bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Description of the adult male elongate hemlock scale, Fiorinia externa Ferris (Coccoidea: Diaspididae), with notes on the seasonal development of the species on eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrieré (Pinaceae), in the southern Appalachian region (U.S.A.)
Authors: LAMBDIN PARIS , HODGSON CHRISTOPHER , GRANT JEROME
Published: February 2019

The adult male of Fiorinia externa Ferris is described for the first time. Its morphology agrees with that of previously described adult males in the tribe Diaspidini, and suggests a close affinity to Pseudaulacaspis. F. externa has two complete overlapping generations per year on the needles of eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrieré, in the eastern Tennessee (USA) southern Appalachians. Adult females (both gravid and non-gravid) and first-instar nymphs were the dominant overwintering stages, although all stages apart from the adult males were present throughout the winter months. Adult males began emerging in mid March with emergence peaks in mid April to early May and again in mid to late September.
A new species of Chondrostoma Agassiz, 1832 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) with sexual dimorphism from the lower Rio Tejo Basin, Portugal
Authors: GANTE HUGO F. , SANTOS CARLOS D. , ALVES MARIA JUDITE
Published: February 2019

Chondrostoma olisiponensis sp. nov. is described from the lower Rio Tejo Basin. It is a small species (all specimens examined less than 105mm SL) distinguished from the other species of Chondrostoma s.l. by the following combination of characters. Chondrostoma olisiponensis lacks a horny blade on the lower jaw, has a pronouncedly arched mouth, and lacks an intense reddish coloration at the base of the fins. It has elongated pelvic fins that reach the anus and often pass the anal-fin insertion in males, and dorsal, pelvic and anal fins usually have 8 branched rays. The new species has 36 to 43 scales in the lateral line, 7.0 to 8.5 scales above the lateral line, 13 to 16 circumpeduncular scales, denticulated (vs. smooth) grinding teeth surfaces, 6-5/5 pharyngeal teeth and 15 to 19 gill rakers. Chondrostoma olisiponensis is further distinguished from C. lusitanicum, a phylogenetically close species that lives in the same area, by having a higher body, a relatively longer head, and a larger eye. The origins of anal and pelvic fins are displaced anteriorly, while the origin of pectoral fins is displaced posteriorly. Pelvic and pectoral fins and last anal-fin ray are longer in the new species. Unlike the other species in the genus, C. olisiponensis shows external sexual dimorphism, with males having longer pelvic fins whose extremities pass the anus and often overlap with the anal fin. This description raises concerns on the recently proposed splitting of Chondrostoma s.l. since the morphological traits deemed characteristic of some genera are unsuitable for their diagnosis. The species should be considered Critically Endangered (CR) according to IUCN criteria B1ab(ii,iii,iv)c(iv)+2ab(ii,iii,iv)c(iv).
Mantodea of Jordan
Authors: ABU-DANNOUN OMAR , KATBEH-BADER AHMAD
Published: February 2019

Mantodea specimens from Jordan were collected from various parts of the country from March 2003 to November 2005. In addition, examination and identification of specimens previously housed in the University of Jordan Insects Museum and other Jordanian collections resulted in recording 16 species in four families. Mantidae included eight species in seven genera; Eremiaphilidae included four species all within a single genus; Empusidae included three species in two genera; and Tarachodidae included a single species. Nine species were recorded for the first time in Jordan: Iris oratoria, Holaptilon pusillulum, Ameles kervillei, Ameles syriensis, Sphodromantis viridis, Mantis religiosa, Eremoplana infelix, and Empusa pennata. World distribution, collecting information within Jordan, some notes on the biology, ecology or diagnostic characters were provided for each of the recorded species.
Taxonomic status of the Guadalupe Darter, Percina apristis (Teleostei: Percidae)
Authors: ROBINS ROBERT H. , PAGE LAWRENCE M.
Published: February 2019

Percina sciera apristis (Hubbs & Hubbs) was described as a subspecies based on the hypothesis that the population in the Guadalupe River system was morphologically distinct from other populations and that populations geographically closest to the Guadalupe River were intergrades between P. s. sciera and P. s. apristis. Our data confirm the decision to recognize the population in the Guadalupe River as taxonomically distinct; however, western Gulf populations closest to the Guadalupe River do not show a consistent pattern of intermediacy in meristic variables. The Guadalupe population has extreme numbers of preopercular serrae, pored lateral-line scales, modified scales, caudal-peduncle scales, and anal rays. The most extreme trait is the number of preopercular serrae; 95% of individuals from the Guadalupe, but only 6% from other western Gulf drainages, have 0–3 serrae. Sixty-eight percent of Guadalupe individuals, but only 4% from elsewhere, have no serrae. These extreme values demonstrate that the Guadalupe population is genetically isolated and diagnosable as Percina apristis (Hubbs & Hubbs), the Guadalupe Darter.
Revision of the genus Eulichas Jacobson, 1913 (Coleoptera: Eulichadidae) I. Introduction, morphology of adults, key to subgenera and species groups, and taxonomy of E. funebris species group
Authors: HÁJEK JIŘÍ
Published: February 2019

The predominantly Oriental genus Eulichas Jacobson, 1913, family Eulichadidae, is reviewed in part. The Eulichas funebris species group is revised. A brief history of classification of the genus, as well as the general morphology of the adults, is presented. The following nine new species are described: E. birmanica Hájek, sp. nov. (Myanmar: Tenasserim), E. haucki Hájek, sp. nov. (Thailand), E. jaechi Hájek, sp. nov. (Malaysia), E. janbezdeki Hájek, sp. nov. (Laos); E. kubani Hájek, sp. nov. (Laos, Vietnam), E. meghalayensis Hájek, sp. nov. (India: Meghālaya), E. minuta Hájek, sp. nov. (Sumatra, Nias, Siberut), E. strbai Hájek, sp. nov. (Malaysia), and E. tanahrata Hájek, sp. nov. (Malaysia). A lectotype is designated for E. mediocris (Pic, 1921) (Sumatra).
A new species of Philautus Gistel (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Western Ghats, India
Authors: GURURAJA KOTAMBYLU VASUDEVA , DINESH K. P. , PALOT MUHAMED JAFER , RADHAKRISHNAN C. , RAMACHANDRA T. V.
Published: February 2019

A new species of the oriental shrub frog genus Philautus is described from Kakkayam Reserve Forest of Calicut district, Kerala state, in the southern Western Ghats. This species is distinguished from congeners by the combination of characters such as body small, elongate, squat and flat; head arched, wider than long; snout short rounded, equal or sub equal to diameter of eye; canthus rostralis rounded; tympanum indistinct but visible; eyes protruding, pupil with striking golden yellow dentition like marks; belly granular; vocal sac unpigmented; fleshy brown to cream yellow dorsum with two distinct golden yellow lateral bands bordered by dark brown from upper eyelid to the posterior part of flanks. A description of the advertisement calls and ecology and natural history notes are also provided for the new species which so far is only known from the type locality.
A new species of Calochromus Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Fiji
Authors: RAMSDALE ALISTAIR S.
Published: February 2019

Calochromus samuelsoni sp. nov. is described from Viti Levu, Fiji. Photographs of its habitus, antenna and aedeagus are presented. This new species represents the first record of the genus Calochromus and the subfamily Calochrominae (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Fiji.
A new Holopothrips species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) damaging Mollinedia (Monimiaceae) leaves in Southern Brazil
Authors: CAVALLERI ADRIANO , KAMINSKI LUCAS A.
Published: February 2019

A new species of leaf-feeding thrips is described, from the Atlantic Rain Forest in Rio Grande do Sul State, Southern Brazil. Holopothrips claritibialis sp. nov. differs from other species of the genus in the combination of the following characteristics: all tibiae predominantly yellow; maxillary stylets retracted near the postocular setae; metanotum with reticulation, elongated on anterior half and equiangular on posterior half; pelta with equiangular reticulation medially but weak or absent laterally and posteriorly; glandular areas present on sternites VII–VIII in males (usually three glandular areas on each sternite). This species causes deformations and rolls on leaves of Mollinedia schottiana. Some aspects of the biology and intraspecific variation of this species are discussed.
Comparison of mitochondrial cytochrome b lineages and morphospecies of two avian malaria parasites of the subgenera Haemamoeba and Giovannolaia (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae)
Authors: PALINAUSKAS VAIDAS , KOSAREV VLAD , SHAPOVAL ANATOLY , BENSCH STAFFAN , VALKINAS GEDIMINAS
Published: February 2019

PCR-based methods have been increasingly used in diagnosis of parasitic diseases. Over 40 morphospecies of avian malaria parasites of the genus Plasmodium have been described. However, only nine of them have been identified on the level of their mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) gene lineages, which are frequently used in molecular biology studies of avian blood haemosporidian parasites. In this study, we linked two common mitochondrial cyt b lineages P-SGS1 and P-TURDUS1 with their morphospecies. Light infections with two species of malaria parasites of the subgenera Haemamoeba and Giovannolaia were isolated from naturally infected adult Hawfinches, Coccothraustes coccothraustes Linnaeus, on the Curonian Spit in the Baltic Sea. These parasites were inoculated to naive juveniles of the Common Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus, and House Sparrow, Passer domesticus Linnaeus. Heavy parasitemia of Plasmodium (Haemamoeba) relictum Grassi & Feletti, 1891 (lineage P-SGS1) and Plasmodium (Giovannolaia) circumflexum Kikuth, 1931 (P-TURDUS1) developed in the subinoculated Common Crossbills and House Sparrows, respectively, which enabled the detailed illustration of all main blood stages of these parasites and the deposition of their voucher specimens. The parasites of both lineages are actively transmitted in Europe and inhabit a broad range of avian hosts. Lineages closely related to P. relictum and P. circumflexum were identified. This study contributes to establishing of combined PCR-based and morphological identification of avian malaria parasites.
Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: Ozphyllum, a new genus of Phaneropterine katydids with comments on its relationships and ecology (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae)
Authors: RENTZ D. C.F. , SU YOU NING , UESHIMA NORHIRO
Published: February 2019

A new genus of phaneropterine Tettigoniidae, Ozphyllum Rentz, Su, & Ueshima gen. nov., is described with two species known from rainforest and wallum habitats along the east coast of northern New South Wales and Queensland. The new genus appears to be most closely related to Cosmophyllum Blanchard from Chile. Detailed descriptions of the new species and notes on their ecology, cytology and song are presented. A table helps to separate the two species.
Two new species of the genus Caryanda StDl (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from Yunnan, China
Authors: MAO BEN-YONG , REN GUO-DONG , OU XIAO-HONG
Published: February 2019

Caryanda aurata sp. nov. and Caryanda albomaculata sp. nov. are described from Yunnan, China. Type specimens are deposited in the College of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Dali University (CLDU), Yunnan Province, China.
New species of Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from Asia
Authors: MacGOWAN IAIN
Published: February 2019

Twenty two new species of Lonchaeidae are described from Asia namely, Lonchaea biarmata MacGowan, sp. nov. (Taiwan), Lonchaea chinensis MacGowan, sp. nov. (China), Lonchaea fangi MacGowan, sp. nov. (Thailand), Lonchaea gachilbong MacGowan, sp. nov. (South Korea), Lonchaea gigantea MacGowan, sp. nov. (Thailand), Lonchaea mongolia MacGowan, sp. nov. (Mongolia), Lonchaea mussoorie MacGowan, sp. nov. (India), Setisquamalonchaea intermedia MacGowan, sp. nov. (Taiwan), Setisquamalonchaea korea MacGowan, sp. nov. (South Korea), Silba bambusae MacGowan, sp. nov. (Malaysia), Silba botanica MacGowan, sp. nov. (Thailand), Silba breviplumosa MacGowan, sp. nov. (Malaysia), Silba cascadens MacGowan, sp. nov. (Thailand), Silba combi MacGowan, sp. nov. (Thailand), Silbafoldvarii MacGowan, sp. nov. (Thailand), Silba fragranti MacGowan, sp. nov. (China), Silba longidentata MacGowan, sp. nov. (Thailand), Silba malaysia MacGowan, sp. nov. (Malaysia), Silba microcercosa MacGowan, sp. nov. (Vietnam), Silba nigrispicata MacGowan, sp. nov. (Taiwan), Silba tenuipennis MacGowan, sp. nov. (Thailand) and Silba translucens MacGowan, sp. nov. (Malaysia).
Description of the larvae of Corydalus batesii MacLachlan and C. ignotus Contreras-Ramos (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) with notes on life history and behavior
Authors: DE AZEVÊDO CARLOS AUGUSTO SILVA , HAMADA NEUSA
Published: February 2019

Corydalus batesii MacLachlan is widely distributed in the Amazon region, while Corydalus ignotus Contreras-Ramos was previously known only from its type locality in French Guiana. Both species are only known as adults. Here, we describe the larvae of both species and provide notes on observations and measurements of several aspects of the life history of each species and of the adult behavior of C. batesii. Corydalus ignotus records presented herein are the first for this species in Brazil.
Description of five new spiders from Canada (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
Authors: DUPÉRRÉ NADINE , PAQUIN PIERRE
Published: February 2019

The number of undescribed Linyphiidae in North America is estimated to range from 200 to 500 species. To further taxonomic knowledge and fill the basic need for species identification, we describe five new species collected in bio-inventories: Agyneta sheffordiana new species, Oryphantes aliquantulus new species, Sisicus volutasilex new species, Tapinocyba cameroni new species and Tapinotorquis yamaskensis, new genus, new species. We provide detailed morphological descriptions of males and females, distribution data and habitat affinities for each species. These new species show different situations for their generic placement, from an obvious assignment to a species-rich genus to the necessity to create a new genus. In attempting to assign Tapinotorquis yamaskensis to a known genus, we discovered that the only North American record of Jacksonella falconeri (Jackson 1908) is a misidentification of Scirites pectinatus (Emerton 1911).
Diversity within the Ponto-Caspian Paramysis baeri Czerniavsky sensu lato revisited: P. bakuensis G.O. Sars restored (Crustacea: Mysida: Mysidae)
Authors: DANELIYA MIKHAIL E. , AUDZIJONYTE ASTA , VÄINÖLÄ RISTO
Published: February 2019

The Ponto-Caspian mysid crustacean Paramysis bakuensis G.O. Sars, 1895, which was previously synonymized with P. baeri Czerniavsky, 1882, is restored on the basis of new morphological and molecular characters. The Sea of Azov subspecies P. baeri bispinosa Martynov, 1924, in turn, is synonymised with P. bakuensis. The two species, P. baeri and P. bakuensis, are distinguished by the shapes of paradactylar setae of pereiopods, maxilla II exopod and antennal scale, and by the number of denticles in the telson cleft. They also are characterized by ca 7% divergence in mitochondrial COI gene sequences. P. bakuensis is shown to be a widespread species, distributed in estuaries and rivers of the Caspian, Azov and Black Sea basins and in the Caspian Sea itself. P. baeri is endemic to the Caspian Sea, where the two species overlap and are sometimes found together.
A new species and new records of syringophilid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from birds of Jordan
Authors: GłOWSKA ELIZA , SKORACKI MACIEJ , KHOURLY FARES
Published: February 2019

The first records of quill mites (Syringophilidae) from Jordan (Middle East) are presented. A new species, Picobia pycnonoti sp. nov. from the White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos (Ehrenberg) (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae) is described and illustrated. Additionally, eight bird species are reported as new hosts for syringophilid mites.
High nucleotide divergence in a dimorphic parasite with disparate hosts
Authors: KATHIRITHAMBY JEYARANEY , GILLESPIE JOSEPH J. , JIMENEZ-GURI EVA , COGNATO ANTHONY I. , JOHNSTON J. SPENCER
Published: February 2019

Morphologically cryptic male C. fenyesi sensu lato are found parasitic in different ant hosts over a wide geographical range. We use ribosomal DNA (rDNA) primary sequence and predicted rRNA secondary structure to compare between the second expansion segment (D2) of the nuclear large subunit rDNA (28S) and the entire nuclear small subunit rDNA (18S) of the male and the sexually dimorphic, neotenic female of Caenocholax fenyesi waloffi Kathirithamby & Johnston from Los Tuxtlas, Mexico, with that of the morphologically identical male C. f. texensis Kathirithamby & Johnston (Myrmecolacidae) from Texas, USA. In Los Tuxtlas the male C. f. waloffi parasitizes the ant, Dolichoderus bispinosus Olivier, while the female parasitizes the cricket, Macroanaxipha macilenta (Saussure). In Texas, the male C. f. texensis parasitizes the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren. The compared sequences show similar unusual secondary structures in the rRNA variable regions, but with approximately 14% overall divergence between Mexican and Texan specimens (15.5% divergence after correction for multiple substitutions). Our findings open a new opportunity in evolutionary biology to investigate speciation under a mechanism of morphological stasis and high genetic divergence in a unique parasite that is not only profoundly sexually dimorphic but wherein the sexes specialize in entirely different niches (hosts).
Brumptomyia carvalheiroi sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from Atlantic forest domain, São Paulo State, Brazil
Authors: SHIMABUKURO PALOMA HELENA FERNANDES , MARASSÁ ANA MARIA , GALATI EUNICE APARECIDA BIANCHI
Published: February 2019

Brumptomyia carvalheiroi sp. nov. (Diptera, Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from Ribeira Valley, São Paulo State, Brazil is described and illustrated. This new taxon is morphologically similar to Brumptomyia mangabeirai (Barretto & Coutinho, 1941).
The first case of aggressive mimicry among lamprologines in a new species of Lepidiolamprologus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika
Authors: SCHELLY ROBERT , TAKAHASHI TETSUMI , BILLS ROGER , HORI MICHIO
Published: February 2019

Lepidiolamprologus mimicus n. sp. is described from material collected along the Zambian coast of Lake Tanganyika. It is distinguished from congeners by its unique color pattern of bright yellow fins, a brownish-tan flank coloration and large, dark brown spots along the flanks, in addition to a series of meristic and morphometric characters. Lepidiolamprologus mimicus n. sp. exhibits an interesting feeding ecology, in which individuals blend into schools of their prey, yellow-finned cyprichromines, with the aid of similar coloration. This is the first instance of aggressive mimicry reported for lamprologines.
The rediscovery and conservation status of the Bahian giant tree rat Phyllomys unicolor (Mammalia: Rodentia: Echimyidae) in the Atlantic forest of Brazil
Authors: LEITE YURI L.R. , LÓSS SIMONE , REGO RENAN P. , COSTA LEONORA P. , BONVICINO CIBELE R.
Published: February 2019

The Bahian giant tree rat Phyllomys unicolor (Wagner) was described from a single specimen collected in the early nineteeth century, and it has not been recorded since. It was included on the Brazilian endangered species list, and considered extinct by some. Here we report the rediscovery of P. unicolor around the type locality in the Atlantic forest of southeastern Bahia, eastern Brazil. We trapped only one young individual during seven expeditions to ten localities in the area. The phylogenetic distinctiveness of this taxon based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene is clear, in spite of uncertainties regarding clade support. The evolutionary uniqueness of P. unicolor was confirmed by a high level of sequence divergence from congeneric species. We propose that the Bahian giant tree rat should be globally listed as Critically Endangered by the World Conservation Union. Phyllomys unicolor seems to be restricted to swamp forests and it does not occur in any protected area. Intensive field studies should be carried out in the region to locate populations and to study ecological attributes of this species. The rediscovery of P. unicolor draws attention to the biological importance and the lack of protected areas in this region of the Atlantic forest.
Two new species of Platymantis (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae) from the Admiralty Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
Authors: RICHARDS STEPHEN J. , MACK ANDREW L. , AUSTIN CHRISTOPHER C.
Published: February 2019

Two new species of the ceratobatrachid frog genus Platymantis are described from the Admiralty Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Platymantis admiraltiensis sp. nov. and P. latro sp. nov. have been confused with P. gilliardi Zweifel, 1960 which is known with certainty only from New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago. Platymantis admiraltiensis sp. nov. differs from P. gilliardi in its much longer legs (TL/SV 0.54–0.60 vs 0.51 in the holotype of P. gilliardi), and from all species of the morphologically conservative P. papuensis complex by its advertisement call, a long series of slowly-repeated (~ 0.4–1.9/s) yapping notes lasting up to 44 seconds. Platymantis latro sp. nov. differs from P. gilliardi and all other members of the P. papuensis complex in having a broad dark stripe laterally on the head and an advertisement call consisting of a single biphasic note with 10–20 short, irregularly spaced pulses followed by one long, musical pulse. Both new species are known only from the Admiralty Archipelago. This study confirms the utility of advertisement call structure for distinguishing among morphologically similar ceratobatrachid taxa.
Four new species and a new record of Anaedus from China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Authors: WANG FENG-YAN , REN GUO-DONG
Published: February 2019

Four new species of Anaedus Blanchard, A. unidentatus sp. nov., A. tibiodentatus sp. nov., A. basilatilus sp. nov., and A. pluridentatus sp. nov. are described. Anaedus mroczkowskii Kaszab, 1968 is newly recorded from China.
A new species of Phasmatocoris Breddin (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from the Amazon, Brazil
Authors: GIL-SANTANA HÉLCIO R. , ALVES VERACILDA RIBEIRO , BARRETT TOBY VINCENT , COSTA LUIZ A.A.
Published: February 2019

Phasmatocoris xavieri sp. nov. is described based on male and female adults and a last-stage nymph. The specimens were found on the walls and roof of a cave named “Gruta dos Animais” (02°03´02,64S/59°57´51,47W), a sandstone cave located in primary “terra firme” forest to the north of the city of Manaus, Amazonas State in Brazil. The individuals were about 30m from the entrance, in an aphotic zone. Adults share characteristics with the species Phasmatocoris magdalenae Wygodzinsky, P. sturmi Wygodzinsky, and P. moraballi Wygodzinsky.
Description of the nymph of Ulmeritoides uruguayensis (Traver) (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae)
Authors: MARIANO RODOLFO , FROEHLICH CLAUDIO G.
Published: February 2019

The genus comprises 13 species, but only nymphs of six species have been described. In the present paper the nymph of Ulmeritoides uruguayensis is figured and described. The nymph of U. uruguayensis can be distinguished from its congeners by the following differential characters: 1) middle tibia with an apical black spot; 2) glossa with digitate bristles on apex; 3) segment I and base of segment II of maxillary palpi brown; 4) posterolateral projections on abdominal segments II–IX.
A new species of Tyrannomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from India
Authors: BOROWIEC MAREK L.
Published: February 2019

A second species in the myrmicine ant genus Tyrannomyrmex Fernández, 2003, T. dux sp. n., based on a solitary worker from a leaf litter sample from Kerala state, southern India, is described. The original genus definition is slightly modified to include the description of this new species.
Crosniera wennerae, a new species of thalassinidean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thomassiniidae) from the South Atlantic Bight
Authors: HEARD RICHARD W. , KING RACHAEL A.
Published: February 2019

Crosniera wennerae sp. nov. is described from a depth of 318 m in the South Atlantic Bight off North Carolina, USA. The species, based on a female specimen 20 mm in length, is distinguished from the other four nominal species of the genus by a combination of characters, including smooth uropodal lateral margins, well-developed exopods on maxillipeds 2 and 3, the smooth inner margin of the merus of maxilliped 3, and the presence of long, simple setae on the uropods, telson, and posterior margin of sixth abdominal somite. Crosniera wennerae sp. nov. represents the second member of the genus described from the western Atlantic. A key is presented for the separation of the species of Crosniera.
Re-examination of Borradaile's Urocaris longicaudata specimens from the 1905 J.S. Gardiner Collection (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae)
Authors: BRUCE A. J.
Published: February 2019

Borradaile’s five specimens referred to Urocaris longicaudata from the Seychelle and Maldive Islands have been re-examined. Although incomplete and not in good condition, they can be distinguished from all of the twelve described species of the Periclimenes aesopius species group to which they belong and they are now briefly described as new. The Seychelle specimens were collected from 70m, unusually deep for species of this group.
The first record of Tischeriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Madagascar, with description of Coptotriche alavelona sp. n. and an updated distributional checklist of Afrotropical Tischeriidae
Authors: LEES DAVID C. , STONIS JONAS R.
Published: February 2019

The family Tischeriidae is recorded from Madagascar for the first time. Coptotriche alavelona Lees and Stonis, sp. n., is described from high elevation tropical moist forest of Madagascar, and its proposed generic placement discussed. DNA of this species has been extracted and conserved for future phylogenetic or barcoding studies. The external features and male genitalia are figured and described. An updated checklist and a distribution map for all 13 Tischeriidae species currently recorded from the Afrotropics are provided.
A review of the genus Mazarredia Bolivar (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea: Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae) from China
Authors: DENG WEIAN , ZHENG ZHEMIN , WEI SHIZHEN
Published: February 2019

A total of fourteen species of Mazarredia Bolivar occurring in China were systematically researched in this paper. Two species, Mazarredia convexa sp. nov. and Mazarredia sfrictivertex sp.nov., are described as new to science. Synonymy, distribution and a key to species are presented. The type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China and Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Hechi University, China.
A new species of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) from the endorheic RRo SalR basin, Tucumán, northwestern Argentina
Authors: MIRANDE JUAN MARCOS , AGUILERA GAST[N , DE LAS MERCEDES AZPELICUETA MARQA
Published: February 2019

Astyanax puka, new species from the endorheic RRo SalR basin, is diagnosed by the following combination of characters: shallow body (33.5–39.8 % SL), 36–38 perforated scales in lateral line, 6/5 transverse scales, 9–10 gradually decreasing dentary teeth, distally expanded premaxillary teeth, one distally expanded maxillary tooth with 7–9 cusps, short upperjaw length (34.5–37.8 % HL), short maxilla (20.7–23.3 % HL) expanded abruptly under maxillary tooth position, short postorbital distance (36.6–46.9 % HL), short distance between pelvic and anal-fin origins (17.1–20.6 % SL), 22–27 branched anal-fin rays, long caudal peduncle (13.3–16.5 % SL), bony hooks restricted to pelvic-fin rays 2 to 6 and anterior 6–13 branched anal-fin rays on mature males, and the presence of broad denticles on anterior, lateral, and posterior edges of first ceratobranchial gill rakers.
Neophryxus, a new name for Prophryxus Bruce, 1973 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae)
Authors: BRUCE A. J.
Published: February 2019

The name Prophryxus Bruce, 1973 was proposed for an unusual hemiarthrinid bopyrid parasite of the pontoniine shrimp Coralliocaris graminea (Dana, 1852). It has belatedly come to the author’s attention that this name is preoccupied, being a junior homonym of the name Prophryxus Richardson, 1909, (Crustacea: Isopoda: Dajidae). A new replacement name is now proposed. Classification follows Brandt and Poore (2003) and Poore et al. (2002).
Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814–1865): malacological author and publisher
Authors: PETIT RICHARD E.
Published: February 2019

Lovell Reeve was a major figure in 19 th Century malacology in England. In addition to his monumental Conchologia Iconica, he wrote, among other works, Elements of Conchology, the Conchologia Systematica, and The Land and Freshwater Mollusks Indigenous to, or Naturalized in, the British Isles. He co-authored with Arthur Adams the Mollusca parts of The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang. Reeve established a printing and publishing firm and produced not only his own works but numerous other natural history books, many finely illustrated. Biographical data are given and his introduction to the study of shells is discussed. That is followed by a short history of his printing and publishing firms which had several name changes over the years. Several contemporaries involved with Reeve in various ways are profiled and his business relationships are briefly treated. Reeve’s early interest in stereographic photography is described. Comments about his descriptions of new species are offered as are the opinions of others on Reeve’s descriptive methods. A few unusual problems involving some of Reeve’s taxa are described as is the manner in which authorship of taxa is treated herein. The major portion of the paper then follows, listing and describing his conchological publications and dating and collating those that were serially published, some never before accurately collated and/or dated. Non-molluscan serial publications that he owned and edited are listed with annotations. A complete bibliography of Lovell Reeve is given for the first time.
Review of the Neotropical blackfly subgenus Inaequalium Coscarón & Wygodzinsky (Diptera: Simuliidae) based on adults and pupal morphology
Authors: HERNÁNDEZ LUIS MIGUEL , SHELLEY ANTHONY JOHN , DE LUNA DIAS ANTONIO PAULINO ANDRADE , MAIA-HERZOG MARILZA
Published: February 2019

The species of the subgenus Inaequalium are reviewed based on adult and pupal morphology. All main taxonomic characters are fully illustrated together with a key to pupae for species identification. Discussions on the species’ taxonomy and brief summaries of their distribution and biology are also provided. As a result of this study, 14 species are now included in the subgenus Inaequalium. They are placed into two species groups, the botulibranchium species group with three species and the inaequale species group with 11 species, including two that are treated as species inquirendae: S. lurybayae Smart and S. parimaense Ramírez-Pérez, Yarzábal, Takaoka, Tada & Ramírez. Simulium lurybayae Smart, S. margaritatum Pepinelli, Hamada & Luz and S. maranguapense (Pessoa, Ríos-Velásquez & Py-Daniel) are now placed in the inaequale species group. Two lectotypes are designated for the following species: S. clavibranchium Lutz and S. diversibranchium Lutz. Simulium hauseri (Coscarón & Coscarón-Arias) is regarded as an unavailable name.
Additions to the hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the fjords region of southern Chile
Authors: GALEA HORIA R. , FÖRSTERRA GÜNTER , HÄUSSERMANN VERENA
Published: February 2019

This report considers five species of hydroids collected during a scientific expedition to the Northern Patagonian Zone of Chile in March 2007. Two poorly known species, Halecium fraseri Ralph, 1958 (Haleciidae) and Thuiaria polycarpa Kirchenpauer, 1884 (Sertulariidae), are redescribed from new, fertile material. The genus Parathuiaria Leloup, 1974 is assigned to the synonymy of Thuiaria Fleming, 1828, and notes are provided on the taxonomy of its type species, T. polycarpa. Three other hydroid species, Halecium tenellum Hincks, 1861 (Haleciidae), Amphisbetia operculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sertulariidae), and an athecate hydroid tentatively assigned to the genus Turritopsis McCrady, 1857 (Oceaniidae), are mentioned and accompanied by figures and brief remarks.
Edoughnura rara n.gen., n.sp., an enigmatic genus of Neanurinae Collembola from the Edough Massif (Algeria)
Authors: DEHARVENG LOUIS , KROUA SALAH HAMRA , BEDOS ANNE
Published: February 2019

A new genus and new species of Neanurinae Collembola, Edoughnura rara, is described from the Edough massif in Algeria. It combines a number of unusual or unique features : additional chaetae on head; mandible as a long, thin, ciliated lamella; chaetae Di of Th. II-III in line; tubercles Di fused on axis from Abd.III to Abd.V. Its affinities within the tribe Neanurini remains obscure.
New species and records of alpheid shrimps, genera Salmoneus Holthuis and Parabetaeus Coutière, from the tropical western Atlantic (Decapoda, Caridea)
Authors: ANKER ARTHUR
Published: February 2019

Six species of the alpheid shrimp genus Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955, including two new species, are reported from the tropical western Atlantic. Salmoneus ortmanni (Rankin, 1898) is reported for the first time from Atol das Rocas, Brazil and Aruba, Netherlands Antilles. Salmoneus carvachoi n. sp. is described on the basis of specimens previously misidentified as S. ortmanni from Guadeloupe, French Antilles, and is also known to occur in Brazil. The main difference between S. carvachoi n. sp. and S. ortmanni is the much more slender dactylus of the third to fifth pereiopods in the first species. The two species also appear to be ecologically separated: S. carvachoi n. sp. prefers silt-mud bottoms of estuaries and mangroves, while S. ortmanni occurs mostly in the rocky-coralline algae intertidal and on seagrass beds with reef patches, under rocks and coral rubble. Salmoneus rocas n. sp. is described on the basis of a single specimen collected at Atol das Rocas; this species belongs to the mostly Indo-Pacific S. serratidigitus (Coutière, 1896) species complex. Salmoneus teres Manning & Chace, 1990 and S. setosus Manning & Chace, 1990 previously known only from the isolated Ascension Island in the central Atlantic, are reported for the first time from the tropical western Atlantic: Guadeloupe and northeastern Brazil, respectively. Finally, Parabetaeus hummelincki (Schmitt, 1936) is recorded for the first time in Brazil.
The Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, distribution, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships in saproxylic environments
Authors: MAJKA CHRISTOPHER G.
Published: February 2019

The Ciidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada are surveyed. Fifteen species are now known to occur in the region, thirteen in Nova Scotia, six in New Brunswick, and two on Prince Edward Island. Ten new provincial records  are reported. Seven species including Ceracis sallei Mellié, Ceracis thoracicornis (Ziegler), Cis creberrimus Mellié, Cis pistoria Casey, Cis subtilis Mellié, Malacocis brevicollis (Casey), and Orthocis punctatus (Mellié) are newly recorded in the Maritime Provinces as a whole. Cis americanus Mannerheim and Cis levettei (Casey) are newly recorded on Prince Edward Island, the first records of this family from the province.Collecting effort on Cape Breton Island, Prince Edward Island, and in New Brunswick has apparently been insufficient to fully document the ciid fauna of these areas. Some local and regional distribution patterns of ciids in the mainland of Nova Scotia and in the Maritime Provinces are suggested from the present data, but further collecting is required to confirm these. Zoogeographically, most of the region's ciids are members of either a boreal fauna (9 species) with Holarctic affinities, or a southeastern North American Nearctic fauna (5 species). The Maritime Provinces ciid fauna has representatives of five of the six known ciid host-use groups. Records of host fungi indicate that there are suitable hosts for all species of ciids found in the region in all three Maritime Provinces, indicating that ciids in the region appear not to be limited by availability of suitable host-fungi. However, Cis horridulus Casey, Cis striolatus Casey, and Cis subtilis Mellié, the three species in the Trametes host-use group, are very infrequently collected and apparently rare.Forests in Maritime Provinces have been greatly affected by forestry and disease, and such activities are known to impact fungal communities. Consequently such practices could have important repercussions for groups like the Ciidae that are reliant on fungi as both a food source and a habitat
Formal taxonomy of species C of the Anopheles minimus sibling species complex (Diptera: Culicidae)
Authors: HARBACH RALPH E. , GARROS CLAIRE , MANH NGUYEN DUC , MANGUIN SYLVIE
Published: February 2019

The nomenclatural identity of species C of the Anopheles minimus complex is resolved by excluding the available junior synonyms of the nominotypical member of the complex and naming it An. harrisoni Harbach & Manguin, sp. n. Anopheles formosaensis I Tsuzuki, An. christophersi Theobald and An. christophersi var. alboapicalis Theobald are retained as junior synonyms of An. minimus Theobald based on the provenance of type specimens in geographical areas where An. harrisoni is not known to occur. A lectotype is designated for An. vincenti Laveran, which thus becomes the senior name of the specific entity known as An. jeyporiensis James. Molecular data that diagnose An. harrisoni are reviewed and the holotype female is contrasted with the neotype series of An. minimus. Available information on the bionomics and distribution of the new species is included.
A new Neotropical species of Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874 (Diptera: Chironomidae), with an unusual anal process
Authors: TRIVINHO-STRIXINO SUSANA , STRIXINO GIOVANNI
Published: February 2019

Male, female, pupa and larva of Tanytarsus caipira sp. n. are described and figured. Larvae were collected on the aquatic macrophyte Mayaca fluviatilis in a small pond in southeastern Brazil and reared to the adult stage. The male of T. caipira can be distinguished from all other described Tanytarsus species by the lack of a proper anal point and the long, forked, dorsal anal process. The pupa differs from other Tanytarsus species in having 2 pairs of taeniate setae on sternite VIII. The larva of T. caipira has a large Lauterborn organ placed on a short, weakly sclerotized pedicel.
Revision of Archaeoteleia Masner (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae)
Authors: EARLY JOHN W. , MASNER LUBOMÍR , JOHNSON NORMAN F.
Published: February 2019

The genus Archaeoteleia Masner is revised and redescribed. Five new species from New Zealand and six from Chile are described: A. chambersi Early, new species, A. gilbertae Early, new species, A. karere Early new species, A. onamata Early, new species, A. waipoua Early, new species, A. dispar Masner, new species, A. penai Masner, new species, A. puncticeps Masner, new species, A. robusta Masner, new species, A. simulans Masner, new species, and A. submetallica Masner, new species. The previously unknown females of A. mellea Masner and A. pygmea Masner are described from Chile. The genus is probably more closely related to Scelionini sensu lato than to the other putatively plesiomorphic genera Nixonia Masner (Nixoniini), Sparasion Latreille and Sceliomorpha Ashmead (Sparasionini s. str.), and Neuroscelio Dodd (Gryonini). Archaeoteleia chambersi, new species, and A. novaezealandiae Masner parasitize eggs of Gymnoplectron spp. (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae, Macropathinae). Both Archaeoteleia and Macropathinae have austral disjunct distributions and are considered to be Gondwanan relicts.
Four new species of deep-water catsharks of the genus Parmaturus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from New Caledonia, Indonesia and Australia
Authors: SÉRET BERNARD , LAST PETER R.
Published: February 2019

Four new species of rare scyliorhinid catsharks are provisionally assigned to the genus Parmaturus: P. lanatus sp. nov. from Indonesia, P. albimarginatus sp. nov. and P. albipenis sp. nov. from northern New Caledonia, and P. bigus sp. nov. from northeastern Australia. These species differ from each other by a combination of body morphology, denticle shape, dentition, colour and vertebral counts. An identification key to the Indo–Pacific Parmaturus species is provided. Comments on the diagnostic features separating the genera Halaelurus and Parmaturus are given.
Two new species of Okenia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from eastern Australia and Tanzania
Authors: RUDMAN WILLIAM B.
Published: February 2019

Two new species of the nudibranch genus Okenia Menke, 1830 (Goniodorididae) are described, one from eastern Australian waters and one from the western Indian Ocean. Okenia atkinsonorum sp. nov. is the third Australian species reported to feed on the bryozoan Pleurotoichus clathratus (Harmer, 1902) and is very similar in external shape and colour to the other two species, O. hallucigenia Rudman, 2004 and O. stellata Rudman, 2004. Okenia rhinorma sp. nov. is reported from Tanzania and the Red Sea. Its body shape and anatomy suggest it is related to the ascidian-feeding group in the genus characterised by O. aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845).
Six new species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Cardamom Mountains and associated highlands of Southeast Asia
Authors: MURDOCH MATTHEW L. , GRISMER L. LEE , WOOD PERRY L. JR. , NEANG THY , POYARKOV NIKOLAY A. , TRI NGO VAN , NAZAROV ROMAN A. , AOWPHOL ANCHALEE , PAUWELS OLIVIER S.G. , NGUYEN HUNG NGOC , GRISMER JESSE L.
Published: February 2019

An integrative taxonomic analysis using color pattern, morphology, and 1449 base pairs of the ND2 mitochondrial gene and its five flanking tRNAs demonstrated that eight species-level lineages occur within the Cyrtodactylus intermedius complex (Cyrtodactylus intermedius sensu stricto, C. phuquocensis and related populations) of the Cardamom mountains and associated highlands that have a sequence divergence ranging 3.4–8.9%. Additionally, each lineage is discretely diagnosable from one another based on morphology and color pattern and most occur in specific geographic regions (upland areas, karst formations or islands) that prevent or greatly restrict interpopulation gene flow. Six of these lineages were masquerading under the nomen C. intermedius and are described as the following: Cyrtodactylus auralensis sp. nov. endemic to Phnom Aural, the highest mountain in Cambodia; C. bokorensis sp. nov. endemic to the Bokor Plateau, Cambodia; C. cardamomensis sp. nov. from the main block of the Cardamom mountains; C. thylacodactylus sp. nov. endemic to Phnom Dalai the northernmost peak of the Cardamom mountains; C. laangensis sp. nov. endemic to the Phnom Laang karst formation, Cambodia; and C. septimontium sp. nov. from the Bảy Núi Hills of southwest Vietnam.
Taxonomy of Tabanus trivittatus species-group (Diptera: Tabanidae), with description of five new species
Authors: CARMO DANIEL D. D. , HENRIQUES AUGUSTO L.
Published: February 2019

The group of species related to Tabanus trivittatus include horse flies with striped abdomens and partially bare, inflated, subcallus. Herein we describe five new species and raise the number of valid species from 15 to 20, four of which occur in Brazil: T. albocapilus sp. n., T. dorsorufus sp. n., T. mackerrasi sp. n., T. macrocerus sp. n. and one that occur in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru: T. noncallosus sp. n. We also modified the keys from Fairchild (1976) for both sexes and briefly discuss the female genitalia.
100 Years of Progress in Forecasting and NWP Applications
Authors: Benjamin Stanley G. , Brown John M. , Brunet Gilbert , Lynch Peter , Saito Kazuo , Schlatter Thomas W.
Published: February 2019

Over the past 100 years, the collaborative effort of the international science community, including government weather services and the media, along with the associated proliferation of environmental observations, improved scientific understanding, and growth of technology, has radically transformed weather forecasting into an effective global and regional environmental prediction capability. This chapter traces the evolution of forecasting, starting in 1919 [when the American Meteorological Society (AMS) was founded], over four eras separated by breakpoints at 1939, 1956, and 1985. The current state of forecasting could not have been achieved without essential collaboration within and among countries in pursuing the common weather and Earth-system prediction challenge. AMS itself has had a strong role in enabling this international collaboration.
A decade of teacher expectations research 2008–2018: Historical foundations, new developments, and future pathways
Authors: Johnston Olivia , Wildy Helen , Shand Jennifer
Published: February 2019

This literature review critically synthesizes 10 years of international teacher expectations research using a simplified “expectation effect process” model. New developments in teacher expectation research are outlined, including effects of teacher expectations on students, teachers’ development of expectations, teachers’ differential treatment of students, and students’ reactions to teacher expectations. A brief overview of pre-2008 research presents the foundations of the post-2008 research using the same “expectation effect process” model. A separate section about Australian research is also included. Results of the literature review show that while qualitative research on the topic has increased from 2008 to 2018, quantitative studies still prevail and qualitative studies on the topic—particularly those which consider students’ perspectives—are rare. Hence, this article argues that the development of a more holistic, in-depth understanding of how teacher expectations affect student outcomes is possible through contextually embedded qualitative research that includes exploration of students’ reactions to teacher expectations. In this way, further understandings about how and why expectation effects vary between students could be gained.
Loudness Trumps Pitch in Politeness Judgments: Evidence from Korean Deferential Speech
Authors: Idemaru Kaori , Winter Bodo , Brown Lucien , Oh Grace Eunhae
Published: February 2019

Social meaning is not conveyed through words alone, but also through how words are produced phonetically. This paper investigates the role of loudness and pitch in determining the perception of politeness-related judgments in Korean. It has been proposed that high pitch is universally associated with polite or deferential social meanings. In contrast to this, Experiment 1 examined the perceptual effect of pitch and found no effect. Experiment 2 tested the effect of loudness, and found that listeners associate quieter speech with deference. Finally, Experiment 3 investigated the simultaneous effects of loudness and pitch, and found again that loudness had a consistent effect, whereas pitch only had a weak effect. Analyses of individual differences suggest that in contrast to loudness, which is interpreted uniformly across Korean listeners, pitch has more variegated social meanings: Some listeners associate high pitch with deferential meaning, others associate low pitch with deferential meaning. Thus, we find loudness to be a more unambiguous indicator of deferential speech than pitch. These findings shed light on how different acoustic properties contribute to the indexing of social stances, and they suggest that the role of pitch in conveying politeness may have been overstated in past research.