bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Inappropriate Left Ventricular Mass and Cardiovascular Disease Events and Mortality in Blacks: The Jackson Heart Study
Authors: Anstey D. Edmund , Tanner Rikki M. , Booth John N. , Bress Adam P. , Diaz Keith M. , Sims Mario , Ogedegbe Gbenga , Muntner Paul , Abdalla Marwah
Published: August 2019

Background

Left ventricular hypertrophy (
LVH
) is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (
CVD
) events and all‐cause mortality. Many individuals without
LVH
have a left ventricular mass that exceeds the level predicted by their sex, body size, and cardiac workload, a condition called inappropriate left ventricular mass (
iLVM
). We investigated the association of
iLVM
with
CVD
events and all‐cause mortality among blacks.

Methods and Results

We analyzed data from the Jackson Heart Study, a community‐based cohort of blacks. The current analysis included 4424 participants without
CVD
and with an echocardiogram at baseline. Among this cohort, the prevalence of
iLVM
was 13.8%. There were 262
CVD
events and 419 deaths over a median follow‐up of 9.7 years (maximum, 12 years). Compared with participants without
iLVM
, participants with
iLVM
had a higher rate of
CVD
events and all‐cause mortality. After multivariable adjustment, including for the presence of
LVH
,
iLVM
was associated with an increased risk of
CVD
events (hazard ratio, 1.87; 95%
CI
, 1.33–2.62). The multivariable‐adjusted hazard ratio for all‐cause mortality was 1.29 (95%
CI
, 0.98–1.70). Among participants without and with
LVH
, the multivariable‐adjusted hazard ratios of
iLVM
for
CVD
events were 2.53 (95%
CI
, 1.68–3.81) and 1.21 (95%
CI
, 0.74–2.00), respectively (
P
interaction
=0.029); and for all‐cause mortality, the hazard ratios were 1.24 (95%
CI
, 0.81–1.89) and 1.26 (95%
CI
, 0.86–1.85), respectively (
P
interaction
=0.664).

Conclusions

iLVM
is associated with an increased risk for
CVD
events among blacks without
LVH
.
Cardiovascular Medication Use and Long‐Term Outcomes of First Nations and Non–First Nations Patients Following Diagnostic Angiography: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Authors: Dahl Lindsey , Schultz Annette , McGibbon Elizabeth , Brownlie Jarvis , Cook Catherine , Elbarouni Basem , Katz Alan , Nguyen Thang , Sawatzky Jo Ann , Sinclaire Moneca , Throndson Karen , Prior Heather J. , Fransoo Randy
Published: August 2019

Background

In Canada, First Nations (
FN
) people are at greater risk of mortality than the general population following index angiography. This disparity has not been investigated while considering guideline‐recommended cardiovascular medication use.

Methods and Results

Retrospective analysis of administrative health data investigated patterns of medication dispensation during the first year after index angiography among patients in Manitoba, Canada. Medication possession ratios (
MPRs
) reflecting the percentage of days in which medications were supplied were calculated separately for β‐blockers, angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors, statins, and antiplatelets (clopidogrel). Patients were assigned to 1 of 4 categories: (1) not dispensed (0%
MPR
), (2) low (1–39%
MPR
), (3) intermediate (40–79%
MPR
), (4) high (≥80%
MPR
). Cox regression models that adjusted for
MPR
categories were used to explore the association between
FN
patients and both 5‐year all‐cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality.
FN
patients were less likely to have an intermediate
MPR
(odds ratio: 0.75; 95%
CI
, 0.57–0.99) or a high
MPR
(odds ratio: 0.64; 95%
CI
, 0.50–0.81) for statin medications than non‐
FN
patients.
FN
patients also had higher adjusted risks of all‐cause and cardiovascular mortality than non‐
FN
patients (hazard ratio, all‐cause: 1.54 [95%
CI
, 1.25–1.89]; cardiovascular: 1.62 [95%
CI
, 1.16–2.25]).

Conclusions

FN
status was independently associated with intermediate and high
MPR
s for statins during the first year following index angiography among patients with known ischemic heart disease. Differences in
MPR
categories did not explain the disparity in all‐cause and cardiovascular mortality between the 2 populations. Reduction of cardiovascular disparities may be best addressed using primary prevention strategies that include decolonizing policies and practices.
Younger Age and Depressive Symptoms Predict High Risk of Generalized Anxiety After Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack
Authors: Kapoor Arunima , Si Kevin , Yu Amy Y.X. , Lanctot Krista L. , Herrmann Nathan , Murray Brian J. , Swartz Richard H.
Published: August 2019

Background and Purpose—

Depression and anxiety are common after stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA). These conditions are associated with poor functional outcome and worse quality of life. However, few studies have explored predictors of poststroke risk of generalized anxiety, especially in patients without comorbid depressive symptoms. We aimed to explore predictors of high risk of generalized anxiety after stroke/TIA.

Methods—

Consecutive stroke and TIA referrals to the Sunnybrook Stroke Prevention Clinic over a 2-year period (April 2012–April 2014) who spoke English, were not severely aphasic, and who consented to complete neuropsychological testing were included in this analysis. Generalized anxiety and depressive symptoms were assessed using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale and Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, respectively.

Results—

Two hundred and fifty-eight patients completed the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale, of whom 56 (22%) were at high risk for generalized anxiety (scores ≥10). Younger age (odds ratio=0.96; 95% CI, 0.93–0.99;
P
=0.004) and greater depressive symptoms (odds ratio=1.20; 95% CI, 1.14–1.26;
P
≤0.001) were significant predictors of being at high risk for generalized anxiety after stroke/TIA. Younger patients (≤50 years) were significantly more likely to be at high risk for both depression and generalized anxiety than older patients (30% versus 12%, χ
2
[1, N=258]=10.98,
P
=0.001). Our model explained 56% of the variance in risk of generalized anxiety after stroke. In patients without severe depressive symptoms (n=193, 75%), age and severity of depressive symptoms remained the only factors associated with risk of generalized anxiety.

Conclusions—

Anxiety is common after stroke/TIA and is highly correlated with poststroke depressive symptoms and age, even among those without severe depressive symptoms. Given the greater frequency of both generalized anxiety and depressive symptoms in young survivors, routine screening for depression and further evaluation of anxiety after stroke/TIA is warranted.
Melting Lizards and Solid Gold Stop Signs: Preferential Recall of Both Counterintuitive and Bizarre Concepts
Authors: Easker Makena J. , Keniston Allen H.
Published: August 2019

Research has shown that minimally counterintuitive concepts (MCI) are more memorable than concepts that are simply bizarre. However, this disparity may exist only in studies using cross-cultural samples. To test the impact of bizarreness on culturally homogeneous populations, we read a fictional narrative to 33 college-age students at a Midwestern university. This narrative featured 18 sets of target items – six which were intuitive, six which were counterintuitive, and six which were bizarre. After hearing the story, experimenters administered a written recall task. As hypothesized, students did not differ in their recall of counterintuitive or bizarre target items. Therefore, we propose a minimally distinctive model of memorability, encompassing both counterintuitiveness and bizarreness. This model may help us better understand the memorability of expectation violations, especially those within religious stories.
Christ in the Banlieues
Authors: Oliphant Elayne
Published: August 2019

In this essay, I analyze the efforts of a French Roman Catholic organization committed to reproducing the ubiquity of Roman Catholic built space in the landscapes of Paris and its suburbs. Over its nearly 100-year-existence, the “Cardinal’s Construction Site” has variously advertised its efforts as those necessary to combat communism, modernism, and secular apathy. I argue that its labors demonstrate how two concepts central to the anthropological study of Roman Catholicism exist in powerful tension. While Roman Catholicism has the capacity to recede into the background—in part through the ubiquity of its built space—and appear as nothing more than the unmarked or normative culture in countries in which it is the majority religion, its power as a social “institution” is maintained by numerous practices that invoke the “passions.” That is, in order to uphold the status that allows it to go unmarked, Roman Catholicism must also function as what Valentina Napolitano has described as a “passionate machine.” It is in part Catholicism’s capacity to uphold the normative by way of the passions that explains its current role in the xenophobic politics of Europe in the present.
Catholic Globalism in the United States
Authors: Kaell Hillary
Published: August 2019

Inspired by Norget, Napolitano, and Mayblin’s suggestion that anthropologists attend more closely to the mechanisms of Catholicism’s worldwide spread, this article juxtaposes two organizations—the Holy Childhood Association and Unbound—to explore “paganism,” conversion, and its legacy among U.S. laypeople. In the process, it makes two major points. The first concerns the recourse to “culture” as a rhetorical and ideational hinge connecting the singularity of Christian universalism and new valuations of local multiplicity. The second focuses on the U.S. Catholic relationship to institutional structures of missionary work, which they both associate with positive attributes of a vibrant society, while also being much more critical than their Protestant counterparts of their own Church’s role abroad. It ends by noting how Unbound and its supporters contend with ongoing inequalities by cultivating an imagined global parity where Catholic people choose to send their “gifts” to each other.
Phylogeography of the Habronattus amicus species complex (Araneae: Salticidae) of western North America, with evidence for localized asymmetrical mitochondrial introgression
Authors: HEDIN MARSHAL , LOWDER MICHAEL C.
Published: August 2019

The frequency and significance of hybridization and gene introgression in spiders (Araneae) is unclear, largely because few studies have combined multiple lines of evidence in the study of systems where introgression is likely. Here we consider multiple types of data to gauge the prevalence and importance of mitochondrial introgression for three species of the Habronattus amicus species complex distributed in western North America. A comprehensive phylogeographic sample recovers some geographically-coherent mitochondrial clades, but conspicuously fails to resolve nominal species as monophyletic. This pattern of discordance between molecules and morphological taxonomy is studied in more detail for two species, H. amicus (Peckham and Peckham) and H. ustulatus (Griswold), found in syntopy on three dune systems in south-central Oregon. Here, multivariate morphological analyses clearly distinguish these two species, but also reveal a narrow window of size overlap between small H. amicus females and large H. ustulatus males. A quantitative assessment of microhabitat use shows that these species occupy different microhabitats at two of three dune systems, but that this difference breaks down at a single site (Summer Lake). Consistent with the size overlap and ecological data, mitochondrial data suggest interspecific gene flow at Summer Lake, which is apparently asymmetric from H. amicus into H. ustulatus. The introgression dynamics revealed in south-central Oregon impact our interpretation of mitochondrial gene trees for the entire species complex, and provide important insight into how hybridization may be influencing evolution in this diverse spider genus.
A first look at the phylogeny of the Myrmarachninae, with rediscovery and redescription of the type species of Myrmarachne (Araneae: Salticidae)
Authors: EDWARDS G. B. , BENJAMIN SURESH P.
Published: August 2019

Myrmarachne melanocephala MacLeay, 1839, type species of the genus Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839, is rediscovered and redescribed, and a neotype is here designated. Five new synonyms of M. melanocephala are proposed: M. contracta (Karsch, 1880) [lectotype here designated], M. providens (Peckham & Peckham, 1892), M. ramosa Badcock, 1918, M. albicrurata Badcock, 1918, and M. lateralis Badcock, 1918. Myrmarachne melanocephala is shown to be a widespread species in southern Asia that mimics the ant Tetraponera rufonigra (Jerdon). Myrmarachne christae (Prószyński, 2001) and Myrmarachne galianoae (Prószyński, 2001) are transferred from Damoetas, new combinations. The latter results in a homonym with Myrmarachne galianoae Cutler, 1981: we rename the species Myrmarachne mariaelenae Edwards & Benjamin, replacement name. Further characterization of the species groups of Myrmarachne is presented, related genera are discussed, and a preliminary phylogeny of the Myrmarachninae is given.
A revision of the genus Sierraphytoptus Keifer 1939 (Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae)
Authors: CHETVERIKOV PHILIPP E. , SUKHAREVA SOGDIANA I.
Published: August 2019

Comparative analysis of the eriophyoid mites of the genus Sierraphytoptus Keifer 1939 (= Fragaricoptes Roivainen, 1951) (Phytoptidae: Sierraphytoptinae: Sierraphytoptini) living on strawberry (Fragaria spp.) found that they are represented by two species: Sierraphytoptus setiger (Nalepa, 1894) (= Phyllocoptes setiger Nalepa, 1894) and Sierraphytoptus ambulans sp. n. Sierraphytoptus setiger forms red galls on the leaves of Fragaria viridis Duch., whereas the vagrant species S. ambulans causes no visible damage and lives mostly on the lower leave surface of Fragaria vesca L. but sometimes on F. viridis also. A supplementary description of S. setiger from North-West Russia and a key to all species of the tribe Sierraphytoptini are given. A new combination Austracus taiwanensus (K.-W. Huang 2006) comb. n. (removed from the genus Sierraphytoptus) is proposed.
A redescription of Metopa species (Amphipoda, Stenothoidae) based on the type material. 2. The United States National Museum of Natural History (NMNH)
Authors: TANDBERG ANNE HELENE S.
Published: August 2019

This paper presents redescriptions of amphipods in the genus Metopa (Stenothoidae) in the type-collections of the United States National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Typeand paratype-material is used for Metopa spinicoxa and M. stelleri. The material used for M. dawsoni is from a station very close to the type locality, and identified by Barnard, who is the author of the species. We have used material from the Albatross expedition in 1906, identified by Shoemaker, for M. cristata and M. majuscula, both originally described by Gurjanova. All species are redescribed using line drawings, and comparisons with the original texts and figures.Key words:
Morphological variability in Polygenis (Polygenis) platensis (Jordan & Rothschild) (Siphonaptera: Rhopalopsyllidae: Rhopalopsyllinae) and taxonomic consequences
Authors: LARESCHI MARCELA , LINARDI PEDRO M.
Published: August 2019

There are two subspecies of the flea Polygenis (Polygenis) platensis (Jordan & Rothschild). We analyzed characters which are considered diagnostic of males and females of these subspecies, including length of the setae of the hind tibia and hind tarsal segments, the number of setae on the basal abdominal sternum, and the number of setae on the outer surface of the hind femur. In females, the shape of the ventral margin of the bulga of the spermatheca and in males, the number of convolutions of the coil of aedeagal tubus inferior were also examined. There was great variation in every characteristic observed, independent of locality of collection and host taxonomic group. However, a combination of the different states of the characters, as presented in the original descriptions of the subspecies and in keys in the literature, was not observed. Therefore, we state that there is no evidence for the maintenance of these two taxa as separate subspecies, and Polygenis platensis cisandinus is considered a synonym of P. (P.) platensis platensis syn.n.
A new species of the genus Lepidocyrtus Bourlet and a new record of Seira delamarei Jacquemart (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from the east coast of India
Authors: ZHANG FENG , CHATTERJEE TAPAS , CHEN JIAN-XIU
Published: August 2019

A new species, Lepidocyrtus (Lanocyrtus) absens sp. nov., and a new record, Seira delamarei Jacquemart, 1980, both from intertidal zone of the east coast of India are described. The complete dorsal chaetotaxy on each tergite, including Schaetae and microchaetae, is exhaustedly explored in L. absens sp. nov.; s-chaetae d1 and d2 on lateral Abd. III and median sensillum on Abd. V, setae Ll and im on Abd. III, and setae C1p, pe and s on Abd. IV are absent. The ciliate basal seta and 2 sublobal hairs on maxillary outer lobe, vestigial seta r and ciliate setae a1–5 on labium, and elongate median inner tooth on unguis are also diagnostic features of the new species. The tropical species S. delamarei is recorded for the second time from Asia besides Thailand.
Rare ground-beetle species of Leleuporella Basilewsky (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae: Scaritini) from Indian sub-continent
Authors: ABHITHA P. , SABU T. K.
Published: August 2019

Description of a new carabid species belonging to the rare genus Leleuporella Basilewsky with key to the species is provided. It is the first species of the genus from the Indian mainland and second from the Oriental region after the discovery of L. sexangulata from Sri Lanka. Disjunct distribution of Leleuporella, in the river basins in Equatorial Africa and south west of the Indian subcontinent is supporting evidence to the argument about the biogeographic separation of Indian subcontinent from Gondwanaland and the related faunal similarities between the regions.
Malagasotingis ursulae gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Tingidae: Tinginae: Litadeini) from Madagascar, with new tribal assignment of the Oriental genus Tanytingis Drake, 1939
Authors: LIS BARBARA
Published: August 2019

Malagasotingis ursulae gen. et sp. nov. from Madagascar is described, illustrated and compared with its relatives. Moreover, the Oriental genus Tanytingis (Drake, 1939) is transferred to the tribe Litadeini on the basis of the tarsal structure of its species, and the Froeschner’s (2001) key to genera of the tribe is modified to include all its presently known taxa.
A new North American genus of Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae), with descriptions of six new species from the U.S.A. and Mexico
Authors: TISHECHKIN ALEXEY K. , CATERINO MICHAEL S.
Published: August 2019

Renclasea n. gen., a genus of the Hetaeriinae (Histeridae), with six species, R. skelleyi n. sp. (United States: Florida and Georgia), R. falli n. sp. (United States: California), R. helavai n. sp. (United States: Arizona), R. mexicana n. sp. (Mexico: Hidalgo), R. occidentalis n. sp. (United States: Arizona and New Mexico) and R. cazieri n. sp. (United States: Arizona), are described, illustrated and diagnosed. The status of two female specimens of Renclasea from western Texas, apparently closely related to R. occidentalis, remains uncertain. The only host record available for the genus is an association of R. mexicana with undetermined species of Neivamyrmex army ants.
The Camptandriidae of Iraq, with description of a new genus and notes on Leptochryseus Al-Khayat & Jones, 1996 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
Authors: NG PETER K. L. , RAHAYU DWI LISTYO , NASER MURTADA D.
Published: August 2019

Three species of camptandriid crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodoidea) are reported from Iraq: Tylodiplax indica Alcock, 1900, Manningis arabicum (Jones & Clayton, 1983) and Nasima dotilliformis (Alcock, 1900), all new records for the country. The taxonomy of the three species is treated in detail. Tylodiplax indica Alcock, 1900, is here referred to Opusia new genus, differing from Tylodiplax De Man, 1895, by numerous carapace and male gonopod characters. Manningis arabicum (Jones & Clayton, 1983) and Nasima dotilliformis (Alcock, 1900) are redescribed from the types or topotypic material, and more differences with allied genera recorded and discussed. An allied genus from Kuwait, Leptochryseus Al-Khayat & Jones, 1996, is shown to be a valid taxon. Nasima is shown to be very close to Leptochryseus, sharing important thoracic sternal, male abdominal and male first gonopod characters, differing only in carapace features and adults of Leptochryseus being sexually dimorphic in their chelipeds.
A new, diminutive, upland Sphenomorphus Fitzinger 1843 (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Belum-Temengor Forest Complex, Peninsular Malaysia
Authors: GRISMER L. LEE , AHMAD NORHAYATI , ONN CHAN KIN
Published: August 2019

A new species of diminutive, upland, forest floor skink, Sphenomorphus temengorensis sp. nov. is described from the Belum-Temengor forest complex in northern Peninsular Malaysia. This species is differentiated from all other 36 Sundaland species of Sphenomorphus on the basis of a unique suite of morphological and color pattern characteristics. This is the first reptile known to be endemic to the Belum-Temengor forest complex and underscores the need for additional field research in this area that is actively being logged.
Descriptions of two new genera and species of ptereleotrine fishes from Australia and Japan (Teleostei: Gobioidei) with discussion of possible relationships
Authors: HOESE DOUGLASS F. , MOTOMURA HIROYUKI
Published: August 2019

Two new gobioid genera are described. Navigobius nov. gen. is described from three specimens of a species from Kagoshima, Japan known from depths of 45–85 m. The genus is similar to Ptereleotris and Nemateleotris, but differs in having the interorbital canal separate between the eyes. Pterocerdale nov. gen. is described from a single specimen from a mangrove creek in Australia. The genus has many features in common with Parioglossus, but is unique within the Ptereleotrinae in having 12 precaudal vertebrae, the lower lip without a free margin (except posteriorly) and bony projections on the dentary. The genus has a number of features in common with Microdesminae.
A new Vaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from Chiapas, México
Authors: ZÁRATE-GÁLVEZ KALEB , FRANCKE OSCAR F.
Published: August 2019

Vaejovis ocotensis sp. n. is described from “El Ocote Biosphere Reserve”, Chiapas, México. This is the third species of this genus reported for Chiapas, and the first belonging to the nitidulus group.
Review of the leafhopper tribe Goniagnathini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China
Authors: DUAN YANI , ZHANG YALIN , WEBB M. D.
Published: August 2019

The leafhopper tribe Goniagnathini (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) is reviewed from China. Seven species are recognised and a key provided for the six species for which males are known. One new species, Goniagnathus cornutus sp. n., is described and Megalopsius tamaricius Cai, is transferred to Tamaricades, comb. nov.
Larval morphology of Ectemnostega (Ectemnostegella) montana (Lundblad 1928) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Corixidae: Corixinae), with an emphasis on chaetotaxy
Authors: KONOPKO SUSANA AMANDA , MELO MARÍA CECILIA
Published: August 2019

The genus Ectemnostega Enderlein comprises two subgenera, Ectemnostega and Ectemnostegella. The subgenus Ectemnostegella is distributed in the mountainous areas of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Perú. Ectemnostega (Ectemnostegella) montana (Lundblad 1928), the type species of the subgenus, presents a wide distribution from Perú and Bolivia to northwestern Argentina in the provinces of Salta, Jujuy, Tucumán, Catamarca, and Córdoba. The egg and all five instars of E. (E.) montana are presented for the first time. They are described and illustrated with an emphasis on the morphometry of selected structures and chaetotaxy. The five instars can be separated by means of morphometric relationships and chaetotaxy of the pterothorax, the three pairs of legs, and the abdominal sternites. Comparisons with other species of Corixidae known as larvae are included. The species is recorded from San Luis Province, Argentina, for the first time.
A review of Schiodtella formosana, with some remarks on the genus Schiodtella and description of a Japanese new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae)
Authors: IMURA JIMPEI , ISHIKAWA TADASHI
Published: August 2019

Schiodtella formosana (= Stibaropus formosanus) in Taiwan and Japan is studied taxonomically. Taiwanese specimens are identified as ‘true’ Sc. formosana, whereas Japanese specimens represent a new species described herein as Sc. japonica sp. nov. This new species shows obvious variation in the hemelytra and tarsi, and can be distinguished from Sc. secunda by the larger eyes and a more developed conjunctival appendage of the penis. Schiodtella formosana was originally described as lacking tarsi from all legs, whereas all subsequent descriptions mention their presence in all legs. Consequently, the definition of Schiodtella is revised, because the affinity of many significant characteristics between Sc. formosana and other congeners is recognized. The availability of characteristics for a generic definition is discussed.
Taxonomic notes on the Evaniidae (Hymenoptera) described by J. Brèthes
Authors: MARTINEZ JUAN JOSÉ
Published: August 2019

The French-Argentine entomologist Jean Brèthes described many species, mainly in the insect orders Diptera and Hymenoptera, during the first three decades of the 20th century. Most of the specimens studied by Brèthes are housed at the Entomology Division of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” in disparate states of preservation and curation. The statuses of many of Brèthes’s specimens labeled as types need to be ascertained (e.g., Quicke & Genise 1990), since Brèthes mislabeled many specimens and classified others under nomina nuda (personal observation). This, together with important changes in the classification of most insect orders since the times of Brèthes, make it necessary to reexamine the material that he studied and to recognize overlooked type specimens which have remained unnoticed within the general collection of the museum, as recently mentioned for Colpotrochia flava (Brèthes) (Martinez 2008).
The Cholevidae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia
Authors: CASALE ACHILLE , GRAFITTI GIUSEPPE , LATELLA LEONARDO
Published: August 2019

We present a synthesis of the knowledge on the cholevid fauna of Sardinia, with an annotated checklist and an updated list of both published and unpublished collecting localities. The Cholevidae (Coleoptera, Staphylinoidea) are a group of small to medium-sized beetles, most of which are saprophagous; a significant percentage of Cholevidae are cave-dwellers, and some are highly specialized troglobitic elements. In Sardinia, twenty-five species have been recorded so far. More than half of them are endemic to the island, while some are sub-endemic (i.e. present also in Corsica or in Sicily and/or the Balearic Islands); nine species, belonging to the genera Ovobathysciola and Patriziella, are specialized hypogean elements. Four more species, belonging to the genus Bathysciola, are soil-inhabiting or cave-dwellers. The authors stress the high biogeographic and biospeleological interest of Sardinian cholevids. In particular, the colonization processes appear to be in good agreement with the current hypotheses about the origin and composition of the existing fauna of Sardinia. The hypogean species of the genera Ovobathysciola, Patriziella and species of Speonomus of the subgenus Batinoscelis are currently accepted as being related to the Baetic and Pyrenean lineages of Anillochlamys and Speonomus, respectively; therefore, they should belong to the most ancient stock of elements, originated during the Miocene drift of the Corso-Sardinian massif in the western Mediterranean. Some other endemic or sub-endemic taxa, with W-Mediterranean affinities, are probably derived from more recent colonizers as a consequence of the several connection/isolation phases which existed between Sardinia, Corsica, and other Mediterranean areas during the late Miocene (Messinian) salinity crisis, and during the Plio-Pleistocene ice-phase-related strong variations in the sea level. Finally, some widespread taxa, all epigean and winged, reached the island in more recent times, through active and passive dispersal.
The endogean beetle fauna of the Marganai-Oridda-Valle del Leni area (SW Sardinia), with description of seven new species of Staphylinidae Leptotyphlinae (Coleoptera)
Authors: FANCELLO LUCA , HERNANDO CARLES , LEO PIERO
Published: August 2019

Twenty-six species of endogean beetles are recorded from the Marganai-Oridda-Valle del Leni area, belonging to six different families: Carabidae (Typhloreicheia holdhausi Magrini, Fancello & Casale, 2006, T. leoi pilosa Magrini & Fancello, 2007, T. tanit Leo, Magrini & Fancello, 2005), Leiodidae [Bathysciola damryi (Abeille de Perrin, 1881)], Staphylinidae [Eudesis aglena Reitter, 1882, E. minima Binaghi, 1948, Mayetia sp., Trimium amplipenne Reitter, 1908, Tychobythinus dentimanus (Reitter, 1884), Tychus sp., Pselaphostomus sp., Phloeocharis ichnusae Dodero, 1900, Octavius raymondi Saulcy, 1878, O. sardous Coiffait, 1965, four new species of Entomoculia, three new species of Leptotyphlus], Zopheridae (Langelandia reitteri Belon, 1882, Lyreus septemstriatus Fancello & Leo, 1991), Curculionidae (Torneuma sp.) and Raymondionymidae [Alaocyba carinulata Perris, 1869, Raymondiellus sardous sardous (Perris, 1869)]. One species (Langelandia reitteri) is W-Mediterranan, one is a Sardo-Corsican endemic (Tychobythinus dentimanus), the remaining 24 species are all Sardinian endemics and 16 of these are strictly localized within the study area or restricted to SW Sardinia. The following species of Staphylinidae Leptotyphlinae are described: Entomoculia villascemae sp. nov., E. carbonaria sp. nov., E. shardana sp. nov., E. melonii sp. nov., Leptotyphlus nardii sp. nov., L. minator sp. nov. and L. villacidrinus sp. nov.; all are easily distinguishable from their congeners by the structure of the male copulatory organ and female genital armature. The morphology of the copulatory organ in the newly described Leptotyphlus species indicates that the classical subgeneric categories used in Leptotyphlus are probably based on characters not reflecting a natural subdivision of the genus.
Observations on some Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) from Sardinia, with description of three new Asida
Authors: LEO PIERO
Published: August 2019

Three new taxa, endemic of Sardinia, are described in the genus Asida Latreille, 1802: Asida (Asida) dryas sp. nov. (type locality: Capoterra, Gutturu Mannu), A. (Asida) anachoreta sp. nov. (type locality: Gonnosfanadiga, Punta Cammedda), and A. (Asida) solieri caroli ssp. nov. (type locality: Morgongiori, Is Benas). Additional systematic, distributional and ecological data are provided for some Tenebrionidae occurring in Sardinia. The following synonymy is established: Stenosis angusticollis (Reiche, 1861) = Stenosis angusticollis ssp. elongatissima Koch, 1940 syn. nov.; Tentyria rugosa Gené, 1836 is reinstated as a valid species, well differentiated from T. ramburi Solier, 1835. Furthermore, Tentyria rugosa is split into three subspecies: T. rugosa ssp. rugosa Gené, 1836, T. rugosa ssp. floresii Gené, 1836 and T. rugosa ssp. cassolai Ardoin, 1973. The latter is transferred from T. ramburi. T. ramburi is transferred from the subgenus Tentyria s. str. to the subgenus Subtentyrina.
New data on some Curculionoidea (Coleoptera: Anthribidae, Apionidae, Curculionidae) from Sardinia
Authors: COLONNELLI ENZO , OSELLA GIUSEPPE
Published: August 2019

Torneuma curtulum vastum Stüben, 2007 (Curculionidae) is raised to species level (stat. rev.). Choragus aurolineatus Abeille de Perrin, 1893, Melanopsacus grenieri (C. Brisout, 1867) (Anthribidae), Hemitrichapion pavidum (Germar, 1817), Holotrichapion barbirostre (Hoffmann, 1952) (Apionidae), Ceutorhynchus resedae (Marsham, 1802), Tychius cupriferoides (Ragusa, 1922) and Orchestes erythropus (Germar, 1821) (Curculionidae) are newly recorded from Sardinia. Melanopsacus grenieri is newly recorded from Sicily, and its association with the pyrenomycete fungus Hypoxylon mediterraneum is newly reported.
The Scatopsidae (Diptera) of Sardinia, with description of a new species
Authors: HAENNI JEAN-PAUL
Published: August 2019

Eleven species of the family Scatopsidae are reported from Sardinia, 10 of which for the first time, from collections made in the Marganai area (Carbonia-Iglesias province) and some additional material. Swammerdamella spinigera sp. nov., closely related to S. pediculata (Duda, 1928), is described and figured. The state of knowledge of the Sardinian fauna and its affinities are discussed.
Systematics of the Euro-Mediterranean Empis (Kritempis) (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae)
Authors: DAUGERON CHRISTOPHE
Published: August 2019

The Euro-Mediterranean subgenus Kritempis Collin of Empis Linnaeus is here redefined on the basis of three synapomorphies, namely (1) hypandrium reduced to its lateral arms, (2) presence of a posteroventral group of spine-like setae on the female mid tibia at base, (3) anal vein faint, incomplete. This subgenus includes eight species: Empis (K.) algira Macquart, E. (K.) livida Linnaeus, E. (K.) macquarti Becker, E. (K.) macropalpa Egger, E. (K.) nigrimana Becker, E. (K.) sardoa sp. nov., E. (K.) sibillina Bezzi and E. (K.) taffertensis sp. nov. A detailed diagnosis of the group as well as a key to all known species is provided. All species are described or redescribed, exclusive of the well-known E. (K.) livida. The holotype of E. (K.) algira is identified and a lectotype designated for E. (K.) macquarti, E. (K.) macropalpa and E. (K.) sibillina. Empis hoffmannseggii Loew is moved from the subgenus Kritempis to the subgenus Coptophlebia Bezzi. The subgenus is restricted to the Mediterranean basin exclusive of E. (K.) livida which is widely distributed in Europe and Algeria where the species is newly recorded.
Three new species of Chloropidae (Diptera) from southern Sardinia
Authors: NARTSHUK EMILIA P.
Published: August 2019

During a recent survey of arthropod diversity in several localities of southern Sardinia, three new species of Chloropidae (Diptera) were discovered: Aphanotrigonum lanceolatum sp. nov., Dicraeus sardous sp. nov. and Elachiptera sarda sp. nov. The first is close to A. hastatum Dely-Draskovits from Afghanistan; the second is placed in subgenus Oedesiella Becker; the third is compared to E. cornuta (Fallén, 1820) and E. rufifrons Duda, 1932.
Phylogeny and re-definition of the genus Melanophora (Diptera: Rhinophoridae), with description of a new species from Sardinia
Authors: CERRETTI PIERFILIPPO , PAPE THOMAS
Published: August 2019

A cladistic analysis of the genus Melanophora Meigen, 1803 (type-species: Musca grossificationis Linnaeus, 1758 [= Musca roralis Linnaeus, 1758]) is presented and the generic delimitation is critically redefined. The nominal genus-group taxon Bequaertiana Curran, 1929 (type-species: Bequaertiana argyriventris Curran, 1929) is synonymised with Melanophora Meigen syn. nov. The following new combinations are proposed: Melanophora argyriventris (Curran, 1929) comb. nov. and Melanophora basilewskyi (Peris, 1957) comb. nov. Melanophora chia sp. nov. from SW Sardinia is described, illustrated and compared with the other known species of the genus. The male of Melanophora asetosa Kugler, 1978 is described for the first time. Melanophora basilewskyi (Peris, 1957) is recorded from Kenya for the first time.
Oribatid mite (Arachnida: Oribatida) coenoses from SW Sardinia
Authors: MIGLIORINI MASSIMO
Published: August 2019

Oribatid mite communities were investigated at five sites in SW Sardinia (Carbonia-Iglesias and Medio Campidano provinces) in three representative habitat types: holm oak (Quercus ilex) forest, cork oak (Quercus suber) forest and pineland (Pinus radiata and P. pinaster). A total of 1,180 oribatid mite specimens, belonging to 67 different species, were extracted from soil samples. Significant differences in species diversity, abundance and Berger-Parker index of dominance were found among the different vegetation types throughout the sampling period, and non-metric multidimensional scaling (n-MDS) ordination confirmed a clear separation between the three coenoses, showing how oribatid assemblages are significantly affected by habitat evolution. The faunistic knowledge of the oribatid mites of Sardinia is rather poor, the present research represents one of the first contributions for the main Sardinian island. Besides a majority of eurytopic and widespread species representing the main part of the edaphic communities in Mediterranean landscapes, some rare and characteristic species are recorded. They are remnants of the original populations of Sardinia and the western part of the Italian peninsula, resulting from the complex tectonic events that formed the western Mediterranean basin. Among these, Belorchestes gebennicus Grandjean, 1957 (Zetorchestidae), Microppia minus longisetosa Subías & Rodriguez, 1988, and Pluritrichoppia insolita Subías & Arillo, 1989 (Oppiidae) had never been collected in Italy, single individuals of Oxyoppioides and Thamnacarus probably belong to undescribed species, while Brachychthonius hirtus Moritz, 1976 (Brachychthoniidae), Mongaillardia aeoliana (Bernini, 1979) (Amerobelbidae), Berniniella aeoliana (Bernini, 1973), Lauroppia similifallax Subías & Minguez, 1986, Ramusella (Ramusella) gyrata (Mahunka & Paoletti, 1984) (Oppiidae) and Ophidiotrichus oglasae Bernini, 1975 (Oribatellidae) are new to the Sardinian fauna.
New species of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Sardinia
Authors: TAITI STEFANO , ARGANO ROBERTO
Published: August 2019

Four new species of terrestrial isopods from Sardinia are described: Alpioniscus thanit sp. nov. (Trichoniscidae), Halophiloscia cristagalli sp. nov. (Halophilosciidae), Alloschizidium maymon sp. nov. and Alloschizidium magrinii sp. nov. (Armadillidiidae). Alpioniscus thanit and Alloschizidium magrinii were collected in endogean environments, Halophiloscia cristagalli on granitic beaches of small islands in the northern and western part of Sardinia, and Alloschizidium maymon from a cave. The diagnostic features and the affinities of the new species are discussed.
A new species of Hydraena (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) of the H. evanescens complex from Sardinia
Authors: AUDISIO1 PAOLO , TRIZZINO MARCO , DE BIASE ALESSIO , MANCINI EMILIANO , ANTONINI GLORIA
Published: August 2019

A morphological analysis was performed in order to clarify the taxonomic scenario within the Hydraena evanescens complex (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae: Hydraeninae), including species associated with fast running waters in mountain areas of Corsica and Sardinia. The analysis was mainly focused on the specific distinction and formal description of a new species, H. rosannae sp. nov., from the Sulcis-Iglesiente region (SW Sardinia), morphologically distinctly separated from both the nearly parapatric H. tyrrhena Binaghi, 1961 (central and northern Sardinia) and the allopatric H. evanescens Rey, 1884 (Corsica). Two hypothetical palaeogeographical scenarios explaining the specific differentiation of the three species are briefly discussed.
Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region
Authors: LONDOÑO-MESA MARIO H.
Published: August 2019

Twenty-four genera of Terebellidae Grube, 1850, are described including one new genus and forty-four species recorded and characterized from the Grand Caribbean region. Six species are newly described: Lysilla caribe sp. nov., Polycirrus angeli sp. nov., Eupolymnia rullieri sp. nov., Euthelepus kritzleri sp. nov., Streblosoma tenhovei sp. nov., and Kritzlerius anomalus gen. nov. and sp. nov. Twenty-four formerly recorded species are regarded as valid: Biremis blandi Polloni, Rowe & Teal, 1973, Enoplobranchus sanguineus Verrill, 1873, Polycirrus holthei Londoño-Mesa & Carrera-Parra, 2005, P. pennulifera Verrill, 1900, P. purpureus Schmarda, 1861, Amphitritides bruneocomata (Ehlers, 1887), Eupolymnia crassicornis (Schmarda, 1861), Lanicola carus (Young & Kritzler, 1987), L. garciagomezi (Londoño-Mesa, 2006), Loimia minuta Treadwell, 1929, L. salazari Londoño-Mesa & Carrera-Parra, 2005, Neoamphitrite glasbyi LondoñoMesa & Carrera-Parra, 2005, P. palmata (Verrill, 1873), P. sombreriana McIntosh, 1885, Polymniella aurantiaca Verrill, 1900, Scionides reticulata (Ehlers, 1887), Spinosphaera carrerai Londoño-Mesa, 2003, S. hutchingsae Londoño-Mesa, 2003, Terebella turgidula Ehlers, 1887, T. verrilli Holthe, 1986, Terebellobranchia mchughae Londoño-Mesa & CarreraParra, 2005, Streblosoma hartmanae Kritzler, 1971, S. polybranchia Verrill, 1900, Thelepus haitiensis Treadwell, 1931, and T. pascua (Fauchald, 1977). Two species are reinstated: Loimia bermudensis Verrill, 1900, and Thelepus crassibranchiatus Treadwell, 1901. One species is reinstated with a new combination: Eupolymnia magnifica (Webster, 1884). Five species names are new combinations: Pista cetrata (Ehlers, 1887), Pistella papillosa (Tourtellotte & Kritzler, 1988), Terebellobranchia hiata (Treadwell, 1931), Thelepus tenuis (Verrill, 1900), and T. verrilli (Treadwell, 1911). Finally, five species are regarded as distinct but remain undescribed because of the poor condition of the specimens: Amaeana sp. 1, Neoleprea sp. A Kritzler, 1984, Neoleprea sp. 1, Proclea sp. 1, and Thelepus sp. 1. All of the type and non-type material available for each species from the region is revised and compared with specimens of species previously regarded as junior synonyms of others species described from areas outsie of the region. A key to all species is provided.
A review of the genus Abaxisotima Gorochov, 2005 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae)
Authors: WANG GANG , SHI FU-MING
Published: August 2019

A key to species of the genus Abaxisotima Gorochov, 2005 is presented and a new species, i.e. Abaxisotima spiniforma sp. nov is described. We also provide a supplementary description of Abaxisotima bicolor (Liu, Zheng & Xia, 1991). All specimens are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University.
Erratum: FOLDI, I. (2009) Archaeococcoid scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from the tropical high mountains of the Andean Cordillera, South America. Zootaxa, 2300, 138.
Authors: FOLDI I.
Published: August 2019

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Taxonomy and distribution of the Pygmy Eagle Aquila (Hieraaetus) weiskei (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)
Authors: GJERSHAUG JAN O. , LERNER HEATHER R. L. , DISERUD OLA H.
Published: August 2019

We re-evaluated the taxonomic status of the New Guinean subspecies weiskei of the Little Eagle Aquila morphnoides and confirmed that it differs considerably from the Australian A. morphnoides in multiple morphological and plumage characters. Genetic differentiation in published mitochondrial cyt-b and ND2 sequences between the nominate subspecies and weiskei is equivalent to that found between other accipitrid taxa at the species level, as are pairwise divergences between each Little Eagle taxon and their sister species, the Booted Eagle A. pennata. The available morphological and genetic evidence thus strongly and unambiguously supports the specific distinctness of A. weiskei. We propose the English name Pygmy Eagle, as this is the world’s smallest known eagle. We show that the distribution of A. weiskei includes the western part of New Guinea (Vogelkop) and the Moluccas (Halmahera, Ternate and Seram), based on our new observations.
Redescription of Lophiodes infrabrunneus Smith and Radcliffe, 1912, a senior synonym of L. abdituspinus Ni, Wu and Li, 1990 (Lophiiformes: Lophiidae)
Authors: HO HSUAN-CHING , SÉRET BERNARD , SHAO KWANG-TSAO
Published: August 2019

Lophiodes infrabrunneus Smith and Radcliffe, 1912 is redescribed on the basis of all known specimens. The species is redefined as: a species of Lophiodes with three dorsal spines, postcephalic spines absent; illicium relatively short, 13.3– 24.2% of SL; second and third dorsal spine relatively short, 12.2–21.2% and 9.1–20.6% of SL respectively, a narrow leaf–like flap, and tendrils present on second and third dorsal spine. Lophiodes abdituspinus is a junior synonym of L. infrabrunneus based on examination of type series of both species. L. infrabrunneus is distributed from Japan, to the Timor Sea, Salomon Is. and northwestern Australia, in eastern Indian Ocean where it occurs in depths between 208–1412 m.
Peltoperlopsis mengmanensis sp. nov., the second species of Peltoperlopsis (Plecoptera: Peltoperlidae) from China
Authors: CHEN ZHI-TENG
Published: August 2019

A new species of the peltoperlid genus Peltoperlopsis Illies, 1966, Peltoperlopsis mengmanensis sp. nov. from Yunnan Province of southwestern China is described and illustrated. Males of the new species are characterized by tergum 10 with a U-shaped, apically incurved epiproctal sclerite, vesicle with an elliptical base and a subtriangular apex, cercal segments 11–12 each with a single moderately enlarged spine, and by aedeagus asymmetrical and bilobed. This is the second species of Peltoperlopsis reported from China.
A new species of the Spinomantis bertini species complex (Anura: Mantellidae) from Pic d’Ivohibe Special Reserve (Madagascar)
Authors: SABINO-PINTO JOANA , RAKOTOARISON ANDOLALAO , BLETZ MOLLY C. , EDMONDS DEVIN , GLAW FRANK , VENCES MIGUEL
Published: August 2019

We describe a new frog species of the Spinomantis bertini species complex based on congruent genetic evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences as well as minor morphological differences. A molecular phylogeny derived from the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene revealed that Spinomantis mirus sp. nov. is sister to a clade containing the other two described species of the species complex, S. bertini and S. beckei, but strongly differentiated from these two species by 8.1–9.8% pairwise distances in this gene. DNA sequences from two nuclear genes revealed that S. mirus sp. nov. shares no alleles with these two species. Phenotypically, S. mirus sp. nov. differs from the other species of the complex by its larger size and some aspects of its coloration, including clear mottling on the flanks, tri-color banding on the legs, and distinct brown dots on the dorsum. The new species is so far only known from Pic d’Ivohibe Special Reserve. Its distribution thus appears to not overlap with those of the other two species, which as far as known are restricted to the Andohahela Massif in the extreme South-East of Madagascar, at a distance of about 250 km from Ivohibe.
Higher Emotional Awareness Is Associated With Reduced Pain in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients: Preliminary Results
Authors: Smith Ryan , Gudleski Gregory D. , Lane Richard D. , Lackner Jeffrey M.
Published: August 2019

Objective

Recent evidence indicates that interventions designed to improve emotional awareness reduce pain in irritable bowel syndrome. This preliminary study sought to determine whether trait emotional awareness is associated with typical pain in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.

Methods

Healthy volunteers ( n =  66) and irritable bowel syndrome patients ( n =  50) were asked to self-report their typical levels of pain intensity and complete both the Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale and the Somatization Scale of the Brief Symptom Inventory.

Results

Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale scores in irritable bowel syndrome patients did not differ from scores in healthy participants; however, higher Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale scores in irritable bowel syndrome patients predicted lower levels of typical pain intensity ( r(45) = −.36, p = .01, 95% CI [−.59, −.08]) and lower levels of somatization ( r(45)= −.31, p = .03, 95% CI [−.55, −.02]).

Conclusions

This inverse relationship between emotional awareness and both pain and somatization symptoms is consistent with evidence that irritable bowel syndrome patients experience reduced pain from therapies designed to improve emotional awareness. The Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale could potentially be used to identify patients who could benefit from such therapy and could potentially be a moderator of response to efficacious psychological therapies.