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Ecology
Diana Gamba, Nathan Muchhala
Summary: Animal pollinators have direct effects on the gene flow of plants by transferring pollen grains between individuals. Pollinators with restricted mobility are predicted to limit gene flow within and among populations, while pollinators that fly longer distances are likely to promote genetic cohesion.
Review
Zoology
Ankita Gupta, Cornelis Van Achterberg
Summary: The genus Eurymeros Bhat, a member of the family Braconidae, Alysiinae, was reviewed from India. Three species were transferred to the genus Euscelinus Westwood, family Braconidae, Doryctinae, and synonymized with the type species. The type species and the only known species E. tumespiraculum Bhat was redescribed.
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Plant Sciences
Jaroslaw Prockow, Lenka Zaveska Drabkova
Summary: The phylogenetic relationships within the genus Juncus L. are still poorly understood, and the taxonomic treatment based on morphology is complicated. In this study, we propose a nomenclatural revision of Juncus and suggest the creation of six newly recognized genera based on combined morphological and molecular data.
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Zoology
Enrico Schifani, Antonio Alicata
Summary: The ant genus Aphaenogaster is highly diverse in the West-Palearctic region, but its taxonomy poses challenges in several groups. The existence of redundant valid taxa without clear identities complicates specimen identification and biodiversity databases. Through literature review and study of material, taxonomic changes are proposed that will reduce the gap between nomenclature and actual understanding of species diversity.
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Plant Sciences
Johan Hermans, Alexander Gamisch, Landy Rajaovelona, Gunter A. Fischer, Phillip Cribb, Anton Sieder, Jacky Andriantiana
Summary: This paper describes six new species of Bulbophyllum for the first time and discusses the identity and nomenclature of several existing species. It also makes necessary taxonomic changes and selections, while formally describing a new section of the genus.
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Microbiology
Ya-Rong Wang, Yu-Cheng Dai, Hong-Gao Liu, Josef Vlasak, Peter Buchanan, Yuan Yuan, Ying-Da Wu
Summary: Megasporoporia sensu lato has been intensively studied in China and South America, resulting in the recognition of four genera and 36 species within this genus. This study analyzed more samples and described six new species, as well as provided an identification key to these species.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
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Zoology
Thiago R. D. Carvalho, Leandro J. C. L. Moraes, Albertina P. Lima, Antoine Fouquet, Pedro L. Peloso, Dante Pavan, Leandro O. Drummond, Miguel T. Rodrigues, Ariovaldo A. Giaretta, Marcelo Gordo, Selvino Neckel-Oliveira, Celio F. B. Haddad
Summary: A study on the Adenomera heyeri frog clade in Amazonia revealed ten new candidate species, with six of them formally named and described. These new species are distributed between interfluves in the Amazon region, corresponding to previously identified or unreported candidate lineages. The research also suggests a northern Amazonian origin for the A. heyeri clade, with two independent dispersals into the South American Dry Diagonal.
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2021)
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Zoology
Eduarda Fernanda Gomes Viegas, Rosaly Ale-Rocha
Summary: This study describes six new species of Bennarella Muir, 1930, and provides updated descriptions, illustrations, pictures, and new records for two known species. Additionally, an identification key for males and females of the species is provided.
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Environmental Sciences
Wadson Rodrigues Rezende, Lia Raquel de Souza Santos, Lilian Franco-Belussi, Classius De Oliveira
Summary: This study examined the effects of agricultural activities on the testicular morphology of three neotropical anuran species, revealing different sensitivities to agricultural pressures among the species.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
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Zoology
Joao M. Fogaca, Lucas R. P. Gomes, Marcia S. Couri, Jaime I. Rodriguez-Fernandez, Claudio J. B. De Carvalho
Summary: In this study, the Neotropical genus Stomopogon Malloch (Diptera, Muscidae) was revised, with the description of three new species and an identification key provided. Color images, illustrations, and ultrastructural morphology of the adult terminalia were included, along with an updated map of species' distributions. Additionally, Stomopogon acuta (Malloch, 1934) was proposed as a new junior synonym of S. inculta Stein, 1911.
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Genetics & Heredity
Miluse Vozdova, Svatava Kubickova, Natalia Martinkova, David Javier Galindo, Agda Maria Bernegossi, Halina Cernohorska, Dita Kadlcikova, Petra Musilova, Jose Mauricio Duarte, Jiri Rubes
Summary: The taxonomy and phylogenetics of Neotropical deer have been mainly based on morphological criteria, but this study suggests a critical revision based on new molecular and cytogenetic markers. The analysis of satellite DNA revealed evolutionary relationships among the different Neotropical deer species, especially highlighting the high abundance of satellite DNA in Mazama species and its potential role in chromosomal rearrangements and ongoing speciation.
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Zoology
Miguel A. Monne, Antonio Santos-Silva
Summary: This study describes three new species and one new genus of Bolivian Acanthocinini, including Lepturges (Lepturges) auratus sp. nov., Leptostylus dentatus sp. nov., and Spiritusellus personatus, gen. nov. et sp. nov. The differences between Leptostylus batesi and L. hilaris are explained in the remarks of L. dentatus sp. nov. Additionally, the study reports a new country record for Nealcidion latipenne in Bolivia and synonymizes Nyssodrysternum lanceolatum with Atrypanius infimus.
Article
Zoology
Luiz Fernando M. Oliveira, Jose Geraldo G. de Alvarenga, Antonio D. Brescovit
Summary: This study analyzed the genus Otoniela, including expanding the records of two known species and describing six new species. It also presented an emended diagnosis of the genus and complementary morphological data of Otoniela adisi.
Article
Zoology
Larry. G. Bezark, Antonio Santos-silva
Summary: One new genus and three new species from Mexico and Guatemala are described in this article.
Article
Zoology
Rosaly Ale-Rocha, Francisco Limeira-De-Oliveira
Summary: Two new species of the genus Metatrichia from South America are described in this study: Metatrichia barbata sp. nov. and Metatrichia brunneipennis sp. nov. Their relationships with related species were discussed, and Metatrichia bulbosa was recorded in Brazil for the first time. A key to New World species of Metatrichia was also provided.
