bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Sovereign, Saint, and City: Honor and Reuse of Textiles in the Treasury of San Isidoro (Leon)
Authors: Feliciano María Judith
Published: April 2019

The textiles currently housed in the treasury of the collegiate church of San Isidoro de León are part of a centuries-long process of collecting relics at the heart of an emblematic royal mausoleum. Instead of studying them through the prism of the “charter of 1063,” this investigation proposes a wider look at the place of luxurious textiles in Castile and León before and after the arrival of Saint Isidore’s relics. What emerges is an intricate relationship between the mythification of the city of León as a civitas regia, the Leonese monarchy’s concept of antiquity in legitimizing their rule, and the refinement associated with the royal court and its sacred performance of the cults of saints.
A Gnostic History of Religions
Authors: Robertson David G.
Published: April 2019

April DeConick’s The Gnostic New Age demonstrates that scholarship of Gnosticism is still entrenched in an Eliadian phenomenological paradigm which essentializes an ahistorical sui generis “Gnosis”. This approach is traceable to the Eranos Circle, particularly Carl G. Jung and Gilles Quispel, and builds certain philosophical and psychoanalytical affinities into an ahistorical religious current. DeConick’ comparison with New Age is tenuous, and misses the important fact that Gnosticism and New Age share specific genealogical antecedents. Interdisciplinary work needs to pay more attention to the theological and colonial implications of categories, or such problematic categories will continue to take root in the gaps between academic specialisms.
DNA barcoding, phylogeny and systematics of Golden-backed frogs (Hylarana, Ranidae) of the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot, with the description of seven new species
Authors: Biju S.D. , Garg Sonali , Mahony Stephen , Wijayathilaka Nayana , Senevirathne Gayani , Meegaskumbura Madhava
Published: April 2019

A systematic revision of the genus Hylarana in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot is presented. Species delineation in Hylarana is complicated due to a lack of distinct colour differences or striking morphological characters, leading to potential misidentification. We conducted extensive surveys throughout the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot and performed multiple gene (16S, COI and Cytb) barcoding using 103 samples collected from cultivated land and natural habitats. Genetic distance comparisons and Neighbor Joining trees indicated the presence of at least 14 candidate species in the region, supported by taxa groupings for all three genetic markers. Utilising a combination of molecular and morphological data, we describe seven new species, doubling the number of Hylarana species previously known from this region. We further demonstrate that H. temporalis, which was originally described from Sri Lanka, was misidentified with the Western Ghats endemic species for nearly 100 years. Conversely, H. aurantiaca was originally described from the Western Ghats and misidentified in Sri Lanka. Our study confirms that the distribution of H. temporalis is restricted to Sri Lanka, while H. aurantiaca is endemic to the Western Ghats, and that there are no shared Hylarana species between the two regions. Hylarana flavescens, H. intermedius and H. montanus, previously considered synonyms of H. temporalis are confirmed as valid species. Hylarana bhagmandlensis is removed from the synonymy of H. aurantiaca and placed as a junior subjective synonym of H. montanus. To establish nomenclatural stability, H. flavescens, H. malabarica and H. temporalis are lectotypified and H. intermedius is neotypified. Detailed descriptions, diagnosis, morphological and genetic comparisons, illustrations and data on distribution and natural history are provided for all species. Phylogenetic analyses based on three mitochondrial markers (16S, COI and Cytb) and a fragment of the nuclear Rag1 gene, show complete endemism of the Western Ghats-Sri Lankan species. Four major groups in this
region are identified as: 1 — the Hylarana aurantiaca group, endemic to the Western Ghats; 2 — the Hylarana flavescens group, endemic to the Western Ghats; 3 — the Hylarana temporalis group, endemic to Sri Lanka; and 4 — the Hylarana malabarica group from Sri Lanka and India. The discovery of numerous morphologically cryptic Hylarana species in this region further emphasizes the benefits of utilizing an integrative taxonomic approach for uncovering hidden diversity and highlighting local endemism in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot.
Experimental systematics: sensitivity of cladistic methods to polarization and character ordering schemes
Authors: Rineau Valentin , Grand Anaïs , Zaragüeta René , Laurin Michel
Published: April 2019

Phenotypic characters are essential to study the evolution of extant and extinct life forms and to reconstruct the tree of life. Inside the cladistics theory, parsimony is used by a large majority of systematists working on phenotypic characters, whereas 3ta is much less widespread but has triggered important debates. Many important differences in the interpretation of the cladistic theory exist between these methods, e.g. meaning and treatment of reversals, character representation as ‘data-matrices’ in parsimony (ordered and unordered), and as rooted trees (hierarchies) in 3ta. Although 3ta has received severe criticism, mostly focused in the use of software intended to be used in parsimony, only a few empirical studies have compared these methods so far. We present the results of simulations of the evolution of phenotypic traits under a Brownian motion model to characterize differences in sensitivity between parsimony and 3ta to (1) outgroup branch length, which affects the reliability of ancestral character state estimates, (2) character state ordering scheme, and (3) ingroup branch lengths that reflect the geological age of studied taxa. Our results show that the ‘nihilistic’ attitude of leaving multistate characters unordered when criteria to order are available (e.g. , similarity, ontogeny, etc…) can decrease resolving power of the method (by 13.4% to 29.3%) and increase the occurrence of artefactual clades (by 5% to 15.6%). Increasing outgroup branch length significantly decreases resolving power and increases artefactual resolution, at least for paleontological trees. All simulations show that ordered parsimony is always superior to 3ta in tested parameter space. These results depend on the assumption in parsimony that reversals (as implied by the Brownian motion, as in most other models) can be evidence for the support of a clade a posteriori from an analysis or a priori on simulations with a known pattern. We discuss implications of these points of view compared to the assumption inherent in 3ta (i.e. , that reversals should not support a clade as other synapomorphies do) on evolutionary models.
Karyotypes of four species of Xenodontini snakes (Serpentes) and implications for taxonomy
Authors: Falcione Camila , Hernando Alejandra , Barrasso Diego Andrés , Di Pietro Diego Omar
Published: April 2019

The karyotypes of four Xenodontini snake species, Lygophis
dilepis, L. meridionalis, L. flavifrenatus and L. anomalus, are here described for the first time. We studied specimens from northeastern Argentina using conventional and silver (Ag-NOR) staining. While the typical ophidian karyotype is 2n = 36, we found that the karyotype of the studied species is 2n = 34, with metacentric and submetacentric chromosome pairs. The 4th NOR staining revealed that nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) are located on one pair of microchromosomes. In L. dilepis and L. anomalus the 4th chromosome pair is heteromorphic, and we suggest that it might be considered as the ZW sex chromosome pair. The optimization of available karyological data on a molecular phylogenetic tree of the tribe Xenodontini shows that the diploid numbers 2n = 28, 30 and 34 represent putative synapomorphy for Erythrolamprus, Xenodon and Lygophis, respectively. Our results provide new insights which fill gaps in our knowledge on the cytology in the genus Lygophis and identified a possible diagnostic character for the genus.
The cave beetle genus Anthroherpon is polyphyletic; molecular phylogenetics and description of Graciliella n. gen. (Leiodidae, Leptodirini)
Authors: Njunjić Iva , Perreau Michel , Hendriks Kasper , Schilthuizen Menno , Deharveng Louis
Published: April 2019

The subtribe Anthroherponina form an iconic group of obligate cave beetles, typical representatives of the Dinaric subterranean fauna, which is considered to be the richest in the world. Phylogenetic studies within this subtribe are scarce and based only on morphological characters, which, due to troglomorphic convergence, are frequently unreliable. Moreover, morphological stasis and morphological polymorphism make classification of taxa difficult. To test if characters that have traditionally been accepted as informative for Anthroherponina classification are indeed reliable, we evaluated the monophyly of the most speciesrich genus of this subtribe - Anthroherpon Reitter, 1889. Our study, based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis of fragments of the 18S, 28S, and COI (both 5’ and 3’ end) loci revealed that the genus Anthroherpon as conventionally defined is polyphyletic. To resolve this polyphyly, we defined one new additional genus, Graciliella n. gen., for which we then examined the intrageneric diversity using molecular and morphometric approaches. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of two COI mitochondrial gene fragments revealed the presence of four species inside Graciliella n. gen., including two new species, which we here describe as G. kosovaci n. sp. and G. ozimeci n. sp. To analyze interspecific morphological differences within Graciliella we performed a discriminant analysis based on 40 linear morphometric measurements. The results showed that differences between species and subspecies inside Graciliella, however subtle they may seem, are measurable and reproducible. All species of the genus are briefly diagnosed, an identification key is proposed and a distribution map of all taxa of Graciliella is provided.
Identification of a new stony coral host for the anemone shrimp Periclimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924 with notes on the host-use pattern
Authors: Brinkmann Bregje W. , Fransen Charles H.J.M.
Published: April 2019

Periclimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924 is a western Atlantic symbiotic shrimp species mainly associating with anemones. Adult shrimps of P . rathbunae are characterised by an orange-white spotted colour pattern. During fieldwork along the coast of Curaçao (2013), morphologically similar, though generally smaller sized shrimps were collected from the stony coral Dendrogyra cylindrus Ehrenberg, 1834. These specimens were overall more translucent. This study elucidates the taxonomic status of the coral-associated specimens in relation to anemone-associated specimens of P. rathbunae and related anemone-associated species using one nuclear (histone H3, H3), a mitochondrial protein-coding (cytochrome oxidase subunit I, COI) and a mitochondrial ribosomal RNA (16S) gene. Molecular phylogenetic reconstructions clustered the coral-associated specimens with anemone-associated P. rathbunae within a distinct clade, revealing that the aberrant coral-associated shrimp specimens belong to P. rathbunae. It can be concluded that 1) the stony coral D. cylindrus is a host of P. rathbunae, constituting the first record of an association between a scleractinian coral and a palaemonid shrimp species in the Atlantic Ocean; 2) the colour pattern of P. rathbunae is a phenotypically plastic characteristic that varies with size and is depending on the host species; and 3) mean body size of P. rathbunae is smaller on D. cylindrus than on the anemone Stichodactyla helianthus. This raises interesting questions about patterns of host use for this species and warrants further in-depth field ecological study for this species.
On the presence of Late Pleistocene wapiti, Cervus canadensis Erxleben, 1777 (Cervidae, Mammalia) in the Palaeolithic site Climăuți II (Moldova)
Authors: Croitor Roman , Obada Theodor
Published: April 2019

This article reports antler remains from the Late Paleolithic site of Climăuți II (Republic of Moldova) confirming the presence of wapiti Cervus canadensis in the Late Pleistocene of Western Eurasia. The occurrence of wapiti in the East Carpathian area by 20 ky BP coincides with the local extinction of Megaloceros giganteus, Crocuta spelaea, and Ursus spelaeus, and substitution of local forest reindeer with grazing tundra-steppe Rangifer tarandus constantini. We here provide an overview of paleontological data and opinions on the presence of Cervus canadensis in Europe, a discussion on the taxonomic status and systematic position of the extinct deer Cervus elaphus palmidactyloceros, and propose a dispersal model for wapiti in Europe during the Late Pleistocene.
“I am not alone”: The Additional Benefits of Critical Media Literacy
Authors: Yousman Lori Bindig
Published: April 2019

Despite the potential for technology to bring us together, current research shows that new media can actually exacerbate social disconnect and contribute to feelings of isolation, inadequacy, and anxiety. However, young women in treatment for eating disorders reported that participation in a critical media literacy curriculum helped combat isolation. More specifically, participants revealed that the discussion generated throughout the critical media literacy curriculum fostered a sense of reciprocity, companionship, self-expression, and empathy. These findings suggest that critical media literacy curricula can provide a much-needed opportunity for dialogue where individuals not only hone their understanding of media and work towards social justice, but also develop a sense of community and connection that may be missing in today’s networked culture.
Keeping Media Literacy Critical during the Post-Truth Crisis over Fake News
Authors: Frechette Julie
Published: April 2019

As citizens demand more media literacy education in schools, the criticality of media literacy must be advanced in meaningful and comprehensive ways that enable students to successfully access, analyze, evaluate and produce media ethically and effectively across diverse platforms and channels. Institutional analysis in the digital age means understanding who controls the architecture(s) of digital technology, and how they use it. Big data, high tech, and rich transnational global media all need to be carefully studied and held accountable. “Panopticonic” practices such as surveillance, geolocation, data mining, and niche microtargeting need to be studied as information brokers reap huge profits by amalgamating and selling off the data that internet and social media users unwittingly but willingly provide to companies. In light of the growing evidence that online-only networks create filter bubbles and polarization, people will need to interact and mobilize in offline real world spaces. Critical media literacy education must explore how human interactivity is undergoing tectonic shifts as powerful ideological and economic interests work to alter our digital media ecology. Such an approach will allow us to better leverage our public interest goals through a media landscape that preserves the multidirectional, participatory, global, networkable aspects of the digital world.
The Emotional Labor of “Taking a Knee”
Authors: Agosto Vonzell , Wolgemuth Jennifer , White Ashley , Grosland Tanetha , Feldman Allan
Published: April 2019

We center three publicly accessible images: (1) Am I not a Man and a Brother? (1787), (2) Colin Kaepernick (2017) “Taking a Knee”, (3) Mother McDowell of the Black Student in Florida Admonished for “Taking a Knee” in school (2017). The photograph of mother McDowell is included, rather than her son, who she wanted to remain anonymous across media outlets. We draw primarily from publicly accessible media and scholarship available via the Internet (museums, newscasts, scholarly repositories) to provide a composite of kneeling discourse and counter-narratives related to race (i.e., anti-slavery, abolition, anti-racism protests) and proper behavior. Each image is situated within literature supporting analysis through concepts (time, race) visual, and textual information. Rather than detailing the images, we focus on the surrounding narratives, contemporary readings, redactions, and annotations (we create or relate to) to consider emotions as part of the context, impetus, and force behind the actions captured in them. We juxtapose, redact, and critique images and texts associated with kneeling/taking a knee by men and boys racialized as Black, but not exclusively., as the practices we illustrate in response to structural racism (i.e., discipline in schools) also bring attention to events involving other students: a Black girl and an Indigenous (Inuit) boy.
New species of Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
Authors: HUGHES LAUREN E. , LOWRY JAMES K.
Published: April 2019

Nine new species of epibenthic amphipods are described from the Solitary Islands, mid-north coast, New South Wales, Australia. Material was collected on natural habitats and from a range of small plastic artificial substrates. Protohyale pusilla (Chevreux, 1907) is reported from Australia for the first time. The subgenus Telsosynopia Karaman, 1986 is given generic status and Regalia juliana Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005 is transferred to Tepidopleustes in the pleustid subfamily Austropleustinae. New species include: Protohyale solitaire sp. nov. (Hyalidae); Ericthonius rodneyi sp. nov. and Ericthonius forbesii sp. nov. (Ischyroceridae); Liljeborgia polonius sp. nov. (Liljeborgiidae); Elasmopus arrawarra sp. nov. and Hoho cornishi sp. nov. (Melitidae); Gammaropsis legoliath sp. nov. (Photidae); Tepidopleustes coffsiana sp. nov. (Pleustidae); and Telsosynopia trifidilla sp. nov. (Synopiidae).
Immature stages of three Japanese species of the genus Plecia Wiedemann (Diptera: Bibionidae)
Authors: SUTOU MITSUAKI
Published: April 2019

The eggs, larvae, and pupae (male and female) of three Japanese species of the Bibionidae, Plecia adiastola, P. membranifera, and P. hadrosoma, are described and illustrated, and ecological notes are included. Morphological characters of the immature stages of Plecia species are compared for the first time, and a diagnosis is presented. The taxonomic and phylogenetic importance of morphological characters, especially of the larval head and the arrangement of the larval and pupal body processes, is discussed.
First report on the leafhopper genus Caknesia Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Typhlocybini) from China, with description of a new species
Authors: ZHANG YALIN , HUANG MIN
Published: April 2019

The Oriental leafhopper genus Caknesia Dworakowska is reported for the first time from China. One new species, C. sichuanensis sp. nov., from Sichuan of China, is described and illustrated; a key to all species, based on the male genitalia, is given. The type specimens are deposited in the collections of the Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.
Notes on the genus Allotrichosiphum (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Greenideinae), with the description of one new species from Hong Kong, China
Authors: QIAO GEXIA , JIANG LIYUN , MARTIN JON H.
Published: April 2019

The aphid genus Allotrichosiphum is reviewed here. Allotrichosiphum cyclobalanopsidis sp. nov. from Cyclobalanopsis neglecta in Hong Kong, China is described. Keys to the species of Allotrichosiphum worldwide are provided. The type specimens studied are deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, U.K.
Description of the pupa and observations on the distribution, ecology, and life history of Quedius spelaeus spelaeus Horn (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Nova Scotia, Canada
Authors: MOSELEY MAX , KLIMASZEWSKI JAN , MAJKA CHRISTOPHER G.
Published: April 2019

The troglophilic staphylinid beetle Quedius spelaeus spelaeus Horn 1871, has been found in a number of porcupine dung caves in Nova Scotia where it appears to be the dominant predator on other invertebrates. In culture, late-instar larvae were observed to excavate and remain in cavities excavated in dung, and to pupate in these cavities. The pupa is described for the first time and compared with other pupae in the genus Quedius Stephens. The apparently disjunct distribution of the species in Nova Scotia is discussed and it is suggested that it may have colonized the province from Atlantic glacial refugia.
Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships among species of the seasonal, internally inseminating, South American killifish genus Campellolebias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with the description of a new species
Authors: COSTA WILSON J.E.M.
Published: April 2019

Campellolebias, a genus of South American annual killifishes, is diagnosed by a unique specialized structure, the pseudogonopodium, on the anterior part of the anal fin in males, which is used for internal insemination; a derived caudal skeleton morphology; an apomorphic color pattern on the ventral portion of the head in males; and a unique courtship behavior pattern in males. Four species are included, all endemic to Brazil’s southern coastal plains: C. dorsimaculatus and C. intermedius n. sp., from the rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, São Paulo; C. chrysolineatus, from northern Santa Catarina; and C. brucei, from southern Santa Catarina. A clade comprising C. intermedius, C. chrysolineatus and C. brucei is defined by the pelvic-fin bases medially separated by a short interspace, seven longitudinal rows of iridescent marks on the flank in males, and dark horizontal lines between flank scales on females. A clade comprising C. chrysolineatus and C. brucei is diagnosed by long dorsal, anal and pelvic fins in males.
A new species of Thaumastocoris Kirkaldy from Argentina (Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae: Thaumastocorinae)
Authors: CARPINTERO DIEGO LEONARDO , DELLAPÉ PABLO MATÍAS
Published: April 2019

Thaumastocoris peregrinus n. sp. from Argentina is described. New morphological characters are studied and compared with other related species. This is the first record of a member of the subfamily Thaumastocorinae (Thaumastocoridae) from the New World.
A new species of Hexantheda Ogloblin (Hymenoptera, Colletidae), a genus of bees with labial palpi of variable number of segments
Authors: ROIG-ALSINA ARTURO
Published: April 2019

A new species, Hexantheda entrerriana, from the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina, is described. These bees have an unusual labial palp with eight segments. Features distinguishing the new species from the other two species of the genus are presented.
Dinotoperla walkeri sp. nov. (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae), a brachypterous stonefly from western Victoria, Australia
Authors: DEAN JOHN , ST CLAIR ROS
Published: April 2019

A new brachypterous species of stonefly (Dinotoperla walkeri sp. nov.) is described from Hopkins Falls in western Victoria. The species is large compared to other species of the genus, and the robust nymph is adapted to live on or under boulders in fast currents. Such conditions appear not to occur elsewhere in the region of the type locality, and it is speculated that brachyptery may be an adaptation which ensures that adults do not disperse away from the nymphal habitat.
New species of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from Guangxi, South China
Authors: PENG ZHONG , LI LI-ZHEN , ZHAO MEI-JUN
Published: April 2019

Six species of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst, 1802 from Guangxi, South China are described: L. dayaoshanense sp. n., L.maoershanense sp. n., L. proprium sp. n., L. shengtangshanense sp. n., L. zhangdinghengi sp. n. and L. zhujianqingi sp. n. Illustrations of major diagnostic features and a key to the species from Guangxi are provided.
A new species of Salina (Collembola: Paronellidae) from Anhui Province, China
Authors: MA YITONG
Published: April 2019

The genus Salina was established by MacGillivray (1894) with Salina banksi from the U.S.A as its type species. The main characters of the genus include: (1) absence of scales; (2) the presence of distal vesicle on dens; (3) mucro square or rectangular; (4) unpaired vertical macrosetae (Vo) absent (Mitra 1993). About 70 species have been described worldwide divided between three subgenera: Salina (s. s.) Macgillivray, Narisa Yosii & Suhardjono, 1992 and Silana Yosii & Suhardjono, 1992. The differences between these three subgenera are the number of prelabral setae and the shape of basal seta on outer maxillary lobe.
Molecular systematics of the armored neotropical catfish subfamily Neoplecostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)
Authors: ROXO FÁBIO F. , ZAWADZKI CLÁUDIO H. , DA COSTA SILVA GUILHERME J. , CHIACHIO MARCIO C. , FORESTI FAUSTO , OLIVEIRA CLAUDIO
Published: April 2019

Morphological and molecular studies in the family Loricariidae have revealed that the relationships among its membersare not yet well resolved, and the present study was conducted with the main objective of improving our knowledge aboutthis highly diversified group of catfishes. Maximum parsimony and Bayesian analysis were conducted on a matrix of 53terminal taxa and 4676 characters with partial sequences of the genes COI, CytB, 16S rRNA, 12S rRNA and F-reticulon4. As outgroups, samples of the species Hemipsilichthys gobio and H. papillatus (subfamily Delturinae), Rineloricariajaraguensis (subfamily Loricariinae), Hypostomus nigromaculatus (subfamily Hypostominae), Hypoptopomainexpectatum (subfamily Hypoptopomatinae), and Corumbataia cuestae (subfamily Otothyrinae) were used. The resultsshowed that the subfamily Neoplecostominae is monophyletic, including Pseudotocinclus, and three clades wererecognized. The first one is composed of Pareiorhina rudolphi, P. cf. rudolphi and Pseudotocinclus. The second iscomposed of Isbrueckerichthys, Pareiorhaphis, Kronichthys and Neoplecostomus ribeirensis. The third is composed ofthe remaining species of the genera Neoplecostomus, except N. ribeirensis, Pareiorhina carrancas, P. cf. carrancas,Pareiorhina sp. 1 (possible new species) and an undescribed taxon referred to in this paper as new genus and species 2. In our analyses, Pareiorhina and Neoplecostomus are paraphyletic taxa.
A new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Rio São Francisco, Brazil
Authors: A. PABLO LEHMANN , REIS ROBERTO E.
Published: April 2019

A new species of the hypoptopomatine loricariid Parotocinclus is described based on material from three rivers belongingto the upper and middle Rio São Francico basin, the Rio das Velhas and Rio Jequitaí on the right margin and the RioParacatu on the left margin. The new species is readily distinguished from all congeners by having the abdomencompletely devoid of dermal plates between the pectoral girdle and the anus, by differences in rostral and postrostral plates, and by having the pectoral girdle covered by skin medially and exposed and supporting odontodes only laterally.
Intellagama lesueurii (Gray, 1831), the correct binomial combination for the Australian Eastern Water Dragon (Sauria, Agamidae)
Authors: AMEY ANDREW P. , COUPER PATRICK J. , SHEA GLENN M.
Published: April 2019

The Eastern Water Dragon is a large, conspicuous agamid, well known to many inhabitants of eastern Australia. It was first described in the scientific literature as Lophura lesueurii by Gray (1831). Gray’s allocation of this taxon to his earlier genus Lophura Gray, 1827, created for the species Lacerta lophura Shaw, 1802, does not mention that Cuvier (1829) had erected Istiurus for amboinensis Schlosser, 1768, which Cuvier treated as a senior synonym of lophura. Cuvier considered the generic name Lophura to be too similar to Lophyrus Latreille, 1802, a genus of conifer sawflies belonging to the family Diprionidae, hence the need for a new genus. Both Gray and Cuvier were evidently unaware that Lophura was unavailable as this name had already been assigned to a genus of phasianid birds (Fleming 1822). The Eastern Water Dragon has subsequently appeared in the taxonomic literature under the following synonyms: Iguana paramatensis Fitzinger, 1843; Amphibolurus maculiferus Girard, 1857; Amphibolurus heterurus Peters, 1866 and Amphibolurus branchialis De Vis, 1884. The combination Physignathus lesueurii was first used in 1845 by Gray in his Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the British Museum and has been in use ever since. The only other generic name proposed for this taxon is Intellagama Wells and Wellington, 1985, by which the authors implied its distinctiveness from the other member of Physignathus, the Chinese Water Dragon P. cocincinus Cuvier, 1829. However, as their description provided no evidence to demonstrate that Australian water dragons are generically distinct from their foreign congener, this name has not been adopted by subsequent authors, and has been informally treated as a synonym of Physignathus.
Erratum: Naruse, T., Chan, T.-Y., Tan H.H., Ahyong, S.T. & Reimer, J.D. (2012) Scientific Results of the Marine Biodiversity Expedition—KUMEJIMA 2009. Zootaxa, 3367, 1–280.
Authors: NARUSE T. , CHAN T. Y. , TAN H. H. , AHYONG S. T. , REIMER J. D.
Published: April 2019

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On a new cypridopsine genus (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cyprididae) from the Upper Paraná River Floodplain (Brazil)
Authors: HIGUTI JANET , MARTENS KOEN
Published: April 2019

We describe a new genus, Cabelodopsis n. gen., for the South American ostracod species Cypridopsella hispida Sars, 1901.Zonocypris G.W. Müller, 1898 and Cabelodopsis n. gen. are together united in the new tribe Zonocypridini n. trib., which ischaracterised primarily by a large claw on the female antenna. Cabelodopsis n. gen. differs from Zonocypris s. s. (withornamented carapaces) in the general appearance of the carapace and of the valve ornamentation, as well as in the structure of the hinge. Some notes on taxonomy and distribution of the new genus and of the new tribe are provided.
Explanation of the European Lepidocyrtus pallidus–serbicus group (Collembola, Entomobryidae), with description of new species from Hungary
Authors: WINKLER DANIEL , TRASER GYÖRGY N.
Published: April 2019

The Lepidocyrtus pallidus-serbicus group has been created for the two eponymic species only, but at the present time thegroup is composed by a total of 6 species: L. pallidus Reuter, 1890; L. serbicus Denis, 1933; L. pseudosinelloides Gisin,1967; L. weidneri Hüther, 1971; L. arrabonicus Traser 2000 and L. tomosvaryi sp. nov. The main characteristic shared byevery species in this group is the dorsal body macrochaetotaxy: 00/0101+2 and the presence of M 1 M 2 on the labial triangle.The new species is close to L. serbicus but clearly differs from it in the presence of a small dental tubercle at the basal part of the dens on the dorsal surface. An identification key is given for differentiating all species of this group.
Schweigger’s (1812) chelonian types from the extinct eighteenth century Portuguese “Royal cabinet of natural history of Ajuda”: some contributions for their identification and nomenclatural implications
Authors: CERÍACO LUIS M. P. , BOUR ROGER
Published: April 2019

The work Prodromus Monographiae Cheloniorum, published by Schweigger in 1812, has recently been the subject ofseveral studies. One result of these studies—the rediscovery of the Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812holotype—triggered an intense debate in The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, where, among other issues in dispute,the identity and nature of the specimen indicated as the holotype for the species is put in question. Using historical sources,mostly unpublished, and analysis and comparison of taxidermic characteristics of the specimen with other specimens ofthe same nature, we can clearly trace its origin to the extinct Royal Cabinet of Natural History of Ajuda in Lisbon, fromthe “philosophical journey” of Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira to the specimens transported to Paris by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1808, thus helping dispel any doubts regarding the identity and nature of what is being identified as the Testudogigantea holotype, along with other chelonian specimens. This information is of great importance in the current taxonomicdebate as well as in recognizing the historic importance of the Royal Cabinet of Natural History of Ajuda and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire’s 1808 mission to Lisbon.
A new species and new records of Tinus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (Araneae: Pisauridae)
Authors: CRUZ DA SILVA ESTEVAM L.
Published: April 2019

The spider genus Tinus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 was revised by Carico (1976) and currently comprises nine species distributed from Mexico to Panama (Platnick, 2012). The most recently described species is Tinus oaxaca Carico, 2008, based on a single male from Mexico (Carico 2008). In this work a new species of Tinus is described and illustrated for the first time.
Ichnoverruca nom. nov., a replacement name for the genus Verruca Sheng & Sun, 2018 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) non Schumacher, 1817
Authors: SHENG MAO-LING , JENNINGS JOHN T.
Published: April 2019

The name Verruca was proposed for a new genus of wasps described by Sheng & Sun (2018) with the type species Verruca dentia Sheng & Sun, 2018 in the family Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). However, it cannot be used as a valid generic name due to homonymy as the genus Verruca was established by Schumacher (1817) in the barnacle family Verrucidae (Cirripedia, Verrucomorpha). Verruca Schumacher is a valid generic name in Verrucomorpha.
Sophronia salaganella sp. n. from the Russian Altai and new data on Palaearctic Sophronia Hübner, [1825] species (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)
Authors: ŠUMPICH JAN , BIDZILYA OLEKSIY V. , PONOMARENKO MARGARITA G.
Published: April 2019

Sophronia salaganella Šumpich & Bidzilya, sp. n., is described based on specimens collected in the mountains of the Altai Republic and Buryatia in Russia. The new species is most similar to S. illustrella (Hübner, 1796) and S. orientalis Li & Zheng, 1998 from which it can be reliably distinguished by characters of the genitalia. Sophronia iciculata Omelko, 1999, syn. n., is a junior synonym of S. orientalis; and S. marginella Toll, 1936, syn. n., is a junior synonym of S. consanguinella Herrich-Schaffer, [1854]. Sophronia alaicella Caradja, 1920 is redescribed, and the adult and the male and female genitalia are illustrated. Sophronia illustrella (Hübner, 1796) is recorded from Russia for the first time. A checklist of Sophronia Hübner, [1825] of the world is provided.
A review of the Neotropical genus Amazobenna Penny, 1980 with description of a new species and description of the male of Amazobenna reticulata Penny, 1980 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)
Authors: VIEGAS EDUARDA FERNANDA GOMES , ALE-ROCHA ROSALY
Published: April 2019

A second species of the genus Amazobenna Penny, 1980, Amazobenna pennyi sp. nov., is described from the Brazil. The new species can be distinguished from Amazobenna reticulata Penny, 1980, the type species of the genus, by the coloration of the body and wing and by the characters of the male genitalia. The description of male of Amazobenna reticulata is also provided and morphology of male and female genitalia of the genus is discussed for the first time.
Why do countries change the taxation of foreign-source income of multinational firms?
Authors: Shin Mi Jeong
Published: April 2019

Why do some countries continue to tax income that multinational firms create overseas, even as other countries increasingly adopt a system that only taxes income generated within the country? I argue that this phenomenon reflects an interaction between trade openness and the number of veto players. Increasing trade openness incentivizes governments to move to a territorial tax system, because firms that operate across borders want to avoid various tax liabilities in multiple countries. Yet countries with fewer veto players are more likely to move to a territorial tax system than those with many veto players. To test my hypothesis, I employ survival and logistic regression analyses of 15 advanced industrialized countries between 1981 and 2013. Overall the findings conform to the expectation: Economically open countries with fewer veto players are more likely to shift to a territorial tax system than those with many veto players.
Development and experimental validation of a field programmable gate array–based in-cycle direct water injection control strategy for homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion stability
Authors: Gordon David , Wouters Christian , Wick Maximilian , Lehrheuer Bastian , Andert Jakob , Koch Charles , Pischinger Stefan
Published: April 2019

Homogeneous charge compression ignition is a part-load combustion method, which can significantly reduce oxides of nitrogen (NO x) emissions compared to current lean-burn spark ignition engines. The challenge with homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion is the high cyclic variation due to the lack of direct ignition control. A fully variable electromagnetic valve train provides the internal exhaust gas recirculation through negative valve overlap which is required to obtain the necessary thermal energy to enable homogeneous charge compression ignition. This also increases the cyclic coupling as residual gas and unburnt fuel is transferred between cycles through exhaust gas recirculation. To improve combustion stability, an experimentally validated feed-forward water injection controller is presented. Utilizing the low latency and rapid calculation rate of a field programmable gate array, a real-time calculation of residual fuel mass is implemented on a prototyping engine controller. Using this field programmable gate array–based calculation, it is possible to calculate the amount of fuel and the required control interaction during an engine cycle. This controller prevents early rapid combustion following a late combustion cycle using direct water injection to cool the cylinder charge and counter the additional thermal energy from any residual fuel that is transferred between cycles. By cooling the trapped cylinder mass, the upcoming combustion phasing can be delayed to the desired setpoint. The controller was tested at several operating points and showed an improvement in the combustion stability as shown by a reduction in the standard deviation of combustion phasing and indicated mean effective pressure.
Peers Keep It Real: Re-engaging Adults in HIV Care
Authors: Enriquez Maithe , Cheng An-Lin , McKinsey David , Farnan Rose , Ortego Gerry , Hayes Deana , Miles LaTrischa , Reese Michael , Downes Alicia , Enriquez Amanda , Akright Jan , El Atrouni Wissam
Published: April 2019

Background:

After diagnosis, a substantial number of people with HIV disease fall out of care. Effective interventions are needed for this priority population.

Methods:

The “Peers Keep It Real” study aimed to help adults who were disengaged from HIV treatment. Peers, lay individuals living with HIV, facilitated intervention sessions. Participants were randomized to immediately receive the peer-facilitated intervention or were wait-listed.

Results:

Considerable attrition occurred in the control group. Pre-/postanalyses showed that among participants (n = 23) who received the intervention, 65% had viral load suppression and 100% remained in care at 12 months postintervention. Impact on viral load was significant ( P = .0326), suggesting that peers are effective change agents who positively impacted outcomes for individuals struggling with adherence to HIV treatment.

Conclusion:

Future endeavors should consider providing all individuals from this priority population with an active peer intervention from the onset to enhance retention and adherence.
Exploring Experiences of Survivors and Caregivers Regarding Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survivorship
Authors: Fitch Margaret I
Published: April 2019

Background:

Advances in screening and treatment approaches alongside changing population demographics have the potential to influence the experience of living with lung cancer. There is potential for improved outcomes and quality of life for those diagnosed with the disease.

Objectives:

This exploratory study was undertaken to gain insight regarding the current experiences of individuals diagnosed with lung cancer and their family caregivers given the evolving changes in lung cancer screening and treatment.

Method:

A qualitative descriptive design was utilized and in-depth interviews conducted with 8 survivor and 4 family caregivers. Interviews were subjected to a conventional content analysis.

Results:

Participants identified challenges related to being diagnosed in a timely manner, being told the diagnosis with compassion, coping with multiple symptoms during treatment, and regaining a new normal following treatment. Dealing with late effects of treatment (ie, fatigue, shortness of breath, neuropathy) was frustrating when individuals were not aware the effects would emerge or had not had relevant self-management instructions.

Conclusions:

Lung cancer survivors constitute an emerging cadre of survivors. Attention is needed to their preparation for, and coping with, the survivorship transition.
Experimental and analytical investigations into wire electrochemical micro turning
Authors: Tyagi Aakash , Sharma Vyom , Singh Patel Divyansh , Jain V. K. , Ramkumar J.
Published: April 2019

Electrochemical turning (ECT) has been studied by researchers for making axially symmetric parts of different materials by using shaped tools fed radially into the rotating workpiece. Despite having various advantages over other advanced machining processes, ECT has failed to gain much attention by the manufacturing industries and researchers because of the complexity involved in designing a shaped tool to give a desired shape and tolerances to the workpiece. In the present work, a systematic study is presented to understand the applicability of a microwire as a replacement for a shaped tool in this process. Simulations are carried out to understand the distribution of electric field lines and current density in case of wire electrochemical turning (ECT). The effects of insulting wire up to different angles on the evolved groove profile are investigated by performing simulation study. Minimum groove width is observed at the lowest value of ‘tool exposed angle’ (30°), while maximum groove depth is observed at the highest value of tool exposed angle (270°). In the later part of the work, an experimental study is performed to characterize a groove profile using a bare copper wire of diameter 200 µm. The effects of input parameters, such as workpiece rpm, tool radial insertion, applied potential and electrolyte concentration on responses like groove width, corner radius and taper angle are investigated. Finally, the understanding of behaviour of different process parameters is applied to perform operations like multi-step turning, microgroove turning and taper turning on copper and micro-threading on stainless steel 304.
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells respond to Epstein-Barr virus infection with a distinct type I interferon subtype profile
Authors: Gujer Cornelia , Murer Anita , Müller Anne , Vanoaica Danusia , Sutter Kathrin , Jacque Emilie , Fournier Nathalie , Kalchschmidt Jens , Zbinden Andrea , Capaul Riccarda , Dzionek Andrzej , Mondon Philippe , Dittmer Ulf , Münz Christian
Published: April 2019

Infectious mononucleosis, caused by infection with the human gamma-herpesvirus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), manifests with one of the strongest CD8+ T-cell responses described in humans. The resulting T-cell memory response controls EBV infection asymptomatically in the vast majority of persistently infected individuals. Whether and how dendritic cells (DCs) contribute to the priming of this near-perfect immune control remains unclear. Here we show that of all the human DC subsets, plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) play a central role in the detection of EBV infection in vitro and in mice with reconstituted human immune system components. pDCs respond to EBV by producing the interferon (IFN) subtypes α1, α2, α5, α7, α14, and α17. However, the virus curtails this type I IFN production with its latent EBV gene products EBNA3A and EBNA3C. The induced type I IFNs inhibit EBV entry and the proliferation of latently EBV-transformed B cells but do not influence lytic reactivation of the virus in vitro. In vivo, exogenous IFN-α14 and IFN-α17, as well as pDC expansion, delay EBV infection and the resulting CD8+ T-cell expansion, but pDC depletion does not significantly influence EBV infection. Thus, consistent with the observation that primary immunodeficiencies compromising type I IFN responses affect only alpha- and beta-herpesvirus infections, we found that EBV elicits pDC responses that transiently suppress viral replication and attenuate CD8+ T-cell expansion but are not required to control primary infection.
A multiscale method for wave propagation in 3D heterogeneous poroelastic media
Authors: Zhang Wensheng , Zheng Hui
Published: April 2019

A new multiscale method for wave simulation in 3D heterogeneous poroelastic media is developed. Wave propagation in inhomogeneous media involves many different scales of media. The physical parameters in the real media usually vary greatly within a very small scale. For the direct numerical methods for wave simulation, a refined grid is required in mesh generation to maintain the match between the mesh size and the material variations in the spatial scale. This greatly increases the computational cost and computer memory requirements. The multiscale method can overcome this difficulty due to the scale difference. The basic idea of our multiscale method is to construct computational schemes on two sets of meshes, i.e., coarse grids and fine grids. The finite-volume method is applied on the coarse grids, whereas the multiscale basis functions are computed with the finite-element method by solving a local problem on the fine grids. Moreover, the local problem only needs to be solved once before time stepping. This allows us to use a coarse grid while still capturing the information of the physical property variations in the small scale. Therefore, it has better accuracy than the single-scale method when they use the same coarse grids. The theoretical method and the dispersion analysis are investigated. Numerical computations with the perfectly matched layer boundary conditions are completed for 3D inhomogeneous poroelastic models with randomly distributed small scatterers. The results indicate that our multiscale method can effectively simulate wave propagation in 3D heterogeneous poroelastic media with a significant reduction in computation cost.