bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Two new species of deep-water xanthid crabs of the genera Euryxanthops Garth & Kim, 1983, and Medaeops Guinot, 1967 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae) from New Zealand
Authors: NG PETER K.L. , MCLAY COLIN L.
Published: February 2019

Two new species of deep-water xanthid crabs, Euryxanthops chiltoni, new species, and Medaeops serenei, new species, are described from the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand. This is the first time these genera are reported from New Zealand. Keys for the identification of all species of Euryxanthops and Medaeops are provided. The two new species bring the total number of species of xanthids from the Kermadec Is. to 17, and the known species of Euryxanthops and Medaeops to five and six respectively;. Although caught in the vicinity of hydrothermal vents, there is no evidence that these species are directly dependent upon the vent community.
New specific synonymies and taxonomic notes on Neotropical black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) belonging to the subgenera Chirostilbia Enderlein, Hemicnetha Enderlein, Inaequalium Coscarón & Wygodzinsky, Psaroniocompsa Enderlein and Psilopelmia Enderlein
Authors: HERNÁNDEZ LUIS MIGUEL , SHELLEY ANTHONY JOHN , DE LUNA DIAS ANTONIO PAULINO ANDRADE , MAIA-HERZOG MARILZA
Published: February 2019

In this paper we clarify the status of some poorly known black fly species from the Neotropical region. Information is provided about their depositories, their condition and on previously established synonyms. Nineteen new synonyms and three new type designations are made based on an examination of type material. The following new synonyms (in brackets) are proposed: S. subpallidum Lutz (= S. acarayense as S. acarayensis Coscarón & Wygodzinsky); S. spinibranchium Lutz (= S. laneportoi Vargas, S. striginotum Enderlein); S. rubrithorax Lutz (= S. mutucuna Nunes de Mello & Vieira da Silva); S. inaequale (Paterson & Shannon) (= Trichodagmia manicata Enderlein, S. clarki Fairchild, S. pseudoexiguum Nunes de Mello & Almeida); S. subnigrum Lutz (= S. subclavibranchium Lutz, S. nahimi Py-Daniel, S.
Chrysopilus (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from Brazil: redescription of Chrysopilus fascipennis Bromley and description of eleven new species
Authors: SANTOS CHARLES MORPHY D. , DE SOUZA AMORIM DALTON
Published: February 2019

Chrysopilus Macquart is the most diverse genus of Rhagionidae (Diptera, Brachycera), widespread in distribution, encompassing all biogeographical regions. A taxonomic revision of the Brazilian Chrysopilus is made, with the description of 11 new species – C. balbii sp. n., C. caligatus sp. n., C. camargoi sp. n., C. capillosus sp. n., C. hyalinus sp. n., C. microphallus sp. n., C. orphnopterus sp. n., C. phaeopterus sp. n., C. plaumanni sp. n., C. semipictus sp. n., and C. vitreus sp. n. – and the redescription of C. fascipennis Bromley.
Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Pelinoides Cresson (Diptera-Ephydridae)
Authors: DE GROSSO MERCEDES LIZARRALDE , SZUMIK CLAUDIA
Published: February 2019

A phylogenetic analysis of the 21 species of genus Pelinoides using 44 discrete morphological characters is presented. From the previous proposed three groups, pallipes, sulcatus and cyclocerus, the first is recovered. The sulcatus group appears as paraphyletic in terms of cyclocerus. Pelinoides is present in the Neotropical and Andean Regions and in the Transitional South American Zone. Four areas of maximum endemicity were found. Eleven vicariant events are described and discussed, using the areas of endemisms and biogeographic provinces where Pelinoides occurs.
Kalanura—a new genus of Neanurini (Collembola, Neanuridae, Neanurinae) from Siberia, with description of four new species
Authors: SMOLIS ADRIAN
Published: February 2019

Kalanura, a new genus of Neanurinae with four new species, K. babenkoi sp. nov., K. compacta sp. nov., K. stebaevae sp. nov., and K. spectabilis sp. nov., is described from Russian Siberia. The genus is characterised by separate tubercles Dl, So and L on head. Within the tribe Neanurini it is the most similar to genera Neanura MacGillivray, 1893 and Thaumanura Börner, 1932, which they resemble in the presence of 3+3 eyes and the arrangement of chaetae Di and De on head.
Revision of the Neochauliodes sinensis species-group (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Chauliodinae)
Authors: LIU XINGYUE , HAYASHI FUMIO , YANG DING
Published: February 2019

The Neochauliodes sinensis species-group, the largest species-group within the genus Neochauliodes Weele, is revised. The following two species are described as new to science: Neochauliodes amamioshimanus and N. robustus. A key to all species of the Neochauliodes sinensis species-group is presented. Discussion of the phylogeny and zoogeography of the species-group is provided.
A new species of palustrine Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico
Authors: RIOS-LÓPEZ NEFTALÍ , THOMAS RICHARD
Published: February 2019

We describe adult morphology, advertisement call, and natural history diagnostic of a new species of Eleutherodactylus from a fresh water (palustrine) herbaceous wetland of northern coastal Puerto Rico. The new species is apparently the smallest Puerto Rican Eleutherodactylus and is morphologically most similar to E. gryllus, which inhabits high-elevation humid forests and cloud forests. Although both species have well-developed glands throughout the body, morphological ratios, body coloration, frequency of calls, call structure, and habitat association indicate that it is a well-differentiated species. The new species and E. gryllus may have diverged from an ancestral wetland-dwelling species.
A list of herpetological type specimens in the collections of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery and University of Papua New Guinea
Authors: SHEA GLENN M. , KRAUS FRED
Published: February 2019

A catalogue of the amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collections of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and University of Papua New Guinea is provided, with collection data obtained from the registers of each collection, and comments on the current condition and whereabouts of the type specimens and discrepancies between data from different sources. A list of missing type specimens is appended. Primary type specimens of 43 species and secondary type specimens for 89 species are held in these collections. Litoria hunti Richards, Oliver, Dahl & Tjaturadi, 2006 is emended to Litoria huntorum, in accordance with the Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
First record of the genus Goreopagurus McLaughlin, 1988 (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea) from Brazil, with description of a new species
Authors: NUCCI PAULO R. , DE MELO GUSTAVO A.S.
Published: February 2019

The genus Goreopagurus McLaughlin, 1988 was erected for Pagurus piercei Wass, the description of which was based on a single male. Prior to the present study Goreopagurus was represented by three species: G. piercei (Wass, 1963); G. garthi McLaughlin & Haig, 1995; and G. poorei Lemaitre & McLaughlin, 2003. Herein we record the first occurrence of the genus Goreopagurus from Brazil, and add the fourth species to the genus.
A review of Afrotropical Perasis Hermann, 1905(Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriinae)
Authors: LONDT JASON G.H.
Published: February 2019

Afrotropical species of Perasis Hermann, 1905 are reviewed. The two species known from the region are P. transvaalensis Ricardo, 1925 from Southern Africa (South Africa) and P. carpenteri Oldroyd, 1970 from East Africa (Uganda and Burundi). A lectotype is designated for P. transvaalensis. Illustrations of the genitalia of these closely similar species show them to be distinct. New records of P. transvaalensis provide a better understanding of the distribution of this rarely encountered grassland / savannah species, and it is probable that Afrotropical species may be associated with river margins.
Niethammerella Eichler, a senior synonym of Kaysius Price & Clayton (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae)
Authors: PALMA RICARDO L. , DALGLEISH ROBERT C. , PRICE ROGER D.
Published: February 2019

Eichler (1954: 52) briefly described the new genus Niethammerella to include two morphologically similar species of lice: Machaerilaemus cotingae Carriker, 1949 and M. tityrus (Carriker, 1903), designating the former as the type species. Carriker (1949: 298) had already commented that M. cotingae and M. tityrus “… may warrant the erection of a special genus for their reception.” and that prompted Eichler (1954) to erect Niethammerella. The bird hosts of these two louse species belong to different, though closely related passerine families, that of M. cotingae to the Cotingidae, and M. tityrus to the Tyrannidae.
Revision and phylogeny of the subaptera-group of Phyllodromica (Blattoptera: Blattellidae: Ectobiinae), including a parthenogenetic species and the evaluation of COI sequences for species identification (DNA barcoding)
Authors: KNEBELSBERGER THOMAS , MILLER MICHAEL A.
Published: February 2019

Until recently the subaptera-group of Phyllodromica contained only one species. The revision of the subaptera-group  herein consists of the two newly described bisexual species, P. iberica and P. quadracantha, endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and a parthenogenetic species, P. subaptera (Rambur, 1838), which is widely distributed over most of the Mediterranean countries and islands. Within P. iberica three conspecific morphotypes are distinguished. The morphological characteristics of the subaptera-group are described. The species and their distributions are described and depicted. A key for the morphological determination of P. quadracantha and the morphotypes of P. iberica is given. DNA sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene are included in the species descriptions. The sequence data are suitable for species identification (DNA barcodes). A cladistic analysis of the morphological data and a phylogenetic analysis of the DNA sequences were performed to infer the phylogenetic relationships between the species of the subaptera-group.
Establishment of a new peritrich ciliate genus, Pseudepistylis n. gen. (Ciliophora: Peritrichia: Epistylididae), with a description of a new freshwater species, Pseudepistylis songi n. sp. from Wenzhou, China
Authors: PENG XIAOHUI , SHI XINLU , WARREN ALAN
Published: February 2019

A new colonial sessilid peritrich genus, Pseudepistylis, is established. Pseudepistylis n. gen. belongs to the family Epistylididae, (i.e. colonial with a non-contractile stalk and peristomial disc not borne on a stalk) but has oral ciliature that makes less than two turns on the peristome before entering the infundibulum and a reticulate silverline system. Morphology, infraciliature and silverline system of the type species Pseudepistylis songi n. sp., isolated from a freshwater pond near Wenzhou, China, have been investigated both in vivo and following silver impregnation. The new species is characterized by small colony size of only one to eight zooids borne upon a slender, dichotomously branched stalk. Zooids are bell-shaped, in vivo approximately 220 × 140 μ m, with wide peristomial lip that are invariably reflected aborally, single contractile vacuole at the dorsal wall of the infundibulum, and C-shaped macronucleus. The pellicle of contracted zooids shows several large, characteristic folds. The silverline system is reticulate with at least 137 silverlines between the peristomial area and the aboral ciliary wreath and approximately 77 between the aboral ciliary wreath and the scopula. The haplokinety and polykinety complete approximately one and one-quarter turns of the peristome before entering the infundibulum. Within the infundibulum the kineties of infundibular polykinety 2 (P2) terminate at different levels between P1 and P3. The myoneme system is also described.
“Page priority” does not exist in the Code: Neomegalotomus parvus (Westwood, 1842) has precedence over Neomegalotomus simplex (Westwood, 1842) (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Alydidae)
Authors: NEMÉSIO ANDRÉ
Published: February 2019

In a recent paper, Schaefer (2007) considered Neomegalotomus simplex (Westwood, 1842: 18) and Neomegalotomus parvus (Westwood, 1842: 19) (Hemiptera: Alydidae) as subjective synonyms – although no specific reason for this was given, except the following statement, after commenting he had seen both types: “I find that N. parvus and N. simplex are the same species, and synonymize them here” (Schaefer 2007: 320). Nevertheless, Schaefer (2007) explicitly invoked a non-existent rule under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (hereafter referred to as the Code) to justify his choice of N. simplex as senior synonym (because both names were published in the same work): “by page priority, Neomegalotomus simplex has seniority over N. parvus” (Schaefer 2007: 320). The above interpretation is wrong according to the Code. There is no “page priority” in any article of the Code. When two or more names, spellings, or nomenclatural acts are published on the same date, priority among them, according to the Code, is given either by date or by First Reviser action, not by page number (Articles 24.2.1 and 24.2.2). The only mention to a “page priority” in the Code is Recommendation 69A.10, in Article 69.4, which deals with fixation of type species. This recommendation (the last one in a rank series of 10) states that “all other things being equal, preference should be given to the nominal species cited first in the work, page or line (‘position preference’).” Nonetheless, it does not deal with seniority of synonyms, homonyms, spellings or nomenclatural acts.
The Conopidae of Costa Rica (Diptera) (Part 1: Conopinae – Conopini &Tropidomyiini)
Authors: STUKE JENS-HERMANN , SKEVINGTON JEFFREY H.
Published: February 2019

The first part of a Conopid faunal review for Costa Rica presents data for 25 species from the Conopinae (tribes Tropidomyiini and Conopini). Two hundred and eighty-five specimens have been examined and identified. Physocephala herrerai spec. nov. and Physoconops zumbadoi spec. nov. are new to science. Sixteen species are reported the first time for the country. We introduce the following taxonomic changes: Physoconops (Gyroconops) ocellatus (Giglio-Tos, 1892) is a valid species [status rev.]; Physoconops rufipennis (Macquart, 1844) belongs to the subgenus Pachyconops Camras, 1955 [status rev.]; Physoconops gracilianus Camras, 1955 is a junior synonym of Physoconops pallifrons (Coquillett, 1904) [syn. nov.]. Keys for the species of the genera Physocephala Schiner, 1861 and Physoconops Szilady, 1926 are presented. Most species are illustrated with photo plates.
A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae)
Authors: BRAILOVSKY HARRY
Published: February 2019

The coreine tribe Gonocerini (Coreidae) of Australia is revised. Three genera and seven species are recorded. Among them are three new species (Cletomorpha saphisa, Plinachtus melinus, and Plinachtus refulgens). New distributional records are given for Cletomorpha mackayensis Distant, Cletus minutus Blöte, Cletus saucius Stål, and Cletus similis Blöte. Redescriptions of previously known species are provided. Diagnostic taxonomic characters of head, pronotum, and male genital capsule, and dorsal views of some species are illustrated. A key is given to the known genera and species.
Notes on the extinct family Protapioceridae, with description of a new species from China (Insecta: Diptera: Asiloidea)
Authors: ZHANG KUIYAN , YANG DING , REN DONG
Published: February 2019

Protapioceridae, which belongs to the superfamily Asiloidea, is an extinct endemic family in China. Until now, only one genus and two species were known from Liaoning Province of Palaearctic China. In the present paper a third species of the small family is reported. A key to the species is presented.
Kiskeyana new replacement name for the assassin bug Kiskeya (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)
Authors: WEIRAUCH CHRISTIANE , FORERO DIMITRI
Published: February 2019

Recently, Weirauch and Forero (2007) described the new genus and species Kiskeya palassaina from two localities in the Dominican Republic. Regrettably, this Caribbean apterous assassin bug was found to be a junior homonym of Kiskeya Konstatinov & Chamorro-Lacayo (2006) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). As such, we are proposing the new replacement name Kiskeyana, nomen novum for Kiskeya Weirauch & Forero, 2007. The type, and only included species, results in Kiskeyana palassaina (Weirauch & Forero), new combination
Mythenteles andalusica sp.n. (Diptera, Mythicomyiidae) from Southern Spain and the first description of the male of M. infrequens Evenhuis & Blasco-Zumeta, 2003
Authors: GIBBS DAVID
Published: February 2019

A new species of the microbombyliid genus Mythenteles is described from southern Spain with full illustrations of the male and female genitalia. The discovery of the previously unknown male of M. infrequens Evenhuis & Blasco-Zumeta is reported and the male genitalia figured.
Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)
Authors: SETLIFF GREGORY P.
Published: February 2019

The following checklist includes 2,955 species-group names and 553 genus-group names of weevils occurring in the Papuan region. Major islands treated are: Aru, Biak, Bougainville, Manus, Mysol, New Guinea, Salawatti, Trobriand, Waigeo, Woodlark, and Yapen Islands and the islands of the Admiralty, Bismarck, d’Entrecasteaux, and Louisaide Archipelagoes. Maps of the region with historically important collection localities are provided. Entomological expeditions to the region and collections containing significant weevil material are summarized. All available family-group, genusgroup and species-group names are arranged alphabetically for all families of Curculionoidea known from the region. All currently accepted species epithet are annotated with taxonomic references, notes on published distributions, past taxonomic changes, infrasubspecific names, and species-group synonymies. The following nomenclatural changes are proposed: the monotypic genus Neplaxa Casey is a new synonym of Pantoxystus Pascoe; its type species Neplaxa illustratus Casey is a new synonym of Pantoxystus rubricollis (Boisduval). Two subgenera of Neosynaptops, Neosynaptopsis Legalov and Pseudosynaptos Legalov are new synonymies of Euops (Neosynaptops) Voss revised status. Typespecies are designated for 25 genera, changes of rank or status are proposed for 19 taxa, and 88 new combinations are listed in “Nomenclatural changes.”
A new Tropocyclops (Copepoda, Cyclopidae) from Lake Matano, Indonesia
Authors: DEFAYE DANIELLE
Published: February 2019

A new species of Tropocyclops, from the subfamily Eucyclopinae (Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae) is described on the basis of specimens recently collected from the deep waters of the ancient Lake Matano, Indonesia. Tropocyclops matanoensis n. sp., is distinguished from other species in the genus by the armature of P5 (with one seta and one spine) and the absence of lateral hairs on the somite bearing it, the antenna with only one seta on the antero-distal corner, the special shape of the seminal receptacle in female, and several other characters detailed in this study. A discussion of the genus Tropocyclops and the morphological characteristics of its representatives is given.
An index to new species of Nematoda in Zootaxa from 2003 to 2006
Authors: ZHAO ZENG Qi
Published: February 2019

From 2003 to 2006, 17 papers describing 39 new species were published in Zootaxa by 38 authors from 13 countries. A bibliographic analysis of these papers and a list of the new taxa of Nematoda are presented in this paper.
New species of Anillinus Casey (Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A. and phylogeography of the A. langdoni species group
Authors: SOKOLOV IGOR M. , SOKOLOVA YULIYA Y. , CARLTON CHRISTOPHER E.
Published: February 2019

The Anillinus langdoni–species group is characterized and two new species are described, Anillinus cieglerae Sokolov and Carlton sp. nov. and A. pusillus Sokolov and Carlton sp. nov., both from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The langdoni–group includes four species at present, three apparently endemic to the Great Smoky Mountains and adjacent mountains of western North Carolina/Tennessee, and a fourth from South Mountains of middle North Carolina. They are distinguished mainly using characters of the male genitalia and to a lesser extent, differences in shapes of female spermathecae. Phylogenetic analyses based on aedeagal morphology and COI gene sequences yielded conflicting results, with the later providing a phylogeny that was more parsimonious with expectations based on geographic distributions. Speciation within the group may derive from ecological constraints and altitudinal fluctuations of habitat corridors during past climate changes combined with the impact of local watersheds as fine scale isolating mechanisms.
A review of the brachylepadomorph cirripede genus Pycnolepas, including the first record of an Early Cretaceous species from the Russian Far East*
Authors: JAGT JOHN W.M. , ZONOVA TATIANA D. , JAGT-YAZYKOVA ELENA A.
Published: February 2019

To date, twelve species have been assigned to the brachylepadomorph cirripede genus Pycnolepas Withers, 1914, some of them on the basis of very limited material. The current status of all these taxa is briefly reviewed. Added are notes on a small collection of isolated capitular valves from middle Albian (Lower Cretaceous) strata in the lower reaches of the Amur River (Vassinskaja protoka, Khabarovsk region); this constitutes the first record of Pycnolepas from the Russian Far East (North Pacific Province). It is noted that species of Pycnolepas are almost exclusively European in distribution; notable exceptions are P. articulata (?lower Aptian; Alexander Island, Antarctica), P. orientalis (unspecified Upper Cretaceous, Kuzna-chaj, Azerbaijan; here considered to be a nomen dubium), P. nov. sp. (upper Paleocene; Turgay Strait, northwestern Kazakhstan), and the present lot which appears to be closely related to P. rigida from the lower Albianmiddle (?upper) Cenomanian of Europe (England, France). In the absence of other valves (terga, rostra and imbricating plates), for now we refer to this lot as P. aff. rigida, and consider it a vicariant species, awaiting the discovery of additional material. In the literature, it has been pointed out that amongst associated faunal elements (in particular, ammonoids and buchiid/inoceramid bivalves) at Vassinskaja protoka and nearby sections along the Amur River, there are species which are closely related to European taxa, and their occurrence appears best explained by vicariance biogeography. The absence of Pycnolepas in younger strata in the Russian Far East suggests that no subsequent radiation took place, but collection failure cannot be ruled out either in view of the vastness of the area and the generally small size of cirripede valves.
Two new species of the spider genus Otiothops MacLeay (Araneae: Palpimanidae) from Caxiuanã National Forest, Pará, Brazil
Authors: BRESCOVIT ANTONIO D. , BONALDO ALEXANDRE B. , BARREIROS JOSÉ AUGUSTO P.
Published: February 2019

Two new species of spiders of the genus Otiothops, O. curua sp. nov. and O. puraquequara sp. nov. (family Palpimanidae) are described from Caxiuanã National Forest, Portel/Melgaço, Pará, Brazil. The specimens were collected during structured inventories and natural history remarks are presented.
José Augusto Pereira Barreiros (1977–2007)
Authors: BONALDO ALEXANDRE B. , BRESCOVIT ANTONIO D. , PINTO-DA-ROCHA RICARDO , RHEIMS CRISTINA A.
Published: February 2019

Guto’s interest in the study of arachnids began in 2000 when, as an undergraduate student, he joined the staff of the recently established Arachnology Laboratory at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi in Belém, Brazil. He graduated a year later from the Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), and presented, as a final monograph, a structured inventory of the soil spider fauna from an urban park in the city of Belém, in which he compared the efficiency of three sampling techniques. His interest in soil spiders lead him to propose, as an M.Sc. dissertation project, a comprehensive structured inventory of soil spiders of the Ferreira Penna Scientific Station, in the Caxiuanã National Forest, Eastern Amazonia. Shortly after he obtained his M.Sc. in 2004, he commenced his Ph.D. research, dealing with community ecology of both soil and arboreal spiders in Caxiuanã. In the first two years of his Ph.D. project he completed the most intensive collecting program of spiders ever carried out in a single locality in Eastern Amazonia, applying a sampling protocol composed of several collecting techniques
Review of four species of the genus Brachinus Weber (Coleoptera: Caraboidea: Brachinidae) from the Philippines
Authors: TIAN MINGYI , DEUVE THIERRY
Published: February 2019

Species diversity of the bombardier beetles is poorly known in Asia except Japan. In the present paper, species of the genus Brachinus Weber of the Philippines are dealt with. Among the four species reported in the Philippines, two species are described as new to science: B. philippinensis Tian & Deuve, new species and B. solidipalpis Tian & Deuve, new species. Redescriptions are given for the two known species, B. luzonicus Chaudoir and B. piceus Chaudoir. A key to all Philippine species of Brachinus is provided.
A review of the genus Pseudokuzicus Gorochov, 1993 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematidae)
Authors: SHI FU-MING , MAO SHAO-LI , CHANG YAN-LIN
Published: February 2019

A key to species of Pseudokuzicus Gorochov, 1993 is presented. Generic diagnosis are presented. One subgenus and three species are described as new: Similkuzicus subgen. nov., P. (P.) spinus sp. nov., P. (P.) acinacus sp. nov. and P.(S.) quadridentatus sp.nov.. The type specimens are deposited in Museum of Hebei University, Baoding.
Tyranniphilopterus polioptilus new species (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) parasitic on the Masked Gnatcatcher, Polioptila dumicola (Passeriformes, Polioptilidae) in Argentina
Authors: CICCHINO ARMANDO C.
Published: February 2019

Tyranniphilopterus polioptilus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from specimens collected off Polioptila dumicola dumicola (Vieillot, 1816) from two localities in the coastal area NE of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Morphologically the new species is similar to T. titicacae (Eichler & Freund, 1956) and several other undescribed species from the Tyrannidae, differing from all of them by proportions of the head and dorsal anterior plate, most body measurements, number of dorsal and ventral setae in both sexes, and number and arrangements of vulvar setae in females. Descriptions of the male, female, the three nymphal instars and the egg are also included. A list is presented of all known species of Tyranniphilopterus, arranged by host taxa.
Two new species of the Chinese endemic delphacid genus Neuterthron Ding (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Yunnan and Shaanxi Provinces
Authors: QIN DAO-ZHENG
Published: February 2019

Two new species of the Chinese endemic delphacid genus Neuterthron Ding are described: N. platynotum n. sp. (S.W. China: Yunnan), and N. truncatulum n. sp. (N.W. China: Shaanxi). A key is presented to all species of the genus.
Three new percid fishes (Percidae: Percina) from the Mobile Basin drainage of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee
Authors: WILLIAMS JAMES D. , NEELY DAVID A. , WALSH STEPHEN J. , BURKHEAD NOEL M.
Published: February 2019

Three new species of Percina are described from upland drainages of the Mobile Basin. Two of the three species are narrowly distributed: P. kusha, the Bridled Darter, is currently known only from the Conasauga River drainage in Georgia and Tennessee and Etowah River drainage in Georgia, both tributaries of the Coosa River, and P. sipsi, the Bankhead Darter, which is restricted to tributaries of Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River in northwestern Alabama. The third species, P. smithvanizi, the Muscadine Darter, occurs above the Fall Line in the Tallapoosa River drainage in eastern Alabama and western Georgia. In a molecular analysis using mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence data, P. kusha and P. smithvanizi were recovered as sister species, while Percina sipsi was recovered in a clade consisting of P. aurolineata (P. sciera + P. sipsi). Two of the three species, P. kusha and P. sipsi, are considered to be imperiled species and are in need of conservation actions to prevent their extinction. Description of these three darters increases the number of described species of Percina to 44. Sixteen are known to occur in the Mobile Basin, including nine that are endemic.
Hypselodoris jacksoni, a new species from the south-western Pacific Ocean (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), with a discussion on intraspecific variation in mantle glands in Chromodoris willani Rudman, 1982
Authors: WILSON NERIDA G. , WILLAN RICHARD C.
Published: February 2019

A new species of Hypselodoris (Chromodorididae) is described from the subtropical and temperate south-western Pacific Ocean (eastern Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island). The colouration of Hypselodoris jacksoni sp. nov. is distinctive, though highly variable intraspecifically. Hypselodoris jacksoni belongs to the Indo-Pacific Hypselodoris clade (for which the key synapomorphy is a minute receptaculum seminis) and, based on comparisons of internal and external morphology, appears to belong to a subclade characterised by an elevated branchial sheath, probably most closely related to H. krakotoa Gosliner & Johnson, 1999, H. reidi Gosliner & Johnson, 1999 and H. regina Ev. & Er. Marcus, 1970. Intraspecific variation in the arrangement of mantle glands in H. jacksoni prompted a preand post-fixation comparison of mantle glands in another chromodorid, Chromodoris willani Rudman, 1982. These results indicate these structures can vary significantly within a population (and thus species), and it is likely that too much emphasis has been placed on mantle glands for separating species in the recent literature.
Calommata (Atypidae) and new spider species (Araneae) from Israel
Authors: LEVY GERSHOM
Published: February 2019

The extraordinary finding in Israel of Calommata, a unique mygalomorph atypid, is reviewed. Another new find out of range concerns the cybaeid genus Paracedicus, represented in Israel by two new species: P. baram and P. geshur. Pitfall trapping yielded several new species disclosing among others populations inhabiting the sands of the southern Arava Valley of Oxyopes elifaz n. sp. or Cerbalus aravaensis n. sp. that resemble very closely psammophilous species living in the Haluza sands of the Negev. The unknown males of Ozyptila clavigera (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872), Tmarus hazevensis Levy, 1973, and Ebo eremus Levy, 1999 are described. In addition the following new species are described: Zoropsis thaleri, Zodarion geshur, Z. odem, Hahnia carmelita, Ozyptila sedotmikha, Xysticus sansan, Theridion zekharya, Singa ammophila and Neoscona lotan.
Two new species of oppioid mites from Turkey (Acari: Oribatida)
Authors: TOLUK AYŞE , AYYILDIZ NUSRET , SUBÍAS LUİS S.
Published: February 2019

Two new oppioid oribatid mites, Moritzoppia unicarinata yozgatensis ssp. nov. of the family Oppiidae and Cosmogneta ozkani sp. nov. of the family Autognetidae are described from Turkey, using specimens collected in Yozgat Pine Grove National Park.
Review of the Nearctic Claustropyga Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) with the description of three new species
Authors: VILKAMAA PEKKA , HIPPA HEIKKI
Published: February 2019

The following new species are described from Canada: Claustropyga mirifica sp. n. from Quebec and C. spicea sp. n. and C. triloba sp. n. from the Yukon. C. aperta Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig, previously known from Europe, and C. simplicis Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig, previously known from Ontario, are recorded from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. C. auriculata Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig, previously known from the Palaearctic region and from Alaska, and C. obtusidens Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig, previously known from Europe, are recorded from the Yukon. The diagnostic characters of all the Nearctic species are discussed. In addition to the above-mentioned species, the Nearctic fauna of Claustropyga includes C. acanthostyla (Tuomikoski), C. elizabethae Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig and C. subcorticis (Mohrig & Krivosheina). A key to the known species of Claustropyga is given.
A new species of Allobates (Anura: Aromobatidae: Allobatinae) exhibiting a novel reproductive behaviour
Authors: KOK PHILIPPE J.R. , ERNST RAFFAEL
Published: February 2019

A new species of Allobates is described from the Mabura Hill Forest Reserve, central Guyana, South America. The new species is distinguished from congeneric species by cryptic colouration, very small size, first finger longer than second, third finger not distinctly swollen in males, absence of lateral fringes on fingers and toes, complete lateral black band present, diffuse pale dorsolateral stripe present, diffuse, pale, partial oblique lateral stripe present, pale ventrolateral stripe present, throat in adult males pale, and unique advertisement call and reproductive behaviour. The new species occasionally deposits tadpoles in leptodactylid foam nests, which constitutes the first case of interspecific brood parasitism in frogs.
Description of a New Species of Pararrhynchium Saussure (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Taiwan with a Catalogue of the Pararrhynchium Species
Authors: KIM KIM , KYU JEONG , YAMANE SEIKI
Published: February 2019

A new eumenine species, Pararrhynchium taiwanum sp. nov., from Taiwan is described. Based on the examination of holotype, the subspecies multifascitum Giordani Soika 1986 of Pararrhynchium paradoxum is actually a subspecies of P. ornatum (Smith), comb. nov. A catalogue of the nine species of Pararrhynchium Saussure is presented.
New species of the genus Archimonocelis Meixner, 1938 (Proseriata, Archimonocelididae) from southern Apulia (Italy)
Authors: CURINI-GALLETTI MARCO , DELOGU VALENTINA , CAMPUS PAOLO , CASU MARCO
Published: February 2019

A survey of the composition of the genus Archimonocelis Meixner, 1938 in southern Apulia (Italy) revealed the presence of four species, three of which are new. Archimonocelis scopulicola n. sp. has a straight stylet, provided with a girdle of 18 copulatory spines, and a chromosome set with n=10. In both A. cygnicollis n. sp. and A. parastaresoi n. sp., an accessory glandular organ, provided with spines, is present. A. cygnicollis n. sp. is provided with a unique double-walled stylet. A. parastaresoi n. sp. is similar to the western Mediterranean A. staresoi Martens & Curini-Galletti, 1993; size and shape of accessory spines are the main discriminating features between the two species. In addition, numerous specimens of A. carmelitana Martens & Curini-Galletti, 1993 were found. A comprehensive discussion of the new species is given.
Julmarichardia gutui, a new species of Apseudomorph Tanaidacean (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida) from the Australian northwest continental shelf
Authors: RITGER REBECCA KIRK , HEARD RICHARD W.
Published: February 2019

Julmarichardia gutui, n. sp. is described from specimens collected in depths of 78–83 m from the Northwest Continental Shelf of Australia. Of the four previously known species of Julmarichardia Guţu, 1989, J. gutui is distinguished from J. deltoides (K. H. Barnard, 1914) and J. thomassini Guţu, 1989 by having the outer flagella of the antennule with fewer than 9 articles and its distinctive armature on anterodorsal region of the carapace. It can be separated from J. alinati Guţu, 1989 and J. bajau Bamber and Sheader, 2005 by a combination of characters, including (1) a spatulate rostrum fringed with 20 or more blunt marginal teeth interspersed with 5–8 small plumose setae; (2) distinct ridges or tubercles on the carapace, (3) a well-developed, expanded lateral lobe on article 1 of the antenna (absent in J. bajau), and (4) 3–5 blunt spines (instead of 1 or 2) on the anterior margin of the basis of pereopod 2. A key to the five nominal species now comprising the genus Julmarichardia is presented. Julmarichardia gutui represents the first record of its genus from Australian waters and the second for the genus in the eastern Indian Ocean.
Review of the Chinese Hyperomias Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) with description of a new species
Authors: REN LI , ALONSO-ZARAZAGA MIGUEL A. , ZHANG RUNZHI
Published: February 2019

The Chinese species of the highland weevil genus Hyperomias (Marshall, 1916) are revised. One new species, Hyperomias jiggyobensis sp. nov., is described from Jiggyob, Tibet, China. A total of 26 Hyperomias species are recorded from China. A key to Hyperomias and its related genera, a key to all Chinese Hyperomias species, and a diagnosis of each species are presented.
Description of new genus and species of Ochlerini from Central America (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae)
Authors: MATESCO VIVIANA CAUDURO , GRAZIA JOCÉLIA , CAMPOS LUIZ ALEXANDRE
Published: February 2019

Parastalius gen. nov. is described for Stalius trisinuatus Rolston; the external genitalia of the latter are redescribed; and a new species is described from Costa Rica, Parastalius rolstoni sp. nov.
The shocking pink dragon millipede, Desmoxytes purpurosea, a colourful new species from Thailand (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae)
Authors: ENGHOFF HENRIK , SUTCHARIT CHIRASAK , PANHA SOMSAK
Published: February 2019

A shocking pink, very spiny new species of “dragon millipede”, Desmoxytes purpurosea sp.n., is described from Thailand, Uthaithani province. Its behaviour suggests that its colouration is aposematic, like that of some bright red congeners. Relations of the new species to congeners are discussed.
Two new sphyrapodid species (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Apseudomorpha) from southwestern Japan
Authors: KAKUI KEIICHI , KAJIHARA HIROSHI , MAWATARI SHUNSUKE F.
Published: February 2019

Two new species, Kudinopasternakia balanorostrata and Pseudosphyrapus quintolongus are described from Japan. Kudinopasternakia balanorostrata is characterized by an acorn-shaped rostrum. It most closely resembles K. siegi (Viskup & Heard, 1989), but can be distinguished by the shape of the rostrum, the number of setae on article 2 of the mandibular palp, and the setation on the outer lobe of the fixed endite of the maxilla. Pseudosphyrapus quintolongus is characterized by an unusually large lateral process on pleonite 5, which distinguishes it from all other species in the genus. Keys to species of Kudinopasternakia and Pseudosphyrapus are given.
Ostracoda (Myodocopa) from Anchialine Caves and Ocean Blue Holes
Authors: KORNICKER LOUIS S. , ILIFFE THOMAS M. , HARRISON-NELSON ELIZABETH
Published: February 2019

Eleven stygobitic myodocopid ostracodes (two new–Danielopolina palmeri and Spelaeoecia hox) in the Order Halocyprida are reported from anchialine waters in 11 inland blue holes in Bahamas. One stygobitic halocyprid ostracode is reported from two localities in Bermuda, and one from a cave in Mexico. A new subfamily, Spelaeoeciinae, is proposed to contain the genus Spelaeoecia, and the subfamily Deeveyinae is elevated to family status. Two new species of cladocopid ostracode (Pseudopolycope helix and Pontopolycope storthynx), are described from a cave in Mexico and an oceanic blue hole in the Bahamas. Nine species of myodocopid ostracodes (four new—Rutiderma flex, Eusarsiella syrinx, Eusarsiella fax, and Synasterope matrix) in the Suborder Myodocopina and one species in the Suborder Halocypridina are reported from ocean blue holes in the Bahamas. This is the first report of a halocyprid living in both an inland and ocean blue hole in the Bahamas. The sarsiellid genus Dantya Kornicker & Cohen 1978 is reported for the first time in the Bahamas, but the single juvenile specimen is left in open nomenclature as Dantya sp. A. The development of Deeveya bransoni and Eusarsiella syrinx is described in detail. With the exception of one species of Danielopolina from deep waters of the South Atlantic, all other species of Danielopolina, Spelaeoecia and Deeveya have been previously found only in inland, anchialine caves. The discovery of Deeveya inhabiting deeper, hydrologically-isolated waters in ocean blue holes, which are otherwise comparable to classical anchialine environments, has raised questions concerning the geographic limits to the anchialine habitat and its supposed reliance on terrestrial inputs.
A review of the Australian species of Ampithoe Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ampithoidae) with descriptions of seventeen new species
Authors: PEART RACHAEL A.
Published: February 2019

Ampithoe is the largest and the most complex of the ampithoid amphipod genera. The species of this genus have been recorded globally. This study reviews the Australian species of Amphithoe, increasing the known Australian fauna from three to 20 species, and provides a key and diagnoses to Australian species. The 17 new species are Ampithoe boiana sp. nov., A. cookana sp. nov., A. eremitis sp. nov., A. geographe sp. nov., A. hiana sp. nov., A. hyalos sp. nov., A. katae sp. nov., A. meganae sp. nov., A. merimbula sp. nov., A. ningaloo sp. nov., A. parakava sp. nov., A. peronana sp. nov., A. pseudongana sp. nov., A. roly sp. nov., A. rosema sp. nov., A. rotunda sp. nov. and A. ulladulla sp. nov.
Description of a new species of Fallceon from Cuba, and redescription of the larva of F. longifolius (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)
Authors: GONZÁLEZ-LAZO D. , SALLES F. F.
Published: February 2019

Fallceon grandis sp. n. is described based on larvae from Cuba. The new species shares some similarities with two other Cuban species of Fallceon, F. planifrons and F. alcarrazae, and can be separated from all species of the genus by the following characteristics: (1) frontal keel absent; (2) maxillary palp subequal to galea-laciniae; (3) tarsal claws with one subapical seta; (4) gills broad and richly tracheated; (5) tergal surface with abundant angulate scales bases and posterior margin with sharp triangular spines; (6) paraprocts with 13–14 irregular spines in posterior margin. Fallceon longifolius is redescribed based on material from Cuba, and the Mexican material previously assigned to this species is considered herein as a new species. An updated key to the larvae of Fallceon from Cuba is also presented.
Phyllophorus (Phyllophorus) maculatus, a new species of sea cucumber from the Yellow Sea (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida)
Authors: LIAO YULIN , PAWSON DAVID L. , LIU WEI
Published: February 2019

Phyllophorus (Phyllophorus) maculatus new species is described from a depth of 22–45 meters near the western edge of the Yellow Sea. The body is cylindrical, with body wall ossicles present only in the anal region. Ossicles are four-pillared tables with low spires and indented disc margin. A revised key to the eleven phyllophorine (Family Phyllophoridae, Subfamily Phyllophorinae) species now known from China is presented.
Heteromolpadia joyceae, a new species of sea cucumber from New Zealand, with a key to New Zealand Molpadiidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Molpadiida)
Authors: PAWSON DAVID L. , VANCE DORIS J.
Published: February 2019

Heteromolpadia joyceae, new species, has been collected from depths of 258–632m off the east coast of New Zealand. It is distinctive in having a tough, leathery skin, gray with scattered red spots. Tables in body wall 100µm in diameter with three larger perforations; tail ossicles with 15–20 perforations, a three-pillared spire, and an average length of 300µm. A key to the eight species of Family Molpadiidae now known from the New Zealand region is provided.
Apseudomorpha (Malacostraca: Tanaidacea) of the ANDEEP III Antarctic Expedition
Authors: JÓŻWIAK PIOTR , BŁAŻEWICZ-PASZKOWYCZ MAGDALENA
Published: February 2019

This paper presents results of studies of apseudomorph tanaidacean collected during the ANDEEP III Expedition to the Antarctic, represented exclusively by the family Apseudidae. Apseudes paragracilis Kudinova-Pasternak, 1975, A. abyssalis Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Larsen, 2004, Leviapseudes pleonudus Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Larsen, 2004 were previously recorded in the Antarctic abyssal. A redescription of A. paragracilis together with the description of two new species (Leviapseudes angelikae n. sp. and Collossella suprema n. gen. n. sp.) are the subject of the present paper.
Sulabanus gen. nov., a new genus of Lycidae (Coleoptera) from Sulawesi
Authors: DVORAK MILAN , BOCAK LADISLAV
Published: February 2019

The genus Sulabanus gen. nov. is described from Sulawesi and it is placed in the tribe Metriorrhynchini, and a close relationships with Metriorrhynchus Gemminger & Harold, 1869 is suggested. Twenty–five species are recognized, of which 24 are described as new: S. ambangensis sp. nov., S. amporiwensis sp. nov., S. barclayi sp. nov., S. brancuccii sp. nov., S. brunneus sp. nov., S. cordatus sp. nov., S. dumongabonensis sp. nov., S. gracilis sp. nov., S. katarinae sp. nov., S. lalui sp. nov., S. lineatus sp. nov., S. mamasensis sp. nov., S. major sp. nov., S. minor sp. nov., S. nigricordatus sp. nov., S. niger sp. nov., S. ocularis sp. nov., S. pendolensis sp. nov., S. robustus sp. nov., S. rufomarginatus sp. nov., S. similis sp. nov., S. tenggahensis sp. nov., S. ulci sp. nov., and S. utarensis sp. nov. Xylobanus nigricolor Pic, 1922 is transferred to Sulabanus gen. nov. and redescribed. The species of Sulabanus are classified in five species groups based on the shape of male genitalia and these groups are described with important diagnostic characters illustrated. A species identification key for males is provided. The ecology, zoogeography, evolution and mimicry of Sulabanus gen. nov. are discussed. The high degree of external similarity among distantly related species from several lycid genera in Sulawesi suggests evolution of Müllerian mimicry.
The study on karyotypes of five Grylloidea species (Orthoptera: Grylloidea) in Northeast China
Authors: YOU JU-XIA , LI NA , REN BING-ZHONG , YUAN HAI-BIN , SHANG LI-NA
Published: February 2019

The karyotypes of five Grylloidea species from Jilin province in northeast China were studied. A clustering analysis of their chromosomal relative lengths was studied for the first. In the males, chromosome numbers vary from 2n = 27 (%) to 2n = 19 (%) and Fundamental Numbers (FN) from 30 to 19. All the species have the basic Orthopteran sex determining mechanism XX&/X0%. The results of clustering analysis showed that the five species form two well-supported groups with a Rescaled Distance of 15: (1) the genus Gryllodes and Teleogryllus and (2) the genus Oecanthus. In particular, the morphologically close species of G. supplicans and G. sigillatus, T. emma and T. occipitalis are strongly supported. The relationships among the five species are as follows: (((G. supplicans, G. sigillatus), (T. emma, T. occipitalis)), O. longicauda).
Sycanus aurantiacus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), a new harpactorine species from Bali, Indonesia, with brief notes on its biology
Authors: ISHIKAWA TADASHI , TORIUMI WATARU , SUSILA WAYAN , OKAJIMA SHÛJI
Published: February 2019

A new species, Sycanus aurantiacus, of the assassin bug subfamily Harpactorinae is described on the basis of specimens collected from Bali, Indonesia. This species is distinguished from the other species of Sycanus by its antennal segment I having two orange annulations; the posterior pronotal lobe being weakly tumid in the middle near the posterior margin; the scutellar spine being erect, short, and rounded at the apex; each femur having two incomplete orange annulations; the hemelytral corium being blackish with the veins yellow to yellowish brown; and the abdominal laterotergites being weakly extended dorsad. This species is notable because it feeds on some serious lepidopteran pests of cabbage.