Anteclevelandella, Pecina & Vďačný, 2022

Pecina, Lukáš & Vďačný, Peter, 2022, DNA barcoding and coalescent-based delimitation of endosymbiotic clevelandellid ciliates (Ciliophora: Clevelandellida): a shift to molecular taxonomy in the inventory of ciliate diversity in panesthiine cockroaches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 (4), pp. 1072-1102 : 1086

GENUS ANTECLEVELANDELLA GEN. NOV.

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Diagnosis: Body posteriorly extended into a short peristomial projection and slightly constricted at level of macronucleus; macronucleus oriented with its longer axis perpendicularly to main body axis; karyophore present, attached to right and left body margins; adoral zone of membranelles on left and paroral membrane on right side of vestibulum. Diagnostic molecular characters as shown in Figure 8 .

Type species: Clevelandia constricta Kidder, 1937 by original designation (Article 68.2 of ICZN, 1999).

Etymology: Composed of the Latin adverb anteā (before, earlier) and the generic name Clevelandella , reflecting the deep branching of this genus within the family Clevelandellidae . Feminine gender.

Figures

Figure 8. Diagram of the morpho-molecular evolution of the family Clevelandellidae based on the present phylogenetic analyses. Molecular diagnostic characters are displayed for each marker in two rows: the upper row refers to the group in question (i.e. query group) and the lower row to the reference group, which includes all remaining clevelandellids and nyctotherids. Numbers correspond to the position of characters in the reference alignments. AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; MA, macronucleus; PM, paroral membrane.