Phylogenetic analyses were performed using multiple nuclear (ITS and ETS) and chloroplast regions (ndhF-trnL, psbA-trnH, psbD-trnT, and trnT-trnL) to test the monophyly of Aconitum subgen. Lycoctonum (Ranunculaceae) and reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships within the subgenus. The subgenus as currently circumscribed is revealed to be polyphyletic. To achieve its monophyly, sect. Galeata a...

REZNICEK, A. A. 1990. Evolution in sedges (Carex, Cyperaceae). Can. J. Bot. 68: 1409-1432. Carex is the largest and most widespread genus of Cyperaceae, but evolutionary relationships within it are poorly understood. Subgenus Primocarex was generally thought to be artificial and derived from diverse multispicate species. Relationships of rachilla-bearing species of subgenus Primocarex, however,...

A new species of the Stegana (Steganina) ornatipes species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is described from Hainan, China, S. (S.) xipengi sp. nov. Based on the mitochondrial ND2 and COI gene sequences, the relationships among eight species from mainland China of the ornatipes group, and their relationships to the undulata, nigrolimbata and shirozui species groups of the same subgenus, are inve...

According to the increased fungi contaminations and related damages, microbiologist's incentive in considering the fungal contaminations in human habitats had increased. Some of fungi cause disease through production of toxins in animals as well as humans. Since these toxins are not easily distinguishable, then it is crucial to study their characteristics. Aspergillus are among the most importa...

In the present contribution, author summarizes his knowledge concerning subgenus Smaragdula supplemented by a key to species and two new of subgenus Smaragdula Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2004, Agapanthiini Audinet-Serville, 1835. The come from Turkey. Both them, Agapanthia (Smaragdula) grosseri sp. nov. Agapanthia kadleci perfectly fall into the homogeneous as their habitus. is similar chylybae...

lu Messrs. Salviu and Godmau's Biologia Centrali-Americana, Alston enumerates four species of deer as inhabitants of the region between Texas and the Isthmus of Panama, These are Cariacus macrotis (Say). Cariacus virginianu8(Bo&d&ert),Cariacus toltecus (S&usswe), Cariacus rufimis (Bourcier et Pucheran). Of these, the first three belong to the subgenus Cariacus, as defined by Sir Victor Brooke, ...

Homoplasy is a phenomenon in which organisms in different phylogenetic groups independently acquire similar traits. However, it is largely unknown how developmental mechanisms are altered to give rise to homoplasy. In the genus Drosophila, all species of the subgenus Sophophora, including Drosophila (D.) melanogaster, have eggshells with two dorsal appendages (DAs); most species in the subgenus...

A new species of the subgenus Timarchoptera genus Chrysolina is described from Russian Far East (Khabarovsk Krai). The found 1500 km east previously known eastern boundary range subgenus. remaining are distributed in Altai, Sayans, Transbaikalia, and N Mongolia. key all subspecies compiled, a distribution map presented.

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Artemisia subgenus Tridentatae plants characterize the North American Intermountain West. These are landscape-dominant constituents of important ecological communities and habitats for endemic wildlife. Together with allied species and genera (Picrothamnus and Sphaeromeria), they make up an intricate series of taxa whose limits are uncertain, likely the result of reticulate...

The taxonomy of the weevils inhabiting male cycad cones in the New World is reviewed. All species belong in a single subtribe, Allocorynina, of the family Belidae, subfamily Oxycoryninae and tribe Oxycorynini and are known to develop only in cones of the cycad genera Dioon and Zamia. Most species of Rhopalotria Chevrolat develop in male cones of Zamia ranging from Mexico, Belize, the Caribbean ...