bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Os coronéis – de Mendonça a Paulo Honório: notas sobre tipicidade e realismo em S. Bernardo
Authors: Bastos Hermenegildo
Published: May 2015

Considerando o legado modernista brasileiro, do qual foi um herdeiro sempre crítico, Graciliano Ramos em S. Bernardo faz o seu narrador-personagem vivenciar de modo dramático, e até o extremo, os problemas do escritor na luta por captar o sentido do destino humano em uma situação de degradação e achatamento da vida. Escrever se revela, ao final, como caminho para a compreensão do processo de desumanização. Mas, para tanto, é necessário que a escrita vá além da representação da mera singularidade e se encaminhe para a construção do tipo, entendido como uma forma capaz de iluminar as contradições. A teoria do tipo, ou da particularidade, como elaborada por Lukács, revela aqui o seu valor e atualidade.
The discovery of a second species of Cryptophilharmostes Balleriofrom Tanzania (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ceratocanthidae)
Authors: BALLERIO ALBERTO
Published: May 2015

Cryptophilharmostes merkli n. sp. is described from the Uluguru Mountains in eastern Tanzania. This is the second known species of this genus, which is only known for the Eastern Arc/Coastal lowland forests of Tanzania. The generic level characters of Cryptophilharmostes are revised and observations of the sexual dimorphism and male genitalia of this genus are included.
Two new taxa in the Eriophyidae (Acari, Prostigmata) from the Brazilian fauna
Authors: FLECHTMANN CARLOS H.W.
Published: May 2015

Aceria celata n. sp., from leaf erineum galls of Heteropteris aceroides Griseb, and Epitrimerus edsilvai n. sp. a vagrant specis from leaves of Nectandra megapotamica (Spreng.) Mez. are described from female and male specimens, from the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
A new side-necked turtle (Pleurodira, Pelomedusoides) from the Santana Formation (Early Cretaceous), Araripe Basin, Northeastern Brazil
Authors: DE OLIVEIRA GUSTAVO RIBEIRO , KELLNER ALEXANDER WILHELM ARMIN
Published: May 2015

The fossil fauna of turtles from the Santana Formation, Araripe Basin, Early Cretaceous from Northeastern Brazil, includes, to exception of the Santanachelys gaffneyi (Cryptodira, Protostegidae), only pelurodiran taxa. A new genus and species, Caririemys violetae gen. et sp. nov. (Pleurodira, Pelomedusoides), from the Romualdo Member, upper section of the Santana Formation, is described here. Caririemys is based on one specimen consisting of a carapace, several vertebrae, a right femur and a right pelvis. Caririemys differs of the other pleurodirans from the Santana Formation by the following combination of characters: oval and moderately domed carapace; complete neural series reaching the suprapygal; and neural plate 8 shows an extensive contact with costal 7 and 8. This new taxon enhances the turtle diversity of the Santana Formation, which is presently the most diverse deposit of Mesozoic Testudines in the country.
On a new species of the genus Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Ostariophysi: Characidae)
Authors: LUCINDA PAULO H.F. , MALABARBA LUIZ R. , BENINE RICARDO C.
Published: May 2015

A new species of the genus Moenkhausia is described from the middle portions of the Rio Tocantins and tentatively from the Rio Apure in Venezuela, Rio Orinoco drainage. It is diagnosed by the presence of a dark spot in the half proximal length of the upper caudal-fin lobe, and by the presence of a large, irregularly shaped humeral spot located above the sixth to ninth perforated lateral line scale which is more posteriorly positioned along the body side in relation to other members of the genus. The distribution pattern of the new species is discussed.
New species of the genus Parotoplana Meixner, 1938 (Proseriata, Otoplanidae) from southern Apulia (Italy)
Authors: DELOGU VALENTINA , CURINI-GALLETTI MARCO
Published: May 2015

A survey of the genus Parotoplana Meixner, 1938 in southern Apulia (Italy) resulted in the finding of six species, four of which are new, and are formally described here. P. pythagorae sp. n. is distinguished by the presence of sharply triangular apices of companion spines of the stylet. P. spathifera sp. n. has the lowest number of spines (eight) known in the genus, arranged in four pairs of different morphology. P. terpsichore sp. n. differs from P. multispinosa Ax, 1956 by the number and shape of spines. P. jondelii sp. n. has unique broad spines and is equipped with bursal spines. The karyotypes of P. pythagorae sp. n. (n= 6), P. spathifera sp. n. (n= 9) and P. jondelii sp. n. (n= 6) are described. The remaining two species belong to the species-group of P. renatae Ax, 1956 / P. macrostyla Lanfranchi, 1978, and their identification on the basis of the limited sample available is problematical. The finding of numerous new species in an area as comparatively well studied as the central Mediterranean bears witness to our poor knowledge of the biodiversity of marine interstitial flatworms.
Description of Cathorops manglarensis, a new species from the Colombian Pacific, with redescription of Cathorops multiradiatus (Siluriformes; Ariidae)
Authors: MARCENIUK ALEXANDRE P.
Published: May 2015

Since it was described, Cathorops multiradiatus has been differentiated from congeners through the large number of anal-fin rays ( 25 - 27). In this study, C. multiradiatus is redescribed and a new sympatric species with similar number of anal-fin rays is described and intersexual differences of both species evaluated. Cathorops manglarensis differs from C. multiradiatus by possessing few gill rakers on the first arch ( 13 - 16 vs. 16 - 19), a longer maxillary barbel (28.4 - 38.2 vs. 22.9 - 27.7% SL), longer pectoral-fin spine (18.5 - 22.5 vs. 16.9 - 18.7% SL), posterior margin of pectoral-fin spine with short and inconspicuous serrations ( vs. posterior margin of pectoral-fin spine with long and conspicuous serrations), dorsal-fin spine shorter than pectoral-fin spine ( vs. dorsal-fin spine longer than pectoral-fin spine), and large accessory tooth plates with large and numerous molariform teeth ( vs. small accessory tooth plates with small and few molariform teeth). The nominal species Tachysurus emmelane and Tachysurus equatorialis are considered junior synonyms of C. multiradiatus and a key to species of Cathorops from the Pacific coast of Central and South America is provided.
Description of the tadpole of Leptodactylus vastus (Anura: Leptodactylidae)
Authors: VIEIRA WASHINGTON LUIZ DA SILVA , SANTANA GINDOMAR GOMES , VIEIRA KLEBER DA SILVA
Published: May 2015

The Neotropical frog Leptodactylus vastus belongs to the L. pentadactylus group, a group that currently contains 14 species, and of which nine tadpoles have been described. The tadpoles of L. vastus described here are generally much smaller than tadpoles of the other species described. The oral disk of L. vastus tadpoles is almost anteriorly placed, similar to other tadpoles in the group except for L. lithonaetes and L. rugosus, and the rows of marginal papillae in L. vastus are different from those in the other species. The tadpoles of L. vastus have a 1/2(1) LTRF similar to that of L. labyrinthicus and amazonian L. pentadactylus, whereas other species in the group show different arrangements of the tooth rows. The internal oral characteristics of the tadpole of L. vastus differs from L. knudseni and L. pentadactylus by having four infralabial papillae, possess 4–5 prepocket papillae surrounded by postulations and the buccal roof arena is circular, surrounded by two long papillae and 4–6 smaller papillae. The tadpoles of L. vastus, in general, possess a set of morphological characteristics that are very similar to those of other species of the L. pentadactylus group, and some of them are probably related to tadpole ecology.
Some new and previously unrecorded Scyphomedusae (Cnidaria : Scyphozoa) from southern Australian coastal waters
Authors: GERSHWIN LISA-ANN , ZEIDLER WOLFGANG
Published: May 2015

A preliminary study of the scyphomedusae of southern Australian waters revealed the presence of several species new to science and some species previously unrecorded from the region (south of 30 S). Atolla wyvillei is confirmed as belonging to the southern Australian fauna and A. vanhoeffeni and the genera Paraphyllina and Periphylla are recorded as new for the Australian region. Four species are described as new to science; Chrysaora kynthia, sp. nov., C. southcotti, sp. nov., C. wurlerra, sp. nov., and Desmonema scoresbyanna, sp. nov.
Review of the Nearctic genus Scyletria Bishop & Crosby (Araneae, Linyphiidae), with a transfer of S. jona to Mermessus O. Pickard-Cambridge
Authors: PATRICK L. BRIAN , DUPÉRRÉ NADINE , DONDALE CHARLES D.
Published: May 2015

The genus Scyletria Bishop & Crosby 1938 is reviewed and reduced to its type species, Scyletria inflata Bishop & Crosby 1938, by transfer of the only other species in the genus, Scyletria jona Bishop & Crosby 1938, to Mermessus O. Pickard-Cambridge 1899. The male of S. inflata is re-described, the female of M. jona (Bishop & Crosby 1938) new combination is described for the first time, and the male is re-described.
A new species of Brazilian troglobitic harvestman of the genus Iandumoema (Opiliones : Gonyleptidae)
Authors: HARA MARCOS RYOTARO , PINTO-DA-ROCHA RICARDO
Published: May 2015

Iandumoema setimapocu sp.n. is described from the cave Lapa do Zu, Coraao de Jesus, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The new species is closely related to Iandumoema uai Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996 in the subfamily Pachylinae, from which it differs by the following features: Male femur IV straight; the male apophysis on coxa IV directed obliquely backward; eyes depigmented; tubercles on femur IV close to each other, separated by about one diameter; male pedipalpal tibia with ectal setae IiiIi; lack of median setae on ventral plate of penis. Iandumoema is the first exclusively troglobitic genus of Opiliones in Brazil that contains two species.
Synonymy of Homalopoltys (Araneae : Araneidae) with the genus Dolichognatha (Araneae : Tetragnathidae) and descriptions of two new species
Authors: SMITH HELEN M.
Published: May 2015

Through discovery of their males, females described as Homalopoltys Simon (Araneidae) are found to be congeneric with Dolichognatha O.P.-Cambridge (Tetragnathidae). Some of the character states seen in Homalopoltys (type species H. incanescens Simon) do not fit within the current diagnosis of Dolichognatha so the potential transfer is tested using the data matrix of Hormiga et al. (1995). It is found that the synonymy of Homalopoltys with Dolichognatha is justified according to current terms of reference. Both described Homalopoltys species were known only from Sri Lanka. The male of D. incanescens (Simon) (NEW COMBINATION) is described for the first time, and the range of this species is extended to north-eastern Australia. Dolichognatha albida (Simon) (NEW COMBINATION) is redescribed and new material is reported from Thailand but the species is still known only from females. Dolichognatha mandibularis (Thorell), with similar morphology to D. incanescens, is also redescribed but is only known from a single male (Sumatra). Two new species are described: D. deelemanae sp. nov. is from Kalimantan and D. raveni sp. nov. is from north-eastern Australia and New Guinea. The character states that unite the genus Dolichognatha are discussed and some potential new character systems are put forward. Some of the fresh specimens of D. albida and D. incanescens show that reflective tapeta are present in the secondary eyes and the abdominal morphology of these and the newly described species differs from that of other known Dolichognatha species.
Review and analysis of altitudinal distribution of the Andean anurans in Colombia
Authors: BERNAL MANUEL HERNANDO , LYNCH JOHN D.
Published: May 2015

In the following work we examine the richness and altitudinal distribution of Colombian Andean anurans trying to emphasize patterns of distribution. We also supply an updated checklist of Andean anurans in Colombia. At present, Colombian harbors about 396 Andean frogs: 153 species in the Cordillera Occidental, 187 species in the Cordillera Central, and 131 species in the Cordillera Oriental. Of these, the Cordillera Oriental presents the higher number and percentage of endemic species. The frequency distribution of altitudinal ranges for Colombian Andean frogs shows that the majority of species have narrow altitudinal ranges, less than 500 m altitude, and only a few species have broad altitudinal distributions. On the other hand, lowland species have broader altitudinal ranges than do highland species. The hypothesis of a wider altitudinal range of highland anurans is therefore not supported. Finally, the averages of the Jaccard similarity indices for the Andean anurans along altitudinal gradients in Colombian are approximately similar to those of other tropical anurans reported by Huey (1978), but notably lower than those of anurans of temperate localities. Thus, these results are in concordance with Janzen's hypothesis (1967) about a broader altitudinal range for temperate species, likely because of their higher thermal tolerance.
Two new species of Pamphobeteus Pocock 1901 (Araneae : Mygalomorphae : Theraphosidae) from Brazil, with a new type of stridulatory organ
Authors: BERTANI ROGÉRIO , FUKUSHIMA CAROLINE S. , DA SILVA JR. PEDRO ISMAEL
Published: May 2015

Two new species of Pamphobeteus Pocock 1901 are described from Brazil: Pamphobeteus crassifemur sp. nov. and Pamphobeteus grandis sp. nov.; Pamphobeteus nigricolor, formerly described from Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia, is recorded from Brazil and its distribution in Ecuador and Bolivia is questioned. A new type of stridulatory organ is described from legs III and IV of P. crassifemur sp. nov. The structure consists of spiniform setae. Stridulation occurs when the spider moves the legs III and IV, sometimes while shedding urticating hairs.
Description of two new species of Avicularia Lamarck 1818 and redescription of Avicularia diversipes (C. L. Koch 1842) (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae)—three possibly threatened Brazilian species
Authors: BERTANI ROGÉRIO , FUKUSHIMA CAROLINE SAYURI
Published: May 2015

Avicularia diversipes (C. L. Koch 1842) known previously only from its original description is redescribed along with Avicularia sooretama sp. nov. and Avicularia gamba sp. nov. The three species are endemic to Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. With other Avicularia species, they share a procurved anterior eye row, slender embolus and medially folded spermathecae, whereas they have unusual characters, such as a very long and spiraled embolus (A. diversipes) and spermathecae with multilobular apex (A. sooretama sp. nov.). Furthermore, the three species lack a tibial apophysis in males and share a distinctive color pattern ontogeny that is not known in any other Avicularia species. The conservation status of the three species is discussed, especially with respect to endemism, illegal trafficking and habitat destruction. The creation of protected areas in southern State of Bahia, Brazil, is recommended, as well as the inclusion of these species in IUCN and CITES lists. Appendices with figures and species information are presented to facilitate correct specimen identification by custom officers, in order to limit illegal traffic.
Acanthopagrus randalli (Perciformes: Sparidae), a new black seabream from the Persian Gulf
Authors: IWATSUKI YUKIO , CARPENTER KENT E.
Published: May 2015

A new sparid species, Acanthopagrus randalli, is described on the basis of two specimens, collected from Bahrain and Kuwait, Persian Gulf, respectively. Acanthopagrus randalli is similar to A. akazakii Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino 2008, A. butcheri (Munro 1949), and A. sivicolus Akazaki 1962 in having a silvery-gray body with dusky fins and 4 scale rows between the fifth dorsal-fin spine base and lateral line. It differs from the three latter species in having the following combination of characters: eyes of larger specimen with a more posterior position because of a prominently convex dorsal head profile from snout to just above eye; 4 or 5 wide vertical bands (6 or 7 horizontal scale rows' width) on body (vs. absent in A. akazakii, 6 to 10 bands in A. butcheri, and 8 to 12 bands in A. sivicolus) that are presumably clearer in stressed live specimens; conspicuous diffuse dark blotch at the first to second scale of the lateral-line origin that is continuous with a diffuse dark blotch covering upper cleithrum and upper posterior opercle; anal-fin membrane hyaline in smaller specimen and in larger specimen the membrane is hyaline with sparse black melanophores that are lacking around posteriormost anal-fin rays; posterior margin of caudal fin darker than rest of fin. Nominal species of Acanthopagrus are discussed with notes on other congeners.
Minibiotus xavieri, a new species of tardigrade from the Parque Biologico de Gaia, Portugal (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae)
Authors: FONTOURA PAULO , PILATO GIOVANNI , MORAIS PAULO , LISI OSCAR
Published: May 2015

A new tardigrade, Minibiotus xavieri sp. nov., is described from lichen and moss samples collected in Parque Biologico de Gaia, Avintes, Portugal. The new species has variously shaped pores forming transverse bands around the cuticle; granulation on legs absent. Peribuccal lamellae absent, peribuccal papulae present as in all species of Minibiotus. Buccal tube narrow with an anterior bend; pharyngeal bulb with apophyses, three small macroplacoids and microplacoid. Minibiotus xavieri sp. nov. differs from the species of the genus with a similar cuticular ornamentation (with pores of variable shape forming transverse bands) (M. eichorni Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2004, M. orthofasciatus Fontoura, Pilato, Lisi & Morais, 2009, M. vinciguerrae Binda & Pilato, 1992, M. furcatus (Ehrenberg, 1859)) in some qualitative or quantitative characters of the bucco-pharyngeal apparatus, and/or claws and of the eggs. The new species is also similar to two species today ascribed to the genus Macrobiotus but whose systematic position needs to be better analyzed, Macrobiotus lazzaroi Maucci 1986 and Macrobiotus pseudofurcatus Pilato, 1972. Minibiotus xavieri sp. nov. differs from them in some characters of the animal (narrower buccal tube, some characters of the claws) and of the eggs.
The millipede genus Orthomorpha Bollman, 1893 in Thailand. 1. Revision of the sericata-group, with descriptions of four new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)
Authors: LIKHITRAKARN NATDANAI , GOLOVATCH SERGEI I. , PANHA SOMSAK
Published: May 2015

The sericata-group of Orthomorpha is revised and shown to comprise six species, five of which have been collected only in Thailand, including O. enghoffi sp. n., O. alutaria sp. n., O. parasericata sp. n. and O. asticta sp. n. Both O. sericata Jeekel, 1964 and O. subsericata Golovatch, 1997 are redescribed and illustrated, in part based on type material. A key is provided to all of the species in the group, and their distributions are mapped.
Geometric morphometrics uncovers a new species of ponyfish (Teleostei: Leiognathidae: Equulites), with comments on the taxonomic status of Equula berbis Valenciennes
Authors: CHAKRABARTY PROSANTA , CHU JEANETTE , NAHAR LUTHFUN , SPARKS JOHN S.
Published: May 2015

A new species of Equulites is revealed using geometric morphometric techniques and is herein described. Based on features recovered in recent comparative analyses, members of Equulites have been diagnosed on the basis of internal and external male-specific traits related to their light-organ system (LOS; Sparks et al., 2005; Sparks, 2006; Sparks and Chakrabarty, 2007; Chakrabarty and Sparks, 2008). These sexually-dimorphic traits are hypothesized to allow males to signal to conspecific females in photic sexual displays using bacterially-generated luminescence (Woodland et al., 2002; Sasaki et al., 2003; Wada et al., 2005). The holotype and sole name-bearing type of Equulites leuciscus (BMNH 1858.4.21.243, 104.9 mm SL) is an adult female, and therefore lacks the diagnostic external feature of the LOS, a large, translucent flank patch, used to identify species in this genus. Geometric morphometric shape analysis of individuals ascribed to Equulites leuciscus, a traditionally widespread, "catch-all" taxon, reveals two discrete shape groups. Based on the results presented below, members of one of these groups correspond to a morphological variant that represents the new species (Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks) described herein, whereas the other group corresponds to traditional E. leuciscus. In addition, the taxonomic status of Equula berbis Valenciennes, to which many female and poorly preserved specimens of the new species have erroneously been attributed, is reviewed and E. berbis is concluded to be a nomen dubium of uncertain placement beyond the family level.
A new cave species of Cryphiops (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Southern Mexico
Authors: BALDARI FABIOLA , MEJÍA-ORTÍZ LUIS M. , LÓPEZ-MEJÍA MARILÚ
Published: May 2015

The second cave species of the genus Cryphiops from Chiapas, Mexico is described. Cryphiops sbordonii sp. nov. is similar to Cryphiops luscus in exhibiting reduced eyes, and an enlargement of ambulatory appendages. It differs from this species in ornamentation of the rostrum, proportions of the articles of the first and the second pereiopods, and proportion between the length of the appendix masculina and the length of the appendix interna, as well as the disposition and the number of the setae on the appendix masculina. Cryphiops sbordonii new species occurs in the Cueva Chamburro, a cave located in the Margaritas Region of Chiapas, southern Mexico.
On the identity of Basigona lucasii Silvestri, 1896, a poorly known millipede from Tunisia, with notes on the North African Chordeumatida (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Chamaesomatidae)
Authors: AKKARI NESRINE , ENGHOFF HENRIK , STOEV PAVEL , MAURIÈS JEAN-PAUL
Published: May 2015

Considering the very high diversity of Chordeumatida in Europe, namely almost 500 described species in 140 genera (Enghoff & Kime 2009), the paucity of records of this order in North Africa is striking. The order has hitherto been reported only from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
New raphitomine gastropods (Gastropoda: Conidae: Raphitominae) from the South-West Pacific
Authors: MORASSI M. , BONFITTO A.
Published: May 2015

Based on material stored in Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) eight new species collected from bathyal depths in South West Pacific archipelagos ( Solomon Islands and Fiji) are described. The new species belong to the rather poorly known genera Acanthodaphne Bonfitto et Morassi, 2006, Acamptodaphne Shuto, 1971, Buccinaria Kittl, 1887, Cryptodaphne Powell, 1942 and Mioawateria Vella, 1954 all belonging to subfamily Raphitominae Bellardi, 1875 in the family Conidae Fleming, 1822. Acamptodaphne eridmata sp. nov. has a broad distribution being reported from the Solomon Islands and Taiwan. Finding of the new species here discussed in South West Pacific archipelagos provides a significant extension to the previously known geographical range of these raphitomine genera.
Taxonomic revision of the spider family Penestomidae (Araneae, Entelegynae)
Authors: MILLER JEREMY A. , GRISWOLD CHARLES E. , HADDAD CHARLES R.
Published: May 2015

Conflicting character evidence and a scarcity of male specimens has historically made placement of the spider subfamily Penestominae Simon problematic. The Penestominae was recently removed from the family Eresidae and promoted to family rank based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study; a complementary taxonomic revision of the Penestomidae is presented here. Penestomidae contains a single genus, Penestomus Simon, 1902. The genus Wajane Lehtinen, 1967 was previously included in the Penestominae, and distinguished from Penestomus based on the lack of a cribellum. Wajane is, in fact, cribellate, and is here synonymized with Penestomus New synonymy. Nine Penestomus species are recognized: four species are redescribed (P. planus Simon, 1902, P. croeseri Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989, P. stilleri (Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989), new combination, and P. armatus (Lehtinen, 1967)) new combination, and five species are newly described (P. egazini sp. nov., P. kruger sp. nov., P. montanus sp. nov., P. prendinii sp. nov., and P. zulu sp. nov.). Male specimens are rare in collections; only P. egazini, P. montanus, and P. armatus are known from males, and only P. armatus is unknown from females. A dichotomous key to the species is provided. Data elements in this work have been disseminated across multiple electronic venues, including images on Morphbank, distribution data exposed through GBIF and explorable using Google Earth, new nomenclatural acts registered with ZooBank, and species pages on the Encyclopedia of Life. Where available, species descriptions include links to molecular sequence data on GenBank.
A second specimen of Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis Endo & Shikama, 1942 (Testudines: Eucryptodira) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China
Authors: ZHOU CHANG-FU
Published: May 2015

Within the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China, the turtle Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis Endo & Shikama, 1942 was one of the first discovered tetrapod fossils, but no additional information on this enigmatic taxon has become available during the past half century since its discovery. Here, a new turtle skeleton from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning Province is identified as referable to M. manchoukuoensis on the basis of an elongate oval shell, long and narrow second to fourth vertebral scutes, and two suprapygals, of which the second is much larger than the first. This specimen therefore represents the second specimen of M. manchoukuoensis, the holotype of which was probably lost during World War II. This discovery not only provides essential material that allows the validity of M. manchoukuoensis to be tested, but also substantially expands understanding of its bony anatomy, especially with regard to cranial morphology. Among other features, M. manchoukuoensis is characterized by a postorbital that does not contact the quadrate/squamosal and a deep temporal emargination, which support a close relationship with Sinemys spp. and distinguish it from the co-existing Ordosemys liaoxiensis. A cladistic analysis that includes M. manchoukuoensis further supports the hypothesis that Sinemydidae is a monophyletic group that includes Sinemys spp. and Dracochelys bicuspis.
Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in western Indian Ocean members of the Chaerephon 'pumilus' complex (Chiroptera: Molossidae), with the description of a new species from Madagascar
Authors: GOODMAN STEVEN M. , BUCCAS WAHEEDA , NAIDOO THESHNIE , RATRIMOMANARIVO FANJA , TAYLOR PETER J. , LAMB JENNIFER
Published: May 2015

The species delimitations of African, Arabian Peninsula, and western Indian Ocean island members of the Molossidae bat species complex Chaerephon pumilus remain largely unresolved. Based on genetic analyses this group is paraphyletic, with C. leucogaster nested within C. pumilus sensu lato, and the latter is composed of several distinct clades. DNA was isolated from a specimen of C. p. pumilus obtained at the type locality (Massawa, Eritrea). Although incomplete, this sequence allowed us to clearly define which clade is referable to nominate pumilus, a critical step in resolving the systematics of this species complex. Using morphological and molecular genetic (cytochrome b and D-loop sequences) characters, we establish that C. leucogaster and C. 'pumilus' on Madagascar represent two different lineages and that the Malagasy population referred to C. 'pumilus' is specifically distinct from those on Africa, the islands and mainland Africa. The population of C. pusillus from the western Seychelles atoll of Aldabra cluster with that of the Comoros, rather than Madagascar. For numerous other species of volant vertebrates (bats and birds), the origin of the Aldabra fauna is mixed between the Comoros and Madagascar (e.g., Goodman & Ranivo 2008; O'Brien et al. 2009; Pasquet et al. 2007; Warren et al. 2003). Hence, in the case of these 9-17 g Chaerephon bats, these water barriers have been associated with the isolation and subsequent differentiation of populations after successful dispersal and colonization events. In contrast, within the Comoros, there is no apparent genetic structure between with the individual islands, which are separated by 40 and 80 km, indicating that this distance is regularly traversed by these bats and giving rise to intra-archipelago panmixia of populations.
Tanaidacea (Crustacea, Peracarida) of the North-east Atlantic: the Agathotanaidae of the AFEN, BIOFAR and BIOICE projects, with a description of a new species of Paragathotanais Lang
Authors: BIRD GRAHAM J.
Published: May 2015

The tanaidacean fauna of the Iceland-Faroes-Shetlands sector of the North-east Atlantic was studied using material from the BIOFAR, BIOICE and AFEN surveys. Seven agathotanaid species were recorded from the genera Agathotanais, Paragathotanais and Paranarthrura, a total comparable to those from a similar bathymetric range in the Rockall-Biscay area and the Gulf of Mexico. A new species of Paragathotanais is described. All records of this family were from benthic stations with a mean bottom temperature of >= 2 degrees C, with none from the 'cold-water' region north of the Iceland-Shetlands ridge complex. An analysis of North-east Atlantic agathotanaid sex-ratios shows that these are not highly skewed in favour of females and are consistent with the status of the males as relatively non-dimorphic and long-lived entities.
A new cave-dwelling species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, southern Laos
Authors: TRI NGO VAN , PAUWELS OLIVIER S.G.
Published: May 2015

A new cave-dwelling bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus lomyenensis sp. nov. is described from a karst forest in Gnommalath District, Khammouane Province, southern Laos. It differs from all other species of Indochinese-Thai Cyrtodactylus in the following combination of characters: maximum SVL of at least 71.2 mm; head dorsum yellowish with irregular brown blotches; presence of a brown nuchal loop reaching the posterior edge of the orbit; four narrow yellowish-cream transversal bands with irregular anterior and posterior black edges on a brown background between limb insertions; no precloacal groove; 39-40 precloacal-femoral pores in males, arranged in a continuous row; females with 32 precloacal-femoral pores in a continuous row, smaller than those of males; five postanal tubercles on each side; 16-18 subdigital lamellae on first toe; 19-23 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; no tubercles on tail dorsum; and a median row of enlarged subcaudal scales.
Review of Plonaphacarus (Acari: Oribatida: Steganacaridae), with descriptions of eight new species from China
Authors: LIU DONG , WU DONGHUI , CHEN JUN
Published: May 2015

The oribatid mite genus Plonaphacarus Niedbala, 1986 (Steganacaridae) is reviewed. Ten species of Plonaphacarus including eight new species, P. bicarinatus sp. nov., P. concavus sp. nov., P. cristatus sp. nov., P. foveolatus sp. nov., P. hainanensis sp. nov., P. lanceolatus sp. nov., P. protrusus sp. nov. and P. rotundus sp. nov., and one newly recorded species from China are identified. A checklist of all known species and a key to Chinese known species of this genus are provided.
New and little known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ethiopia
Authors: NIEDBAŁA WOJCIECH , ERMILOV SERGEY G.
Published: May 2015

Three new species of oribatid mites of the genus Plonaphacarus, Plonaphacarus sidorchukae sp. nov., Plonaphacarus rybalovi sp. nov. and Plonaphacarus hamulus sp. nov., are described from Bale Mountains National Park (Afrotropical region, Ethiopia). Morphological and taxonomical remarks about Steganacarus (Steganacarus) sol and Steganacarus (Steganacarus) vestitus are presented.
Revalidation of Pterinopelma Pocock 1901 with description of a new species and the female of Pterinopelma vitiosum (Keyserling 1891) (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)
Authors: BERTANI ROGÉRIO , NAGAHAMA ROBERTO HIROAKI , FUKUSHIMA CAROLINE SAYURI
Published: May 2015

We revalidate the theraphosid genus Pterinopelma Pocock 1901, describe the female of P. vitiosum for first time and Pterinopelma sazimai sp. nov. from Brazil. These two species were included in a matrix with 35 characters and 32 taxa and were analyzed both with all characters having same weight and with implied weights. SearAraneaeches considering all characters non-additive or some additive were also carried out. The preferred tree, obtained with implied weights, concavity 6 and all characters non-additive shows that Pterinopelma is a monophyletic genus sister to the clade Lasiodora (Vitalius + Nhandu). The presence of denticles on the prolateral inferior male palpal bulb keel is a synapomorphy of the genus.
Comments on new names and nomenclatural acts of amphibians and non-avian sauropsids established by Garsault 1764 and Laurenti 1768 (response to Dubois & Bour 2010)
Authors: WELTER-SCHULTES F. W. , KLUG R.
Published: May 2015

This is a response to a recent work published by Dubois & Bour (2010, Zootaxa 2447: 1-52) on the nomenclatural status of some taxa established by Garsault (1764) and Laurenti (1768). We have a substantially deviating interpretation of the ICZN Code concerning the involved names and nomenclatural acts. We see no major problem in regarding most of Laurenti's (1768) species-group names that were published as separate words ("technically trinominal names") as consistent with the Principle of Binominal Nomenclature. Presence or absence of a hyphen in a compound specific name is not a criterion for binominality, instead the grammatical relationships of the separate words have to be analysed for eventually forming a "single entity" as demanded by Art. 11.9.5. Dubois & Bour (2010) proposed a new procedure for the treatment of early genus-group names which were originally established without species included. We do not think this proposal is in accordance with the ICZN Code, and recommend to use the names Bufo, Salamandra, Scincus and Vipera in the widely accepted sense and simply shift authority and date of these four names from Laurenti (1768) to Garsault (1764). In two cases we regard nomenclautural acts published by Dubois & Bour (2010) as risky. The widely used names Hyla Laurenti, 1768 (Amphibia) and Natrix Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata) are threatened because Dubois & Bour (2010) validly and unnecessarily fixed type species for the senior synonyms Ranetta Garsault, 1764 and Serpens Garsault, 1764, and at the same occasion missed to protect Hyla and Natrix effectively under Art. 23.9.2. They intended to protect the names under Art. 23.9.1.2, but instead of meeting the requirement to "give evidence" that the conditions were met, they gave only indirect references to general bibliographical lists. We regard this as ineffective as would be a general reference to the Zoological Record or any other bibiographical work. These two important generic names should be protected effectively under Art. 23.9.2, by citing 25 publications and not only one, before someone uses the names Ranetta and Serpens at one occasion deliberately or undeliberately in a current classification, and suppressing them validly under Art. 23.9.2 would not be possible any more. The same applies to Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768) (Amphibia: Salamandridae) and Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768) (Squamata: Lacertidae).
A new species of prickleback Ernogrammus zhirmunskii (Acanthopterygii: Perciformes: Stichaeidae) from the Sea of Japan, Russia
Authors: MARKEVICH ALEXANDER I. , KHARIN VLADIMIR E.
Published: May 2015

A new stichaeid fish, Ernogrammus zhirmunskii is described on the basis of the specimens collected in Peter the Great Bay, the Sea of Japan. This new species differs from its congeners E. hexagrammus and E. walkeri in having seven body sensory canals in total number including one short canal in the middle of belly and unique combination in number of the anal fin rays with one short rigid spine posteriormost (I 28-30 I). In coloration the fish has one narrow white stripe between two wide black ones on the base of pelvic fin, and one dark blotch on the dorsal fin anteriorly.
A new species of Dossenus Simon, 1898 (Araneae, Trechaleidae) from Northern Brazil
Authors: DA SILVA ESTEVAM L. CRUZ , LISE ARNO A.
Published: May 2015

The genus Dossenus Simon, 1903 was revised by Silva et al. (2007) and includes two species: D. marginatus Simon, 1898 (type-species) (Trinidad-Tobago, Colombia, Peru, Brazil) and D. guapore Silva, Lise & Carico, 2007 (Panama, Colombia, Brazil). Silva & Lise (2010) recently described and illustrated the male of D. guapore from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Members of this genus are characterised by the median dark brown band on the carapace extending to the abdomen, the spoon-like shape of the median apophysis on the male palpus resembling that of Enna O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 and the female epigynum, which has a slightly projected scape (Silva et al. 2007).
Nomenclatural availability of putative scientific generic names applied to the South American cichlid fish Apistogramma ramirezi Myers & Harry, 1948 (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
Authors: KULLANDER SVEN O.
Published: May 2015

Mikrogeophagus Meulengracht-Madsen, 1968 is the oldest available generic name that has Apistogramma ramirezi as type species. Papiliochromis Meulengracht-Madsen, 1975 is an objective junior synonym of Mikrogeophagus. Papiliochromis Kullander, 1977 is an objective junior synonym of Mikrogeophagus and an objective junior synonym and homonym of Papiliochromis Meulengracht-Madsen, 1975. The name Microgeophagus used in an aquarium book by Frey 1957 is a nomen nudum because it was not used as a valid name. Many usages of Microgeophagus are erroneous subsequent spellings of Mikrogeophagus. Pseudogeophagus used by Hoedeman 1969 and Pseudoapistogramma used by Axelrod 1971 are nomina nuda. Mikrogeophagus, Microgeophagus, Pseudogeophagus, and Pseudoapistogramma were proposed with a direct or inferred reference to a non-existent publication about the behaviour of A. ramirezi. The case of A. ramirezi suggests that ornamental fish magazines may be unreliable sources of nomenclatural information.
A new endemic species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tho Chu Island, southwestern Vietnam
Authors: NGO VAN TRI , GRISMER L. LEE
Published: May 2015

A new endemic species, Cyrtodactylus thochuensis sp. nov. from Tho Chu Island in Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve off the southern coast of Vietnam, is differentiated from all other species of Cyrtodactylus by the following combination of characters: maximum SVL 86.3 mm (n=6); no precloacal groove; 3-5 precloacal pores arranged in an angular series; a series of enlarged femoral scales contacting a wide patch of enlarged precloacal scales; 3-6 intersuparanasals in contact with rostral; 20-26 strongly keeled, longitudinal rows of tubercles at midbody; and 30-40 transverse rows of ventral scales between the ventrolateral folds. This species most closely resembles C. condorensis Smith and C. paradoxus (Darevsky & Szczerbak).
New species of the spider genus Olios Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparassinae) from Laos
Authors: JÄGER PETER
Published: May 2015

Three new species of the spider genus Olios Walckenaer, 1837 are described from Laos: Olios diao spec. nov. (male) from Bolikhamsay Province, Nam Kading National Protected Area, Olios jaenicke spec. nov. (male) from Champasak Province, Pakse, and Olios suung spec. nov. (male) from Luang Prabang Province, Phou Khoun.
The identity of Pilumnus dofleini Balss, 1933 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pilumnidae), with descriptions of three new species from the Western Pacific
Authors: KOMAI TOMOYUKI , MOTOH HIROSHI
Published: May 2015

The identity of the pilumnid crab, Pilumnus dofleini Balss, 1933, is reassessed based on the female holotype and additional male specimens from Sagami Bay and the Sea of Japan, Japan. Three new species allied to P. dofleini are described and illustrated: P. curvipenis n. sp. from the Izu Islands, Japan; and P. armatus n. sp. and P. bohol n. sp. from the Bohol Sea, the Philippines. These four species are diagnosed, compared and differentiated from the related P. acanthosoma Ng, 2000.
Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders. V. A new lycosoid genus from eastern Australia (Araneae: Tengellidae)
Authors: RAVEN ROBERT J.
Published: May 2015

A new genus, Austrotengella, and six new species-A. toddae, A. hackerae, A. monteithi, A. wrighti, A. hebronae, A. plimeri-are described from eastern Australia. The genus presents difficulties in its family placement; its relationships are discussed. Downslope altitudinal changes of 400 metres on elevation in the distribution of A. toddae contradict predicted shifts from climate change and minimally indicate, in this case at least, that temperature is clearly not the main driver of altitudinal models, which are considered to be far too simplistic.
Description of a new species of Eupsophus (Amphibia: Neobatrachia) from the Valdivian Coastal range, Southern Chile: an integrative taxonomic approach
Authors: NUÑEZ JOSÉ J. , RABANAL FELIPE E. , FORMAS J. RAMON
Published: May 2015

We describe a new species of Eupsophus from the Coastal Range of Southern Chile. The new taxon can be differentiated using an integrative taxonomic approach that includes advertisement call, reproductive mode, tadpoles, and mtDNA D-loop sequences. Based on karyological characters, the new species is assigned to the roseus Group (2N=30), and differs from all described species therein by having early winter breeding season, terrestrial tadpoles and its advertisement call with spectral elements reaching the 20 kHz. Phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial data place the new species as sister taxon of E. migueli. The discovery of this new species highlights the importance of the multisource approaches to discover cryptic diversity as well as to establish the basis for prioritizing policies and conservation efforts on Chilean batrachofauna.
Integrative taxonomy justifies a new genus, Nodastrella gen. nov., for North Atlantic "Rossella" species (Porifera: Hexactinellida: Rossellidae)
Authors: DOHRMANN MARTIN , GÖCKE CHRISTIAN , REED JOHN , JANUSSEN DORTE
Published: May 2015

Molecular systematic studies have indicated that the hexactinellid sponge species Rossella nodastrella Topsent (Lyssacinosida, Rossellidae), previously only known from the NE Atlantic, is only distantly related to its congeners, which are restricted to the Southern Ocean, representing the only case thus far reported of a diphyletic genus in the class Hexactinellida. Here we describe new material of "Rossella" nodastrella from cold-water coral reefs in the NW Atlantic (Florida). Morphological comparison with the holotype from the Azores and specimens recently reported from off Ireland reveal at least two distinct species, which we corroborate with molecular data. Because the diphyletic nature of "Rossella" is further supported with inclusion of the new specimens in the molecular phylogeny, we erect a new genus, Nodastrella gen. nov., for these two species. The Irish specimens are synonymized with our new species Nodastrella asconemaoida sp. nov. Subtle morphological and molecular differences between the E and W Atlantic specimens are for the time being ascribed to intraspecific geographic variation, but indicate that Nodastrella might contain more (sub) species, pending investigation of additional specimens, especially from intermediate locations.
A new species of Leptobrachium from Myanmar (Anura: Megophryidae)
Authors: WOGAN GUINEVERE O. U.
Published: May 2015

The faunal composition of the Myanmar populations of frogs in the genus Leptobrachium has been confused historically. The secretive nature of these frogs in combination with few systematic surveys throughout Myanmar has meant that sampling is sparse, not allowing for robust examination of morphological variation. Recent survey efforts in conjunction with historical collections have yielded for the first time a chance to evaluate the diversity of the genus Leptobrachium within Myanmar. While three allopatric populations of Leptobrachium species were discovered and all are distinguishable based on morphological differences, genetic analyses support that only one is distinct. A new species with a red and black bi-colored iris with a blue scleral arc is described herein. In addition to the new species, a new country record is also reported.
The tadpole of Bokermannohyla ibitipoca (Caramaschi & Feio, 1990) (Anura, Hylidae)
Authors: MAGALHÃES FELIPE DE MEDEIROS , NEVES MATHEUS DE OLIVEIRA , DA FONSECA EMANUEL MASIERO , DE CARVALHO ROSE MARIE HOFFMANN
Published: May 2015

Bokermannohyla ibitipoca, a member of B. circumdata group (Faivovich et al. 2005), is a small-sized hylid frog (males reaching 43 mm in snout-vent length) restricted to the Atlantic Forest Biome, found mainly along creeks in small gallery forests, usually in holes formed by tree roots (Caramaschi & Feio 1990). Faivovich et al. (2005) diagnosed the genus Bokermannohyla based on molecular data without morphological synapomorphies that support the monophyly of this clade. Despite the relevance of tadpoles characters for the establishment of phylogenetic relationships among different anuran taxa (Haas 2003), no information about B. ibitipoca larva is known so far.
Illustrations and taxonomic placement of the Recent Fusus and Fasciolaria in the Lamarck collection of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva (Caenogastropoda, Buccinoidea, Gastropoda)
Authors: FINET YVES , SNYDER MARTIN AVERY
Published: May 2015

This paper illustrates and discusses shells from the Lamarck collection held by the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, and placed by Lamarck in the gastropod genera Fasciolaria and Fusus in the family Fasciolariidae. Many are type specimens. Fusus rubens Lamarck, 1822 is rediscovered and is the senior name for the species known as Peristernia zealandica (Kuster and Kobelt, 1876).
A taxonomic revision of Pseudochitinopoma Zibrowius, 1969 (Annelida, Serpulidae) with description of two new species
Authors: KUPRIYANOVA ELENA K. , TEN HOVE HARRY A. , NISHI EJIROH
Published: May 2015

This study is a revision of the poorly known genus Pseudochitinopoma Zibrowius, 1969 (Annelida, Serpulidae), erected for Hyalopomatopsis occidentalis Bush, 1905 from the West Coast of North America. Subsequently, an unnamed Pseudochitinopoma sp. nov. from the Seychelles (ten Hove 1994) (described herein as P. amirantensis sp. nov.) and P. pavimentata Nishi, 1999 were added to the genus. Ficopomatus capensis Day, 1961 is herein referred to Pseudochitinopoma, based on examination of the type material. Finally, Pseudochitinopoma beneliahuae sp. nov. was described from Western Australia and the Red Sea. Reproductive patterns and phylogenetic affinities of Pseudochitinopoma spp. are discussed.
A revised classification of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea)
Authors: BURCKHARDT DANIEL , OUVRARD DAVID
Published: May 2015

A revised classification for the world jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) is presented comprising all published family and genus-group names. The new classification consists of eight families: Aphalaridae, Carsidaridae, Calophyidae, Homotomidae, Liviidae, Phacopteronidae, Psyllidae and Triozidae. The Aphalaridae, Liviidae and Psyllidae are redefined, 20 family-group names as well as 28 genus-group names are synonymised, and one replacement name is proposed [Sureaca nomen nov., for Acaerus Loginova, 1976]. Forty two new species combinations are proposed resulting from new genus-group synonymies and a replacement name. One subfamily and three genera are considered taxa incertae sedis, and one genus a nomen dubium. Finally eight unavailable names are listed ( one family-group and seven genus-group names).