Relationships among Cratoneuron curvicaule,C. filicinum var. filicinum,and C. filicinum var. atrovirens (Bryophyta: Amblystegiaceae)

Abstract

The relationships among western Eurasian and Macaronesian Cratoneuron filicinum (Hedw.) Spruce var. filicinum, C. filicinum var. atrovirens (Brid.) Ochyra, and C. curvicaule (Jur.) G.Roth were explored by ITS and the chloroplast markers rpl16 and tRNA-Gly. Haplotype networks, Jacknife, and Neighbour joining trees all provide high support for the recognition of C. curvicaule as distinct from C. filicinum, whereas the two varieties of the latter could not be distinguished. It is concluded that C. filicinum var. atrovirens most likely represents a phenotypic modification of C. filicinum that occurs especially in certain submerged environments or under heavily dripping water. The maximal support for the Cratoneuron clade and the small and quantitative morphological differences between its two species are arguments for not splitting this genus.     

Pohlia muyldermansii Wilcz. & Dem. var. pseudomuyldermansii var. nov., a new name for P. muyldermansii Wilcz. & Dem. sensu Lewis & Smith

Abstract

The results of a comparative study of Pohlia muyldermansii from Continental Europe and the British Isles are presented. Two varieties are recognized, var. muyldermansii from Belgium and the Netherlands and var. pseudomuyldermansii var. nov. from Great Britain, Ireland, Austria and Switzerland. P. camptotrachela is reported from Belgium and differences between this species and P. muyldermansii discussed.     

Der Generationswechsel von Rotalia beccarii var. flevensis,nov. var

Zusammenfassung Rotalia beccarii var. flevensis nov. var. zeigt eine typische Trimorphie (Formen a₁, A₂ und B). Diese Trimorphie ist der Ausdruck eines Generationswechsels, der mit den Jahreszeiten gleichen Tritt hält. Die B-Form ist die Dauerform im Winter und bildet im Frühjahr durch asexuelle Vermehrung Plasmodiosporen, welche zur A₁-Form heranwachsen. Die A₁-Form bildet ihrerseits im Sommer die A₂-Form, welche gekennzeichnet ist durch den Besitz eines Chromidiums. In dieser Form entwickeln sich die Mikrosporen durch mitotische Teilungen der aus dem Chromidium entstandenen kleinen Kerne, nachdem die Individuen sich enzystiert haben. Die Kopulation der Mikrosporen liefert im Herbst wieder die mikrosphärische B-Form.Ich habe eine ausführliche Studie publiziert über die Fortpflanzung der Foraminiferen in: Siboga-Reports 4, Part II, S. 79–104. Daselbst ist diese Rotalia noch als Pulvinulina repanda angeführt. Für Figuren verweise ich auf diese Arbeit.Mitteilung der Kommission zur biologischen Untersuchung der Zuidersee während der Trockenlegung.     

Mrican hepatics. XXXIV. Some little-known or new Lejeuneaceae

Abstract

Lejeunea aethiopica E. W. Jones, sp. nov., L. amaniensis E. W. Jones sp. nov., L. hepaticola Steph., and Cheilolejeunea cordistipula (Steph.) Grolle ex Jones, 397 comb. nov. (Strepsilejeunea cordistipula Steph., Pycnolejeunea angustiflora Steph., syn. nov.) are described.     

共球藻纲丝状藻中国新记录属种——洪泛拟寇丽藻

从甘肃省张掖市黑河流域分离了一株不分枝的丝状绿藻,对其进行纯培养并保藏于中国科学院淡水藻种库,编号FACHB 2451。形态观察表明,该藻株具有相对较长的营养细胞 (细胞长为宽的3~8倍)、双叶形的片状叶绿体、末端细胞顶端钝圆或略尖细等特征。结合形态比较和基于18S rDNA 基因序列的系统发育分析,确定该藻株为中国淡水共球藻纲新记录属种——洪泛拟寇丽藻 (Koliellopsis inundata Lokhorst)。分子系统发育研究结果表明,所分离的藻株与分离自比利时与荷兰边境农地的洪泛拟寇丽藻模式藻株序列相似度极高,且拟寇丽藻属与寇丽藻属、针丝藻属和拟针丝藻属等不分枝丝状拟寇丽藻科成员亲缘关系密切,可以较好地聚成一个亚支。     

Revision of the plant bug genus Xenocylapus Bergroth (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae), with a description of Henryfulvius gracilis – a new cylapine genus and species from Ecuador

The genus Xenocylapus Bergroth, 1922 is revised. Nine new species, Xenocylapus aculeatus sp. nov., X. aquilonius sp. nov., X. bicolor sp. nov., X. globulus sp. nov., X. heissi sp. nov., X. panamaensis sp. nov., X. serrulatus sp. nov., X. tenuis sp. nov., and X. waorani sp. nov., are described from Brazil, Honduras, Mexico, and Panama. New genus and species Henryfulvius gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov. is described from Ecuador. Illustrations of the male genitalia, color photographs of dorsal and lateral views of the adult of most species, scanning electron micrographs of selected structures of X. tenuis, and keys to species of the genus Xenocylapus are provided.     

Magnolia denudata var. glabrata var. nov. (Magnoliaceae) from Hunan,China

Magnolia denudata var. glabrata Y. L. Wang et S. Z. Zhang var. nov. is described and illustrated from Hunan, China. The variety occurs mainly in semi‐evergreen forest of south Hunan at altitudes between 700 and 1260 m a.s.l. It differs from M. denudata var. denudata by its green and glabrous twigs and leaves which are glabrous above and have some white pubescence underneath. With its white flowers consisting of mostly 9 tepals, it differs from M. sprengeri Pamp. which mainly has 12 tepals in various shades of red/pink to white. The new variety is rare and considered endangered due to habitat destruction.     

Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Clusiaceae). 1 Section 9. Hypericum sensu lato (part 3): Subsection 1. Hypericum series 2. Senanensia,subsection 2. Erecta and section 9b. Graveolentia

Abstract

Part 4(3) of this monographic series of papers on the genus Hypericum is prefaced by an introduction to the genus and a summary of the aims and methods of the project. This is followed by treatments of the remaining parts of sect. 9. Hypericum sensu stricto and the last segregate section from the original sect. Hypericum, sect. 9b. Graveolentia. Both hitherto untreated parts of the reduced sect. Hypericum are mainly Japanese, but some species extend in distribution as far as Kamchatka, eastern Siberia, central China, and Sabah (Mt. Kinabalu). Sect. Graveolentia is North and Central American. Sect. Hypericum subsect. Hypericum series Senanensia contains seven species from northern Japan and adjacent areas, including H. pibairense (Miyabe & Y. Kimura) N. Robson, stat. nov., H. nakaii subsp. miyabei (Y. Kimura) N. Robson, comb. et stat. nov., H. nakaii subsp. tatewakii (S. Watanabe) N. Robson, comb. et stat. nov. and H. senanense subsp. mutiloides (R. Keller) N. Robson, comb. et stat. nov. Sect. Hypericum subsect. Erecta contains 23 species and one hybrid from Japan, Korea, central China, Taiwan, Luzon, Sabah and Sumatera, including H. kawaranum N. Robson, stat. et nom. nov., H. watanabei N. Robson, stat. et nom. nov., H. kimurae N. Robson, stat. et nom. nov., H. pseudoerectum stat. et nom. nov., H. kitamense (Y. Kimura) N. Robson, stat. nov., H. kurodakeanum N. Robson, stat. et nom. nov., H. furusei N. Robson, sp. nov., H. nuporoense N. Robson, sp. nov. and H. ovalifolium subsp. hisauchii (Y. Kimura) N. Robson, stat. nov. Sect. Graveolentia contains nine species and one hybrid from southeastern Canada, the eastern half of the United States, Mexico and western Guatemala, including H. oaxacanum subsp. veracrucense N. Robson, subsp. nov. and H. macvaughii N. Robson, sp. nov.     

New biting midges from the Cretaceous amber of Lebanon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

New Ceratopogonidae from the Early Cretaceous amber of Hammana (Central Lebanon) are studied. Five new species (Lebanoculicoides daheri sp. nov., Protoculicoides krzeminskii sp. nov., Archiaustroconops annae sp. nov., Archiaustroconops hammanensis sp. nov., and Archiaustroconops dominiakae sp. nov.) are characterized, described, illustrated, and compared with other Cretaceous taxa. New keys for species of the three genera Lebanoculioides, Protoculicoides, and Archiaustroconops, but also for all genera of Lebanese fossil biting midges, are proposed.     

Bryophytes of St Helena,South Atlantic Ocean. 6. Cheilolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. (Jungermanniales: Lejeuneaceae), including C. microscypha (Hook.f. & Taylor) M.Wigginton,comb. nov. and C. rotalis (Hook.f. & Taylor) M.Wigginton,comb. nov.

Abstract

Two little known species of Cheilolejeunea, C. microscypha (Hook.f. & Taylor) M.Wigginton, comb. nov. (a reinstated St Helena liverwort), and C. rotalis (Hook.f. & Taylor) M.Wigginton comb. nov., endemic to St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean, are described and illustrated, and oil bodies of C. ascensionis (Hook.f. & Taylor) Grolle are newly described and illustrated.     

Cryptococcus antarcticus var. circumpolaris var. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast from Antarctica

Cryptococcus antarcticus Vishniac & Kurtzman var. circumpolaris Vishniac and Onofri var. nov. (Filobasidiales, Tremellomycetidae, Hymenomycetes), an anamorphic yeast with ca. 73% nDNA relatedness to Cryptococcus antarcticus var.antarcticus, differs in failure to assimilate raffinose, a lower maximum temperature for growth, fatty acid profile, and in a single nucleotide change in the D2 region of LSU rDNA. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Nototorchus nom. nov. and Paratorchus nom. nov., replacement names for Nototrochus McColl, 1982 and Paratrochus McColl, 1982 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae)

Abstract

Nototorchus nom. nov. and Paratorchus nom. nov. are proposed as replacement names for Nototrochus McColl, 1982 and Paratrochus McColl, 1982, which are pre-occupied in Coelenterata and Mollusca respectively.     

Physcomitrium,eurystomum Sendtn. in Britain

Abstract

Key to the genera Marchesinia, Dicranolejeunea and Lopholejeunea. D. johnsoniana (Mitt.) comb.nov. from Macaronesia is figured and described in detail. The South African Marchesinia chrysophylla is transferred to Dicranolejeunea and is regarded as conspecific with D. atra (Mitt.) Vanden Berghen, syn.nov. from Central Africa.     

Végétation marine de l'Ile de Port-Cros (Parc National). XII: Sur Acrochaetium molinieri sp. nov. et Lophosiphonia cristata Falkenberg

Abstract

Marine vegetation of Port-Cros Island (National park). XII: on Acrochaetium molinieri sp. nov. and Lophosiphonia cristata Falkenberg. – Acrochaetium molinieri sp. nov. is characterized by its bicellular base; only one of these cells originates an erect filament. Lophosiphonia cristata, rarely mentioned from the Mediterranean, is richly illustrated and described in detail     

Pselaphotumulus,a new genus of pselaphine endemic to New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae)

ABSTRACT

Pselaphotumulus Owens and Carlton, gen. nov., is described as the sixth genus in the tribe Pselaphini known from New Zealand. Three new species are described: Pselaphotumulus aorerei, sp. nov., Pselaphotumulus dubius, sp. nov. and Pselaphotumulus unus, sp. nov.. Three species, Pselaphus cavelli (Broun 1893), Pselaphus oviceps (Broun 1917) and Pselaphus urquharti (Broun 1917) are transferred to Pselaphotumulus, nov. combs. Lectotypes from type series in the New Zealand Broun Collection (Natural History Museum, London) are designated for these three species. Habitus photographs, distributional maps and line drawings of diagnostic characters are provided for each species. A key to species is provided. Searches of museum collections have not yielded representatives outside of New Zealand, suggesting that this is the first endemic genus in the tribe Pselaphini described from the New Zealand’s main islands, specifically, the South Island. Pselaphotumulus species exhibit restricted distribution patterns that approximately coincide with the Pacific/Indo Australian Plate boundary.     

The genus Gottschelia Grolle (Jungermanniopsida,Lophoziaceae) in China,with a description of G. grollei,sp. nov.

Abstract

The genus Gottschelia Grolle is reported as new to mainland China, from Yunnan Province. Previously G. schizopleura (Spruce) Grolle was the only known Chinese species, reported from Taiwan. However, two further species have recently been found in the Gaoligong Shan range, Yunnan Province, G. patoniae Grolle, Schill & D.G. Long, previously known from the East Himalaya of Nepal and India (Sikkim) and G. grollei D.G. Long & Váňa, described here as a new species endemic to China, the fourth known species in the genus. The differences between the three Chinese species are enumerated with notes on distribution and ecology.     

A New, Commercially Valuable Chanterelle Species, Cantharellus californicus sp. nov., Associated with Live Oak in California, USA

A New, Commercially Valuable Chanterelle Species, Cantharellus californicus sp. nov., Associated with Live Oak in California, USA. The prominent golden chanterelle of California’s oak woodlands is characterized as a new species, Cantharellus californicus sp. nov., using molecular and morphological data. Our observations indicate that it is the largest Cantharellus species in the world, with individual sporocraps commonly weighing 1/2 kilogram (kg) (or 1 pound) or more when mature. Other Cantharellus species in California are compared and evaluated, including their known ectomycorrhizal hosts. The California oak chanterelle is an economically valuable species, and some observations on its commercial harvest are presented.     

Plagiochila atlantica F. Rose,sp. nov.—P. amhagiosa auct.

Abstract

The Irish plant which, following Mitten, has commonly been referred to as Plagiochila ambagiosa Mitt. is specifically different from the type of P. ambagiosa, and is therefore described as Plagiochila atlantica F. Rose, sp. nov. It is now known from very restricted areas in Western Ireland, Western Scotland and North-western France.