[Botany • 2021] Thalictrum bouffordii (Ranunculaceae) • A New Species from the Qionglai Mountains Region in western Sichuan, China

Thalictrum bouffordii  Y. P. Zeng, Q. Yuan & Q. E. Yang,

in Zeng, Yuan & Yang, 2021. 

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.510.1.2 

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Abstract

Thalictrum bouffordii (Ranunculaceae), a new species from the Qionglai mountains region in western Sichuan, China, is illustrated and described. Morphologically T. bouffordii is most closely similar to T. xinningense in habit and having clavate filaments, apically recurved styles, and sessile, profoundly ribbed and pubescent achenes, but differs by having proximally glabrous (vs. densely pubescent) stem, inflorescence a many-flowered corymbiform compound monochasium (vs. a thyrse), abaxially pubescent (vs. glabrous) sepals, and purplish (vs. white) filaments.

 

Keywords: morphology, taxonomy, Thalictrum javanicum, Thalictrum xinningense, Eudicots

Thalictrum bouffordii Y. P. Zeng, Q. Yuan & Q. E. Yang, sp. nov.

You-Pai Zeng, Qiong Yuan and Qin-Er Yang. 2021. Thalictrum bouffordii (Ranunculaceae), A New Species from the Qionglai Mountains Region in western Sichuan, China.  Phytotaxa. 510(1); 18–28. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.510.1.2  

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[Fungi • 2022] Lepiota cremea (Agaricales: Agaricaceae s.l.) • A Novel Species of Lepiota sect. Lepiota from Turkey

 Lepiota cremea   O. Kaygusuz 

in Kaygusuz, 2022. 

 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.555.4.2

Abstract

A new species of Lepiota from Turkey, Lepiota cremea sp. nov., is proposed based on morphological characters and phylogenetic analyses of the nuclear rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 = ITS) region. The morphological features together with molecular data confirmed both the novelty of this species and its infrageneric placement within Lepiota sect. Lepiota. Lepiota cremea, so far only found in Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana forest, is characterized by the pale beige basidiomata, subcylindrical to fusiform basidiospores, long pileus covering elements with often nodulose or horn-like bumps. A comprehensive description, illustrations and comparisons with morphologically similar and related taxa are provided.

Keywords: Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, ITS, phylogeny, taxonomy, Denizli, Fungi

 

  Basidiomata of Lepiota cremea (OKA-TR11019, holotype). Scale bars: 10 mm.

 

Lepiota cremea O. Kaygusuz, sp. nov. (Figs. 3‒5)

Diagnosis: — Somewhat similar to Lepiota erminea but differing in pileus colour, which is pale beige, the absence of annulus on stipe, subcylindrical to fusiform basidiospores with higher Q m values, longer pileus covering elements, habitat in the Mediterranean coniferous forests, and distinct ITS sequence.

Etymology: —The epithet of “cremea” refers to the pale beige color of the pileus that characterizes this species.

Oğuzhan Kaygusuz. 2022. Lepiota cremea, A Novel Species of Lepiota sect. Lepiota (Agaricaceae s.l., Agaricales) from Turkey. Phytotaxa. 555(4); 291-300. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.555.4.2

[Fungi • 2022] Boletopsis macrocarpa & B. tibetana (Thelephorales: Bankeraceae) • Two New Species of Boletopsis from Southwest China

A Boletopsis macrocarpa Y.C. Dai, F. Wu & H.M. Zhou; B B. sp. 1;
D–E B. tibetana Y.C. Dai, F. Wu & H.M. Zhou 

in Zhou, Zhao, Wang, Wu & Dai, 2022.

DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.89.83197

 

Abstract

Two new species of Boletopsis, B. macrocarpa and B. tibetana, are described and illustrated from Southwest (SW) China based on morphology, ecology and phylogenetic analyses by the internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS) and the large subunit of nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (nLSU). Boletopsis macrocarpa is characterized by big basidiocarps (up to 18 cm in diam), guttulate basidiospores, and the presence of gloeoplerous hyphae in context and growing in pure forest of Pinus yunnanensis. Boletopsis tibetana is characterized by smaller pores (3–4 per mm), the presence of gloeoplerous hyphae in pileipellis, and the growth in forests of Picea. Phylogenetically, the two new species are grouped in two independent lineages nested in Boletopsis. In addition, one sample from Northeast China is temporarily treated as Boletopsis sp. 1 because of the single sample; another Chinese sample from SW China is sister to B. grisea in phylogeny, and it is treated as B. cf. grisea because the morphological difference between B. cf. grisea and B. grisea is indistinct. Furthermore, the main characteristics of Boletopsis species are listed, and a key to accepted species of Boletopsis is provided.

Keywords: Ectomycorrhizal fungi, phylogeny, taxonomy

Basidiocarps of Boletopsis in China
 A Boletopsis macrocarpa (Dai 22728)  
B B. sp. 1 (Dai 22172) C B. cf. grisea (Dai 23070)
D–E B. tibetana (Dai 20896 and Dai 20897).

 Boletopsis macrocarpa Y.C. Dai, F. Wu & H.M. Zhou, sp. nov.

 

Diagnosis: Differs from other Boletopsis species by largest basidiocarps (up to 18 cm in diam) with grayish brown to dark gray upper surface, gloeoplerous hyphae present in context, guttulate basidiospores, and the fact that it grows in forests of Pinus yunnanensis at high altitude with open and slightly dry environments in SW China.

  

Etymology: Macrocarpa (Lat.): referring to the species having largest basidiocarps.

 Boletopsis tibetana Y.C. Dai, F. Wu & H.M. Zhou, sp. nov.

 

Diagnosis: Differs from other Boletopsis species by smaller pores (3–4 per mm), the presence of gloeoplerous hyphae in pileipellis and context, and the fact that it grows in the forest of Picea in Tibet, SW China.

 

Etymology: Tibetana (Lat.): referring to the species having a distribution in Tibet.

Hong-Min Zhou, Qi Zhao, Qi Wang, Fang Wu and Yu-Cheng Dai. 2022. Two New Species of Boletopsis (Bankeraceae, Thelephorales) from Southwest China. MycoKeys. 89: 155-169.  DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.89.83197

 

[Cnidaria • 2022] Stylobates calcifer • Carcinoecium-Forming Sea Anemone (Actiniaria, Actiniidae) from the Japanese Deep-Sea Floor: A Taxonomical Description with Its Ecological Observations

 Stylobates calcifer sp. nov. with host hermit crab Pagurodofleinia doederleini.

 Stylobates calcifer  Yoshikawa & Izumi, 

in Yoshikawa, Izumi, Moritaki, Kimura & Yanagi, 2022.

ヒメキンカライソギンチャク  ||  DOI: 10.1086/719160 

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Abstract

Here we describe Stylobates calcifer sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Actiniidae), a new carcinoecium-forming sea anemone from the deep-sea floor of Japan. Stylobates produces a carcinoecium that thinly covers the snail shells inhabited by host hermit crabs Pagurodofleinia doederleini. The new species is distinct from other species by the shape of the marginal sphincter muscle, the distribution of cnidae, the direction of the oral disk, and host association. The species’ novelty is supported by the data of its mitochondrial genes 12S, 16S, and COIII and nuclear genes 18S and 28S. Also, we conducted behavioral observation of this new species, focusing on the feeding behavior and interaction with the specific host hermit crab. Our observations suggest that this sea anemone potentially feeds on the suspended particulate organic matter from the water column or the food residuals of hermit crabs. When the host’s shell changed, intensive manipulation for transference of S. calcifer sp. nov. was recorded. However, although the hermit crab detached and transferred the sea anemone to the new shell after shell change, the sea anemone did not exhibit active or cooperative participation. Our data suggest that the sea anemone may not produce a carcinoecium synchronously to its host’s growth, contrary to the anecdotal assumption about carcinoecium-forming sea anemones. Conversely, the host hermit crab’s growth may not depend entirely on the carcinoecium produced by the sea anemone. This study is perhaps the first observation of the behavioral interaction of the rarely studied carcinoecium-forming mutualism in the deep sea.

Order ACTINIARIA

Suborder ENTHEMONAE

Superfamily ACTINIOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815

Family ACTINIIDAE Rafinesque, 1815

Genus Stylobates Dall, 1903

 External morphology of Stylobates calcifer sp. nov. (holotype: NSMT-Co 1794) with host hermit crab Pagurodofleinia doederleini.
The upper (A) and posterior (B) views and the marginal views of the right and left sides (C, D, respectively) of the living specimen.
The upper and marginal views (E, F, respectively) of the preserved specimen.

Scale bars = 5 mm.

Stylobates calcifer sp. nov. Yoshikawa and Izumi

[Japanese name: Hime-kin-kara-isoginchaku

ヒメキンカライソギンチャク]

   

  Behavioral sequence of the hermit crab Pagurodofleinia doederleini transferring the sea anemone  Stylobates calcifer sp. nov. from the original snail Glossaulax reiniana shell to a new one.
(A) The hermit crab begins tapping the pedal disk and column of the sea anemone with its walking legs and chelipeds. (B) The hermit crab uses one or both of its chelipeds to pinch and remove S. calcifer sp. nov. from the G. reiniana shell. (C) Stylobates calcifer sp. nov. displays no shell-mounting action after being removed from the original shell. (D) The sea anemone is turned to the upside-down position (facing up the pedal disk) by the crab. (C) The hermit crab rides on the pedal disk of the sea anemone and fits the shell to the curved line of the pedal disk. (E) The sea anemone settles down in a new shell of the host hermit crab with a usual position.

Ecological note: Stylobates calcifer sp. nov. was exclusively found on the shells inhabited by Pagurodofleinia doederleini, consistent with previous studies (Uchida and Soyama, 2001; Yanagi, 2006; Yoshikawa et al., 2019). However, P. doederleini without S. calcifer sp. nov. was sometimes collected in this study. One individual was usually attached to one host hermit crab, consistent with previous studies (Uchida and Soyama, 2001; Yanagi, 2006; Yoshikawa et al., 2019).

Distribution and habitat: All of the samples were collected from the Sea of Kumano (Uchida and Soyama, 2001; Yoshikawa et al., 2019) and Suruga Bay. All of the previous records were from the Pacific Ocean facing the middle of Honshu Island to Kyushu (Uchida and Soyama, 2001; Yanagi, 2006). The specimens were distributed at 100–400 m from the fine sand and soft mud (Fig. 1; Table 1).

Etymology: The specific name “calcifer” is driven from the name of a resident fire-demon Calcifer, which appeared in Howl’s Moving Castle, a fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones, published in 1986; the story is the original version of the Japanese animated film of the same name, directed by Hayao Miyazaki (animated by Studio Ghibli). The shell-making ability of the new species in the species-specific relationship appears as if Calcifer was in a magical contract with the Wizard Howl, constructing his Moving Castle.

Akihiro Yoshikawa, Takato Izumi, Takeya Moritaki, Taeko Kimura and Kensuke Yanagi. 2022. Carcinoecium-Forming Sea Anemone Stylobates calcifer sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Actiniidae) from the Japanese Deep-Sea Floor: A Taxonomical Description with Its Ecological Observations. The Biological Bulletin. 242;  DOI: 10.1086/719160 [2 April 2022]

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第65回 瀬戸海洋生物学セミナー

「ヤドカリの“宿”を作るヒメキンカライソギンチャクの分類・共生生態と進化学的研究への展望」

吉川 晟弘 特任研究員（東京大学 大気海洋研究所附属国際・地域連携研究センター） 

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[Entomology • 2022] Four New Species of the Genus Eophileurus Arrow, 1908 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Thailand and Vietnam, with Notes on Some Indochinese Species

(109-110) Eophileurus minor (Thailand and Vietnam), 
(111-102) E. prelli (Vietnam), 
(113-114) E. quadratifovealis (Thailand) and 
(115-116) E. sidereus (Thailand) 

Yang & Pathomwattananurak, 2022 

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.4.1

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Eophileurus Arrow, 1908 are described: E. minor Yang & Pathomwattananurak, new species (Thailand and Vietnam), E. prelli Yang & Pathomwattananurak, new species (Vietnam), E. quadratifovealis Yang & Pathomwattananurak, new species and E. sidereus Yang & Pathomwattananurak, new species (both Thailand). Two new junior synonyms are proposed: E. confinis Prell, 1913 = E. takakuwai Yamaya & Muramoto, 2008, new synonym and E. felschei Prell, 1913 = E. grossepunctatus Dupuis, 2014, new synonym. Lectotypes for E. andamanicus Arrow, 1914 and E. siamensis Arrow, 1914 are designated. Taxonomic problems regarding E. confinis and E. malyi Endrődi, 1978 are discussed. Type material of E. andamanicus, E. confinis, E. decipiens Prell, 1913, E. felschei, E. gracilis Prell, 1913, E. grossepunctatus, E. malyi, E. nicobarensis Endrődi, 1978 and E. siamensis is illustrated. A distribution map of the new species and their closest relatives is also provided.

Keywords: Coleoptera, Phileurini, new synonyms, lectotype, Indochina, Asia, Oriental region

 

Qiao-Zhi Yang and Wuttipon Pathomwattananurak. 2022 Four New Species of the Genus Eophileurus Arrow, 1908 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Thailand and Vietnam, with Notes on Some Indochinese Species. Zootaxa. 5165(4); DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.4.1

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[Botany • 2022] Miliusa agasthyamalana (Annonaceae) • A New Species from southern Western Ghats, India

Miliusa agasthyamalana  

in Arya & Kumar, 2022. 

DOI:  10.11646/phytotaxa.552.4.2

Abstract

Miliusa agasthyamalana (Annonaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to M.paithalmalayana and M. wightiana. Detailed notes on the species along with its color photographs and illustrations are provided.

 

Keywords: Agasthyamala biosphere reserve, Athirumala, Endemic species, Magnoliales, Magnoliids

Miliusa agasthyamalana

Sindhu Arya and Venugopalan Nair Saradamma Anil Kumar. 2022. Miliusa agasthyamalana (Annonaceae), A New Species from southern Western Ghats, India. Phytotaxa. 552(4); 252-258. DOI:  10.11646/phytotaxa.552.4.2

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[Botany • 2022] Vaccinium paradoxum (Ericaceae: Vaccinieae) • An Unusual New Species from Sea Cliffs on Ultrabasic Forest of Luzon Island, Philippines

Vaccinium paradoxum M.N.Tamayo & P.W.Fritsch, 

in Tamayo & Fritsch, 2022.

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Abstract

Vaccinium paradoxum is described as a new species of blueberry from the lowland ultrabasic forest of Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, Luzon Island, Philippines. It resembles V. halconense, but differs by having shorter inflorescences, fewer flowers per inflorescence, a glabrous inner surface of the corolla, absence of anther spurs, and a glabrous style. Vaccinium paradoxum is unique among the currently known blueberries in Malesia by the presence of sessile glands borne on the pedicel and predominantly near the centre or scattered on the calyx lobes. It is also the only known Philippine Vaccinium to inhabit lowland ultrabasic forest on sea cliffs.

Keyword: Blueberry, lowland ultrabasic forest, Malesia, taxonomy, Vaccinioideae, Vaccinium halconense

Vaccinium paradoxum M.N.Tamayo & P.W.Fritsch.
Distribution of sessile glands borne on the pedicel and predominantly near the centre of the lobes. Legend: calyx lobes (Cl); glands (Gl); hypanthium (Hp); pedicel (Pd); style (St; broken).

 From the holotype.

Vaccinium paradoxum M.N.Tamayo & P.W.Fritsch.
 A. Habit. B. Distal half of leaf showing marginal glands. C. Inflorescence. D. Pedicel and hypanthium. E. Oblique view of hypanthium showing calyx and disk. F. Dorsal view of stamen. G. Lateral view of stamen.

Illustration by Maverick Tamayo. Based on the holotype.

Vaccinium paradoxum M.N.Tamayo & P.W.Fritsch, sp. nov. 

Diagnosis: Vaccinium paradoxum resembles V. halconense Merr. by its leaf shape, leaf dimension, and flower color, but differs by having shorter inflorescences (1.3–3.5 cm vs. 5.0–7.0 cm), fewer flowers per inflorescence (5–8 vs. 10–15), glabrous inner surface of corolla (vs. pubescent), absence of anther spurs (vs. present), and a glabrous style (vs. pubescent). Moreover, the sessile glands borne on the pedicels and predominantly near the centre or scattered on the calyx lobes of V. paradoxum is a unique character among Vaccinium in Malesia (Fig. 2). 

Distribution and Habitat: The new species is currently known only from the type locality in the lowland ultrabasic forest of NSMNP at ca. 20 m asl on sea cliffs. 

Etymology: The epithet “paradoxum” is from the Latin meaning, in part, puzzling or unusual. This is in reference to the unique presence of sessile glands borne on the pedicel and predominantly near the centre of the calyx lobes of the new species.

Maverick N. Tamayo and Peter W. Fritsch. 2022. Vaccinium paradoxum (Vaccinieae, Ericaceae), An Unusual New Species from Sea Cliffs on Ultrabasic Forest of Luzon Island, Philippines. Taiwania. 67(3); 408-412. 

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[Botany • 2022] Ouratea yamamotoana (Ochnaceae) • A New Species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Ouratea yamamotoana Fraga, G.H.Shimizu & D.B.O.S.Cardoso,

in Fraga, Shimizu & Cardoso, 2022.

DOI: 10.24823/EJB.2022.406 

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ABSTRACT

The new species Ouratea yamamotoana (Ochnaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot is described and illustrated. The new species resembles Ouratea camposportoi, from which it differs by the persistent stipules, chartaceous leaves with cordate or slightly auriculate base, flowers with smaller pedicels, spathulate or elliptic petals, longer gynophore, and fruit with a subterete to clavate carpophore. It is assessed as Vulnerable (VU) using IUCN Red List criteria and highlights the threats to the highly endemic plant diversity of the Atlantic Forest.

Keywords: Brazil, Malpighiales, morphology, taxonomy

Vegetation physiognomy of the type locality and morphology of Ouratea yamamotoana Fraga, G.H.Shimizu & D.B.O.S.Cardoso, sp. nov.
A, General view of the Atlantic Forest at Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; B, habit and inflorescences; C, leaf; D, detail of a branch, showing the leaf bases; E, flower in frontal view; F, flower in side view; G, partial inflorescence showing flowers without stamens and petals (which have already fallen). Photograph A was taken by Leandro Jorge Telles Cardoso.

Photographs B–G are of the paratypes, accession Miranda, M.R. 214 (SPSF) and Campos-Rocha, A. & Volet, D.P. 1616 (UEC), and were taken by M. R. Miranda (B, D–F) and A. Campos-Rocha (C, G).

Ouratea yamamotoana Fraga, G.H.Shimizu & D.B.O.S.Cardoso, sp. nov.

Similar to Ouratea camposportoi Sleumer but differs by its persistent stipules (vs caducous in O. camposportoi); chartaceous leaves with cordate or slightly auriculate base and slightly revolute (vs leaves rigid chartaceous or coriaceous, with obtuse, truncated or rounded base, and distinctly revolute); flowers with pedicel measuring 6–8 mm long but reaching 7–11 mm long when in fruit, the petals spathulate or elliptic, and gynophore 1.2–1.8 mm long (vs pedicel 9–15 mm long when in flower and 14–16 mm long when in fruit, the petals obovate, and gynophore 0.9–1 mm long); and fruit with a subterete to clavate carpophore of 7–16 × 1.8–4 mm (vs carpophore elongate, piriform, 12–14 × 3.3–6.5 mm). 

 Etymology. The name pays homage to Professor Kikyo Yamamoto, who has made important taxonomic contributions to neotropical Ochnaceae, and especially Ouratea. She carried out an in-depth study of morphological traits to untangle the complex taxonomy of this genus and studied the Ouratea parviflora (A.DC.) Baill. species complex in her graduate studies. Kikyo has also played an important role training and guiding generations of plant systematists at Unicamp in São Paulo, Brazil, for over 30 years. 

 

C.N. Fraga, G.H. Shimizu and D.B.O.S. Cardoso. 2022. Ouratea yamamotoana (OCHNACEAE), A New Species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 79, 406: 1–9. DOI: 10.24823/EJB.2022.406 

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[Entomology • 2022] Extensive Species Diversification and Marked Geographic Phylogenetic Structure in the Mesoamerican Genus Stenopelmatus (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatinae) revealed by Mitochondrial and Nuclear 3RAD Data

(a) Stenopelmatus sartorianus, Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Monteverde; (b) S. sartorianus, Mexico, Chiapas, El Triunfo; (c) S. sartorianus, Mexico, Veracruz, Fortín de las Flores; (d) S. sp., Guatemala, Chimaltenango, San José Calderas;
(e) S. sp., Guatemala, El Progreso, San Agustín de Acasaguastlán; (f) S. sp., Mexico, Michoacán, Pueblo Viejo; (g) S. sp., Mexico, Michoacán, Santuario de la Mariposa Monarca; (h) S. sp., Mexico, Chiapas, Reserva Huitepec;
(i) S. sp., Mexico, Michoacán, Pueblo Viejo; (j) S. sp. aff. talpa, Mexico, CDMX, Coyoacán; (k) S. talpa, Mexico, Hidalgo, Jacala; (l) S. typhlops, Mexico, Hidalgo, Zacualtipán.

in Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, ... et Vandergast, 2022. 

DOI:  10.1071/IS21022 

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Abstract

The Jerusalem cricket subfamily Stenopelmatinae is distributed from south-western Canada through the western half of the United States to as far south as Ecuador. Recently, the generic classification of this subfamily was updated to contain two genera, the western North American Ammopelmatus, and the Mexican, and central and northern South American Stenopelmatus. The taxonomy of the latter genus was also revised, with 5, 13 and 14 species being respectively validated, declared as nomen dubium and described as new. Despite this effort, the systematics of Stenopelmatus is still far from complete. Here, we generated sequences of the mitochondrial DNA barcoding locus and performed two distinct DNA sequence-based approaches to assess the species' limits among several populations of Stenopelmatus, with emphasis on populations from central and south-east Mexico. We reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships among representative species of the main clades within the genus using nuclear 3RAD data and carried out a molecular clock analysis to investigate its biogeographic history. The two DNA sequence-based approaches consistently recovered 34 putative species, several of which are apparently undescribed. Our estimates of phylogeny confirmed the recent generic update of Stenopelmatinae and revealed a marked phylogeographic structure within Stenopelmatus. Based on our results, we propose the existence of four species-groups within the genus (the faulkneri, talpa, Central America and piceiventris species-groups). The geographic distribution of these species-groups and our molecular clock estimates are congruent with the geological processes that took place in mountain ranges along central and southern Mexico, particularly since the Neogene. Our study emphasises the necessity to continue performing more taxonomic and phylogenetic studies on Stenopelmatus to clarify its actual species richness and evolutionary history in Mesoamerica.

 Representative species of the main groups of Stenopelmatus that were recovered in our phylogenetic analyses:
(a) Stenopelmatus sartorianus, Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Monteverde; (b) S. sartorianus, Mexico, Chiapas, El Triunfo; (c) S. sartorianus, Mexico, Veracruz, Fortín de las Flores;
(d) S. sp., Guatemala, Chimaltenango, San José Calderas; (e) S. sp., Guatemala, El Progreso, San Agustín de Acasaguastlán; (f) S. sp., Mexico, Michoacán, Pueblo Viejo;
(g) S. sp., Mexico, Michoacán, Santuario de la Mariposa Monarca; (h) S. sp., Mexico, Chiapas, Reserva Huitepec; (i) S. sp., Mexico, Michoacán, Pueblo Viejo;
(j) S. sp. aff. talpa, Mexico, CDMX, Coyoacán; (k) S. talpa, Mexico, Hidalgo, Jacala; (l) S. typhlops, Mexico, Hidalgo, Zacualtipán;
(m) S. sp., Mexico, Oaxaca Mazatlán Villa de Flores; (n) S. sp. aff. piceiventris, Mexico, Oaxaca, San Juan Atepec; (o) S. sp. aff. piceiventris Mexico, Oaxaca, San Sebastián Rio Hondo.

Jorge Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón, David B. Weissman and Amy G. Vandergast. 2022. Extensive Species Diversification and Marked Geographic Phylogenetic Structure in the Mesoamerican Genus Stenopelmatus (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatinae) revealed by Mitochondrial and Nuclear 3RAD Data. Invertebrate Systematics. 36(1); 1-21. DOI:  10.1071/IS21022  

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[Botany • 2022] Lepanthes sylvilagus (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) • A New Species of Lepanthes with rabbit ear-like petals endemic to Colombia

Lepanthes sylvilagus E.Restrepo & S.Vieira-Uribe, 

in Restrepo, Vieira-Uribe, Moreno & Baquero, 2022. 

DOI: 10.15517/lank.v22i1.50373 

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 Photographs by S. Vieira-Uribe from the holotype.

Abstract

 A new species of Lepanthes from the department of Antioquia apparently restricted to the north-central Andes of Colombia is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to L. alcicornis; however, it can be easily distinguished by the transversally lobulate petals that resemble the ears of a rabbit, the reniform lip with suboblong basal lobes surrounding the column, and the absence of an appendix on the lip.

Keywords: Endemism, Lepanthes alcicornis, orchid new species, San José de la Montaña

Drawing of Lepanthes sylvilagus E.Restrepo & S.Vieira-Uribe. 
A. Habit. B. Flower. C. Dissected perianth. D. Expanded lip; Ovary, column and lip, side view (pollinia and anther cap absent). E. Anther cap and pollinia.

Drawn by S. Vieira-Uribe from the plant that served as the holotype.

Photographs of Lepanthes sylvilagus E.Restrepo & S.Vieira-Uribe.
A. Flower. B. Flower, side view. C. Plants insitu. D. View of the leaf and flower.

 Photographs by S. Vieira-Uribe from the plant that served as the holotype.

Lepanthes sylvilagus E.Restrepo & S.Vieira-Uribe, sp. nov.

Diagnosis: Lepanthes sylvilagus is most similar to L. alcicornis in the plant habit and general flower morphology, but easily distinguished by the transversely bilobed petals, with the upper lobe oblong to narrowly triangular and twice the length of the ovate, narrowly triangular lower lobe (vs. transversely bilobed petals with both lobes similar in length the lower lobe variably bifurcate, with narrowly linear-triangular lobes).

Etymology: In allusion to the shape of the petals that resemble the ears of cottontail rabbits, Sylvilagus spp.

 Species comparison.

 A-B. Lepanthes sylvilagus.
C. Lepanthes alcicornis Luer & R.Escobar. D. Lepanthes culex Luer & R.Escobar.
E. Lepanthes georgii Luer & R.Escobar. F. Lepanthes insolita Luer & R.Escobar.

 Photographs by S. Vieira-Uribe (A-E) and Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideología (F).

 Figure preparation by E. Restrepo.

Eugenio Restrepo, Sebastián Vieira-Uribe, Juan Sebastián Moreno and Luis E. Baquero. 2022. A New Species of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) with Rabbit Ear-like Petals endemic to Colombia. Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology. 22(1); 1–8. DOI: 10.15517/lank.v22i1.50373   

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Resumen: Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie de Lepanthes del departamento de Antioquia aparentemente restringida al centro-norte de los Andes centrales de Colombia. La nueva especie es similar a L. alcicornis, sin embargo, puede diferenciarse fácilmente por los pétalos transversalmente lobulados que recuerdan las orejas de un conejo, el labelo reniforme con lóbulos basales sub-oblongos que rodean la columna y la ausencia de apéndice en el labelo. 

Palabras clave: endemismo, Lepanthes alcicornis, nueva especie de orquídea, San José de la Montaña

[Cnidaria • 2022] Diplopathes antarctica, D. multipinnata & D. tuatoruensis • New Genus and Species of Black Coral (Anthozoa: Antipatharia: Schizopathidae) from the SW Pacific and Antarctica

Diplopathes sp.

Opresko, Stewart, Voza, Tracey & Brugler, 2022

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.3 

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Abstract

A new genus, Diplopathes, in the family Schizopathidae, and three new species are described from the Southwest Pacific and Antarctic region based on morphological data. The new genus superficially resembles Telopathes in being branched and having simple, bilateral pinnules, but differs in having strictly alternately arranged pinnules, and in having small polyps 4 mm or less in transverse diameter. Mitochondrial DNA placed Diplopathes and Telopathes in separate clades within the Schizopathidae, thus supporting the significance of seemingly subtle anatomical differences. The new species are: D. antarctica, with sparse branching, pinnules of up to 7 cm long, and polypar spines up to 0.045 mm tall; D. multipinnata, with dense branching, pinnules up to 3 cm long, and polypar spines up to 0.1 mm tall; and D. tuatoruensis, with very sparse branching, pinnules up to 10 cm long, and polypar spines up to 0.1 mm. Interestingly, the three new species do not form a monophyletic clade based on mitochondrial DNA. We propose and discuss two hypotheses to explain the results of the phylogenetic reconstruction, including that molecular and physical change are uncoupled or that we have uncovered another example of morphological convergence in unrelated species.

 Keywords: Coelenterata, Morphological convergence, ITS2, mitochondrial DNA, New Zealand, SRP54, taxonomy, Telopathes

 

Dennis M. Opresko, Rob Stewart, Tatiana Voza, Di Tracey and Mercer R. Brugler. 2022. New Genus and Species of Black Coral from the SW Pacific and Antarctica (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia: Schizopathidae). Zootaxa. 5169(1); 31-48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.3

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[Ichthyology • 2022] Tempestichthys bettyae • A New Genus and Species of Ocean Sleeper (Gobiiformes: Thalasseleotrididae) from the central Coral Sea

 

 Tempestichthys bettyae 

Goatley & Tornabene, 2022

DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2090633 

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Abstract

The Thalasseleotrididae is a small family of exclusively marine gobioids. They form a sister taxon to the Gobiidae and Oxudercidae and are distinguished from most species in these families by having six branchiostegal rays and a membrane linking the hyoid arch to the first ceratobranchial. Here we use micro-CT informed morphological data and molecular phylogenetics to describe a new genus and species of thalasseleotridid discovered on a tropical oceanic coral reef in the central Coral Sea. Tempestichthys bettyae gen. et sp. nov. is the first tropical thalasseleotridid and differs from other members of the Thalasseleotrididae by having a T-shaped palatine and a distinctive shape and colouration. The three previously described thalasseleotridid species are endemic to temperate coastal waters of southern Australia and New Zealand and are all translucent brown with dorsoventrally compressed heads. However, Tempestichthys bettyae is laterally compressed with a pointed snout and is translucent white with opaque white and crimson red markings and a largely crimson iris. We discuss the unique characters of this new genus, including its distribution, form, colouration and diminutive size, and highlight the potential of there being undescribed diversity in the Thalasseleotrididae.

Key words: Australia, coral reef, cryptic, cryptobenthic fishes, Gobiidae, Gobioidei, morphology, osteology, phylogeny, tropical

 Tempestichthys bettyae gen. et sp. nov.

Christopher H. R. Goatley and Luke Tornabene. 2022. Tempestichthys bettyae, A New Genus and Species of Ocean Sleeper (Gobiiformes, Thalasseleotrididae) from the central Coral Sea. Systematics and Biodiversity. 20(1); 1-15. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2090633

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