Neosergipea bicolor
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| Neosergipea bicolor | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Roccellaceae |
| Genus: | Neosergipea |
| Species: | N. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Neosergipea bicolor Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2017) | |
Neosergipea bicolor is a rare species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Arthoniaceae.[1] Found only in Brazil and described as a new species in 2017, Neosergipea bicolor is characterised (and named for) its dual-coloured appearance.
Neosergipea bicolor was discovered and formally described by lichenologists André Aptroot and Marcela Cáceres in 2017. The species name bicolor is inspired by its two-toned appearance. The type specimen of this species was found by the authors in the Parque Estadual Acaraí, located in São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil.[2]
The genus Neosergipea is a renaming of the original genus Sergipea due to a taxonomic clash with a pre-existing name assigned to a type of fossil dinoflagellate spore.[3] Neosergipea bicolor is closely related to another species found in the Amazon, based on DNA sequence analysis.[2]