scholarly journals A new species of spotted leaf frog, genusPhasmahyla(Amphibia, Phyllomedusidae) from Southeast Brazil

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvis Almeida Pereira ◽  
Lucas Custódio Lomba Rocha ◽  
Henrique Folly ◽  
Hélio Ricardo da Silva ◽  
Diego José Santana
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Anterior Part ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Phylogenetic Distance ◽  
Southeast Brazil ◽  
A New Species

Based on concordant differences in male advertisement call, tadpole morphology, and absence of haplotype sharing in the barcoding 16S mitochondrial DNA, we describe here a new species of spotted leaf frog of the genusPhasmahylafrom Atlantic Forest, State of Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil. The new species is most similar toP. cochranae(type locality) andP. spectabilis(type locality). It differs from these species by the size of the calcar, moderate-sized body (snout-vent length 30.4–34.4 mm in adult eight males), and in the advertisement call. The tadpoles ofPhasmahyla lisbellasp. nov. differ fromP. exilis,P. spectabilis,P. timbo,P. guttataandP. jandaiabecause they do not have row of teeth in the anterior part; differ fromP. cruziby the shape of the anterior end of the oral disc. Through genetic data (phylogenetic distance and haplotype genealogy) we diagnosed the new species where the genetic divergences among its congeners is about 3–6% in a fragment of the 16S rRNA gene, which is above the threshold typically characterizing distinct species of anurans. However, the new species can be distinguished from other congeneric species based on an integrative approach (molecular, bioacoustics, larval, and adult morphology).

scholarly journals A new species of Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura, Odontophrynidae) from Southern Amazonia, Brazil

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e12012
Author(s):  
Diego J. Santana ◽  
Leandro Alves da Silva ◽  
Anathielle Caroline Sant’Anna ◽  
Donald B. Shepard ◽  
Sarah Mângia
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Hydroelectric Dams ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Southern Amazonia ◽  
A New Species ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene

Based on concordant differences in morphology, male advertisement call, and 16S mtDNA barcode distance, we describe a new species of Proceratophrys from southern Amazonia, in the states of Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil. The new species is most similar to P. concavitympanum and P. ararype but differs from these species by its proportionally larger eyes and features of the advertisement call. Additionally, genetic distance between the new species and its congeners is 3.0–10.4% based on a fragment of the 16S rRNA gene, which is greater than the threshold typically characterizing distinct species of anurans. Using an integrative approach (molecular, bioacoustics, and adult morphology), we were able to distinguish the new species from other congeneric species. The new species is known only from the type locality where it is threatened by illegal logging and gold mining as well as hydroelectric dams.

scholarly journals Caliciopsis moriondi, a new species for a fungus long confused with the pine pathogen C. pinea

MycoKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 87-108
Author(s):  
Duccio Migliorini ◽  
Nicola Luchi ◽  
Alessia Lucia Pepori ◽  
Francesco Pecori ◽  
Chiara Aglietti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Pinus Radiata ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Pathogenic Species ◽  
Eastern Usa ◽  
A New Species

The genus Caliciopsis (Eurotiomycetes, Coryneliales) includes saprobic and plant pathogenic species. Caliciopsis canker is caused by Caliciopsis pinea Peck, a species first reported in the 19th century in North America. In recent years, increasing numbers of outbreaks of Caliciopsis canker have been reported on different Pinus spp. in the eastern USA. In Europe, the disease has only occasionally been reported causing cankers, mostly on Pinus radiata in stressed plantations. The aim of this study was to clarify the taxonomy of Caliciopsis specimens collected from infected Pinus spp. in Europe and North America using an integrative approach, combining morphology and phylogenetic analyses of three loci. The pathogenicity of the fungus was also considered. Two distinct groups were evident, based on morphology and multilocus phylogenetic analyses. These represent the known pathogen Caliciopsis pinea that occurs in North America and a morphologically similar, but phylogenetically distinct, species described here as Caliciopsis moriondisp. nov., found in Europe and at least one location in eastern North America. Caliciopsis moriondi differs from C. pinea in various morphological features including the length of the ascomata, as well as their distribution on the stromata.

A new species of Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from Borneo allied to M. nasuta (Schlegel, 1858)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4679 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
MISBAHUL MUNIR ◽  
AMIR HAMIDY ◽  
MASAFUMI MATSUI ◽  
DJOKO T. ISKANDAR ◽  
IRVAN SIDIK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Genetic Distance ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Mountain Forest ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Mitochondrial 16S Rrna Gene ◽  
A New Species

Within Sundaland, the species diversity of the genus Megophrys is richest in Borneo, with some species restricted to the northern highlands of the island. On the basis of molecular, morphological and acoustic evidence, we describe a new species of large-sized Megophrys, once confused with M. nasuta. The new species Megophrys kalimantanensis sp. nov. can be differentiated from all its congeners by large genetic distance more than 6.11% in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene, much shorter rostral and orbital appendages, and unique advertisement call. This new species has been recorded from medium to high altitudes of mountain forest in southern and northernmost Borneo. 

scholarly journals A new species of Rain Frog (Brevicipitidae, Breviceps) endemic to Angola

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 979 ◽  
pp. 133-160
Author(s):  
Stuart V. Nielsen ◽  
Werner Conradie ◽  
Luis M. P. Ceríaco ◽  
Aaron M. Bauer ◽  
Matthew P. Heinicke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Cryptic Diversity ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Acoustic Analyses ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
A New Species

Recent molecular phylogenetic work has found that Breviceps Merrem, 1820 comprises two major clades, one of which, the B. mossambicus group, is widely distributed across southern sub-Saharan Africa. This group is notable for harboring abundant cryptic diversity. Of the four most recently described Breviceps species, three are members of this group, and at least five additional lineages await formal description. Although Breviceps has long been known to occur in Angola, no contemporary material has been collected until recently. The three most widespread taxa, B. adspersus, B. mossambicus, and B. poweri, may all occur in Angola, but accurate species assignment remains challenging given the rampant morphological similarity between these taxa, and, until recently, the lack of genetic resources. Phylogenetic, morphological, and acoustic analyses of recently collected samples from disparate localities within Angola provide evidence for an undescribed species that is sister to B. poweri. The new species can be diagnosed from its sister taxon by lacking pale spots along the flanks, a pale patch above the vent, and a short, dark band below the nares (all present in B. poweri). Additionally, the male advertisement call differs from the three other Breviceps that might occur in Angola in having both a longer interval between consecutive calls and a higher average dominant frequency. We here describe this lineage as a distinct species, currently only known from Angola, and discuss the presence of other Breviceps taxa within Angola.

The advertisement call of Gastrotheca fissipes Boulenger, 1888 (Anura, Hemiphractidae) with comments on its distribution

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3312 (1) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
CAIO VINICIUS DE MIRA MENDES ◽  
DANILO SILVA RUAS ◽  
RICARDO LOURENÇO-DE-MORAES ◽  
DENNIS RÖDDER ◽  
MIRCO SOLÉ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Atlantic Rain Forest ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Southern Bahia ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
A New Species

Hemiphractidae contains five genera (Frost 2011; Duellman et al. 2011), of which Gastrotheca Fitzinger is the most diverse with 60 species in Central and South America. Eight species of Gastrotheca occur in eastern and southeastern Brazil (Izecksohn et al. 2009; Frost 2011). According to Caramaschi and Rodrigues (2007) a comprehensive analyses of phylogenetic relationships between species of Gastrotheca from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Brazil still remains to be done. Thus, they separated the species of this genus in three phenetic assemblages, of which Gastrotheca fissipes is placed alone in a group. According to Duellman (1984) the distribution of Gastrotheca fissipes ranges from the state of Pernambuco to Espírito Santo. Recently, Izeckson et al. (2009) suggested that the species formerly known as G. fissipes represented two distinct species. They described G. megacephala as a new species occurring from Espírito Santo to southern Bahia and restricted G. fissipes to occur only at the type locality, Igarassú, Pernambuco. In the present study we describe the advertisement call of G. fissipes and compare it with the advertisement call of G. megacephala. Additionally we provide new data on its geographical distribution.

A new species of Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Microhylidae) from West Coast of India: an integrative taxonomic approach 

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4420 (2) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
KUMAR K. VINEETH ◽  
U. K. RADHAKRISHNA ◽  
R. D. GODWIN ◽  
SAHA ANWESHA ◽  
K. PATIL RAJASHEKHAR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Skin Surface ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
West Coast Of India ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of microhylid frog Microhyla kodial sp. nov. from the west coast of India is described in this paper. It is distinct from all described species of Microhyla occurring in South and Southeast Asia as revealed by a combination of morphological, molecular and acoustic characters. The new species is characterized by absence of lateral body stripe, tuberculated dorsal skin surface, absence of webbing between fingers, presence of basal webbing between toes and absence of dorsal marginal groove on finger and toe disc. Each male advertisement call lasts for 0.11–0.42 s and is comprised of 2–7 pulses with a dominant frequency of 3.3–4.2 kHz. The breeding season is short, limited to the rainy season (June to September) and the females lay up to 300 eggs per clutch. A molecular phylogenetic tree constructed using the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene shows that M. kodial sp. nov. is closely related to the M. achatina group from Southeast Asia. The uncorrected genetic divergence between the new species and its closest congeners M. heymonsi, M. mantheyi, M. borneensis and M. orientalis were 7.3–7.6 %, 7.5–7.8%, 7.8–8.1% and 8.1–8.4% respectively. At present, this species is known only from the type locality, a highly disturbed urban and industrialized area which needs conservation intervention. 

scholarly journals A distinctive new frog species (Anura, Mantellidae) supports the biogeographic linkage of two montane rainforest massifs in northern Madagascar

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Scherz ◽  
Oliver Hawlitschek ◽  
Jary H. Razafindraibe ◽  
Steven Megson ◽  
Fanomezana Mihaja Ratsoavina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Frog Species ◽  
Mitochondrial 16S Rrna Gene ◽  
White Colour ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of the genusGephyromantis, subgenusVatomantis (Mantellidae, Mantellinae), from moderately high elevation (1164–1394 m a.s.l.) on the Marojejy, Sorata, and Andravory Massifs in northern Madagascar. The new species, Gephyromantis (Vatomantis) lomorinasp. n.is highly distinct from all other species, and was immediately recognisable as an undescribed taxon upon its discovery. It is characterised by a granular, mottled black and green skin, reddish eyes, paired subgular vocal sacs of partly white colour, bulbous femoral glands present only in males and consisting of three large granules, white ventral spotting, and a unique, amplitude-modulated advertisement call consisting of a series of 24–29 rapid, quiet notes at a dominant frequency of 5124–5512 Hz. Genetically the species is also strongly distinct from its congeners, with uncorrected pairwise distances ≥10 % in a fragment of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene to all other nominalGephyromantisspecies. A molecular phylogeny based on 16S sequences places it in a clade with species of the subgeneraLaurentomantisandVatomantis, and we assign it to the latter subgenus based on its morphological resemblance to members ofVatomantis. We discuss the biogeography of reptiles and amphibians across the massifs of northern Madagascar, the evidence for a strong link between Marojejy and Sorata, and the role of elevation in determining community sharing across this landscape.

scholarly journals A new species of Pelidnota MacLeay (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) from Southeast Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. e20216139
Author(s):  
André da Silva Ferreira ◽  
Fernando Zagury Vaz-de-Mello ◽  
Freddy Bravo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Anterior Part ◽  
Posterior Part ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Lateral Margin ◽  
Distal Margin ◽  
Proximal Margin ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
A New Species

Pelidnota MacLeay, 1819 is one of the most diverse genus in Rutelina (Rutelini) and, even after broad and recent revisions, fieldwork has revealed a diversity of species yet to be known to science. Here, we describe Pelidnota silveiranetoi sp. nov. with illustrations and a map for the type locality, as well as its inclusion in a previously published identification key for the Pelidnota species. The new species is diagnosable by its color pattern (body with metallic green reflections, except on the elytra, which lack black spots), mouthpart features (galea bearing three teeth and the anterior part of the labium with an excavated surface, straight proximal margin, and the posterior part with a rounded lateral margin), and parameres (concave distal margin gradually acute and slightly divergent at the apex; straight lateral margin that is slightly sinuous at the middle; slightly corrugated proximal margin).

scholarly journals Seek and you shall find: new species of the rare genus Ornamentula (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) and first record outside of type-locality

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Axell Minowa ◽  
Andre Rinaldo Senna Garraffoni
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
First Record ◽  
Amazon Region ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Southeast Brazil ◽  
A New Species

Ornamentula Kisielewski, 1991 is a monospecific genus in Order Chaetonotida. The sole species, O. paraensis Kisielewsk, 1991, is a semiplanktonic gastrotrich found in a single pond in the Amazon region of Brazil. Herein we describe a new species of the genus Ornamentula, collected in a small urban lagoon in the Atlantic Forest of southeast Brazil. Ornamentula miyazakiisp. nov. resembles O. paraensis, but it shows differences in the ornamented trunk scales and spinal spines distribution, sufficient to proposte it as it’s a new species.

Another case of cryptic diversity in poison frogs (Dendrobatidae: Ameerega)—description of a new species from Bolivia

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2028 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEFAN LÖTTERS ◽  
ANDREAS SCHMITZ ◽  
STEFFEN REICHLE ◽  
DENNIS RÖDDER ◽  
VERENA QUENNET
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Adult Size ◽  
Running Water ◽  
Mitochondrial Rrna ◽  
Iucn Red List Criteria ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of poison frog from the Serranías de Santiago and Chochis, isolated Precambrian sandstone massifs in the Chiquitanía region of Bolivia. The new species is morphologically similar to the Brazilian Ameerega braccata and A. flavopicta and best distinguished by larger adult size (27.57 mm versus < 22 mm in A. braccata) and coloration of ventral surfaces in life (light grey to light brown with black marbling versus yellowish white with occasional black marbling in A. flavopicta), respectively. The new species is genetically most closely related to A. flavopicta (uncorrected p-distances of the 16S mitochondrial rRNA gene ca. 2 %) but clearly differs in characteristics of its advertisement call (longer note duration, lower note repetition rate, lower number of pulses per note, and lower fundamental and dominant frequency). The new species can be commonly found in the vicinity of rocks, often near running water, and should be considered 'Least Concern' (LC) under IUCN Red List criteria.

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