Species New to Science

Urogymnus acanthobothrium

Last, White, Kyne, 2016

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.2.4

Abstract

The Mumburarr Whipray, Urogymnus acanthobothrium sp. nov. is described from a single specimen taken from the Cambridge Gulf, Western Australia, and from images of 10 other specimens from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea (all observed but not collected). It is a very large ray that attains at least 161 cm disc width, making it amongst the largest of the whiprays. The ventral tail below the caudal sting has a low, short-based fold. A ventral tail fold (or a dorsal fold) has not been recorded for any other himanturin stingray in the Indo-West Pacific. Molecular data suggest it is most closely related to a similar but more widely distributed cognate, U. granulatus. Both of these species share a suboval disc shape, similar squamation patterns, and the tail posterior to the sting is entirely white (at least in small individuals). U. acanthobothrium sp. nov. differs from U. granulatus in having a longer and more angular snout, longer tail, more posteriorly inserted caudal sting, lacks white flecks on the dorsal surface, and the ventral disc is uniformly white (rather than white with a broad black margin). It co-occurs with two other morphologically distinct Urogymnus in the region (U. asperrimus and U. dalyensis). Like U. dalyensis it occurs in both brackish and marine waters. A key is proved to the members of the genus Urogymnus.

Keywords: Pisces, Urogymnus acanthobothrium, Dasyatidae, giant whipray, new species, Australia, Papua New Guinea

Peter R Last, William T White, Peter M Kyne. 2016. Urogymnus acanthobothrium sp. nov., A New Euryhaline Whipray (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Zootaxa. 4147(2); DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.2.4

Scientists name giant stingray from northern Australia

https://blog.csiro.au/scientists-name-giant-stingray-northern-australia/

https://twitter.com/Stickfigurefish/status/761317887172718593

New species of rays found in our oceans http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/news-story/2a55704ace12431f32f27c39bd62e62a

Fig. 2. Micromyzon orinoco, paratype, ANSP 198335, 14.8. mm SL,
Río Orinoco, north-side of Isla Fajardo, opposite Palua, 182 nautical miles from sea bouy, Anzoátegui, Venezuela. Dorsal and ventral views.

DOI: 10.1635/053.165.0104

ABSTRACT

A new species of the aspredinid catfish tribe Hoplomyzontini Micromyzon is described from two specimens collected with trawl nets in two localities, at 10 and 18 m depth, in the main channel of the lower Orinoco River in Venezuela almost 40 years ago. The new species is distinguished from its only congener, Micromyzon akamai, by the: straight anterior margin of the mesethmoid; open posterior cranial fontanel; ossified first pectoral-fin radial; single tubular infraorbital bone; infraorbital sensory canal entering neurocranium via the frontal; enclosed foramen for the abductor superficialis muscle in the coracoid; higher vertebral count (33 vs. 28–32); higher anal-fin ray count (10 or 11 vs. 7–9); and some morphometric features. The holotype of the new species was scanned using High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography to illustrate, describe, and compare its bony skeleton to other hoplomyzontins.

Keywords: Anophthalmic, Miniaturization, Neotropical, River Channels, Taxonomy

Tiago P. Carvalho, John G. Lundberg, Jonathan N. Baskin, John P. Friel and Roberto E. Reis. 2016. A New Species of the Blind and Miniature Genus Micromyzon Friel and Lundberg, 1996 (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the Orinoco River: Describing Catfish Diversity Using High-Resolution Computed Tomography. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 165(1); 37-53. DOI: 10.1635/053.165.0104

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RESUMEN: Una nueva especie de Hoplomyzontini Micromyzon se describe a partir de dos muestras colectadas con redes de arrastre en dos localidades, entre 10 y 18 metros de profundidad, en el canal principal de la parte baja del Río Orinoco, en Venezuela hace casi 40 años. La nueva especie se diagnostica de su único congénere, Micromyzon akamai, por la margen anterior recta del mesetemoide; parte posterior de la fontanela craneal abierta; el primer radial de la aleta pectoral osificado, un solo hueso infraorbital tubular; el canal sensorial infraorbital entra al neurocráneo a través del frontal; un foramen cerrado para el musculo abductor superficialis en el e coracoide; mayor número de vértebras (33 vs. 28–32) y del número de radios anales (10 o 11 vs. 7–9); además de algunas características morfométricas. El holotipo de la nueva especie fue escaneado en alta resolución utilizando Tomografía Computarizada de Radio-X de Alta Resolución, y se describe su osteología y se compara con otros Hoplomyzontini.

Melanorivulus polychromus

Nielsen, Neves, Ywamoto & de Aguiar Passos, 2016

Abstract

A new species of Melanorivulus is described from the middle rio Paraná basin, São Paulo state, Brazil. Melanorivulus polychromus, new species, is found in a tributary of the left bank of the rio Paraná basin, the rio São José dos Dourados. It differs from all congeners by the combination of a metallic green to light green ground colour in males, with 6-8 oblique red bars forming chevronlike rows, the chevron tips along the midline of the body pointing toward the head, and irregular narrow red lines and incomplete red bars along the lower half of the body. Melanorivulus apiamici, also endemic from the middle rio Paraná basin, is redescribed.

Nielsen, D.T.B., Neves, P.A.B.A., Ywamoto, E.V. and de Aguiar Passos, M. 2016. Melanorivulus polychromus, A New Species of Killifish from the rio São José dos Dourados Drainage, middle rio Paraná Basin, southwestern Brazil, with A Redescription of Melanorivulus apiamici (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 22(2); 79-88.

Lysimachia huangsangensis

J.J. Zhou, X.L. Yu & Y.F. Deng

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132713

Abstract

A new species, Lysimachia huangsangensis (Primulaceae), from Hunan, China is described and illustrated. The new species is closely related to L. carinata because of the crested calyx, but differs in the leaf blades that are ovate to elliptic and (3–)4.5–9 × 2–3.4 cm, 2–5-flowered racemes, and the calyx lobes that are ovate-lanceolate and 5–6 × 3–4 mm. The systematic placement and conservation status are also discussed.

Fig 2. Lysimachia huangsangensis.
A. Flowering branch; B. Fruiting branch; C. Calyx and pistile; D. Flower; E. Equatorial view of pollen grain; F. Polar view of pollen grain; G. Seed; H. Ornamentation of seed surface. IL inner layer of the seed coat; OL outer layer of the seed coat.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132713

Diagnosis: The new species is similar to Lysimachia carinata Y.I. Fang & C.Z. Zheng, but differs in ovate to elliptic and (3–)4.5–9 × 2–3.4 cm (versus broadly ovate to ovate and 1.5–2.5 × 1–2 cm), the 2–5-flowered racemes (versus 1–2-flowered) and the calyx lobes that are ovate-lanceolate and 5–6 ×3–4 mm (versus linear-lanceolate and ca. 4 × 1 mm).

Etymology: The epithet “huangsangensis” is derived from the type locality, Huangsang Natural Reserve, Suining Xian, Hunan Province, China.

Jian-Jun Zhou, Xun-Lin Yu, Yun-Fei Deng, Hai-Fei Yan and Zhe-Li Lin. 2015. Lysimachia huangsangensis (Primulaceae), A New Species from Hunan, China.

PLoS ONE. 10(7); e0132713. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132713

Alpinia melichroa (K. Schum.) K. Schum.

Alpinia sect. Botryamomum (K. Schum.) K. Schum.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2011.01122.x

ABSTRACT

Recent collections from Sulawesi allow an investigation of Amomum subgenus Botryamomum K. Schum. and its three species, Amomum chrysogynia K. Schum., A. echinosphaera K. Schum., and A. melichroum K. Schum. It is concluded that this subgenus contains a single species, Amomum melichroum K. Schum. Amomum subgenus Botryamomum and Amomum melichroum are lectotypified and Schumann's classification of them as Alpinia melichroa (K. Schum.) K. Schum. in Alpinia sect. Botryamomum (K. Schum.) K. Schum. is accepted. An amplified description including flowers and fruits is provided. Alpinia melichroa is narrowly distributed in southeastern Sulawesi; a conservation assessment is given. Sulawesi is the world's eleventh largest island with a land area greater than 180 000 km 2 . It lies in Wallacea which is the biogeographical region between Borneo and New Guinea, bounded by Wallace's line to the west and Lydekker's line to the east. Botanical exploration of Sulawesi is very far from com-plete. At the beginning of the 'Flora Malesiana' project, van Steenis (1950) estimated that only 18 herbarium specimens per 100 km 2 had been collected, a far lower number than in Peninsular Malaysia, Java, the Philippines and the Moluccas. Botanical collecting has been limited for most of the 60 years since van Steenis made his calculation and it is unlikely that the collecting density index is much higher today. This general lack of collecting effort is compounded in Zingiberaceae by other historical factors. The first significant collections from Sulawesi are those of Beccari, who visited the island in 1872–1874, leaving many valuable collections at FI. In the 1880s, Warburg made numerous collections in Sulawesi and was followed by the Sarasin cousins who made two long expeditions to Sulawesi in 1893–1896 and 1902–1903. At this period, K. M. Schumann was working on a revision of the Zingiberaceae for Engler's 'Das Pflanzenreich' (1904). Schumann worked at the Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, where fire bombing in 1943 destroyed the wing of the herbarium which housed the monocotyledons. It seems that most of Warburg's and all of the Sarasins' collections were destroyed in this fire because stringent efforts by a number of experts in Zingiberaceae have located almost no surviving material.

Nicky J. Sharp, Mark F. Newman, Yessi Santika, Gufrin and Axel Dalberg Poulsen. 2012. The Enigmatic Ginger Alpinia melichroa Rediscovered in southeast Sulawesi. Nordic Journal of Botany. 30(2); 163–167. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2011.01122.x

ResearchGate.net/publication/235463601_The_enigmatic_ginger_Alpinia_melichroa_rediscovered_in_southeast_Sulawesi

Figure 2. Photographs of a golden jackal (Canis aureus) individual in the summer (A) and winter (B).

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.641.10946

Abstract

A golden jackal (Canis aureus) individual was recorded ~40 km east of Prague in the Czech Republic. It is the first record of a living golden jackal in the country; up to now several individuals have been recorded but all of them were either shot dead or killed by a vehicle. The observed animal was documented by camera traps set up for research of carnivore diversity in different habitats in the study area. It was first photographed on 19 June 2015, and in total there were 57 records made by 12 traps until 24 March 2016 when the animal was still present in the area. Forty-nine of the 57 records were made in a shrubby grassland over an area of ~100 ha, 39% of sightings were during the day and 61% in the night. There were two distinct peaks in the circadian activity of the animal, from 4 to 10 a.m., and from 6 p.m. to midnight. We also review the verified records of the golden jackal in the Czech Republic, some of which were only published in local hunting magazines. However, the observation reported in this paper represents the first evidence of a long-term occurrence in Europe of the same golden jackal individual, that persisted for at least nine months and over winter, northwest of Hungarian-Austrian border where the population has been known to reproduce.

Keywords: Golden jackal, Habitat, Persistence, Range expansion

Klára Pyšková, David Storch, Ivan Horáček, Ondřej Kauzál and Petr Pyšek. 2016. Golden Jackal (Canis aureus) in the Czech Republic: the First Record of A Live Animal and Its Long-term Persistence in the Colonized Habitat.

ZooKeys. 641; 151-163. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.641.10946

Figure 1: Floral and disruptive camouflage in nymphal and adult Hymenopodini with varying sexual size dimorphism (SSD) of males and females.

Hymenopus (a) female nymph with monochromatic colouration (photograph by Matthew Nochisaki), (b) mating pair with pronounced SSD and monochromatic colouration (photograph by Jason Zhu). (d) Theopropus with pronounced SSD, but patterned, disruptive camouflage in both male and female (photograph by Stefan Engelhardt).
(e) Creobroter sp. mating pair with low SSD and patterned colouration in both male and female (photograph by Andrew Mitchell).

DOI: 10.1038/srep37753

Abstract

Here we reconstruct the evolutionary shift towards floral simulation in orchid mantises and suggest female predatory selection as the likely driving force behind the development of extreme sexual size dimorphism. Through analysis of body size data and phylogenetic modelling of trait evolution, we recovered an ancestral shift towards sexual dimorphisms in both size and appearance in a lineage of flower-associated praying mantises. Sedentary female flower mantises dramatically increased in size prior to a transition from camouflaged, ambush predation to a floral simulation strategy, gaining access to, and visually attracting, a novel resource: large pollinating insects. Male flower mantises, however, remained small and mobile to facilitate mate-finding and reproductive success, consistent with ancestral male life strategy. Although moderate sexual size dimorphisms are common in many arthropod lineages, the predominant explanation is female size increase for increased fecundity. However, sex-dependent selective pressures acting outside of female fecundity have been suggested as mechanisms behind niche dimorphisms. Our hypothesised role of predatory selection acting on females to generate both extreme sexual size dimorphism coupled with niche dimorphism is novel among arthropods.

Hymenopus (a) female nymph with monochromatic colouration (photograph by Matthew Nochisaki), (b) mating pair with pronounced SSD and monochromatic colouration (photograph by Jason Zhu). (c) Helvia mating pair with pronounced SSD and monochromatic colouration (photograph by Adrian Kozakiewicz). (d) Theopropus with pronounced SSD, but patterned, disruptive camouflage in both male and female (photograph by Stefan Engelhardt). (e) Creobroter sp. mating pair with low SSD and patterned colouration in both male and female (photograph by Andrew Mitchell).

Gavin J. Svenson, Sydney K. Brannoch, Henrique M. Rodrigues, James C. O’Hanlon and

Frank Wieland. 2016. Selection for Predation, not Female Fecundity, Explains Sexual Size Dimorphism in the Orchid Mantises.

Scientific Reports. 6:37753. DOI: 10.1038/srep37753

Beautiful Huntresses: Scientists Explain Why Mantises Evolved To Resemble Orchids @NPR n.pr/2hBBdnc

Figure 4. Side by side photo of two adult male Osteolaemus tetraspis. The left individual was captured in the Abanda caves and displays the bizarre orange skin colour. We do not yet fully understand the mechanism underlying this colour change, though suspect it is caused by a chemical bleaching process after long periods of exposure to high urea concentrations from bat guano.

Abstract

We present the first ever observations of dwarf crocodiles (Osteolaemus tetraspis) selectively utilizing a cave ecosystem. We analysed crocodile diet to preliminarily assess the degree of ecological isolation of cave-dwelling crocodiles from their forest-dwelling conspecifics despite their physical proximity. We additionally conducted the first study of body condition of dwarf crocodiles and compared cave-dwelling individuals to surface-dwelling individuals from a variety of alternative habitats and sites as a means to better understand the implications of a semihypogean life on this species. Crocodiles captured in the caves appeared to forage exclusively in the caves and ate mostly cave crickets and bats, whereas crocodiles captured in the surrounding forest habitat consumed primarily freshwater crustaceans and insects and were not found to consume cave-dwelling prey. Juvenile cave crocodiles had significantly higher body condition compared to juvenile forest crocodiles, which did not vary amongst forest locations. The difference in body condition between adult cave and forest crocodiles was not statistically significant despite also being higher; we suspect this is an artifact of the low sample size rather than a real nondifference. Forest adult crocodiles generally had significantly higher body condition than juveniles, but did not vary by site or habitat. This lack of variation suggests that habitat type is not the most important factor influencing dwarf crocodile body condition. Our results provide a unique insight into facultative cave use by a principally surface-dwelling species and reinforce the necessity for further research into this unique system to better understand the evolutionary-scale implications of cave habitat use by dwarf crocodiles.

Matthew H. Shirley, Brittany Burtner, Richard Oslisly, David Sebag and Olivier Testa. 2016. Diet and Body Condition of Cave-dwelling Dwarf Crocodiles (Osteolaemus tetraspis, Cope 1861) in Gabon. African Journal of Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/aje.12365

Weird orange crocodiles found gorging on bats in Gabon’s caves https://www.newscientist.com/article/2107837-weird-orange-crocodiles-found-gorging-on-bats-in-gabons-caves/

Résumé: Nous présentons ici la première observation de crocodile nain (Osteolaemus tetraspis) dans un écosystème cavernicole. Nous avons analysé leur régime alimentaire pour évaluer le degré d'isolement écologique par rapport à leurs conspécifiques forestiers indépendamment de leur proximité physique. Nous avons également effectué la première étude sur les conditions physiques des crocodiles nains et nous avons ensuite comparé les individus troglodytes par rapport à ceux de l'extérieur dans une variété d'habitats et de sites afin d'explorer les conséquences d'une vie semi-hypogée sur cette espèce. Les crocodiles capturés dans les grottes semblent trouver leur nourriture exclusivement dans les cavités, la plupart des proies identifiées étant des grillons cavernicoles et des chauves-souris. Au contraire, les crocodiles capturés à l'extérieur dans les habitats forestiers, consomment principalement des crustacés d'eau douce et des insectes mais jamais de proies troglodytes. En comparaison, les crocodiles troglodytes juvéniles avaient une meilleure condition physique que les crocodiles juvéniles forestiers. La différence de condition physique entre les crocodiles troglodytes adultes et les crocodiles adultes forestiers n'a pas été statistiquement significative en dépit d’être également plus élevé; nous soupçonnons que cela soit un artefact de la faible taille de l’échantillon plutôt que d'une véritable non-différence. Sur les différents sites et habitats forestiers, les crocodiles adultes avaient généralement une condition physique meilleure que celle des juvéniles, et les conditions physiques des deux catégories démographiques ne variaient pas. Cette faible variation entre les sites forestiers indique que le type d'habitat n'est pas un facteur important pour le contrôle de la condition physique des crocodiles nains. Ces premiers résultats fournissent un aperçu unique de l'utilisation facultative des grottes par des espèces principalement inféodées à des habitats de surface. Ils renforcent la nécessité de poursuivre les recherches pour mieux comprendre comment et en quoi l'utilisation de l'habitat cavernicole par les crocodiles nains influe sur leur évolution.

Callulina meteora

Menegon, Gower & Loader, 2011

Abstract

A large new species of Callulina is described from a series of 22 specimens from the montane and upper montane forest of the Nguru Mountains, Tanzania. The most striking features of Callulina meteora sp. nov. are the massive and boldly coloured glands on the arms and legs and a metallic sheen to the skin. The new species is distinguished further on the basis of acoustic and molecular data. The position, size and conspicuousness of the enlarged glands in the new species are strikingly similar to those of Nectophrynoides viviparus, a toad found also in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. The new species is known from a single forest reserve and is of high conservation concern.

Keywords: aposematism; Eastern Arc; glands; Nectophrynoides; Nguru; Tanzania

FIGURE 2. Callulina meteora sp. nov. in life from the type locality, showing some of the species variability.

Etymology. The specific epithet is used as an adjective and derives from the greek word meteoron, meaning"thing high up," in reference to the type locality of the species, situated close to the top of the Nguru Mountains.

Michele Menegon, David J. Gower and Simon P. Loader. 2011. A Remarkable New Species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) with Massive, Boldly Coloured Limb Glands. Zootaxa. 3095; 15–26. http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/12162

ResearchGate.net/publication/230555626_A_remarkable_new_species_of_Callulina_(Amphibia_Anura_Brevicipitidae)_with_massive_boldly_coloured_limb_glands

formation of the composite wing during the initial phases of the gliding flight of Draco dussumieriseen from the front (left) and from below (right; corresponding photos of the same phases). The lizard jumps from the tree, reorients the body dorsoventrally and starts to spread the anterior ribs; the extended arms reach behind the back (top). The anterior ribs are further spread by the trunk musculature; the hands grasp the leading edge of the patagium and pull it forward (middle). The patagium is fully extended and controlled by the forelimbs; the glide path becomes more horizontal (bottom). White arrows indicate the positions of the hands.

Dehling, 2016. DOI: 10.1101/086496

Abstract

Flying lizards of the genus Draco are famous for their gliding ability, using an aerofoil formed by winglike patagial membranes and supported by elongated thoracic ribs. It has remained unknown, however, how the lizards manoeuvre during flight. Here, I show that the patagium is deliberately grasped and controlled by the forelimbs while airborne. This type of composite wing is unique inasmuch as the lift-generating and the controlling units are formed independently by different parts of the body and are connected to each other only for the duration of the flight. The major advantage for the lizards is that the forelimbs keep their entire movement range and functionality for climbing and running when they are not used as the controlling unit of the wing. These findings not only shed a new light on the flight of Draco lizards but also have implications for the interpretation of gliding performance in fossil species.

KEYWORDS: Draco, flying lizard, gliding flight, patagium

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J Maximilian Dehling. 2016. How Lizards Fly: A Novel Type of Wing in Animals.
BioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/086496

researchgate.net/publication/309839399_How_lizards_fly_A_novel_type_of_wing_in_animals

Dragon lizards fly by grabbing their fold-up wings with ‘hands’ newscientist.com/article/2114847-dragon-lizards-fly-by-grabbing-their-fold-up-wings-with-hands

Bhumibol Adulyadej (Thai: ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; pronounced [pʰuːmípʰon ʔàdunjádèːt], 5 December 1927 – 13 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great in 1987, was the ninth monarch of Thailand from the Chakri Dynasty as Rama IX. Having reigned since 9 June 1946, he was, at the time of his death, the world's longest-serving head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history, serving for 70 years, 126 days.

• หมึกสายราชา Amphioctopus rex (Nateewathana & Norman, 1999)

• 'ปูเจ้าพ่อหลวง'Indochinamon bhumibol (Naiyanetr, 2001)

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เพื่อเป็นการเฉลิมพระเกียรติพระบาทสมเด็จพระเจ้าอยู่หัว เนื่องในวโรกาสมหามงคลเฉลิมพระชนมพรรษา 6 รอบ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัยได้ค้นพบปูชนิดใหม่ของโลก เป็นปูน้ำจืดตัวใหญ่ที่สุดในประเทศไทย ณ บริเวณภูหลวง อำเภอวังสะพุง จังหวัดเลย โดย ศาสตราจารย์ ไพบูลย์ นัยเนตร ภาควิชาชีววิทยา คณะวิทยาศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย ได้ทำหนังสือกราบบังคมทูลขอพระราชทานพระบรมราชานุญาตอัญเชิญพระปรมาภิไธย พระบาทสมเด็จพระเจ้าอยู่หัวเป็นนามปูน้ำจืดชนิดใหม่ของโลก โดยเรียกชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ของปูที่พบใหม่ว่า Potamon bhumibolชื่อไทยว่า ปูเจ้าพ่อหลวง มีชื่อสามัญว่า Giant Mountain Crab และได้รับพระบรมราชานุญาต เมื่อวันที่ 5 มกราคม 2543 โดยจะทำการพิมพ์เผยแพร่ปูที่พบใหม่นี้ในวารสารต่างประเทศชื่อ Crustacena, International Journal of Crustacean Research
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http://www.lib.ru.ac.th/journal/giant_crab.html

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• ภูมิพลินทร์ Paraboea bhumiboliana Triboun & Chuchan (2012)

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• Pramote Triboun and David J. Middleton. 2012. Twenty new species of Paraboea (Gesneriaceae) from Thailand. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore. 64(2): 333–370.

https://www.sbg.org.sg/images/4_4_Research_Gardens_Bulletin/4_4_64_2_pdf_Vol_64_Part2_2012/4.4.64.2.05_y2012_V64P2_GBS_pg.333.pdf

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ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์สิ่งมีชีวิต ตั้งขึ้นเพื่อถวายเป็นเกียรติพระบรมวงศานุวงศ์

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Rasbora ataenia

Plamoottil, 2016

Abstract

Taxonomic analysis of five specimens of a cyprinid fish collected from Alappuzha, Kerala, India revealed that they present several taxonomic differences from their congeners. The new species, Rasbora ataenia, is diagnosed by a combination of the following characters: dorsal fin with seven branched rays, anal fin with five branched rays, body slender and without any lateral color stripe, head deeper and snout shorter.

Keywords: Taxonomy, New description, Cyprinids, Rasbora dandia, Alappuzha.

Etymology: Feminine Latin noun 'taenia' meaning ribbon or band; prefix ‘a’ means ‘without’; the name 'ataenia' used here in reference to the absence of a mid lateral color band on the body of the new fish.

Mathews Plamoottil. 2016. Rasbora ataenia, A New Freshwater Fish from Kerala, India. International Journal of Innovative Studies in Aquatic Biology and Fisheries (IJISABF). 2(5); 20-24.

https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijisabf/v2-i5/4.pdf

DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.014

Highlights

• Increased density of subspecific taxon sampling and complementary biometric analysis clarifies sister species relationships in tits.

• Our genetic assignment of type specimens proves a sister group relationship between P. weigoldicus and P. montanus.

• We refute the hypothesis of a close relationship between P. montanus and P. hypermelaenus who is sister to P. palustris.

• Haplotype distribution suggests mitochondrial introgression among P. hypermelaenus and Eastern Palearctic P. palustris.

• P. songarus is paraphyletic and treatment as a separate species does not conform to various species concepts.

• Patterns of biometric and genetic differentiation are congruent in P. palustris but not in P. montanus.

Abstract

A recent full species-level phylogeny of tits, titmice and chickadees (Paridae) has placed the Chinese endemic black-bibbed tit (Poecile hypermelaenus) as the sister to the Palearctic willow tit (P. montanus). Because this sister-group relationship is in striking disagreement with the traditional affiliation of P. hypermelaenus close to the marsh tit (P. palustris) we tested this phylogenetic hypothesis in a multi-locus analysis with an extended taxon sampling including sixteen subspecies of willow tits and marsh tits. As a taxonomic reference we included type specimens in our analysis. The molecular genetic study was complemented with an analysis of biometric data obtained from museum specimens. Our phylogenetic reconstructions, including a comparison of all GenBank data available for our target species, clearly show that the genetic lineage previously identified as P. hypermelaenus actually refers to P. weigoldicus because sequences were identical to that of a syntype of this taxon. The close relationship of P. weigoldicus and P. montanus– despite large genetic distances between the two taxa – is in accordance with current taxonomy and systematics. In disagreement with the previous phylogenetic hypothesis but in accordance with most taxonomic authorities, all our P. hypermelaenus specimens fell in the sister clade of all western and eastern Palearctic P. palustris. Though shared haplotypes among the Chinese populations of the two latter species might indicate mitochondrial introgression in this part of the breeding range, further research is needed here due to the limitations of our own sampling.

Keywords: Poecilehypermelaenus; Poecile weigoldicus; multi-locus phylogeny; phylogeography; DNA barcoding

(A) Genetic and morphological diversification in willow tits and allies; distribution of COI barcode haplotypes from the minimum spanning network; colours indicate distinct haplotype clusters; drawings, K. Rehbinder, Mainz; (B) multilocus phylogeny (ND2, myoglobin, ODC) of Poecile tits, colours of willow tit clades according to mtDNA lineages shown in (A); (C) type specimen of Parus weigoldicus Kleinschmidt 1921, toe pad tissue used for genetic analysis.

Christian Tritsch, Jochen Martens, Yue-Hua Sun, Wieland Heim, Patrick Strutzenberger and Martin Päckert. 2017. Improved Sampling at the Subspecies Level Solves A Taxonomic Dilemma - A Case Study of Two Enigmatic Chinese Tit Species (Aves, Passeriformes, Paridae, Poecile) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. In Press. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.014

Eulophophyllum kirki

Ingrisch & Riede, 2016

Eulophophyllum kirki in habitat from Danum: male (A) and female sitting on red leaves (B, F); [(B) apical view of hind legs and ovipositor]

in Ingrisch, Riede & Beccaloni, 2016. DOI: 10.1665/034.025.0205

Abstract

Two new species of the previously monotypic genus Eulophophyllum Hebard, 1922 are described. All species of the genus known up until now occur in forested areas in Sabah, Borneo. The genus is unique for the strongly widened media field of the tegmen, in which all branches of the media anterior plus radius sector are strongly curved and run anteriorally. There is also a striking color difference between the sexes, with males uniformly green and females pink. The two new species Eulophophyllum lobulatum Ingrisch & Riede sp. n. and Eulophophyllum kirki Ingrisch & Riede sp. n. have large leaf-like expansions of the hind tibiae that are absent in E. thaumasium Hebard, 1922. They differ from each other in the number of main vein branches in the media field of the tegmen. Stridulation of E. lobulatum sp. n. consists of short double-clicks ranging from 6.5 to 8.5 kHz, repeated at longer intervals.

Keywords: crypsis, tegminal venation, stridulation

Eulophophyllum lobulatum sp. n. female (Kinabalu)

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Eulophophyllum lobulatum Ingrisch & Riede sp. n.

Etymology.— Named for the strongly widened dorsal margins of the hind tibiae.

Eulophophyllum kirkisp. n. female (Danum)

photo: Peter Kirk

Eulophophyllum kirki Ingrisch & Riede sp. n.

Etymology.— Named after the photographer of the holotype, Peter Kirk.

Fig. 3. Eulophophyllum species in habitat (A, D, G) and sitting on red leaves (B-C, E-F):
A, Eulophophyllum kirki sp. n. male (Danum); B-F, Eulophophyllum kirki sp. n. female (Danum); G, Eulophophyllum lobulatum sp. n. female (Kinabalu). – A, C, F, G, lateral view; B, apical view of hind legs and ovipositor; D, oblique lateral view.

Photographs: A, Paul Bertner; B-E, Peter Kirk; F, Mark Eller. DOI: 10.1665/034.025.0205

Sigfrid Ingrisch, Klaus Riede and George William Beccaloni. 2016. The Pink Katydids of Sabah (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Eulophophyllum) with Description of Two New Species. Journal of Orthoptera Research. 25(2); 67-74. DOI: 10.1665/034.025.0205

ResearchGate.net/publication/311866033_The_Pink_Katydids_of_Sabah_Orthoptera_Tettigoniidae_Phaneropterinae_Eulophophyllum_with_Description_of_Two_New_Species

Onryza pesudomaga

Zhu, Mao & Chen, 2016

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.1.7

Abstract

A new species, Onryza pesudomaga is described from Zhejiang Province, S. China. The new taxon resembles O. maga which is widely distributed in S. China and Taiwan. Differences and some biological information of the two allied species are given. A key to species of the genus Onryza Watson, 1893 and a distribution map of all the members of this genus are provided.

Keywords: Lepidoptera, skipper, Zhejiang, taxonomy, Onryza pesudomaga, Onryza maga

Males of Onryza pesudomaga in the nature, at Qingliangfeng, Zhejiang Province, China.

Photo by Jian-Qing Zhu, 13 June 2014.

Jian-Qing Zhu, Wei-Wei Mao and Zhi-Bing Chen. 2016. A New Species of Onryza Watson, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from China. Zootaxa. 4216(1); DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.1.7

Aplastodiscus lutzorum

Berneck, Giaretta, Brandão, Cruz & Haddad, 2017

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.642.10401

Abstract

The genus Aplastodiscus includes 14 nominal species in four monophyletic groups with occurrence in the Atlantic Forest and Brazilian Cerrado (Brazilian Savanna) of South America. A recent study reviewed the taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of the genus and suggested a third species for the A. perviridis Group. Herein, on the basis of morphology and advertisement call, we describe this species and test its monophyly. The new species is the only Aplastodiscus with endemic occurrence in the Cerrado Biome. In addition, its geographical distribution and conservation status are discussed.

Keywords: Aplastodiscus lutzorum sp. n., Cophomantinae, new species, integrative taxonomy

Bianca V.M. Berneck, Ariovaldo A. Giaretta, Reuber A. Brandão, Carlos A. G. Cruz and Celio F.B. Haddad. 2016. The First Species of Aplastodiscus endemic to the Brazilian Cerrado (Anura, Hylidae). ZooKeys. 642: 115-130. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.642.10401

flower of Opuntia macrorhiza s.s.

photo: L.C. Majure

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.290.1.1

Abstract

The Humifusa clade represents a recent radiation that originated in the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene and consists of about 10 species widely distributed in North America from northern Mexico north to Ontario, Canada, and south to the Florida Keys. This clade likely originated in the edaphically subxeric regions of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, and from there it later spread to the southeastern United States and ultimately produced a small radiation in the eastern United States. Hybridization among evolutionarily divergent diploid species of the southeastern (SE) and southwestern (SW) United States subclades led to the origin of many polyploid taxa, which today occupy about 75% of the distribution of the clade. Here we present a taxonomic revision of the SE subclade of the Humifusa clade and polyploid derivatives that commonly occur in the eastern United States (i.e., the O. humifusa complex). We recognize eight taxa: Opuntia abjecta, O. austrina, O. cespitosa, O. drummondii, O. humifusa, O. mesacantha subsp. mesacantha, O. mesacantha subsp. lata, and O. nemoralis, as well as the interclade allopolyploid, Opuntia ochrocentra, derived, in part, from a member of the O. humifusa complex. Diagnostic keys, descriptions, original photos, and distribution maps are provided for each taxon. Neotypes are designated for the names O. austrina (NY) and O. youngii (USF), and O. drummondii and O. tracyi are lectotypified from an illustration in Maund & Henslow and a specimen at NY, respectively.

Keywords: cacti, hybridization, morphology, polyploidy, prickly pears, taxonomy, Eudicots

1. Opuntia abjecta Small ex Britton & Rose (1923: 257) (Fig. 4).
Type:— UNITED STATES. Florida. ...

2. Opuntia ochrocentra Small ex Britton & Rose (1923: 262) (Fig. 6).
Type:— UNITED STATES. Florida. ...

3. Opuntia austrina Small (1903: 816)

≡ Opuntia compressa (Salisbury 1796: 348) Macbride (1922: 41) var. austrina (Small) Benson (1969: 125)

≡ Opuntia humifusa (Rafinesque 1820: 15) Rafinesque (1830: 2) var. austrina (Small) Dress (1975: 164) (Figs. 7–8).

Neotype (designated here):—UNITED STATES. Florida. ...

4. Opuntia cespitosa Rafinesque (1830: 216) (Fig. 9).
Neotype (designated by Majure 2014):—UNITED STATES. Kentucky. ...

5. Opuntia drummondii Graham in Maund & Henslow (1846: 246) (Fig. 10).
Lectotype (designated here):—....

6. Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Rafinesque (1830: 247)

≡ Cactus humifusus Raf. Annals Nat. 15. 1820.

Neotype (designated by Leuenberger 1993: 426):—UNITED STATES. Pennsylvania. ...

7. Opuntia mesacantha Rafinesque (1830: 216) (Figs. 13,15).
Neotype (designated by Majure 2014: 1):—UNITED STATES. Virginia. ...

7a. Opuntia mesacantha subsp. mesacantha (Fig. 12)
7b. Opuntia mesacantha subsp. lata (Small) Majure, Phytoneuron 106: 1. 2014 (Fig. 15).

≡ Opuntia lata Small (1919: 26).

Type:— UNITED STATES. Florida. ...

8. Opuntia nemoralis Griffiths (1913: 133) (Fig. 16).
Type:— UNITED STATES. Texas. ...

Lucas C. Majure, Walter S Judd, Pamela S Soltis and Douglas E Soltis. 2017. Taxonomic Revision of the Opuntia humifusa complex (Opuntieae: Cactaceae) of the eastern United States. Phytotaxa. 290(1); 1–65. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.290.1.1

(A–C) Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929
(F–H) Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.1

Abstract

Because of the taxonomic confusion, including misapplication of their scientific names, resulting from the morphological similarity of two East Asian flatfish species, Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929 and Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846), both species are redescribed, with particular emphasis on some new key characters. New common names are proposed for each species.

Keywords: Pisces, Pleuronichthys lighti, Pleuronichthys cornutus, redescription, morphology, scale

Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929

(New English name: Common frog flounder)

Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

(New English name: Phantom frog flounder)

FIGURE 5. Ocular side coloration variations in fresh Pleuronichthys lighti (A–E) and P. cornutus (F–J).
A: BSKU 114101; B: BSKU 118425; C: BSKU 118426 (A–C were photographed by K. Yokogawa); D: KAUM–I. 20492; E: KAUM–I. 5064;
F, G: Uncatalogued specimens (F and G were photographed by K. Watanabe); H: KAUM–I. 30446; I: KAUM–I. 29267; J: KAUM– I. 4229 (KAUM specimens were photographed by the Kagoshima University Museum).

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.1

Kōji Yokogawa, Ken-Ichi Watanabe and Gota Ogihara. 2016. Redescriptions of Two Closely related East Asian Flatfish Species of the Genus Pleuronichthys.
Zootaxa. 4205(1); DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.1

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Schistura kampucheensis

Bohlen, Petrtýl, Chaloupková & Borin, 2016

Abstract

Schistura kampucheensis, new species, is described from several localities in Cambodia. It is distinguished from all other species of Schistura by a combination of the following characters: 6-11 more or less regular, continuous black bars on body, reaching ventrally usually to level of pectoral fins; no black midlateral stripe; 8 1 /2 branched dorsal-fin rays; 8 + 8 branched caudal-fin rays; 7 pelvic-fin rays; anus situated 1.7-2.5 eye diameters before anal-fin origin; males without suborbital flap; axillary pelvic lobe present. Schistura kampucheensis had earlier been mis-identified as S. pellegrini.

Diagnosis.Schistura kampucheensis is distinguished from all other species of Schistura by the combination of the following characters: 8 1 /2 branched dorsal-fin rays; 8+8 branched caudal-fin rays; 7 pectoral-fin rays, position of anus 1.7-2.5 eye diameter before anal-fin origin, no sexual dimorphism, 6–11 regular black bars, usually not interrupted, no black midlateral stripe, anterior nostril not reaching margin of eye and axillary pelvic lobe present.

Etymology. From Kampuchea, the Khmer name for Cambodia. The name refers to the fact that the species is widespread in Cambodia, but up to now is not known from outside the country. An adjective.

Habitat. The largest stream in which the species was collected measured about 20 m in width, but the species was most abundant in small streams up to 6 m wide with moderate flow and many stones (Fig. 4). Fishes were hiding between the stones.

Distribution. The investigated material originated from tributaries of the rivers Mekong, Tek Chhou and Srae Ambel in the provinces Kampot, Ratanakiri and Kaoh Kong in northern and southern Cambodia (Fig. 5). Rainboth (1996) listed the species from the Tonle San and tributaries. It seems that S. kampucheensis is distributed over a large part of Cambodia, but has up to now not been reported from any other country.

Jörg Bohlen, Miloslav Petrtýl, Chaloupková Petra and Chhouk Borin. 2016. Schistura kampucheensis, A New Species of Loach from Cambodia (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 26(4); 353-362.

http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief26_4_05.pdf

ResearchGate.net/publication/301231070_Schistura_kampucheensis_a_new_species_of_loach_from_Cambodia_Teleostei_Nemacheilidae

Reconstruction of Dwykaselachus oosthuizeni, a type of symmoriid shark now known to be an early chimaera.

Illustration: Kristen Tietjen DOI: 10.1038/nature20806

Chimaeroid fishes (Holocephali) are one of the four principal divisions of modern gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates). Despite only 47 described living species, chimaeroids are the focus of resurgent interest as potential archives of genomic data and for the unique perspective they provide on chondrichthyan and gnathostome ancestral conditions. Chimaeroids are also noteworthy for their highly derived body plan. However, like other living groups with distinctive anatomies, fossils have been of limited use in unravelling their evolutionary origin, as the earliest recognized examples already exhibit many of the specializations present in modern forms. Here we report the results of a computed tomography analysis of Dwykaselachus, an enigmatic chondrichthyan braincase from the ~280 million year old Karoo sediments of South Africa. Externally, the braincase is that of a symmoriid shark and is by far the most complete uncrushed example yet discovered. Internally, the morphology exhibits otherwise characteristically chimaeroid specializations, including the otic labyrinth arrangement and the brain space configuration relative to exceptionally large orbits. These results have important implications for our view of modern chondrichthyan origins, add robust structure to the phylogeny of early crown group gnathostomes, reveal preconditions that suggest an initial morpho-functional basis for the derived chimaeroid cranium, and shed new light on the chondrichthyan response to the extinction at the end of the Devonian period.

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Michael I. Coates, Robert W. Gess, John A. Finarelli, Katharine E. Criswell and Kristen Tietjen. 2017. A Symmoriiform Chondrichthyan Braincase and the Origin of Chimaeroid Fishes. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature20806

280 million-year-old fossil reveals origins of chimaeroid fishes http://phy.so/402728253 via @physorg_com

Origins of Elusive 'Ghost Shark' Revealed https://shar.es/1DOoHR via @LiveScience

Dwykaselachus oosthuizeni Oelofsen, 1986

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