bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Urinary Uromodulin/Creatinine Ratio as a Potential Clinical Biomarker for Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with Gout: A Pilot Study
Authors: Wu Chien-Hsing , Yang Chih-Chao , Chang Hsueh-Wen , Huang Bin , Chen Chung-Jen , Lin Eton I-Cheng , Wu Chien-Yi , Chung Yueh-Hua , Hsu Yu-Han , Lee Chien-Te , Chuang Feng-Rong
Published: January 2019

Objective: Recent studies have reported that reduced excretion of urinary uromodulin is associated with renal tubular function and risks of progressive kidney disease. Gouty nephropathy is usually seen in patients with gout. Patients with chronic gouty nephropathy are characterized by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals primarily involving the collecting ducts in the medulla. We postulated that this correlation may be specific to gout and may serve as a useful biomarker for chronic kidney disease (CKD). Materials and Methods: A total of 114 Taiwanese patients diagnosed with gout (n = 72), CKD (n = 26), or healthy volunteers (n = 16) were prospectively enrolled for this study from the Rheumatology and Nephrology Outpatient Clinics of our institution. We obtained urine and blood samples on patient visits to the outpatient clinics. Demographic data were obtained from medical records. Results: In patients with gout, the spot urinary uromodulin/creatinine ratio (uUMCR; mg/g) in patients with CKD was significantly lower than that in those without CKD (CKD group: 2.2; non-CKD group: 5.6, p = 0.005). Multivariate analysis revealed that patients with CKD and gout had a lower uUMCR than those with gout alone (p = 0.028). A significant association was not observed in our non-gout cohort. Conclusion: The association of decreased uUMCR with CKD status was identified only in patients with gout in the present study. We believe that uUMCR might serve as an indicator of differential CKD in patients with gout.
Veneza em Volpi
Authors: Giannotti Marco Garaude
Published: January 2019

Este artigo indaga em que medida a viagem realizada por Volpi para a Europa, em particular a Veneza, teve impacto significativo na sua obra pictórica, pois esta cidade possui características cromáticas e urbanísticas que podem ser vistas nas pinturas do artista a partir da década de 1950.
A genealogia como programa de pesquisa naturalista
Authors: Itaparica André Luís Mota
Published: January 2019

Nietzsche não apenas estava atento às contribuições que as ciências poderiam fornecer à psicologia moral como também defendia a elaboração de uma filosofia moral cientificamente informada. Este artigo tem dois objetivos: apresentar uma leitura naturalista do programa genealógico de Nietzsche e relacioná-lo com concepções recentes de genealogia na filosofia moral. Para isso, o artigo enfrenta duas questões: em primeiro lugar, se a leitura naturalista que toma Nietzsche como filiado à tese metodológica da continuidade entre ciência e filosofia é justificada; em segundo lugar, se Nietzsche oferece alguma solução para o tradicional problema filosófico da relação entre descrição e normatividade.
O estatuto da concepção nietzschiana de mundo
Authors: Corbanezi Eder
Published: January 2019

Nietzsche confere à sua concepção de mundo como vontade de potência o estatuto de interpretação, hipótese e ensaio. Procuraremos mostrar que, com isso, ele sublinha seu perspectivismo e antidogmatismo, mas ao mesmo tempo reivindica a necessidade e a superioridade de sua teoria: de um lado, ela resultaria de uma boa arte de interpretação e, de outro, seria afirmável apenas por formas de vida fortes e superiores. A nosso ver, porém, tal posição suscita três possíveis dificuldades, que analisaremos da seguinte maneira: primeiro, investigaremos a possibilidade de uma distinção absoluta entre artes boas e ruins de interpretação; em seguida, buscaremos compreender por que Nietzsche considera necessária a formulação de sua concepção de mundo, derivando-a não só de premissas por ele subscritas, mas também da crença na causalidade, criticada em boa parte de seus textos; por fim, examinaremos uma possível circularidade nos argumentos de que, segundo nos parece, o filósofo se vale para reclamar a superioridade de sua visão de mundo.Palavras-chaveMundo; Vontade de potência; Interpretação; Hipótese.
Nietzsche, Darwin e a questão do progresso evolutivo
Authors: Salanskis Emmanuel
Published: January 2019

O presente artigo visa a esclarecer uma dificuldade metodológica que o intérprete da relação Nietzsche-Darwin tem que enfrentar para não cometer um anacronismo neodarwinista. Nietzsche provavelmente nunca leu as obras principais de Darwin, A origem das espécies e A descendência do homem: por isso, os comentadores se interessam pelas fontes secundárias que fundamentaram a avaliação nietzschiana do darwinismo. Em princípio, essa investigação permite comparar o que Nietzsche entendeu por “darwinismo” com a verdadeira teoria de Darwin, a fim de evidenciar possíveis equívocos. Mas em razão da emergência de uma teoria sintética da evolução no século xx, tendemos hoje a assimilar o “verdadeiro Darwin” ao autor da primeira edição de A origem das espécies, publicada em 1859. Ora, tal assimilação é discutível absolutamente falando e não podia ser a perspectiva de um leitor normal durante a década de 1880. Pelo contrário, se considerarmos edições ulteriores da obra de Darwin, o que aparecia como um contrassenso de Nietzsche pode revelar-se uma crítica legítima. Essa é a tese que gostaria de defender sobre a questão do progresso evolutivo, alvo crucial do discurso antidarwinista de Nietzsche.

Palavras-chaveNietzsche; Darwin; Darwinismo; Evolução; Progresso; Complexidade; Divisão fisiológica do trabalho; Valor.
Dorian ASTOR (Org.) Dictionnaire Nietzsche.
Authors: Frezzatti Jr. Wilson Antonio
Published: January 2019

Dorian ASTOR (Org.)Dictionnaire Nietzsche. Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont, 2017. (Collection Bouquins) 1024 p.
Friedrich Nietzsche. Visão de Dionísio
Authors: Torres Filho Rubens Rodrigues
Published: January 2019

Visão de DionísioFriedrich NietzscheSeleção e tradução de Rubens Rodrigues Torres Filho
State-Space Representations of Deep Neural Networks
Authors: Hauser Michael , Gunn Sean , Saab Samer , Ray Asok
Published: January 2019

This letter deals with neural networks as dynamical systems governed by finite difference equations. It shows that the introduction of [Formula: see text]-many skip connections into network architectures, such as residual networks and additive dense networks, defines [Formula: see text]th order dynamical equations on the layer-wise transformations. Closed-form solutions for the state-space representations of general [Formula: see text]th order additive dense networks, where the concatenation operation is replaced by addition, as well as [Formula: see text]th order smooth networks, are found. The developed provision endows deep neural networks with an algebraic structure. Furthermore, it is shown that imposing [Formula: see text]th order smoothness on network architectures with [Formula: see text]-many nodes per layer increases the state-space dimension by a multiple of [Formula: see text], and so the effective embedding dimension of the data manifold by the neural network is [Formula: see text]-many dimensions. It follows that network architectures of these types reduce the number of parameters needed to maintain the same embedding dimension by a factor of [Formula: see text] when compared to an equivalent first-order, residual network. Numerical simulations and experiments on CIFAR10, SVHN, and MNIST have been conducted to help understand the developed theory and efficacy of the proposed concepts.
Typification of twelve names in Neolourya, Ophiopogon, and Peliosanthes (Asparagaceae) published by Léopold Rodriguez
Authors: Tanaka Noriyuki
Published: January 2019

Ophiopogon Ker Gawler (1808: t. 1063) and Peliosanthes Andrews (1810: t. 605) are widely distributed over temperate to tropical regions of east, southeast and south Asia (Jessop 1976, 1979). Neolourya Léopold Rodriguez (1934a: 96), with two species, was described from Vietnam, but was later included in Peliosanthes by Tanaka (2004a). Sharing such unique features as reduced compound racemes, carpels (or ovary walls) rupturing in early stages of fruiting, and exposed seeds with blue fleshy testa that look like fruits (berries), Ophiopogon and Peliosanthes (including Neolourya) are regarded as closely allied, and classified, together with Liriope Loureiro (1790: 200), in the tribe Ophiopogoneae Endlicher (1836: 156) (Dahlgren et al. 1985).
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos
Authors: NGUYEN TRUONG QUANG , KINGSADA PHOUTHONE , RÖSLER HERBERT , AUER MARKUS , ZIEGLER THOMAS
Published: January 2019

We describe a new species of the gekkonid genus Cyrtodactylus from northern Laos, based on four specimens from Luang Nam Tha Province. Cyrtodactylus wayakonei sp. n. is distinguished from the remaining bent-toed-geckos by the combination of the following characters: snout-vent length up to 90 mm; 7–8 supralabials; 9–10 infralabials; rostrum bearing smooth scales; 34–45 scales between fifth supralabials; dorsal tubercles smooth or slightly keeled; 17–19 dorsal tubercle rows; ventrolateral folds slightly developed, with large tubercles; 31–35 ventrals; 85–98 scales around midbody; 151–163 scales between mental and cloacal slit; 6–8 precloacal pores in both sexes; precloacal groove lacking; enlarged femoral scales absent; femoral pores lacking; subcaudals somewhat enlarged, broadened; tail tubercles flat, smooth; head and dorsum with blotched to reticulated pattern.
Decapauropus remyi (Bagnall, 1935) (Myriapoda, Pauropoda), a worm-like pauropod from a sandy beach: first record from Scandinavia, neotype selection and redescription
Authors: SCHELLER ULF , FJELLBERG ARNE
Published: January 2019

A species new to the Scandinavian fauna, Decapauropus remyi (Bagnall), is reported from Norway. The original description is amended and a neotype is designated.
Hydrolutos breweri sp. n., a new aquatic Lutosini species (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) from Churí-tepui (Chimantá Massif, Venezuela)
Authors: DERKA TOMÁŠ , FEDOR PETER
Published: January 2019

Hydrolutos breweri, a new species of Lutosini (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) from Cueva Charles Brewer (Churí-tepui, Guyana Highlands, Venezuela) is described and figured. Inhabiting aquatic environment it represents an unusual orthopteran with sternal and pleural area covered by fine microtrichia forming a plastron.
Two new species of the genus Angarotipula Savchenko, with a key to world species (Diptera, Tipulidae)
Authors: LIU QIFEI , YANG DING
Published: January 2019

The following two new species of the genus Angarotipula Savchenko from China are described: Angarotipula aspina sp. nov. and A. biprocessa sp. nov. A key to the world species of the genus Angarotipula is presented.
A review of stalk-eyed fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae)
Authors: CHEN XIAOLIN , ZHANG YANZHOU , LI JIE , ZHU CHAODONG
Published: January 2019

Species of stalk-eyed fruit flies of the genera Pelmatops Enderlein and Pseudopelmatops Shiraki are reviewed and discussed; a key to the two genera and eight species is given. Pelmatops tangliangi Chen sp.nov., Pseudopelmatops indiaensis Chen sp.nov. and Pseudopelmatops yunnanensis Chen sp.nov. from the Oriental Region are described and illustrated.
Revision of Nearctic species of Lonchodryinus Kieffer 1905, with description of a new species from New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
Authors: OLMI MASSIMO , GUGLIELMINO ADALGISA
Published: January 2019

Lonchodryinus politus new species, is described from New Mexico, Eddy County (USA). A revision of the three Nearctic species of Lonchodryinus Kieffer 1905 is presented. New data on geographic distribution of L. bakeri (Kieffer 1906) and L. flavus Olmi 1984 are given. A key to the Nearctic species of Lonchodryinus is presented.
Three new species of Atkinsoniella from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)
Authors: MENG ZE-HONG , YANG MAO-FA , NI JUN-QIANG
Published: January 2019

Three new species of Atkinsoniella Distant, 1908 from China are described and illustrated: A. biundulata sp. nov., A. cuspidata sp. nov., and A. motuoensis sp. nov. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China, except for A. motuoensis, which is deposited in the Shanghai Entomological Museum, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Taxonomic study of the genus Kodaianella Fennah (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae)
Authors: ZHANG ZHENG-GUANG , CHEN XIANG-SHENG
Published: January 2019

The genus of Kodaianella Fennah, 1956 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae: Issini), containing three species: K. bicinctifrons Fennah, 1956 (Guizhou: Congjiang, Xishui, Yanhe; Sichuan: Kangding), K. macheta sp. nov. (Guizhou: Guiyang; Henan: Huixian) and K. longispina sp. nov. (Yunnan: Dali, Baoshan), is here studied. All species are restricted to China. The generic characteristics are redefined. The main morphological characters and male genitalia of the three species are described, or redescribed, and illustrated. A key to species in the genus is provided.
Additions to the sea cucumber fauna of Namibia and Angola, with descriptions of new taxa (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea)
Authors: THANDAR AHMED S. , ZETTLER MICHAEL L. , ARUMUGAM PREYAN
Published: January 2019

This paper records several species of holothuroid echinoderms dredged from shallow waters of the Angolan-Namibian coastline by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde in Germany. Altogether seven species are dealt with, including five new species, of which one is referred to a new genus Lanceophora. The new species include two in the cucumariid subfamily Colochirinae (Ocnus placominutus and O. paracorbulus), two in the cucumariid subfamily Cucumariinae (Panningia pseudocurvata and Lanceophora lanceolata) and one in the family Rhopalodinidae (Rhopalodinaria bocherti). Other species included are Pseudocnus thandari Natasen Moodley, 2008 and an indeterminate species of Cladodactyla in the subfamily Cucumariinae and Trachythyone fallax Cherbonnier, 1958a in the subfamily Colochirinae.
Taxonomy of Auchenoglanis Günther 1865 (Siluriformes: Auchenoglanididae)
Authors: RETZER MICHAEL E.
Published: January 2019

Teugels et al. (1991) considered the genus Auchenoglanis to be comprised of two valid species: A. biscutatus and A. occidentalis. A new analysis of all the nominal species and subspecies of the genus supports the recognition of all nominal taxa as species. Each species is diagnosed primarily on mensural characters, size and shape of the premaxillary tooth patches, and pigmentation patterns. In addition, a new species, Auchenoglanis senegali, is described from Senegal.
The nomenclatural status of Rana gaimardii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828, and Hyla quoyi Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828 (Anura, Hylidae)
Authors: CARAMASCHI ULISSES , DE NIEMEYER HELIANNE
Published: January 2019

The nomenclatural status of Rana gaimardii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828, and Hyla quoyi Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828 (Anura, Hylidae) are discussed. Rana gaimardii and its combination Hyla gaimardi, a nomen oblitum under Article 23.9.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, may be removed from the synonymy of Hypsiboas boans (Linnaeus, 1758) and included in the synonymy of Hypsiboas faber (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) to improve the geographic distribution of both species. Hyla quoyi Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828, considered by Frost (2010) as incertae sedis in the Hylinae and as a nomen oblitum under the Article 23.9.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, if available would replace the well established name Hypsiboas prasinus (Burmeister, 1856); therefore, to improve the nomenclatural status of both species, Hyla quoyi must be included in the synonymy of H. prasinus as a nomen oblitum. Hypsiboas prasinus is a nomen protectum relative to Hyla quoyi, a nomen oblitum.
A nomenclatural note on European Chalarus (Diptera: Pipunculidae): a new synonymy of C. elegantulus Jervis, 1992
Authors: KEHLMAIER CHRISTIAN
Published: January 2019

Recently, Kehlmaier & Assmann (2008) presented a revision of the European representatives of the big-headed fly genus Chalarus Walker, 1834. The work introduced four previously unknown taxa and provided diagnoses of all other known species, illustrated through numerous line drawings and photo-micrographs. In total, the authors treated 25 species including one nomen dubium. Three of these were known from males only and five solely from females. Taxonomic decision-making was backed up by molecular evidence, published partly therein and in the context of a phylogenetic study of the subfamily Chalarinae (Kehlmaier & Assmann 2010). Despite large collecting efforts, three taxa could not be analysed genetically, namely C. argenteus Coe, 1966, C. elegantulus Jervis, 1992 and C. proprius Jervis, 1992, all representing species based on females only.    Shortly after the publication of the above mentioned revision, a specimen of C. elegantulus was identified amongst material sent by Dr. Gunilla Ståhls (Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki): 1&, Finland, Ab (Regio aboënsis), Karjalohja, Karkalinniemi, 66581:33221, control trap #2, 25.VI.–22.VII.2007, leg. G. Ståhls, coll. C. Kehlmaier. The 5’ half of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene was sequenced following standard lab procedures (see Kehlmaier & Assmann 2010) using the primer pair LCO1490 and HCO2198 (Folmer et al. 1994). The resulting DNA-barcode (Genbank sequence accession number: FN999909) was compared against a set of reference Chalarus barcode sequences and matched C. absconditus Kehlmaier in Kehlmaier & Assmann, 2008 syn. nov., a species know from male specimens only, sharing an identical haplotype.
Erratum: MITROIU, M.-D. (2010) Revision of the Palearctic species of Macroglenes Westwood (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Zootaxa, 2563, 1–34.
Authors: MITROIU M. -D.
Published: January 2019

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New synonymies in the bee genus Nomada from North America (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Authors: DROEGE SAM , RIGHTMYER MOLLY G. , SHEFFIELD CORY S. , BRADY SEÁN G.
Published: January 2019

We provide diagnostic morphological characters to help distinguish males and females of the following species of Nomada: N. augustiana Mitchell, N. bethunei Cockerell, N. fervida Smith, N. fragariae Mitchell, N. lehighensis Cockerell, N. texana Cresson, and N. tiftonensis Cockerell. Based on morphological and DNA barcoding evidence we newly synonymize the following species: N. heligbrodtii Cresson (under N. texana), N. indusata Mitchell (under N. augustiana), N. kingstonensis Mitchell (under N. lehighensis), N. pseudops Cockerell (under N. bethunei), and N. wisconsinensis Graenicher (under N. fervida). We provide full descriptions of the female of N. fragariae and the male of N. lehighensis, both of which were not previously known, and newly designate the lectotype of N. wisconsinensis. We additionally provide comments on the distribution, flight times, and host associations for the treated species.
Bothaella manhi, a new species of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Cuc Phuong National Park of Vietnam based on morphology and DNA sequence
Authors: COOK SHELLEY , LIEN NGO GIANG , MCALISTER ERICA , HARBACH RALPH E.
Published: January 2019

A new species of genus Bothaella (Diptera: Culicidae) collected along with two other species of the genus during surveys for flavivirus isolations in the Cuc Phuong National Park in northern Vietnam is formally described and named as Bothaella manhi, sp. n. The adults, pupa and fourth-instar larva are characterized, the male genitalia and the two immature stages are illustrated and DNA sequence data are included for regions coding for sections of the COI and COII genes (mtDNA). The species is compared and distinguished from the other species of the genus, and sequence data are used to hypothesise its phylogenetic relationship with Bo. helenae and Bo. kleini, the other two species collected during the survey.
Olmiana argentina, a new genus and species of Achilidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha) from Argentina
Authors: GUGLIELMINO A. , BÜCKLE C. , EMELJANOV A. F.
Published: January 2019

The first record of the planthopper tribe Achilini from Argentina is established with the description of Olmiana argentina gen. and sp. nov.. Details of the fifth larval instar are described. The systematic position of the new genus within the Achilidae is discussed, and a key to the genera of the subtribe Achilina is provided.
Bioacoustic of Cohnia andeana (Hebard, 1924) comb. nov. (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
Authors: BUZZETTI F. M. , FONTANA P. , CAROTTI G.
Published: January 2019

The Ecuadorean species Dichopetala andeana Hebard, 1924, is transferred to the new genus Cohnia. Cohnia g. nov. is characterized by short pronotum, subexagonal undivided elongated female subgenital plate, regularly up-curved and coarsely serrulated ovipositor, male simple cerci and presence in male of a structure titillators-like. Cohnia andeana comb. nov. is extensively illustrated and described, its song is presented for the first time as well as some ecological data.
Erratum: CHANI-POSSE, MARIANA (2010) Revision of the southern South American species of Philonthus Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa, 2595, 1–70.
Authors: CHANI-POSSE MARIANA
Published: January 2019

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A review of the genus Ruidocollaris Liu (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), with description of six new species from China
Authors: LIU CHUN-XIANG , KANG LE
Published: January 2019

The validity of Ruidocollaris Liu is re-confirmed based on abundant material from China. A review on Ruidocollaris in the world is given, with a list of nine species. Characters of the stridulatory file on the underside of the male left tegmen, and male stridulatory area on left and right tegmen are provided for each species. Six new species are described, including R. rubescens sp. nov., R. longicaudalis sp. nov., R. apennis sp. nov., R. latilobalis sp. nov., R. ferruginescens sp. nov., and R. parapennis sp. nov.. A key to nine species of the genus Ruidocollaris is provided accompanied by illustrations. Distribution maps of Ruidocollaris species, mainly from China, are provided.
Tardigrades of Israel with description of four new species
Authors: PILATO GIOVANNI , LISI OSCAR , BINDA MARIA GRAZIA
Published: January 2019

Only few species of tardigrades have been recorded from Israel. In this paper we report an additional 20 species, 18 of which are new records for that geographical area; four (Bryodelphax meronensis sp. nov., Macrobiotus dimentmani sp. nov., Pseudobiotus hirsutellus sp. nov. and Mixibius schnurae sp. nov.) are new to science. Bryodelphax meronensis sp. nov. differs from similar species (B. alzirae, B. tatrensis and B. mateusi) in details of the cuticular ornamentation and the absence of papilla on the hind legs. It also differs from B. alzirae by the presence of 12 lateral intersegmental platelets, instead of 6. It differs from B. atlantis in details of the plate ornamentation, lack of eyes, and shorter internal buccal cirri. Macrobiotus dimentmani sp. nov. differs from M. diffusus with more slender claws, the external claws slightly longer, and in characteristics of the eggs (the apical portion of the conical processes is subdivided into two to six long, flexible terminal points that are not very thin filaments; each process has a ring of basal dots, the egg shell has an obvious granulation). Mixibius schnurae sp. nov. differs from all other known species within the genus by characteristics of the cuticular ornamentation; in addition it differs from M. ornatus and M. sutirae in having the stylet supports inserted on the buccal tube in a more cephalic position; and from M. ninguidus in having longer buccal tube and shorter second placoid. Pseudobiotus hirsutellus sp. nov. differs from P. vladimiri in the presence of eye spots; cuticular spine-shaped processes present on the central portion of the body as well as the anterior and posterior portions; wider buccal tube, longer placoids; longer claws that are without accessory points; and the absence of oval papillae on the first three pairs of legs. The new species differs from P. spinifer in having less numerous and smaller spine-shaped cuticular processes; wider buccal tube; longer placoids; and the absence of oval papilla on the first three pairs of legs.
On the identity of Monsieur Dussumier’s Dutch tortoise and the lectotype of Testudo dussumieri Gray, 1831
Authors: FRAZIER J. , MATYOT PAT
Published: January 2019

Although it was forgotten for over a century, the binomen Testudo dussumieri Gray, 1831, is an available name, and the specimen RMNH 3231 deposited in the natural history museum of Leiden – evidently one of the two original syntypes of T. dussumieri – has been designated as the lectotype of this taxon. Recently several authors have actively promoted this as the name-bearing type for the Aldabra tortoise, escalating debates in which this chelonian has been immersed for nearly two decades. This lectotype designation is highly significant to nomenclatural and taxonomic disputes regarding tortoises (Testudinidae), living and extinct, from the western Indian Ocean; and an attempt has been made in this paper to compile all information relevant to the lectotype as well as to better understand the history of the binomen applied to it. Several critical aspects of the history are uncertain and open to speculation. The provenance of RMNH 3231 is unknown and unlikely to be Aldabra Atoll; the specimen was most likely collected in the granitic Seychelles, between 1823 and 1829. The combination of estimated date and locality of collection raises the possibility that the lectotype is not an Aldabra tortoise, but rather an extinct taxon from the granitic Seychelles. It is concluded that RMNH 3231 is not a suitable name-bearing type for the Aldabra tortoise, and the continued use of the name T. dussumieri will cause persistent nomenclatural and taxonomic confusion and unending debate.
Five new species of Anthocoptini from China (Acari: Eriophyidae)
Authors: XUE XIAO-FENG , SONG ZI-WEI , HONG XIAO-YUE
Published: January 2019

Five new species in the tribe Anthocoptini of the Eriophyidae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from China are described and illustrated. They are Vittacus shaoguanicus sp. nov. on Carmona retusa (Vahl) Masam. (Boraginaceae), Vittacus cornusis sp. nov. on Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc. (Cornaceae), Aculops buddlejaes sp. nov. on Buddleja lindleyana Fort. (Buddlejaceae ), Aculodes tsukushiensis sp. nov. on Elymus tsukushiensis Honda var. transiens (Hack.) Osad (Poaceae) and Tegolophus spathaceae sp. nov. on Fargesia spathacea Franch. (Poaceae, Bambuseae). All the new species described herein are vagrants on the respective host plant.
Redescription of the fossil oribatid mite Scutoribates perornatus, with implications for systematics of Unduloribatidae (Acari: Oribatida)
Authors: SIDORCHUK EKATERINA A. , NORTON ROY A.
Published: January 2019

The monotypic oribatid mite genus Scutoribates Sellnick, 1918 has been based only on fossil specimens of the type species—S. perornatus Sellnick, 1918—from Baltic amber. The type specimen is lost, and the genus has been assumed to be a junior subjective synonym of Eremaeozetes (Eremaeozetidae). Herein, we redescribe S. perornatus based on stereoand compound-microscopy of embedded fossils at magnifications up to 1000X, and both direct observation and electron microscopy of removed cuticular fragments. Specimens included 52 non-type adult fossils from Eocene (Baltic and Rovno) amber, several of which had been studied and identified by Sellnick. One of the latter, housed in the Kaliningrad Museum of Amber (KMA; № 197-07), is designated neotype. A presumed tritonymph is also described. While Scutoribates and Eremaeozetes share certain aspects of facies, the genera are clearly not synonyms. Rather, Scutoribates is a senior subjective synonym of two monotypic extant genera currently included in different families: Kunstella Krivolutsky, 1974 in Oribatellidae and Koreoribates Choi, 1994 in Unduloribatidae (new synonymies). We show that Unduloribatidae is the appropriate family and list characters that distinguish the three known species of Scutoribates: S. perornatus Sellnick, S. foliatus (Choi) n. comb. and S. foveolatus (Krivolutsky) n. comb. The transfer of Scutoribates from Eremaeozetidae removes the only presumed tropical element from the oribatid fauna of Baltic amber. We also designate a neotype (№197-24 in the KMA) for the amber fossil species Tectoribates parvus Sellnick 1931; however, the currently used combination of Unduloribates parvus needs confirmation.
A new species of the Liolaemus elongatus clade (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemini) from Cordillera del Viento, northwestern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina
Authors: AVILA LUCIANO JAVIER , MORANDO MARIANA , PEREZ DANIEL ROBERTO , SITES, JR. JACK W.
Published: January 2019

A new species of lizard of the genus Liolaemus from Cordillera del Viento, northwestern Neuquén Province, Argentina is described. The new species is a member of the Andean-Patagonian Liolaemus elongatus clade and is known only from a single locality above 3000 m in the eastern slopes of Domuyo Volcano. Liolaemus antumalguen sp. nov. is a stout species, saxicolous, probably viviparous and omnivorous, and seems to have low population density. It is easily differentiated from all other species of the elongatus complex for a highly variable but characteristic dorsal pattern and a completely black ventral coloration.
Discovery of Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels and Nepalomyia Hollis in the Afrotropical Region with a key to Afrotropical genera of Peloropeodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Authors: GRICHANOV IGOR YA.
Published: January 2019

The formerly Oriental genus Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998 and mainly Oriental genus Nepalomyia Hollis, 1964, are recorded from the Afrotropical Region for the first time. Descriptions of four new species: Griphophanes congoensis sp. nov. and G. garambaensis sp. nov. from DR Congo, Nepalomyia kotrbae sp. nov. and N. reunionensis sp. nov. from Reunion are provided. A key to genera of Peloropeodinae and a key to species of Griphophanes are compiled.
Biology and external morphology of immature stages of Memphis appias (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae)
Authors: DIAS FERNANDO MAIA SILVA , CASAGRANDE MIRNA MARTINS , MIELKE OLAF HERMANN HENDRIK
Published: January 2019

The biology and the external morphology of Memphis appias (Hübner) immature stages collected on Croton floribundus (Euphorbiaceae) in various localities in the state of Paraná, Brazil, are described. Morphological descriptions and illustrations are given, based upon observations through stereoscopic and optic microscopes attached to camera lucida. Results are compared and discussed with immature stages of other species of Fountainea and Memphis known to date.
The first records of P. d. dexamenus from Costa Rica and new records of Prepona pylene gnorima (Nymphalidae: Charaxinae)
Authors: MURILLO-HILLER LUIS RICARDO , MONTERO-RAMÍREZ JOSÉ JOAQUÍN
Published: January 2019

The genus Prepona Boisduval contains seven species (Lamas 2004), four of which occur in Costa Rica. Only one of these four species is common while the others can be very scarce and may not be seen for years. Due to their scarcity these species are very poorly known and there are few collection data, most of which are old records. The data in existence about distribution, behavior, and natural history are compiled not as major objectives, but instead are extra data obtained from other research. At this time the only information source for this genus in Costa Rica is DeVries (1987).
Four new Neotropical species of Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Authors: CAZORLA CARLA G. , SPINELLI GUSTAVO R.
Published: January 2019

The subgenus Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) Kieffer is newly recorded from several provinces of northern Argentina and Paraguay, and the following four new species are described, and illustrated: S. (A.) guarani, S. (A.) monopicta, S. (A.) paranaense and S. (A.) xerophila. These species are compared with similar congeners.
Redescription of the Australian metallic-green tomato fly, Lamprolonchaea brouniana (Bezzi) (Diptera: Lonchaeidae), with notes on the Australian Lamprolonchaea fauna
Authors: BLACKET MARK J. , MALIPATIL MALLIK B.
Published: January 2019

The twenty-four species of Lonchaeidae (lance flies) known from Australia commonly breed in a wide variety of organic matter, including fruit and vegetables. The metallic-green tomato fly (Lamprolonchaea brouniana) is the best known species, being an agricultural pest. However its common name is also applied to other similar bright metallic goldengreen lance flies. Australian lance flies are generally relatively poorly understood taxonomically, with few species descriptions including (1) both male and female adults, (2) detailed descriptions of larval diagnostic morphological characters, and (3) molecular characterisation of the barcoding COI mitochondrial DNA region (no lance flies having been sequenced to date). The latter two could provide valuable tools to assist in identifying this species from larvae found in food produce, the most common life stage encountered, which are currently sometimes confused with economically important tephritid fruit fly larvae. In the current study we redescribe the morphological characteristics of adults, larvae and pupae as well as characterise the COI gene from the most common Australian lonchaeid fruit pest, L. brouniana, to enable an accurate species diagnosis. We provide a key to known Australian Lamprolonchaea species, and clarify the taxonomy of L. brouniana, including designating type material. This species appears to be restricted to Australia, and has been most commonly collected from the temperate south. Life history characteristics, including the timing of occurrence and host plant use, were also examined. Over the last decade south-eastern Australian larval samples were found over the warmer summer and autumn months from various fruit, most often (>70%) from tomato fruit, and not normally in association with other serious primary pests, such as Queensland Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni).
A new species of the genus Haplotropis Saussure, 1888 (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Pamphagidae) from Inner Mongolia, China
Authors: ZHANG DA-PENG , LIN CHEN , YIN ZHAN
Published: January 2019

The genus Haplotropis Saussure, 1888 belongs to family Pamphagidae, superfamily Acridioidea. It contains three species: Haplotropis brunneriana Saussure, 1888; Haplotropis xiai Ye, Shi & Li 2016 and Haplotropis zhuoluensis Ye, Shi & Li 2016 distributed mainly in Amur River region of Asia and China only (Saussure, 1888; Bey-Bienko et Mishchenko, 1951; Otte, 1994; Yin, Shi et Yin, 1996; Storozhenko & Paik, 2011; Yin et al, 2014, Dong et al, 2015; Ye et al, 2016; Zhang et al, 2017; Cigliano et al, 2018). A new species Haplotropis aqiensis sp. nov. is described in this paper. The new species is similar to H. xiai Ye et al., 2016, but differs from latter by tegmina of male extending over the hind margin of first abdominal tergite slightly, length of tegmina 1.7 times width, cover 2/3 tympanum; frontal ridge of male not widened at median ocellus; length interspace of mesosternum in male equal narrowest width; apical half part of cercus suddenly tapering in male and lower margin of epiphallus without projection in the middle. Type specimen is deposited in the College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China.
A new species of Dwarf Japalura sensu lato (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the upper Mekong River in Eastern Tibet, China, with notes on morphological variation, distribution, and conservation of two congeners along the same river
Authors: WANG KAI , JIANG KE , REN JINLONG , ZOU DAHU , WU JIAWEI , CHE JING , SILER CAMERON D.
Published: January 2019

Despite being recognized as ecologically and biogeographically important, the biodiversity of the Hengduan Mountain Region, particularly along the upper Mekong River, remains poorly understood. Here we describe a new species of Mountain Dragon of the genus Japalura sensu lato Gray, 1853 from the headwater region of the Mekong River in Chamdo, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The species is recognized as a member of the Japalura flaviceps Barbour & Dunn 1919 complex, and it can be distinguished readily from all congeners by a suite of morphological characteristics, including its dwarf appearance (small body size and disproportionally short tails and short hind limbs), smooth or weakly keeled ventral scales, feebly developed vertebral crests in males, and by the absence of distinct gular spots in males and females. In addition to the description of the new species, we also report morphological variations and range extensions of two recently described congeners along the same river, namely J. iadina and J. vela. We discuss the distribution patterns of the genus in the Hengduan Mountain Region and the urgent conservation priorities for protecting Japalura species along the Mekong River. According to our best available data, we provided IUCN assessments of the three species and propos to list them as nationally protected under the Chinese Wildlife Protection Act.
Redescription of mature larva and biological notes on the nominotypical subgenus Gonioctena Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) from South Korea
Authors: CHO HEE-WOOK
Published: January 2019

The mature larvae of the nominotypical subgenus Gonioctena Chevrolat, 1836 are redescribed and illustrated: G. coreana (Bechyně, 1948), G. gracilicornis (Kraatz, 1879), G. jacobsoni (Ogloblin & Medvedev, 1956), and G. viminalis (Linnaeus, 1758). The tubercular pattern, chaetotaxy, and shape of tarsugulus were used as diagnostic characters for the species determination of Gonioctena s. str. larvae. The literature on larval morphology of each species has been summarized. Furthermore, the biology, behavior, and host plant are presented. Ovoviviparity is newly reported in G. coreana.
A new species of Phonotimpus Gertsch & Davis, 1940 (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from Mexico
Authors: CHAMÉ-VÁZQUEZ DAVID , IBARRA-NÚÑEZ GUILLERMO
Published: January 2019

The genus Phonotimpus Gertsch & Davis, 1940 includes four species all known only from Mexico (World Spider Catalog 2018). P. separatus and P. eutypus were described by Gertsch & Davis (1940) from San Luis Potosí and from Nuevo León, respectively. Phonotimpus pennimani and P. talquian, described by Chamé-Vázquez, Ibarra-Núñez & Jiménez (2018), are the southernmost species in this genus (Chamé-Vázquez et al. 2018), and have restricted allopatric geographic distributions in Chiapas. This genus differs from other American phrurolithid genera by the following combination of characters: posterior eye row recurved, posterior median eyes closer to posterior lateral eyes than to each other, posterior median eyes smaller than posterior lateral eyes, females with dorsal scutum on the opisthosoma; palpi of males with retrolateral and dorsal tibial apophyses not joined at the base, and copulatory bulb with a conductor, embolus and embolar basal process (Gertsch & Davis 1940; Penniman 1985; Chamé-Vázquez et al. 2018). In this paper, a new species of Phonotimpus is described and illustrated, based on specimens collected in soil of a pine-oak forest in the state of Mexico.
A neotype for Pontoscolex corethrurus (Müller, 1857) (Clitellata)
Authors: JAMES SAMUEL W. , BARTZ MARIE L.C. , STANTON DAVID W. G. , CONRADO ANA C. , DUPONT LISE , TAHERI SHABNAM , SILVA ELODIE DA , CUNHA LUÍS , BROWN GEORGE G.
Published: January 2019

Following many decades of work on the taxonomy, biology and ecology of the globally-distributed tropical earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus (Müller, 1857), morphological and molecular data have shown that the stability and effectiveness of nomenclature depends on the designation of a neotype from the type locality. We do that, with all the required justifications, and provide sufficient information to permit the correct identification of this species.
The Climate Spiral Demonstrates the Power of Sharing Creative Ideas
Authors: Hawkins Ed , Fæhn Taran , Fuglestvedt Jan
Published: January 2019

Graphical visualizations have the potential to engage diverse audiences in understanding the changes to our climate, especially when spread worldwide using both traditional and social media. The animated global temperature spiral was one of the first climate graphics to “go viral,” being viewed by millions of people online and by more than a billion people when it was used in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics. The idea, design, and communication aspects that led to the successes of this animated graphic are discussed, highlighting the benefits to scientists of engaging actively online and openly sharing their creative ideas.
Assessing Wind Data from Reanalyses for the Upper Midwest
Authors: Coburn Jacob J.
Published: January 2019

Wind is an important atmospheric variable that is receiving increased attention as the world seeks to shift from carbon-based fuels in order to mitigate climate change. This has resulted in increased need for more temporally and spatially continuous wind information, which is often met through the use of reanalysis data. However, limited work has been done to assess the long-term accuracy of the wind data against observations in the context of specific applications. This study focuses on the representation of daily and monthly average 10-m wind speed data in the upper Midwest by six global reanalysis datasets. The accuracy of the datasets was assessed using several measures of skill, as well as the associated wind speed distributions and long-term trends. While it was found that higher resolution and complexity in more recent generations of reanalyses produced more accurate simulations of wind in the region, important biases remained. High variability in the observed data resulted in lower correlations at the monthly time scale. As with previous research, linear trends calculated from the reanalyzed wind speeds were significantly underestimated compared to observed trends. While it is expected that future improvements in model resolution, physics, and data assimilation will further improve wind representation in reanalyses, accounting for the differences between the available datasets and their associated biases will be important for potential applications of the output, particularly wind resource assessment.
Factors Leading to Health Care Exclusion Among African Refugees in Australia: The Case of Blood Donation
Authors: Polonsky Michael Jay , Ferdous Ahmed Shahriar , Renzaho Andre M.N. , Waters Neil , McQuilten Zoe
Published: January 2019

Developed countries that accept refugees are obligated, under the UN Convention for Refugees, to integrate refugees into host communities, with inclusion in the health system being pivotal. Integration programs can be difficult though, because many refugees’ home countries have different health systems, lower health literacy, and different expectations of health services. Country health system differences require cultural adaptation of host country services when designing targeted, inclusive health care programs. Using a sample of 317 Australian-based African refugees, the authors examine how refugees’ acculturation, perceptions of discrimination, past behavior, objective knowledge, and medical mistrust affect their health inclusion, depending on their blood donation intentions. The results indicate that perceived discrimination and objective blood donation knowledge directly affect donation intentions. Perceived discrimination mediates the relationships between acculturation and intentions and between medical mistrust and donation intentions, and objective knowledge mediates the relationship between past behavior and donation intentions. The authors offer recommendations to policy makers designing social inclusion programs and health service providers designing and delivering targeted initiatives, to better facilitate refugee participation in host country health systems.
Exercise training for patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: What to pursue and how to do it. A Position Paper of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC)
Authors: Kemps Hareld , Kränkel Nicolle , Dörr Marcus , Moholdt Trine , Wilhelm Matthias , Paneni Francesco , Serratosa Luis , Ekker Solberg Erik , Hansen Dominique , Halle Martin , Guazzi Marco
Published: January 2019

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus suffer from dysregulation of a plethora of cardiovascular and metabolic functions, including dysglycaemia, dyslipidaemia, arterial hypertension, obesity and a reduced cardiorespiratory fitness. Exercise training has the potential to improve many of these functions, such as insulin sensitivity, lipid profile, vascular reactivity and cardiorespiratory fitness, particularly in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with cardiovascular comorbidities, such as patients that suffered from an acute myocardial infarction, or after a coronary intervention such as percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting. The present position paper aims to provide recommendations for prescription of exercise training in patients with both type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. The first part discusses the relevance and practical applicability of treatment targets that may be pursued, and failure to respond to these targets. The second part provides recommendations on the contents and methods to prescribe exercise training tailored to these treatment targets as well as to an optimal preparation and dealing with barriers and risks specific to type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiac comorbidity.
An exonic splicing enhancer mutation in DUOX2 causes aberrant alternative splicing and severe congenital hypothyroidism in Bama pigs
Authors: Cao Chunwei , Zhang Ying , Jia Qitao , Wang Xiao , Zheng Qiantao , Zhang Hongyong , Song Ruigao , Li Yongshun , Luo Ailing , Hong Qianlong , Qin Guosong , Yao Jing , Zhang Nan , Wang Yanfang , Wang Hongmei , Zhou Qi , Zhao Jianguo
Published: January 2019

Pigs share many similarities with humans in terms of anatomy, physiology and genetics, and have long been recognized as important experimental animals in biomedical research. Using an N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) mutagenesis screen, we previously identified a large number of pig mutants, which could be further established as human disease models. However, the identification of causative mutations in large animals with great heterogeneity remains a challenging endeavor. Here, we select one pig mutant, showing congenital nude skin and thyroid deficiency in a recessive inheritance pattern. We were able to efficiently map the causative mutation using family-based genome-wide association studies combined with whole-exome sequencing and a small sample size. A loss-of-function variant (c.1226 A>G) that resulted in a highly conserved amino acid substitution (D409G) was identified in the DUOX2 gene. This mutation, located within an exonic splicing enhancer motif, caused aberrant splicing of DUOX2 transcripts and resulted in lower H2O2 production, which might cause a severe defect in thyroid hormone production. Our findings suggest that exome sequencing is an efficient way to map causative mutations and that DUOX2D409G/D409G mutant pigs could be a potential large animal model for human congenital hypothyroidism.