cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.15468/rxkakf
title: Four new species of Beltraniella (Amphisphaeriales, Beltraniaceae) revealed by morphology and phylogenetic analyses from China

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Liu, Wen-Wen, Yin, Chang-Zhun, Zhang, Zhao-Xue, Wang, Xing-Sheng, Meng, Zhe, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Wang, Shi (2025): Four new species of Beltraniella (Amphisphaeriales, Beltraniaceae) revealed by morphology and phylogenetic analyses from China. MycoKeys 116: 125-144, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.140506AbstractBeltraniella is a widely-distributed genus on Earth, although its abundance is relatively limited in relation to other dematiaceous hyphomycetes. In the present study, diseased leaves of Myristica fragrans and decaying leaves were collected from Hainan and Sichuan Province. Fungal DNA was amplified and sequenced using two barcodes, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and large subunit of ribosomal RNA (LSU), and phylogenetic analyses were conducted through maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) algorithms. Four new species of Beltraniella, B. dujiangyanensis, B. jianfengensis, B. myristicae, and B. xinglongensis are identified through phylogenetic analyses and morphological comparison during a survey of fungal diversity in Hainan and Sichuan Provinces, China. Detailed descriptions of the morphological characteristics of these four new species are provided and illustrated with figures.
DOI: 10.15468/yrg6tu
title: First report of the genus Opostega Zeller, 1839 (Lepidoptera, Opostegidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Sun, Hao, Wang, Shuxia (2025): First report of the genus Opostega Zeller, 1839 (Lepidoptera, Opostegidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 5660 (2): 267-272, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5660.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5660.2.7AbstractThe genus Opostega Zeller, 1839 is newly recorded from China. Opostega apicidissecta sp. nov. from Xinjiang and O. magnirotunda sp. nov. from Hainan are described as new. Images of adults and male genitalia are provided, along with a key to species of Opostega in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. Additionally, the distribution of Opostegidae across China and neighboring countries is assessed.
DOI: 10.15468/76m53h
title: Three new species of the genus Rhogadopsis Brèthes (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) from South Korea

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Han, Yunjong, van Achterberg, Cornelis, Kim, Hyojoong (2024): Three new species of the genus Rhogadopsis Brèthes (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) from South Korea. ZooKeys 1214: 325-338, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1214.132694AbstractThree new species of Rhogadopsis Brèthes, 1913 (R. clausulata sp. nov., R. obliqoides sp. nov. and R. setosipunctata sp. nov.) are described and illustrated. Rhogadopsis unicarinata (Fischer, 1959) is a new combination and a new synonym of R. mediocarinata (Fischer, 1963), syn. nov. An identification key to the species of Rhogadopsis known from South Korea is provided.
DOI: 10.15468/a2swpn
title: Emended Neodactylariales (Dothideomycetes): Szaferohypha gen. nov. and phylogenetically related genera

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Piątek, Marcin, Stryjak-Bogacka, Monika, Czachura, Paweł (2024): Emended Neodactylariales (Dothideomycetes): Szaferohypha gen. nov. and phylogenetically related genera. MycoKeys 111: 211-228, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.111.139620AbstractEpiphytic fungi evolved several times in Dothideomycetes, particularly within the orders Asterinales, Capnodiales, Microthyriales, and Zeloasperisporiales, but also in other, less obvious lineages. In this study, a new genus and species, Szaferohypha and S. enigmatica, isolated from the sooty mould community on the leaves of Symphoricarpos albus in Poland, are described based on morphology and phylogenetic analysis using sequences of four DNA loci (LSU, ITS, SSU, and rpb 2). Due to single isolation, it is unclear whether Szaferohypha enigmatica represents a very rare or accidental inhabitant of sooty mould communities. Szaferohypha is assigned to the poorly known family Neodactylariaceae and order Neodactylariales, together with Beaucarneamyces, Neodactylaria, and Pseudoarthrographis. The order and family were originally circumscribed based on the features of the genus Neodactylaria. Therefore, they are emended by characters of Beaucarneamyces, Pseudoarthrographis, and Szaferohypha.
DOI: 10.15468/szbrha
title: On the identity of Opopaea euphorbicola Strand, 1909 and first records of three other non-native goblin spiders from Ascension Island (Araneae: Oonopidae)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Sherwood, Danniella, Dunlop, Jason, Sharp, Adam (2024): On the identity of Opopaea euphorbicola Strand, 1909 and first records of three other non-native goblin spiders from Ascension Island (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 5437 (1): 125-130, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.9
DOI: 10.15468/qgzx86
title: Phylogenetic Systematics and Biogeography of the Pantropical Genus Sesbania (Leguminosae)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Farruggia, Frank T., Lavin, Matt, Wojciechowski, Martin F. (2018): Phylogenetic Systematics and Biogeography of the Pantropical Genus Sesbania (Leguminosae). Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 43 (2): 414-429, DOI: 10.1600/036364418X697175, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418x697175Abstract —The pantropical genus Sesbania (Leguminosae) comprises approximately 85 species and 34 infraspecific taxa. This genus is unusual ecologically in its predilection for wetlands, and morphologically distinctive among legumes, yet has never been comprehensively investigated for the phylogenetic integrity of its subgeneric classification. We subjected a broad sampling of Sesbania species to phylogenetic analysis using both nuclear and plastid DNA sequence data. The resulting phylogenies support the monophyly of Sesbania and two constituent subclades, one represented by the New World endemic Sesbania sections Daubentonia, Daubentoniopsis and Glottidium, and the second comprising the pantropically distributed S. section Sesbania and former S. subgenera Pterosesbania and Agati. The species-rich S. section Sesbania is paraphyletic with respect to S. subg. Agati and Pterosesbania, while S. sect. Daubentonia is paraphyletic with respect to S. sect. Daubentoniopsis. Based on these results we revise the sectional classification of Sesbania. The genus is consistently though weakly supported as sister to tribe Loteae. Rate and age estimates suggest that the Sesbania crown clade has an estimated mean age of approximately 18.9 Ma. This implicates long-distance dispersal as causing the pantropical distribution of the genus. Regardless, the New World is optimized as the ancestral area for Sesbania. The prevalence of Sesbania in riparian, wetland, and coastal systems combined with low levels of geographic phylogenetic structure suggested that hydrochory and local extinction potentially explain present-day distributions.
DOI: 10.15468/vzg42w
title: Neurogenesis in directly and indirectly developing enteropneusts: of nets and cords

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Wanninger, Sabrina Kaul-Strehlow Makoto Urata Takuya Minokawa Thomas Stach Andreas (2015): Neurogenesis in directly and indirectly developing enteropneusts: of nets and cords. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 15 (2): 405-422, DOI: 10.1007/s13127-015-0201-2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-015-0201-2Abstract Concerning the evolution of deuterostomes, enteropneusts (acorn worms) occupy a pivotal role as they share some characteristics with chordates (e.g., tunicates and vertebrates) but are also closely related to echinoderms (e.g., sea urchin). The nervous system in particular can be a highly informative organ system for evolutionary inferences, and advances in fluorescent microscopy have revealed overwhelming data sets on neurogenesis in various clades. However, immunocytochemical descriptions of neurogenesis of juvenile enteropneusts are particularly scarce, impeding the reconstruction of nervous system evolution in this group. We followed morphogenesis of the nervous system in two enteropneust species, one with direct (Saccoglossus kowalevskii) and the other with indirect development (Balanoglossus misakiensis), using an antibody against serotonin and electron microscopy. We found that all serotoninlike immunoreactive (LIR) neurons in both species are bipolar ciliary neurons that are intercalated between other epidermal cells. Unlike the tornaria larva of B. misakiensis, the embryonic nervous system of S. kowalevskii lacks serotonin-LIRThomas Stach and Andreas Wanninger are the joint last authors. S. Kaul-Strehlow (*): A. WanningerDepartment of Integrative Zoology, University of Vienna, Althanstr.14, 1090 Vienna, Austriae-mail: sabrina.kaul-strehlow@univie.ac.atM. UrataTakehara Marine Science Station, Setouchi Field Science Center, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 5-8-1 Minato-machi, Takehara, Hiroshima 725-0024, JapanT. MinokawaResearch Center for Marine Biology, Tohoku University, Asamushi, Aomori, Aomori 039-3501, JapanT. StachInstitute for Biology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Philippstr. 13,10115 Berlin, Germanyneurons in the apical region as well as an opisthotroch neurite ring. Comparative analysis of both species shows that the projections of the serotonin-LIR somata initially form a basiepidermal plexus throughout the body that disappears within the trunk region soon after settlement before the concentrated dorsal and ventral neurite bundles emerge. Our data reveal a highly conserved mode of neurogenesis in enteropneusts that is independent of the developing mode and is inferred to be a common feature for Enteropneusta. Moreover, all detected serotonin-LIR neurons are presumably receptor cells, and the absence of serotonin-LIR interneurons from the enteropneust nervous system, which are otherwise common in various bilaterian central nervous systems, is interpreted as a loss that might have occurred already in the last common ancestor of Ambulacraria.
DOI: 10.15468/qdpekh
title: A new species of Cleruchus (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of the invasive Cis chinensis (Coleoptera, Ciidae) in Switzerland, with new records of other congeners in Europe

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Coray, Armin, Rugman-Jones, Paul F. (2022): A new species of Cleruchus (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of the invasive Cis chinensis (Coleoptera, Ciidae) in Switzerland, with new records of other congeners in Europe. Alpine Entomology 6: 97-109, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/alpento.6.86806, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/alpento.6.86806
DOI: 10.15468/yvhxs2
title: Description of a Neotropical gall inducer on Araceae: Arastichus, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) and two new species

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Zhang, Y. Miles, Gates, Michael W., Hanson, Paul E., Jansen-Gonzalez, Sergio (2022): Description of a Neotropical gall inducer on Araceae: Arastichus, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) and two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 92: 145-172, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.92.85967, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.92.85967
DOI: 10.15468/pmnv4b
title: Review of the brevicollis group of the genus Geodromicus Redtenbacher, 1857 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Shavrin, Alexey V. (2024): Review of the brevicollis group of the genus Geodromicus Redtenbacher, 1857 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). Zootaxa 5468 (3): 581-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.3.10, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.3.10AbstractThe brevicollis species group of the genus Geodromicus Redtenbacher, 1857 is reviewed. All three Western Palaearctic species of the group, including G. alborzensis sp. n. (North Iran: Alborz Mts.), G. brevicollis Fauvel, 1875 (Caucasus, north-eastern Turkey, north-western Iran) and G. transversus Motschulsky, 1860 (Caucasus) are (re-) described and illustrated. The following new synonymies are established: Geodromicus Redtenbacher, 1857 = Brachydromicus Bordoni, 1993 syn. n., G. brevicollis = G. jarrigeanus Fagel, 1976 syn. n., = G. jarrigeanus ziganensis Coiffait, 1978 syn. n., = G. armeniacus Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1989 syn. n., and G. transversus = G. flavipes Motschulsky, 1860 syn. n. The following synonymies previously established by Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1989) are confirmed: G. brevicollis = G. latiusculus Eppelsheim, 1878, = G. constricticollis Eppelsheim, 1890. A lectotype of G. constricticollis is designated. A key to species and distributional maps of all species are provided. Two species represent new country records: G. brevicollis for Azerbaijan and Iran, and G. transversus for Georgia and Armenia.
DOI: 10.15468/yvc6yq
title: Lectotypification of 4 names of Viburnum (Adoxaceae)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Zhao, Liao-Cheng, Tang, Ming (2023): Lectotypification of 4 names of Viburnum (Adoxaceae). Phytotaxa 583 (2): 219-222, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.583.2.11, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.583.2.11
DOI: 10.15468/xzbbta
title: Taxonomic notes on the nursery-web spider genus Dendrolycosa Doleschall, 1859 (Araneae: Pisauridae) from India, with the description of a new species

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Sudhin, Puthoor Pattammal, Sen, Souvik, Jäger, Peter (2023): Taxonomic notes on the nursery-web spider genus Dendrolycosa Doleschall, 1859 (Araneae: Pisauridae) from India, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5353 (1): 67-74, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.1.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.1.4AbstractA new species of the nursery-web spider genus Dendrolycosa Doleschall, 1859, D. sahyadriensis spec. nov. (J ♀) is described from the Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India. Detailed morphological descriptions, diagnoses and illustrations of the copulatory organs of both sexes are provided. The status of the Dendrolycosa species in India is also given, along with a distribution map.
DOI: 10.15468/krtn7z
title: Phylogeny of the planthopper genus Megamelus (Hemiptera, Delphacidae), with the description of two new species from South America

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Salinas, Nicolas A., Mariani, Roxana, Marino de Remes Lenicov, Ana M., Rodriguero, Marcela S., Sosa, Alejandro J. (2025): Phylogeny of the planthopper genus Megamelus (Hemiptera, Delphacidae), with the description of two new species from South America. ZooKeys 1224: 29-54, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1224.135596AbstractMegamelus is a genus of Delphacidae widely distributed and mostly associated with plants in freshwater environments. Despite various taxonomic revisions and thorough research, the delimitation of the genus, its diversity, and its evolutionary history need to be further explored. Moreover, features originally considered distinctive of the genus exhibit variation and should be reassessed. Here, the genus Megamelus in South America was examined, describing two new species, Megamelus delticus Remes Lenicov & Mariani, sp. nov. and Megamelus serpentinus Mariani & Remes Lenicov, sp. nov., and providing information on their host plants and geographical distribution. The distribution and host range knowledge of Megamelus iphigeniae and Megamelus timehri are also expanded, the male brachypter of M. timehri described for the first time, and a key to distinguish the species, based on male and female genitalia and their external morphology, is provided. Moreover, the first phylogenetic analysis of the genus is presented, based on the mitochondrial COI gene to clarify the interspecific relationships among its members. Our combined findings support the monophyly of the genus and refine diagnostic features, including the importance of the pygofer’s lobed appearance. This comprehensive revision highlights the need for further multidisciplinary approaches to fully understand the evolutionary history of Megamelus and its interactions with host plants and environments.
DOI: 10.15468/69mtha
title: Integrative taxonomy of new xenophyophores (Rhizaria, Foraminifera) from the abyssal northwest Pacific

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Gooday, Andrew J., Ishitani, Yoshiyuki, Chen, Chong, Holzmann, Maria, Richirt, Julien, Seike, Koji, Yamashita, Momo, Tsuchiya, Masashi, Nomaki, Hidetaka (2025): Integrative taxonomy of new xenophyophores (Rhizaria, Foraminifera) from the abyssal northwest Pacific. European Journal of Taxonomy 1004: 144-189, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1004.2973, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2973/13399Abstract. Xenophyophores dominate the abyssal megafauna across many areas of the Pacific Ocean. These giant agglutinated foraminifera have been studied mainly in the tropics, including within the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), from where the majority of recently described taxa have originated. Here, we describe three new species, one of them assigned to a new genus, from an area further north (30– 32.5° N) near the Japanese Archipelago. Specimens were collected in pushcores during dives of the manned submersible Shinkai 6500 and preserved in the cores after removal of fragments for genetic analyses, allowing them to be examined in life position using X-ray micro-computed tomography (µCT). The three species have basically plate-like tests composed largely of mineral grains. Two, both from 32.5° N, are assigned to the genus Psammina. They are closely related to each other and to P. tenuis from the western CCZ. In Psammina yokosukae sp. nov., the test comprises curved plates, whereas in Psammina contorta sp. nov., it comprises a confusing array of contorted plates and other poorly defined structures. The third new species, Laminarena variabilis gen. et sp. nov., is genetically distinct from the others. In typical specimens from 30° N, the plates are large, curved or sinuous, relatively thin, and marked by a distinct surface pattern of concentric zones, traversed by closely spaced, radial ridges that correspond to internal partitions. A form from 32.5° N is shown to be conspecific with the 30° N specimens based on molecular evidence but is morphologically more complex, comprising elongate bar- and plate-like elements, some with fan-like terminations. A fourth taxon, resembling a bumpy pebble and occupied by bubble-like internal compartments, is described informally. These new taxa enhance our knowledge of Pacific xenophyophores, as well as our understanding of the morphological diversity of xenophyophores in general.
DOI: 10.15468/5wv5x7
title: Clematis jialasaensis var. macrantha and C. napoensis (Ranunculaceae), another two new synonyms of C. armandi from China

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Huang, Qiao-Lan, Fei, Wen-Qun, Yuan, Qiong, Yang, Qin-Er (2024): Clematis jialasaensis var. macrantha and C. napoensis (Ranunculaceae), another two new synonyms of C. armandi from China. Phytotaxa 670 (4): 203-236, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.670.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.670.4.2AbstractBased on consultation of literature, survey of specimens (including type material), and observations of living plants in the wild, we confirm that Clematis jialasaensis var. macrantha and C. napoensis (Ranunculaceae), described respectively from northeastern Yunnan and southwestern Guangxi, China, actually belong to C. armandi, a species widely distributed in the country. We therefore place both C. jialasaensis var. macrantha and C. napoensis in synonymy with C. armandi. We also determine that two collections of Clematis, J.M. Delavay 4 and J.M. Delavay 5146, from Tchen-fong Chan in northeastern Yunnan, China, the type locality of C. jialasaensis var. macrantha, also belong to C. armandi. These two collections have been previously referred to C. meyeniana or C. finetiana.
DOI: 10.15468/w8tzuu
title: New insights into the phylogeny and skull evolution of stegosaurian dinosaurs: An extraordinary cranium from the European Late Jurassic (Dinosauria: Stegosauria)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Sánchez-Fenollosa, Sergio, Cobos, Alberto (2025): New insights into the phylogeny and skull evolution of stegosaurian dinosaurs: An extraordinary cranium from the European Late Jurassic (Dinosauria: Stegosauria). Vertebrate Zoology 75: 147-171, DOI: 10.3897/vz.75.e146618AbstractStegosauria is an iconic clade of thyreophoran dinosaurs mainly characterized by two parasagittal rows of osteoderms that extend from the neck to the end of the tail. The fossil record of stegosaurian cranial material is remarkably fragmentary and scarce. This study describes the most complete stegosaurian skull from Europe and proposes a new hypothesis for the phylogenetic relationships of stegosaurs. This new cranial material was recovered from beds of the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Upper Jurassic, Teruel, Spain) and is confidently referred to Dacentrurus armatus. It provides valuable insights into the anatomy of this species and enhances the understanding of skull evolution in stegosaurs. Furthermore, the diagnosis of D. armatus is updated with the identification of a new autapomorphy. Stegosaurian phylogenetic nomenclature is also revised. Maximum Parsimony has been applied to analyse a new stegosaurian data matrix. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that Stegosauria is divided into two major clades: Huayangosauridae and Stegosauridae. These analyses support Isaberrysaura mollensis as a stegosaur and place it within Huayangosauridae, a clade that also includes several Jurassic stegosaurs from Asia. For the first time, Mongolostegus exspectabilis is included in a phylogenetic analysis, the results of which suggests that a lineage of huayangosaurids or early-diverging stegosaurids persisted in Asia until at least the late Early Cretaceous. The new tree topologies challenge the synonymization of the genera Stegosaurus and Wuerhosaurus. Moreover, it is concluded that a taxonomic re-evaluation of Early Cretaceous Chinese stegosaurs is necessary. Alcovasaurus longispinus and Kentrosaurus aethiopicus are recovered as dacentrurines.
DOI: 10.15468/hgbc6u
title: A new species of Steriphopus Simon, 1887 from India (Araneae: Palpimanidae, Chediminae), with the proposal of a new combination

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Sankaran, Pradeep M., Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam (2024): A new species of Steriphopus Simon, 1887 from India (Araneae: Palpimanidae, Chediminae), with the proposal of a new combination. Zootaxa 5474 (1): 97-100, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5474.1.10, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5474.1.10