Two new species of Diodontus (Hymenoptera: Pemphredonidae) from the western Mediterranean and their phylogenetic relationships

2019 ◽  
Vol 151 (5) ◽  
pp. 558-583
Author(s):  
Eduardas Budrys ◽  
Anna Budrienė ◽  
Svetlana Orlovskytė ◽  
Villu Soon
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Evolutionary Divergence ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Variable Regions ◽  
Rdna Genes ◽  
Two New Species

AbstractTwo new species of Diodontus Curtis, 1834 (Hymenoptera: Pemphredonidae) are described. Diodontus polytylus Budrys new species is widespread in North Africa, from Libya and Chad to Morocco, as well as in southern Spain and Portugal. Diodontus guichardi Budrys new species was found in several localities in Morocco. The new species have small differences in their morphology; however, they can be easily separated using molecular characters. Comparison of 17 molecular markers has revealed that the highest evolutionary divergence is observed in mitochondrial gene ND6 and internal transcribed spacer ITS2. The variable regions of the nuclear rDNA genes 18S and 28S demonstrated the lowest evolutionary divergence; thus they were of the least use for species identification. The most coherent reconstruction of phylogeny, in comparison to other groups of markers, was obtained using exons of nuclear protein-coding genes. A provisional key to the species of D. minutus (Fabricius, 1793) species group of the Mediterranean Region is presented.

Descriptions of two new species of Hemileucinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from the region of Muzo in Colombia—evidence from morphology and DNA barcodes

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1944 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
THIBAUD DECAËNS ◽  
RODOLPHE ROUGERIE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Additional Support

Two new species of Hemileucinae are described from the region of Muzo (Boyaca department) in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia. Leucanella bonillensis, new species, is a small greyish species whose closest relatives are L. newmani (Lemaire) and L. acutissima (Walker). It can be distinguished from those two species by several subtle differences in wing pattern and coloration as well as a few characters of the male genitalia, which are overall very conserved within the genus. Cerodirphia zulemae, new species, belongs to the very uniform species-group of C. speciosa (Cramer), characterised by a pink ground colour and the presence of a “Y”-shaped discal mark on the forewing. Based on its male genitalia, the new species is related to C. brunnea (Draudt) and C. apunctata Dias & Lemaire. It may be distinguished from the former by its more vivid ground colour, but detailed examination of the male genitalia are necessary to differentiate it from C. apunctata. Colour pictures of the habitus of the new species and their relatives are provided, and their genital structures are figured as well, including both sexes for C. zulemae. We also provide additional support to these descriptions based on genetic data obtained in the context of a global DNA barcoding campaign recently initiated for saturniid moths. Both L. bonillensis and C. zulemae are unambiguously distinguished from closest relatives based on genetic distances (no intraspecific distances in either case; interspecific distance ranges 5.6–6.6% and 6.7–12.5%, respectively) and inference of phylogenetic hypotheses based on partial sequences of the COI mitochondrial gene. These results emphasize the potential of DNA barcoding to support taxonomic work in species-groups considered difficult to address through morphology.

A molecular phylogeny of Speonemadus Jeannel, 1922 with description of two new species from Morocco (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Anemadini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4543 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
JAVIER FRESNEDA ◽  
ARNAUD FAILLE ◽  
HANS FERY ◽  
IGNACIO RIBERA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Strait Of Gibraltar ◽  
High Atlas ◽  
Two New Species

The genus Speonemadus Jeannel, 1922 currently includes 12 species distributed in the Western Mediterranean (Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, Sicily and continental Italy). Two new species are described from Morocco, S. brusteli sp. n. from the Rif and S. comasi sp. n. from the High Atlas, the first in the S. vandalitiae-group of species and the second with an isolated position within the genus. Two species are also resurrected from synonymy, S. pulchellus (Reitter, 1885) stat. rest. (former synonym of S. orchesioides (Fairmaire, 1879)) and S. gracilis (Kraatz, 1870) stat. rest. (former synonym of S. vandalitiae (Heyden, 1870)), raising the total number of species of the genus to 16. Lectotypes are designated for Anemadus pulchellus Reitter, 1885, and Anemadus tenuipes Peyerimhoff, 1917. A molecular phylogeny of the genus Speonemadus is presented, based on a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear genes and including seven of the currently recognised species, one of the newly described (S. brusteli sp. n.) and the two reinstated taxa. The genus is estimated to have diversified from the late Miocene (Tortonian), with successive cladogenetic events related to the isolation of landmasses between Iberia and North Africa, including the opening of the Strait of Gibraltar at the end of the Messinian. The distribution of some of the species of Speonemadus remains still uncertain, due to their frequent misidentification and the problems with their taxonomic status. 

Two new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Pakistan

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4820 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-185
Author(s):  
TIANQI LAN ◽  
ZHIYUAN YAO ◽  
ABID ALI ◽  
GUO ZHENG ◽  
SHUQIANG LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Type ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Gilgit Baltistan ◽  
First Time ◽  
Beijing China

The genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 is reported from Pakistan for the first time. Two new species of the Pholcus nenjukovi species-group are described: Pholcus hamuchal Yao & Li sp. nov. (Gilgit Baltistan, male and female) and Pholcus kalam Yao & Li sp. nov. (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, male and female). Type material is deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS) in Beijing, China.

Two new species and records of Olophrum laxum species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) from China and Nepal

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4399 (2) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Two new species of the genus Olophrum Erichson, 1839 of the laxum group are described and illustrated: O. lama Shavrin, sp.n. (Nepal: Rolwaling Himal) and O. schuelkei Shavrin, sp.n. (China: Shaanxi). Olophrum laxum Shavrin & Smetana, 2017 from Yunnan and O. pacei Shavrin & Smetana, 2017 from Shaanxi and Hubei provinces of China are recorded for the first time. A modified key of the laxum group is provided. 

scholarly journals Revision of the Neotropical trahiras of the Hoplias lacerdae species-group (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Erythrinidae) with descriptions of two new species

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osvaldo T. Oyakawa ◽  
George M. T. Mattox
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Coastal Rivers ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Northern South America ◽  
Atlantic Coastal

Hoplias lacerdae was originally described from the rio Ribeira de Iguape, Iporanga, São Paulo State. The Hoplias lacerdae group is defined as containing generally large trahiras with the medial margins of dentaries running parallel to each other and lacking teeth on the basihyal compared to the H. malabaricus group in which the medial margins of the dentaries converge towards the mandibular symphysis and which have teeth on the basihyal. A taxonomic revision of the group based on meristic and morphometric data identified five distinct species: H. lacerdae distributed in the rio Ribeira de Iguape and rio Uruguai; H. intermedius from the rio São Francisco, upper rio Paraná basin, and rio Doce; H. brasiliensis from rivers of the Atlantic Coastal drainage from the rio Paraguaçu to the rio Jequitinhonha; H. australis new species, endemic to the rio Uruguai; and H. curupira new species present in northern South America, including the rios Negro, Trombetas, Tapajós, Xingu, Tocantins and Capim in the Amazon basin, upper rio Orinoco near the rio Casiquiare (Venezuela), and coastal rivers of Guyana and Suriname. A lectotype for Hoplias intermedius and a neotype for H. brasiliensis are designated.

scholarly journals Two new species of the genus Crenicichla Heckel, 1840 from the upper rio Uruguay drainage (Perciformes: Cichlidae)

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. S. de Lucena
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Horizontal Line ◽  
Lower Edge ◽  
Middle Portion ◽  
Lateral Band ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Vertical Bars

Two new species of the genus Crenicichla from the upper rio Uruguay basin are described, Crenicichla hadrostigma and C. empheres. Both are included in the C. missioneira species group along with C. missioneira, C. minuano, C. tendybaguassu, C. igara, and C. jurubi, all occurring in the upper and middle rio Uruguay drainage. Crenicichla hadrostigma is distinguished by the conspicuous ocellated posttemporal blotch, absence of a humeral spot and lateral band, and the presence in males of nine to 16 narrow vertical bars extending from the dorsum to a horizontal line that passes through the lower edge of pectoral axilla. Crenicichla empheres is distinguished from the other species of the missioneira-group by the presence of six to eight horizontally elongate dark blotches along the middle portion of the body, slightly below the upper lateral line, absence of a lateral band, presence in males of numerous dark and irregularly arranged spots on nape, back, and sides of body, and isognathous mouth. A key to the species from rio Uruguay basin is presented.

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