bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Systematic revision of Anopinella Powell (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini) and phylogenetic analysis of the Apolychrosis group of genera
Authors: BROWN JOHN W. , ADAMSKI DAVID
Published: September 2016

Thirty-five species are recognized in the Neotropical genus Anopinella Powell, including 5 previously described, A. isodelta (Meyrick), A. triquetra (Walsingham), A. ophiodes (Walsingham), A. aurea (Razowski & Becker), new combination, and A. perblanda (Razowski & Becker), new combination, and 30 described as new: A. albolinea (TL: Costa Rica), A. araguana (TL: Venezuela), A. arenalana (TL: Costa Rica), A. boliviana (TL: Bolivia), A. brasiliana (TL: Brazil), A. cafrosana (TL: Costa Rica), A. cartagoa (TL: Costa Rica), A. carabayana (TL: Peru), A. choko (TL: Colombia), A. cuzco (TL: Peru), A. fana (TL: Venezuela), A. holandia (TL: Guatemala), A. larana (TL: Venezuela), A. macrosema (TL: Costa Rica), A. mariana (TL: Guatemala), A. panamana (TL: Panama), A. parambana (TL: Ecuador), A. peruvensis (TL: Peru), A. phillipsae (TL: Costa Rica), A. porrasa (TL: Costa Rica), A. powelli (TL: Costa Rica), A. rastafariana (TL: Jamaica), A. razowskii (TL: Brazil), A. rica (TL: Costa Rica), A. rigidana (TL: Costa Rica), A. styraxivora (TL: Costa Rica), A. sympatrica (TL: Guatemala), A. tinalandana (TL: Ecuador), A. transecta (TL: Costa Rica), and A. tucki (TL: Peru). The genus occurs from Jamaica and southern Mexico to southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia. One species has been reared from the fruit of Styrax (Styracaceae), one from a fungus gall on Inga longispina (Fabaceae), and one from the stem of Vernonia (Asteraceae). We re-examine phylogenetic relationships among Anopinella and its putative related genera, Seticosta Razowski, Punctapinella Brown, Strophotina Brown, and Apolychrosis Amsel. We synonymize Ecuadorica Razowski & Becker, 2000, with Anopinella.
A checklist of the current valid species of the subfamily Triatominae Jeannel, 1919 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) and their geographical distribution, with nomenclatural and taxonomic notes
Authors: GALVÃO CLEBER , CARCAVALLO RODOLFO , ROCHA DAYSE DA SILVA , JURBERG JOSÉ
Published: September 2016

A checklist of the 137 current valid species placed in the subfamily Triatominae and their geographical distribution is presented. Confirmed and doubtful synonyms are given, as are nomenclatural and taxonomic comments.
A new species of the Gondwanan centipede Anopsobius (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from New South Wales, Australia
Authors: EDGECOMBE GREGORY D.
Published: September 2016

Anopsobius wrighti n. sp., from the New England and Washpool-Gibraltar Range regions of northern New South Wales, is the first Australian species of the Gondwanan genus Anopsobius Silvestri, 1899 (Henicopidae: Anopsobiinae). Anopsobius is also known from Chile, Argentina, the Falkland Islands, South Africa, New Zealand, and the Chatham and Auckland Islands. The new species is closely related to the New Zealand species A. neozelanicus Silvestri, 1909.
A new species of Moraria (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the Laurentian Great Lakes
Authors: REID JANET W. , LESKO LYNN T.
Published: September 2016

Moraria hudsoni n. sp. is described from Trails End Bay in Lake Michigan and Prentiss Bay in Lake Huron, Michigan, USA. The new species differs from its congeners in chaetotaxy, body ornamentation, and other characters. We review published records of members of Moraria from North and Central America; no species is known from South America. Species of this genus have been found in the mountains of southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, but none of these has been validly described. In North America, eight species have been recorded from Alaska, Canada, and the conterminous USA as far south as North Carolina. We report new geographical records of M. affinis from Virginia, and of both M. cristata and M. virginiana from Maryland and Virginia. We provide a tabular key to aid in identification of the named species of Moraria in North America.
A review of the clam shrimp family Leptestheriidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) from Venezuela, with descriptions of two new species
Authors: GARCIA JOSE VICENTE , PEREIRA GUIDO
Published: September 2016

The clam shrimps of the family Leptestheriidae from Venezuela are reviewed. Leptestheria venezuelica Daday, 1923, and two new species (L. cristata n. sp. and L. brevispina n. sp.) are presented. A redescription of L. venezuelica, descriptions of the new species, and comparisons with other South American species are included. A checklist of world Leptestheriiidae is included.
The complete bibliography of scientific works of Jacques-Marie-Frangille Bigot
Authors: EVENHUIS NEAL L.
Published: September 2016

A complete bibliography of scientific works of the dipterist, Jacques-Marie-Frangille Bigot, is presented in chronological order with accurate dates of publication. A total of 411 works are listed including taxonomic works, reviews of the works of colleagues, errata, and other types of articles.
A checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
Authors: EVANS ARTHUR V.
Published: September 2016

A checklist and bibliography of the New World Melolonthinae are presented. As of 31 December 2002, the New World melolonthine fauna consists of 11 tribes, 122 genera, and 2,705 valid species, including 11 fossil species. The checklist is a synthesis of the tribal classifications of Blackwelder (1944), Britton (1978) and Evans (2002). Seven new combinations, eleven replacement names, and eight new synonymsare recognized. Thirteen varietal names were evalutated and determined to be subspecific in rank. The type species of 21 genera are here designated. Three genera and one species are listed as incertae sedis. Since the catalogs of Dalla Torre (1912, 1913) and Blackwelder (1944) two genera and two species have been removed from the New World Melolonthinae. Sericoides nossi Martínez, 1971 and Sericoides rechencqui Martínez, 1971 are nomina nuda.
A new species of the genus Synonychimorpha Miyatake (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from South India
Authors: POORANI J.
Published: September 2016

A new species of the genus Synonychimorpha Miyatake (Synonychimorpha immaculata sp. nov.) is described from south India. Sticholotis chittagongi Vazirani is transferred to Synonychimorpha and Sticholotis rufolimbata Canepari is proposed as a new junior synonym. A key to the known species of the genus is given.
A new species of Trichocenthrus from Ecuador (Heteroptera: Colobathristidae), with a key to the species of the genus
Authors: COSCARÓN MARÍA DEL CARMEN , DELLAPÉ PABLO MATÍAS
Published: September 2016

Trichocentrus ecuatorianus n. sp. (Heteroptera: Colobathristidae) is described and illustrated from Ecuador. The value of the male genitalia for separating species is discussed. A key to all known species of Trichocenthrus is included.
Polygyrid land snails, Vespericola (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), 4. A new and possibly extinct species from central California, U.S.A.
Authors: ROTH BARRY
Published: September 2016

Vespericola ohlone sp. nov., is described from material collected in the nineteenth century, probably around freshwater marshes in Alameda County, central California. No more recent collecting records have been found, and the species may be extinct. The new species differs from Vespericola pilosus (Henderson, 1928) in having its base produced and somewhat excavated around the umbilicus, the inner quadrant of the base with a small shelf set off by a spiral sulcus behind the basal lip, and the inner part of the basal lip angled, rather than gently curved, forward. The soft anatomy is unknown.
Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan, with the description of one new species
Authors: PESIC VLADIMIR M.
Published: September 2016

Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig are reported from Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Bulgaria. Protzia durmitoris is described as new species. The first record from the Eastern Mediterranean region is given for Protzia halberti (Walter, 1920).
Redescription of Rhinocladius Edwards (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
Authors: SÆTHER O. A. , ANDERSEN T.
Published: September 2016

Diagnoses of male and female imagines of the genera Rhinocladius are given. R. culicinus known only as female imago is redescribed. R. longirostris is redescribed as male and female imagines. Parsimony analyses show that Rhinocladius, although keying to Apometriocnemus Sæther in Cranston et al. (1989), most likely belong in the Pseudorthocladius group of genera.
A catalogue of the Fanniidae (Diptera) of the Neotropical Region
Authors: DE CARVALHO C. J.B. , PONT A. C. , COURI M. S. , PAMPLONA D.
Published: September 2016

The Fanniidae (Diptera) of the Neotropical Region are catalogued. Two genera and 75 valid species are listed, with references to original descriptions, location of types, geographic distribution, and subsequent taxonomic and applied literature. Mesazelia trichopoda Blanchard, 1942 is a new synonym of Anthomyia pusio Wiedemann, 1830.
Cytotaxonomic diagnoses of two Neotropical swift species: Streptoprocne biscutata and Streptoprocne zonaris (Aves: Apodidae)
Authors: RIBEIRO JULIANO , TORRES RODRIGO A. , ADAM MÔNICA L. , CORNÉLIO DÉBORA A.
Published: September 2016

Specimens of Streptoprocne biscutata and Streptoprocne zonaris were studied cytogenetically in order to identify the features of their karyotypes and to increase our knowledge of the karyotypical constitutions of family Apopidae in the Neotropical region. Analysis of Streptoprocne biscutata revealed 2n= 64 (22 macrochromosmes + 42 microchromosomes) whereas Streptoprocne zonaris is characterized by 2n= 66 (18 macrochromosmes + 48 microchromosomes). It was not possible to recognize chromosomes related to sex determination in either species. We make available chromosome data that will prove useful to a global biological characterization of Apodidae, contributing to a reconnaissance of study of avian diversity in the Neotropics.
Morphology and behaviour of the larva of Calindoea trifascialis (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae), a chemically-defended retreat-building caterpillar from Vietnam
Authors: DARLING D. CHRISTOPHER
Published: September 2016

The final- instar larva of Calindoea trifascialis is described and illustrated for the first time, including chaetotaxy. All instars have paired fleshy lateral protuberances associated with large exocrine glands on the first abdominal segment. When disturbed, the larvae secrete defensive allomones that deter ants. The larvae construct tent-like feeding retreats and skeletonize the leaves of Dipterocarpus tuberculatus while concealed within the retreat; retreats of increasing size are constructed throughout larval development. When feeding is completed, the final-instar larva constructs a pupation retreat. This leaf roll falls from the plant and is capable of movement prior to pupation. The morphology and larval retreats of an unidentified species of thyridid from Queensland, Australia are also illustrated and discussed in the context of the new information concerning C. trifascialis.
Revision of Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae). IV. Pygommatius subgen. nov. with twenty-five Afrotropical species
Authors: SCARBROUGH AUBREY G. , MARASCIA CLAUDIO G.
Published: September 2016

A new subgenus of Ommatius Wiedemann, Pygommatius subgen. nov., is described. Twenty-five Afrotropical species are assigned to this subgenus including O. albatus Martin, O. bingeri Oldroyd, O. brevicornis Curran, O. caligula Oldroyd, O. cingulatus Bromley, O. dasypogon Oldroyd, O.digittatus Oldroyd, O. jaculator Oldroyd, and O. neglectus Bromley, and the following new species: O. alatipes, O. comosus, O. fluvius, O. grossus, O. imaginus, O. limbus, O. litoreus, O. lulua, O. magnipes, O. pectinus, O. porticus, O. renudus, O. segouensis, O. strigiatus, O. talus, and O. vultus. Twenty-three species are placed in the following six species groups: the bingeri, the brevicornis, the comosus, the grossus, the litoreus, and the pectinus groups. Ommatius ornatipes (Engel) is officially recognized as a secondary homonym of O. ornatipes Becker, and O. neglectus Bromley a junior synonym of O. ornatipes (Engel) (SYN. N.). Since Ommatius ornatipes (Engel) is preoccupied by O. ornatipes Becker, O. neglectus is recognized as the next available name for O. ornatipes (Engel). The male of O. brevicornis and the female of O. albatus are described and illustrated for the first time. Illustrations of morphological structures, descriptions, and a key to all species are provided, as well as brief comments on the distribution of the group.
Morphology and distribution of some new pelagic ostracods of genus Metaconchoecia (Halocyprida: Halocyprididae) from the North Pacific
Authors: CHAVTUR VLADIMIR GRYGORJEVICH
Published: September 2016

Four new species and one subspecies of halocypridids belonging to the genus Metaconchoecia Kock, 1992 have been found inhabiting depths ranging from 25 to 7140 m in the subtropical and temperate regions of the North Pacific (including Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea). These new halocyprids are named as M. longiseta nov sp. , M. alta nov. sp., M. ampla nov. sp., M. crassiseta nov. sp. and M. inflata lata.nov. ssp. Their morphology and vertical distribution of two mass species (M. longiseta and M. alta) are described in areas of the Kurile-Kamchatka and Aleutian Trenchs.
Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea)
Authors: PONDER WINSTON F.
Published: September 2016

The Bithyniidae is represented in Australia by a single genus-group, Gabbia Tryon, 1865. The species, including the type species of the genus, are described using shell, opercula, radular and anatomical characters. Twenty one species are recognised, 17 of them new. The genus Gabbia is redefined as incorporating a much wider diversity of shell morphology than previously envisaged with some species having smooth shells while others have strong axial or spiral sculpture or both. The following previously named species are recognised as valid: G. vertiginosa Frauenfeld (= Gabbia australis Tryon), G. iredalei Cotton, G. affinis Smith and G. smithii Tate. The 17 new species described are G. campicola n.sp., G. kendricki n.sp., G. pallidula n.sp., G. davisi n.sp., G. napierensis n.sp., G. rotunda n.sp., G. fontana n.sp., G. obesa n.sp., G. tumida n.sp., G. kessneri n.sp., G. beecheyi n.sp., G. microcosta n.sp., G. adusta n.sp., G. lutaria n.sp. G. clathrata n.sp., G. spiralis n.sp. and G. carinata n.sp. Most species live in northern Australia, with a few in the central and eastern parts but members of the family are absent from southern-most mainland Australia and Tasmania.
The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean
Authors: GUERRA-GARCÍA JOSÉ M.
Published: September 2016

The caprellidean fauna of Mauritius was investigated. Sixteen stations were selected around the island and different substrata (including algae, seagrass, sponges, hydroids, ascidians, echinoderms, encrusted dead corals, coral rubble, fine and coarse sediments) were sampled. The study reports seven species in six genera, five of which are new records for the island and one,Metaprotella mauritiensis is described as new to science. Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898 was the most common species in the coral reef system surrounding Mauritius.
Two new species of the genus Chlopsis (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Chlopsidae) from the Southwestern Pacific
Authors: TIGHE KENNETH A. , McCOSKER JOHN E.
Published: September 2016

Chlopsis slusserorum, from Fiji and the Solomon Islands, and Chlopsis bidentatus, from Fiji and New Caledonia, two new deepwater species of false moray eels belonging to the family Chlopsidae, are described and illustrated. Chlopsis slusserorum is distinguished from all other chlopsids by its combination of high vertebral count and distinctive pigmentation. Chlopsis bidentatus is distinguished by the combination of bicolored pigmentation, dorsal origin slightly behind gill opening and anteriorly biserial vomerine dentition.
The Neotropical taxa of the genus Dinocryptops Crabill, 1953 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)
Authors: CHAGAS JR. AMAZONAS
Published: September 2016

Two Neotropical species, one of them divided into two subspecies, are currently ascribed to the genus Dinocrytops Crabill, 1953, and are revised here. Dinocryptops puruensis (Bücherl, 1941) and D. miersii guaraniticus (Coscarón, 1955) are synonymized with Dinocryptops miersii (Newport, 1845). A specimen from São Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil, is designated as neotype for D. miersii (Newport, 1845). Dinocryptops miersii is recorded for the first time for the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Distrito Federal, and Santa Catarina.
New data on the European species of three genera Scelionidae (Hymenoptera)
Authors: PINTUREAU BERNARD , AL-NABHAN MOUNIR
Published: September 2016

Among the Scelionidae recently collected in several countries, mainly from Europe, the genus Gryon was represented by two species, the genus Baeus by one species and the genus Idris by three species. Four species are reported as new for France (two species of Gryon, one of Baeus and one of Idris), three as new for for Portugal (Azores) (one species of each of the three studied genera) and one as new for Syria (one species of Gryon). Improved morphological descriptions with illustrations are provided for several of the species. A new host (eggs of the pentatomid bug Eurygaster integriceps) is recorded for Gryon fasciatus Priesner.
A new genus of Tainisopidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Pilbara,Western Australia
Authors: WILSON GEORGE D.F.
Published: September 2016

Isopod crustaceans from deep bores in calcrete aquifers of the Fortescue River drainages in the Pilbara Region (Western Australia) are found to be closely related to Tainisopus Wilson and Ponder, 1992, but represent a distinct taxon, Pygolabis humphreysi gen. nov., sp. nov. The two taxa provide information for a diagnosis of a new family of Flabellifera sensu lato, the Tainisopidae. Although similar to Tainisopus in many details, Pygolabis gen. nov. has tong-like uropodal endopods and an elongate pleotelson, thus lacking the presumably primitive condition of Tainisopus. The pleotelson of Pygolabis gen. nov. contains powerful muscles that cause the uropods to rotate medially, bringing the tong-like endopods together. Similar structures in other unrelated hypogean crustaceans are noted. Pygolabis gen. nov. has a highly complex appendix masculina on the endopod of male pleopod II, unlike the simple appendix masculina seen in Tainisopus.
Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera
Authors: THOMPSON F. CHRISTIAN
Published: September 2016

A new genus and species of flower flies are described from the Australian biotic region (Austalis Thompson & Vockeroth, type Eristalis resolutus Walker; Austalis rhina Thompson (Solomon Is.)). A key is provided to the groups of the subtribe Eristalina, along with nomenclatural notes and checklist of genus-group names. Five genus-group names and 1 species-group name are synonymized (Pseudomeromacrus Li, 1994 = Eristalinus (Merodonoides Curran, 1931)); Cryptoeristalis Kuznetzov 1994 = Eristalis (Eoseristalis Kanervo, 1938)); Paramesembrius Shiraki 1930, Klossia Curran, 1931 & Catacores Hull, 1944 = Kertesziomyia Shiraki, 1930; Eristalis maritima Hull, 1945 = Austalis resoluta (Walker, 1858)).
Revision of the subgenus Dufourea (Flavodufourea) Ebmer, 1984 (Hymenoptera, Halictidae, Rophitinae) and description of a new species D.(Flavodufourea) ulkenkalkana sp.nov. from Kazakhstan
Authors: PATINY SEBASTIEN
Published: September 2016

Flavodufourea Ebmer, 1984 was described on the basis of D. flavicornis Friese, 1913. The females of this species are actually still unknown and this taxon is the only one included in the subgenus Flavodufourea. Moreover the generic attribution of Flavodufourea to Dufourea Lepeletier, 1841 or Rophites Spinola, 1808 constitutes an unresolved problem. Both sexes of a new Flavodufourea species, D. (Flavodufourea) ulkenkalkana sp.nov., are described here. This description also provides an opportunity to discuss the systematic position of Flavodufourea on a morphological basis.
Crozetia Davies (Diptera: Simuliidae): redescription of Cr. crozetensis, Cr. seguyi, number of larval instars, phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography
Authors: CRAIG DOUGLAS A. , CURRIE DOUGLAS C. , VERNON PHILIPPE
Published: September 2016

The taxonomy of the genus Crozetia Davies (Diptera: Simuliidae) is reviewed. Apart from the eggs, all stages of Crozetia crozetensis (Womersley) and Cr. seguyi Beaucournu-Saguez and Vernon, are fully redescribed with only claws and genitalia detailed for the female of Cr. crozetensis. A phylogenetic analysis of the Simuliidae indicates that Crozetia is the sister group of all other members of the extant Simuliini, in agreement with current molecular evidence. Palaeogeological evidence on the age of the Crozet Islands is equivocal, but a very late Cretaceous to early Eocene age (79-54 Mya) is most likely, hence the presence of simuliids on this archipelago is not the result of vicariance from Gondwanaland. Method of dispersal to the Crozet Archipelago may have been via wind or possibly vectored by birds from Africa, as suggested by presence of a basal tooth on the adult female claw. Morphometric analysis of larvae of Cr. seguyi indicates seven instars which is typical for the Simuliidae.
Hadena ligata Möschler (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): distribution and revised taxonomy
Authors: MCCABE TIMOTHY L.
Published: September 2016

Hadena ligata Möschler, 1891 represents a previously unrecognized species of Dypterygia Stephens, 1829. This species was originally described from Puerto Rico and was collected in Florida. The adult habitus and the male and female genitalia are illustrated, and a lectotype is designated. The larvae of Dypterygia rozmani Berio, 1974 and Trachea delicata (Grote, 1874) are illustrated.
Two new species of Basilia Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903 (Diptera: Nycteribiidae), members of the ferruginea group, from Southern Brazil
Authors: GRACIOLLI GUSTAVO
Published: September 2016

Two new species of Basilia Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903, B. insularis sp. nov. and B. ruiae sp. nov., from Southern Brazil are described. Characters justifying the new species include, the female abdomen, male genitalia and male femur II. Relationships with similar species those of (B. ferruginea Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903 and B. handleyi Guimarães, 1966) are discussed.
A new Costa Rican species of Leptanilloides (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: doryline section: Leptanilloidinae)
Authors: LONGINO JOHN T.
Published: September 2016

Leptanilloides mckennae sp. nov. is described from Costa Rica. This is the eighth species in the poorly-known subfamily Leptanilloidinae, part of the doryline section (army ants and relatives). The other seven species in the subfamily are from widely scattered localities in South America. The new species blurs previously established distinctions between Leptanilloides and Asphinctanilloides.
A new deep-water species of Natatolana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the Chatham Rise, eastern New Zealand
Authors: BRUCE NIEL L.
Published: September 2016

Natatolana rekohu sp. nov. from the Chatham Rise, off southeastern New Zealand is described and figured. Natatolana rekohu was collected at a depth of 2799 metres, close to the greatest recorded depth for this genus. The species is a scavenger, and was feeding on dead fish in a sediment trap. Natatolana rekohu is characterised by: reduced eyes; strongly indented anterior margin of the head; pentagonal frontal lamina, with weakly convex lateral margins; pleonites 1 and 2 not produced, 3 weakly and pleonite 4 rounded; pereopods 1 and 2 usually with 5 or 6 setae on the propodal palm. In males the large flat and widely separated penes and the strongly curved, wide and terminally toothed appendix masculina are additional diagnostic characters. As in most Natatolana the numbers of robust setae on the margins of the uropodal rami and pleotelson are also important in making a correct identification.
The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae)
Authors: HODDLE MARK S. , MOUND LAURENCE A.
Published: September 2016

Twenty-one species of leaf-feeding thrips from Australia in the genus Scirtothrips, including eleven newly described species, are here distinguished with an identification key and illustrations. Some of these species are host-specific, but with diverse host associations, including tree ferns, two different genera of cycads, Acacia, Allocasuarina, Brachychiton, Hakea, and Kunzea. Two new speciesgroups, based on S. albomaculatus and S. akakia, are distinguished, both with several species on endemic species of Acacia. In contrast, other species are highly polyphagous, and some of these are crop pests, including S. dorsalis and S. aurantii, the South African citrus thrips that was introduced recently to Queensland. Three species are part of the northern tropical fauna, S. dorsalis, S. dobroskyi, and S. tenor, whereas most of the others are endemic to the arid areas of Australia. The monotypic genus Labiothrips Bhatti & Mound is synonymised with Scirtothrips Shull, and the New Zealand species S. pan Palmer & Mound is removed from the Australian list as a misidentification. The species recognised are: S. akakia sp.n., S. albomaculatus Bianchi, S. astibos, sp.n., S. aurantii Faure, S. australiae Hood (=auricorpus Girault, syn.n.), S. casuarinae Palmer & Mound, S. dobroskyi Moulton, S. dorsalis Hood, S. drepanofortis sp. n., S. eremicus sp.n., S. frondis sp.n., S. helenae Palmer & Mound, S. inermis Priesner, S. kirrhos sp.n., S. litotes sp.n., S. longipennis (Bagnall), S. moneres sp.n., S. pilbara sp.n., S. quadriseta sp.n., S. solus sp.n., and S. tenor (Bhatti & Mound).
Redescription of Bursaphelenchus talonus (Thorne, 1935) Massey, 1956 (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae) and designation of lectotypes
Authors: KAISA T. R.
Published: September 2016

Bursaphelenchus talonus is redescribed and a hololectotype and paralectotypes are designated. The species is characterized by three incisures in the lateral field at midbody, an offset head, two rows of cells in the gonad, and a stylet without knobs (11-14 μm). The male body is 654 to 946 μm long with an arcuate tail. A round-ovoid bursa envelops the tail. Three pairs of papillae are present: one pre-cloacal and the other two post-cloacal, near tail terminus. Spicules are 14 to 16 μm long, mitten- shaped, and have a well-developed condylus and rostrum. Distal tips of spicules are pointed and lack a cucullus. The female body is 760 to 836 μm long and tapers posteriorly to a conoid, amucronate tail. The tail terminus is rounded or sub acute. A postuterine sac is present (102-124 μm), and a vulval flap is absent.
A sympatric species pair: Spogostylum ocyale (Wiedemann, 1828) and S. griseipenne Macquart, 1850 (Diptera: Bombyliidae)
Authors: GREATHEAD D. J.
Published: September 2016

Type specimens of Spogostylum ocyale (Wiedemann) and S. griseipenne (Macquart) were examined and found to be distinct species. Characters separating them are provided and they are shown to be largely sympatric. Spogostylum umbra (Walker) and S. arugotense Zaitzev are confirmed as synonyms of S. ocyale and some published misidentifications are corrected.
A new genus and species of Typhinae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Muricidae) from off northeastern Brazil
Authors: ABSALÃO RICARDO SILVA , SANTOS FRANKLIN NOEL DOS
Published: September 2016

A new member of the marine gastropod muricid subfamily Typhinae was discovered during dredgings off the continental shelf of northeastern Brazil. Although its four varices per whorl and the presence of sealed anal tubes (except for then anterior most one) suggest its placement in this subfamily, the taxon accords with no known genera. Brasityphis barrosi n. gen. and n. sp. is characterised by its small size, the absence of any partition, and the presence of five strong rounded denticles within the outer lip and a callus on the anterior of the parietal wall.
Ameroculodes miltoni, a new species of estuarine amphipod (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Oedicerotidae) from the southeastern United States
Authors: FOSTER JOHN M. , HEARD RICHARD W.
Published: September 2016

The genus Ameroculodes Bousfield and Chevrier, 1966 is emended to accommodate a new species of oedicerotid amphipod, Ameroculodes miltoni, common to estuarine habitats of the southeastern United States. In this region the new species has been confused with Ameroculodes (=Monocu- lodes) edwardsi (Holmes, 1905) and Deflexilodes (= Monoculodes) intermedius (Shoemaker, 1930), both of which are distinctly larger and endemic to the cold temperate waters of the Northwest Atlantic. Ameroculodes miltoni can be distinguished from A. edwardsi by (1) having the postero-ventral margins of epimeral plates 1-3 rounded, (2) a short, blunt rostrum, (3) uropod 2 with relatively few dorsal spines on the peduncle, (4) and a subovate telson. Deflexilodes intermedius, like A. miltoni, has rounded epimeral plates, but is readily distinguished by the well-developed, elongate dactyls on its 3 rd and 4 th pereopods. Ameroculodes miltoni occurs over a wide range of salinities (<1°/ °° to 35°/ °° ) and is most common in medium to fine sand or sand-silt substrata. It appears to be an important biotic component of northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries.
Octocorals from Costa Rica: The genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)
Authors: BREEDY ODALISCA , GUZMAN HECTOR M.
Published: September 2016

Species of the genus Pacifigorgia are surveyed for the first time in the shallow Pacific seas off Costa Rica. They are identified and described with detailed illustrations. The main collection belongs to the Zoology Museum, University of Costa Rica. Most of this material has been collected by means of SCUBA. This regional account of Pacifigorgia includes four species that were previously described: P. adamsii, P. eximia, P. irene and P. stenobrochis, and another nine that are new species.
The Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) (Insecta, Trichoptera, Helicopsychidae) from Barro Colorado Island, Panama
Authors: JOHANSON KJELL ARNE
Published: September 2016

Helicopsyche woldai sp.n. and Helicopsyche fridae sp.n. are described from Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Five Helicopsyche species are now known from the island. The Helicopsyche material was collected continuously in two separate periods covering seven years. The flight activities at weekly basis correlated with rainfall fluctuations shows that flight activities increased immediately after a period of increased rainfall.
Clarias insolitus, a new species of clariid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from southern Borneo
Authors: NG HEOK HEE
Published: September 2016

A new species of catfish in the genus Clarias is described from the Barito River drainage in southern Borneo. Clarias insolitus can be clearly distinguished from all other Southeast Asian Clarias species in having a long and thin anterior fontanel and hypertrophied sensory canal pores on the head and body that are easily visible to the naked eye. Additional diagnostic characters not unique to this species are a uniform violet-gray color without any white spots on body and prominent serrations on the anterior edge of the pectoral spine.
A new species of the loricariid catfish genus Hemipsilichthys from southern Rio de Janeiro coastal rivers, southeastern Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes)
Authors: PEREIRA EDSON H.L. , REIS ROBERTO E. , SOUZA PABLO F.M. , LAZZAROTTO HENRIQUE
Published: September 2016

Hemipsilichthys nimius, new species, is described from the upper Perequê-Açu River in Parati, in the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil. The new species is distinguished from the remaining 18 Hemipsilichthys species by modally having eight branched rays in the dorsal fin (vs. seven branched rays), by possessing a posteriorly expanded dorsal-fin membrane connecting the last dorsal-fin ray to the dorsum and, except from H. gobio and H. papillatus, by having teeth cusps equal in size (vs. small lateral cusp or unicuspid teeth in both dentary and premaxilla). From H. gobio and H. papillatus it is further distinguished by the larger orbital diameter and by its V-shaped dorsal-fin spinelet. Hemipsilichthys nimius shares with H. gobio and H. papillatus several characters that might be indicative of close relationships. These putative phylogenetic relationships are discussed.
Synonymizing Microtomus sticheli Costa Lima, 1935 under M. tibialis Stichel, 1926 and redescription of the species (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)
Authors: COSCARON MARÍA DEL CARMEN , MELO MARÍA CECILIA , CUELLO NORA
Published: September 2016

At present, only hemelytra and connexival color patterns are diagnostic characters for differentiating Microtomus tibialis Stichel and Microtomus sticheli Costa Lima. After analysis of several specimens from Brazil (Minas Gerais, Goiás, Bahia) and Bolivia (Santa Cruz), we conclude that M. sticheli is a synonym of M. tibialis. The diagnostic characters are variable and of low discriminatory value. Microtomus tibialis is redescribed, including male and female genitalia.
A new species of the genus Neobelocera (Homoptera: Delphacidae) from China
Authors: CHEN XIANG-SHENG
Published: September 2016

Neobelocera lanpingensis n. sp. (Homoptera: Delphacidae), collected from Lanping County, Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated. A key to all known species of Neobelocera is included.
Rhinocricidae Systematics I: The taxonomic placement of the species of Zipyge Chamberlin, 1925 and Oxypygides Chamberlin, 1922 (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae: Oxypyginae)
Authors: BOND JASON E. , MAREK PAUL E.
Published: September 2016

The rhinocricid genera Zipyge and Oxypygides are considered to be junior synonyms of the genus Oxypyge.The following new combinations are established:Oxypyge lapidicina (Chamberlin, 1922) and Oxypyge mesites (Chamberlin, 1922), both from Oxypygides. The current status of rhinocricid generic level taxonomy is introduced, the limits of Oxypyge Silvestri are discussed, and the type specimens of the type species of the nominal genera Zipyge and Oxypygides are redescribed.
A new species of the genus Antennoseius (Ascidae : Mesostigmata) from India
Authors: BHATTACHARYYA A. K. , SANYAL A. K. , BHATTACHARYA T.
Published: September 2016

Antennoseius orientalis sp. nov. is described along with illustrations and a key to the Indian species of the genus is provided.
A new polydesmid milliped genus and two new species from Oregon and Washington, U. S. A., with a review of Bidentogon Buckett and Gardner, 1968, and a summary of the family in Western North America (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae)
Authors: SHELLEY ROWLAND M.
Published: September 2016

In North America west of the Continental Divide, the milliped family Polydesmidae consists of six genera and 15 species, and occupies eight disjunct areas. Retrorsia, n. gen., is proposed for two new “micro-polydesmid” species (R. leonardi, the type species, and R. benedictae) in western Oregon and Washington, primarily in the lower Columbia River Valley. It is most closely related to Utadesmus Chamberlin and Hoffman, 1950, in Utah and New Mexico, and is characterized primarily by a retrorse gonopodal tibiotarsus that curves dorsad and counters the ventral curvature of the telopodal stem. New records are presented for the coastal species of Bidentogon Buckett and Gardner, 1968, occurring from Mendocino to Santa Cruz counties, California, and encompassing the area around San Francisco Bay. The oldest available name for this species is californicus (Chamberlin, 1918), whose type locality is Stanford, Santa Clara County. This name has been misapplied to the species occurring in Sacramento County, herein named B. expansus, n. sp., and B. helferorum Buckett and Gardner, 1968, is placed in synonymy under B. californicus.
Amphiscolytus — a new genus, and Amphiscolytini — a new tribe of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) for Dacryophthorus capensis Schedl
Authors: MANDELSHTAM MICHAIL YU. , BEAVER ROGER A.
Published: September 2016

A new genus Amphiscolytus and a new tribe Amphiscolytini are described to include Dacryophthorus capensis Schedl, 1971 — a poorly known species of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) with a unique set of features from South Africa. Amphiscolytus capensis (Schedl, 1971) is redescribed and figured.
Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) collected on the continental shelf of Brazil during the Geomar X Oceanographic Operation
Authors: GROHMANN PRISCILA A. , NOGUEIRA CLAUDIO C. , Da SILVA VERA MARIA ABUD P.
Published: September 2016

Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) collected on the continental shelf of Brazil during the GEOMAR X Oceanographic Operation. A total of 53 species of hydroids, belonging to 29 genera and 11 families, was collected at 57 oceanographic stations established during Operation GEOMAR X on board the Oceanographic Vessel “Almirante Câmara”, of the Ministry of the Navy, during May- June 1978. Areas investigated were the northern coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, the coast of Espírito Santo, and the southern coast of Bahia. In the present contribution, the genus Antennella is recorded for the first time from the Brazilian coast. Antennella curvitheca Fraser, 1937 is reported for the first time from the southern hemisphere while Antennella campanulaformis (Mulder & Trebilcock, 1909) and Salacia desmoides (Torrey, 1902) are reported for the first time from the Atlantic Ocean. Five other species, Lafoea dumosa (Fleming, 1820), Antennella quadriaurita Ritchie, 1909, Nemertesia antennina (Linnaeus, 1758), Sertularella polyzonias (Linnaeus, 1758) and Hincksella cylindrica (Bale, 1888) were collected from Brazil for the first time. The reported bathymetric distributions of 28 species previously known from the Brazilian coast are extended. The known geographic distributions of seven species are extended along the coast, five northwards and two southwards.
Description of Ptychocroca, a new genus from Chile and Argentina, with comments on the Bonagota Razowski group of genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini)
Authors: BROWN JOHN W. , RAZOWSKI JÓZEF
Published: September 2016

Ptychocroca, new genus, is described and illustrated. As presently defined, the genus includes eight species: P. apenicillia, new species, from Chile; P. nigropenicillia, new species, from Chile; P. lineabasalis, new species, from Chile; P. keelioides, new species, from Chile; P. simplex, new species, from Chile; P. crocoptycha (Meyrick), new combination, from Argentina and Chile; P. wilkinsoni (Butler), new combination, from Chile; and P. galenia (Razowski), new combination, from Chile. We present brief diagnoses for the related genera Apotomops Powell and Obraztsov, Bonagota Razowski, Haemateulia Razowski, and Acmanthina Brown, along with descriptions of two new species of Apotomops (A. boliviana and A. spomotopa, new species). We also propose two new combinations, Apotomops carchicola (Razowski and Becker) and A. sololana (Razowski), and the synonymy of Bonagota cranaodes (Meyrick) with B. salubricola (Meyrick).
A revision of Calodera Mannerheim. III. A new species from Russia and a key to the Palaearctic species of the genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Authors: ASSING VOLKER
Published: September 2016

Calodera lunata sp. n. (Russia: Komi Republic) is described, illustrated, and distinguished from the Eastern Palaearctic C. zerchei Assing, 2003 and C. desdemona Sharp, 1888. Calodera hebeiensis Pace, 1999 is transferred to Parocyusa Bernhauer. A key to the Palaearctic species of Calodera is provided.
A new species of Promacropoides Sigwalt (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Panamá
Authors: CUROE DANIEL , MORÓN MIGUEL ANGEL
Published: September 2016

Promacropoides gloriagaitalis sp. nov. from Cocle province, Panama is described and illustrated. This formerly monotypic genus was known only from Ecuador. A key to all known species of Rutelini Heterosternina is included.
A correction to the authorship of Agrilus graminis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Authors: JENDEK EDUARD
Published: September 2016

The authorship of Agrilus graminis is treated. The name graminis Gory and Laporte, 1837 results from a misidentification and is an unavailable name. Kiesenwetter (1857) validly proposed the new name A. graminis for this Gory and Laporte misidentification. A lectotype for Agrilus graminis Kiesenwetter, 1857 was based on original material of Gory and Laporte (Jendek, 1998). The name A. disparicornis Bedel is available and an objective junior synonym of A. graminis Kiesenwetter.
A new species of Phalangogonia Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini) from Costa Rica
Authors: SMITH ANDREW B.T.
Published: September 2016

Phalangogonia hawksi sp. n. from the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica is described. The genus Phalangogonia Burmeister now includes nine species. An updated key to the species in this genus is provided to accommodate the new species.
Revision of Agrilus cuprescens (Ménétriés, 1832) and related species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Authors: JENDEK EDUARD
Published: September 2016

The revision of Agrilus cuprescens (Ménétriés, 1832) and its relatives A. salicis Frivaldszky, 1877; A. pecirkai Obenberger, 1916; A. paludicola Krogerus, 1922 and A. ribesi Schaefer, 1946 is given. All species are illustrated. The following taxonomic changes are proposed: A. paludicola (stat. nov.) is considered as a species; A. amethystopterus Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1890 is considered as a subspecies of A. cuprescens (stat. nov.); A. viridis (Linné, 1758) (= rudis Abeille de Perrin, 1897 syn. nov.; = caenus Obenberger, 1924 syn. nov.); A. cuprescens cuprescens (Ménétriés) (= lacrymans Abeille de Perrin, 1895 syn. nov.; = foveolatus Abeille de Perrin, 1897 syn. nov.; = calcicola Obenberger, 1916 syn. nov.; = altaicola Obenberger, 1935 syn. nov.; = kuznecovinus Obenberger, 1936 syn. nov.). The names chalconatus Megerle and indigacellus Obenberger are unavailable. Lectotypes of 15 species are designated.
Neda Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae): Redescriptions and revised combinations of two species formerly placed in Cycloneda Crotch
Authors: ARAÚJO MARILEUSA , DE ALMEIDA LÚCIA MASSUTTI
Published: September 2016

Some species of the genus Cycloneda Crotch (1871) were studied, revised combinations within Neda Mulsant (1850) are made, and illustrations of pertinent characters are provided. Cycloneda callispilota is returned to Neda (= N. callispilota (Guérin-Menéville 1844) comb. rest.), and Cycloneda tredecimsignata is transferred to Neda (= N. tredecimsignata (Mulsant 1850) comb. nov.).
Nomenclature notes on some orthoclads (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: SÆTHER O. A. , FERRINGTON JR. L. C.
Published: September 2016

New nomenclatorial acts are proposed for chironomids in anticipation of publication on the Fauna Europaea, a database of the scientific names and distribution of all living multicellular European land and fresh-water animals. Thienemanniella caspersi Sæther is proposed as a new replacement name for Th. similis Caspers & Reiss, 1989. Five new generic combinations are given: Dactylocladius albipennis Goetghebuer, 1921, Orthocladius (Dactylocladius) brevifurcatus Edwards, 1926, and Lindebergia bothnica Tuiskunen, 1984 are transferred to Pseudosmittia Goetghebuer; while Smittia lacunarum Goetghebuer, 1931 and Smittia (Pseudosmittia) terrestris Goetghebuer , 1943 are both transferred to Bryophaenocladius Thienemann. Twenty-two new synonyms are given: Pseudosmittia amamibifurca Sasa, 1990 is a junior synonym of Pseudosmittia mathildae Albu, 1968; Pseudosmittia antillaria Sæther, 1981 of Pseudosmittia forcipata (Goetghebuer, 1921); Pseudosmittia arenaria flava Strenzke, 1960 of Pseudosmittia arenaria Strenzke, 1960; Smittia avicularia Goetghebuer, 1950 of Pseudosmittia trilobata (Edwards, 1929); Smittia brachyptera Goetghebuer, 1934 of Pseudosmittia conjuncta (Edwards, 1929); Pseudosmittia brevitarsis Brundin, 1947, Pseudosmittia kurobaokasia Sasa & Okazawa, 1992, Smittia oxoniana Edwards, 1937 not Edwards, 1922, and Pseudosmittia schachti Caspers & Reiss, 1989 of Pseudosmittia ruttneri Strenzke & Thienemann, 1942; Spaniotoma (Smittia) curticosta Edwards, 1929 of Pseudosmittia albipennis (Goetghebuer, 1921); Smittia hamata Freeman, 1956 of Pseudosmittia danconai (Marcuzzi, 1947); Pseudosmittia linguata Caspers & Reiss, 1989 of Pseudosmittia nishiharaensis Sasa & Hasegawa, 1988; Smittia longitibia Goetghebuer, 1933 and Pseudosmittia mediocarinata Caspers & Reiss, 1989 of Pseudosmittia nanseni (Kieffer, 1926); Spaniotoma (Smittia) recta Edwards, 1929 and Pseudosmittia togarisea Sasa & Okazawa, 1992 of Pseudosmittia oxoniana (Edwards, 1922); Spaniotoma (Smittia) scotica Edwards, 1929, Pseudosmittia togasitea Sasa & Pseudosmittia triplex Strenzke, 1950 is a valid species and not a synonym of P. forcipata (Goetghebuer, 1921) as stated in Ashe & Cranston (1990). Pseudosmittia virgo montana Strenzke, 1950 is raised to species level as Pseudosmittia montana. The following names are nomina dubia: Camptocladius flaviventris Kieffer, 1921, Camptocladius hexalobus Kieffer, 1924, Camptocladius longicrus Kieffer, 1921, Pseudosmittia restricta Brundin, 1956, Smittia (Pseudosmittia) tenebrosa Goetghebuer, 1943, Camptocladius trifoliatus Kieffer, 1924, Smittia (Pseudosmittia) vicana Goetghebuer, 1943.
Baezia vulcania sp. n., an endogeous weevil from La Palma I. (Canary Is.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae)
Authors: ALONSO-ZARAZAGA MIGUEL A. , GARCÍA RAFAEL
Published: September 2016

A new species of endogeous, eyeless Molytine weevil collected in La Palma island (Canary Is.), Baezia vulcania sp. n., is described and compared with its closest ally, B. litoralis Alonso-Zarazaga & García, 1999. Biological data are provided. The genus is new to La Palma I.
A revision of the genus Microlia Casey, 1910 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Hoplandriini)
Authors: GUSAROV VLADIMIR I.
Published: September 2016

Microlia Casey, 1910 is transferred from the tribe Athetini Casey, 1910 to the tribe Hoplandriini Casey, 1910. The genus Nosora Casey, 1911 is placed in synonymy with Microlia Casey, 1910. Three new species of Microlia are described (M. tetramera Gusarov, sp. nov. and M. pentamera Gusarov, sp. nov. from Costa Rica, and M. panamensis Gusarov, sp. nov. from Panama). Three species are redescribed (M. silacea (Erichson, 1839) known from Virginia and North Carolina, M. azteca (Casey, 1911) known from Mexico, and M. meticola (Casey, 1911) known from Arizona and Texas). A key for identification of species of Microlia is provided. Homalota silacea Erichson, 1839, Nozora azteca Casey, 1911 and N. meticola Casey, 1911 are transferred to Microlia. Dolosota (Microlia) pernix Casey, 1910 is placed in synonymy with Microlia silacea (Erichson, 1839).
Revised taxonomic status of Eidophasia zukowskyi Amsel, 1938 (Lepidoptera, Plutellidae) with first description of its male and female genitalia
Authors: BARANIAK EDWARD , SOHN JAE-CHEON
Published: September 2016

We revise the taxonomic status of Eidophasia zukowskyi Amsel, 1938, and we provide the first descriptions of the genitalia of both sexes. A diagnostic summary is given with illustrations for a similar congener, Eidophasia syenitella (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]).
A new species of the New Caledonian endemic genus Xanthochorema Kimmins, 1953 (Insecta: Trichoptera: Hydrobiosidae)
Authors: JOHANSON KJELL ARNE
Published: September 2016

Xanthochorema neocaledonia sp.n.is described from New Caledonia, raising to seven the number of Hydrobiosidae (Trichoptera) species now known from New Caledonia. A key for discrimination of males of these seven species is presented, and distributional maps are included for all species. In addition, new records are included for Xanthochorema bifurcatum Schmid, 1989, Xanthochorema calcaratum Schmid, 1989, and Xanthochorema celadon Schmid, 1989.