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A Further Minor Step—Minority-Related (D)eve(lopme)nts within the European Institutions throughout 2014
Authors: Gál Kinga , Eplényi Kata
Published: May 2019

This article covers those minority-related developments, important events and “missing” steps of the eu Institutions, especially the ep and the European Commission, throughout the year of 2014 that relate to traditional national minorities, regional language groups, and national communities. The year 2014 cannot be separated from 2013, thus the study covers one and a half years and analyses—among others—issues such as the first results of the European Citizens Initiative, the adopted resolution on endangered European languages and linguistic diversity in the European Union, the successful re-establishment of the “Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages” and the challenges the European Commission faces in this field. The study provides an analytical evaluation of this period. Throughout 2013 and 2014 a few minor steps forward were made within the European institutions on the field related to national minority protection; however, none of these should be over- or underestimated.
The Issue of Unaccompanied Foreign Minors in Spain
Authors: Mallol Vicente Cabedo
Published: May 2019

In the first decade of the 21st century, the various Spanish authorities concerned with the issue of child protection found themselves overwhelmed by the mass influx of unaccompanied foreign minors to Spain. The immigration regulations, which were established for the immigration of adults, did not fully cover the rights to which minors were entitled or the issues that affected them. By the end of that decade, with the reform of the immigration regulations, which includes the case law of the Constitutional Court on this matter a comprehensive legal framework for foreign minors will be set up, in principle. Conversely, as revealed in this article, this legal framework does not satisfactorily resolve all the problems involving these minors. This work analyzes, by looking at the migration process of these minors, the rights to which they are entitled and the problems they face.
International Developments 2015: Cultural Activities and Facilities, Including the Media
Authors: Riekkinen Mariya
Published: May 2019

This section gives an overview of international developments from the perspective of minority rights concerning cultural activities and cultural facilities, as well as the issues of the media and, more broadly, freedom of expression. In dealing with cultural activities and facilities, it departs from the provisions of Article 12 of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages (ETS No. 148). Although the provisions of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages provide the conceptual point of departure, this section does not limit its analysis to only language issues but addresses a wider framework of cultural rights of persons belonging to minorities. International developments in the said fields are tracked not only at the European level of minority rights regulation but also at the level of the United Nations. By examining the UN praxis in the area of minority rights, we remain focused on minority issues, including indigenous issues, within the European legal context. This section starts with the analysis of the 2015 developments inside the un, and continues to address those of the OSCE, the EU, and the Council of Europe.
Minorities and Counter-Terrorism Law
Authors: Saul Ben
Published: May 2019

Members of minority groups have historically been both victims and perpetrators of terrorism. This article examines how international and national legal controls on terrorism have addressed or impacted upon members of minority groups. In particular, it identifies three key areas in which legal questions arise: (1) the extent to which terrorism laws protect minorities (which is principally a question of the definition of terrorism, particularly ‘motive’ elements); (2) how terrorism laws apply to—or exempt—members of minorities who perpetrate terrorism (which concerns both definition and exceptions to definitions); and (3) how counter-terrorism laws differentially or disproportionately impact on minorities (which concerns definition as well as over-policing).
Intersectional Mobilization and the EU: Which Political Opportunities are there for Romani Women’s Activism?
Authors: D’Agostino Serena
Published: May 2019

Inspired by existing literature on the Europeanization of social movements, this study asks whether, and to what extent, the political opportunity structures (POS) for collective action created by the European Union contribute to intersectional mobilization. In particular, it investigates whether the EU integration process determines (political) advantages for domestic (intersectional) political actors, or rather facilitates their marginalization from mainstream political agendas. Do emerging forms of activism at intersections have access to a broader or a more limited range of EU-driven opportunities? To answer this question, this work uses Romani women’s activism in Romania as a case-study. Specifically, it identifies a set of EU-driven POS for Romani women advocates and uses (political) intersectionality as an innovative analytical tool to explore them. Empirical analysis employs data collected through semi-structured interviews with Romanian institutional and non-institutional political actors carried out in 2015. Findings show that although the EU contributes to produce an intersectional political advantage for Romani women activists (e.g. by facilitating their access to the resources available under different policy regimes), it nonetheless hinders the development of their intersectional political agenda by fostering single-strand policies and discouraging grassroots political action.
International Developments 2016: Economic, Social, and Cultural Life, Including Education and the Media, in the Context of European Minorities and from the Perspective of International Law
Authors: Riekkinen Mariya
Published: May 2019

From the perspective of the rights of minorities in Europe, this section overviews international developments concerning economic and socio-cultural entitlements, including those related to education and the media. It is thematically structured around two clusters related to the minority rights: (a) cultural activities and facilities, including the media; and (b) economic and social life, including education, which are covered by the provisions of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages (ETS. No. 148). This review starts with an analysis of the 2016 developments at the UN level, and continues with an overview of advancements at the levels of the OSCE, the EU, and the Council of Europe. The adoption of the Thematic Commentary No. 4 “The Scope of Application of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities” by the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (ACFC) is among the most important highlights.
Safeguarding Cultural Rights of Sámi Children and Youth in Finland, with Special Emphasis on the Linguistic Part of Cultural Identity – Current Challenges
Authors: Joona Tanja
Published: May 2019

The article examines the common global phenomenon of indigenous urbanization. In Finland, more than 75% of the indigenous Sámi children are born outside the Sámi Homeland area. The development is fast and poses different kind of challenges for the entire Sámi society and culture. Youth and women are more likely to settle in urban areas and it is their Sáminess that is to survive or die in the cities. Indigenousness is no longer tied with traditional livelihoods or land use but instead requires other forms of cultural maintenance. In the contemporary situation Sámi have started through their own associations and networks require more appropriate services in the cities, including Sámi language learning in the schools and kindergartens. This is not always satisfactory. The article evaluates the existing international and domestic (Finland) legislation in regard to Sámi language, but also the implementation of these rights in practice.

The author would like to acknowledge that the article is based on a joint research project called NUORGÁV – An urban future for Sápmi?, between Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, where it is studied how Sámi youth organise and network to impact urban Sámi policy. The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway and administrated by Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR).
Uranium in Greenland: Questions of Resources and Security in a Self-Government Setting
Authors: Barten Ulrike , Mortensen Bent Ole Gram
Published: May 2019

The exploitation of minerals in Greenland is governed by the Greenlandic Mineral Resource Act of 2009. Among the mineral resources is uranium. The exploitation of minerals lies within the competences of the self-government. However, the areas of foreign policy and security remain the competences of the Realm. When the socalled zero tolerance policy was lifted in 2013, the Danish Government insisted that uranium mining could not be under the (sole) competences of the Greenlandic self-government, as uranium is a dual-use good. In January 2016, the Greenlandic and the Danish government signed an agreement on exploitation and export of uranium and other radioactive resources. We are now are left with the question of competences not being unequivocally legally solved. And in addition we have open questions as to responsibility under international law.
Problems in the Law of the Sea Relating to Insular Formations in Ice-bound Seas and Polar Regions of the Arctic, with Particular Reference to Judicial Dicta in US v Alaska (1996) and to Recent Discoveries of New Arctic Islands (such as ‘Yaya’) due to Glacial Melt
Authors: Symmons Clive R.
Published: May 2019

It is generally accepted that UNCLOS applies to polar seas. However, particular problems can arise thereunder in such seas because of their ice-bound environment. One such regional problem is because global warming causes particular issues for insular formations there; not only in terms of the very definition of ‘islands’ (e.g., is frozen sea water equivalent to “land” in terms of above-surface appearance under Art. 121 [1] of UNCLOS?); but also in terms of their lawful use in generation of maritime zones therefrom. For example, in recent years new above-surface formations have been discovered in the Arctic (such as ‘Yaya Island’) because of glacial melting and sudden visibility. These formations may potentially generate new maritime zones for their owner State (albeit not EEZs/continental shelves because of Art. 121 [3] of UNCLOS); and may be opportunistically used in negotiation of maritime polar boundaries (as in the case of Tobias Island off Greenland). Where tips of glacial capes have been used as straight baseline points, any remaining terrestrial formations may be a useful ‘fall-back’ position on ice melt-down. Typically low-lying new terrestrial features (now uncovered by glaciers) may have no prospect of long-term existence above sea level; and some may have inherent mobility (as is a particular Arctic problem with ‘barrier islands’). The other side of the coin of polar ice melt-down is that existing low-lying and small islands will likely disappear with increasing sea levels; so causing problems of continued use as basepoints for generation of maritime zones; and a potential duty to retract maritime claims.
China’s Favored Muslims? The Complex Relationship between the Chinese Communist Party and the Hui Ethnic Group
Authors: Durneika Erik
Published: May 2019

The People’s Republic of China remains a multinational unitary state, where the prc Constitution expressly guarantees freedom of religion and fair treatment of ethnic minorities. The Chinese Communist Party (ccp) retains ultimate authority regarding internal and external affairs, including the selective enforcement of constitutional rights. Various ethnic groups, such as the Turkic Uighurs, have long been perceived as rebellious, while the Muslim Hui have often been treated favorably, with laxer enforcement of laws and more religious autonomy. Many attribute this “model minority” perception of the Hui to cultural similarities shared with the Han. Although the ccp continues to allow religious freedoms to the Hui, the trajectory of persecution has slightly increased due to threats of global Islamist insurgencies. Leadership under President Xi Jinping seeks to maintain its power by combating “foreign infiltration” of Islam. Party officials allow Hui to interact with Muslim countries internationally under one circumstance—beneficial business transactions.
On the Timing of Signals in Multisensory Integration and Crossmodal Interactions: a Scoping Review
Authors: Sanders Philip , Thompson Benjamin , Corballis Paul , Searchfield Grant
Published: May 2019

A scoping review was undertaken to explore research investigating early interactions and integration of auditory and visual stimuli in the human brain. The focus was on methods used to study low-level multisensory temporal processing using simple stimuli in humans, and how this research has informed our understanding of multisensory perception. The study of multisensory temporal processing probes how the relative timing between signals affects perception. Several tasks, illusions, computational models, and neuroimaging techniques were identified in the literature search. Research into early audiovisual temporal processing in special populations was also reviewed. Recent research has continued to provide support for early integration of crossmodal information. These early interactions can influence higher-level factors, and vice versa. Temporal relationships between auditory and visual stimuli influence multisensory perception, and likely play a substantial role in solving the ‘correspondence problem’ (how the brain determines which sensory signals belong together, and which should be segregated).
The Decline of Extended Families and Changes in Bride Price in Lineage Villages in Northern Guangdong (大家庭式微：理解粤北宗族村落彩礼变迁的一种视角——基于城村的考察)
Authors: Wu (吴海龙) Hailong
Published: May 2019

The amount of bride price in the lineage-centered villages in northern Guangdong has decreased, in sharp contrast to its escalation throughout the country. This article examines changes in life styles in the rural communities of northern Guangdong through an analysis of local activities in relation to bride prices. Indicative of the deterioration of the extended family and the weakening of the authority of parents in decision-making, the determination of bride price has shifted from the senior generation to adult children, and the importance of bride price in marriage has decreased accordingly, as has its amount. All these suggest the growing importance of emotion as a defining factor in the family as a result of changes in family relations and the household economy that have undermined traditional family morality.

粤北宗族村的彩礼相对于全国彩礼高涨的形势，不增反而相对下降。本文通过婚姻彩礼行为的分析，透视了粤北传统宗族村落家庭生活方式的变迁。在大家庭生活式微的过程中，婚姻彩礼从由长辈主导到由子女主导。彩礼在婚姻中的作用逐渐弱化，彩礼价格也相对下降。大家庭逐渐丧失公共性，长辈从家长的公共角色转变为父母这样的私人角色。随着家庭政治经济的嬗变，家庭内的伦理道德丧失了存在的需要和基础，情感成为家庭中起主导作用的力量。
The Failure of the Campaign to Demolish Church Crosses in Zhejiang Province, 2013–2016
Authors: Yang Fenggang
Published: May 2019

In 2013, the Zhejiang government initiated a campaign to demolish church crosses (DCC) throughout the province in the name of landscape improvement. In April 2016, the campaign was abruptly and quietly halted. The termination of the campaign was primarily due to unremitting resistance by Christians in Zhejiang. This article provides a temporal and spatial analysis of the DCC campaign that reveals multiple failures on the part of the Zhejiang authorities, including missing several self-imposed deadlines to remove all church crosses in the province, inconsistently implementing the campaign in various regions, and causing the breakdown of the bridging mechanism between Christian churches and the party-state. The failure of the DCC campaign is an important empirical case for studies of religion and Chinese society. It indicates that the church-state equilibrium in China may be approaching a tipping point.
Religious Agency and Gender Complementarity
Authors: Jaschok Maria
Published: May 2019

The aim of the article is to probe the unique tradition in central China’s Hui Muslim community of women-only, female-led mosques and their enduring, expressive culture of chanted worship, learning, and celebration as trans/local translations of Western feminist core notions of “agency” and “gender equality.” Women’s agency—here understood as entailing the capacity for informed and purposeful choice from context-specific options and resources—is framed by a religious faith-infused subjectivity, by women’s aspirations to reach their full potential as Muslim women. A broad outline of the evolution of women’s mosques from inward-oriented and assigned facilities to outward-oriented institutions provides historical context for both the institutionalization of an intense gendered piety and for mosque-based facilitation of educational and development needs. Moreover, the popularity of rediscovered Islamic chants among Hui Muslim women has ignited heated debates surrounding the propriety in Islam of performed, publicly audible female sound. It is the contention of the article that global references and values, such as “gender equality,” continue to matter as references for local translations. The changing nature of “gender complementarity” as a vernacular version of “gender equality” is seen by Hui Muslim women as testifying to changing times and opportunities.
Taboo and Stigma in Praying for Mental Health: An Empirical-Theological Investigation into the Practice of Public Intercession
Authors: van Ommen Armand Léon
Published: May 2019

Most churches intercede every Sunday in their public worship for the needs of the world and for their fellow members. However, it seems that some topics are consistently left out from the prayers, such as prayers for mental health. This article addresses the question whether some topics are taboo, by investigating what churches pray for or not. Empirical research in this area is largely absent. Through the gathering and analysis of prayers, and interviews and focus groups with prayer leaders in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium this article shows reasons why certain topics, such as mental health, are indeed absent from public intercession. A significant finding is that the prayer leaders explain this in terms of pastoral sensitivity rather than taboo. This article suggests that the pastoral sensitivity does indicate a taboo, or stigma, on these topics.
Miocene Casuarinaceae wood from Landslip Hill, Southland, New Zealand
Authors: Vanner Mathew R.
Published: May 2019

Angiosperm wood from the Miocene Landslip Hill silcrete, Southland, New Zealand is described. It is characterised by solitary vessels of two distinct size classes; rays of two size classes alongside aggregate rays; simple perforation plates; and axial parenchyma in tangential bands up to three cells wide. The wood has features similar to Casuarinaceae and is described here as a new species, Casuarinoxylon ildephonsi. The fossils were collected as isolated fragments of wood; there is no directly associated cladode or cone material although isolated fragments of these are common elsewhere in the Landslip Hill silcrete. This is the second record of fossil Casuarinaceae wood from New Zealand and the first sample to be anatomically described. Currently, Casuarinaceae does not occur in New Zealand. Casuarinoxylon ildephonsi would have grown in a warm temperate to subtropical climate on an open deltaic floodplain.
Russia and Euro-Centric Geography During the British Enlightenment
Authors: Pulkkinen Oili
Published: May 2019

In this article, I shall examine the European part of the Russian Empire, Russian culture and Russians in eighteenth century handbooks of geography when “the Newtonian turn” took place in that discipline. Thanks to travel literature and history writing, we are used to thinking of the Russians as representing “otherness” in Europe. Still, in handbooks of geography, Russia was the gate between Asia and Europe. This article will explicate the stereotype(s) of the British characterisations of the Russian national character and the European part of the Russian Empire (excluding ethnic minorities in Russia), in order to reconstruct the idea of Russia in the British (and Irish) geography books.
When Diderot Met Catherine: Some Reflections on an Archetypic Event
Authors: Oittinen Vesa
Published: May 2019

The paper deals with the meeting of Catherine ii and Denis Diderot in 1773–1774, which is interpreted as an archetypal event of the clash of Western Enlightenment with a country on the periphery of Western civilisation. Diderot was one of the few Enlightenment thinkers who saw the problems associated with the globalisation of Enlightenment ideas and practices. The problem of “enlightened despotism” is discussed; the suggestion is that it foreshadows the 20th century dictatorial regimes pursuing modernisation.
Emblems as “Metaphysical Essays”: An Illustrated Edition of the Russian Poet G. Derzhavin
Authors: Artemyeva Tatiana
Published: May 2019

Among various approaches to intellectual processes in history we can find some space for new aspects of the history of visuality, including emblem studies.The visual part of the emblem depends on the conceptual description, and its artistic value or the quality of its image is not as important as its textual part. We can compare this with the calligraphic status of handwriting, or the particular configuration and style of a typeface. They are not important for the content of the text, although we can include them in our consideration. Paradoxically, the textual part of the emblem usually contains visual descriptions as explanations and can completely replace the image. The sustained connection between an image and a description of an emblem allows us to give it the status of a concept. In this paper, I use examples from the Russian emblematic discourse of the Enlightenment to contextualise an illustrated edition of the poetry of Gavriil Derzhavin.
From Local Activism to Local Politics: The Case of Moscow
Authors: Gorokhovskaia Yana
Published: May 2019

Conventional wisdom holds that civil society is a sphere of activity separate from the state and the private realm. Due to a combination of historical, developmental and institutional factors, Russian civil society today is dominated by the state. While not all interactions with the state are seen as harmful, scholars acknowledge that most politically oriented or oppositional non-governmental organizations today face difficult conditions in Russia. In response to the restrictions on civil society and the unresponsive nature of Russia’s hybrid authoritarian regime, some civil society actors in Moscow have made the transition into organized politics at the local level. This transition was motivated by their desire to solve local problems and was facilitated by independent electoral initiatives which provided timely training and support for opposition political candidates running in municipal elections. Once elected, these activists turned municipal deputies are able to perform some of the functions traditionally ascribed to civil society, including enforcing greater accountability and transparency from the state and defending the interest of citizens.
Translocal Families: The Challenges of Practicing Filial Piety through Transnational Parental Care (台灣澳洲移民為盡孝道而跨國照顧年長父母的挑戰)
Authors: Ho (何式怡) Elsie Seckyee , Chiang (姜蘭虹) Lan-hung Nora
Published: May 2019

The values of filial piety have strongly influenced the care of older people in traditional Chinese societies. Changes in family structure and relationships have occurred and in recent decades, transnational migration has become a factor in how filial piety is perceived and practiced in contemporary translocal Chinese families. Through the use of in-depth interviews, this pilot study explores transnational family patterns, elder care practices, attitudes towards filial piety, and opinions of the medical systems in Taiwan and Australia among 14 Taiwanese families who have lived in Australia for over 20 years. The study finds that despite immigration, filial piety remains an important value for these families. Most participants have/had provided care to their aged parents at the site of immigration and back home, and some of these parents were immigrants who had returned to Taiwan in their old age. Participants generally felt that older people are better looked after in Taiwan than in Australia, as Taiwan has a better healthcare system, and hired caregivers are more readily available. Elders’ expectations of filial piety from their children varied among participants, but all were prepared for a weakening of filiality and ongoing changes in intergenerational relations while living in a Western country.

傳統中國社會的老人照顧，受到孝道價值觀的影響很深。因為家庭結構及成員關係的改變，特別是近三十年來移民國外人口的增加，對當代華人家庭對孝道的認知與實踐產生了新的影響。本研究透過深入訪談居住澳洲二十年以上的台灣移民，探索跨國家庭類型、照顧年長父母的方式、對孝道的看法，以及台灣及澳洲兩地醫療體系的差異。研究發現雖然移民海外，盡孝道仍是重要的家庭價值。大部分的受訪者都曾為長者提供資源或參與照顧，無論是在澳洲或在台灣。年長父母也曾經在成年子女居住澳洲期間前往探視、短期逗留或移民。他們大部分都已回流台灣，原因是在台灣的年長者會得到較好的照顧，台灣的健保制度較適合年長者的需要，而且可以僱用外傭幫忙。已定居澳洲的台灣移民，對孝道的看法雖有差異，但對自己的成年子女是否能在環境不同的西方國家盡孝道，均有所保留。 (This article is in English.)
Traiettorie di sguardi sul romanzo swahili: Vuta n’kuvute di Shafi Adam Shafi
Authors: Aiello Flavia
Published: May 2019

The present article investigates Shafi Adam Shafi’s Vuta n’kuvute (The tug of war, 1999), a historical novel which is set in Zanzibar in the late colonial period. Textual analysis highlights how the novel’s linguistic and stylistic peculiarities intermingle inextricably with the contents in constructing the text as a whole, as they are loaded with meanings and symbolic implications which help in the reconstruction of many aspects of the work in connection to the literary, socio-cultural and political context of contemporary Tanzania.
Where Do Those Beautiful Ladies and Wolf’s Footprints Lead Us? The Mādhyamikas on Two Cārvāka/Lokāyata Stanzas
Authors: Del Toso Krishna
Published: May 2019

With the present study an analysis in three parts is provided of the Buddhist reception of two Cārvāka/Lokāyata stanzas, abbreviated as “wolf’s footprint” and the “beautiful lady”. These stanzas seem to be conceptually related to each other, having the common aim to emphasize the idea that one should rely only upon what is or can be perceived. Consequently, from here it is concluded that any perspective concerning the existence of an afterlife or of a moral retribution of our actions, since these things cannot be directly perceived, should be abandoned. The first part of the article is a study of the occurrences of the two stanzas in the Buddhist sources, taking into account also new material, recently discovered, together with a comparison with the Jain sources. The second and third parts discuss respectively Avalokitavrata’s and Jayānanda’s interpretations of the stanzas, offering also for the first time to the reader a translation and analysis of their versions of the “wolf’s footprint” tale, so far studied only from Jain sources.
The Changing Way of Life and Altered Values in the Mountain Villages of Himachal Pradesh. An Analysis of the Hindi Short Stories of S.R. Harnoṭ
Authors: Offredi Mariola
Published: May 2019

The article, based on the Hindi short stories of S.R. Harnoṭ, focuses on the transformation of villages in an age of globalisation. The setting of the stories is the mountain villages of Himachal Pradesh, and, in a few instances, Shimla, also a mountain location. The article is divided into two sections. The first is an overview of the stories, the second covers two main themes: the arrogance of power and the distortions generated from its abuse, and the effects of glocalisation and the end of the social produced by technological progress, which cuts off direct contact between human beings. The two themes merge in a single discussion in the conclusion through the unifying element of nature, an ever-present theme that is at times explicit, at times implied. Throughout the analysis three terms have been used to highlight the changes in village life: modernisation, glocalisation and globalisation.
A Microhistory of a South Indian Monastery: The Hooli Bṛhanmaṭha and the History of Sanskritic Vīraśaivism
Authors: Fisher Elaine M.
Published: May 2019

This article explores neglected currents in Vīraśaiva intellectual history by way of narrating an institutional microhistory of a single monastic lineage, situated in the village of Hooli in northern Karnataka. The lineage of what is today known as the Hooli Bṛhanmaṭha exemplifies Vīraśaivism’s contribution to Sanskritic thought particularly through its close connection with the emergence of Śivādvaita as a philosophical school, best known for its expression in the writings of the sixteenth-century polymath Appayya Dīkṣita. As attested in understudied works of Sanskrit and Kannada, moreover, pontiffs of the Hooli lineage from the sixteenth century onward were actively involved in the early systematization of what is now the Pañcācārya Vīraśaiva community, a project that drew no hard and fast boundaries between Sanskrit and the vernacular, or śāstric philosophy and devotion.
Populism, Democracy and South Korea
Authors: Kim Bi Hwan
Published: May 2019

In this commentary, I raise some questions. The first is about the structural limitation of liberal democracy. The second is about the inherent weaknesses of populist democracy, the third about the future prospects of democracy in South Korea, and the last one about possible reforms that can improve the efficiency of governance in liberal democracy and populist democracy.
Description of a new Episemion species (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from northern Gabon and southeastern Equatorial Guinea
Authors: SONNENBERG RAINER , BLUM THOMAS , MISOF BERNHARD Y.
Published: May 2019

Episemion krystallinoron sp. nov., the second species in this formerly monotypic genus, is described from the Monts de Cristal in northwestern Gabon and adjacent areas in Equatorial Guinea. It is clearly distinguished from its congener by the coloration pattern of adult males. Species status is also supported by mitochondrial DNA data. Episemion Radda & Pürzl, 1987 is regarded as a valid genus, distinct from all other nothobranchiid genera and probably most closely related to Diapteron Huber & Seegers, 1977 and Kathetys Huber, 1977. It is the third described endemic nothobranchiid species from the Monts de Cristal and adjacent areas.
Review of the taxonomy and conservation status of the Ecuadorian Glassfrog Centrolenella puyoensis Flores & McDiarmid (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae)
Authors: CISNEROS-HEREDIA DIEGO F. , MCDIARMID ROY W.
Published: May 2019

The Glassfrog Centrolenella puyoensis Flores & McDiarmid is a taxon known only from the female holotype, and recently placed in the genus Centrolene due to its supposed close relationship with Centrolene mariae (Duellman & Toft). Herein we report new material of puyoensis, including adult male specimens previously unknown. We propose the new combination Cochranella puyoensis (Flores & McDiarmid) n. comb., in recognition of the state of the humeral crista ventralis in males of this species, which lack a humeral spine. The hypothesis of relationships between three species, including puyoensis, proposed as the mariae species-group is questioned as it was based on phenetic rather than derived characters. We present new data that extend the distributional range of Cochranella puyoensis, and define its range along the Foothill Evergreen forests from 400 m to 1000 m above sea level in the provinces of Napo, Orellana, and Pastaza. New data presented herein also permit a re-evaluation of the conservation status of the species, previously classified under the IUCN category of Critically Endangered. We recommend that Cochranella puyoensis be reclassified as “Endangered”: EN B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii); based on a better understanding of the presence of the species, its occupancy area, number of known localities, and habitat quality status.
Key to conifer-infesting species of Lepidosaphes Shimer worldwide (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae), with descriptions of two new species and a redescription of L. pallidula (Williams)
Authors: MILLER DOUGLASS R. , WILLIAMS DOUGLAS J. , DAVIDSON JOHN A.
Published: May 2019

Two new species of Lepidosaphes are described, L. caribaeae Williams and Miller from Trinidad and Jamaica and L. murreeana Williams and Miller from Pakistan. Lepidosaphes pallidula (Williams), a non-conifer infesting species, is redescribed so that it can be distinguished from L. pallida (Maskell), a species commonly detected on conifers. A dichotomus key is presented for the identification of the adult females of the 25 species of Lepidosaphes that occur on conifers worldwide and a matrix is provided containing 23 characters considered important in distinguishing the 25 conifer-infesting species.
Description of the immature stages of Anastomoneura guahybae Huamantinco & Nessimian, 2004 (Trichoptera: Odontoceridae), with a new record for the genus and keys to larvae and pupae of Neotropical genera
Authors: DUMAS LEANDRO L. , NESSIMIAN JORGE L.
Published: May 2019

The larva and pupa of Anastomoneura guahybae Huamantinco & Nessimian from tributaries of the Rio Aiuruoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil, are described, illustrated and compared with other Odontoceridae. The larva is characterized by a reduced lateral carina on the head, a membranous metanotum, a distinctive pattern of ventral setae on abdominal segment I and by the presence of a conspicuous dorsal spine on the anal claw. The larva of Anastomoneura is similar to those of the neartic genera Nerophilus and Namamyia principally by the undivided mesonotal plates, and by the position and form of setal areas on the metanotum. The pupa is very similar to other odontocerids. The specimens were collected from sandy substrates in small order streams. Animal parts, plant fragments and detritus were observed in the larval gut contents. The genus Anastomoneura is for the first time recorded from the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Keys to larvae and pupae of known Neotropical genera of Odontoceridae are presented.
Definition of Doriclytus, stat. rev. as a subgenus of Polynema and redescription of its type species, P. (Doriclytus) vitripenne (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
Authors: TRIAPITSYN SERGUEI V. , FIDALGO PATRICIO
Published: May 2019

Doriclytus Foerster is redescribed and treated as a subgenus of the common, diverse, and widespread genus Polynema Haliday (Mymaridae). Its type species, P. (Doriclytus) vitripenne (Foerster), is redescribed based on the holotype as well as more recently collected specimens from Russia, Sweden, and Belgium. The Neotropical genera Restisoma Yoshimoto and Formicomymar Yoshimoto, both syn. n., are synonymized under Polynema (Doriclytus) and their type species are transferred to Polynema as, respectively, P. (Doriclytus) howdeni (Yoshimoto) and P. (Doriclytus) venezuelaense (Yoshimoto), both comb. n. Barypolynema Ogloblin, syn. n. and Notopolynema Ogloblin, syn. n. are synonymized under P. (Doriclytus); Tarphypolynema Ogloblin, syn. n., described originally as a subgenus of Barypolynema, is synonymized under the nominate subgenus Polynema (Polynema). A key to the three presently recognized subgenera of Polynema s. l. is provided.
A revision of the North Atlantic amphipod genus Normanion (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea)
Authors: NIAMH NIAMH M. , MYERS ALAN A. , MCGRATH DAVID
Published: May 2019

Members of the lysianassoid genus Normanion have previously been difficult to identify, due to uncertainty regarding synonymies and validity among members of the taxon. Here, the genus is reviewed and a full description with illustrations is provided for the four eyed-species. Species are compared and synonymies are resolved.
Caridea (Crustacea, Decapoda) collected on the Brazilian (13o/22oS) continental shelf and slope
Authors: CARDOSO IRENE
Published: May 2019

The REVIZEE (Survey of the live resources from the Economic Exclusive Zone) Program collected 158 benthic samples, in Brazilian continental shelf and slope, in latitudes ranging from 13 o 00´S to 22 o 30´S, and depths ranging from 50 to 500m. In these samples, ten caridean species, distributed in six families were identified: Latreutes fucorum (Fabricius, 1798), Trachycaris restricta (A. Milne Edwards, 1878) (Hippolytidae); Anchistioides antiguensis (Schmitt, 1924) (Anchistioitidae); Brachycarpus biunguiculatus (Lucas, 1849), Leander tenuicornis (Say, 1818) (Palaemonidae, subfamily Palaemoninae); Periclimenaeus bermudensis (Armstrong, 1940), Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000 (Palaemonidae, subfamily Pontoniinae); Leptochela serratorbita Bate, 1888 (Pasiphaeidae); Processa brasiliensis Christoffersen, 1979 (Processidae) and Pseudocheles chacei Kensley, 1983 (Bresiliidae). Nine of these species are herein redescribed and compared with data from the literature. Of these, Pseudocheles chacei is a new record for the Brazilian coast. Anchistioides antiguensis, P. manningi, L. serratorbita and P. brasiliensis had their latitudinal distribution expanded to the study area.
Agelanius burgeri, a new species of horse fly from south Chile (Diptera: Tabanidae)
Authors: GONZÁLEZ CHRISTIAN R.
Published: May 2019

The female and male of Agelanius burgeri, new species, from Nueva Imperial, Cautín Province, Chile are described and illustrated. Its relationship to other Agelanius species is discussed.
Aulacid wasps (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae) of New Guinea, with descriptions of five new species
Authors: JENNINGS JOHN T. , AUSTIN ANDREW D.
Published: May 2019

The little known aulacid fauna of New Guinea comprises six geographically isolated, endemic species. Previously known from a single species, Aulacus pterostigmatus (Szépligeti), three new species of Aulacus are described: A. enarotadi, A. sedlaceki and A. wau. In addition, Pristaulacus is recorded from New Guinea for the first time with the descriptions of P. kiunga sp. nov. and P. laloki sp. nov. A key to the New Guinea species is provided.
New species of Chauhanellus (Monogenoidea, Platyhelminthes) from the gills of Southern Atlantic marine catfishes (Siluriformes, Ariidae) of the Neotropical region
Authors: DOMINGUES MARCUS V. , FEHLAUER KARIN H.
Published: May 2019

Two new species of Chauhanellus Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1969 (Dactylogyridae: Ancyrocephalinae) are described from the gills of marine catfishes from the Southwestern Atlantic: Chauhanellus neotropicalis n. sp. from Aspistor luniscutis (Valenciennes, 1840), and Chauhanellus boegeri n. sp. from Genidens barbus (Lacepède, 1803) and Genidens genidens (Cuvier, 1829). This is the first report of species of Chauhanellus in the Atlantic waters and the Neotropical region.
A review of the Malagasy Pachypanchax (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae), with descriptions of four new species
Authors: LOISELLE PAUL V.
Published: May 2019

The history of the genus Pachypanchax Myers, 1933 in the literature is reviewed and the utility of the diagnostic characters proposed by various authors is evaluated. On the basis of five synapomorphies, four skeletal and one squamational, six of the seven presently known Malagasy aplocheilids are found to be unambiguously referable to the genus Pachypanchax. The seventh, Poecilia nuchimaculata Guichenot 1866, known only from the unique type specimen, displays several peculiar skeletal and squamational features. Pending the acquisition of additional material, it is tentatively assigned to the genus. Of the six species treated here, Pachypanchax omalonotus (Duméril, 1861) and P. sakaramyi (Holly, 1828) are redescribed from recently collected topotypical material; and the following four are described as new: P. varatraza., P. patriciae, P. sparksorum, and P. arnoulti. Data on life colors, distribution, natural history and conservation status on all six Malagasy Pachypanchax species are presented.
The occurrence of Scolymia cubensis in Brazil: revising the problem of the Caribbean solitary mussids
Authors: NEVES ELIZABETH , JOHNSSON RODRIGO , SAMPAIO CLAUDIO , PICHON MICHEL
Published: May 2019

Identification of scleractinian corals is traditionally based upon morphological analysis of skeleton traits. However, due to the influence of the environment on coral development, and the pattern highly variable of most diagnostical characters, additional information related to anatomy of soft parts, reproductive behavior and ecological interactions have been argued to support the distinction among similar morphotypes. Caribbean and South Atlantic Scolymia comprise a small group of solitary zooxanthellate corals: Scolymia lacera, S. cubensis and S. wellsii have been far subject of taxonomical misunderstandings. Aggressive interactions bewteen S. lacera and S. cubensis were useful to validate their specific status. Nevertheless, S. wellsii has been erroneously suggested to be synonym of S. cubensis. Following Laborel, Lang and Wells’ studies, we reinforce the individuality of the Atlantic Scolymia species, confirming the occurrence of S. cubensis to Brazil. Supporting newly-reported occurrences of Caribbean species along the Brazilian littoral, this finding is likely to contribute with a new perspective to assess the ‘variability’ among scleractinian corals. A key for the identification of the Scolymia species is provided.
A new species of Neoseiulella (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from the Macaronesian Region, Canary Islands
Authors: MORAZA MARÍA L. , PEÑA ESTÉVEZ MIGUEL A.
Published: May 2019

A new species of mesostigmatid mite, Neoseiulella ferraguti sp. nov. collected from soil, litter and lichens of natural ecosystems on Tenerife island, Canary Islands is described. Neoseiulella ferraguti has two pairs of setae on the sternal shield, four pairs of preanal setae and two distinct pointed macrosetae on genu and basitarsus IV, macroseta on tibia IV slightly longer than other setae. A key for females of Neoseiulella species in the Canary Islands is provided.
Description of Sinothomisus gen. nov. with a new species from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae)
Authors: TANG GUO , YIN CHANG-MING , GRISWOLD CHARLES , PENG XIAN-JIN
Published: May 2019

This paper reports a new thomisid spider genus Sinothomisus with type species, Sinothomisus liae sp. nov., from Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan Province, China. Photos of bodies, SEM photos of male palpal organ, illustrations of copulatory organs and the detailed morphological characteristics are given.
The description of a new species of Agrilus Curtis, with distributional records, and taxonomic and biological notes for Agrilinae and Trachyinae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Mexico and Central America
Authors: WESTCOTT RICHARD L. , HESPENHEIDE HENRY A.
Published: May 2019

This paper treats 225 species of Buprestidae in the genera Agrilus, Brachys, Callimicra, Cyphothorax, Dismorpha, Hylaeogena, Leiopleura, Lius, Omochyseus, Pachyschelus, Paragrilus, Taphrocerus and Trypantius. New country records are recorded for Mexico and all Central American countries. Agrilus vandenberghei Westcott and Hespenheide, new species, from Central America and Mexico, and the male of Agrilus eyai Westcott and Noguera are described and figured. Rational is provided for changing Agrilus aurilatera Waterhouse to A. aurilaterus; A. catherinae Chevrolat is shown to be a justified emendation of A. catharinae; A. complexus (Waterhouse) is a new combination; and A. consobrinus Dugès is synonymized with A. correctus Thompson.
Picicola Clay and Meinertzhagen (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from jacamars and puffbirds (Piciformes: Galbulidae, Bucconidae), with descriptions of five new species
Authors: PRICE ROGER D. , WECKSTEIN JASON D.
Published: May 2019

The three species of previously named Picicola Clay and Meinertzhagen from jacamars and puffbirds are redescribed and five new species are described and illustrated. These new species and their type hosts are: Picicola valquii ex Notharchus tectus (Boddaert), P. naokii ex Bucco capensis Linnaeus, P. osheai ex Malacoptila fusca (J.F. Gmelin), P. faucetti ex Chelidoptera tenebrosa (Pallas), and P. oneilli ex Notharchus macrorhynchos (J.F. Gmelin). We collected partial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) sequences for all of the species in this group, and these data support the genetic distinctiveness of these new species. A key is provided for the identification of all eight species of Picicola from jacamars and puffbirds.
First record of the genus Euepedanus from China, with the description of a new species (Opiliones: Laniatores: Epedanidae)
Authors: ZHU MING-SHENG , LIAN WEI-GUANG
Published: May 2019

The opilionid genus Euepedanus is recorded for the first time from China and a new species, named E. flavimaculatus sp. n., is described and illustrated from specimens collected in the Diaoluo Nature Reserve on Hainan Island, China.
Sensiava longiseta (Copepoda, Calanoida): a new genus and species from the abyss of the Weddell Sea
Authors: MARKHASEVA ELENA L. , SCHULZ KNUD
Published: May 2019

Sensiava longiseta gen. et sp. nov. is described from male specimens collected at abyssal depths above the seabed in the Weddell Sea (Southern Ocean). Segmentation and setation of the swimming legs of the new species are typical of the superfamily Clausocalanoidea. Although the new genus shares the presence of sensory setae on the maxilla with the Bradfordian families of the Clausocalanoidea, it does not fit the diagnosis of any of these families. Sensiava longiseta shares with the ancestral group of Bradfordian genera a 1,2,3 setal pattern on the praecoxal endites of the maxilliped and, therefore is provisionally placed within Diaixidae. Sensiava longiseta shows marked asymmetry in the antennule; the right limb is geniculated with ancestral segments XIX–XXIII morphologically modified. The presence of this well pronounced, geniculated antennule is up to now the most striking example of this feature and regarded as an ancestral character in the advanced superfamily Clausocalanoidea.
New species of mites in the genera Uropoda, Crinitodiscus and Uroobovella from Turkey (Acari: Mesostigmata: Uropodidae, Urodinychidae)
Authors: BAL DURMUŞ A.
Published: May 2019

Three new mite species of the cohort Uropodina, Uropoda turcica sp. nov., Crinitodiscus ayyildizi sp. nov. and Uroobovella anatolica sp. nov., are described and illustrated on the basis of specimens collected from Turkey. Uropoda turcica sp. nov. and Crinitodiscus ayyildizi sp. nov. (Uropodidae) were collected from the Eastern Black Sea Region, and Uroobovella anatolica sp. nov. was collected from Eastern Anatolia. All new species presented here are endemic, and have not been collected from any other regions or habitats in Turkey. Adults and deutonymphs of Uropoda turcica sp. nov. and Crinitodiscus ayyildizi sp. nov., and adults of Uroobovella anatolica sp. nov. are described, and ecological information for the new species is given.
A new species of Parastenocaris from Mindoro Island, Philippines: Parastenocaris distincta sp. nov. (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Parastenocarididae)
Authors: COTTARELLI VEZIO , BRUNO MARIA C. , BERERA RAFFAELLA
Published: May 2019

A new species of harpacticoid, Parastenocaris distincta sp. nov., is described and discussed. The new species was collected in a freshwater interstitial habitat near the mouth of a river in Western Mindoro Province, the Philippines. This is the second species of Parastenocaris described from this country. The medial ornamentation of P1 basis, the morphology of male P3 and the number and distribution of the integumental pores in the new species differ from those previously reported in other species of Parastenocaris. We review and discuss the more common arrangements of these features in recently described species, emphasizing the taxonomic discriminative value of their variations.