cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.15468/tmffg2
title: The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Peralta-García, Anny, Valdez-Villavicencio, Jorge H., Fucsko, Lydia Allison, Hollingsworth, Bradford D., Johnson, Jerry D., Mata-Silva, Vicente, Rocha, Arturo, DeSantis, Dominic L., Porras, Louis W., Wilson, Larry David (2023): The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 326) 17 (1): 57-142, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12762042Abstract.—The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, consists of 172 species, including 18 anurans, three salamanders, 140 squamates, and 11 turtles. Among the 10 recognized geographic regions, the total number of herpetofaunal species ranges from a low of 27 in the Baja California Coniferous Forest Region to 84 in the Gulf Islands Region. The individual species occupy from one to 10 regions (x= 3.3). The Gulf Islands Region is of the greatest significant conservation importance, inasmuch as it contains the largest overall number of species (84), the largest number of single-region species (39), and the greatest number of peninsular endemics (50). A similarity dendrogram based on the Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Averages (UPGMA) indicates that the two most closely related regions are the Central Gulf Coast Region and the Arid Tropical Region, while the most distantly related region is the Baja California Coniferous Forest Region. Among the distributional categories, the greatest number of species are the non-endemics (81 of 172, or 47.1%), followed by the peninsular endemics (77, 44.8%), and finally, the non-natives (14, 8.1%). The principal environmental threats to the herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula are land conversion and habitat loss, water diversion and overuse, invasive species, livestock grazing, illegal trade, off-road activities, infectious diseases, and climate change. We assessed the conservation status of the native species by employing the SEMARNAT, IUCN, and EVS systems. Of the 158 native species, 85 are included in NOM-059 - SEMARNAT, 15 are in the IUCN Threatened categories, and 76 have high EVS values. Two Relative Herpetofaunal Priority (RHP) methods were used to identify the rank order significance of the 10 geographic regions, and the highest ranks for both methods were obtained for the Gulf Islands Region. Thirty protected areas are located in the Baja California Peninsula, and they comprise almost one-half of the total area. All but eight of the 158 native herpetofaunal species are represented within the system of protected areas. Few herpetofaunal surveys of the protected areas have been completed thus far, so this is a major conservation goal for the future.
DOI: 10.15468/nhvqfd
title: Ligusticopsis miyiensis (Apioideae, Apiaceae), a new combination from China revealed by morphological and molecular evidence

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Lei, Jia-Qing, Cai, Jing, Zhou, Song-Dong, He, Xing-Jin (2023): Ligusticopsis miyiensis (Apioideae, Apiaceae), a new combination from China revealed by morphological and molecular evidence. Phytotaxa 591 (4): 273-282, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.591.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDNAbstractLigusticum glaucescens (Apioideae, Apiaceae) found in China, is a poorly known species known only from the type collection. The species was considered to belong to Kitagawia. In our morphological examination, Ligusticum glaucescens is more morphologically consistent with Ligusticopsis than Kitagawia. Furthermore, several morphological characteristics of Ligusticum glaucescens can also easily distinguish this species from other validated Ligusticopsis species. Phylogenetic analyses based on plastome and nrDNA sequences revealed that Ligusticum glaucescens is distant from Kitagawia but nested in Ligusticopsis. As both morphological and phylogenetic evidence supported the inclusion of Ligusticum glaucescens within Ligusticopsis, this species is here transferred, and a new combination, Ligusticopsis miyiensis, is proposed.
DOI: 10.15468/xsbxye
title: A new Liparis species (Orchidaceae, Liparidinae) in L. section Platyglossum

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Margońska, Hanna B. (2023): A new Liparis species (Orchidaceae, Liparidinae) in L. section Platyglossum. Phytotaxa 629 (3): 290-294, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.11, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.11
DOI: 10.15468/nzbus8
title: A new species of the genus Leptosphaeroma (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from Japan

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Noda, Akari, Ariyama, Hiroyuki, Tomikawa, Ko (2025): A new species of the genus Leptosphaeroma (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from Japan. Journal of Natural History 59 (1 - 4): 227-240, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2024.2440141, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2440141
DOI: 10.15468/etk3ka
title: Arthropoden aus südostalpinen Höhlen.

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article K. W. Verhoeff (1929): Arthropoden aus südostalpinen Höhlen. Mitteilungen über Höhlen- und Karstforschung 1929: 41-55, URL: http://un.availb.le
DOI: 10.15468/saz2sc
title: A cryptic species of the Amolops ricketti species group (Anura, Ranidae) from China-Vietnam border regions

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Wang, Jian, Li, Jing, Du, Lingyun, Hou, Mian, Yu, Guohua (2022): A cryptic species of the Amolops ricketti species group (Anura, Ranidae) from China-Vietnam border regions. ZooKeys 1112: 139-159, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1112.82551, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1112.82551
DOI: 10.15468/6u5s2r
title: First report of the genus Clinocentrus Haliday (Braconidae, Rogadinae) from India, with the description of a new species

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit (2023): First report of the genus Clinocentrus Haliday (Braconidae, Rogadinae) from India, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5293 (1): 196-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.1.11, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5293.1.11
DOI: 10.15468/qigjeh
title: Die Chilopodenfauna Griechenlands

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article A. Kanellis (1959): Die Chilopodenfauna Griechenlands. Scientific Annals of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, University of Thessaloniki 1: 1-56, URL: http://un.availab.le
DOI: 10.15468/36hgh4
title: Parathyridaria ephedrae sp. nov. (Thyridariacaeae, Pleosporales), endophytic to Ephedra gerardiana in India

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Mattoo, Aroosa Jan, Nonzom, Skarma (2022): Parathyridaria ephedrae sp. nov. (Thyridariacaeae, Pleosporales), endophytic to Ephedra gerardiana in India. Phytotaxa 556 (2): 149-159, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.556.2.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.556.2.4AbstractA novel endophyte, Parathyridaria ephedrae sp. nov. (Thyridariaceae) was isolated from the stem of Ephedra gerardiana growing in Kargil district of Union territory Ladakh, India. Detailed micromorphological investigations revealed that this isolate differs from previously described Parathyridaria species by having 1–3 wart-like prominent papillae, a larger ostiolar canal, thicker conidiomatal wall with more layers of textura angularis, and larger conidia. Phylogenetic analyses based on concatenated sequence datasets of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions and large subunit (LSU) of nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) strongly supported the morphological outcome and confirmed the novelty of the taxon. Detailed description, illustrations, and phylogenetic results of the novel species are presented and discussed.
DOI: 10.15468/gvqdpv
title: The southernmost member of the Simulium venustum species group (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Old World: a new species from the Rif Mountains of Morocco

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Belqat, Boutaïna, Adler, Peter H. (2024): The southernmost member of the Simulium venustum species group (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Old World: a new species from the Rif Mountains of Morocco. Zootaxa 5446 (2): 247-256, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.2.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5446.2.6AbstractThe polytene chromosomes, larva, pupa, and male are described for the black fly Simulium chaouikaidi n. sp., a member of the Simulium venustum group from Morocco. Chromosomally, this new species is one fixed inversion removed from the standard banding sequence for the subgenus Simulium and has microscopically undifferentiated sex chromosomes and minimal autosomal polymorphism. It is homosequential with two other species in the S. venustum species group: S. bergi Rubtsov and S. paramorsitans Rubtsov. Structurally, each known life stage of the new species is distinct from that of all other simuliids in North Africa. This new species is the southernmost member of the S. venustum group in the Old World and is apparently endemic to the Rif Mountains. Its restricted distribution includes Bou Hachem Natural Park where its habitat is afforded some protection.
DOI: 10.15468/4xxmvc
title: Kalanchoe × gildenhuysii (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae), a new nothospecies derived from K. millotii and K. tomentosa

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Smith, Gideon F., Figueiredo, Estrela (2020): Kalanchoe × gildenhuysii (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae), a new nothospecies derived from K. millotii and K. tomentosa. Phytotaxa 442 (1): 43-46, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.442.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.442.1.8
DOI: 10.15468/z5ajvr
title: Opuntia Bentonii: A Texas Gulf Coast Beach Cactus (Cactaceae: Opuntioideae)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Shaw, Joseph, Ferguson, David J. (2025): Opuntia Bentonii: A Texas Gulf Coast Beach Cactus (Cactaceae: Opuntioideae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 19 (1): 17-26, DOI: 10.17348/jbrit.v19.i1.1388, URL: https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v19.i1.1388ABSTRACTDavid J. Ferguson2302 Inez Dr. Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110, U.S.A.manzano57@msn.comOpuntia bentonii Griffiths is a little-known prickly pear cactus that grows in the aeolian foredunes and uncommonly in the back dunes along the Gulf Coast of Texas. Despite the unique features of O. bentonii, it has been essentially overlooked and, if noticed, incorrectly identified.This work provides a thorough photographic documentation and description of the species and briefly documents its ecology. Though it was described as a component of the pest-pear infestation of Australia, the literature from that time suggests that it may have been confused with O. anahuacensis Griffiths, O stricta (Haw.) Haw.,or other Gulf of Mexico coastal species (from more easterly locations). Herein we present our observations of O. bentonii and the sympatric O. anahuacensis.KEY WORDS: Opuntia bentonii, Texas, Gulf of Mexico, aeolian dunes, foredunes, back dunes, prickly pear, pest-pear
DOI: 10.15468/ymnuqb
title: Integrative description of Paramacrobiotus bengalensis sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae), a new limno-terrestrial tardigrade species from the state of West Bengal, India

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Basu, Subhrangshu, Babu, Rahul, Siddique, Alfisa, Purushothaman, Jasmine (2023): Integrative description of Paramacrobiotus bengalensis sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae), a new limno-terrestrial tardigrade species from the state of West Bengal, India. European Journal of Taxonomy 890 (1): 23-48, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.890.2249, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.890.2249Abstract. Paramacrobiotus bengalensis sp. nov. was discovered in a moss sample collected from a tree in West Bengal, India. We describe this new species using detailed morphological and morphometric data obtained from phase contrast microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, along with molecular and phylogenetic data analyses. Due to the presence of a cap-like structure at the distal portion of egg processes, the new species showed the highest similarity with Paramacrobiotus garynahi (Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Diduszko, 2005), Paramacrobiotus alekseevi (Tumanov, 2005), Paramacrobiotus filipi Dudziak, Stec & Michalczyk, 2020, Paramacrobiotus sagani Daza, Caicedo, Lisi & Quiroga, 2017, Paramacrobiotus vanescens (Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991) and Paramacrobiotus gadabouti Kayastha, Stec, Mioduchowska & Kaczmarek, 2023. However, it can be differentiated from them by some morphological and morphometric characteristics. The genetic data corroborated our phenotypic outcome further supporting the new species hypothesis.
DOI: 10.15468/23ax4p
title: A New Species of the Genus Tropidophorus Duméril, Bibron, 1839 (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from China-Vietnam Border Region in Southeastern Yunnan Province, China

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Wang, Kai, Li, Ling, Mu, Hao-Nan, Xu, Sheng-Jing, Che, Jing (2024): A New Species of the Genus Tropidophorus Duméril, Bibron, 1839 (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from China-Vietnam Border Region in Southeastern Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 5486 (1): 129-141, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5486.1.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5486.1.6AbstractBased on morphological and genetic data, we describe a new species of Tropidophorus from the tropical karst landscape in southeastern Yunnan Province, China, close to the Vietnam border. Phylogenetically, the new species forms a clade with T. baviensis, T. murphyi, and T. hainanus, with p-distances ranging from 4.7–5.1% for the 16S gene and 3.9–6.8% for 12S gene. Morphologically, the new species shares the karst morphotype of Tropidophorus, particularly similar as T. murphyi and T. baviensis, in which all having a dorsally compressed head and body, smooth dorsal head scales, and distinctively keeled body scales. However, the new species can be distinguished from these similar species by numbers of supralabial scales, ventral scales, scales around the tail at the10 th subcaudal, and a larger body size. We emphasize the urgency of conservation for the tropical karst landscape in northern Indochina.
DOI: 10.15468/6skcnz
title: Colletes kinabalu n. sp., first record of the genus for the Malay Archipelago and Southeast Asia (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Colletidae)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Kuhlmann, Michael (2014): Colletes kinabalu n. sp., first record of the genus for the Malay Archipelago and Southeast Asia (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Colletidae). Journal of Melittology 2014 (28): 1-6, DOI: 10.17161/jom.v0i28.4614Abstract. A new species from Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo (Malaysia), Colletes kinabalu Kuhlmann, new species, is described and illustrated. This is the first record of a species of Colletes from Southeast Asia and its biogeographical implications are discussed.
DOI: 10.15468/juqkej
title: A new endemic karst-associated species of lance-headed pit viper (Squamata, Viperidae, Protobothrops) from Laos

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Grassby-Lewis, Rupert J., Brakels, Peter, Maury, Nathanaël, Sitthivong, Saly, Frohlich, David, Pawangkhanant, Parinya, Idiiatullina, Sabira S., Nguyen, Tan Van, Poyarkov, Nikolay A. (2025): A new endemic karst-associated species of lance-headed pit viper (Squamata, Viperidae, Protobothrops) from Laos. Herpetozoa 38: 43-60, DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e146004AbstractWe describe a new species of lance-headed pit viper from north-western Laos, based on morphological and molecular (6092 bp from cyt b, ND 4, COI, 12 S rRNA and 16 S rRNA mitochondrial DNA genes and c-mos and RAG 1 nuclear DNA genes) lines of evidence. Protobothrops flavirostris sp. nov. is easily distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of morphological characters: dorsal scales in 23–21 – 17 rows, all keeled; ventral scales 215; subcaudal scales 79, all paired; supralabials 7–8; infralabials 10; horn-like projections on supraoculars absent; head triangular with a typical lance-shaped pattern on its dorsal surface; three faint dark vertical stripes on the snout; head blackish-brown with rostral, nasals, preoculars, loreals and the two anterior supralabials, as well as the anterior parts of supraoculars yellow-orange; dorsal surfaces of body and tail brown or greyish-brown, dorsum with large dark reddish-brown cross-shaped blotches, edged in black, somewhat fused together forming an interrupted zigzag line and a row of large brown ventrolateral blotches on each side. The new species differs from the morphologically similar species Protobothrops kelomohy by a significant divergence in cytochrome b mitochondrial DNA gene sequences (p = 7.8 %). The new species is currently known only from tropical limestone forest of Vientiane Province, north-western Laos (elevation 362 m a. s. l.). We suggest the new species be considered as Endangered (EN) following the IUCN’s Red List categories.
DOI: 10.15468/tzfg8v
title: A new species of Trigonella sect. Ellipticae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) from Iran, including cytogenetic and anatomical notes

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ranjbar, Massoud, Hajmoradi, Zahra (2015): A new species of Trigonella sect. Ellipticae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) from Iran, including cytogenetic and anatomical notes. Phytotaxa 202 (1): 26-34, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.202.1.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.202.1.3AbstractA new species, Trigonella bakhtiarica, from the Iranian province Chahar Mahal Va Bakhtiari is described, illustrated and compared to its most closely related species, T. aphanoneura. Trigonella bakhtiarica has a longer corolla and differs in the shape, surface and size of its pods, which are taxonomically informative characters in Trigonella sect. Ellipticae. Chromosome counts and meiosis assays show that both species are diploid, and that their euploid plants possess a somatic chromosome number of 2 n = 2 x = 16, which is consistent with the predicted base number of x = 8.
DOI: 10.15468/przthc
title: Hydrolagus matallanasi sp. nov. (Holocephali, Chimaeridae) a new species of rabbitfish from southern Brazil.

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Jules M. R. Soto, Carolus M. Vooren (2004): Hydrolagus matallanasi sp. nov. (Holocephali, Chimaeridae) a new species of rabbitfish from southern Brazil. Zootaxa 687: 1-10, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:578E4B35-18A5-4287-899D-E4C124780DB0
DOI: 10.15468/vgyahf
title: Une espèce nouvelle de Masaris (Vespidae)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Carl, J. (1921): Une espèce nouvelle de Masaris (Vespidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 28 (19): 449-451, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.84690
DOI: 10.15468/tgv6ez
title: Alternaria vicatiae sp. nov. (Ascomycota: Pleosporaceae) Isolated from Vicatia thibetica in China

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article He, Lin, Liu, Hai Feng, Cui, Meng Jiao, Pei, Dong Fang, Du, Tao, Deng, Jian Xin (2020): Alternaria vicatiae sp. nov. (Ascomycota: Pleosporaceae) Isolated from Vicatia thibetica in China. Phytotaxa 439 (3): 255-264, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.439.3.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8AbstractAn Alternaria species was isolated from necrotic leaves of Vicatia thibetica in Hezheng county, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu, China. It was identified based on phylogenetic analyses and morphological characteristics. Five gene regions were used to determine its molecular phylogeny, including regions of internal transcribed spacer rDNA (ITS), translation-elongation factor 1 alpha (EF-1ɑ), glyceraldehydes-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), Alternaria major allergen (Alt a 1) and RNA polymerase second largest subunit (RPB2). The fungus was a novel species falling into a monoclade in the section Porri of Alternaria. Morphologically, it was considered as a new species with smaller conidial body and longer beak when compared with the similar species (A. dauci, A. herbiculinae, A. poonensis and A. saposhnikoviae). Based on both approaches, the fungus was demonstrated here as a new species, Alternaria vicatiae sp. nov. .
DOI: 10.15468/z7yvug
title: A hidden finch from the Galapagos Islands: a genetically and morphologically distinctive woodpecker finch from San Cristobal Island

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Lawson Erwin Nemeth, Lucinda P., Dvorak, Michael, Cunninghame, Francesca, Fessl, Birgit, Mueller, Jakob C., Mosquera, Denis, Wendelin, Beate, Petren, Kenneth (2024): A hidden finch from the Galapagos Islands: a genetically and morphologically distinctive woodpecker finch from San Cristobal Island. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (4): 1-13, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae163, URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae163
DOI: 10.15468/7d3kzm
title: Tubakia byeongjinii, a new species of Tubakiaceae, isolated from Quercus variabilis in South Korea

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Cho, Sung-Eun, Shin, Keumchul, Kim, Yong-Ho, Lee, Dong-Hyeon (2024): Tubakia byeongjinii, a new species of Tubakiaceae, isolated from Quercus variabilis in South Korea. Phytotaxa 638 (3): 294-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.638.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.638.3.9AbstractA routine survey to establish an inventory of fungal pathogens occurring on Quercus spp. in South Korea was conducted in the autumn of 2021 and 2022. Symptoms, including leaf spot, were frequently observed on Quercus variabilis leaves in a natural forest located in Sejong. A fungus with unique morphological characteristics, including pycnothyria, was found to be a major colonizer in the infected leaves of Q. variabilis. Based on the morphological characteristics of the fungus, it was identified as a member of Tubakia. Sequence comparisons of LSU, ITS, and TEF -1α gene regions revealed that the fungus was an undetermined species of Tubakia. This novel species is described as T. byeongjinii sp. nov., and this is the first report of Tubakia species on Q. variabilis in South Korea.
DOI: 10.15468/25eb5b
title: A new record of Upeneus pori (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes: Mullidae) from the South China Sea: Integrating morphology and DNA barcoding

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Luo, Zhisen, Yi, Murong, Gu, Sui, Lin, Hung-Du, Yan, Yunrong (2023): A new record of Upeneus pori (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes: Mullidae) from the South China Sea: Integrating morphology and DNA barcoding. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 53: 137-145, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.53.103343, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.53.103343