Two new speices, Oxycera rozkosnyisp. n. and Oxycera ningxiaensissp. n., are described from Liupanshan Nature Reserve, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Northwest China. All essential diagnostic characters are figured and possible relationships of both taxa are briefly discussed, and a new key to species of Oxycera from China. The type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizho...

a survey was conducted to identify the fungus gnats (diptera: mycetophilidae) in kermanshah province (west of iran) during 2010-2011. the specimens were collected from nine different localities. adults were reared from the fruiting bodies of agaric fungi. five species are recorded for the first time from iran: mycetophila strigatoides (lundrock), allodia ornaticollis (meigen), rymosia pseudocre...

Recent work on molecular phylogenetics of Scolopendridae from the Western Ghats, Peninsular India, has suggested the presence of six cryptic species of the otostigmine Digitipes Attems, 1930, together with three species described in previous taxonomic work by Jangi and Dass (1984). Digitipes is the correct generic attribution for a monophyletic group of Indian species, these being united with t...

Khoshsokhan, M., Kazempour Osaloo, S., Saadatmand, S. & Attar, F. 2010 06 30: Molecular phylogeny of Rochelia (Boraginaceae) based on nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnL-F sequences. -Iran. J. Bot. 16 (1): 22-29. Tehran. We here present molecular phylogeny of the genus Rochelia (Boraginaceae-Eritrichieae). A total of 8 species of Rochelia and 2 species of Lappula as outgroups were included in analyses usi...

A large collection of bacterial strains, immunotrapped from soil and from the wheat rhizoplane, was subjected to polyphasic taxonomy by examining various pheno- and genotypic parameters. Strains were grouped on (inter) repetitive extragenic palindromic DNA (REP) PCR profiles at the intraspecies level. Pheno- and genotypic characters were assessed for representatives from 13 different REP groups...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Verrucariaceae is a fascinating lineage of lichenized fungi for which generic and species delimitation is problematic due to the scarcity of discriminating morphological characters. Members of this family inhabit rocks, but they further colonize soils, barks, mosses, and other lichens. Our aim is to contribute to the DNA-based inference of the Verrucariaceae tree of life an...

Sexual dimorphism occurs frequently in Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802 and is particularly variable in subfamily Galerucinae Latreille, 1802. This diversity has been early noted by authors a potential source of taxonomic characters. The section Diabroticites (Luperini Gistel, 1848) is one of the largest assemblies of chrysomelid genera with currently 823 valid species in 17 genera (12 based on di...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Species' boundaries applied within Christensonella have varied due to the continuous pattern of variation and mosaic distribution of diagnostic characters. The main goals of this study were to revise the species' delimitation and propose a more stable classification for this genus. In order to achieve these aims phylogenetic relationships were inferred using DNA sequence dat...

Five new species of terrestrial isopods from Liguria and surrounding regions are described: Buddelundiella zoiai sp. n. (Buddelundiellidae), Sardoniscus marmoratus (Oniscidae), Cylisticus poggii (Cylisticidae), Porcellio incavatus (Porcellionidae), Alloschizidium segestanum (Armadillidiidae). zoiai, were collected in edaphic environments, while found leaf litter or under not deeply embedded roc...

Abstract Gonopods are phylogenetically important morphological characters, and in several cases providing diagnostic characters to support taxonomic phylogenetic studies. Relatively few studies, however, have emphasized in-depth descriptions of gonopods, the functional morphology these structures poorly understood. We use SEM describe illustrate two pairs gonopods (G1 G2) nine species Mithracid...