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DOI: 10.15468/3jc7kj
title: Morphology and spatial constraints in a dorso-ventrally flattened skull, with a revised species description of Platyallabes tihoni (Poll, 1944)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Devaere, Stijn, Adriaens, Dominique, Teugels, Guy G., Verraes, Walter (2005): Morphology and spatial constraints in a dorso-ventrally flattened skull, with a revised species description of Platyallabes tihoni (Poll, 1944). Journal of Natural History 39 (19): 1653-1673, DOI: 10.1080/00222930400020103, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930400020103AbstractThis study details the morphology of Platyallabes tihoni (Poll, 1944) as part of a complete revision of the anguilliform clariids. The overall body form of air-breathing clariids ranges from fusiform to anguilliform genera (Boulenger 1911; Pellegrin 1927). Although P. tihoni has the typical external morphological features of other elongate clariids, this study shows that it occupies an intermediate position between fusiform and anguilliform taxa with regards to its cranial and postcranial morphology. The main morphological similarities of anguilliform species are a narrow skull roof with a high level of interdigitation between the bones, the reduced canal bones, a connection between the neurocranium and suspensorium via several processes, an extended tooth patch on the lower jaw, and the hypertrophied jaw muscle complex. Shared features typical for the fusiform species are a low coronoid process on the lower jaw and the posteroventral orientation of the opercular process on the hyomandibula. Platyallabes tihoni shows a series of unique features: an anterior fontanel situated entirely between the frontals, two tooth plates on the prevomer, a reduced height of the suspensorium, the absence of an anterior bony plate on the hyomandibula, a horizontal position of the sphenotic and pterotic, and a toothed entopterygoid. Many of these unique characters are linked to the spatial constraints associated with an extremely flattened skull in this species.
DOI: 10.15468/gsf89y
title: Revision of the European species of the subgenus Neocheilosia Barkalov (Diptera, Syrphidae: Cheilosia)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Bot, Sander, Ståhls, Gunilla, Bygebjerg, Rune, Doczkal, Dieter, Vujić, Ante (2025): Revision of the European species of the subgenus Neocheilosia Barkalov (Diptera, Syrphidae: Cheilosia). European Journal of Taxonomy 997: 1-27, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2917, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2917/13205Abstract. The European species of the Cheilosia subgen. Neocheilosia Barkalov, 1983 (Diptera, Syrphidae) are revised. The identities of Cheilosia morio (Zetterstedt, 1838) and of its synonyms are reviewed, and C. scanica Ringdahl, 1937 is established as a junior synonym of C. morio. Cheilosia luteicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) is re-installed as the name for C. morio of authors pro parte, not Zetterstedt. Cheilosia morio and C. luteicornis are redescribed, and lectotypes are designated for Eristalis lineata Wahlberg, 1843 and for E. luteicornis Zetterstedt, 1838 in order to ensure the consistent future interpretation of the names. The hitherto unknown male of Cheilosia barovskii Stackelberg, 1930 is described, and the female of C. barovskii is redescribed. We also provide updated distributional records and an identification key. Finally, we present a Neighbor-Joining tree for mtDNA COI barcodes of four species of the subgen. Neocheilosia.
DOI: 10.15468/t7xbdc
title: A new genus and three new species of Lycoperdaceae (Agaricales) from Southern China revealed by molecular phylogeny and taxonomy

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Yang, Xin, Duan, Songjing, Li, Mei, Li, Dongxu, Yang, Rongcong, Zhang, Shihui, Xu, Taimin, Li, Wen, Zhou, Hongmin, Zhao, Changlin (2025): A new genus and three new species of Lycoperdaceae (Agaricales) from Southern China revealed by molecular phylogeny and taxonomy. MycoKeys 118: 147-177, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.118.153703AbstractLycoperdaceae (Agaricales, Agaricomycetes) is a taxonomically significant fungal family based on the globally distributed and morphologically defined puffball structures. In the present study, one new genus, Lycoperdia, and three new species, viz. Calvatia phlebioides, Lycoperdia tomentosa, and Morganella minima, collected from southern China are proposed based on a combination of morphological characteristics and molecular evidence. Calvatia phlebioides is characterized by broadly obpyriform to turbinate basidiomes and globose to subglobose basidiospores with a short pedicel. Lycoperdia tomentosa is characterized by pyriform basidiomes, tomentose exoperidium, and globose to subglobose basidiospores with a long pedicel. Morganella minima is characterized by tiny basidiomes (5–8 mm in diameter, 3–7 mm in height), globose to subglobose basidiospores with distinct spines, and a short pedicel (&lt;0.5 μm). Sequences of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS), nuclear large subunit ribosomal RNA (nLSU), and RNA polymerase second largest subunit (rpb 2) of the nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA) markers of the studied samples were generated, and the phylogenetic analyses were performed with maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference methods. The results showed that our collections were clustered within the family Lycoperdaceae. The phylogenetic tree inferred from the ITS + nLSU sequences revealed that all four new taxa were clustered into the family Lycoperdaceae, in which Lycoperdia tomentosa formed a monophyletic lineage. The phylogenetic tree inferred from the ITS + nLSU + rpb 2 sequences revealed that one new taxon, Calvatia phlebioides, was clustered into the genus Calvatia, sister to C. longisetulosa. The phylogenetic tree inferred from the ITS + nLSU sequences revealed that Morganella minima was clustered into the genus Morganella, forming a monophyletic lineage. Full morphological descriptions, illustrations, and phylogenetic analysis results for the new genus and three new species are provided.
DOI: 10.15468/uuuane
title: Description of the tadpole of Itapotihyla langsdorffii (Anura: Hylidae)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Pimenta, Bruno V. S., Canedo, Clarissa (2007): Description of the tadpole of Itapotihyla langsdorffii (Anura: Hylidae). Zootaxa 1387 (1): 39-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1387.1.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1387.1.3AbstractThe tadpole of Itapotihyla langsdorffii is described and illustrated. Morphological data are compared with available information on tadpoles of casque­headed frogs occurring in the Atlantic Rainforest (genera Aparasphenodon and Trachycephalus), and also with Osteocephalus. The ontogenetic shift in tooth row formula and the great similarity on tadpole external morphology among these genera do not allow the use of the examined larval characters on generic diagnoses. However, we present some juvenile characters which may support the validity of Itapotihyla. The confrontation of the hypotheses concerning oral disk morphology and larval habitat types of the casque­headed tree frogs with the phylogeny of the Lophiohylini indicates that the ancestral larval habitat of this tribe was lentic and that the high number of tooth rows in this clade is not related to larval habitat.
DOI: 10.15468/68v7a5
title: Two new cave-dwelling species of the false scorpion genus Pseudoblothrus Beier, 1931 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Syarinidae) from the Crimean Peninsula

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Turbanov, I. S., Kolesnikov, V. B. (2020): Two new cave-dwelling species of the false scorpion genus Pseudoblothrus Beier, 1931 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Syarinidae) from the Crimean Peninsula. Arthropoda Selecta 29 (1): 28-50, DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.29.1.03, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7576486
DOI: 10.15468/9ssqcn
title: Geometric morphometric characterization of the Balkan alpine grasshopper genus Oropodisma Uvarov, 1942 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae), with description of two new species

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Trillo, Marina, Ortego, Joaquín (2025): Geometric morphometric characterization of the Balkan alpine grasshopper genus Oropodisma Uvarov, 1942 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae), with description of two new species. ZooKeys 1240: 195-217, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1240.150223AbstractIn this study, we employ a geometric morphometric approach to quantify morphological differences among taxa of the genus Oropodisma Uvarov, 1942, a complex of alpine grasshoppers comprising several narrow endemic species distributed across different mountain ranges of the Balkan Peninsula. The genus was described by Uvarov in 1942 and currently includes 10 recognized species, primarily distinguished by subtle differences in the shape of the male phallus apex and furculae. Some populations from central Greece exhibit an uncertain taxonomic status, suggesting the possible existence of undescribed species. Quantitative morphological comparisons with specimens collected from the type localities of all currently recognized taxa revealed the presence of two new species in the Pindus Range, Greece: O. tzoumerkae sp. nov. from Mount Tzoumerka and O. agrafae sp. nov. from Mount Agrafa. Geometric morphometric analyses indicate that O. tymphrestosi and O. willemsei, which occur in adjacent mountain ranges from central Greece, do not exhibit statistically significant differences in the shapes of either the phallus apex or the furculae. This finding raises doubts about their current taxonomic status but may also reflect the limitations of geometric morphometric approaches in capturing subtle differences in the complex structures that characterize male genitalia. Overall, our analyses highlight the value of quantitative approaches in formally reassessing the taxonomic status of species complexes. The description of two new and geographically restricted species within Oropodisma further emphasizes the role of Mediterranean mountains as key centers of microgeographic speciation for alpine biotas.
DOI: 10.15468/pcmj67
title: A new species of Callerya (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Millettieae) from New Caledonia

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Nielsen, Ivan C., Veillon, Jean-Marie (2005): A new species of Callerya (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Millettieae) from New Caledonia. Adansonia (3) 27 (1): 81-84, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5186491KEY WORDS Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Millettieae, Callerya, New Caledonia, new species. ABSTRACTThe genus Callerya is for the first time recorded from New Caledonia, and a new species from lowland sclerophyllous forest, C. neocaledonica I.C. Nielsen & Veillon, is described. It is characterised by its early caducous, filiform stipels, densely puberulous 2.5-5 cm long leaf rhachis, 8-10 long and 6 cm wide panicles, the lower calyx teeth broadly triangular and the upper two forming an emarginate lip, and the two basal callosities of the standard.
DOI: 10.15468/6hrxcr
title: Catalogue of the specimens of the genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) deposited in the Natural History Museum, London

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Bayfield-Farrell, William P., Matsumoto, Keita, Barclay, Maxwell V. L. (2025): Catalogue of the specimens of the genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. Zootaxa 5637 (3): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5637.3.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.3.1AbstractThe genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini) is a group of phytophagous chafer beetles comprising 127 described species. The collection of Chrysina of the Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom is important because it contains type material for 19 species, and material collected over a long period of time. However, the collection is not very comprehensive, holding representatives of fewer than half the described species of the genus (47%), from only nine countries. In this catalogue, we provide an overview of the collection of Chrysina at the Natural History Museum, with historical context and background. Lectotypes of four nominal species are herein designated.
DOI: 10.15468/bf8bqc
title: A Revised Sectional Classification of Plukenetia L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) with Four New Species from South America

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Cardinal-McTeague, Warren M., Gillespie, Lynn J. (2020): A Revised Sectional Classification of Plukenetia L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) with Four New Species from South America. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 45 (3): 507-536, DOI: 10.1600/036364420X15935294613572, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364420x15935294613572Abstract —We present a phylogenetic classification for Plukenetia (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) based on morphology and molecular phylogenetic studies using nuclear (ETS, ITS, KEA 1 introns 11 and 17, TEB exon 17) and plastid (matK, ndhF, psbA-trnH) DNA data. Plukenetia comprises 25 species divided into six sections, with three new sections and four new species described here. The circumscription of Plukenetia is unaltered from recent treatments and we continue to recognize Romanoa as distinct. The sections of Plukenetia correspond with the subclade system proposed by Cardinal-McTeague and Gillespie (2016): P1 = P. sect. Fragariopsis comb. et stat. nov.; P2 = P. sect. Penninerviae sect. nov.; P3 = P. sect. Plukenetia; P4 = P. sect. Angostylidium; and P5 = P. sect. Hedraiostylus + P. sect. Madagascarienses sect. nov. The sections are distinguished by a combination of leaf venation, staminate flower morphology, pistillate flower number, style morphology, fruit type, and seed size. Additionally, we describe three new species from South America belonging to sect. Penninerviae: Plukenetia brevistyla and Plukenetia megastyla from the Amazon basin and Plukenetia chocoensis from the Chocó Biogeographic Region of Colombia. The new Amazonian species are morphologically similar to P. brachybotrya but distinguished by their style shape and size. The new Colombian species is morphologically similar to P. penninervia but distinguished by its elongate basilaminar extrafloral nectaries, presence of abaxial laminar extrafloral nectaries, and longer inflorescences. We also describe a new species from sect. Plukenetia, Plukenetia sylvestris, which is found in central and southern Peru. This species is suggested to be the wild progenitor of the cultivated P. carolis-vegae, differing by its smaller seeds/fruits and fewer stamens. Molecular data, including a new ETS phylogeny sampling P. brevistyla, support our new taxa as distinct. Keys to the sections and species of Plukenetia are provided and we designate 12 new lectotypes for Plukenetia and Romanoa.
DOI: 10.15468/87z4j3
title: A new species of Hoplias malabaricus species complex (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) from Northeastern Brazil

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Abreu, João Marcelo S., Silva Pedroza, Wellington, Oyakawa, Osvaldo T., de Araújo Melo, Solange, Tchaicka, Ligia, Piorski, Nivaldo Magalhães (2025): A new species of Hoplias malabaricus species complex (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) from Northeastern Brazil. Evolutionary Systematics 9 (1): 135-143, DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.9.153695AbstractA new species of Hoplias malabaricus species complex is herein described from the Munim River Basin, Maranhão state, Northeastern of Brazil. Hoplias cazumba differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: 19–22 scales around caudal peduncle, 40–42 lateral-line scales, 39–41 vertebrae, 11–13 dorsal-fin rays and, always 15 caudal-fin rays.
DOI: 10.15468/xsj6zc
title: Three new species and one new record of Wilkinsonellus Mason (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Australo-Oriental region

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Li, Huan, Meng, Yuhao, Lu, Geng, Liu, Zhen, Polaszek, Andrew (2025): Three new species and one new record of Wilkinsonellus Mason (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Australo-Oriental region. ZooKeys 1240: 177-193, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1240.153121AbstractThe small microgastrine braconid genus Wilkinsonellus Mason was known previously from parts of the Australo-Oriental region, but it has never been reported from Borneo (Brunei and Sarawak), Peninsular Malaysia, Seram, or the Solomon Islands before this study. Here we describe three new species, namely, Wilkinsonellus carinatus Liu & Polaszek, sp. nov. from Brunei, Sarawak, and Seram; Wilkinsonellus paracorpustriacolor Liu & Polaszek, sp. nov. from Sarawak; and Wilkinsonellus rugiscutum Liu & Polaszek, sp. nov. from Peninsular Malaysia. We also present a new distribution record of Wilkinsonellus amplus Austin & Dangerfield from the Solomon Islands, along with a key to 21 species known from the Australo-Oriental region.
DOI: 10.15468/hduexf
title: A New Eyeless Species of Micranops Cameron 1913 from Bolivia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Guzman, Yoan Camilo, Żyła, Dagmara (2024): A New Eyeless Species of Micranops Cameron 1913 from Bolivia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Neotropical Entomology 53 (1): 154-161, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-023-01106-5, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-023-01106-5AbstractThis work adds a new eyeless species of the genus Micranops Cameron, 1913 (Staphylinidae, Paederinae, Scopaeina) to the endogean Coleoptera of the Bolivian fauna. The loss of eyes is usually associated with adaptations to subterranean habitats, although M. bolivianus Guzman & Żyła sp. nov. was collected from leaf litter. We also report new occurrences for the genus west of the Andes mountain range. Our work increases the number of known Neotropical Micranops species to seven and extends the known distribution range for the genus in South America.
DOI: 10.15468/vqkcuf
title: A new synonym of Phyllomorpha laciniata (Villers, 1789) (Heteroptera: Coreidae)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Kment, Petr (2005): A new synonym of Phyllomorpha laciniata (Villers, 1789) (Heteroptera: Coreidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 45: 19-20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4468069Abstract. The following new synonymy is established: Phyllomorpha laciniata montandon Zange, 2005, syn. nov. = Phyllomorpha laciniata (Villers, 1789). Moreover, Phyllomorpha laciniata laciniata sensu ZANGE (2005) is a misidentification of Ph. lacerata Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835.Key words. Heteroptera, Coreidae, Phyllomorpha, Greece, new synonymIn a recent but formally very unsatisfactory paper ignoring authoritative monographs on the Coreoidea, ZANGE (2005) described a new subspecies, Phyllomorpha laciniata montandon Zange, 2005 from Greece, and compared it with the ‘nominotypical subspecies’. ZANGE (2005) gave the following distinguishing characters for Ph. l. laciniata – ‘Antennomere 1 strongly spinous, antennomeres 2-3 without spines, antennomere 4 clavate; rostrum reaching mesocoxae; coloration light-beige to light-brown; corium with bright, dark-brown bands and dark-brown punctures; membrane glassy translucent, its veins translucent’. He also indicated that the metatibiae are not spinous or only with scarce hairs at their upper margin and the body length ranges between 9 and 10 mm. Phyllomorpha l. monandon differs by ‘antennomeres 1-2 strongly spinous, antennomeres 2 (from its upper third), 3 and 4 without spines, antennomere 4 fusiform; coloration dark-brown; corium with bright, dark-brown bands and darkbrown punctures; ground colour dark-brown; membrane dark-brown, translucent, its veins externally strongly protruding, dark-brown’. He indicated body lengths of 8.5-9 mm.Comparison of ZANGE’ S (2005) descriptions with the keys by STICHEL (1959 -1960) and MOULET (1995) and several dozens of specimens of Ph. laciniata and Ph. lacerata kept in the collection of the National Museum in Praha revealed that Ph. l. montandon is identical with Ph. laciniata (Villers, 1789), while Ph. l. laciniata sensu ZANGE (2005) represents misidentified specimens of Ph. lacerata Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835. The coloration and smaller size of Ph. l. montandon is fully within the variability range of Ph. laciniata (length 7.5-10.5 mm – MOULET 1995). Therefore, the following synonymy must be established:
DOI: 10.15468/cd5qnh
title: Taxonomic revision of the Quasipaa verrucospinosa complex (Amphibia, Dicroglossidae) in Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Pham, Cuong The, Hoang, Chung Van, Phan, Tien Quang, Pham, Anh Van, Ong, An Vinh, Nguyen, Vien Hong Thi, Ziegler, Thomas, Nguyen, Truong Quang (2025): Taxonomic revision of the Quasipaa verrucospinosa complex (Amphibia, Dicroglossidae) in Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1240: 139-175, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1240.147337AbstractThis study provides a taxonomic revision of the Quasipaa verrucospinosa complex in Vietnam. Based on integrative taxonomic analyses, Quasipaa verrucospinosa sensu stricto is distributed in Lao Cai, Vinh Phuc, Ha Giang, and Tuyen Quang provinces. Other records of Quasipaa verrucospinosa in northern and central Vietnam revealed to be representatives of two new species: Quasipaa ohlerae sp. nov. from Son La, Thanh Hoa, and Nghe An provinces and Quasipaa binhi sp. nov. from Quang Binh and Thua Thien Hue provinces. The two new species morphologically differ from each other and from other known species in the genus Quasipaa in size, skin texture, color pattern, and nuptial spines. The molecular analysis based on 16 S rRNA and Cytb gene fragments showed that the genetic divergence between Quasipaa ohlerae sp. nov. and other congeners ranges from 2.96 % (compared with Q. delacouri and Quasipaa binhi sp. nov.) to 7.89 % (compared with Q. exilispinosa) in the 16 S gene and from 13.81 % (compared with Q. delacouri) to 22.91 % (compared with Quasipaa sp.) in the Cytb gene, while the p-distances between Quasipaa binhi sp. nov. and its congeners ranges from 2.34 % (compared with Q. delacouri) to 6.12 % (compared with Quasipaa sp.) in the 16 S gene and from 10.15 % (compared with Q. delacouri) to 21.88 % (compared with Q. boulengeri) in the Cytb gene. These new findings bring the total number of known species in the genus Quasipaa to 15 and the recorded species from Vietnam to eight.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.29650937
title: Genotype-Based GWAS of COVID-19 Severity and Outcomes in an Indian Cohort

description: This study conducted a comparative genome-wide association study (GWAS) on genotyped data from Indian COVID-19 patients to explore genetic factors influencing disease severity and mortality. Leveraging both global (1KGenomes) and Indian-specific (IndiGen) reference panels.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.29650937.v2
title: Genotype-Based GWAS of COVID-19 Severity and Outcomes in an Indian Cohort

description: This study conducted a comparative genome-wide association study (GWAS) on genotyped data from Indian COVID-19 patients to explore genetic factors influencing disease severity and mortality. Leveraging both global (1KGenomes) and Indian-specific (IndiGen) reference panels.