[Botany • 2019] Prunus sunhangii (Rosaceae) • A New Species of Prunus from central China

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Prunus sunhangii D. G. Zhang & T. Deng in Zhang, Jiang, Yusupov, et al., 2019.  DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2019.01.003

Abstract

A new species of Rosaceae from Central China, Prunus sunhangii D. G. Zhang & T. Deng, sp. nov., is described and illustrated. The new species is placed in Prunus subgenus Cerasus by flower and fruit characteristics. It is most similar to Prunus cerasoides, but differs by having longitudinally 2-lobed apical petals, an acuminate leaf apex, 17–25 stamens, white petals, dark black drupes, brown hypanthium, and different phenology. The phylogenetic placement of this species was assessed based on morphological and molecular data. Molecular analysis (cpDNA + ITS) corroborated its placement in subgenus Cerasus, specifically Prunus section Serrula.

Keywords: Phylogenetic analyses, Taxonomy, Cerasus, Section Serrula

Fig. 2. Illustration of Prunus sunhangii D. G. Zhang & T. Deng sp. nov. (A) Fruiting shoot; (B) Leaf, showing abaxial indumentums; (C) Flower, showing with pistil and stamens; (D–E) Fruit, showing with pedicel.

Fig. 1. Living images of Prunus sunhangii D. G. Zhang & T. Deng sp. nov. (A) Habitat; (B) Stem; (C) Leaf, showing abaxial indumentums; (D) Inflorescence; (E–F) Opening white flower: front and back side; (G) Ripe fruit. Scale bars: 1 cm in C, D, E, F, G.

Prunus sunhangii D. G. Zhang & T. Deng, sp. nov.

Diagnosis: P. sunhangii is easily differentiated from P. cerasoides by its apically longitudinally 2-lobed petals and other features: white flowers, black drupe, stamens number (17–25), brown hypanthium and with phenology.

Distribution and habitat —P. sunhangii is restricted to the Wuling Mountains in South China, which is a center of the Metasequoia Flora (Chen et al., 2017). Plants were growing on limestone soil, scattered along a slope adjoining the valley at 300–600 m in Hunan province and at 1000–1200 m in Hubei province (Fig. 4).

Etymology – The epithet of the new species refers to the chinese botanist Prof. Hang Sun, who made a significant contribution to our knowledge of the flora of China.

Vernacular name - Chinese mandarin: Sūn Háng Yīng (孙航樱).

 Xiaoshuang Zhang, Zhilin Jiang, Ziyoviddin Yusupov, Menghua Zhang, Daigui Zhang, Komiljon Tojibaev, Ying Meng and Tao Deng. 2019. Prunus sunhangii: A New Species of Prunus from central China. Plant Diversity. 41(1); 19-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2019.01.003 

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[Botany • 2019] Manglietia pubipedunculata (Magnoliaceae) • A New Species from Yunnan, China

March 14, 2019, 7:33 am

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Manglietia pubipedunculata Q. W. Zeng & X. M. Hu  in Hu, Zeng, Liu, et al., 2019.  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210254

Abstract

A new species, Manglietia pubipedunculata Q. W. Zeng & X. M. Hu (Magnoliaceae) is described and illustrated from Yunnan, China. In addition to macromorphological examination, we comparatively studied on micromorphology of leaf epidermis, leaf structure, and epidermal cell on the sclerotesta. This new species is similar to M. kwangtungensis in terms of having dense pubescence, however, their pubescence are quite different. Manglietia pubipedunculata has appressed, compressed, shorter and sparser pubescence consisting of single or two cells. Moreover, it differs from M. kwangtungensis by showing shorter and thicker peduncles, longer styles, basal carpels covered with sparsely brown appressed pubescence, and more ovules per carpel. Furthermore, the new species has thinner leaves, brown and rugged surfaces on sclerotesta, and the alveolate cell pattern consisting of pentagon or hexagon cells with papilla on secondary cell wall under the observation by SEM. The phylogenetic analysis from two nuclear PHYA and LEAFY and chloroplast trnH-psbA sequences of 11 taxa reveals that M. pubipedunculata is a distinct species.

Fig 1. Manglietia pubipedunculata.  A, flower branch; B, flower bract; C, outer tepal; D, mid tepal; E-F, inner tepal; G, gynoecium with stamens; H, gynoecium; I, longitudinal section of gynoecium; J, longitudinal section of carpel; K, stamens; L, fruit aggregate.

Fig 2. Images of living plants of Manglietia pubipedunculata [A-D, G, I] and M. kwangtungensis [E, F, H].   A, habit; B-C, flower; D-E, flower bud; F-G, gynoecium; H-I, fruit aggregate.

Manglietia pubipedunculata Q. W. Zeng & X. M. Hu, sp. nov.

Type. CHINA. Yunnan Province, Wenshan Prefecture, Maguan County, Miechang Town, Daxinzhai Village, ..., evergreen broad-leaved forests, alt. 1453 m, ..., 14 May 2004, Q. W. Zeng 89 (holotype: IBSC). The same locality, 9 September 2003, Q. W. Zeng 80 (paratype: IBSC).

Diagnosis: Species M. kwangtungensis affinis, a qua ramulis, gemmis, petiolis, foliis subtus pedunculisque dense appresse brunneo-pubescentibus, veins reticulatis inconspicuis, tepalis 10−11, 3 exterioribus 8.8−9.8 cm longis et 3.8−4.8 cm latis, carpellis 39, basi sparse appresse pubescentibus, stylis 7−8 mm, pedunculis gracilibus 5.5−7.5 cm longis et 7−8 mm latis, folliculorum rostris 3–5 mm longis differt.

Distribution and habitat: Manglietia pubipedunculata is so far known only from a single location in Maguan County, the southeast of Yunnan Province. It grows in evergreen broad-leaved forests at 1400−1600 m with M. megaphylla, M. ovoidea and Alnus nepalensis, etc.

      

 Xiao-Min Hu, Qing-Wen Zeng, Ya-Si Liu, Lin Fu, Ru-Chun Xi, Hong-Feng Chen and Xiao-Mei Deng. 2019. Manglietia pubipedunculata (Magnoliaceae), A New Species from Yunnan, China. PLoS ONE. 14(3): e0210254. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210254

  

[Chilopoda • 2019] Arrup akiyoshiensis • A New Species of the Genus Arrup (Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae) from A Limestone Cave in Akiyoshi-dai, Western Japan

March 14, 2019, 7:35 am

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Arrup akiyoshiensis Tsukamoto & Shimano in Tsukamoto, Shimano, Murakami, et al., 2019.    DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.830.33060

Abstract

Arrup akiyoshiensis Tsukamoto & Shimano, sp. n. is described from a limestone cave, Kagekiyo-ana, in Akiyoshi-dai, one of the largest karst regions in Japan, Yamaguchi prefecture. It is distinguishable from 14 valid named congeners by some unique characteristics including entire areolation on the cephalic pleurite, elongation of distal part of female gonopod, and a tubercle on forcipular segment II. In addition, the 18S rRNA gene sequences of A. akiyoshiensis Tsukamoto & Shimano, sp. n. and A. ishiianus, one of the most morphologically similar species, differed by four bp out of 1821 bp. The fact that only troglobionts and troglophilic species are found in the collection site suggests that this new species might be a cave-dweller.

Keywords: Arrupinae, Chilopoda, Kagekiyo-ana, limestone, taxonomy, 18S rRNA gene

Figure 7. Arrup akiyoshiensis sp. n.,  A–C paratype (TS-20180418-01) D holotype (TS-20180330-01) A whole body, dorsal B head and forcipular segment, dorsal C head and forcipular segment, ventral D head and left antenna, ventral. Scale bar: 1 mm (B–D).

Taxonomy

Family Mecistocephalidae Bollmann, 1893

Genus Arrup Chamberlin, 1912

Arrup akiyoshiensis Tsukamoto & Shimano, sp. n.

Japanese name: Kagekiyo-tsumejimukade

Diagnosis: Arrup akiyoshiensis sp. n. can be distinguished from the all named congeners by a combination of the following morphological characteristics: frontal line curved; seven pectinate lamellae in mandible; comma-shaped distal lobe of coxal projection in first maxillae; a tiny tubercle on outer-distal corner of each article of the telopodite; distal article of the telopodite of the second maxillae without claw; the well-developed tooth of forcipular article I; the triangular basal tooth in tarsungulum; the poison calyx overreaching forcipular article I; 31–35 pores on lateral and ventral sides on coxopleura.

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Etymology: The species name is derived from the name of Akiyoshi-dai Karst region, which includes the type locality.

Distribution: Known from only the type locality.

Type locality: Kagekiyo-ana, Mitou Town (Mitou-cho), Mine City (Mine-shi), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

Remarks: Arrup akiyoshiensis sp. n. is morphologically similar to several other congeners, especially A. holstii (Pocock, 1895) and A. ishiianus Uliana, Bonato & Minelli, 2007 (Fig. 10), but can be easily distinguished from them by a combination of the characteristics shown in Table 7.

 Sho Tsukamoto, Satoshi Shimano, Takashi Murakami, Shimpei F. Hiruta, Takeshi Yamasaki and Katsuyuki Eguchi. 2019. A New Species of the Genus Arrup from A Limestone Cave in Akiyoshi-dai, Western Japan (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae). ZooKeys. 830: 33-51. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.830.33060

[Herpetology • 2019] Hemiphyllodactylus jnana, H. kolliensis & H. arakuensis • The Hills are Alive with Geckos! A Radiation of A Dozen Species (Squamata: Gekkonidae, Hemiphyllodactylus) on Sky Islands Across peninsular India with the Description of Three New Species

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Hemiphyllodactylus jnana, H. kolliensis & H. arakuensis  Agarwal, Khandekar, Giri, Ramakrishnan & Karanth, 2019    DOI: 10.1007/s13127-019-00392-5  facebook.com/AkshayKhandekarAK

Abstract
Sky Islands are high-elevation environments that are separated by warmer, low elevations, forming natural patches of unique montane habitat that often persist through changing climates. Peninsular India was ancestrally forested and has gradually become more arid since at least the Oligocene, and open landscapes have dominated since the middle-late Miocene. Mesic forests today are largely restricted to coastal mountains and some other montane habitats. A mitochondrial phylogeny and fossil-calibrated timetree of Indian Hemiphyllodactylus reveal an Indochinese origin and an endemic radiation with 12 species-level lineages, where a single species was known, that diversified in the Oligocene-Miocene across montane forest habitats in the Eastern Ghats and south India. The phylogeny also suggests the discontinuous Eastern Ghats mountain range encompasses two distinct biogeographic entities: north and south of the Pennar/Krishna-Godavari River basins. This study highlights the deep history of the region and the importance of montane habitats as islands of unique biodiversity that have persisted through millions of years of changing climates. We describe three new species: Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis sp. nov.,H. jnana sp. nov. andH. kolliensis sp. nov. from montane habitats above 1000 m. The montane habitats of these species are emerging hotspots of reptile endemism, and this study emphasizes the need for systematic biodiversity inventory across India to uncover basic patterns of diversity and distribution.

Keywords: Biogeography, Divergence dating, Eastern Ghats, Systematics, Western Ghats

Hemiphyllodactylus jnana sp. nov. in life (adult male BNHS 1936).

Hemiphyllodactylus jnana sp. nov.

Bangalore slender gecko.

Etymology: The specific epithet, jnana (jñāna or nyaa-na), is the Kannada word for knowledge, derived from the same root in Pali/ Sanskrit and is used as a noun in apposition. The name is given in honour of two scientific institutions in Bangalore, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), within the grounds of which the species was first found. The Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) at IISc and NCBS are at the centre of research in ecology and evolution in India, and the authors have all either worked or studied at these institutions.

Hemiphyllodactylus kolliensis sp. nov. in life  (from top to bottom: dorsal and ventral view of adult male holotype CES G138, dorsal view of adult female paratype AK 277).

 Hemiphyllodactylus kolliensis sp. nov.

Kolli slender gecko

Etymology: The specific epithet is a toponym for the type locality of the species, the Kolli Hills (known locally as Kollimalai)

Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis sp. nov. in life  (dorsal view of adult male; holotype CES G446, paratype CES G068).

 Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis sp. nov.

Araku slender gecko

Etymology: The specific epithet is a toponym for the type locality of the species, Araku.



     


Ishan Agarwal, Akshay Khandekar, Varad B. Giri, Uma Ramakrishnan and K. Praveen Karanth. 2019. The Hills are Alive with Geckos! A Radiation of A Dozen Species on Sky Islands Across peninsular India (Squamata: Gekkonidae, Hemiphyllodactylus) with the Description of Three New Species. Organisms Diversity & Evolution.  DOI: 10.1007/s13127-019-00392-5

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[Botany • 2019] Muscari fatmacereniae (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae) • A New Species from southern Anatolia

March 14, 2019, 8:38 pm

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Muscari fatmacereniae Eker in Eker, 2019.   DOI:  10.11646/phytotaxa.397.1.10

Abstract

A new species, Muscari fatmacereniae Eker sp. nov. (Asparagaceae), is described from Turkey. The diagnostic characters, description, detailed illustration, original photographs and geographical distribution of the new species are given. The conservation assessment, observations and taxonomic comments on the new species are also presented. The new species is compared with the closely related species M. armeniacum and M. botryoides.

Keywords: Muscari, new species, taxonomy, Turkey, Monocots

İsmail Eker. 2019. Muscari fatmacereniae (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), A New Species from southern Anatolia. Phytotaxa.  397(1); 99–106. DOI:  10.11646/phytotaxa.397.1.10

[Herpetology • 2019] Lynchius megacephalus • A Bizarre New Species of Lynchius (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Andes of Ecuador and First Report of Lynchius parkeri in Ecuador

March 15, 2019, 12:55 am

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Lynchius megacephalus  Sánchez-Nivicela, Urgiles, Navarrete, Yánez-Muñoz & Ron, 2019 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.1   twitter.com/SavagelabUCF

Abstract

We describe a new species of Lynchius from the eastern montane forest of southern Ecuador. We also report the occurrence of L. parkeri in Ecuador, on paramos of Yacuri National Park, near the border with Peru. We used morphological and genetic evidence for the description of the new species and the new report of L. parkeri. Phylogenetic analyses were carried out using both maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference on DNA sequences for mitochondrial and nuclear genes. The phylogeny shows that L. simmonsi is sister to a clade composed of the remaining species of Lynchius and that the new species is sister to L. flavomaculatus. The new species has a prominent and heavily ossified head with noticeably spiculate cranial exostosis that easily distinguishes it from all its congeners. The dorsal region and limbs present several reduced subconical and rounded tubercles and pronounced dermal ridges on the dorsum. We also describe the osteology of the new species based on x-rays of the holotype. Only six species of Lynchius, two known to occur in Ecuador (L. flavomaculatus and L. simmonsi). The description of Lynchius megacephalus sp. nov. and new record of L. parkeri double the number of known Lynchius in Ecuador and suggest that the diversity of Ecuadorian and Peruvian Lynchius is still underestimated.

Keywords: Systematics, osteology, morphology, co-ossified skull, natural history, Morona Santiago, new record, Amphibia

Lynchius megacephalus sp. nov.

Juan C. Sánchez-Nivicela, Veronica L. Urgiles, María José Navarrete, Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz and Santiago R. Ron. 2019. A Bizarre New Species of Lynchius (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Andes of Ecuador and First Report of Lynchius parkeri in Ecuador. Zootaxa. 4567(1); 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.1 

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[Botany • 2019] Liparis napoensis (Orchidaceae) • A New Species from Guangxi, China

March 16, 2019, 12:55 am

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Liparis napoensis L.Li, H.F.Yan & S.J.Li in Li, Chung, Li, et al., 2019.   DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.119.32041

Abstract

Liparis napoensis, a new orchid species belonging to section Cestichis from Guangxi, China is described and illustrated. It occurs in the karst limestone forest. The new species is morphologically similar to L. viridiflora and L. somae, but can be readily distinguished by having narrowly oblong-falcate petals; flabellate-quadrate lip distinctly concave at base and emarginate at apex; conspicuously arcuate column with a pair of wedge-shaped wings.

Keywords: Malaxideae, Napo County, orchid, section Cestichis, taxonomy

Figure 1. Liparis napoensis A Habit in bloom B Flower, lateral view C Flower, front view D Column, ventral view E Column, lateral view F, G Lip H Dorsal sepal I Petal J Lateral sepal. Line drawing by Yun-Xiao Liu.  Scale bars: 2.5 cm (A), 2 mm (B, C), 1 mm (D–I).

Figure 2. Liparis napoensis A Habitat B A plant in bloom C Inflorescence D Column, lateral view, showing bract E Flower, frontal view F Flower, lateral view G Column, ventral view, showing bract H, I Lip. Scale bars: 5 cm (A–C), 2 mm (D–G), 1 mm (H, I).

Liparis napoensis L.Li, H.F.Yan & S.J.Li, sp. nov.

Diagnosis: Liparis napoensis differs from its closest allies: L. viridiflora and L. somae in the clustered ovoid-cylindrical or narrowly pyriform pseudobulbs, narrowly oblong-falcate petals; a flabellate-quadrate lip with a distinctly concave base, an emarginate apex and erose margins; a conspicuously arcuate column with a pair of wedge-shaped wings.

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Distribution and habitat: Endemic to Guangxi in China. Lithophytes in rocks crevices where soil or organic matter has accumulated at elevations from ca. 650 m to 900 m in karst limestone forest.

Etymology: The epithet “napoensis” is derived from the type locality: Napo County, Guangxi, located at China’s southwest border, where the species was discovered.

 Lin Li, Shih-Wen Chung, Bo Li, Song-Jun Zeng, Hai-Fei Yan and Shi-Jin Li. 2019. Liparis napoensis (Orchidaceae), A New Species from Guangxi, China. PhytoKeys. 119: 31-37. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.119.32041

[Botany • 2019] Arisaema melanostomum (Araceae) • A New Species from China

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Arisaema melanostomum  in Ma, Du & Wang, 2019. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.395.4.2   instagram.com/baxianzimemeda

Abstract

A new species, Arisaema melanostomum, and a new combination, A. yunnanense subsp. quinquelobatum, are proposed, described and illustrated in this article.

Keywords: Arisaema melanostomum, Arisaema sect. Flagellarisaema, Arisaema sect. Odorata, Arisaema yunnanense subsp. quinquelobatum, Monocots

Zheng-Xu Ma, Wen-Yan Du and Xiao-Yun Wang. 2019. A New Species and A New Combination of the Genus Arisaema (Araceae) from China. Phytotaxa. 395(4); 265–276. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.395.4.2   

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[Ichthyology • 2019] Gymnotus darwini • A New Species of the Electric Knifefish Gymnotus Linnaeus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) from Northeastern Brazil

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Gymnotus darwini  Campos-da-Paz & de Santana, 2019  DOI:  10.1643/CI-18-141 twitter.com/ASIHCopeia

Abstract

A new species of Gymnotus is described from coastal river systems in the Pernambuco State, Brazil. It is phylogenetically referred to the “Gymnotus carapo group clade” for presenting a clear patch posteriorly at anal fin, two independent pores at dorsoposterior corner of preopercle, a single row of well-developed teeth (most arrowhead-shaped) anteriorly on premaxilla, cleithrum with anterior notch, and by the relative anus to anal-fin distance, pectoral-fin length, and maxilla length. The new species is distinguished from all congeners in the “Gymnotus carapo group clade” by a unique set of characters of uncertain polarity, including the number of dark bands along the body, dark bands along body three to four times wider than pale interbands, with nearly straight margins (never broken anteriorly into irregular dark spots), and bands nearly uniform in color, number of scales above lateral line, number of lateral-line perforated scales to first ventral ramus, number of total pored lateral-line scales, head length, snout length, body depth, number of anal-fin rays, number of pectoral-fin rays, number of precaudal vertebrae, number of teeth on anterior row of premaxilla, and number of teeth along outer row of dentary. The new taxon represents the first species of Gymnotus described from localities in northeastern Brazil, north of the mouth of the rio São Francisco.

Fig. 1. Gymnotus darwini, MNRJ 51333, holotype, 157.0 mm TL, Brazil, Pernambuco, Igarassu municipality, Refugio Ecológicos Charles Darwin, Igarapé Jacoca (or Tabatinga), rio Botafogo drainage.

Gymnotus darwini, new species 

Etymology.— The specific epithet, darwini, is a patronym honoring Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist, well known from his extensive and genial contribution to the study of evolution through natural selection, and because the holotype and a number of paratypes were collected at the Refúgio Ecológico Charles Darwin (RECD; rio Botafogo drainage, Igarassu, Pernambuco, Brazil). Darwin himself visited Pernambuco (Recife, Olinda, and vicinities) between the 12th and 19th of August 1836, while aboard of the H.M.S. Beagle (see Darwin, 1839).

Ricardo Campos-da-Paz and Carlos David de Santana. 2019. A New Species of the Electric Knifefish Gymnotus Linnaeus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) from Northeastern Brazil. Copeia. 107(1),; 144–151. DOI:  10.1643/CI-18-141  

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[Crustacea • 2019] Pinnotheres bicristatus • A New Species of Pea Crab (Decapoda, Brachyura) from south-western Europe: Species Description, Geographic Distribution and Population Structure with An Identification Key to European Pinnotheridae

March 16, 2019, 7:42 am

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Pinnotheres bicristatus García Raso & Cuesta in Cuesta, García Raso, Abelló, et al, 2019.     DOI: 10.1017/S0025315419000018

 Abstract

After the recent detection, by both morphology and DNA barcodes, of the larval stages of an unknown species of pea crab (Pinnotheres sp.) in European waters, adults of this crab are herein reported and described as a new species. The current known geographic distribution of the species comprises the Gulf of Cádiz in the eastern Atlantic and the adjacent Mediterranean waters of the south of the Iberian Peninsula (Alboran Sea), where this crab is well-established inside the anomiid bivalve Anomia ephippium. In the Gulf of Cádiz, the species displayed a relatively high prevalence: on average, 55.6–77.7%, in A. ephippium samples. The dominant demographic categories of the new species were soft females (61.8–77.0%) with fewer males (17.7–21.10%). Most of the host bivalves carried only one crab; in bivalves harbouring two crabs, heterosexual pairs were collected more frequently than expected by chance, which suggests that they could be mated pairs. A strong correlation between host size and soft female size was found (r = 0.73, P < 0.01) indicating that space availability within hosts seems to be relevant in determining the size of the sedentary phase of the new crab species.

Keywords: Anomia ephippium; Brachyura; distribution; DNA barcoding; European waters; new species; Pinnotheres bicristatus

Systematic

Order DECAPODA Latreille, 1802

Infraorder BRACHYURA Latreille, 1802

Family PINNOTHERIDAE De Haan, 1833

Genus Pinnotheres Bosc, 1801

Pinnotheres bicristatus sp. nov. García Raso & Cuesta

Etymology: The specific name bicristatus is an adjective (gender masculine as Pinnotheres) referring to the two ‘crests’ or dense tufts of setae located dorsoanterolaterally on the carapace of males and hard females.

Jose A. Cuesta, J. E. García Raso, Pere Abelló, Elena Marco-Herrero, Luis Silva and Pilar Drake. 2019. A New Species of Pea Crab from south-western Europe (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura): Species Description, Geographic Distribution and Population Structure with An Identification Key to European Pinnotheridae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. First View. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315419000018 

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[Ornithology • 2019] Pycnonotus pseudosimplex • A Cryptic New Species of Bulbul (Pycnonotidae) from Borneo

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Pycnonotus pseudosimplex Shakya, Lim, Moyle, Rahman, Lakim & Sheldon, 2019 DOI 10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a3

 Abstract  

Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex of Borneo was previously considered to be polymorphic in iris colour, having either red or white (creamy-yellow) irides. Mitochondrial DNA sequence comparisons, however, indicate that white- and red-eyed Bornean individuals are not closely related to one another. Instead, white-eyed birds are sister to Ashy-fronted Bulbul P. cinereifrons of Palawan Island, in the south-west Philippines, and red-eyed birds are sister to white-eyed P. simplex of the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Consequently, we elect to treat the white-eyed Bornean population as a distinct, previously overlooked species. In respect to plumage, white- and red-eyed individuals are almost identical, varying only slightly in the amount of yellow coloration in their feathers. The two taxa are sympatric at some localities, but white-eyed individuals are rarer and more consistently associated with mature forest than red-eyed birds.

Figure 3. Photographs from Lambir Hills National Park, Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia of (A) Cream-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus pseudosimplex sp. nov., and (B) Cream-vented Bulbul P. simplex (© John C. Mittermeier)

Figure 2. Maximum likelihood tree generated from mitochondrial ND2 sequences. Numbers adjacent to branches indicate bootstrap support. Illustrations of heads of each species are shown to the right (depictions by Subir B. Shakya).

Taxonomy.— Genetic comparisons using mitochondrial ND2 sequences reveal that white- and red-eyed individuals of P. simplex from Borneo are not members of the same species. Their segregation by iris colour is backed by a deep ND2 sequence divergence (14%). Red-eyed Bornean birds are sister to white-eyed P. s. simplex of the Thai-Malay Peninsula at 4% ND2 divergence, whereas white-eyed Bornean birds are sister to P. cinereifrons of Palawan at 12% ND2 divergence. The perfect association of ND2 haplotype with iris colour across the region where the two morphotypes co-occur suggests assortative mating and the absence of mitochondrial gene introgression. For the red-eyed Bornean population, iris colour difference is adequate for recognition as a separate subspecies (P. s. perplexus; Chasen & Kloss, 1929, Eaton et al. 2016), or possibly even species, from white-eyed P. s. simplex of the Thai-Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. Because the two taxa are relatively closely related in respect to ND2 distance, species-level reclassification should depend on future research into gene flow and song. Plumage variation is unlikely to be helpful because of the similarity between these populations and the tendency for colours to change in museum specimens (Hoogerwerf 1966, Mees 1986). For the white-eyed Bornean population, its large genetic distance from P. cinereifrons and distinct morphology (Fig. 2) are sufficient to recognise it as a species.

There are no other taxa whose names apply to the Bornean white-eyed population. P. simplex subspecies have been described from Sumatra, the Anamba Islands, the northern Natuna Islands, the southern Natuna Islands, Java, and northern Borneo (Table 1, Fig. 1). Iris colour and size connect white-eyed populations of Sumatra and mainland Asia in subspecies simplex (Fig. 1). Larger size distinguishes the white-eyed subspecies halizonus (including its junior synonym axanthinus) of the Anamba and northern Natuna Islands from other white-eyed populations: e.g., mean wing length for halizonus 83.6 mm (n = 4) vs. 74 mm (n = 12) for Bornean white-eyed individuals. The red-eyed subspecies on the southern Natuna Islands (oblitus) belongs with Borneo's red-eyed population based on iris colour, size and plumage (Mees 1986). Eye colour of the Javan population (prillwitzi) varies from red to orange or red-brown, and its plumage is more distinctive than any other population of P.simplex, including red- and white-eyed Bornean populations (Hoogerwerf 1966). Apart from these taxa of P. simplex, there is no evidence that early taxonomists confused other species of similar-looking bulbuls with the white-eyed Bornean population of P. simplex. Pycnonotus brunneus has two subspecies: P. b. brunneus (including P. b. zaphaeus) and P. b. zapolius. Both of these were described as having red irides. P. erythropthalmos (including P. e. salvadorii, sometimes recognised for Borneo) has a red iris with a yellow eye-ring. Because no name applies to the Bornean white-eyed population, we name it:

Pycnonotus pseudosimplex, sp. nov.

Cream-eyed Bulbul

Diagnosis.—The iris of P. pseudosimplex is creamy yellow instead of crimson-red as in Cream-vented Bulbul P. s. simplex of Borneo. Its plumage also differs from that of P. s. simplex in being yellower on the throat and vent, creating greater contrast with the darker breast and flanks. From P. cinereifrons, P. pseudosimplex differs in being much smaller: P. cinereifrons mean 31.7 g (n = 3); P. pseudosimplex mean 20.7 g (n = 11). P. cinereifrons also has an olive tinge to the leading edge of its remiges, which is especially obvious on the folded wings of specimens (similar to P. plumosus of Borneo). From P. brunneus, P. pseudosimplex differs in having a white iris instead of an orange or two-toned iris. Similarly, P. erythropthalmos differs in having a dark red iris and a circle of yellow skin around the eyes.

Etymology.— For more than 100 years this species has been confused with P. simplex, i.e., since Carl Lumholtz collected the first white-eyed specimen in ‘Boeloengan’ (Balungan Regency) along the Kayan River in eastern Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, in 1914 (Lumholtz 1920, Voous 1961). Apart from eye colour, the two species are almost indistinguishable; hence, we refer to the new species as ‘false’ or ‘pseudo’ simplex. The common name, Cream-eyed Bulbul, describes the main identifying character of the new species. It also evokes a time when P. simplex was known as the White-eyed Brown Bulbul, as opposed to the Red-eyed Brown Bulbul P. brunneus of Borneo (Smythies 1960).

Habitat.— P. simplex and P. pseudosimplex appear to be sympatric in mature forest interior and edge. Individuals of both species whose DNA was compared in this study were collected in the same localities during recent years: viz., Ulu Kimanis, Crocker Range National Park, Sabah, in 2008; Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, in 2013; and Batang Ai National Park, Sarawak, in 2018 (Fig. 1, Table 2). Both taxa were also mist-netted together in the early 1980s elsewhere in Sabah: at Bole River, Saliwangan Baru, and Mangkatai (Megatai) (localities described in Sheldon 2015). Although previous authors have stated that white- and red-eyed individuals co-occur throughout Borneo (Hoogerwerf 1966, Mees 1986), our experience and specimen records suggest that white-eyed individuals are considerably rarer and perhaps more habitat-restricted. P. simplex occurs to 1,100 m (Kelabit Highlands) and in several forest types of varying quality: good-soil dipterocarp, kerangas and peatswamp; primary, secondary, and heavily disturbed forest; and plantations. We have found P. pseudosimplex (only by mist-netting) to 500 m (Ulu Kimanis) near the edge of mature good-soil dipterocarp, and in kerangas forest nearer to sea level.

Subir B. Shakya, Haw Chuan Lim, Robert G. Moyle, Mustafa Abdul Rahman, Maklarin Lakim and Frederick H. Sheldon. 2019. A Cryptic New Species of Bulbul from Borneo. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club. 139(1) DOI 10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a3 

[Invertebrate • 2019] Pycnogonids (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) from the Southwest Indian Ridge

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Hedgpethia filamentus  Staples, 2019  DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4567.3.1

Abstract
This report addresses sixty-two deep-sea pycnogonid specimens collected by the Southwest Indian Ocean Seamounts Expedition, November 7 to December 21, 2011 on-board the British research vessel R.S.S. James Cook (voyage numbers JC066, JC067). Pycnogonids were collected from four of six geological features sampled along the central section of the Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR) in an area approximately 1500 km south-south east of Madagascar. Specimens were mostly gathered utilizing a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and tethered video-sediment grab platforms. Additional specimens were gathered from sediment cores or hand-picked from whale bone and wood-fall experiment nets and mooring buoy ropes. Fifteen new species are described, illustrated and compared with their nearest relatives. Two previously described species belonging to the genera Colossendeis and Austrodecus are recorded. A specimen of Austrodecus bamberi represents the first record of the female and is the only species in the collection previously known from the SWIR. One species of Colossendeis remains unnamed pending further analysis. One subadult specimen of Sericosura showing strong morphological affinity with a specimen previously recorded from the Walvis Ridge remains undescribed pending availability of further material. One subadult specimen is tentatively assigned to Nymphon. Specimens are assigned to six families and eight genera. Colossendeis rostrata is synonymised with C. melancholicus. The methodology of counting palp segments in the genera Austrodecus and Rhynchothorax is reviewed.

Keywords: Southwest Indian Ridge, RV James Cook, seamounts, new species, new records, Austrodecus, Colossendeis, Hedgpethia, Nymphon, Pycnogonum, Rhynchothorax, Sericosura, Tanystylum, Longqi/Dragon hydrothermal vent field, whale bone and wood-fall moorings, hydroids

Hedgpethia filamentus sp. nov., holotype;  with proboscis inserted into Isactinernus quadrilobatus.

Systematics 

• Family Nymphonidae Wilson, 1878
Genus Nymphon J.C. Fabricius, 1794

Nymphon rogersi sp. nov. 

Nymphon serpettiae sp. nov. 

Nymphon dentatum sp. nov. 

Nymphon gravidus sp. nov.  

• Family Ammotheidae Dohrn, 1881
Genus Tanystylum Miers, 1877

Subgenus Achelinae Sabroux et al., 2017 

Tanystylum lamonti sp. nov. 

Tanystylum tiara sp. nov.

Genus Sericosura Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969


• Family Austrodecidae Stock, 1954
Genus Austrodecus Hodgson, 1907

Austrodecus bamberi Wang et al., 2013 

Austrodecus taylorae sp. nov. 

Austrodecus sp. C 

• Family Rhynchothoracidae Thompson, 1909
Genus Rhynchothorax Costa, 1861

Rhynchothorax swir sp. nov.

Rhynchothorax coralensis sp. nov.

• Family Colossendeidae Hoek, 1881
Genus Colossendeis Jarzynsky, 1870

Colossendeis sp. 

Colossendeis melancholicus Stock, 1974

Genus Hedgpethia Turpaeva, 1973

Hedgpethia filamentus sp. nov.

Hedgpethia shalei sp. nov.

• Family Pycnogonidae Wilson, 1878
 Genus Pycnogonum. Brünnich, 1764

Pycnogonum sentus sp. nov.

Pycnogonum (Pycnogonum) copleyi sp. nov. 

Pycnogonum cheni sp. nov. 

David A. Staples. 2019. Pycnogonids (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) from the Southwest Indian Ridge. Zootaxa. 4567(3); 401–449. DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4567.3.1

[Botany • 2019] Mesosphaerum caatingense (Lamiaceae) • A New Species from the Semi-arid Caatinga Region of Northeast Brazil

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Mesosphaerum caatingense Harley & J.F.B.Pastore in Harley, Pastore, de Souza Soares, Fernando & Mota, 2019.   DOI: 10.1007/s12225-019-9795-4    facebook.com/MessiasPereiraF

Summary

A new species, Mesosphaerum caatingense Harley & J.F.B.Pastore (Lamiaceae: tribe Ocimeae: subtribe Hyptidinae), is described from the semi-arid Northeast region of Brazil known as the Caatinga biome, included under the domain of the STDF (Seasonally Tropical Dry Forest). The generic placement and its conservation status are assessed and its phenology is discussed. The new species is compared with some of its morphologically allied species, M. pectinatum, M. irwinii and M. sidifolium. Illustrations, photographs, a distribution map and a key to Brazilian species are also provided.

Key Words: Hyptidinae, Mesosphaerum pectinatum, South America, STDF, taxonomy 

Fig. 1 Mesosphaerum caatingense.  A flowering branch; B flower; C calyx and hypanthium; D corolla, opened to show stamens; E gynoecium. From the holotype. Drawn by Michelle Mota.  facebook.com/MessiasPereiraF

Fig. 2 Mesosphaerum caatingense.  A flowering branch in vivo; B flowering branch; C flower; D calyx; E corolla; F open calyx; G open corolla and stamens; H, J calyx in fruit; K humid seed; L, M dry seeds. Scalebar at F for B – M.  All from the holotype. photos: a e. messias fernando; b – m j. floriano b. pastore & ray m. harley.

Mesosphaerum caatingense Harley & J.F.B.Pastore sp. nov. 

Type: Brazil, Paraíba: Município of Passagem, Fazenda Aba, 30 Nov. 2014, E. M. P. Fernando 193 (holotype CTBS!; isotype: CSTR).

  

Recognition. Of the four species previously recorded from Brazil, the new species most closely resembles Mesosphaerum pectinatum, but differs from this in the white corolla with two purplish blotches on the upper lip (pale pinkish or yellow-tinged and unblotched in M. pectinatum). The cymes are 16 − 18-flowered (20 − 40-flowered in M. pectinatum) and the lobes of the fruiting calyx are up to 1 mm long (1 − 1.5 mm long in M. pectinatum). ....

Distribution. Up until now, Mesosphaerum caatingense has been recorded from only three States in Brazil, all semi-arid zones of NE Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba and Pernambuco. The species may have often been overlooked as the very common M. pectinatum, and therefore records from other areas are likely to occur. It is known to occur in the south-west corner of the Município of Salgueiro, Pernambuco State; in the Seridó region of Rio Grande do Norte State, within the boundaries of the Municípios of Currais Novos and Jucurutu; and in the Município of Passagem, in Paraíba state. Map 1.

Map 1 Distribution map of Mesosphaerum caatingense compared with the ecoregions of Caatinga (according to Velloso et al. 2002).  facebook.com/MessiasPereiraF

Raymond Mervyn Harley, José Floriano Barêa Pastore, Arthur de Souza Soares, Emanoel Messias Pereira Fernando and Michelle Mota. 2019. Mesosphaerum caatingense (Lamiaceae), A New Species from the Semi-arid Caatinga Region of Northeast Brazil. Kew Bulletin. 74(1)  DOI: 10.1007/s12225-019-9795-4  

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[Entomology • 2019] Hilethera xinjiangensis • A New Species of the Genus Hilethera Uvarov, 1923 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) from China and Its Complete Mitochondrial Genome

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Hilethera xinjiangensis Dong, Chen, Wang, et al., 2019 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.2.10    twitter.com/ISYEBsp  twitter.com/TonyRobillar

Abstract

The new species, Hilethera xinjiangensis sp. nov. (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) is described based on specimens collected from Xinjiang, northern China. The new species is similar to H. brevipennis Zheng & Lu, 2002 and H. turanica Uvarov, 1925, but differs from: (1) dark brown in general coloration, (2) darker coloration in forewings, (3) forewings longer than H. brevipennis but shorter than H. turanica, (4) cubital area of forewings boarder than H. brevipennis and H. turanica, (5) hind tibiae dark brown with two light yellow pre-basal rings, while dark with one fade pre-basal ring in H. brevipennis and light yellow with three dark rings in H. turanica.

In addition, the complete mitogenome of holotype was sequenced using next-generation sequencing technology. The total length of the assembled mitogenome is 16,145 bp, representing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes and one noncoding region (D-loop region). The new mitogenome sequence is compared with published Oedipodinae mitogenomes and the phylogenetic relationships within the subfamily are reconstructed. The results infer that the gene cox1 could be a useful marker for higher phylogenetic level, while the genes nd5 and rrnL could be potentially useful markers between closely related species.

Keywords: Orthoptera, new species, mitogenome, phylogenetic marker, China, Asia

Taxonomy 

Subfamily Oedipodinae Walker, 1871 

Genus Hilethera Uvarov, 1923

Hilethera xinjiangensis sp. nov.

Jiajia Dong, Zhenning Chen, Qingqing Wang, Delong Guan, Shengquan Xu and Tony Robillard. 2019. A New Species of the Genus Hilethera Uvarov, 1923 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) from China and Its Complete Mitochondrial Genome. Zootaxa. 4564(2); 514–530.  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.2.10 

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[Botany • 2019] Notes on the Genus Argostemma (Rubiaceae) from Lao PDR

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Figure 1.Argostemma ebracteolatum. A. habitat, leaves and inflorescences; B. inflorescences and flowers. KS 728 (photos by K. Souvannakhoummane).  A. pictum. C. habitat, leaves and inflorescences; D. inflorescences and flowers. Lanorsavanh 1075 (photos by S. Lanorsavanh).  Figure 2. Argostemma verticillatum. A. habitat, leaves and inflorescences; B. inflorescences and flowers. Lanorsavanh 1085 (photos by S. Lanorsavanh). in Lanorsavanh & Chantaranothai, 2019.    DOI:  10.20531/tfb.2019.47.1.06

ABSTRACT

Three species of Argostemma (Rubiaceae) are newly recorded for Lao PDR: A. ebracteolatum, A. pictum and A. verticillatum. Descriptions and photographs of the new records are provided, and a key to Argostemma in Lao PDR is presented.

KEYWORDS:  Agrostemma, key, new record, Lao PDR, taxonomy

INTRODUCTION

Argostemma Wall., a genus of Rubiaceae of ca 100 species in the Old World tropics, is largely confined to the South-East Asia (Robbrecht, 1988) but with two species in tropical West Africa (Sridith & Puff, 2000; Mabberley, 2008). For Lao PDR, Newman et al. (2007a) and Newman et al. (2007b) first recorded a species of the genus, A. laeve Benn., from Khammouan province. Lanorsavanh & Chantaranothai (2013, 2016) recorded three species A. laotica Lanors. & Chantar., A. neurocalyx Miq. and A. siamense Puff from Bolikhamxai province, and, most recently, Tagane et al. (2017) recorded an additional  species,  A.  lobbii Hook.f., from Bolikhamxai province.

During botanical surveys of the first author in northern Lao PDR, Luangphrabang Province in July 2014 with S. Souvanhnakhoummane, and Luangnamtha Province in August 2015 with C. Phongoudome and in the southern Attapeu Province in June 2014 with V. Lamxay, many unnamed specimens were collectedand identified and include new records for Lao PDR, viz Argostemma ebracteolatum E.T.Geddes, A. pictum Wall. and A. verticillatum Wall. In 1999, Sridith indicated the type specimens of A. ebracteolatum, A. pictum, A. pubescens, A. repens and A. rotundifolium were holotypes, but this is an error to be corrected to lectotypes, nevertheless the lectotypification was effectively done by him.

NEW RECORDS: 

1. Argostemma ebracteolatum E.T.Geddes, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew  1927(4):  165.  1927.  

Type: Thailand, Chiang Mai, Mae Chaem (Me Cham), 14 Jul. 1922, Kerr 6276A (lectotype K! [K000760179], isolectotypes BK! [257307], BM! [BM000028695], designated by Sridith, 1999).

Ecology.— On limestone wet rock in mixed deciduous, deciduous and dry evergreen forests, 540–1,100 m alt.; flowering July and fruiting July to August.

Notes.— Argostemma ebracteolatum resembles A. thaithongae Sridith, endemic to Thailand, in the bell-shaped corolla and 5-merous flower, but differs in having not only being densely hairy on stem, leaves and inflorescence but also the exterior of the corolla. It is unlikely to be confused with other species in Laos as only A. neurocalyx has a bell-shaped corolla but is 4-merous.

2.  Argostemma  pictum Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. (ed. Carey & Wall.) 2: 327. 1824. 

Type: Malaysia, Penang, 1892, Wallich, Numer. List 8392 (lectotypeK! [K000172892]; isolectotypes K! [K000172894], K-W!  [K-W001125373]  designated  by  Sridith, 1999), non Korth., 1851.

Ecology.— On moist sandstone rocks with soil or on wet ground in evergreen forests, 100–410 m alt.; flowering June to July and fruiting June to August.

Notes.—Argostemma pictum resembles A. neurocalyx but it distinguished by the wheel-shaped corolla which is 5-merous, and very strongly recurved with the tip coiled.

3. Argostemma verticillatumWall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. (ed. Carey & Wall.),  2: 325. 1824; 

Type: Nepal, Moreko, July 1821, Wallich,  Numer.  List  8394A(holotype K-W! [K-W001125376]). Fig. 2.

Ecology.— On moist rocks near small water-fall in evergreen forests, 740–2,200 m alt., flowering and fruiting July to August.

Notes.— Argostemma verticillatum is recognized by its curved filaments which its fused around the middle and forming a short filament tube. Because the Chinese species have free filaments (Chen & Taylor, 2011), therefore, we exclude China from the distribution information; further study is needed to clarify this character.

Figure 1. Argostemma ebracteolatum. A. habitat, leaves and inflorescences; B. inflorescences and flowers. KS 728 (photos by K. Souvannakhoummane). A. pictum. C. habitat, leaves and inflorescences; D. inflorescences and flowers. Lanorsavanh 1075 (photos by S. Lanorsavanh).

Figure 2. Argostemma verticillatum. A. habitat, leaves and inflorescences; B. inflorescences and flowers. Lanorsavanh 1085 (photos by S. Lanorsavanh).

Soulivanh Lanorsavanh and Pranom Chantaranothai. 2019. Notes on the Genus Argostemma (Rubiaceae) from Lao PDR.  Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany). 47(1); 29-33. DOI:  10.20531/tfb.2019.47.1.06

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[Crustacea • 2019] Lebbeus java • A New Deep-sea Species of the Caridean Shrimp Genus Lebbeus White, 1847 (Decapoda: Thoridae) from southern Java, Indonesia

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Lebbeus java Komai, Chang & Chan, 2019   RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY. 67

Abstract

 A new species of the thorid genus Lebbeus White, 1847, L. java new species, is described on the basis of two ovigerous female specimens from south of Java, Indonesia, collected at depths of 637–689 m. It is morphologically most similar to L. formosus Chang, Komai & Chan, 2010, known from off Taiwan, amongst about 70 congeners, but subtle morphological differences and genetic divergence estimated from the barcoding segments of the mitochondrial COI gene warrant the recognition of the new species. The new species is the third representative of Lebbeus from Indonesian waters.

 Key words: COI barcode, SJADES 2018, Caridea, Alpheoidea, Lebbeus formosus

Fig. 5. Lebbeus java, new species, holotype, ovigerous female (cl 8.7 mm), MZB Cru 4923, habitus in lateral view, showing fresh colour.

TAXONOMY

Family Thoridae Kingsley, 1879

Genus Lebbeus White, 1847

Lebbeus java new species

Diagnosis. Body surface glabrous. Rostrum straight, directed forward, reaching midlength of article 2 of antennular peduncle, approximately half length of carapace; dorsal margin armed with 3 or 4 moderately small teeth, including 1 or 2 postrostral; ventral margin armed with 4 small teeth in distal 0.3 on well developed lamina. Carapace with low postrostral ridge extending to at least midlength; supraorbital tooth arising at rostral base; orbital margin with deep notch just inferior to base of postorbital spine; suborbital lobe subtriangular, exceeding beyond antennal spine; anterolateral margin between antennal and small pterygostomial spine strongly sinuous. Pleura of anterior 4 pleomeres rounded, that of pleomere 5 with small posteroventral spine. Telson with 3 pairs of dorsolateral movable spines; convex posterior margin with 4 pairs of unequal spiniform setae. No ocellar spot on eye. Antennular peduncle article 1 with 2 or 3 spines on dorsodistal margin. Antennal carpocerite reaching midlength of scaphocerite; scaphocerite with distolateral spine reaching as far as rounded distal lamella. Strap-like, terminally hooked epipods on maxilliped 3 and pereopods 1–3. Maxilliped 3 overreaching scaphocerite by half length of ultimate article; ultimate article with short row of darkly pigmented spiniform setae on mesial margin distally. Pereopods 3 and 4 with dactyli approximately 0.2 times as long as propodi and bearing 5–7 small accessory spinules over entire length; meri of pereopods 3–5 with 3–5, 3–4 and 1 movable spines on lateral surface, respectively.

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Etymology. The species is named after the island of Java, on whose continental shelf the two specimens of the new species were collected. Used as a noun in apposition.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, south of Java, Indonesia, at depths of 637–689 m.

Tomoyuki Komai, Su-Ching Chang and Tin-Yam Chan. 2019. A New Deep-sea Species of the Caridean Shrimp Genus Lebbeus White, 1847 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thoridae) from southern Java, Indonesia. RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY. 67: 150–159.  

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[Herpetology • 2019] Pristimantis mallii • A New Species of Terrestrial Frog Pristimantis (Strabomantidae) from the upper Basin of the Pastaza River, Ecuador

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Pristimantis mallii   Reyes-Puig, Reyes-Puig, Velarde-Garcéz, Dávalos, Mancero, Navarrete, Yánez-Muñoz, Cisneros-Heredia & Ron, 2019 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.832.30874

Abstract
We describe a new species of Pristimantis from the montane forest of the Río Zuñag Ecological Reserve, upper basin of the Pastaza River, Ecuador. Pristimantis mallii sp. n. is characterized by a snout-vent length of 11.6–21.3 mm in adult males (n = 12), 22.6–34.3 mm in adult females (n = 8), and is compared morphologically and genetically with Pristimantis miktos and with other relevant species of Pristimantis. The new species is characterized by having skin on dorsum and flanks shagreen, distinctive scapular folds, snout broadly rounded in dorsal view, upper eyelid bearing one or two subconical tubercles and some rounded tubercles, dorsum and flanks light brown to brown, with irregular dark brown marks bounded by dirty cream and groin with irregular yellowish marks.

Keywords: Montane forest, Pristimantis mallii sp. n., Río Zuñag Reserve, Terrarana

Figure 1. Phylogeny of Pristimantis showing the relationships of Pristimantis mallii sp. n. (red). The phylogram was derived from analysis of 2968 bp of mitochondrial (gene fragments 12S and 16S) and nuclear (gene fragment RAG) DNA sequences. Branch support is presented for each clade as Bayesian posterior probabilities × 100 (left of the slash) and non-parametric bootstrap (right of the slash). Asterisks indicate support values of 100. The external group is not shown. For each specimen, museum catalog number, locality, and GenBank accession number (in parentheses) are reported. Abbreviations: E. R. = Ecological Reserve.

Figure 2. Coloration in life of Pristimantis mallii sp. n. Dorsal view. A ZSFQ 1305, SVL = 34.3 mm, adult female B DHMECN 5236, SVL = 30.9 mm, adult female C QCAZ 52473, SVL = 28.8 mm, holotype, adult female; Second line from left to right D QCAZ 52494, SVL = 29.3 mm, adult female E QCAZ 52512, SVL = 10.3 mm, subadult male F QCAZ 52474, SVL = 11.6 mm, adult male. Ventral view G DHMECN 5236, SVL = 30.9 mm, adult female H QCAZ 52473, SVL = 28.8 mm, holotype, adult female I QCAZ 52474, SVL = 11.6 mm, adult male. Pictures are not to scale.

Pristimantis mallii sp. n. 

Proposed standard English name: Malli’s Rain Frog

Proposed standard Spanish name: Cutín de Malli

Diagnosis: A new species of Pristimantis having the following combination of characters: (1) skin on dorsum and flanks shagreen, with rounded tubercles scattered towards the axillary region, with “) (” shaped scapular folds (evident in life); dorsolateral folds absent; skin on venter areolate; discoidal fold slightly defined; (2) tympanic membrane and tympanic annulus present, round, equivalent to 45% of ED; supratympanic fold present; (3) snout broadly rounded in dorsal view, moderate in length and rounded in lateral view; (4) upper eyelid with one or two subconical tubercles on the center of eyelid and some rounded tubercles (less evident in preserved specimens); EW 100% of IOD; cranial crests absent (5) dentigerous processes of vomers oblique in outline, with five to seven teeth, moderately separated, posteromedial to choanae; (6) vocals slits and nuptial pads present; (7) Finger I shorter that Finger II; discs of digits expanded, truncate; two times the width of the digits on Fingers III and IV; (8) fingers with lateral fringes; (9) ulnar tubercles present, rounded; (10) heel bearing one or two subconical tubercles (less evident in preserved specimens) surrounded by few lower rounded tubercles; inner tarsal fold present, it extends up to 1/4 of the tarsus; (11) inner metatarsal tubercle oval, 5–6× as large as outer metatarsal tubercle that is subconical; supernumerary plantar tubercles indistinct; (12) toes with slightly defined lateral fringes; webbing absent; Toe V longer that Toe III, disc on Toe V reach the distal subarticular tubercle on Toe IV; (13) in life, dorsum and flanks light brown to brown, with irregular dark brown marks bounded by dirty cream, light brown or greenish cream; hidden surfaces of thighs brown splashed with dirty cream; groin with irregular yellowish marks; venter light gray or cream, spotted to densely spotted with brown. Golden coppery iris with black reticulations and a reddish-brown horizontal stripe; (14) SVL in adult males 16.7 ± 4.5 (11.6–21.3 mm); females with 27.6 ± 3.9 (22.6–34.3).

Distribution and natural history:

Pristimantis mallii is only known from Fundación EcoMinga’s Río Zuñag Ecological Reserve, which is located in the southeastern buffer zone of the Llanganates National Park, in Baños, Río Negro, Tungurahua province, in the upper basin of the Pastaza River, on the east-central slope of the Andes in Ecuador. This locality comprises montane cloud forest (MAE 2012). The elevation range is 1300–2190 m above sea level.

All specimens were found on herbaceous and shrub vegetation inside mature forest, where they perched on herbs, shrubs, palms, ferns, bromeliads and Araceae between 100 and 450 cm above the ground. A couple in amplexus was found in January 2012, and the female deposited an egg clutch in a field bag, in the time passed between being collected in the field and reaching the base camp. Additionally, two couples in amplexus and an adult female were found in October 2017.

Etymology: The new species is named in honor of the late Dr V. N. Mallikarjuna “Malli” Rao, of Wilmington, Delaware, USA. A winner of the Lavosier Medal at DuPont, he helped develop an environmentally safe alternative to the fluorocarbons that were depleting the ozone layer. His donation to EcoMinga in 2007 started the Río Zuñag Reserve, the type locality of P. mallii.


 Carolina Reyes-Puig, Juan Pablo Reyes-Puig, Daniel A. Velarde-Garcéz, Nicolás Dávalos, Emilio Mancero, María José Navarrete, Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia and Santiago R. Ron. 2019. A New Species of Terrestrial Frog Pristimantis (Strabomantidae) from the upper Basin of the Pastaza River, Ecuador.  ZooKeys. 832: 113-133.  DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.832.30874

Resumen:Describimos una nueva especie de Pristimantis del bosque montano de la Reserva Ecológica Río Zuñag, cuenca alta del río Pastaza, Ecuador. Pristimantis mallii sp. n. es caracterizada por una longitud rostro-cloacal de 11.6–21.3 mm en machos adultos (n = 12), 22.6–34.3 mm en hembras adultas (n = 8), y es comparada morfológica y genéticamente con Pristimantis miktos y con otras especies relevantes de Pristimantis. La especie nueva se caracteriza por tener la piel del dorso y flancos finamente granular, pliegues escapulares distintivos, hocico redondeado en vista dorsal, párpado superior con uno dos tubérculos subcónicos y algunos redondeados, dorso y flancos café claro a café, con marcas irregulares café oscuras bordeadas de crema sucio y marcas irregulares amarillentas en las ingles.

Palabras clave: Bosque montano, Pristimantis mallii sp. n., Reserva Río Zuñag, Terrarana

[Invertebrate • 2019] Branchiosyllis belchiori & B. gonzaguinhai • Two New Sponge-associated Branchiosyllis (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Northeastern Brazil

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Branchiosyllis gonzaguinhai  Nascimento, Fukuda & de Paiva, 2019  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.6

Abstract

Here we describe two new species in the genus Branchiosyllis Ehlers, 1887 associated with sponges. Branchiosyllis belchiori sp. nov. was found in Todos os Santos Bay, state of Bahia, and in the Fernando de Noronha Island (Northeastern Brazil), and Branchiosyllis gonzaguinhai sp. nov. was found in the Fernando de Noronha Island and Rocas Atoll. We compare the species herein described with their morphologically most similar congeners and provide a synoptic table of the morphological variation among the type-series of the two new species. An identification key for the species of Branchiosyllis recorded in Brazil is also provided.

Keywords: Annelida, Islands, Fernando de Noronha, Taxonomy, Atlantic Ocean, Polychaeta

Rodolfo Leandro Nascimento, Marcelo Veronesi Fukuda and Paulo Cesar de Paiva. 2019.   Two New Sponge-associated Branchiosyllis (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa. 4568(2); 307–322. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.6

[Fungi • 2019] Megaphylogeny Resolves Global Patterns of Mushroom (Agaricomycetes) Evolution

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Phylogenetic relationships and diversification across 5,284 mushroom-forming fungi.  in Varga, Krizsán, Földi, et al., 2019.     DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0834-1    twitter.com/NatureEcoEvo

Mushroom-forming fungi (Agaricomycetes) have the greatest morphological diversity and complexity of any group of fungi. They have radiated into most niches and fulfil diverse roles in the ecosystem, including wood decomposers, pathogens or mycorrhizal mutualists. Despite the importance of mushroom-forming fungi, large-scale patterns of their evolutionary history are poorly known, in part due to the lack of a comprehensive and dated molecular phylogeny. Here, using multigene and genome-based data, we assemble a 5,284-species phylogenetic tree and infer ages and broad patterns of speciation/extinction and morphological innovation in mushroom-forming fungi. Agaricomycetes started a rapid class-wide radiation in the Jurassic, coinciding with the spread of (sub)tropical coniferous forests and a warming climate. A possible mass extinction, several clade-specific adaptive radiations and morphological diversification of fruiting bodies followed during the Cretaceous and the Paleogene, convergently giving rise to the classic toadstool morphology, with a cap, stalk and gills (pileate-stipitate morphology). This morphology is associated with increased rates of lineage diversification, suggesting it represents a key innovation in the evolution of mushroom-forming fungi. The increase in mushroom diversity started during the Mesozoic-Cenozoic radiation event, an era of humid climate when terrestrial communities dominated by gymnosperms and reptiles were also expanding.

Fig. 1: Phylogenetic relationships and diversification across 5,284 mushroom-forming fungi. One of the 245 analysed maximum-likelihood trees was randomly chosen and visualized. Trees were inferred from nrLSU, rpb2, ef1-a sequences with a phylogenomic backbone constraint of deep nodes. Branches are coloured by net diversification (speciation minus extinction) rate inferred in Bayesian Analysis of Macroevolutionary Mixtures (BAMM). Warmer colours denote a higher rate of diversification. Significant shifts in diversification rate are shown by triangles at nodes. Only shifts present on >50% of ten trees, with a Bayesian posterior probability >0.5 and a posterior odds ratio >5 are shown. See Supplementary Data 6 for detailed discussion of shifts. Reconstructed probabilities of ancestral plant hosts for order-level clades are shown as pie charts partitioned by the inferred ancestral probability for gymnosperm (green) and angiosperm host (black). Pie charts are given for the most recent common ancestors of each order plus backbone nodes within the Agaricales—for small orders see Supplementary Data 3. Inner and outer bars around the tree denote extant substrate preference (black, angiosperm; green, gymnosperm; grey, generalist) and the placement of species used for inferring the 650-gene phylogenomic backbone phylogeny. Geological time scale is indicated with grey/white concentric rings.

Torda Varga, Krisztina Krizsán, Csenge Földi, Bálint Dima, Marisol Sánchez-García, Santiago Sánchez-Ramírez, Gergely J. Szöllősi, János G. Szarkándi, Viktor Papp, László Albert, William Andreopoulos, Claudio Angelini, Vladimír Antonín, Kerrie W. Barry, Neale L. Bougher, Peter Buchanan, Bart Buyck, Viktória Bense, Pam Catcheside, Mansi Chovatia, Jerry Cooper, Wolfgang Dämon, Dennis Desjardin, Péter Finy, József Geml, Sajeet Haridas, Karen Hughes, Alfredo Justo, Dariusz Karasiński, Ivona Kautmanova, Brigitta Kiss, Sándor Kocsubé, Heikki Kotiranta, Kurt M. LaButti, Bernardo E. Lechner, Kare Liimatainen, Anna Lipzen, Zoltán Lukács, Sirma Mihaltcheva, Louis N. Morgado, Tuula Niskanen, Machiel E. Noordeloos, Robin A. Ohm, Beatriz Ortiz-Santana, Clark Ovrebo, Nikolett Rácz, Robert Riley, Anton Savchenko, Anton Shiryaev, Karl Soop, Viacheslav Spirin, Csilla Szebenyi, Michal Tomšovský, Rodham E. Tulloss, Jessie Uehling, Igor V. Grigoriev, Csaba Vágvölgyi, Tamás Papp, Francis M. Martin, Otto Miettinen, David S. Hibbett and László G. Nagy. 2019. Megaphylogeny Resolves Global Patterns of Mushroom Evolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution.  DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0834-1   

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[Paleontology • 2019] Iberodactylus andreui • A New Crested Pterodactyloid from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula and the Radiation of the Clade Anhangueria

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Iberodactylus andreui   Holgado, Pêgas, Canudo, Fortuny, Rodrigues, Company & Kellner. 2019   DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41280-4  [C: Hamipterus tianshanensis] twitter.com/pterosaurios Illustration by Hugo Salais @metazoastudio

Abstract

The pterosaur record from the Iberian Peninsula is mostly scarce and undefined, but in the last few years some new taxa have been described from different Lower Cretaceous sites of Spain. Here we describe a new genus and species of toothed pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian of the Iberian Peninsula, Iberodactylus andreui gen. et sp. nov., that shows a close and rather unexpected relationship with Hamipterus tianshanensis from China. A review of the phylogenetic relationships of the Anhangueria reveals a new family of pterodactyloid pterosaurs, the Hamipteridae fam. nov. being recovered as sister-group of the Anhangueridae. This latter clade can be in turn divided into the new clades Anhanguerinae and Coloborhynchinae. The close relationships of Iberodactylus and Hamipterus shows an interesting palaeobiogeographical correlation between the Chinese and Iberian pterosaur faunas during the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous). The discovery of Iberodactylus strongly suggests that the clade Anhangueria has clear ancestral ties in eastern Laurasia.

a life reconstruction of a flock of Iberodactylus andreui gen. et sp. nov.  by Hugo Salais @metazoastudio

Figure 3 Comparison of the rostrum of Iberodactylus andreui gen. et sp. nov. (MPZ-2014/1) with a cast of a skull of Hamipterus tianshanensis (specimen stored at the Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (MN), MN-7536-V). Pictures in right lateral (A,C) and palatal (B,D) views.

Systematic Palaeontology

Pterosauria Kaup, 1834.

Pterodactyloidea Plieninger, 1901.

Ornithocheiroidea Seeley, 1870 sensu Kellner (2003).

Pteranodontoidea Marsh, 1876 sensu Kellner (2003).

Lanceodontia Andres et al. (2014).

Ornithocheirae Seeley, 1870 sensu Andres et al. (2014).

Anhangueria Rodrigues & Kellner, 2013.

Hamipteridae fam. nov.

Branch-based definition: The most inclusive clade containing Hamipterus tianshanensis, but not Ludodactylus sibbicki, Coloborhynchus clavirostris, and Anhanguera blittersdorffi.

Diagnosis: Crested anhanguerian pterodactyloids with the following synapomorphies: well-defined parallel and forward curved striae and sulci on the anterior region of the premaxillary crest, and an anterior rounded expansion of the anterior margin of the premaxillary crest.

Included species: Hamipterus tianshanensis and Iberodactylus andreui gen. et sp. nov.

Iberodactylus andreui gen. et sp. nov.

Etymology: From the Iberian Peninsula and the Iberian System, where the specimen was recovered, and ‘dactylos’ (δάκτυλος), finger (ancient Greek), a common suffix in pterosaur names; in honour of Mr. Javier Andreu, a local collector who found the fossil.

Holotype: Museo de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad de Zaragoza (MPZ, Zaragoza, Spain) MPZ-2014/1; an anterior portion of a rostrum, including premaxillae –with a premaxillary crest– and maxillae, both with alveoli and broken teeth.

Horizon and locality: Los Quiñones site, Morenillo limestones of the Blesa Formation, Barremian (Lower Cretaceous), Oliete sub-basin, Iberian Basin. Obón, Teruel Province, Aragón, northeast Spain.

Diagnosis: Hamipterid pterodactyloid with the following autapomorphies: relatively deep premaxillary tip, premaxillary crest with its anterior margin curvature at an angle of about 80°.

Figure 4 Skull characters of species from different lineages within Anhangueria. Each skull is based on the holotypes and paratypes (dark grey), and elements from other specimens (light grey) re-marked with broken lines. Hamipterus tianshanensis (IVPP V 18935.1), in righ lateral view (A) and palatal view (B) Ludodactylus sibbicki (specimen stored at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany (SMNK), SMNK PAL 3828), in right lateral view (C) Caulkicephalus trimicrodon (specimen stored at the Isle of Wight County Museum Service, Sandown, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom (IWCMS), IWCMS 2002.189), in palatal view (D) Tropeognathus mesembrinus (specimen stored at the Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich, Germany (BSP), BSP 1987 I 46), in right lateral view (E), and palatal view (F); Anhanguera blittersdorffi (MN 4805-V), in right lateral view (G), and palatal view (H) and Uktenadactylus wadleighi (specimen stored at the Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States (SMU), SMU 73058), in right lateral view (I), and palatal view (J). Arrows show the character states in each skull. Scale bar 5 cm. See the Supplementary Information for details about number and state of characters.

Anhanguerinae clade nov.

Stem-based definition: The most inclusive clade containing Anhanguera blittersdorffi but not Coloborhynchus clavirostris.

Diagnosis: Anhanguerids with an enlarged fourth premaxillary tooth, larger than the fifth and sixth teeth and as large as or larger than the third tooth.

Content: Anhanguera, Caulkicephalus, Cearadactylus, Guidraco, Liaoningopterus, Ludodactylus and Maaradactylus.

Coloborhynchinae clade nov.

Stem-based definition: The most inclusive clade containing Coloborhynchus clavirostris but not Anhanguera blittersdorffi or Ludodactylus sibbicki.

Diagnosis: Anhanguerids with a quadrangular expansion of the premaxillary tip and a flat anterior surface of the rostrum24.

Content: Coloborhynchus, Siroccopteryx and Uktenadactylus.

Figure 5: Origin and radiation of the clade Anhangueria during the Early Cretaceous. (A) Phylogenetic relationships of Iberodactylus andreui gen. et sp. nov. within Pterodactyloidea. Colours show their continental origin: Africa (brown), Asia (orange), Europe (red), North America (blue), and South America (green). Intermittent bars show uncertain temporal range.

(B) Barremian world map showing the distribution of the localities with Anhangueria remains: (1) Hastings Group (late Berriasian/Valanginian), England; (2) Hami, Tugulu Group (?Berriasian-Albian), Xinjiang, China; (3) Bol’shoi Kemchug, lower Ilek Formation (?Hauterivian-Barremian) Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia; (4) Las Hoyas, La Huérgina Formation (Barremian), Cuenca, Spain; (5) Los Quiñones, Blesa Formation (Barremian), Teruel, Spain; (6) Isle of Wight, Wessex Formation (Barremian), England;

(C) Albian world map showing the distribution of the localities with Anhangueria remains: (7) Mogoito, Murtoi Formation (Aptian), Buryatia, Russia; (8) Sekmenevka Formation (Aptian), Belgorod Oblast, Russia; (9) Jiufotang Formation (Aptian), Liaoning, China; (10) Elrhaz Formation (Aptian), Niger; (11) Krasnyi Yar, Khilok Formation (Aptian), Buryatia, Russia; (12) Pedra Furada, Recôncavo Basin, Marizal Formation? (Aptian), Bahia, Brazil; (13) Sierra de Perijá, Apón Formation (Aptian), Zulia, Venezuela; (13) Crato Formation (late Aptian), Ceará, Brazil; (15) Khuren–Dukh, Dzun–Bayin Formation (Aptian-Albian), Mongolia; (16) Sheskatovo, upper Ilek Formation (Aptian-Albian), Kemerovo Oblast, Russia; (17) Chenini Formation (early Albian), Tunisia; (18) Romualdo Formation (Albian), Ceará, Brazil; (19) Lightning Ridge, Griman Creek Formation (Albian), New South Wales, Australia; (20) Tarrant County, Paw Paw Formation (Albian), Texas, USA; (21) Boulia, Toolebuc Formation (Albian), Queensland, Australia; (22) Cortes de Arenoso, Utrillas Formation (Albian), Valencia, Spain; (23) Cambridge Greensand (Cenomanian, but fossils Albian in age), England; (24) Hughenden, Mackunda Formation (late Albian), Queensland, Australia. Rose indicates purported remains associated within the clade Anhangueria. Red indicates taxa (referenced each one in A) within the clade Anhangueria. Palaeogeographic world maps modified after PALEOMAP Project (www.scotese.com).

  

Borja Holgado, Rodrigo V. Pêgas, José Ignacio Canudo, Josep Fortuny, Taissa Rodrigues, Julio Company and Alexander W. A. Kellner. 2019. On A New Crested Pterodactyloid from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula and the Radiation of the Clade Anhangueria. Scientific Reports. volume 9, 4940. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41280-4 

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