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Osteological criteria for the specific identification of Monitor lizards (Varanus Merrem, 1820) remains in subfossil deposits of Sundaland and continental Southeast Asia
Authors: Bochaton Corentin , Ivanov Martin , Claude Julien
Published: May 2019

The identification at species level of subfossil remains of lizards from tropical regions currently suffers from strong limitation linked to the lack of comprehensive work conducted on the osteology of modern taxa. The aim of this study is to provide osteological criteria allowing for the specific identification of the subfossil remains of Sundaland and continental Southeast Asian monitor lizards (Varanus sp.), which are often well-represented in the deposits of this geographic area. To do so we performed an osteological study of the four species occurring in this region (V. bengalensis sensu lato, V. salvator, V. dumerilii, and V. rudicollis) using a large set of 88 skeletons of modern specimens. The observation of the full set of specimens allows us to define 41 osteological criteria distributed on 20 different anatomical parts which enable the specific identification of isolated bones of the studied species. The results highlight the importance of taking account of the morphological intraspecific variability by the use of large samples of specimens to avoid identification errors. They also show that the distinction of closely related taxa remains complex even when detailed morphological analyses are performed.
Why It Is Difficult to Eradicate Malaria in Sub-Sahara Africa
Authors: Abdullahi Ali Arazeem , Abubakar Anas Danasabe
Published: May 2019

Malaria is a major public health problem in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). First-time pregnant mothers and children below the age of five are the most vulnerable. Governments of the region have relied on both local and international donor agencies to fight against malaria where emphasis has been on financial interventions, provision and distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs), provision of rapid-test apparatus, and drugs for first line treatment. However, the impacts of local and global efforts have been minimally felt as the burden of malaria continues unabated. The rate of malaria infections is still apocalyptically alarming. This article argues that the reason why cases and deaths attributable to malaria continue to rise is because wrong approaches are used in the so-called broad fight against malaria. Based on the assumptions of the epidemiological triangle model, the web of causation and social determinants of health, the article argues that for countries in SSA to effectively fight malaria, the nexus between the agent, host, and environment must be acknowledged. It is constructively argued that efforts to tame the scourge of malaria in SSA would be in futility where the environmental factors that produce the breeding ground for malaria are not adequately addressed. European and American experiences are compared to sufficiently substantiate this line of argument.
Marital Happiness in Time of Change: the Case of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Authors: Alibeli Madalla A. , Na’amneh Mahmoud M. , Nair Satish
Published: May 2019

This study examined the extent to which marital happiness in the UAE can be correctly predicted from the knowledge of individuals’ subjective evaluations of their marital relational factors, including communication patterns, conflict resolution, marital role relationships, managing finance, children’s responsibilities sharing, and flexibility and closeness while holding constant the effects of the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of those individuals. To that end, self-administered questionnaires and in-depth interviews were conducted by trained research assistants. The study revealed important insights corresponding to marital happiness in the UAE, and predicted a number of factors that appeared to significantly predict this very important issue in society, in particular, communication patterns and conflict resolution style.
Understanding Globalized Digital Labor in the Information Age
Authors: Cárdenas-García Jaime F. , Soria De Mesa Bruno , Romero Castro Diego
Published: May 2019

The development of globalized digital labor brings to mind a labor process that seems to have changed dramatically from that of the industrial age. The toil of low-wage manual labor inside extensive buildings with smokestacks prevalent in the industrial age seems to have evolved into well-paid, enjoyable, meaningful labor in elegant buildings in tune with spacious vegetation-filled campuses. At the same time, social polarization is increasing with the threat of minimum-wage service labor and labor-replacing robots seeming to be the order of the day. The bottom line that drives this process seems to be the same as always, i.e. what benefits the capitalist owner is what is good for the digital workplace. This article seeks to identify and demystify the fundamental elements of digital labor in the globalized information age.
Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS) in Rice Biotechnology Research in India
Authors: Kumar Avinash , Mallick Sambit
Published: May 2019

The present study examines the potential of Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS) technology in the field of rice biotechnology research in India and how it is perceived and practiced by rice biotechnologists in selected scientific institutions under the aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and State Agricultural Universities (SAUs). The primary data for the study has been collected through in-depth personal interviews with molecular biologists and plant breeders engaged in rice biotechnology research in various institutional settings. A majority of the scientists emphasize the relative merits of MAS vis-à-vis the currently contentious transgenic approach for rice improvement in India. The MAS has emerged as an integrative, non-evasive, non-controversial, non-proprietary, and benign technology with the wider social acceptance that promotes open-mode, inclusive, and user-centered innovations in rice biotechnology research.
Fluctuations in State and Number among Nouns and Adjectives with the Gentilic Suffix in Samaritan Aramaic
Authors: Tarshin Alina
Published: May 2019

In Samaritan Aramaic we find the gentilic suffixes -’Cā:y, -’Cā: and -Cāʔi. Originally these suffixes signified different grammatical categories, but eventually they became interchangeable. This article examines all the forms with a gentilic suffix that are documented in the oral tradition of Samaritan Aramaic along with additional data derived from the manuscripts. It is suggested that fluctuations in state and number among these forms arose due to the phonetic resemblance between the various suffixes as well as due to the identical spelling of the suffixes -’Cā:y and -Cāʔi. It is shown that the manuscripts preserve traces of a more ancient stage of the use of gentilic suffixes and that most of the lexemes with the suffix are characterised by fossilised inflection. Thus, it is suggested that the fluctuations emerged during a later period, after Samaritan Aramaic was no longer spoken.
Does polyxenous symbiosis promote sympatric divergence? A morphometric and phylogeographic approach based on Oxydromus okupa (Annelida, Polychaeta, Hesionidae)
Authors: Meca Miguel A. , Drake Pilar , Martin Daniel
Published: May 2019

The polychaete Oxydromus okupa lives in association with the bivalves Scrobicularia plana and Macomopsis pellucida in the intertidal of Río San Pedro (CI = Cádiz Intertidal) and adjacent to CHipiona (CH) harbour, and in the subtidal of the Bay of Cádiz (CS = Cádiz Subtidal). We analyse these populations morphometrically, ecologically (including infestation characteristics) and genetically (intertidal populations, 16S and ITS-1 genes). We consider “host”, “environment” and the combined “host and environment” as possible factors of interpopulation variability. Morphometry revealed three well-defined clusters for CI, CH and CS, showing intergroup phenotypic differences ranging from 35 to 50%. Hosts shell lengths ranged between 26 and 36 mm for S. plana and 20 and 28 mm for M. pellucida. The infestation of small M. pellucida by juvenile O. okupa suggests they show an active size segregation behaviour. The intertidal seems to be less favourable (infestation rate <25% vs. up to 65% in the subtidal), and did not show recent bottleneck events. Overall, CI and CH were genetically homogeneous, but showed a significant divergence (one dominant haplotype in each host species), suggesting host shift as being a soft barrier to gene flow. Most characters related with host-entering varied among populations, suggesting symbiotic behaviour to play a key role in reducing panmixia and leading to the initial phases of a speciation process in sympatric symbiotic populations. Polyxeny and symbiotic behaviour in O. okupa seem thus to be underlying mechanisms contributing to its great phenotypic variety, marked ecological differences, and genetic divergence.
Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Eoneria-group (Diptera, Neriidae)
Authors: Sepúlveda Tatiana , Souza Diego
Published: May 2019

The Eoneria-group was proposed to gather species with opaque antennal base from all biogeographical regions. Recently, the Eoneria-group was redefined to comprise only three genera from the Neotropical Region: Antillonerius, Eoloxozus and Eoneria. Herein, we redescribe the species of the Eoneria-group and perform a phylogenetic analysis based on 49 morphological characters. Our results corroborate the monophyly of the Eoneria-group (excluding Antillonerius bistriatus (Williston)), supported by nine synapomorphies. Antillonerius solitarius (Johnson) stat. rev. is revalidated from synonymy with Antillonerius cinereus (Röder) and a key for the species in the Caribbean islands is provided. New combinations are proposed for Eoloxozus sabroskyi Aczél, which is transferred to Eoneria, and Nerius bistriatus Williston, which is transferred to Glyphidops. Additionally, new records of E. aczeli Sepúlveda & de Carvalho are provided for Venezuela and of E. blanchardi, for Venezuela and Paraguay.
Imperial and Philological Encounters in the Early Modern Era
Authors: Delmas Adrien
Published: May 2019

Although the history of philology is merely an addition to the rediscovery of textual traditions which have been neglected for too long by academic philology, it is nonetheless an important one for its ability alone to provide an explanation of the existing asymmetric situation. When the world opened up after the 16th century following transoceanic navigations, European encounters with written traditions in America, Africa and Asia led to a variety of attitudes—from denial to fascination, from destruction to collection. These “philological encounters”, both material and conceptual, largely contributed to shape the views of the European Renaissance and the Enlightenment regarding language and writing. To understand the semiological and epistemological consequences of these views, this paper focuses on a single text produced at the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, the Codex Mendoza, and on the different interpretations to which the latter was subjected in Europe after crossing the Atlantic. The history of the Codex Mendoza would have us believe that it was during the 18th century, and not before, that writing became exclusively synonymous with alphabet, resulting in the marginalisation of non-alphabetic written systems—and this mainly for historiographical reasons.
Qurʾānic Studies and Historical-Critical Philology
Authors: Neuwirth Angelika
Published: May 2019

Qurʾānic scholarship in the west today tends to privilege historical queries, focusing on fragmented texts, their alleged subtexts, and the codex’s earliest venues of transmission. It usually abstains from attempts at making sense of the text as a literary artifact, let alone as an epistemic intervention into the reception of the Bible. Such concerns are left to philology which—if we follow Sheldon Pollock—is a tripartite venture: a query for “textual meaning,” an investigation into the text’s traditional understanding, i.e. its “contextual meaning,” and finally a re-thinking of one’s own scholarly preconceptions and responsibilities, the “philologist’s meaning.” Few topics are better suited to demonstrate the urgency of complementing historical with philological research than the Qurʾān’s controversial relation to the Bible. A fresh approach—updating the time-honored but somewhat fusty historical critical method—is required: a diachronic, yet contextual, and moreover holistic, reading of the Qurʾān. This paper will discuss texts that—featuring Muhammad and Moses respectively—reveal two major shifts in the relationship between the Qurʾān and Biblical tradition.

Historical research should not be left alone: philology’s two assets, the contextual reading and moreover the researcher’s self-reflection, need to be admitted to the stage of Qurʾānic Studies. Christian interpretation of the Bible that, for historical and political reasons, has until now not taken the Qurʾān into account, could benefit substantially from the Qurʾān’s Biblical criticism, let alone its intrinsic challenge to rethink prevailing exclusivist positions.
Cultures of Comparative Philology in the Early Modern Indo-Persian World
Authors: Kinra Rajeev
Published: May 2019

This article surveys the deep history of the discipline of comparative philology in the Indo-Persian world, and attempts to situate it within larger debates about global forms of intellectual modernity. From its early beginnings in the production of literary lexicons designed to help poets in different regional centers of the Persianate world understand each other’s works, comparative philology in South, Central, and West Asia developed into a key scholarly discipline in which a whole host of concerns relating to Indo-Persian intellectual life was negotiated: literary canon formation, the arbitration of good taste, the maintenance of cosmopolitan literary intelligibility in an increasingly vernacular world, and even the nature of language itself. These developments took place over many centuries, in a vast array of works, spread out over a vast region that stretched from Anatolia to India. But in their increasingly sophisticated scholarship, as well as their increasing cognizance of their own scholarly disciplinarity, we find several distinctly “modernizing” tendencies among many of the Indo-Persian philologists discussed here, long before the supposed “invention” of the discipline by western scholars like the British colonial judge and orientalist, Sir William Jones (1746-1794).
Calligraphic Africa
Authors: Jeppie Shamil
Published: May 2019

Is it possible to productively bring together two seemingly exclusive ideas: Africa and philology? This essay presents a case for working at multiple levels and numerous sites in bridging these apparently disparate realms. Indeed, there is already a tradition of philological study about and on the continent that reveal the many different trajectories of Islamic scholarship in particular. While surveying this field, which has advanced substantially in recent decades, it also suggests that there are key issues that require examination such as the question of the archive and the collection, their constitution and movement. Philology, no matter how it is conceived, rests on the availability of texts and therefore the histories of the way texts come to accumulate in certain places and are discovered or recovered at specific moments is part of the project of the philological encounter. We thus have to be mindful of the histories and practices before, in, and after the practice of deep, close reading.
Buddhism in Thai Architecture: Stupa
Authors: Leksukhum Santi
Published: May 2019

Buddhist stupas have existed in Thailand for more than a thousand years. They have evolved their own distinctive styles in each period, and todayʼs style consists of modifying the styles of the past so as to create a new style for today.
Science, Technology and the Supernatural in Contemporary Thai Novels
Authors: Watarachanakool Pornvipa
Published: May 2019

As science and technology gain a high reputation and perform an increasingly dominant role in the present globalized era, old knowledge and wisdom, especially local forms, are fast disappearing. Will this trend necessarily bring about a brighter future for the whole world? Are science and technology trustworthy enough and safe enough for human beings to rely on without the other, dated, form of knowledge? These questions comprise the main interest of this paper, which endeavors to search for ideas, practices, and, also, expectations about the stated issues from Thai contemporary novels, in order to examine whether or not there is such a trend in Thai society, and what is the explanation. From literary and cultural anthropological perspectives, the findings seem to reflect that the Thai urban population are well aware of the increasing significance of science and technology and welcome them with enthusiasm. However, for the majority of the rural citizens, the information found presents a rather active role of local cultures and religion, which are closely related to beliefs in the supernatural. This paper is attempts to present some insight into this important issue.
Understanding the Identity of the Thai Muslim Community of Kudi Khao in Thonburi, Bangkok
Authors: Phoborisut Penchan
Published: May 2019

Kudi Khao or Bang Luang Community is one of the oldest Thai-Muslim communities in Bangkok. Its history can be traced back to the time of the late Ayudhaya Dynasty. Some Thai Muslims migrated to the south of the Chao Phraya River. After the subsequent capital, Thonburi, was established, some had settled along the river near the capital where their descendants have resided until the present time. This Thai-Muslim community is located among diverse neighboring communities which today boast the motto of “One sub-district2, three religions.” Kudi Khao’s unique blend of cultural identity illustrates an integration of cultural pluralism in the diverse ethnic environment of Thailand as seen through the physical features of the religious center, Kudi Khao, an Islamic mosque built in Thai architectural style and the people’s way of life intertwining Thai influence.
The Quest and Reconstruction of Identity in Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore
Authors: Wattanagun Kanya , Chotiudompant Suradech
Published: May 2019

This essay aims to explore the issue of identity quest of various characters in Haruki Murakami’s “Kafka on the Shore.” While Hoshino is portrayed as an alienated citydweller, whose identity formation depends on superficial signs produced in consumer society, Satoru Nakata’s identity is noted for its marginalized position as he is unable to make sense of capitalist logic. His viewpoint reveals a hidden side of capitalist society that glorifies such superficial consumption of empty signs in the process of identity construction. In contrast to Hoshino and Nakata, Murakami’s portrayal of Kafka Tamura suggests a solution to identity quest when Kafka is able to stabilize his shattered identity through redefinition of memories and reflections.
His Majesty the King and the New Development Code
Authors: Wasi Prawase
Published: May 2019

This paper explores the idea that just as genetic code characterizes life, development code characterizes society. The author draws a comparison between the mainstream or “Western” development code and the “new,” more holistic one, as evident in His Majesty King Bhumibol’s development plans. He then examines HM the King’s “Self Sufficiency Economy” and demonstrates how this new model of development can effectively and positively change the dynamics within the society.
Antipodeanism, and Charles Dickens’ Imperialist Undertakings in Depicting Australia
Authors: Allahyari Keyvan
Published: May 2019

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was, at once, the most prominent English novelist of the mid-nineteenth century and one of the most industrious workers in facilitating the emigration of the British lower classes to colonial Australia. Throughout his novelistic and journalistic depictions of Australia, Dickens draws upon the textual tradition of the imaginary construction of the southern continent. His writings, therefore, function as complementing pieces for the discursive puzzle of ‘Australia’ and ‘the Australian’ from the Empire’s point of view. I will argue that Dickens’ picture of Australia echoes the tenets of the centuries-held discourse of Antipodeanism. Under the guise of an impartial outlook, Dickens’ writings about the southern colony act as a hegemonic drive to ease the dissemination of imperialist ideas, hence the material domination of Australia. The power-directed aspect of these items, however, remains hidden under a philanthropic veneer. In addition, economic and spatial availability of Australia could not be justified in Dickens’ words, unless the core binarist system of representing the colony in relation to the metropolis is maintained.
The Story of the Lost Thai Classical Music Ensemble: The Wang Bang Kholaem Ensemble
Authors: Bualek Punnee
Published: May 2019

This article was written to answer the following two questions, which are 1) What is the history of the Wang Bang Kholaem ensemble? What were the reasons for its establishment and dissolution? 2) What were the factors that led to its success? Did the relationship between the ensemble owner and his musicians contribute to its success? The results were: 1) The Wang Bang Kholaem Thai Classical ensemble was set up around 2470-2475 B.E. The owner was Prince Krommaluang Lopburirames. The ensemble was dissolved after his death. The reason why he chose Bang Kholaem as the location for his ensemble, was that, in the past, Bang Kholaem had been an area of peaceful and shady fruit yards faraway from the capital city, suited for building a retreat for practicing Thai classical music. 2) The factors contributing to the band’s success and fame included the fact that the ensemble’s owner was royal and was really fond of Thai classical music. He had enough assets to be a patron to a large number of talented musicians and was able to assemble many great teachers to train his musicians. The fact is that the musicians of the Wang Bang Kholaem ensemble inherited musical wisdom from the Wang Burabha ensemble, which belonged to Prince Bhanubhandhu-wongworadech, his father-in-law. Among the great teachers were: Luang Praditphairoh (Son Silapabanleng), Phra Phinbanlengraj (Yam Prasansup) and Phra Phatbanlengromya (Phim Wathin). Moreover, he was also able to gather many gifted musicians into the ensemble. In addition, the ensemble flourished and fostered great interest in the social and cultural environment of the period which existed during the reign of King Rama VII before the Revolution in 2475 B.E. 3) As for the relationship between the great teachers and the musicians, it was based on very strict discipline. In addition to the fact that the owner was of high royalty, the relationship between the owner and his musicians was that of the patronage system according to feudal tradition. The musicians respected and adored the owner so they dedicated themselves to working effortlessly to build a great reputation for the ensemble.
A Semantic Study of the Classifiers 只Zhī, 个Gè and 条Tiáo in Mandarin and Three Southern Chinese Dialects
Authors: Chawla Chanyaporn
Published: May 2019

As we know, in spoken language, 个gè is a commonly accepted general classifier 3 in Modern Chinese. However, this is not the case for other dialects. In the Southern dialects, the specific classifier 只zhī in Mandarin is adopted (Wang, 2008 (c): 279-281). Additionally, in certain Southern dialects, 条tiáo has a wide range of uses. Thus, it can be said that all these individual classifiers share one common feature: all are often used with several kinds of common nouns, i.e. for persons, animals, body parts, objects of daily use, etc. Consequently, in this paper, I will explore the three Chinese classifiers 只zhī, 个gè and 条tiáo in Mandarin, comparing them with the three other Southern dialects, namely Hakka, Chaozhou, and Cantonese, employing the prototype theory (Rosch, 1978) and interview technique, in order to reveal how Northern and Southern people view the world through these classifiers.
Two new species of the gobiid fish Trimma from the coral reefs of THE western Pacific Ocean (Pisces; Perciformes; Gobioidei)
Authors: WINTERBOTTOM RICHARD
Published: May 2019

Two new species of the gobiid fish genus Trimma are described. Both possess scales in the predorsal midline, have interorbital and postorbital trenches, and lack scales on the opercle. Trimma anthrenum is characterized by an unbranched fifth pelvic fin ray and an almost monochromatic color pattern. When alive, it has a yellow body, and the iris has a pair of blue and black triangles with their bases against the anterior and posterior margins of the pupil (giving the pupil a slit-like appearance), the posterior triangle continues anteroventrally around the pupil margin. Preserved specimens have a very finely outlined diamond pattern across the dorsal half of the body, which otherwise exhibits very few melanophores or chromatophores, a concentration of pigment on the top of the pectoral base, with little pigment on the base itself, a short line of melanophores just above the opercle, and strong basal black bands in the dorsal and anal fins. The species is currently known from Fiji and Tonga. Trimma preclarum is characterized by an elongate second and third dorsal spines and a fifth pelvic ray that may or may not be branched (depending on locality). When alive, Trimma preclarum has three yellow stripes extending along the body, and a red to purple-red iris with four large yellow spots. Preserved specimens have a finely outlined diamond pattern across the dorsal half of the body, and a diffuse, attenuating band of pale brown chromatophores over the abdomen which fades out above the anal fin. The species has been found at Fiji, Palau, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, with underwater photographs from Saipan.
Phylogenetic analysis of Lumbrineridae Schmarda, 1861 (Annelida: Polychaeta)
Authors: CARRERA-PARRA LUIS F.
Published: May 2019

This study represents the first phylogenetic reconstruction of lumbrinerid genera using parsimony analyses of 38 morphological characters. Following higher-level phylogenetic analysis, Oenone (Oenonidae) was selected as outgroup. The analysis was restricted to type species for each genus, yielded 24 equally parsimonious trees, which after successive weighting were reduced to one tree (CI= 0.7396). The topology of this tree revealed the separation of the family into four main clades: 1. Lysarete, 2. Arabellonereis, 3. Scoletoma, Lumbrineris, Hilbigneris gen. nov., Kuwaita, Lumbricalus, Sergioneris gen. nov. and Eranno, and 4. Abyssoninoe, Cenogenus, Lumbrinerides, Lumbrineriopsis, Augeneria, Loboneris gen. nov., Gallardoneris gen. nov., Helmutneris gen. nov., and Gesaneris gen. nov.; the position of Ninoe is unclear. A diagnosis of each genus is provided, including the description of six new genera and three new species. A key to lumbrinerid genera is included.
Sacculina nectocarcini, a new species of rhizocephalan (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala) parasitising the red rock crab Nectocarcinus integrifrons (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae)
Authors: GURNEY ROBERT H. , RYBAKOV ALEXEY V. , HØEG JENS T. , KURIS ARMAND M.
Published: May 2019

The parasitic barnacles, Rhizocephala, are a little known group within Australia with only seven described species from a coastline stretching approximately 59763 km. This study describes a new species of Rhizocephala, Sacculina nectocarcini. The description is based on a unique combination of features pertaining to the structure of the mantle papillae, the retinaculae and the male receptacles. Biological notes, prevalence and intensity of infection are reported for this rhizocephalan, infesting the red rock crab, Nectocarcinus integrifrons, collected from Western Port, Victoria, Australia.
Helminths of the Hydromyini (Muridae: Hydromyinae) from Papua New Guinea with the description of a new species of Labiobulura (Nematoda: Ascaridida)
Authors: SMALES LESLEY R.
Published: May 2019

From a survey of helminths of the alimentary tracts of 26 hydromyins; 11 Leptomys, 1 Mayermys, 3 Neohydromys, 9 Paraleptomys, and 2 Parahydromys from Papua New Guinea an acanthocephalan, Porrorchis hydromuris; a cestode, Mathevotaenia sp.; the trematodes, Brachylaima sp., and a psilostome; and the nematodes, Heterakis fieldingi, Odilia mackerrasae, O, emanuelae, Protospirura kaindiensis, Rictularia mackerrasae, and Capillaria sp. s.l., as well as encapsulated larval ascaridids were found. All represent new host records. Labiobulura leptomyidis n. sp. (Subuluridae), differs from its congener in having longer spicules, no spines on the chordal lobes of the buccal cavity and it is described from Leptomys spp. Spirurida or Ascaridida were the dominant taxa in each helminth assemblage, with dietary preferences being a determinant. Either coevolution and or host switching, sometimes associated with migration between Australia and Papua New Guinea, also appear to have influenced the development of the helminth assemblage in each host taxon.
One new species of the genus Neotriplax (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) from China
Authors: LI JING , REN GUO-DONG , DONG JIAN-ZHEN
Published: May 2019

One new species of the genus Neotriplax Lewis (Coleoptera: Erotylidae), N. minima sp. nov., from China is described in this paper. It can be distinguished from N. arisana Miwa by body length less than 4.0mm, head black with basal area brown, sparsely punctured; posterior border of pronotum strongly narrowed backwards, with a narrow lobe in the middle. Compound eye, stridulatory file, terminal segment of antenna and maxillary palpus are illustrated as scanning electron micrographs. Type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University, China.
A new morphologically cryptic species of forest frog (genus Platymantis) from New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago
Authors: BROWN RAFE M. , RICHARDS STEPHEN J. , SUKUMARAN JEET , FOUFOPOULOS JOHANNES
Published: May 2019

We describe a new species of forest frog in the genus Platymantis from New Britain Island, Bismark Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. The new species is a morphologically cryptic form that has masqueraded for almost four decades under the name P. schmidti (formerly P. papuensis schmidti, Brown & Tyler, 1968). The new species is microsympatric with the geographically widespread P. schmidti at two known localities. We diagnose the new species on the basis of its distinctive advertisement call and slight but consistent differences in body size and proportions. Calling males of the new species appear to prefer more elevated perches than do males of P. schmidti and the new species may exhibit a greater extent of sexual size dimorphism.
Revision of the leafhopper tribe Krisnini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) of the Indian subcontinent
Authors: VIRAKTAMATH C. A.
Published: May 2019

Two genera of the leafhopper tribe Krisnini, Gessius Distant & Krisna Kirkaldy, that occur in the Indian subcontinent, are redefined and a key to separate them is provided. Gessius verticalis Distant is redescribed. Eleven species of Krisna, including eight new species [namely: K. bakeri sp. nov. (Nepal: Katmandu, India: Uttaranchal), K. burmanica (Myanmar), K. delta sp. nov. (Nepal), K. megha sp. nov. (India: Assam, Meghalaya), K. raja sp. nov. (India: Kerala), K. varia sp. nov. (India: Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu), K. veni (India: West Bengal), and K. walayari sp. nov. (India: Kerala)] are described and illustrated. A key to identify these species is also provided.
A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical termite genera Labiotermes Holmgren and Paracornitermes Emerson (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae)
Authors: CONSTANTINO REGINALDO , ACIOLI AGNO N.S. , SCHMIDT KAREN , CUEZZO CAROLINA , CARVALHO SÉRGIO H.C. , ALEXANDRE ALEXANDRE
Published: May 2019

The taxonomy of the South American termite genus Labiotermes Holmgren (sensu novo) is revised, including identification keys to soldiers and workers, and distribution maps for all 10 species. Paracornitermes Emerson is treated as a new synonym of Labiotermes. Two new species are described: L. guasu, from the Amazon rain forest and L. oreadicus, from the Cerrado of central Brazil. Paracornitermes caapora Bandeira & Cancello and P. hirsutus Araujo are placed under the synonymy of L. orthocephalus. The imagos of L. emersoni and L. orthocephalus are described for the first time. The workers of all species are described and illustrated, including the enteric valve armature and the mixed segment. The soldiers of the species previously included in Paracornitermes are redescribed.
The genus Ortholaba (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Diacritinae) with description of a new species
Authors: SUN SHU-PING , SHENG MAO-LING
Published: May 2019

Two species of the genus Ortholaba are reported. One, Ortholaba laevis collected from Jilin province, China, is new to science. A key to the species of Ortholaba is presented.
The taxonomic status of the genus Moseria (Siphonophora, Physonectae)
Authors: PUGH P. R.
Published: May 2019

The status of the two species presently included within the genus Moseri a (Siphonophora, Physonectae), M. c onvol uta (Moser, 1925) and M. sim ilis Margulis, 1977, is reviewed. Based on the availabil ity of new material, described herein, both are considered valid. They can be distinguished by the morphology of their bracts, tentill a and palpons. Whether there are di fferences in the nectophores re mains to be resolved. As the generic name Moseri a is pre-occupied for a ctenophore , a new generic name is required and Resomi a, gen. nov., is proposed. The systematic position of this genus within the physonect siphonophores is discussed in light of recent molecular phylogeny studies (Dunn et al. 2005b).
A new species of Haliclona (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida) living in association with Geodia media Bowerbank (Mexican Pacific coast)
Authors: CRUZ-BARRAZA JOSÉ A. , CARBALLO JOSÉ L.
Published: May 2019

Haliclona (Haliclona) sonorensis sp. nov. (Haplosclerida, Chalinidae) is described from different shallow water localities from the Mar de Cortés (Mexican Pacific coast). The new species is characterized by its thickly incrusting form, scarce and slightly elevated oscules, and pinkish violet color in life, in conjunction with internal characteristics such as an ectosomal skeleton formed by tangential isotropic unispicular reticulation and a regular choanosomal skeleton of unipaucispicular primary lines interconnected by unispicular secondary lines. Spicules are short and robust oxeas. Both the choanosomal skeleton and typical oxeas morphology are characteristic of the subgenus Haliclona. The new species has always been found growing in a mutualistic relationship with the sponge Geodia media Bowerbank, 1873.
A revision of Pseudopleonexes Conlan, 1982 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ampithoidae) with description of three new species from Australia
Authors: PEART RACHAEL A.
Published: May 2019

Pseudopleonexes is a small genus of ampithoid amphipods previously known from only two southern hemisphere species, P. lessoniae (Hurley, 1954) and P. sheardi Just, 2002. Pseudopleonexes is revised based on type material and other collections from around Australia. Diagnoses and a key to the species are provided. Three new southern Australian species are described: P. burney sp. nov., P. justi sp. nov. and P. nexis sp. nov.
Types of lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) housed in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina
Authors: ABRAHAMOVICH ALBERTO H. , LUCIA MARIANO , DÍAZ NORMA B. , BATIZ MARIA F. R. , CASTRO DOLORES D. C.
Published: May 2019

The 333 type specimens of lices (Phthiraptera) housed at the Museo de La Plata (División Entomología), Argentina are listed, and current information on categories of types, collections and hosts provided. The types belong to 62 species and one subspecies described principally by Dolores del Carmen Castro and Armando C. Cicchino.
Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)
Authors: THOMSON ALFRED W. , PAGE LAWRENCE M.
Published: May 2019

External morphological traits diagnostic for valid genera in the Asian catfish families Sisoridae and Erethistidae were identified from publications and the examination of specimens. Diagnoses based on external morphological traits are predicted to significantly facilitate taxonomic revisions in these families. Erethistidae contains six valid genera (Ayarnangra, Caelatoglanis, Conta, Erethistes,       Erethistoides, Pseudolaguvia) and about 25 species. Sisoridae contains 16 valid genera (Bagarius, Euchiloglanis, Exostoma, Gagata, Glaridoglanis, Glyptosternon, Glyptothorax, Gogangra, Myersglanis, Nangra, Oreoglanis, Parachiloglanis, Pareuchiloglanis, Pseudecheneis, Pseudexostoma, Sisor) and about 144 species. Lists of valid species and their distributions are given for each genus.
Redescription of the type specimens of the Elachista freyerella species-group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) from India and Sri Lanka
Authors: SRUOGA VIRGINIJUS , DISKUS A.
Published: May 2019

Five species of the Elachista freyerella species-group from India and Sri Lanka are redescribed based on their types; their genitalia are figured for the first time.
The millipede genus Epanerchodus Attems, 1901 in the Korean Peninsula, with a description of a new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae)
Authors: MIKHALJOVA ELENA V. , LIM KIL-YOUNG
Published: May 2019

The diplopod genus Epanerchodus Attems, 1901 appears to be represented in the Korean Peninsula by eight species, i.e. E. koreanus Verhoeff, 1937, E. kimi Murakami & Paik, 1968, E. clavisetosus Murakami & Paik, 1968, E. polymorphus Mikhaljova & Golovatch, 1981, E. beroni Mikhaljova & Kim, 1993, E. gangwonus Mikhaljova & Lim, 2001, E. multiprocessus Mikhaljova, 2001, and E. bacilliferus sp. n. A description of E. bacilliferus sp. n. is presented. All currently known Epanerchodus species from Korea are keyed, including the new species.
A catalogue of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Phoxocephalidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea) with taxonomic, distribution and ecological data
Authors: DE PINA GLORIA M. ALONSO , RAUSCHERT MARTIN , DE BROYER CLAUDE
Published: May 2019

An up-to-date catalogue of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Phoxocephalidae is presented, including 35 species. Extensive list of bibliographical references with synonymy, detailed information on geographic and bathymetric distribution, ecological data, museum locations of type-material, remarks on taxonomic and biogeographical status, are provided for each species. The catalogue is based on taxonomic and ecological literature until 31 December 2006. Additional unpublished records of species from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic collections held at the Alfred Wegener Institut für Polarund Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, and at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, have been included. The taxonomic status of all the Southern Ocean species has been checked. Species allocated to the genera Paraphoxus and Parharpinia, and Fuegiphoxus uncinatus require further study to clarify or confirm the genus allocation. Most of the Southern Ocean phoxocephalids have a wide bathymetric distribution, equally present in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions. The highest species richness is found above 200 meters depth in the sub-Antarctic region. Of 35 phoxocephalid species reported, 25 are endemic to the Southern Ocean s.l., 15 are endemic to the Antarctic region and 6 are endemic to the sub-Antarctic region, the latter distributed only in the Magellan province. Endemicity at genus level attains 22% for the whole Southern Ocean, with 3 genera restricted to the Magellan province and one genus to the West Antarctic, Magellan and sub-Antarctic islands provinces. Habitat and substrate preferences, dietary and burrowing behaviours are scarcely known for most of the phoxocephalid species from the Southern Ocean.
Thyasiroidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic)
Authors: RODRIGUES CLARA F. , OLIVER P. GRAHAM , CUNHA MARINA R.
Published: May 2019

The Thyasiroidea collected from the mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz are reviewed. Of the seven species identified only one, Thyasira vulcolutre n. sp., is closely associated with a chemosynthetic setting. This species has anatomical features typical of chemosymbiotic taxa and is compared with T. sarsi (Philippi, 1845), T. southwardae Oliver & Holmes, 2006, T. oleophila Clarke, 1989 and T. methanophila Oliver & Sellanes, 2005. The other six, Thyasira (Parathyasira) granulosa (Monterosato, 1874), Thyasira tortuosa (Jeffreys, 1881), Thyasira obsoleta (Verrill & Bush, 1898), Axinulus croulinensis (Jeffreys, 1847), Mendicula ferruginosa (Forbes, 1844) and Leptaxinus minutus Verrill & Bush 1898, are previously known from typical deep-water benthic settings. Of these only A. croulinensis is known to harbour chemosymbionts although the gill anatomy of T. tortuosa suggests that it might also be chemosymbiotic. Thyasira vulcolutre is restricted to active seeps but there is no pattern in the distribution of the other species.
A new genus of carnivorous sponges (Porifera: Poecilosclerida, Cladorhizidae) from the deep N-E Pacific, and remarks on the genus Neocladia
Authors: VACELET JEAN
Published: May 2019

A new sponge collected from 2,024 m depth on the Vance Seamount in the north-east Pacific by the ROV ‘Tiburon’ is described in the family Cladorhizidae as a new genus and new species, Lollipocladia tiburoni. The sponge, 112 mm in total height, is in the shape of a pedunculate disc, like several cladorhizid sponges of the genera Abyssocladia and Neocladia. It differs from these genera and from all carnivorous poecilosclerids by its microsclere complement, consisting of palmate isochelae, sigmancistras, and strongly curved anchorate isochelae superficially resembling those of Neocladia. A re-examination of the holotype of Neocladia indicates that it is a valid genus different from Chondrocladia.
A revision of the spider genera Chaetopelma Ausserer 1871 and Nesiergus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae)
Authors: GUADANUCCI JOSE PAULO L. , GALLON RICHARD C.
Published: May 2019

Chaetopelma Ausserer 1871 and Nesiergus Simon 1903 are revised. Cratorrhagus Simon 1891 is considered a junior synonym of Chaetopelma. Cratorrhagus tetramerus (Simon 1873) and the female of Cratorrhagus concolor (Simon 1873) are conspecific with C. olivaceum (C. L. Koch 1841). Ischnocolus gracilis Ausserer 1871, Ischnocolus syriacus Ausserer 1871, Chaetopelma shabati Hassan 1950 and Ischnocolus jerusalemensis Smith 1990 are also treated here as junior synonyms of C. olivaceum. Chaetopelma adenense Simon 1890 is proposed as a junior synonym of Ischnocolus jickelii L. Koch 1875. Chaetopelma gardineri Hirst 1911 is transferred to Nesiergus. Hence, Chaetopelma comprises three valid species: C. olivaceum (C. L. Koch 1841); C. karlamani Vollmer 1997; C. concolor (Simon 1873) n. comb. from the Middle East and northeastern Africa. Nesiergus, which appears endemic to the Seychelles archipelago, now comprises three valid species: N. gardineri (Hirst 1911) n. comb.; N. halophilus Benoit 1978; N. insulanus Simon 1903.
Revision of the Costa Rican species of Elachiptera (Diptera: Chloropidae)
Authors: MLYNAREK JULIA J. , WHEELER TERRY A.
Published: May 2019

The Costa Rican species of the genus Elachiptera are revised. There are seven described species in the region: Elachiptera attenuata (Adams); E. coniotrigona Duda; E. fucosa sp. n. (type locality: Costa Rica: Santo Domingo de Heredia); E. melinifrons sp. n. (type locality: Costa Rica: San José); E. queposana sp. n. (type locality: Costa Rica: Quepos); E. rubida Becker and E. sacculicornis (Enderlein). An additional species (Elachiptera sp. A) is known from a single female specimen and is not formally described. Only one of these species (E. attenuata) had previously been recorded from Costa Rica.
Allocapnia tsalagi, sp. n. and notes on A. recta (Claassen) from the Cumberland Plateau region of northeastern Alabama, U.S.A.
Authors: GRUBBS SCOTT A.
Published: May 2019

A new species of eastern Nearctic snowfly, Allocapnia tsalagi, is described from Jackson Co., Alabama, U.S.A. The new species is distinguished from closely-related A. malverna and A. mohri by details of the epiproct. Additionally, the dorsal process of the 8 th abdominal tergite of morphologically-variable A. recta is illustrated from the Cumberland Plateau region of northeastern Alabama.
The first record of Cis chinensis Lawrence from Brazil, with the delimitation of the Cis multidentatus species-group (Coleoptera: Ciidae)
Authors: LOPES-ANDRADE CRISTIANO
Published: May 2019

Cis chinensis Lawrence (Coleoptera: Ciidae) is recorded for the first time from Brazil. The species has been previously recognized as pest of commercial dried fungi in China, Thailand and USA. The status of the species is discussed, and the Cis multidentatus species-group is delimited to encompass C. chinensis and the morphologically similar species C. aldabranus Scott, C. mikagensis Nobuchi & Wada, and C. multidentatus (Pic). Images of male and female pronotum, protibia and genitalia, as well as dorsal, lateral and ventral views of male C. chinensis from Brazil are provided.
The genus Pselnophorus Wallengren from Mainland China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
Authors: HAO SHULIAN , LI HOUHUN
Published: May 2019

Three species of the genus Pselnophorus have been found in the Mainland China. Pselnophorus brevispinus sp. nov. is described and the female of P. emeishanensis Arenberger is reported for the first time. Images of the adults and illustration of the genital structures are provided, along with a key to the species from the Mainland China.
Rediscovery and redescription of Marmosa (Stegomarmosa) andersoni Pine (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), an endemic Peruvian mouse opossum, with a reassessment of its affinities
Authors: SOLARI SERGIO , PINE RONALD H.
Published: May 2019

Mouse opossums of the genus Marmosa Gray (Didelphidae) represent a complex of taxa with poorly understood affinities. Species now placed within this genus are mostly the leftovers from previous taxonomic arrangements. Even the most recent and complete revisions have not fully resolved the relationships among Marmosa and the many taxa previously included in Marmosa or listed as synonyms of it. Herein, we review and discuss one of these taxa, Stegomarmosa, based on new specimens that significantly increase our knowledge of the morphological diversification of the group. Until recently, this genus/subgenus has been known only from a single specimen taken more than 50 years ago in southeastern Peru. In 1997-1998, six additional specimens were collected at two little-separated localities almost 200 km NW of the type locality. We include a detailed diagnosis of the genus-group Stegomarmosa and its type species, M. andersoni, and update the distribution for and provide new information on the natural history of the latter. We also discuss published claims, concerning geographic range, that may be inaccurate and misleading. Finally, we scored the morphological characters used in the most recent phylogenetic analyses of the didelphids, in order to explore the affinities of M. andersoni and to determine the distinctiveness of the taxon Stegomarmosa.
Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper Rio Parana basin, Brazil, with description of three new species
Authors: ZAWADZKI CLAUDIO HENRIQUE , PAVANELLI CARLA SIMONE , LANGEANI FRANCISCO
Published: May 2019

Neoplecostomus paranensis was the only Neoplecostomus species known from the upper Rio Paraná basin, and it was diagnosed from its congeners mainly by the absence or reduction of the adipose fin. In this study we describe three new Neoplecostomus species. All of them are promptly differentiated from N. paranensis by having a well-developed adipose fin. Furthermore, the new species are differentiated from congeners by morphometric and meristic traits, in addition to color pattern. Neoplecostomus paranensis is redescribed. We also provide an identification key to all Neoplecostomus species.