bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Kinyongia asheorum sp. n., a new montane chameleon from the Nyiro Range, northern Kenya (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)
Authors: NECAS PETR , SINDACO ROBERTO , KOŘENÝ LUDĚK , KOPEČNÁ JANA , MALONZA PATRICK KENYATTA , MODRÝ DAVID
Published: July 2019

A new species of chameleon is described from the humid montane forests on Mt. Nyiro in northern Kenya. The new species is clearly distinct from its congeners by external morphology, especially the gular field with long pointed appendicular scales, and geographical isolation. Based on both the morphology and molecular phylogenetic data, we place the new species into the recently described genus Kinyongia.
Taxonomy of the Cuban blind snakes (Scolecophidia, Typhlopidae), with the description of a new large species
Authors: DOMÍNGUEZ MICHEL , MORENO LUIS V.
Published: July 2019

Typhlops golyathi sp. nov. is described from Pinar del Río Province, Western Cuba. It is characterized by its large size, sharp–pointed to rounded snout, broad rostral in dorsal view, broader than long, preocular in contact with second and third supralabials, greater number of middorsal scales than any other West Indian scolecophidian (629), and 26 longitudinal scale rows anteriorly reducing to 22 posteriorly at 42 % total length. It can be placed within the T. biminiensis species group and a key to the Cuban species is presented.
Freshwater cyclopoids and harpacticoids (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Gnangara Mound region of Western Australia
Authors: TANG DANNY , KNOTT BRENTON
Published: July 2019

The Gnangara Mound is a 2,200 km 2 unconfined aquifer located in the Swan Coastal Plain of Western Australia. This aquifer is one of the most important ground water resources for the Perth Region and supports a number of groundwaterdependent ecosystems, such as the springs of Ellen Brook and root mat communities of the Yanchep Caves. Although freshwater copepods have been documented previously from those caves and springs, their specific identity were hitherto unknown. The current work formally identifies copepod samples collected from 23 sites (12 cave, three bore, five spring and three surface water localities) within the Gnangara Mound region. Fifteen species were documented in this study: the cyclopoids Australoeucyclops sp., Eucyclops edytae sp. nov., Macrocyclops albidus (Jurine, 1820), Mesocyclops brooksi Pesce, De Laurentiis & Humphreys, 1996, Metacyclops arnaudi (G. O. Sars, 1908), Mixocyclops mortoni sp. nov., Paracyclops chiltoni (Thomson, 1882), Paracyclops intermedius sp. nov. and Tropocyclops confinis (Kiefer, 1930), and the harpacticoids Attheyella (Chappuisiella) hirsuta Chappuis, 1951, Australocamptus hamondi Karanovic, 2004, Elaphoidella bidens (Schmeil, 1894), Kinnecaris eberhardi (Karanovic, 2005), Nitocra lacustris pacifica Yeatman, 1983 and Paranitocrella bastiani gen. et sp. nov. Tropocyclops confinis is recorded from Australia for the first time and A. (Ch.) hirsuta and E. bidens are newly recorded for Western Australia. The only copepod taxa endemic to the Gnangara Mound region are E. edytae sp. nov. (occurs primarily in springs and rarely in the Yanchep National Park Caves) and P. bastiani gen. et sp. nov. (confined to the Yanchep National Park Caves containing tuart root mats). Paracyclops chiltoni was the most common species, whilst T. confinis and N. l. pacifica were rarely encountered. Metacyclops arnaudi was the only taxon absent from ground waters. The copepod fauna recorded in the caves and springs of the Gnangara Mound region are comparable, with respect to species richness, endemicity and the varying degrees of dependency on ground water, to those reported from similar habitats in South Australia and Western Australia. Restoring the root mats and maintaining permanent water flow within the Yanchep Caves, as well as minimising urban development near the Ellen Brook Springs, are essential to protect the copepod species, particularly the endemic P. bastiani gen. et sp. nov. and E. edytae sp. nov., inhabiting these unique ground water environments.
New genus of Enicocephalinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalomorpha) from Sabah based on three new species
Authors: ŠTYS PAVEL , BAŇAŘ PETR
Published: July 2019

A new genus and three new species of Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalomorpha: Enicocephalidae: Enicocephalinae are described from Malaysia: Sabah, viz. Phaenicocleus n. gen. sabahensis n. sp. (type species), P. schwendingeri n. sp. and P. minor n. sp. (all species male-based). The new genus is macropterous and belongs to that group of Enicocephalinae characterized by presence of large, closed discal cell and absence of basal cell in forewing. The species are distinct in the character states of the median of pronotum, shape of unpaired sclerite of the pro-eusternum, and shape and length of a median keel of meta-eusternum – these are characters previously unemployed as diagnostic in the Enicocephalidae.
On the genus Tetartopeus Czwalina, 1888 of Turkey. A new species and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
Authors: ANLAŞ SİNAN
Published: July 2019

Tetartopeus tezcani sp. n. from Anatolia, Turkey, is described, illustrated and distinguished from related congeners. Tetartopeus persicus Coiffait is reported from Turkey for the first time. A key to the Turkish species of Tetartopeus is presented.
A review of the genus Ditylometopa Kertész (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
Authors: WOODLEY NORMAN E.
Published: July 2019

The genus Ditylometopa Kertész (Diptera: Stratiomyidae, Clitellariinae), which occurs only in the Neotropical Region, is reviewed. Euryneura rufifrons Curran, 1934 is synonymized with Ditylometopa elegans Kertész, 1923. A neotype is designated for D. elegans. Two species are recognized, including Ditylometopa centralensis sp. nov., which is described from Costa Rica (type locality) and Nicaragua and may occur in Brazil.
On the systematics of Sylvenomyia Mamaev & Zaitzev (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Porricondylinae), with the description of a new species from Finland
Authors: PENTTINEN JOUNI , JASCHHOF MATHIAS
Published: July 2019

Sylvenomyia fennica sp. n., the second species of the genus Sylvenomyia Mamaev & Zaitzev is described from Finland. Sylvenomyia sueciae Mamaev & Zaitzev, the type species, is a new junior synonym of Chastomera spinigera Spungis. Sylvenomyia spinigera (Spungis) comb. n. is redescribed. The generic concept and systematic position of Sylvenomyia is reviewed. The genus Sylvenomyia is transferred from the tribe Winnertziini to the “Porricondylinae” incertae sedis.
A revision of Episothalma Swinhoe, 1893, with descriptions of two new species and one new genus (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae)
Authors: XUE DAYONG , WANG XUEJIAN , HAN HONGXIANG
Published: July 2019

The genus Episothalma Swinhoe is reviewed, and two new species are described: E. irrobustaria, sp. nov. from Thailand, and E. cuspidata sp. nov. from Hainan Province, China. E. ocellata Swinhoe is excluded from Episothalma and Pseudepisothalma gen. nov. is erected based on this species. A lectotype is designated for P. ocellata. Descriptions and diagnoses for both genera are given. All the known species are redescribed, and variations in the male genitalia of E. robustaria (Guenée) are described and figured. Illustrations of adults and genitalia are presented.
Australotarsiusa new genus of the rove beetle tribe Staphylinini from Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
Authors: SOLODOVNIKOV ALEXEY , NEWTON ALFRED F.
Published: July 2019

Australotarsius Solodovnikov & Newton, gen. nov., a new genus of rove beetles of the tribe Staphylinini, endemic to Australia, is described and compared to other Staphylinini. It includes two new species, A. grandis Solodovnikov & Newton, sp. n. from Queensland and New South Wales, and A. tasmanicus Solodovnikov & Newton, sp. n. from Tasmania. The systematic position of Australotarsius within Staphylinini needs further investigation in the context of a broad-scale phylogenetic study of this large tribe. Preliminarily this new genus is thought to be a member of the lineage of Staphylinini which includes genera Anchocerus Fauvel, 1905, Acylophorus Nordmann, 1837, Anaquedius Casey, 1915, Hemiquedius Casey, 1915 and possibly Euryporus Erichson, 1839, all of which are current members of the subtribe Quediina.
A review of the genus Chelobasis Gray, 1832 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
Authors: STAINES C. L.
Published: July 2019

The genus Chelobasis Gray, 1832 is reviewed. Four species are recognized. A key to the species is presented. The literature is summarized and each species is illustrated.
Three new species of Bidessodes Régimbart (Insecta, Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from the Amazon river floodplain
Authors: BRAGA RAFAEL BENZI , FERREIRA-JR. NELSON
Published: July 2019

Three new species of Bidessodes (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) are described and illustrated from the Amazon river floodplain (“várzea”): B. nessimiani sp. nov., B. hamadae sp. nov., and B. demarcoi sp. nov. Bidessodes evanidus Young is recorded for the first time from Amazonas and Pará states, Brazil. All species are included in the subgenus Bidessodes s. str. An identification key of Bidessodes s. str. species, modified from Young (1986), is provided.
Taxonomic notes on Neotropical Anthidiini, with description of the male of Chrisanthidium adornatum Urban (Hymenoptera: Megachilinae)
Authors: PARIZOTTO DANIELE R.
Published: July 2019

The taxonomy of Allanthidium Moure, Anthidianum Michener, Chrisanthidium Urban, and Notanthidium Isensee is discussed. A key to distinguish these genera is presented. Keys to Anthidianum and Chrisanthidium species are provided; Anthidianum bizonatum (Friese) is reinstated as a valid species and the male of Chrisanthidium adornatum is described.
Description of the last instar larva of Cannaphila insularis funerea (Carpenter, 1897) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae), with notes on the habitat of the species
Authors: TRAPERO-QUINTANA ADRIAN D. , ARAÚJO NILIA CUÉLLAR
Published: July 2019

Cannaphila Kirby is a neotropical genus with three species; C. insularis Kirby, 1889, C. mortoni Donnelly, 1992, and C. vibex (Hagen, 1861). The first one includes two subspecies; C. i. insularis and C. i. funerea (Carpenter, 1897). Cannaphila i. funerea occurs from southern USA (Texas) to Colombia (Garrison 1986). Reports from The Antilles are exclusive from Cuba. According to Needham et al. (2000) the subspecies C. i. insularis from Hispaniola and Jamaica is also present in Isla de Pinos (Cuba). Cannaphila i. funerea is widely distributed in Cuba, with its frequent habitats being lagoons and ponds with abundant herbaceous vegetation, flying over lentic streams (Alayo 1968, Trapero & Naranjo 2003). Up to now the only bona fide last instar larva described for the genus was that of C. vibex. Klots (1932) provided a description of larvae collected in Puerto Rico and Cuba which she identified as Brachymesia by supposition and which Limongi (1989) indicated most likely belonged to C. i. funerea. Here we describe the last instar larva of C. i. funerea, compare it to C. vibex and to the immature larvae described by Klots (1932), and provide general data on the habitat of the larva.
A new fossil lacewing genus from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (Neuroptera: Osmylidae)
Authors: WANG YONGJIE , LIU ZHIQI , REN DONG
Published: July 2019

Fossil Osmylidae showed most diversity in the Old World (Grimaldi and Engel 2005), and many new taxa have been erected (Carpenter 1943, Panfilov 1980, Lambkin 1988, Markakin 1990, Ponomarenko 2003, Ren and Yin 2002, Ren and Engel 2007, Menon and Makarkin 2008), which greatly advanced the understanding and knowledge of osmylid palaeodiversity. However, most were merely founded as new taxa without clarifying their status in Osmylidae. Spilosmylinae (Krüger, 1913), an extant subfamily, is the largest group of Osmylidae containing about 100 recent species, which is comprised of Thyridosmylus Krüger, 1913, Thaumatosmylus Krüger, 1913, Lysmus Navás, 1911, Spilosmylus Kolbe, 1897 and Glenosmylus Krüger, 1913. The subfamily is characterized by the following fetures: moderate body side; simple costal cross-veins; numerous cross-veins in radial sector; MP forked close to the base of wing, which is also general occurrence in the fossil osmylids. However, up to now there were no related fossil taxa to be assigned to Spilosmylinae. We consider there should be more fossil osmylids which have the close affiliation with Spilosmylinae.
The tantulocarid genus Arcticotantalus removed from Basipodellidae into Deoterthridae (Crustacea: Maxillopoda) after the description of a new species from Greenland, with first live photographs and an overview of the class
Authors: KNUDSEN STEEN WILHELM , KIRKEGAARD MAJA , OLESEN JØRGEN
Published: July 2019

A new species of Tantulocarida was found off the coast of Disko Island, West Greenland. The new species, Arcticotantulus kristenseni sp. nov., is exclusively found on an as yet undescribed species of Bradya Boeck, 1873 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) caught at depths of 200 m off the coast in muddy sediments. A total of 44 individuals were found, and 38 were examined by use of LM and SEM; these represented different stages of the life cycle: tantulus larvae, developing males, parthenogenetic females, and what may be only the third record of a developing sexual female. Arcticotantulus kristenseni is tentatively placed in Deoterthridae based on the mode of formation of the male trunk sac, the pattern of ornamentation on the tergites and cephalic shield, and the number of setae on the thoracopods and caudal rami. It is suggested that the genus Arcticotantulus Kornev, Tchesunov & Rybnikov, 2004 is removed from Basipodellidae and placed in Deothertridae instead, in accordance with the mode of trunk sac development in males and the absence in the latter family of a cephalic rostrum. Various internal anatomical features were examined, including the tubular structures inside the head of the tantulus larvae. The first live photographs of any species of Tantulocarida are presented. This is also the first report on Tantulocarida from West Greenland.
Australian Thripinae of the Anaphothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera), with three new genera and thirty-three new species
Authors: MOUND LAURENCE A. , MASUMOTO MASAMI
Published: July 2019

Relationships are considered among taxa of Thripinae lacking long setae on the pronotum, and these taxa are here discussed as the Anaphothrips genus-group. Seven genera from Australia are considered members of this group: Anaphothrips, Apterothrips, Aptinothrips, Caprithrips, Dodonaeathrips gen.n., Ozanaphothrips gen. n. and Pandorathrips gen. n. Six new species are described in Ozanaphothrips, and one each in Dodonaeathrips and Pandorathrips. The worldwide genus Anaphothrips now comprises 79 species, of which 43 are here recorded from Australia, including 27 new species. In other parts of the world Anaphothrips species breed on grasses, but hostassociations of the Australian species are remarkably diverse, involving at least 20 plant families. Illustrated keys are provided for the identification of the Anaphothrips genus-group taxa from Australia. Variation is discussed in the form of the pore plates (=glandular areas or areae porosae) that occur on the sternites of males.
Revision of the willow catkin flies, genus Egle Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Europe and neighbouring areas
Authors: MICHELSEN VERNER
Published: July 2019

Egle Robineau-Desvoidy is a modest-sized genus of small blackish anthomyiids with a Holarctic and northern Oriental distribution. They are univoltine, interacting closely with the host plants of their seed-feeding larvae, mainly species of willow (Salix), but also poplar (Populus) and false tamarisk (Myricaria) support some species. Summaries are given of adult and larval habits based on published and new observations. Adult mouth part structure in relation to pollen feeding is treated in some detail. A taxonomic revision with illustrated descriptions and an identification key to males and females is given for all known West Palearctic species and a few more from Greenland and Central Asia. Seven new species are described: Egle anderssoni, E. ignobilis and E. suwai from Denmark and Sweden, E. inermoides from Spain, E. groenlandica from Greenland, E. setiapicoides from Uzbekistan, and E. subarcticoides from Israel. Egle polychaeta Griffiths, 2003 is considered identical with E. steini Schnabl, 1911 (syn. nov.). Egle groenlandica sp. nov. is only known from females and may be the first known case of a calyptrate fly reproducing parthenogenetically.
A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Rakwana massif, Sri Lanka
Authors: WICKRAMASINGHE L. J. MENDIS , VIDANAPATHIRANA DULAN RANGA , WICKRAMASINGHE NETHU , RANWELLA P. NAYANAKA
Published: July 2019

A new species of Rhinophis, Rhinophis erangaviraji sp. nov. is described, the tenth species of the genus known from Sri Lanka. The new species is readily distinguished from all other congeners by its colour pattern and scalation. Morphometric analysis supports the distinction of the new species from the superficially similar R. blythii. The new species is known only from the Rakwana massif, where it has been collected in shady areas, within loose soil.
A new tree-frog genus and species from Ivory Coast, West Africa (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae)
Authors: RÖDEL MARK-OLIVER , KOSUCH JOACHIM , GRAFE T. ULMAR , BOISTEL RENAUD , ASSEMIAN N. EMMANUEL , KOUAMÉ N’GORAN G. , TOHÉ BLAYDA , GOURÈNE GERMAIN , PERRET JEAN-LUC , HENLE KLAUS , TAFFOREAU PAUL , POLLET NICOLAS , VEITH MICHAEL
Published: July 2019

We describe a new genus and species of hyperoliid tree-frog from the Upper Guinean rain forest, West Africa. Morerella gen. nov. Rödel, Kosuch, Grafe, Boistel & Veith is characterized by a slender body and large protruding eyes; a horizontal oval pupil; a small but distinct tympanum; a medium sized, medioposterior gular gland, without thin dilatable skin beneath and around the gland in males; spinosities on back and on extremities of males; sphenethmoid not visible dorsally; ventroanterior portion of sphenethmoid unfused; non-imbricate neural arches that do not completely roof the spinal canal; transverse processes of eighth vertebra not angled markedly forward; a greatly forked omosternum; a completely ossified sternum; posterolateral process of hyoid absent and anterior horn composed of an anteromedial and a lateral process; round discs on finger and toe tips; completely mineralized intercalary elements of phalanges; sexes dichromatic in coloration; short tonal advertisement call, notes grouped, not pulsed; terrestrial eggs and aquatic larval stages. The new genus differs genetically from other hyperoliid genera by 18-35% sequence divergence (>1300 bp of cytochrome b, 16S and 12S rRNA sequences). Its phylogenetic relationships within this family remain obscure. So far the genus is comprised of one species, Morerella cyanophthalma sp. nov. Rödel, Assemian, Kouamé, Tohé & Perret, that is only known from a few sites in the Banco National Park, Ivory Coast. Specimens from another Ivorian locality, the Azagny National Park, may be conspecific. Based on the IUCN red list criteria, the new species is classified as Critically Endangered.
Partial revision of freshwater shrimps from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae)
Authors: CAI YIXIONG , WOWOR DAISY , CHOY SATISH
Published: July 2019

The taxonomy of freshwater shrimps of the family Atyidae from the Malili lake system, Central Sulawesi, is partially revised based on museum materials and fresh collections. Caridina lanceolata, C. masapi, C. spinata and C. loehae are redescribed and neotypes are designated as all type materials for these species are no longer extant. Two new species, C. woltereckae and C. mahalona, are described and illustrated in details.
Notes on distribution, variation and characterization of Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus Roze, 1959 (Serpentes: Colubridae) with the first records from Colombia
Authors: CURCIO FELIPE FRANCO , SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO SANTIAGO J. , MUESES-CISNEROS JONH JAIRO , RODRIGUES MIGUEL TREFAUT
Published: July 2019

The Maracaibo false coral snake Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus, previously known only from Venezuela, is recorded from five departments in Colombia. These new data include the westernmost and the southernmost records presently known for the species. Two specimens previously identified as E. aesculapii, from the localities of El Valle, Distrito Federal, Venezuela, and Yarumal, Antioquia, Colombia, are now attributed to E. pseudocorallus, the first one representing the northeasternmost record of the species. Morphological characterization of E. pseudocorallus is expanded based on the new specimens.
A new generic homonym in the Agoristenidae (Arachnida: Opiliones)
Authors: MANZANILLA OSVALDO VILLARREAL , KURY ADRIANO BRILHANTE
Published: July 2019

Our attention was recently called to one generic nomen in Arachnida Opiliones which is a junior homonym, hitherto undetected (see Kury 2003). Below, a replacement nomen is provided to comply with the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN, 1999).
Taxonomy of the Neotropical leafhopper genus Exogonia with description of seven new Brazilian species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)
Authors: MAURO-BARR T. T. , CARVALHO R. A. , FELIX M. , MEJDALANI G.
Published: July 2019

Seven new Brazilian species of Exogonia Melichar are described from Mato Grosso, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, and Santa Catarina states. The other four known species of the genus, E. assimilis (Signoret), E. hyalinosparsa (Melichar), E. leucampix (Signoret), and E. semivitta (Walker), are redescribed. An identification key with male and female characters and maps with the geographical distribution of the species are given. Taxonomic notes comparing the species are also provided. This genus is apparently closely related to Hanshumba Young, specially due to similarities in the male genital apparatus.
Description of a new species of Bradynobaenus (Hymenoptera: Bradynobaenidae) from Argentina, with a key to the females of the genus
Authors: TORRÉNS JAVIER , ROIG-ALSINA ARTURO
Published: July 2019

The new species Bradynobaenus riojanus (Hymenoptera: Bradynobaenidae) is described from two localities in the province of La Rioja, Argentina. It is closely related to B. chubutinus Brèthes. A revised key to the females of the genus is provided.
Review of the species in the Cyclocephala bicolor Laporte species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)
Authors: JOLY LUIS J.
Published: July 2019

The species in the Cyclocephala bicolor Laporte species group are revised. C. bicolor Laporte, C. bicolorata Endrödi, C. sarahae Ratcliffe, and C. dichroa Dechambre are redescribed, and C. anibali, sp. n. is described from Venezuela. The group is characterized and a key for identification of the species, drawings of the key characters, and distribution maps are presented.
Description of the female of Tehuacania howdeni Endrödi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini), with a key to the genera of Oryctini from Mexico
Authors: BITAR ALBERTO , MORÓN MIGUEL ÁNGEL
Published: July 2019

Tehuacania Endrödi is a monotypic genus endemic to Mexico (Endrödi 1975, 1985; Morón et al. 1997). The only species known in the genus, T. howdeni Endrödi, has a restricted distribution and represents the rarest of the Oryctini from Mexico. For more than 30 years the female remained unknown. Recently, three female specimens were collected in arid lands in the vicinity of Santa Maria Coapan and Santa Maria La Alta in the Valley of Tehuacan, near the site where the holotype and paratype males were collected in 1961.Studied specimens are deposited in the entomological collections of the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMNC), Ottawa; Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria (ITCV), Tamaulipas, Mexico; and the private collections of A. Bitar (CABS) Mexico City and M. A. Morón (MXAL) Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
A taxonomic review of the genera Boonea, Chrysallida, Parthenina, Ivara, Fargoa, Mumiola, Odostomella and Trabecula (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae, Odostomiinae) from Brazil
Authors: PIMENTA ALEXANDRE DIAS , ABSALÃO RICARDO SILVA , MIYAJI CINTIA
Published: July 2019

The genera Boonea Robertson, 1978, Chrysallida Carpenter, 1856, Fargoa Bartsch, 1909, Ivara Dall & Bartsch, 1903, Mumiola A. Adams, 1863, Odostomella Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883, Parthenina Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 and Trabecula Dall & Bartsch, 1909 from Brazil are reviewed. Boonea jadisi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958), Boonea seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839), Chrysallida gemmulosa C. B. Adams, 1850, Ivara terryi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958), Fargoa bushiana Bartsch, 1909, Mumiola gradatula (Mörch, 1876) and Odostomella carceralis Pimenta, Absalão & Alencar, 2000 are confirmed to occur in Brazil. We also present the first records of Parthenina varia (Odé, 1993), Odostomella fonteini (Jong & Coomans, 1988) and Trabecula krumpermanni (Jong & Coomans, 1988) from the region, all, new combinations. Two species, previously reported from the Brazilian coast, could not be confirmed: Boonea bisuturalis (Say, 1822) and Boonea impressa (Say, 1822). Odostomella cf. doliolum (Philippi, 1844) and Parthenina cf. interspatiosa (Linden & Eikenboom, 1992), originally described from the eastern Atlantic, are here recorded from Brazil, although their status remains dubious because of lack of information on their biology and due to lack of morphological and molecular data. One new species is described: Boonea scymnocelata, which can be distinguished from the similar species B. seminuda by its smaller size and immersed protoconch, with no visible nucleus.
The genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844. VIII. Redescription of three Hyalommina Schulze, 1919 species (Acari: Ixodidae) from South Asia with notes on their biology
Authors: APANASKEVICH DMITRY A. , HORAK IVAN G. , GEEVARGHESE GEEVARGHESE
Published: July 2019

The South Asian ticks Hyalomma (Hyalommina) brevipunctata Sharif, 1928, Hyalomma (Hyalommina) hussaini Sharif, 1928 and Hyalomma (Hyalommina) kumari Sharif, 1928, are morphologically fairly similar. The males can be distinguished from each other by size, color and their punctation patterns. The females are easily distinguished by the shape of the genital aperture and its preatrial fold, and they also differ in size, color and punctation patterns. The immature stages can be distinguished by the measurements of various characteristics and the ratios of these, the shape of the scutum, gnathosoma and hypostome, number of denticles on the hypostome and size of the spurs on coxae. All parasitic stages of the three species are illustrated and redescribed here. Their distributions are restricted to South Asia, although there are some records from Central Asia. Large and medium-sized ungulates are the principal hosts of the adults, whereas the immature stages infest various species of small mammals. All are three-host species. Data on their disease relationships are also provided.
A new species of Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from the Kofán Territory in southwestern Colombia
Authors: BOTERO-TRUJILLO RICARDO , PÉREZ GUSTAVO A.
Published: July 2019

Cryptocellus luisedieri sp. nov. is described from a male specimen obtained from leaf litter in the Kofán Territory, southwestern Colombia. The new species exhibits a series of interesting morphological features including the presence of cuticular pits and a unique shape of the male copulatory apparatus. The new species, which is the first ricinuleid found in the southern Colombian Andes, brings to seven the number of species of Cryptocellus Westwood, 1874 known to occur in Colombia and to 66 the number of extant species of this rare arachnid order. A male-based key to the identification of the Colombian ricinuleid species and a map showing their known distribution are included.
Review of Apoplophora (Acari: Oribatida: Mesoplophoridae), with the description of a new species from China
Authors: LIU DONG , CHEN JUN , QIAO GEXIA
Published: July 2019

The oribatid mite genus Apoplophora Aoki, 1980 (Mesoplophoridae) is reviewed, and a checklist and key to all known species are provided. Three species of Apoplophora including a new species, Apoplophora dentata sp. nov. from Tibet, and a newly recorded species from China, Apoplophora heterotricha Mahunka, 1987, are identified, and their morphological descriptions and illustrations are also given.
Revision of the fungus-growing ant genera Mycetophylax Emery and Paramycetophylax Kusnezov rev. stat., and description of Kalathomyrmex n. gen. (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini)
Authors: KLINGENBERG CHRISTIANA , BRANDÃO C. ROBERTO F.
Published: July 2019

Based on the morphology of workers, gynes and males, we revise the taxonomy of nominal taxa traditionally included by authors in the fungus-growing ant genus Mycetophylax. Our results indicate that Mycetophylax Emery (Myrmicocrypta brittoni Wheeler, 1907, type species, by designation of Emery, 1913; junior synonym of Cyphomyrmex conformis Mayr, 1884 by Kempf, 1962) includes M. conformis, M. simplex (Emery, 1888), and M. morschi (Emery, 1888) new combination (formerly in Cyphomyrmex), with several synonymies. Mycetophylax bruchi (Santschi, 1916) does not belong to the same genus and is diagnosed, in addition to other characters, by a psammophore arising at the anterior margin of the clypeus. For this species we are resurrecting from synonymy Paramycetophylax Kusnezov, 1956 (Mycetophylax bruchi as type species, by original designation, with M. cristulatus as its new synonym). Myrmicocrypta emeryi Forel, 1907 is the only attine in which females lack the median clypeal seta and have the antennal insertion areas very much enlarged and anteriorly produced, with the psammophore setae arising from the middle of the clypeus and not at its anterior margin as in Paramycetophylax. Notwithstanding its inclusion in Mycetophylax by recent authors, it is here recognized as belonging to a hitherto undescribed, thus far monotypic genus, Kalathomyrmex new genus (Myrmicocrypta emeryi as its type species, here designated). We redescribe workers, gynes and males of all species in the
Tropidomyrmex elianae, a new myrmicine ant genus and species from Brazil, tentatively assigned to Solenopsidini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Authors: SILVA ROGÉRIO R. , FEITOSA RODRIGO M. , BRANDÃO CARLOS ROBERTO F. , DINIZ JORGE L. M.
Published: July 2019

A new myrmicine ant, Tropidomyrmex elianae gen. n. & sp. n., is described from southeastern and central Brazil, based on workers, ergatoid gynes, males and larvae. Tropidomyrmex workers are relatively small, monomorphic, characterized mainly by the feebly pigmented and extremely thin integument; subfalcate mandibles bearing a single apical tooth; palpal formula 1,2; clypeus relatively broad and convex; reduced compound eyes; propodeum unarmed and with a strongly medially depressed declivous face; double and bilobed well developed subpostpetiolar processes; and peculiarities in the sting apparatus. A colony fragment of T. elianae containing workers, ergatoid gynes, males, and brood was found inside a ground termite nest (Anoplotermes pacificus Apicotermitinae) in a montane rocky scrubland in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Tropidomyrmex elianae is known also from two workers collected in leaf litter samples processed with a Winkler extractor, from the state of Tocantins, central-north Brazil. Despite the differences from the accepted solenopsidine genera, Tropidomyrmex is tentatively assigned to this tribe. Within the solenopsidine ants, the genus is apparently related to Tranopelta. Tropidomyrmex is marked by extreme reductions, perhaps reflecting adaptations to particular habits and habitats.
Two new species of Manunema (Plectida: Peresianidae) from the Arabian Gulf, with notes on the phylogeny of the genus
Authors: BARNES NATALIE , FERRERO TIMOTHY JOHN
Published: July 2019

Two new species of Manunema are described from the coast of Kuwait, one from the intertidal in Kuwait Bay and one found at shallow subtidal sites in the Arabian Gulf. Like other species of Manunema, the two species described here are characterised by coarse striation of the cuticle; a tapered, trunk-like cervical region; a large, elongate oesophageal bulb and corresponding swelling of the body; absence of cervical setae; pedunculate somatic setae; paired outstretched ovaries in females, tubular precloacal supplements in males and a pair of simple, curved spicules in males. Manunema kithara sp. nov. differs from other species in the genus by its characteristic, elongate, double oesophageal bulb which resembles a guitar in shape, being broader in the posterior half, and by the shape and form of the two precloacal supplements in the males. Manunema kuwaitiensis sp. nov. is similar to both M. proboscidis and M. annulata in having a weakly double oesophageal bulb, but differs in the morphology and position of the single precloacal supplement in males.
Taxonomic revision of New World species of the genus Oosternum Sharp (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae) I. Definition of species groups and revision of the Oosternum aequinoctiale group
Authors: FIKÁČEK MARTIN , HEBAUER FRANZ , HANSEN MICHAEL
Published: July 2019

The genus Oosternum Sharp, 1882 is divided into ten species groups based on external adult characters. An identification key to the species groups and a table of diagnostic characters as well as many charater state illustrations for each group are provided. Representatives of the newly defined O. aequinoctiale species group are revised. Six species of this group are recognized, all occurring in the Neotropical region: Oosternum acutheca sp.n. (Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua), O. aequinoctiale (Motschulsky, 1855) (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela), O. attenuatum sp. n. (Panama, Colombia, Ecuador), O. gibbicolle sp. n. (Ecuador, Panama), O. holosericeum sp. n. (Argentina), and O. latum sp. n. (Lesser Antilles: St. Vincent Island). A key to the species and drawings or SEM photographs of diagnostic characters are provided.
Phylogeny and affiliation of European Anthomyzidae (Diptera) based on mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA
Authors: ROHÁČEK JINDŘICH , TÓTHOVÁ ANDREA , VAŇHARA JAROMÍR
Published: July 2019

The phylogenetic Bayesian analysis of combined mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA gene markers in European representatives of Anthomyzidae supported the monophyly of the family, confirmed the validity of the genera and provided a resolution of the generic affiliation of some aberrant species. The interrelationships of most genera have not been resolved definitively due to insufficient posterior probability values. Despite this, the clade clustering the genus Anthomyza Fallén, 1810, Fungomyza Roháček, 1999 and the Anthomyza socculata group is considered to reflect the real phylogenetic relationships of these taxa as it is also supported by morphological data. The relationships within the genus Anthomyza are resolved and monophyly of its species-groups confirmed. Within the genus Stiphrosoma Czerny, 1928, S. fissum Roháček, 1996, a species of unknown relationships, was found to be most closely allied to S. sabulosum (Haliday, 1837). Based on the above analysis a removal of the aberrant species Paranthomyza caricis Roháček, 1999 and Anthomyza socculata (Zetterstedt, 1847) from genera to which they were formerly affiliated, is suggested.
A new synonymy of Heterocerus fenestratus (Thunberg, 1784) (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae) and its first records for South Hemisphere
Authors: SAZHNEV ALEXEY S.
Published: July 2019

Based on the examination of the type specimens of Heterocerus subantarcticus Trémouilles, 1999, described from Patagonia, the following synonymy is proposed: Heterocerus fenestratus (Thunberg, 1784) = H. subantarcticus Trémouilles, 1999, syn. nov. The ways of the species penetration into the Southern Hemisphere are discussed.
Lectotype designations, taxonomic notes and new synonymy in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by William Henry Fox (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Authors: VIVALLO FELIPE
Published: July 2019

In this paper, the primary types of Centris described by the American doctor and naturalist William Henry Fox deposited at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia and in the United States National Museum, Washington, United States were studied. To stabilize the application of some names, lectotypes were designated for C. atriventris Fox (= C. foxi Friese), C. cockerellii Fox, C. eisenii Fox, C. errans Fox, C. pallida Fox, C. subhyalina Fox (= C. lanosa Cresson), and C. xylocopoides Fox. This latter species is withdrawn from the synonymy of C. braccata Packard and subsequently revalidated. Centris foxi is removed from synonymy of C. atripes Mocsáry and revalidated, proposing this latter species as its new junior synonym. A taxonomic note on the primary type of C. marginata Fox (= C. caesalpiniae Cockerell) is also provided.
Chelonocytherois omutai gen. et sp. nov. (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from the back of loggerhead sea turtles
Authors: TANAKA HAYATO , HAYASHI RYOTA
Published: July 2019

Chelonocytherois omutai gen. et sp. nov., is found on the back of female loggerhead sea turtles on the nesting beach of the Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The present study provides the first species-level identification and description of Ostracoda as sea turtle epibionts. The new genus and species, which belongs to the family Paradoxostomatidae Brady and Norman, 1889, can clearly be distinguished from other genera by the morphology of the carapace and the appendages. Especially, the quite large sieve structure on the pore system of the carapace is characteristic to this genus. Although a similar structure is also found in the commensal ostracod genus Redekea de Vos, 1953, the new genus has distinctive mandibular and maxillular morphologies. From examination of the appendages, C. omutai gen. et sp. nov. seems to be an epibiotic species associated with sea turtles, but not a strictly commensal species. Additionally, the nearly complete 18S rRNA gene sequence is determined for C. omutai gen. et sp. nov. for future molecular phylogenetic studies. Since the sea turtles migrate across the oceans in their ontogenetic stages, they may play a role as a long-distance dispersal vector for C. omutai gen. et sp. nov.
Guasuctenus gen. nov., a new Neotropical spider genus of Ctenidae (Araneae)
Authors: POLOTOW DANIELE , BRESCOVIT ANTONIO D.
Published: July 2019

The new genus Guasuctenus gen. nov. is described based on the results of a recent phylogenetic analysis. This phylogeny, which included representatives of all Ctenidae subfamilies, showed that the genus Ctenus as currently defined, does not comprise a monophyletic group. The results indicated that several species are misplaced in Ctenus and should be transferred to new genera. Aiming to correct the placement of two species originally described in Ctenus, we propose the new genus Guasuctenus to accommodate those species and better represent their phylogenetic relationships. Guasuctenus is supported by the presence of a dorsal cymbial projection in the male palp. Previously regarded as a subspecies, Ctenus longipes vittatissimus Strand, 1916 is here ranked as species, and Guasuctenus longipes (Keyserling, 1891) new comb. and G. vittatissimus (Strand, 1916) new rank, new comb. are redescribed. Ctenus griseus Keyserling, 1891 is recognized as a junior synyonym of Ctenus longipes Keyserling, 1891. Lectotypes and paralectotypes of Guasuctenus vittatissimus (Strand, 1016) are designated for stability. The species of the genus are distributed in southern Brazil and Uruguay.
Present day bio-invasions in the Volga-Ural Region: from the South to the North or from the East to the West? Cameraria ohridella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Lower and Middle Volga
Authors: ANIKIN VASILIY
Published: July 2019

The occurrence of the invasive horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella, in the cities of Saratov and Samara in the Volga Region was recorded for the first time in 2018. Possible pathways of species penetration from the southern parts of European Russia are discussed.
The crucible of co-production: Case study interviews with Recovery College practitioner trainers
Authors: Dalgarno Mark , Oates Jennifer
Published: July 2019

Objectives:

This study explored healthcare professionals’ accounts of being practitioner trainers in a mental health Recovery College, where they worked with peer trainers, who were people with lived experience of mental illness, to co-produce workshops for mental health service users and staff. The aim of this study was to understand the process of co-production in the Recovery College from the perspective of practitioner trainers.

Design:

Single-site case study.

Setting:

A Recovery College in the South of England, open to staff and service users from one mental health care provider organisation.

Methods:

Semi-structured interviews with eight mental healthcare professionals. Transcripts were thematically analysed.

Results:

A central image of ‘the workshop as crucible’ emerged from the three themes derived from the analysis. Co-facilitating the workshop was a ‘structured’ encounter, within which health professionals experienced ‘dynamism’ and change. For them, this involved experiences of ‘challenge and discomfort’.

Conclusion:

Findings from this study contribute to the evidence base for the evaluation of Recovery Colleges by focusing on the training impact on staff. Findings suggest that taking on a trainer role in Recovery College co-production is beneficial for healthcare professionals as well as mental health service users, especially if healthcare professionals are open to the dynamism and possible discomfort of these workshop encounters. Future research, however, should expand beyond single-site case studies to test the extent to which this metaphor and themes are appropriate to describing the ‘transformative’ element of co-production.
Effects of environmental exposures on carbon fiber epoxy composites protected by metallic thin films
Authors: Afshar Arash , Mihut Dorina , Chen Pengyu
Published: July 2019

Carbon fiber epoxy composites have a wide range of applications in aerospace, construction, and automotive industries due to their good mechanical properties and lightweight characteristics. Carbon fiber epoxy composite structures are typically intended for service in corrosive and hostile environmental conditions. Therefore, development of coatings which are able to protect carbon fiber epoxy composite laminates against prolonged and harsh environmental conditions such as ultraviolet radiation and moisture deems critical. This paper offers a novel method for environmental protection of fiber-reinforced polymer composites by applying thin metallic films on composites' surface as coating materials. In order to investigate the protective properties of metallic thin films, copper and aluminum coatings were deposited on the surface of carbon fiber epoxy specimens by using direct current magnetron-sputtering technique, and then mechanical properties and surface morphology of specimens were monitored during the course of accelerated environmental exposure. Both metallic coatings showed good adhesion to carbon fiber epoxy samples during environmental aging and provided protection for the specimens' surface against environmental degradation. The correlation between flexural properties and surface morphology of carbon fiber epoxy specimens is also presented.
Baptists and their polarizing ways: Transnational polarization between Southern Baptist missionaries and Brazilian Baptists
Authors: Chaves Joao , Weaver C. Douglas
Published: July 2019

Polarization in Baptist life has a long history. Baptists have had polarized relations with other competing religious groups and with themselves. Baptist focus on freedom, dissent, conscience, local church independence, among other foundational principles, render Baptists prone to diversity and disagreement. Diversity, salted by the absolute certainties of religious belief, easily translates into polarization. Triumphalism, fundamentalism, and other types of ironic dogmatisms formed in the context of freedom have produced polarized beliefs. Those religious beliefs, however, cannot be separated from the interplay of sources of power: class, gender, and race.

In the context of the United States, a discussion of Baptists cannot be separated from these power components, especially matters of race. Significantly, if not surprisingly, Baptists exported their racial, triumphalist identity and commitments abroad in their missionary endeavors. Brazilian Baptists, for example, heard the gospel from Southern Baptists, but they heard that gospel in a racialized form that was captive to Southern US racist culture. Southern Baptists shared the gospel, but they also resisted efforts by native Brazilians in The Radical Movement to indigenize their faith.
Practical anatheology: A kenotic and perichoretic navigation of binaries
Authors: Beal Matthew S.
Published: July 2019

In contexts of harmful and increasing polarization, Richard Kearney’s anatheism constitutes a generative approach to hospitality across divisions. Kearney’s anatheism can foster critical hospitality in a deeply polarized social context. This article begins with an overview of Kearney’s anatheism and his anatheistic understanding of perichoresis, developed in dialogue with Anna Mercedes’s erotic feminist kenosis. The article then argues that anatheism proves generative for practical theology as a theological discipline attentive to the theory/practice binary and that an anatheistic practical theology can foster vital connections across polarities in US society through its “third way,” applying this argument specifically to the binary oppositions of fundamentalist/liberal and self/other. The concluding section notes opportunities for critical development in anatheology, namely through decentering the white male canon to prioritize marginal voices and attending to intersectional power dynamics.
Finding common ground in God’s story: Experiencing Luke 7:36–50 with the first-century hearers
Authors: Bashaw Jennifer Garcia
Published: July 2019

Luke designed the narrative of Luke 7:36–50 in a way that heightens the tension for his first-century audience. The polarity emphasized in the narrative—a sinful woman at a Pharisee’s dinner table—corresponds well to the experience of first-century Christians who share meal fellowship with a diverse range of Christ-followers. This expository retelling highlights elements in the structure and rhetoric of Luke’s storytelling in order to help twenty-first-century readers of this passage understand how early hearers would have experienced the story.
Improving Note-Taking Skills for Students With Disabilities Through a Smartpen Intervention
Authors: Joyce Rachael L. , Boyle Joseph R.
Published: July 2019

Students with disabilities (SWD; e.g., learning disabilities) often struggle with slower processing speed and poor working memory skills, which reduce the quality of their notes. This study evaluated the effects of a note-taking intervention using the researcher-created smartpen strategy in conjunction with the assistive technology of the Livescribe™ Smartpen to assess the effects of students’ overall notes and lecture comprehension. Both SWD and without disabilities in ninth-grade English Language Arts classes participated in this study. The note-taking intervention was designed to assist SWD to take notes using the smartpen assistive technology, aid students in identifying key vocabulary content, amend their notes for errors or missed information, and establish a summary of the lecture. Results from the data analysis found that SWD in the experimental group recorded more words in their notes, as well as an increase in word count on the immediate free recall assessment.