a different diagnosis from that proposed by previous authors. The phylogenetic analysis shows, for the first time, that N. ionensis belongs to the derived Caimaninae clade Jacarea. However, a better understanding of the Jacarea clade is needed, and alternative placements for N. ionensis might be considered. Nevertheless, the placement of N. ionensis as a derived caimanine raises interesting perspectives on the early evolution and radiation of caimanines, which are thoroughly discussed in this paper together with other results obtained in this study, such as the recovery of the North American caimanines Bottosaurus and Tsoabichi as a clade.

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