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Taxonomy and phylogeny of the World species of the genus Ischnopoda Stephens, 1837(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Authors: PA–NIK GRZEGORZ
Published: March 2019

The World species of the genus Ischnopoda, Stephens are revised and the genus is redefined. The genera Amanota Casey and Rechota Sharp are considered as new synonyms of Ischnopoda. The revised Ischnopoda includes thirty-eight species, 13 of which are described as new: Ischnopoda assingi sp. n., I. boliviana sp. n., I. brasiliana sp. n., I. chilensis sp. n., I. depressa sp. n., I. drugmandi sp. n., I. lingshani sp. n., I. nebulosa sp. n., I. pretiosa sp. n., I. pseudobasalis sp. n., I. rugosa sp. n., I. schuelkei sp. n. and I. spissata sp. n. The following new synonymies are proposed (each first name being valid): Ischnopoda basalis (Cameron, 1923) = Amanota bimarginata Pace, 1996, syn. n.; I. capensis (Casey, 1906) = Falagria arachnipes Fauvel, 1907, syn. n. = Amanota densicollis Pace, 1986, syn. n. = A. rufobrunnea Tottenham, 1957, syn. n.; Ischnopoda rudicollis (Bernhauer, 1934) = Amanota purpurascens Tottenham, 1957, syn. n. = A. wittei Cameron, 1950, syn. n. The following synonym is confirmed: I. leucopus (Marsham, 1802) = Tachyusa chalybea Erichson, 1839. Lectotypes are designated for Amanota capensis Casey, A. semiopaca Cameron, Ischnopoda subaenea Eppelsheim, Rechota impressa Sharp, Staphylinus leucopus Marsham, Tachyusa abyssina Bernhauer, T. burgeoni Bernhauer, T. chalybea Erichson, T. fissicollis Fairmaire et Germain, T. rudicollis Bernhauer, T. scitula Erichson, T. seticornis Sharp, T. sparsa Sharp and T. umbratica Erichson. Twenty-one species are given in new combination. All species are briefly described/redescribed and illustrated. An identification key to the World species of Ischnopoda is provided. A phylogeny of thirty-eight species belonging to the genus Ischnopoda is proposed, based on fifty-two morphological characters. The cladistic analysis provides a single most parsimonious tree. The genus Ischnopoda is redefined and species group are introduced and defined: leucopus group (eleven species), impressa group (nine species) and capensis group (eighteen species).
Order Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: HARVEY MARK
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Order Palpigradi Thorell, 1888. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: PRENDINI LORENZO
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Order Ricinulei Thorell, 1876. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: PRENDINI LORENZO
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Order Thelyphonida Latreille, 1804. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: PRENDINI LORENZO
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Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: SHEAR WILLIAM
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Order Orthoptera Oliver, 1789. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: INGRISCH SIGFRID
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Order Thysanoptera Haliday, 1836. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: MOUND LAURENCE A.
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Phylum Rotifera Cuvier, 1817. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: SEGERS HENDRIK
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Class Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: CROWTHER ANDREA L.
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Phylum Xenacoelomorpha Philippe, et al., 2011. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: TYLER SETH , SCHILLING STEPHEN
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Three new species of copepods (Copepoda: Calanoida and Cyclopoida) from anchialine habitats in Indonesia
Authors: BOXSHALL GEOFF A. , JAUME DAMIÀ
Published: March 2019

Three new species of copepod crustaceans are described from material collected from anchialine and brackish habitats inand around the village of Walengkabola on the coast of Muna Island, to the southeast of Sulawesi. A new species of cy-clopoid, Paracyclopina sacklerae n. sp., was described from material collected from the tidal inflow entering into the bot-tom of sinkholes a few metres inland from the shoreline. Detailed comparisons are made with Paracyclopina orientalis(Lindberg, 1941), n. comb., a closely related congener here transferred from its original genus Cyclopetta Sars, 1913. Theassignment of Paracyclopina Smirnov, 1935 to the family Cyclopettidae is followed here despite uncertainty over the va-lidity of some of the families created by the break up of the former Cyclopinidae. Two new species of Boholina Fosshagen& Iliffe, 1989 are described, based on material from the same sinkholes and from caves located up to 700m inland fromthe coast and exhibiting further reduced salinity down to 1.8 ppt. One species, B. parapurgata n. sp., is very closely relatedto B. purgata Fosshagen & Iliffe, 1989 from Bohol island in the Philippines, the other B. munaensis n. sp., is very closelyrelated to B. crassicephala Fosshagen & Iliffe, 1989 also from Bohol island, but a number of fine scale differences in the leg 5 of both sexes are recognised in each case. Keys to valid species of both genera are provided.
The phylogenetic relationships of Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) based on partial mitochondrial DNA gene sequences
Authors: GU XIAOMING , WANG HUI , CHEN RONGRONG , TIAN YINGZHOU , LI SONG
Published: March 2019

We examined phylogenetic relationships among newst of the genus Paramesotriton using partial mitochondrial gene se-quences, including the ND2-tRNATyr region (1415 bp) and the 12S rDNA-tRNAVal -16S rDNA region (1774 bp), from 42individuals of 10 recognized Paramesotriton species and outgroups by Bayesian inference (BI), Maximum likelihood(ML) and Maximum Parsimony (MP) methods. We found that, (1) Laotriton laoensis is the sister group of Paramesotri-ton, (2) the genus Paramesotriton is monophyletic, composed of either the P. caudopunctatus species group and the P.chinensis species group, or the subgenera Allomesotriton and Paramesotriton (3) P. longliensis and P. zhijinensis shouldbe placed in the P. caudopunctatus species group or subgenus Allomesotriton; (4) P. fuzhongensis is not a junior synonym of P. chinensis, and there is a close phylogenetic relationship between P. fuzhongensis and P. guangxiensis.
Review of the grass feeding leafhopper genus Paramesodes Ishihara (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from China
Authors: DUAN YANI , ZHANG YALIN
Published: March 2019

The Chinese leafhopper species of the genus Paramesodes Ishihara are revised, one new species P. cangshanae sp. n. is described and a key is provided for the five Chinese species in this genus.
Description of the female and new records of Triatoma baratai Carcavallo & Jurberg, 2000 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with a key to the species of the Triatoma matogrossensis subcomplex
Authors: OBARA MARCOS TAKASHI , BARATA JOSE MARIA SOARES , DA ROSA JOÃO ARISTEU , CERETTI Jr. WALTER , DE ALMEIDA PAULO SILVA , GONÇALVES GUILMARA DO AMARAL , DALE CAROLINA , GURGEL-GONÇALVES RODRIGO
Published: March 2019

Triatoma baratai Carcavallo & Jurberg, 2000, a species similar to Triatoma williami Galvão, Souza & Lima, 1967 andbelonging to the T. matogrossensis subcomplex, was described based on a male specimen collected in a sylvatic environ-ment, near a cave, in Bonito county, Bodoquena mountain range, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. In the present workwe describe the female of T. baratai, captured in a chicken house, in Nioaque county, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.Furthermore, we recorded the occurrence of T. baratai in domiciles and peridomestic environment in another four munic-ipalities (Bodoquena, Bela Vista, Corumbá, and Miranda), extending its geographical distribution. Finally, we present a key to the species of the Triatoma matogrossensis subcomplex.
Sparisoma choati, a new species of Parrotfish (Labridae: Scarinae) from the tropical eastern Atlantic
Authors: ROCHA LUIZ A. , BRITO ALBERTO , ROBERTSON D. ROSS
Published: March 2019

The parrotfish Sparisoma choati is described from the tropical eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is genetically unique and alsodiffers from its congeners by coloration as follows: initial phase individuals and females greyish brown to greyish red,with chin and belly paler and reddish brown scales irregularly distributed along flanks resulting in a general mottled ap-pearance; terminal phase individuals with brownish red head and upper half of anterior two-thirds of body, ventral portionof central third of body bright yellow-green, posterior third of body dark greenish gray and dark spot on upper fifth ofpectoral fin base. The new species is found in rocky reefs along the coast and oceanic islands off West Africa, from Cape Verde and Senegal south to the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe and Angola.
Chinese damselflies of the genus Coenagrion (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) (Erratum)
Authors: YU X. , BU W.-J.
Published: March 2019

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First record of the cicada genus Karenia Distant, 1888 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Vietnam, with description of a new species
Authors: THAI PHAM HONG , YANG JENG-TZE
Published: March 2019

The first record of the genus Karenia Distant, 1888 from Vietnam is presented. Karenia hoanglienensis sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) is described from Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam. Photographs of an adult male, illustrations of the male genitalia, a distribution map and biological data for K. hoanglienensis sp. nov. are provided.
Biodiversity research of darkling beetles on Socotra Island. Part I. The genus Deretus Gahan, 1900 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Authors: PURCHART LUBOŠ
Published: March 2019

As a result of biodiversity research on Socotra Island, four new species of the genus Deretus Gahan, 1900 are described—D. bezdeki sp. nov., D. hulai sp. nov., D. necopinatus sp. nov. and D. maderai sp. nov. Deretus wraniki Schawaller, 2004 is synonymised with Deretus denticollis Gahan, 1900. All known species are figured, keyed, and information about their biology and distribution is given.
Redescriptions of three Milnesium Doyère, 1840 taxa (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae), including the nominal species for the genus
Authors: MICHALCZYK ŁUKASZ , WEŁNICZ WERONIKA , FROHME MARCUS , KACZMAREK ŁUKASZ
Published: March 2019

In this paper we redescribe two species (Milnesium eurystomum Maucci, 1991 and Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840) and one subspecies (Milnesium tardigradum granulatum Ramazzotti, 1962), which we elevate to the species level. We establish a new type series for M. tardigradum sensu stricto along with the sequences of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and the internal transcribed spacer 2 region (ITS2). Moreover, we define two species groups within the genus based on the appearance of the dorso-lateral cuticle (the tardigradum and the granulatum group, with smooth and reticulated cuticle, respectively) and propose a system for denotation of the number of points on secondary branches of claws in the genus. We also provide a diagnostic key to all described Milnesium species and discuss the world distribution of the genus.
Triacanthoneus akumalensis, a new species of alpheid shrimp (Crustacea: Caridea: Alpheidae) from an anchialine cave in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Authors: ALVAREZ FERNANDO , ILIFFE THOMAS M. , GONZALEZ BRETT , VILLALOBOS JOSÉ LUIS
Published: March 2019

A new species of Triacanthoneus Anker, 2010 is described from an anchialine cave near Akumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico.Triacanthoneus akumalensis sp. nov., is the fourth species in the genus and can be distinguished from the previously de-scribed species by the position of the sharp lateral teeth on the carapace, the length and shape of the rostrum, the eyes beingcompletely concealed by the carapace, the dentition of the major chela fingers, and the shape of the telson. The presenceof a pleural process in the new species represents a new character for the genus. The description of T. akumalensis sp. nov. increases the number of caridean genera having representatives in the anchialine systems of the Yucatan Peninsula to 11.
Belicinus Rhomboideus, a new genus and species of Psepheninae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Psephenidae) from Belize
Authors: ARCE-PÉREZ ROBERTO , SHEPARD WILLIAM D. , MORÓN MIGUEL A.
Published: March 2019

Belicinus rhomboideus gen. nov., sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens collected in Belize. Belicinusgen. nov. can be distinguished from other Psepheninae genera by the following characteristics: pronotal shape, tibiae andtarsomeres (Psephenus, Psephenops); antennae, tibiae, tarsomeres and phallobase (Pheneps); antennae, pronotum and tib-iae (Psephenotarsis); maxillary palpi and tibiae (Psephenopalpus). Belicinus appears to be more closely related to Pse-phenotarsis than to other Psepheninae genera. The larvae and habitat are described. A key for American Psepheninae genera is provided.
The Indonesian species of Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823, with the description of a new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae)
Authors: RAHAYU DWI LISTYO , NUGROHO DHARMA ARIF
Published: March 2019

Fourteen species of Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823, are reported from Indonesia, of which two species, Macrophthal-mus (Macrophthalmus) abbreviatus Manning & Holthuis, 1981, and M. (Macrophthalmus) sulcatus malaccensis Tweedie,1937, are recorded for the first time from the region, and one new species M. (Mareotis) fusculatus n. sp. is described. Thenew species resembles M. (Mareotis) definitus Adams & White, 1849, in the relatively narrow male abdomen and mod-erately long, curved tip of the male G1. However, the differences are noticeable in the morphology of the carapace of thenew species which is divergent posterolateraly, the presence of tubercles on the gastric, cardiac and intestinal regions, and the absence of a longitudinal row of granules or setae on the branchial region.
A taxonomic revision of the southern African species of the subgenus Creightonella Cockerell (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Megachile Latreille)
Authors: EARDLEY CONNAL
Published: March 2019

The southern African species of Megachile (Creightonella) are revised. Twelve valid species are recognised, one of whichis new, Megachile serrula sp. n., and four are only known from the female. Ten new synonymies are recorded. Megachilecognata var. claripennis Friese, Megachile natalensis Friese are synonymized with Megachile cognata Smith. Megachileconsanguinea zamelaena Cockerell is synonymized with Megachile ianthoptera Smith. Megachile hopilitis Vachal,Megachile vanderysti Cockerell, Megachile triangulifera kivuicola Cockerell, and Megachile heptadonta Cockerell aresynonymized with Megachile angulata Smith. Four new lectotypes were designated; they are Megachile natalensis Friese,M. discolor Smith, M. cornigera Friese and M. braunsiana Friese. The nomenclatorial history of each species is documented, diagnoses are given, food plants are recorded and distribution maps are provided.
A new scarab species, Aphodius gissaricus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), from the Pamir-Alay Mountains in Tajikistan
Authors: AKHMETOVA LILIA , FROLOV ANDREY
Published: March 2019

The fauna of the aphodiines of Pamir-Alay Mountains is relatively well known and is not very rich in comparison to the adjacent territories of lowland Middle Asia (Medvedev & Lopatin 1961, Protsenko 1968, Nikolajev 1987). For example, some 30 species of Aphodius Hellwig are known from Tajikistan (Medvedev & Lopatin 1961) and most of them are widely distributed in Irano-Turanian biogeographic region and in the Palaearctic. However endemism is rather high: none of these species occur outside the Palaearctic (except for recent introductions of a few species to the Nearctic and Australian Realms) and many are limited to deserts or single mountain systems.
Vertigo shimochii Kuroda & Amano 1960 synonymized with Gastrocopta servilis (Gould, 1843) based on conchological and DNA sequence data
Authors: NEKOLA JEFFREY C. , JONES ALEX , MARTINEZ GABE , MARTINEZ SARAH , MONDRAGON KHAYMAN , LEBECK TERRENCE , SLAPCINSKY JOHN , CHIBA SATOSHI
Published: March 2019

Kuroda (1960) noted that his new species, Vertigo shimochii Kuroda & Amano, 1960, was distinct from other members of the genus in Japan by possessing a “relatively large and long shell with deep suture and much inflated whorls” (p. 77). While shell shape was noted to be similar to a Gastrocopta, they assigned the species to Vertigo based on its “shell color and lamella characteristics” (p. 77). Vertigo shimochii has since been considered endemic to the southern parts of Japan (The Environment Agency 1988; Minato 1988; Azuma 1995; Biodiversity Center of Japan 2002), and of near threatened status in the Kagoshima Prefecture Red Data Book (Kagoshima Prefectural Government 2003).
Two new dottyback species of the genus Pseudochromis from southern Indonesia (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae)
Authors: GILL ANTHONY C. , ALLEN GERALD R. , ERDMANN MARK
Published: March 2019

Pseudochromis oligochrysus new species is described from nine specimens collected from Nusa Penida (off Bali) and PuraIsland (between Pantar and Alor), Indonesia. It resembles P. flavopunctatus Gill & Randall from Komodo, Indonesia, butdiffers in live coloration and scale counts. Pseudochromis rutilus new species is described from the holotype collected from Nusa Penida. It differs from similar species in being deeper bodied and in its distinctive live coloration.
Report on some caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean
Authors: LI XINZHENG , CLEVA RÉGIS , POUPIN JOSEPH
Published: March 2019

The present paper reports on four families, 21 genera, 31 species of caridean shrimps, including Gnathophyllidae (1 genus,1 species), Hymenoceridae (1 genus, 1 species), Palaemonidae (17 genera, 28 species) and Thalassocarididae (1 genus, 1species). All the species with exception of Urocaridella antonbrunii are reported for the first time from Mayotte. The colouration of six species are provided for the first time.
Checklist of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera) from Shaanxi Province, China, with descriptions of two new species
Authors: XU ZAIFU , OLMI MASSIMO , GUGLIELMINO ADALGISA , CHEN HUAYAN
Published: March 2019

A checklist of Dryinidae from Shaanxi Province, China, is presented. Two new species, Anteon ningshanense Xu, Olmi,Guglielmino & Chen, sp. nov. and Anteon semirugosum Xu, Olmi, Guglielmino & Chen, sp. nov. are described from theNingshan County, Guanghuojie Town. Five subfamilies, seven genera and 36 species are listed in Shaanxi Province, in-cluding twenty-eight new species records. Of the 36 species now known from Shaanxi, twenty seven species are of Ori-ental origin, six Palaearctic and three are known only from Shaanxi, confirming that the province is a transitional area of Oriental and Palaearctic species.
The larva of Dicterias Selys, 1853 (Odonata: Heliocharitidae [= Dicteriadidae]), and taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on Heliocharitidae
Authors: FLECK GÜNTHER , NEISS ULISSES G. , HAMADA NEUSA
Published: March 2019

The larva of Dicterias Selys, 1853, a monotypic genus, is described and illustrated for the first time. It is morphologicallyvery close to the larva of Heliocharis Selys, 1853. The larvae of these two genera are compared, and a larval diagnosis forthe family is provided. The family Heliocharitidae (= Dicteriadidae) shares derived characters with some Calopterygoideaand is probably related to Calopterygidae. The larvae of Heliocharitidae are also amazingly similar to those of some Mega-podagrionidae, and long-legged Megapodragrionidae related to Megapodagrion could be related to the family Heliocharitidae and could represent a basal stem within the Calopterygoidea.
Contribution to the knowledge of Siphonoperla in Europe (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae): Siphonoperla korab sp. n.
Authors: GRAF WOLFRAM , POPIJAČ ALEKSANDAR , PREVIŠIĆ ANA , GAMBOA MARIBET , KUČINIĆ MLADEN
Published: March 2019

A new species of stonefly of the genus Siphonoperla from the Dinaric Mountains of Macedonia is described. The descrip-tion of S. korab sp. n. is based on morphological and genetic characters. We also provide notes on habitat and distribution of this new taxon. Further notes on the biogeography of the genus are added.
Revision of the genus Typhlocybella Baker, 1903 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Dikraneurini) and description of a new species from Argentina
Authors: CATALANO MARÍA INÉS , PARADELL SUSANA LIRIA , De REMES LENICOV ANA MARÍA MARINO
Published: March 2019

The dikraneurine leafhopper genus Typhlocybella Baker is revised based on a comparative morphological study, and a keyfor identification of males is provided. Five valid species are recognized, four of which were previously described and another one new, Typhlocybella affinis sp. nov. Typhlocybella parva Ruppel & DeLong is re-described.
A new Alestopetersius (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Kwilu River (Kasai basin) of central Africa; with a phylogeny for the genus and synonymy of Duboisialestes
Authors: MUNENE JOSÉ JUSTIN MBIMBI MAYI , STIASSNY MELANIE L.J.
Published: March 2019

A new Alestopetersius is described from the Kwilu River in the Kasai basin of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Alesto-petersius conspectus, new species, is readily distinguished from all congeners based on attributes of squamation and col-oration. It is distinguished from “Duboisialestes” tumbensis by tooth morphology and in the possession of a distinctivecaudal-fin pigmentation patterning consisting of a median black band extending to the caudal-fin margin and flanked bydense black bands in both upper and lower fin lobes. “Duboisialestes” bifasciatus, which shares similar caudal-fin pig-mentation patterning, is distinguished from A. conspectus by the absence of a broad mid-lateral band on the body, and bytooth morphology. Results from an analysis of the relationships and generic composition of the Alestidae provide supportfor the monophyly for Alestopetersius inclusive of the members of the genus Duboisialestes, which are placed into syn-onomy with the former.Une nouvelle espèce de Alestopetersius est décrite de la rivière Kwilu dans le bassin du Kasai de la RépubliqueDemocratique du Congo. Alestopetersius conspectus, nouvelle espèce, se distingue très facilement de tout ses congénèressur les attributs de la squamation et coloration. Cette espèce est distinguée de “Duboisialestes” tumbensis par la morphol-ogie des dents et par la posséssion d'un type de pigmentation de la nageoire caudale composée d’une bande noire médianes'étendant de la marge de la caudale et flanquée de denses bandes noires dans les deux lobes supérieur et inférieur de lanageoire. “Duboisialestes” bifasciatus qui partage le même type de pigmentation de la nageoire caudale, se distingue deA. conspectus par l'absence d'une large bande mi-latérale sur le corps, et par la morphologie des dents. Les résultats d'uneanalyse des relations et de la composition générique du Alestidae fournissent un soutien pour la monophylie des Alestopetersius incluant les membres du genre Duboisialestes, qui sont placés en synonymie avec le genre précèdent.
Further studies of African Acylophorus Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
Authors: LOTT DEREK A.
Published: March 2019

Following examination of new material of Acylophorus from sub-Saharan Africa three new species are described: A.janaki sp. n. from South Africa, A. uhligi sp. n. from Zimbabwe, A. acufer sp. n. from Botswana and Namibia. New records are listed for all species examined. Thirty species are now recognised from the region.
Five new records and morphological data of polyclad species (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria) from Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil
Authors: BAHIA JULIANA , PADULA VINICIUS , DELGADO MARLON
Published: March 2019

In Brazil, 66 flatworm species of the order Polycladida are known, most of which collected from the southeastern Braziliancoast. The present study includes morphological descriptions of five species from Rio Grande do Norte State, BrazilianNortheastern coast: Enchiridium evelinae, Phrikoceros mopsus, Pseudobiceros evelinae, Thysanozoon brocchii and Hop-loplana divae. These findings represent the first record of Polycladida for this region of Brazil. Also, for the first timeEnchiridium evelinae, Pseudobiceros evelinae and Hoploplana divae are illustrated with color photographs of live spec-imens and histological details. Association with compound ascidians and encrusting bryozoan were observed and com-mented. Our data suggest that knowledge about Brazilian polyclads is underestimated and emphasizes the necessity of further studies to better understand the Polycladida biodiversity in Brazil.
Description of two new species of Nothrolohmannia Balogh, 1968 (Acari: Oribatida: Hypochthoniidae) from Thailand, with key to known species
Authors: FUANGARWORN MARUT , LEKPRAYOON CHARIYA
Published: March 2019

The oribatid mite genus Nothrolohmannia Balogh is reported for the first time from mainland Asia, represented by twonew species from Thailand: N. thailandica sp. nov. and N. flagellata sp. nov. They are described and illustrated based onadult specimens from leaf litter of seasonal dry tropical forests. Nothrolohmannia thailandica sp. nov. is recognized byhaving two large, elongate, adjacent unpaired notogastral porose areas between setal pairs c1–d1; a pectinate sensilluswithout hyaline coating; relatively short notogastral setae: seta c1 does not exceed distance between c1–d1, and setae e1–2 are about half the length of other dorsal setae; uniformly simple epimeral setae; a short posterior sternal apodeme; het-eromorphic genital setae; and three pairs of adanal setae. Nothrolohmannia flagellata sp. nov. is unique among its conge-ners in having curly, flagellate setae on the body and legs. A key to the five known species of the genus, all from the Oriental and Australasian Realms, is presented.
On a collection of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Hydroidolina) from the west coast of Sweden, with a checklist of species from the region
Authors: CALDER DALE R.
Published: March 2019

An account is given of 48 species identified in a small collection of hydroids from the west coast of Sweden. Assigned to39 genera and 18 families, most are well-known from boreal waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Campanulina paniculaG.O. Sars, 1874 is referred to Racemoramus, a new genus of leptothecates distinguished in part by having monopodialgrowth, rigid and non-segmented hydrocauli, and grape-like clusters of hydrothecae that arise at irregular intervals fromthe stem. The name Sertularia dumosa (now Lafoea dumosa) is taken to have been made available by Fleming (1820), notFleming (1828). As such, it is not threatened by a virtually unused subjective synonym (Lafoea cornuta Lamouroux,1821). Aselomaris michaeli Berrill, 1948 and Rhizorhagium navis Millard, 1959 are regarded as synonyms and combinedunder the binomen Pachycordyle michaeli (Berrill, 1948). Confusion in the literature over the identity of Sertularia teneraG.O. Sars, 1874 is addressed, and distinctive characters of the species are discussed. A species often misidentified as S.tenera is assigned to Sertularia spitzbergensis (Jäderholm, 1909); the name spitzbergensis is elevated in rank from sub-specific to specific, and assigned priority over its simultaneous synonym siberica Jäderholm, 1909 under the First ReviserPrinciple. Gonothecae of Clytia gigantea (Hincks, 1866) (type locality: Lamlash Bay, UK) are reported for the first timein material from Europe. Although much like Clytia hemisphaerica, this species is retained as valid due to its remarkablyrobust colony form, elongate and gradually tapered hydrothecae, and linguiform rather than wavy or pointed marginalcusps. Eudendrium album Nutting, 1896, Pachycordyle michaeli (Berrill, 1948), and the hydroid stage of Halitholus cir-ratus Hartlaub, 1913 are reported for the first time from the study area. A checklist of hydroids from the study area is included.
New synonyms in the Australian micro-caddisfly fauna (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae)
Authors: WELLS ALICE
Published: March 2019

Discovery of new Trichoptera species in collections from mainland Australia is not unusual, and, currently a number of undescribed species are known in existing collections. However, few new species are likely to be found in Tasmania, the caddisfly fauna of which was collected intensively and formed the basis of a PhD study by Neboiss (1977). Subsequent to Neboiss' work, several new species of Hydroptilidae — micro-caddisflies — were described from Tasmania by Wells (1999), and others recorded from the island (Neboiss 1981; Wells 1979a,b,c, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1997). Later, Neboiss (2003) revised the fauna, describing 17 new species collected over the years since his thesis work, none of them hydroptilids. More recently, Oláh and Johanson (2010) described two new micro-caddisfly species based on holotypes from Tasmania, for one of which a paratype is listed from SE Queensland; they also described three other new species from Queensland. Unfortunately, in preparing their paper, it seems that these authors failed to seek access to the extensive hydroptilid material in the collection of Museum Victoria, or the smaller collection in the Australian National Insect Collection, or to types of any closely similar Australian species. Nor, it appears, did they look closely at their specimens since at least four of these new names are found, on examination of the holotypes on which they are based, to be junior synonyms of established species. This short note presents the bases for decisions to suppress in synonymy the following four names of Olah and Johanson (2010): Helleythira hiana, Oxyethira elora, Orthotrichia lapka, and O. capa.
Ornithodoros brasiliensis Aragão (Acari: Argasidae): description of the larva, redescription of male and female, and neotype designation
Authors: BARROS-BATTESTI DARCI M. , ONOFRIO VALERIA C. , NIERI-BASTOS FERNANDA A. , SOARES JOÃO FÁBIO , MARCILI ARLEI , FAMADAS KÁTIA M. , FACCINI JOÃO LUIZ H. , RAMIREZ DIEGO G. , DOYLE ROVAINA L. , MARTINS JOÃO RICARDO , JUNIOR JOSÉ R. , GUGLIELMONE ALBERTO A. , LABRUNA MARCELO B.
Published: March 2019

Ornithodoros brasiliensis is an endemic tick from Brazil and is very aggressive to humans, resulting in pain, fever andintense inflammatory response. After more than 50 years without report, this species was recently found in rural areas ofSão Francisco de Paula municipality, State of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, from where it was originally described.Herein, we describe the larva and redescribe the adults of O. brasiliensis based on scanning electron microscopy. Sincethe type was lost we designate the neotype specimen under the number IBSP 10409. In addition, the relationship betweenO. brasiliensis and other species from the Neotropical region that share the morphological characteristics of Ornithodoroswith dorsal humps on tarsi, and also live under the soil and feed on hosts other than bats, are discussed. Molecular analysisinferred from a portion of the 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene is also provided and it placed O. brasiliensis in a cluster sup-ported by a maximal bootstrap value (100%) with Ornithodoros parkeri, Ornithodoros rostratus, and Ornithodoros turicata.
Two new species of Callulops (Anura: Microhylidae) from montane forests in New Guinea
Authors: OLIVER PAUL , RICHARDS STEPHEN , TJATURADI BURHAN
Published: March 2019

Two new species of microhylid frogs assigned to the genus Callulops are described from the mountains of New Guinea.Callulops fojaensis sp. nov. is known only from mid-montane forest in the Foja Mountains of Papua Province, IndonesianNew Guinea, and can be distinguished from congeners by the combination of moderate size, short limbs, slightly expandedfinger and toe discs, and uniform brown dorsal and lateral colouration. Callulops mediodiscus sp. nov. is known from asingle site in mid-montane forest in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, and can be distinguished from allcongeners by its wide finger and toe discs, moderate size and short advertisement call. Description of these two new frogspecies brings the number of Callulops known to 18, of which at least nine are only known from montane regions (>1000 m above sea level).
Towards a List of Available Names in Zoology, partim Phylum Rotifera
Authors: SEGERS HENDRIK , DE SMET WILLEM H. , FISCHER CLAUS , FONTANETO DIEGO , MICHALOUDI EVANGELIA , WALLACE ROBERT L. , JERSABEK CHRISTIAN D.
Published: March 2019

Many, mostly older, names of animal species are nomenclaturally problematic, either because their orthography is unstable, orthey cannot be linked reliably to a taxonomic identity, due to the lack of recognisable descriptions and/or types. Yet, they repre-sent available (sensu International Code of Zoological Nomenclature) names and must be taken into account in zoologicalworks. This situation, with available senior, yet dubious names confounding nomenclature, is undesirable. It creates uncertain-ties at a time when molecular approaches are revolutionizing our concepts of species diversity, and fails us when the currentextinction crisis calls for efficient, accurate, and constructive approaches to document, monitor, and conserve biodiversity.The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (The Code) provides a means to address this issue by restricting avail-ability, application and orthography of names to those included in the List of Available Names in Zoology (LAN). The Code(Art. 79) allows an international body of zoologists in consultation with the Commission to propose a candidate part of theLAN for a major taxonomic field. We explore this possibility for 3570 species-group names of Phylum Rotifera (of which 665are problematic), by presenting such a candidate Rotifera part of the LAN. The web site of the International Commission onZoological Nomenclature (http://www.iczn.org) will hold both the candidate list and a forum to facilitate consultation on thecandidate list, while the list itself also can already be freely downloaded from three other Internet sites: http://fada.biodiver-sity.be, http://rotifer.ansp.org/LAN, and www.hausdernatur.at/rotifera. We give here an overview of the general approach andprocedures applied in preparation of the candidate list, and anticipate that our effort will promote the process as well as result in a standard list of names for use in taxonomy, the Global Names Architecture and other biodiversity information initiatives.
Two new species of Pneumia Enderlein (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Palaearctic region
Authors: OMELKOVÁ MARKÉTA , JEŽEK JAN
Published: March 2019

We propose two new species: Pneumia kabelaki sp. nov. from the Czech Republic and P. toubkalensis sp. nov. from Mo-rocco. Pneumia isabellae (Wagner), a new record for Slovenia, is redescribed. Differential diagnoses are included and im-portant diagnostic characters illustrated. The concept of some Palaearctic Pericomaini is discussed and all describedspecies and subspecies of the genus Pneumia Enderlein are listed with a report of 34 new combinations. The followingspecies are transferred from Pericoma Haliday to Pneumia: Pneumia ariegica (Vaillant), P. borealis (Berdén), P. califor-nica (Kincaid), P. canariensis (Tonnoir), P. delphinensis (Georges), P. extricata (Eaton, P. hirticornis (Tonnoir), P. isabel-lae (Wagner), P. jungi (Vaillant), P. longistylis (Mirouse), P. marinkovicae (Krek), P. omogoensis (Tokunaga & Komyo),P. propinqua (Satchell), P. rivularis (Berdén), P. sziladyi (Szabó), P. thomasi (Vaillant), P. vandeli (Mirouse). In addition,nineteen species are transferred from Satchelliella Vaillant to Pneumia: Pneumia arvernica (Vaillant), P. balcanica (Krek),P. bosniaca (Krek), P. bucegiana (Vaillant), P. dissimilis (Krek), P. distincta (Krek), P. incurvata (Krek), P. joosti (Wag-ner), P. montenegrina (Krek), P. narsanica (Vaillant & Joost), P. pyrenaica (Vaillant), P. sanae (Krek), P. sandaliae (Sala-manna), P. scotiae (Curran), P. stammeri dinarica (Krek), P. stylata (Vaillant, 1973), P. tarae (Krek), P. ussurica (Wagner) and P. vaillanti (Wagner).
Review of Genus Zyginella Löw (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Zyginellini) with Description of Four New Species and a New Genus from China
Authors: ZHANG YALIN , GAO XIA , HUANG MIN
Published: March 2019

Species in the genus Zyginella Löw from China are reviewed and four new species, Zyginella petala, Z. processa, Z. dwor-akowskae and Z. sichuanensis spp. nov. are described and illustrated. A key to nine species of Zyginella from China isprovided along with a world species checklist. Parathailocyba gen. nov. (type species Parathailocyba orla (Dworakowska, 1977) comb. nov., transferred from Zyginella Löw) is also described and illustrated.
Revision of the Australian sawfly genus Antargidium (Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Argidae) with description of two new species
Authors: SCHMIDT STEFAN
Published: March 2019

Antargidium Morice, 1919 is a small sawfly genus with six described species. The distribution is limited to Australia, withfour species occurring in eastern and two in the south-eastern part of Western Australia. Two species, A. flavescens n. sp.and A. nigrum n. sp., are described as new from Western Australia. Antargidium rufum Benson syn. nov. is treated as asynonym of A. dentivalve Benson. Host plants are known for five species and include plants of the families Sapindaceae and Leguminosae.
A new species of the leafhopper genus Neoreticulum Dai in China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with a key to species
Authors: DAI REN-HUAI , XING JI-CHUN , LI ZI-ZHONG
Published: March 2019

The deltocephaline genus Reticulum, of tribe Athysanini, was established by Dai, Li & Chen (2006) with Reticulum transvittatum Dai, Li & Chen, 2006 as its type species. Dai & Zhang (2008) reviewed this genus and described two new species: R. trispinosum and R. lanceolatum from China. Recently, Dai (2009) proposed a new replacement name Neoreticulum to Reticulum Dai, Li & Chen, 2006 because the latter is a junior homonym of Reticulum Schröder, Medioli & Scott, 1989, and made three new combinations.
A new leaf-feeding species of Neohydatothrips from southwestern China (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
Authors: ZHANG HONGRUI , XIE YONGHUI , LI ZHENGYUE
Published: March 2019

Neohydatothrips magnoliae sp. n., is described from leaves of Parakmeria yunnanensis (Magnoliaceae) in SouthwesternChina. This thrips is similar to N. samayunkur, N. elaeagni, N. trypherus and N. plynopygus, but can be distinguished fromthese by details of the fore wing colour, the body colour, and shape of the pronotal blotch. An illustrated key is providedto distinguish the 13 described species of Neohydatothrips recorded from China. Type specimens of the new species are preserved in Yunnan Agricultural University.
Re-classification of Rhipidiomorphus malaccanus Pic, a long-neglected genus and species of Psephenoidinae (Coleoptera: Psephenidae)
Authors: JENG MING-LUEN
Published: March 2019

In his long career, Maurice Pic (1866–1957), a prolific French entomologist, described many thousands of insect species, subspecies, and varieties, as well as several hundreds, if not more than a thousand, of new genera across orders and families (Villiers 1958a, b). The majority of Pic’s described taxa are beetles, especially in Tenebrionoidea and the former Malacodermata (or Malacodermatidae). Many genera were described in a brief and uninformative style and without explicit family assignment, making it difficult to determine their familial affiliation based on the literature (Pollock 2005). Accordingly, several taxa have remained little known or long-neglected until now. Most of Pic’s type material is deposited in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN), where it is possible to examine and provide a possibility to reliably determine their identities.
New species and review of the Afrotropical clearwing moth genus Camaegeria Strand, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Synanthedonini)
Authors: BARTSCH DANIEL , BERG JUTTA
Published: March 2019

A review of the Afrotropical sesiid genus Camaegeria Strand, 1914 (Synanthedonini), which previously comprised onlya single species, C. auripicta Strand, 1914, is presented. Based on its genital morphology Camaegeria seems most closelyrelated to Episannina Aurivillius, 1905, which also occurs in Africa and is placed here in Synanthedonini. Differentialcharacters between Camaegeria, Episannina and the superficially similar Tipulamima Holland, 1893, are discussed. Sixspecies are transferred from other sesiid genera to Camaegeria: C. aristura (Meyrick, 1931) n. comb., C. exochiformis(Walker, 1856) n. comb., C. monogama (Meyrick, 1932) n. comb., C. sophax (Druce, 1899) n. comb., C. sylvestralis(Viette, [1955]) n. comb. and C. xanthopimplaeformis (Viette, [1955]) n. comb. One new species, Camaegeria massai n.sp. is described from eastern Africa and four new species, C. lychnitis, C. polytelis, C. viettei and C. xanthomos n. spp.are described from Madagascar. New junior synonyms of Camaegeria aristura are Aegeria leptomorpha Meyrick, 1931n. syn. and Aegeria hadassa Meyrick, 1932 n. syn., and a new junior synonym of C. monogama is Macrotarsipus lioscelis Meyrick, 1935 n. syn.
Freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from the Palearctic section of the African continent: new records, with the description of a new species
Authors: HARRATH ABDUL HALIM , SLUYS RONALD , MERZOUG DJEMOI , YACOUBI-KHEBIZA MOHAMED , ALWASEL SALEH , RIUTORT MARTA
Published: March 2019

On the basis of extensive surveys, an update is provided on the diversity, taxonomy, anatomy, and geographic distributionof five species of North African freshwater planarians, including the description of one new species. The new species Dug-esia tubqalis Harrath & Sluys, sp. nov. is mainly characterized by the following features: an elongated penis surroundedwith two penial folds at its base, the dorsal one bigger than the ventral ; an atrium divided into a male and common atriumby a kind of non-muscular ridge; a terminal expansion of the ejaculatory duct just before it opens at the tip of the penispapilla. The record of Dugesia sicula represents the first fully documented record of a naturally sexual, diploid (2n=18)population in North Africa. The first finding of Polycelis nigra on the African continent is documented. The genus Polyce-lis is recorded here with two species, Polycelis nigra and Polycelis felina. We also noted the presence of Schmidtea polychroa, which is widespread in Europe and introduced in North America.
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) franciscorum sp. nov., a new lithobiid species from the Altai, with a key to the Central Asian species of the subgenus (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha)
Authors: DÁNYI LÁSZLÓ , TUF IVAN H.
Published: March 2019

Lithobius franciscorum sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens from the Kazakh part of the Altai Moun-tains. The new species is characterized principally by the group of club-like setae situated on the males’ last femora, afeature unique in the whole genus. According to this character, the species appears to be closely related to the group ofspecies with similar setae on the males’ last tibiae, while the female of the new species resembles Lithobius nordenskioldiiStuxberg, 1876, with which it is compared. Keys to the Central Asian Monotarsobius Verhoeff, 1905 species’ males andfemales are presented as well. Three nomina nova are introduced, Lithobius farzalievae nom. nov. for Lithobius minimusFarzalieva, 2006, Lithobius dobrorukai nom. nov. for Lithobius mongolicus Dobroruka, 1960 and Lithobius insolens nom. nov. for Lithobius insolitus Farzalieva, 2006.
A new species of pontoniine shrimp genus Philarius Holthuis, 1952 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia
Authors: MARIN IVAN
Published: March 2019

A new species of coral-associated pontoniine shrimp, Philarius condi sp. nov., is described from Lizard Island, the GreatBarrier Reef of Australia. The new species can be clearly separated from the congeners by long fingers of chelipeds, whichare equal to the length of palm, and its unique ecological niche—living at the base of branches of stout-branched acroporidcorals such as Acropora monticulosa and A. gemmifera strongly influenced by waves in high energy ecosystems of reef slopes.
Description of the clasper of the Southern Thorny Skate Amblyraja doellojuradoi (Pozzi, 1935) (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae)
Authors: DELPIANI GABRIELA , FIGUEROA DANIEL E. , MABRAGAÑA EZEQUIEL
Published: March 2019

This work constitutes the first description of the clasper of Amblyraja doellojuradoi. The characterization was based onboth external morphology and the composition of the internal cartilages. A comparison based on these structures with oth-er species of the genus is provided. Considering all of the cartilages, the basal and terminal series of A. doellojuradoi aremore similar in shape and disposition to the equivalent series in A. radiata than to A. hyperborea. However, marked differences in clasper cartilages permit A. doellojuradoi to be distinguished from these congeners.
A new species of Leptogorgia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Golfo Dulce, Pacific, Costa Rica
Authors: BREEDY ODALISCA , GUZMAN HECTOR M.
Published: March 2019

The description of this single species is necessary to facilitate the publication of ongoing research conducted by Rita Vargas at the Museum of Zoology, University of Costa Rica, dealing with the associated microfauna. Presently 24 species of Leptogorgia have been reported for the eastern Pacific, 13 of which have been found in Costa Rica (Breedy & Cortés 2011). Although octocoral surveys have been conducted as part of biodiversity studies, there is no published information regarding the occurrence of this taxon in Golfo Dulce. Here we describe a new species of Leptogorgia and compare it with other Leptogorgia species with similar characteristics. Golfo Dulce is a bay located on the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is about 50 km long, 10–15 km wide, and covers an area of approximately 680 km². The inner part of Golfo Dulce has a maximum depth of slightly over 200 m with a 60 m deep sill at the opening to the Pacific Ocean (Cortés 1999). It has been considered a tropical fjord because of the bathymetry and the presence of anoxic deep waters (Cortés 1999, Svendsen et al. 2006). Specimens were collected by Scuba diving, preserved in 70% ethanol or air dried, and treated and identified following the current methodology (Breedy & Guzman 2002). The holotype and paratypes are deposited in the Museo de Zoología, Universidad de Costa Rica (MZUCR, formerly UCR), San José, P.O. Box 11501-2060, Costa Rica.
Review of the genus Scolothrips (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Japan
Authors: MASUMOTO MASAMI , OHNO SUGURU , GANAHA-KIKUMURA TOMOKO , MIYAGI AKIKO , OKAJIMA SHÛJI
Published: March 2019

Three species of the genus Scolothrips Hinds, all predatory on spider mites [Tetranychidae], are recorded here from Japan,with S. rhagebianus Priesner newly recorded from this country. These three species, including S. asura Ramakrishna & Margabandhu and S. takahashii Priesner, are re-described.