bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ethnic Disparities in Gastric Cancer Presentation and Screening Practice in the United States: Analysis of 1997–2010 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare Data
Authors: Florea Ana , Brown Heidi E. , Harris Robin B. , Oren Eyal
Published: March 2019

Background:

Chronic infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the strongest risk factor for distal gastric cancer. Although gastric cancer incidence has decreased, variation by race and ethnicity is observed. This study describes gastric cancer presentation and screening services among Medicare patients by race/ethnicity, place of birth, and history of gastric cancer–related conditions.

Methods:

Using demographic, location, and disease staging information, extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results-Medicare gastric cancer database (1997–2010), we compared frequencies of gastric cancer–related conditions (e.g., peptic ulcer, gastric ulcer, gastritis) and screening (H. pylori testing and endoscopy) from inpatient and outpatient services claims by selected race/ethnicity and place of birth.

Results:

Data included 47,994 incident gastric cancer cases with Medicare claims. The majority (48.0%) of Asian/Pacific Islanders (API) were foreign-born, compared with non-Hispanic whites (NHW), Hispanics, and blacks (with 64.4%, 33.9%, and 72.9% U.S.-born, respectively). For NHWs, the most frequently diagnosed gastric cancer site was the cardia (35.6%) compared with <15% (P < 0.001) for APIs, Hispanics, and blacks. Although more than 57% of all cases had a history of gastric cancer–related conditions, H. pylori testing was reported in only 11.6% of those cases. H. pylori testing was highest for APIs (22.8%) and lowest for blacks (6.5%).

Conclusions:

Noncardia gastric cancer, associated with H. pylori infection, was diagnosed more frequently among APIs, blacks, and Hispanics than NHWs. Testing for H. pylori was low among all gastric cancer cases despite evidence of risk factors for which screening is recommended. Studies are needed to increase appropriate testing for H. pylori among higher risk populations.

Impact:

This study sheds light on poor screening practices despite presence of gastric cancer-related conditions.
Interactions ofPVT1andCASC11on Prostate Cancer Risk in African Americans
Authors: Lin Hui-Yi , Callan Catherine Y. , Fang Zhide , Tung Heng-Yuan , Park Jong Y.
Published: March 2019

Background:

African American (AA) men have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer than white men. SNPs are known to play an important role in developing prostate cancer. The impact of PVT1 and its neighborhood genes (CASC11 and MYC) on prostate cancer risk are getting more attention recently. The interactions among these three genes associated with prostate cancer risk are understudied, especially for AA men. The objective of this study is to investigate SNP–SNP interactions in the CASC11–MYC–PVT1 region associated with prostate cancer risk in AA men.

Methods:

We evaluated 205 SNPs using the 2,253 prostate cancer patients and 2,423 controls and applied multiphase (discovery-validation) design. In addition to SNP individual effects, SNP–SNP interactions were evaluated using the SNP Interaction Pattern Identifier, which assesses 45 patterns.

Results:

Three SNPs (rs9642880, rs16902359, and rs12680047) and 79 SNP–SNP pairs were significantly associated with prostate cancer risk. These two SNPs (rs16902359 and rs9642880) in CASC11 interacted frequently with other SNPs with 56 and 9 pairs, respectively. We identified the novel interaction of CASC11–PVT1, which is the most common gene interaction (70%) in the top 79 pairs. Several top SNP interactions have a moderate to large effect size (OR, 0.27–0.68) and have a higher prediction power to prostate cancer risk than SNP individual effects.

Conclusions:

Novel SNP–SNP interactions in the CASC11–MYC–PVT1 region have a larger impact than SNP individual effects on prostate cancer risk in AA men.

Impact:

This gene–gene interaction between CASC11 and PVT1 can provide valuable information to reveal potential biological mechanisms of prostate cancer development.
Spatiotemporal Correlations between amh and cyp19a1a Transcript Expression and Apoptosis during Gonadal Sex Differentiation of Pejerrey, Odontesthes bonariensis
Authors: Sarida Munti , Hattori Ricardo S. , Zhang Yan , Yamamoto Yoji , Strüssmann Carlos A.
Published: March 2019

Sex determination in pejerrey is genetically prescribed by the Y chromosome-linked anti-müllerian hormone amhy but is also strongly influenced by water temperature during the critical period of sex determination. Its gonadal differentiation is characterized by a cephalocaudal and left-to-right histological gradient in both sexes that presumably helps prevent discrepant intersex development in different regions of the gonads in response to ambiguous thermal and genetic stimuli, but the relation of this gradient to molecular processes of sex differentiation is unknown. In this study, we investigated the spatiotemporal expression patterns of amh, gonadal aromatase (cyp19a1a), and apoptosis in relation to the histological gradient in ovaries and testes at an intermediate, sexually neutral temperature. The location and timing of expression of amh, cyp19a1a, and apoptosis seemed to be highly coordinated with the time of gonadal sex differentiation and the histological gradient of gonadal sex differentiation. Apoptosis occurred predominantly in the anterior region of the right gonads and is surmised to be a process to delay differentiation in this area compared to the left gonad, possibly as a means to ensure uniform development in both gonads. Aromatase expression early during development was noted even in putative XY males, supporting the notion of primacy of female development in pejerrey gonads. Thus, apoptosis may be particularly important to prevent discrepant gonadal differentiation in XY individuals where genetic pro-male (amhy), pro-female (cyp19a1a), and thermal stimuli may antagonize.
Development of an instrument to evaluate the knowledge that the patient with hepatic cirrhosis has about his disease and treatment
Authors: Medeiros Kayo Augusto de Almeida , Carvalho Bárbara Justo , Nii Fernanda , Jardim Yuri Justi , D’Albuquerque Luiz Augusto Carneiro , Meyer Alberto , Andraus Wellington
Published: March 2019

Introduction: hepatic cirrhosis (HC) is a disease with high morbidity and mortality in Brazil. Its treatment is complex and requires from lifestyle changes to large surgeries such as liver transplantation. To reach the best treatment results, it is necessary to guarantee a good patient’s adherence to the treatment. Studies indicate that the patient’s self-knowledge about his or her clinical condition is a determining factor in its adherence. Objectives: to assist in the design of an instrument that evaluates knowledge about the disease and treatment of HC. Methodology: The development process of the instrument will be divided into 3 stages: construction of the instrument (1st stage), evaluation of content validity and clarity of the instrument (2nd stage) and assessment of the reliability of the instrument (3 rd stage). Results: an instrument to evaluate the cirrhotic patient knowledge about the disease was made, analyzed by specialists and approved in the criteria proposed. Conclusions: 1) The development of the instrument followed the steps described in literature. 2) The suggestion of the evaluators allowed to restructure the questions making them clearer and more relevant to the proposal of the instrument. 3) it was possible to achieve satisfactorily the proposal of the construction of the instrument.
Comparação da gravidade dos casos de dengue segundo a classificação antiga e a classificação revisada
Authors: Luz Kleber Giovanni , Araújo Ana Beatriz Seabra Santos de , Santos Glauco Igor Viana dos , Sousa Luisa Silva , Eberlin Maria Beatriz Nóbrea , Guerra Sâmea Costa Pinheiro , Almeida Yngra Bastos Mesquita Minora de
Published: March 2019

Introdução: Existem duas classificações que estratificam os casos de dengue pelo quadro clínico laboratorial: a classificação proposta nos anos 50 e a revisada pela Organização Mundial de Saúde, adotada em janeiro de 2014 no Brasil. Compará-las quanto à capacidade de identificar a gravidade do caso representa nosso objetivo. Métodos: Estudo observacional e transversal com análise e comparação dos casos de dengue de 2011 a 2013 de um hospital terciário de referência da cidade de Natal/RN, de acordo com a classificação antiga e a classificação revisada. As correspondências adotadas foram: Dengue Clássica e Febre Hemorrágica da Dengue (DHF) grau I com Dengue; DHF grau II com Dengue com sinais de alarme; DHF grau III e IV com Dengue grave. Resultados: 2.318 fichas foram analisadas, com a população predominantemente adulta, média de idade 30,32 anos ± 17,89, sendo 39% do sexo masculino, 61% do sexo feminino. A partir das correlações designadas, 428 casos foram concordantes, 699 discordantes e 1191 “sem classificação” (casos cujos dados dos prontuários não possibilitaram sua classificação). Conclusões: As duas classificações foram equivalentes no manejo clínico quando os casos de dengue foram graves. A classificação antiga evita a superestimação de casos leves e moderados por utilizar mais aspectos clínicos e laboratoriais que a classificação revisada. Sangramento de mucosa, dor abdominal e vômitos não representaram sinais que evoluíram para gravidade, demonstrando como a utilização dos sinais de alarme de maneira imprecisa pode superestimar os dados.
Substitutivos do modelo animal no ensino de técnica cirúrgica
Authors: Garretto João Victor Tavares Mendonça , Martins Fábio Pimentel
Published: March 2019

A utilização de modelos animais vivos no ensino da Técnica Cirúrgica nas Escolas de Medicina foi reduzida devido principalmente ao debate bioético. Assim, são necessárias alternativas para que a qualidade na formação do acadêmico se mantenha adequada. O objetivo do artigo foi proceder uma revisão na literatura atual sobre os métodos alternativos ao modelo animal vivo para o ensino da Técnica Operatória no curso de graduação em medicina, considerando a relação custo /benefício. Para isso, foi realizada uma revisão da bibliografia em artigos científicos publicados nas plataformas SciELO, PubMed e Google Acadêmico, nos últimos 15 anos, com uso dos descritores: Ensino médico; treinamento com simulador; modelos cirúrgicos; modelos estruturais; impressão em 3D. Existem diversos modelos que foram desenvolvidos como alternativa para o uso de animais vivos no ensino de técnica operatória. Eles variam desde tecido sintético para treinamento em suturas, passando por cadáveres quimicamente preservados e modelos impressos por impressoras 3D, até chegar aos sofisticados simuladores computadorizados. Os modelos existentes atualmente, seja o sintético, os modelos 3D ou os simuladores, ainda apresentam certas limitações, mas com o advento das novas tecnologias novas alternativas estão surgindo e, com certeza complementarão de forma eficaz o ensino de cirurgia nas Escolas de Medicina.
Distribution and morphometric measurements of Blanford’s Fox Vulpes cana (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Authors: Aloufi Abdulhadi , Eid Ehab
Published: March 2019

A study on Blanford’s Fox was conducted from Tabuk Province, a poorly studied area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), from December 2015 until May 2016.  This study adds to our knowledge, where two survey methods were used, which are the live trapping and camera trapping methods.  Five specimens were captured alive, in addition to a dead specimen reported during the survey period.  Measurements of live, captured specimens were obtained and the skull of the dead specimen was measured.  The information provided will serve as a basis for future monitoring of Blanford’s Fox in Saudi Arabia, and it will provide the foundation for future research in the species’ range of occurrence in the Arabian Peninsula.  In addition, more attention shall be paid to establish a joint collaboration between scholars from Saudi Arabia and Jordan to assess the status of Blanford’s Fox along the sandstone escarpments Hisma plateau.
Preservation of Acyl Coenzyme A Attenuates Pathological and Metabolic Cardiac Remodeling Through Selective Lipid Trafficking
Authors: Goldenberg Joseph R. , Carley Andrew N. , Ji Ruiping , Zhang Xiaokan , Fasano Matt , Schulze P. Christian , Lewandowski E. Douglas
Published: March 2019

Background:

Metabolic remodeling in heart failure contributes to dysfunctional lipid trafficking and lipotoxicity. Acyl coenzyme A synthetase-1 (ACSL1) facilitates long-chain fatty acid (LCFA) uptake and activation with coenzyme A (CoA), mediating the fate of LCFA. The authors tested whether cardiac ACSL1 overexpression aids LCFA oxidation and reduces lipotoxicity under pathological stress of transverse aortic constriction (TAC).

Methods:

Mice with cardiac restricted ACSL1 overexpression (MHC-ACSL1) underwent TAC or sham surgery followed by serial in vivo echocardiography for 14 weeks. At the decompensated stage of hypertrophy, isolated hearts were perfused with
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C LCFA during dynamic-mode
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C nuclear magnetic resonance followed by in vitro nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry analysis to assess intramyocardial lipid trafficking. In parallel, acyl CoA was measured in tissue obtained from heart failure patients pre- and postleft ventricular device implantation plus matched controls.

Results:

TAC-induced cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction was mitigated in MHC-ACSL1 hearts compared with nontransgenic hearts. At 14 weeks, TAC increased heart weight to tibia length by 46% in nontransgenic mice, but only 26% in MHC-ACSL1 mice, whereas ACSL1 mice retained greater ejection fraction (ACSL1 TAC: 65.8±7.5%; nontransgenic TAC: 45.9±7.3) and improvement in diastolic E/E’. Functional improvements were mediated by ACSL1 changes to cardiac LCFA trafficking. ACSL1 accelerated LCFA uptake, preventing C16 acyl CoA loss post-TAC. Long-chain acyl CoA was similarly reduced in human failing myocardium and restored to control levels by mechanical unloading. ACSL1 trafficked LCFA into ceramides without normalizing the reduced triglyceride storage in TAC. ACSL1 prevented de novo synthesis of cardiotoxic C16- and C24-, and C24:1 ceramides and increased potentially cardioprotective C20- and C22-ceramides post-TAC. ACLS1 overexpression activated AMP activated protein kinase at baseline, but during TAC, prevented the reduced LCFA oxidation in hypertrophic hearts and normalized energy state (phosphocreatine:ATP) and consequently, AMP activated protein kinase activation.

Conclusions:

This is the first demonstration of reduced acyl CoA in failing hearts of humans and mice, and suggests possible mechanisms for maintaining mitochondrial oxidative energy metabolism by restoring long-chain acyl CoA through ASCL1 activation and mechanical unloading. By mitigating cardiac lipotoxicity, via redirected LCFA trafficking to ceramides, and restoring acyl CoA, ACSL1 delayed progressive cardiac remodeling and failure.
Binswanger, Daseinsanalyse and the Issue of the Unconscious: An Historical Reconstruction as a Preliminary Step for a Rethinking of Daseinsanalytic Psychotherapy
Authors: Vitelli Roberto
Published: March 2019

Drawing on Ludwig Binswanger’s work, this paper seeks to reconstruct historically and theoretically his relationship with Freud and Psychoanalysis and to trace his ideas with regard to the Unconscious. Tied to Freud by a friendship lasting thirty years, it started mainly from his encounter with the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, Alexander Pfänder, Franz Brentano, Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger and Martin Buber that Binswanger developed an original system of thinking and clinical application. The issue of the unconscious, beginning from this theoretical shift, underwent a radical reformulation. First, Heideggerian thought allowed him to recognize the importance of different World-Projects, intended as existential a priori characterized by a specific internal normativity. Subsequently, the return to Husserl’s thinking lead Binswanger to rethink again the unconscious issue in light of the field of Passive Synthesis. In this paper we will examine all these issues and reconsider their importance for psychotherapeutic practice.
Muscari tauricum (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), a new species from Turkey
Authors: DEMİRCİ KAYIRAN SERPİL , ÖZHATAY NERİMAN , KAYA ERDAL
Published: March 2019

In this paper, a new species, Muscari tauricum sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Southern Turkey. It has similar morphological characters to M. aucheri and M. bourgaei except for its broad and several leaves, pyramidal raceme, patent and longer pedicels, small fertile flowers, and early flowering time that distinguish the new species from other Muscari species. A complete morphological description and illustration are given, including comments on karyotypes. The morphological differences among the new species and related species are also discussed.
Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Myxomycetes
Authors: LEONTYEV DMITRY V. , SCHNITTLER MARTIN , STEPHENSON STEVEN L. , NOVOZHILOV YURI K. , SHCHEPIN OLEG N.
Published: March 2019

The traditional classification of the Myxomycetes (Myxogastrea) into five orders (Echinosteliales, Liceales, Trichiales, Stemonitidales and Physarales), used in all monographs published since 1945, does not properly reflect evolutionary relationships within the group. Reviewing all published phylogenies for myxomycete subgroups together with a 18S rDNA phylogeny of the entire group serving as an illustration, we suggest a revised hierarchical classification, in which taxa of higher ranks are formally named according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants. In addition, informal zoological names are provided. The exosporous genus Ceratiomyxa, together with some protosteloid amoebae, constitute the class Ceratiomyxomycetes. The class Myxomycetes is divided into a bright- and a dark-spored clade, now formally named as subclasses Lucisporomycetidae and Columellomycetidae, respectively. For bright-spored myxomycetes, four orders are proposed: Cribrariales (considered as a basal group), Reticulariales, a narrowly circumscribed Liceales and Trichiales. The dark-spored myxomycetes include five orders: Echinosteliales (considered as a basal group), Clastodermatales, Meridermatales, a more narrowly circumscribed Stemonitidales and Physarales (including as well most of the traditional Stemonitidales with durable peridia). Molecular data provide evidence that conspicuous morphological characters such as solitary versus compound fructifications or presence versus absence of a stalk are overestimated. Details of the capillitium and peridium, and especially how these structures are connected to each other, seem to reflect evolutionary relationships much better than many characters which have been used in the past.
Three new species of Leptanilloides Mann from Andean Ecuador (Formicidae: Leptanilloidinae)
Authors: DONOSO DAVID A. , VIEIRA JUAN M. , WILD ALEXANDER L.
Published: March 2019

We report three new species of the ant genus Leptanilloides from Andean Ecuador. Leptanilloides nomada sp. n. and L. caracola sp. n. are described from the worker caste, the latter from a unique specimen; L. nubecula sp. n. is described from workers, males, and two gyne subcastes previously unknown for the entire subfamily. Phenotypic variation in morphological characters in the new species L. nomada and L. nubecula is more plastic than suggested by the traditional generic diagnosis. These records represent the first case of three Leptanilloides species occurring in sympatry. We discuss aspects of the army ant syndrome and its relevance to the genus Leptanilloides.Tres nuevas especies del género de hormigas Leptanilloides son descritas a partir de especimenes encontrados en Los Andes ecuatorianos. Leptanilloides nomada sp. n. y L. caracola sp. n. son descritas en base a obreras, ésta última es descrita a partir de un sólo espécimen. L. nubecula sp. n. es descrita en base a obreras, machos y dos subcastas de ginas previamente desconocidas para toda la subfamilia. La variación fenotípica encontrada en algunos caracteres morfológicos de las nuevas especies L. nomada y L. nubecula es más plástica de lo que sugiere la diagnosis genérica tradicional. Estos registros constituyen el primer ejemplo de tres especies de Leptanilloides viviendo en simpatría. Discutimos aspectos del síndrome de las hormigas legionarias y su aplicación al género Leptanilloides.
The new sauropod from Spain: Galveosaurus or Galvesaurus?
Authors: SÁNCHEZ-HERNÁNDEZ BÁRBARA
Published: March 2019

On August 11 th , 2005 I published a paper in which I described a new genus and species of sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous of Galve, Spain: Galveosaurus herreroi. Unfortunately, four months later, a second paper based on the same dinosaur remains was published by different authors. In this second paper, the authors gave the specimens a similar binomial name to the name I gave (with a difference of one letter, an “o”): Galvesaurus herreroi. In that paper, available on-line in pdf format from January 2006, the authors not only ignored my work, but they included a publication date: 1st July, 2005. Nevertheless, the article is included in the issue 15 th of July-December, as could be read in every page of that work. The issue was published on 18 th December 2005, but according to the ICZN code (articles 21 and 23), the date of publication of the Barco et al. (2005) paper should be considered as December 31 st , 2005 and based on the Principle of Priority, the name Galveosaurus herreroi Sánchez-Hernández, 2005 has priority and Galvesaurus herreroi Barco, Canudo, Cuenca-Bescós and Ruíz-Omeñaca, 2005 should be considered as a junior synonym of the former and therefore, an invalid name.
A new species of Neocteniza Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Idiopidae) from Brazil
Authors: BERTANI ROGÉRIO , FUKUSHIMA CAROLINE SAYURI , NAGAHAMA ROBERTO HIROAKI
Published: March 2019

Neocteniza myriamae n. sp. is newly described from Brazil. This species belongs to the australis group, which contains species with a small apical hematodocha on the male palpal bulb, with a thicker embolus, and without an apophysis on the apical sclerite. The new species is distinguished from N. australis and N. toba by the male embolus, which is thicker in its middle portion. From N. chancani, it can be distinguished by the larger size, elongated femur I, and especially by the presence of one conical keel and two parallel, well-developed keels on the apical half of the embolus.
A key to the Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) egg parasitoids of proconiine sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the Nearctic region, with description of two new species of Gonatocerus
Authors: TRIAPITSYN SERGUEI V.
Published: March 2019

An illustrated identification key to the three genera and 14 named species of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) egg parasitoids of the proconiine sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) in the Nearctic region, is provided. Two new species, Gonatocerus morgani and G. walkerjonesi, are described from California, USA. A synopsis of the included species is given, with emphasis on their distributional records and known host associations.
Fossil Tingoidea (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) from French Cretaceous amber, including Tingidae and a new family, Ebboidae
Authors: PERRICHOT VINCENT , Nel ANDRÉ , GUILBERT ÉRIC , NÉRAUDEAU DIDIER
Published: March 2019

Two new genera and species of fossil lace bugs are reported from Albian and Cenomanian amber of France as Ambarcader eugenei and Ebboa areolata, these being the earliest fossil record of the family Tingidae and the type species of the new family Ebboidae, respectively. Ambarcader gen. nov. belongs to the tribe Phatnomatini within the subfamily Cantacaderinae. Ebboa gen. nov. differs from all the Recent and fossil taxa hitherto described in Tingoidea, suggesting an important past diversity and an earlier Mesozoic origin of this clade.
Eriophyoid mite fauna from Henan Province, central China (Acari: Eriophyoidea) with descriptions of five new species
Authors: XUE XIAO-FENG , HONG XIAO-YUE
Published: March 2019

Thirty-seven eriophyoid mites from central China’s Henan Province, including five new species, are described and listed: Boczekella fabris sp. nov. on Abies fabri (Mast.) Craib (Pinaceae); Trisetacus ehmanni Keifer on Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carr. (Pinaceae); Setoptus koraiensis Kuang & Hong on Pinus thunbergii Parl. (Pinaceae); Eriophyes armandis sp. nov. on Pinus armandi Franch. (Pinaceae); Acaphyllisa populi sp. nov. on Populus sp. (Salicaceae); Epitrimerus amygdali Xue & Hong on Amygdalus triloba (Lindl.) Ricker (Rosaceae); Epitrimerus sabinae Xue & Hong on Sabina chinensis (L.) Antoine and Sabina chinensis cv. Kaizuca (Cupressaceae); Paraepitrimerus erigeronsis Xue & Hong on Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. (Compositae); Paraepitrimerus paeoniae Xue & Hong on Paeonia lactiflora Pall. (Ranunculacear); Phyllocoptes fabris Xue & Hong on Abies fabri (Mast.) Craib. (Pinaceae); Phyllocoptes taishanensis Xue & Hong on Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) Loud (Pinaceae); Abacarus wuyiensis Kuang & Zhuo on Bambusa sp. (Gramineae); Aculodes bambusae Kuang on Bambusae sp. (Gramineae); Aculops taihangensis Hong & Xue on Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle (Simaroubaceae); Aculops strobilaceae sp. nov. on Platycarya strobilacea Sieb. & Zucc. (Juglandaceae); Aculus altissimae Xue & Hong on Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle (Simaroubaceae); Aculus amygdali Xue & Hong on Amygdalus persica L. (Rosaceae); Aculus bambusae Kuang on Bambusa sp. (Gramineae); Aculus coggygriae Xue & Hong on Cotinus coggygria Scop. (Anacardiaceae); Aculus huixiansis Xue & Hong on Salix sp. (Salicaceae); Aculus populi Xue & Hong on Populus sp. (Salicaceae); Aculus salicis Kuang & Luo on Salix sp. (Salicaceae); Anthocoptes japonicae sp. nov. on Sophora japonica L. (Leguminosea); Heterotergum artemisiae Hong & Kuang on Artemisia sp. (Compositae); Neotetra bambusae Kuang on Bambusa sp. (Gramineae); Tegolophus hunanensis Lin, Jin & Kuang on Vitex negundo var. cannabifolia (Sieb. & Zucc.) Hand.-Mazz. (Verbenaceae); Tegolophus zizyphagus (Keifer) on Ziziphus montata Smith (Rhamnaceae); Tetra formosae Xue & Hong on Lespedeza formosa (Vog.) Koehne (Leguminosae); Tetra japonicae Xue & Hong on Sophora japonica L. (Leguminosae); Tetra lobatae Xue & Hong on Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi (Leguminosae); Tetra suspensae Xue & Hong on Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl (Compositae); Diptacus songxianensis Xue & Hong on Ulmus sp. (Ulmaceae); Trimeroptes aleyrodiformes (Keifer) on Dendrobenthamia japonica var.chinensis (Osborn) Fang (Cornacear); Trimeroptesluanchuanensis Xue & Hong on Rubus sp. (Rosaceae); Brevulacus reticulatus Manson on Quercus glauca Thunb. (Fabaceae); Rhyncaphytoptus acer Chen, Wei & Qin on Acer sp. (Aceraceae) and Rhyncaphytoptus longipalpis Xue & Hong on Bambusa sp. (Gramineae). All species are vagrant on and under leaves. A key to the eriophyoid mites from Henan Province is provided.
The larva of Hydora annectens Spangler and Brown (Coleoptera: Elmidae, Larainae) and a key to New World Larainae larvae
Authors: ARCHANGELSKY M. , MANZO V.
Published: March 2019

The larval st ages of the ri ffle beetl e Hydora annectens Spangler and Brown are described and illustrated for the first time. The y are compared to Hydora larvae f r om New Zealand . A key to the lar vae of the Ne w World genera is giv en. The distribution of known species o f Larainae is synopsized and a checklist of gener a an d species is given.
Two new genera and two new species of Delphacidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from China
Authors: QIN DAO-ZHENG , ZHANG YA-LIN
Published: March 2019

Two new genera, Ramidelphax and Consociata, from southern China, are pr oposed within Delphacidae, based on th e new species Ramidelphax albistriata n. sp. (from Hainan and Guizhou Provinces, China ) and Consociata sinensis n. sp. (from Haina n Province, China). Because o f the presence of the post-tibal spur, the new genera should be place d in the tribe Delphacini.
Review of the species of the genus Ochthera from China (Diptera: Ephydridae)
Authors: ZHANG JUNHUA , YANG DING
Published: March 2019

The Chinese species of the genus Ochthera Latreille are reviewed. Two species, Ochthera japonica Clausen and O. macrothrix Clausen, are recorded from China for the first time. Two species, O. guangdongensis sp. nov. and O. hainanensis sp. nov., are described as new. A key to the species from China is given. The distribution of the genus in China is discussed.
Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from typical antbirds and ground ant-birds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae, Formicariidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of three new species of the genera Formicaphagus and Myrsidea
Authors: SYCHRA OLDÃICH , LITERÁK IVAN , CAPEK M. , HAVLCEK MARTIN
Published: March 2019

Descriptions and illustrations are given for one new species of Formicaphagus Carriker, 1957 and two new species of Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 from typical antbirds and ground antbirds from Costa Rica. They and their type hosts are: Formicaphagus tyrannina ex Cercomacra tyrannina (Thamnophilidae), Myrsidea mcleannani ex Phaenostictus mcleannani (Thamnophilidae) and Myrsidea klimesi ex Formicarius analis (Formicariidae). These are the first records of Myrsidea from members of the passerine families Thamnophilidae and Formicariidae. Records of two other known louse species, one of Formicaphagus and one of Machaerilaemus Harrison, 1915, both from thamnophilid hosts, are also discussed.
New species and records of Arrenurus from the Paraná river, Argentina (Acari: Parasitengona: Arrenuridae)
Authors: BEATRIZ ROSSO de FERRADÁS
Published: March 2019

Arrenuridae inhabiting the Paraná river basin show great diversity relative to that of this family in Argentina and other Neotropical regions, with 38 species (35 studied by the author). In this new contribution Arrenurus mocovi n.sp. is described and A. (Arrenurus) trichophorus Daday is recorded for the first time. The female of this latter species is redescribed and data for the males are added, as well as the geographic distribution of the species. For Arrenurus imperator imperator Lundblad, a Brazilian species, morphometric characteristics are given. The recently created subgenus A. (Brevicaudaturus) is analyzed, within which the last species plus three other neotropical taxa are placed.
A new species of large green treefrog (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from northern New Guinea
Authors: RICHARDS STEPHEN J. , OLIVER PAUL , DAHL CHRIS , TJATURADI BURHAN
Published: March 2019

A new species of large green frog of the hylid genus Litoria is described from northern New Guinea. The new species is superficially similar to Litoria graminea and L. infrafrenata. It can be distinguished from L. graminea by the possession of a poorly defined white labial stripe that does not extend beyond the ear, and from L. infrafrenata by the combination of comparatively small adult size (males 57.9–60.4 mm), fully webbed fingers and a call that is a long (0.7–0.9 s) deep guttural growl. It is known from lowland forests around the village of Utai in north-western Papua New Guinea.
Nine new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from the Seychelles
Authors: DISNEY R. HENRY L.
Published: March 2019

Nine new species o f Megaselia are descr ibed from th e Seychelles, some of which are s ibling species of M. mera (Collin), whose hitherto unkno wn male is described. The ne w species ar e M. birdensis, M. dilatimana, M. falsoluta, M. furculae, M. fuscamplicosta, M. pseudomera, M. seychellesensis, M. vannusetarum an d M. vitiomera. Megaselia dilatimana is reco r ded f r om Aldabra and Arabia as well.
New species of Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) from Yemen with a new name for Isometopus longirostris Akingbohungbe from Sudan
Authors: AKINGBOHUNGBE A. E.
Published: March 2019

Isometopus vanharteni sp. nov., I. carinifrons sp. no v., Myiomma nigricollis sp. nov., and Paloniella ovata sp. nov. are described from the Republic of Yemen. A new name , Isometopus sudanicus is pro posed for I. longirostris Akingbohungbe which is preocc upied b y I. longirostris Josifov from Bulgaria . Paloniella ovata represents the first record of Paloniella Reuter from the Middle East.
New records of the water mite genus Arrenurus from Iran, with the description of two new species from Iran and Cyprus (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Arrenuridae). Zootaxa, 1152, 59–68. (ERRATUM)
Authors: SMIT H. , PESIC V.
Published: March 2019

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The South American annual killifish genus Austrolebias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): phylogenetic relationships, descriptive morphology and taxonomic revision
Authors: COSTA WILSON J.E.M.
Published: March 2019

The annual fish genus Austrolebias is redefined to include species previously placed in Megalebias, and is revised based on characters of osteology, external morphology, the latero-sensory system and color patterns. Monophyly of Austrolebias is supported by the absence of scales between the corner of the mouth and anterior portion of the preopercular region and ventral portion of the opercular region, a deep urohyal, presence of a dark gray supraorbital spot, dorsal and anal fins rounded in males, a long urogenital papilla in males, and reduced ventral process of the angulo-articular. Thirty-eight species are recognized as valid: A. cinereus, A. robustus, A. nonoiuliensis, and A. bellottii, from the lower de La Plata River basin and adjacent areas; A. varzeae, A. melanoorus, A. apaii Costa, Laurino, Recuero & Salvia, new species, A. alexandri, A. ibicuiensis, A. affinis, A. duraznensis, and A. periodicus, from the Uruguay River basin; A. nigripinnis and A. elongatus n. comb., from both the lower de La Plata and Uruguay river basins; A. viarius, A. univentripinnis, A. charrua, A. minuano, A. adloffi, A. nigrofasciatus, A. nachtigalli Costa & Cheffe, new species, A. salviai Costa, Litz & Laurino, new species, A. luteoflammulatus, A. gymnoventris, A. jaegari, A. cheradophilus n. comb., A. wolterstorffi n. comb., and A. prognathus n. comb., A. cyaneus, and A. litzi new species, from the dos Patos lagoon system and adjacent areas to the south; A. vazferreirai, A. arachan, and A. juanlangi Costa, Cheffe, Salvia & Litz, new species, from both the dos Patos lagoon system and Uruguay River basin; A. paranaensis, new species, A. vandenbergi, A. monstrosus n. comb., A. patriciae, from the Paraguay and middle Paraná river basins; and, A. carvalhoi, from the rio Iguaçu basin. A key to the identification of species is provided. A phylogenetic hypothesis based on morphology for species of Austrolebias is compared to a recent hypothesis based on molecular data, demonstrating partial or full congruence between the two sets of characters.
A review of the Pagurixus boninensis species group, with descriptions of six new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae)
Authors: KOMAI TOMOYUKI , OSAWA MASAYUKI
Published: March 2019

McLaughlin & Haig (1984) divided the genus Pagurixus Melin, 1939 in two informal species groups on the basis of the presence or absence of setal row(s) on the ventral surface of the ultimate segment of the antennular peduncle. The first group, characterized by the presence of the setal rows, is herein named the P. boninensis species group, and the second, characterized by the absence of setal rows, is named the P. anceps group. In this paper, species of the P. boninensis group are reviewed. Thirteen species are recognized in this species group, of which six are new: Pagurixus laevimanus (Ortmann, 1892), P. maorus (Nobili, 1906), P. boninensis (Melin, 1939), P. tweediei (Forest, 1956), P. festinus McLaughlin & Haig, 1984, P. nomurai Komai & Asakura, 1995, P. pulcher Osawa, Fujita & Okuno, 2006, P. brachydactylus n. sp. , P. carinimanus n. sp. , P. concolor n. sp. , P. paulayi n. sp. , P. pseliophorus n. sp.  and P. ruber n. sp.  These species are further arranged into two subgroups based on the presence or absence of a lateral ridge on the carpus of the left cheliped. The new species are fully described and illustrated. Redescriptions or updated descriptions and illustrations are given for each previously described species in order to facilitate comparisons. The affinities and important morphological variations of the species are discussed and their overall distributions are updated. Because of the sexual dimorphism exhibited by species of this genus, separate identification keys to males and females are presented.
A new species of Ischyromene Racovitza, 1908 (Sphaeromatidae: Isopoda: Crustacea) from intertidal marine habitats in New Zealand
Authors: BRUCE NIEL L
Published: March 2019

Ischyromene kokotahi sp. nov., from the intertidal ‘mussel and barnacle zone’ of North Island, New Zealand, is described and figured. It is the seventh species of Ischyromene recorded from New Zealand. The species is characterized by the presence, in both sexes, of a conspicuous pair of submedian longitudinal nodular carinae, this character distinguishing males of the species from all other New Zealand species. Comparative figures are given for Ischyromene condita Hurley & Jansen, 1977. A revised diagnosis to the genus is given.
A new species of the genus Gonioctena (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) from Shikoku, Japan, with description of its immature stages
Authors: SUENAGA HARUKI
Published: March 2019

The adult, pupa, and larva of Gonioctena (Gonioctena) iyonis n. sp. are described from Shikoku, Japan. This species is similarto G. (G.) hiranoi Takizawa, G. (G.) simotuke Takizawa, G. (G.) hoki Takizawa and G. (G.) katsuyai Takizawa, and is distin-guished from them by the coloration of the femora and the shape of the aedeagus. The host plant of G. (G.) iyonis n. sp. is Alnus firma Siebold et Zucc.
A new species of Haploglenius Burmeister, 1839 (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) from the Colombian Orinoquía
Authors: CAMACHO ADRIAN ARDILA , JONES JOSHUA R.
Published: March 2019

A new species of Haploglenius Burmeister, 1839 from Colombia (H. abdominevittatus Ardila & Jones sp. nov.) is described.This species is unique among members of Haploglenius—which are newly diagnosed here under a slightly revised definitionby the presence of three rows of anal cells in the hind wing—in having both a well-developed axillary angle and a highly exca-vated posterior margin at the base of the forewing, characters normally distinctive of other Neotropical genera of Haploglenii-nae. This species also exhibits unique color patterning on the abdomen. The male genitalia are illustrated, a first for species in the genus.
The first Carventinae species in Miocene Dominican Amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae)
Authors: HEISS ERNST , POINAR JR. GEORGE O.
Published: March 2019

The flat bug family Aradidae is represented to date in Dominican Amber only by two species: Calisiopsis brodzinskyorumFroeschner, 1992 and Mezira scheveni Heiss, 2000 belonging to the subfamilies Calisiinae and Mezirinae respectively.Now two fossil species sharing the characters of the extant genera Nesoproxius Usinger & Matsuda, 1959 (N.latocanusn.sp.) and Carventus Stål, 1865 (C. bechlyi n.sp.), and one tentatively assigned to Acaricoris Harris & Drake, 1944 (A.robertae n.sp.), are described and illustrated below. Another specimen cannot be placed into an extant genus, and Proneoproxius n.gen. is proposed to accommodate P.cornutus n.sp.
A new species of Chilenoperla (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae) from the Andes of South America
Authors: VERA ALEJANDRO
Published: March 2019

Chilenoperla puelche n. sp. is described based on male and female adults and one nymph. The wing color pattern and the gen-italia of the adults are diagnostic clearly distinguishing it from the other species of the genus. However, the nymph is similar tothat of C. elongata Vera. This new species is distributed in the Andes Mountains of Chile from 38° to 39° south latitude; Adults were collected in September and November.
New records of Copidognathus mites (Acari: Halacaridae) from mangroves in Brunei Darussalam with descriptions of two new species
Authors: CHATTERJEE TAPAS , MARSHALL DAVID J , PEŠIĆ VLADIMIR
Published: March 2019

Three species of the genus Copidognathus were collected from the algal cover of mangrove pneumatophores in BruneiDarussalam. Two of the species are new and are described as Copidognathus mangrovorum and C. bruneiensis. C. rhombognathoideus Bartsch is reported for the first time from Brunei Darussalam.
Asteroschema sampadae (Ophiuroidea: Asteroschematinae), a new deep-sea brittle star from the continental slope off the southern tip of India
Authors: PARAMESWARAN USHA V. , U. ABDUL JALEEL K.
Published: March 2019

A new species of deep-sea euryalid ophiuroid, Asteroschema sampadae is described from the continental margin off thesouthern tip of India. This species is distinguished from others in having scattered, distinctly conical epidermal ossiclesthroughout the aboral surface of the disc and arms and minute, scattered granular ossicles on the oral side. This is the fourthreport of the genus Asteroschema from Indian waters (including Andaman & Nicobar Islands) and the first report of thisgenus from around the Indian peninsula since the report of Asteroschema flosculus from a coral bank off Nellore, Andhra Pradesh by Alcock in 1893.
Resurrection and redefinition of the genus Tubella (Porifera: Spongillidae) with a worldwide list of valid species
Authors: PINHEIRO ULISSES , NICACIO GILBERTO
Published: March 2019

The confusion about the genus Tubella began when Carter (1881) relocated three species described by Bowerbank (1863)—Spongilla paulula; Spongilla reticulata and Spongilla recurvata to the genus Tubella, and also described Tubella spinata. However, Carter ignored Gray (1867) who proposed the genus Metania for S. reticulata and S. paulula, and Acalle for S. recurvata. Later, Vejdovsky (1888) described the genus Trochospongilla comprising species which have only one type of megasclere, without microscleres and birotulate gemmoscleres with rotules that may have unequal size. These features were congruent with some species of Tubella. After seven decades, De Laubenfels (1936) returned to the classification proposed by Gray (1867) concerning the genus Metania. On occasion, De Laubenfels proposed types species, designating Spongilla reticulata Bowerbank, 1863 for the genus Metania, and Tubella paulula Bowerbank, 1863 (misspelled as Tubella paulata) for the genus Tubella. Thus, Trochospongilla should be considered a junior synonym of Tubella but unfortunately this did not happen. Penney & Racek (1968) complicated this scenario when they recommended that the genus Tubella should be removed from the sponge classification, since it would be a conglomerate of several species belongin to different genera. This recommendation has been followed by recent authors, and the genus Tubella is commonly referred as a synonym of the genera Acalle, Metania and especially Trochospongilla. In order to correct this taxonomic misconception, we propose here the revalidation and redefinition of genus Tubella.
Hispanocaderidae n. fam. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingoidea), one of the oldest lace bugs from the Lower Cretaceous Álava amber (Spain)
Authors: GOLUB V. B. , POPOV YU. A. , ARILLO A.
Published: March 2019

In this article described is a new monotypic fossil family Hispanocaderidae n. fam. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from theLower Cretaceous amber of Álava (Spain) clearly belonging to superfamily Tingoidea and at the same time possessing acomplex of distinctive features from other families of this superfamily, mostly of a plesiomorphic character. The complexof unique features of the new family includes: the longest antennal segment II, the presence of ocelli, very large ventrallyfaceted eyes, connection of peritreme of scent-ostiolar opening with base of costal area of hemelytron by groove asrudimentary state of ostiolar-stenocostal system but without stenocostal area, not fused hemelytral veins R+M and CuA,very broad abdominal laterotergits separated from mediotergites by sutures dorsally and ventrally. The described taxon probably represents one of the ancestral forms of the Cantacaderinae Stål (Tingidae) or Cantacaderidae sensu Lis.
Agadirius trojani gen. et sp. nov.: a new owlfly (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) from Morocco
Authors: BADANO DAVIDE , PANTALEONI ROBERTO ANTONIO
Published: March 2019

A new owlfly, Agadirius trojani gen. et sp. nov., (Ascalaphidae: Ascalaphinae), is described from the Anti–AtlasMountains, Morocco. The habitus is unmistakable and differs from all other owlflies, but shares some superficial featureswith the genus Puer Lefèbvre, 1842. Agadirius gen. nov., belongs to the subfamily Ascalaphinae (split eyed owlflies) and has genitalia consistent with the tribe Ascalaphini as defined by Tjeder and Hansson (1992).
New records of callianassid ghost shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) from reducing environments in Kyushu, southwestern Japan
Authors: KOMAI TOMOYUKI , FUJIWARA YOSHIHIRO
Published: March 2019

This paper reports on two species of callianassid ghost shrimps collected from reducing environments in Japan. Cheramuscavifrons n. sp. is described on the basis of five specimens from an invertebrate community associated with mass sinkingof whale carcasses implanted off Cape Nomamisaki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, at depths of 219–254 m. This newspecies is compared with Cheramus spinophthalmus (Sakai, 1970), Callianassa aqabaensis Dworschak, 2003 andCallianassa acutirostella Sakai, 1988. The generic assignment of the new species is provisional, reflecting the flux stateof the taxonomy of the family. Nihonotrypaea thermophila Lin, Komai & Chan, 2007, originally described fromhydrothermally influenced field off northeastern Taiwan, is first recorded from outside the type locality, based on a singlespecimen from hydrothermally influenced field in Kagoshima Bay, where the siboglinid tube worm Lamellibrachia satsuma Miura, Tsukahara and Hashimoto, 1997, is abundant.
Ctenomys brasiliensis Blainville (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae): clarifying the geographic placement of the type species of the genus Ctenomys
Authors: FERNANDES FABIANO ARAUJO , FORNEL RODRIGO , FREITAS THALES R. O.
Published: March 2019

The genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) comprises more than 60 species of subterranean rodents. Despite the widedistribution of the genus in southern America, the type locality of the type species—Ctenomys brasiliensisBlainville—was long thought to be the State of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil, well outside the presently knowndistributional area of the genus. Since it has never been collected again in that State, the type locality of this species is stilla matter for investigation. In order to elucidate this question, we investigated the skull of the type specimens of C.brasiliensis. From geometric morphometrics comparisons with other species of the genus, and taking into account thelabel information, it was possible to rediscover the type locality of this species. There is no doubt that the specimen wascollected in Minas, in the department of Lavalleja, Uruguay. Nowadays in this area on the southern coast of Uruguay, onlypopulations of Ctenomys pearsoni Lessa and Langguth were recognized. We suggest that more studies must be done tobetter understand the taxonomic relation between C. pearsoni complex and the C. brasiliensis, the type species for the genus that was collected in Uruguay and never occurred in southeastern Brazil.
The Chironomus group (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Lake Winnipeg, Canada
Authors: SÆTHER OLE A.
Published: March 2019

Species of the Chironomus group from Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada are listed and taxonomic and ecological notesgiven. Chironomus (C.) entis Shobanov and C. (C.) bifurcatus dominates the bottom fauna with minor occurrence of fourother larval types. Fourteen species of Chironomus Meigen, one Chaetolabis Townes, and one Lobochironomus Ryser,Wülker et Scholl; one species of Benthalia Lipina, and one Einfeldia Kieffer are present in the light traps. Chironomus(Lobochironomus) sp. and Benthalia brunneipennis (Johannsen) are described on adult male. A key to the Nearctic malesof Einfeldia, Benthalia and Chironomus subgen. Lobochironomus is presented. The significance of the different Chi-ronomus species as indicators of trophic levels is demonstrated by their distribution in Lake Winnipeg. The separation of larval instars is shown approximately to follow Dyar’s rule.