A new genus and species of hipposiderid bat is described from an early Miocene cave deposit (Bitesantennary Site) in the Riversleigh World Heritage fossil property, northern Australia. Eight hipposiderid genera are now recorded from Riversleigh’s Miocene sediments: Hipposideros, Brachipposideros, Rhinonycteris, Riversleigha, Xenorhinos, Miophyllorhina, Archerops and Brevipalatus gen. nov. The n...

A new monotypic genus of Naupactini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Obrieniolus del Río is described based on the new species Obrieniolus robustus del Río, endemic to Peru. This genus is easily recognized by the black, denuded and shiny integument, with imbricate microsculpture and the rounded body, with short, cordiform and moderately convex elytra. According to a cladistic analysis based on 69 c...

A new species of high elevation dwarf gecko (Gekkonidae: Lygodactylus) is described from Mount Namuli, northern Mozambique. This new species is distinguished from other closely related species in the genus Lygodactylus by body size, scalation, and color, and is genetically divergent from congeners. The species is most similar genetically and morphologically to Lygodactylus rex, the King Dwarf G...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Oceanic islands offer unparalleled opportunities to investigate evolutionary processes such as adaptation and speciation. However, few genomic resources are available for oceanic island endemics. In this study, we publish transcriptome sequences from three Macaronesian endemic plant species (Argyranthemum broussonetii [Asteraceae], Descurainia bourgaeana [Brassicaceae], and...

The new subspecies Cithaerias pyropina julia Willmott, n. ssp., is described from the Cordillera de Cutucú, an isolated sedimentary mountain range in southeastern Ecuador. This is the first new insect taxon to be described from this mountain range, to which it currently appears to be endemic. The new subspecies is distinguished from other subspecies in Peru and Bolivia by its extensive dark blu...

Pinus tabulaeformis f. shekanensis is a rare taxon endemic in the Ziwuling Loess Plateau, of which only one population is known. Inter-simple sequence repeat molecular markers were employed to compare the taxon's genetic diversity with its 4 nearest wild relatives (P. tabulaeformis, P. tabulaeformis var. mukdensis, P. massoniana, and P. henryi) to assess the taxonomic status of P. tabulaeformis...

Grandidier (1902) described a large form of Cryptoprocta ferox Bennett, 1833, a genus of Carnivora endemic to Madagascar, from subfossil material dating from the presumed Holocene that he referred to the variety spelea. Subsequently there has been varying opinion on the validity of this taxon. In this paper 159 subfossil and 32 modern osteological specimens of Cryptoprocta are examined and anal...

Aim The centre–periphery hypothesis predicts that habitat suitability will decrease at the edge of a species’ range, pattern often questioned by empirical data. Here we explore if decreases southwards and shapes abundance distribution rear populations forest birds within restricted geographical setting south-western Palaearctic. We also test endemic to area fit more poorly latitudinal in due pu...

Species of the Liolaemus nigroviridis group are robust lizards with a medium body size, whose males usually exhibit striking coloration patterns in green, yellow, orange or blue colors, accompanied by black stripes. All species this endemic to central Chile, distributed along Andean and Coastal mountain ranges. Several DNA phylogenetic studies have pointed out that nominal group, L. nigroviridi...

Abstract Polyommatus exuberans is an evolutionarily significant unit (ESU) of the lycaenid butterfly ripartii . This ESU known to survive at only two sites in Susa Valley (NW Italy). Lack correct management, reforestation and frequent wildfires severely threaten this (listed as endangered species most recent IUCN Italian Red List). Although taxonomic rank taxon still debated, current threats co...