bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Insulin Resistance and Hepatitis C Virus-Associated Subclinical Inflammation Are Hidden Causes of Pruritus in Egyptian Hemodialysis Patients: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study
Authors: Abdelsalam Mostafa , Tawfik Mona , Reda Eman M. , Eldeeb Ahmed A. , Abdelwahab Ahmed , Zaki Mysaa El-sayed , Abdelkader Sobh Mohamed
Published: July 2019

Background: Pruritus is one of the most common and disturbing symptoms in hemodialysis (HD) patients. The pathogenesis of pruritus in HD patients is multifactorial; however, a little progress in understanding this pathogenesis has been achieved. Objectives: To evaluate the frequency and risk factors of pruritus among HD patients in Dakahlia, Egypt. Methods: A total of 193 patients from 4 HD centers were included in this study. Pruritus intensity was assessed by visual analog scale. All patients were assessed by clinical and laboratory parameters, such as age, sex, duration of dialysis, dialysis adequacy, urea, calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone, fasting insulin, fasting sugar, HOMA-IR, serum ferritin, high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and hemoglobin. They were also investigated for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection by HCV enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, HCV-PCR for plasma and buffy coat for further detection of occult HCV infection. Results: Male gender, dialysis duration, inadequate dialysis, anemia, high ferritin, hyperphosphatemia, hypocalcemia, hs-CRP, and insulin resistance were characteristic features in pruritic patients (p = 0.01, 0.006, 0.0001, 0.047, 0.01, 0.0001, 0.024, 0.000, and 0.0001, respectively). Significant positive correlations were found between pruritus score and each of age (p = 0.002, r = 0.222), duration of dialysis (p = 0.03, r = 0.151), serum ferritin (p = 0.001, r = 0.213), serum phosphorus (p = 0.0001, r = 0.59), fasting insulin (p = 0.001, r= 0.273), and HOMA-IR (p = 0.0001, r = 0.349), while there was a negative correlation with Kt/V (p= 0.0001, r = –0.459). Linear multivariate regression analysis showed that age, duration of dialysis, serum phosphorus, Kt/v, and hs-CRP were good predictors for pruritic score in HD patients. All HCV-infected patients (who were positive for both plasma and buffy coat HCV-PCR) had pruritus with ­significantly higher pruritus score than non-infected patients (p = 0.009), they also showed significantly higher fasting insulin, HOMA-IR, and hs-CRP levels (p = 0.0001). Conclusions: Uremic pruritus (UP) is a serious problem in HD patients. hs-CRP, male gender, dialysis duration, insulin resistance, dialysis inadequacy, and hyperphosphatemia are positively correlated with the intensity of UP. HCV infection is associated with severe UP, insulin resistance, and inflammation.
Hospitalization Risk among Older Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease
Authors: Wong Eugenia , Ballew Shoshana H. , Daya Natalie , Ishigami Junichi , Rebholz Casey M. , Matsushita Kunihiro  , Grams Morgan E. , Coresh Josef
Published: July 2019

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk staging is based on estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR). However, the relationship between all-cause hospitalization risk and the current CKD staging system has not been well studied among older adults, despite a high prevalence of CKD and a high risk of hospitalization in old age. Methods: Among 4,766 participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, CKD was staged according to Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria, using creatinine-based eGFR (eGFRcr) and ACR. Incidence rates of all-cause hospitalization associated with each CKD risk group were analyzed using negative binomial regression. Additionally, cause-specific hospitalization risks for cardiovascular, infectious, kidney, and other diseases were estimated. The impacts of using cystatin C-based eGFR (eGFRcys) to estimate the prevalence of CKD and risks of hospitalization were also quantified. Results: Participants experienced 5,548 hospitalizations and 29% had CKD. Hospitalization rates per 1,000 person-years according to KDIGO risk categories were 208–223 (“low risk”), 288–376 (“moderately increased risk”), 363–548 (“high risk”), and 499–1083 (“very high risk”). The increased risk associated with low eGFR and high ACR persisted in adjusted analyses, examinations of cause-specific hospitalizations, and when CKD was staged by eGFRcys or eGFRcr-cys, a combined equation based on both creatinine and cystatin C. In comparison to eGFRcr, staging by eGFRcys increased the prevalence of CKD to 50%, but hospitalization risks remained similarly high. Discussion/Conclusion: In older adults, decreased eGFR, increased ACR, and KDIGO risk stages based on a combination of these measures, were strong risk factors for hospitalization. These relationships were consistent, regardless of the marker used to estimate GFR, but the use of cystatin C resulted in a substantially higher prevalence of CKD than the use of creatinine. Older adults in the population with very high risk stages of CKD have hospitalization rates exceeding 500 per 1,000 person-years.
Successful Resection of Cisplatin-Resistant Renal Pelvic Cancer after the Administration of Pembrolizumab as Second-Line Therapy
Authors: Kawahara Takashi , Mochizuki Taku , Sugimura Rumiko , Izumi Koji , Kuroda Shinnosuke , Miyoshi Yasuhide , Nakaigawa Noboru , Yao Masahiro , Tanabe Mikiko , Uemura Hiroji
Published: July 2019

Pembrolizumab has been used as a second-line systemic therapy for urothelial carcinoma. We herein report a case of cisplatin-resistant renal-pelvic urothelial carcinoma that was successfully resected after pembrolizumab treatment. A 74-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for further examination for gross hematuria and a renal-pelvis tumor. Retrograde pyelography showed a defect lesion in her renal pelvis and urinary cytology of the renal pelvis showed class V. Because staging CT could not deny lung metastasis, we planned to perform nephro-ureterectomy after evaluating the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. After three courses of gemcitabine and cisplatin chemotherapy, the original site showed progression; thus, nephro-ureterectomy was cancelled. We introduced pembrolizumab as a second-line therapy. After four courses of pembrolizumab treatment, the size of the original lesion was significantly decreased. During these therapies the lung tumor size was unchanged; thus, we determined that the lung tumor was not metastatic and performed nephro-ureterectomy. A pathological examination demonstrated that the tumor was completely resected with a negative surgical margin. We described the first case in which cisplatin-resistant renal pelvic tumor was successfully resected after pembrolizumab treatment.
Does Body Mass Index Impact the Outcomes of Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy?
Authors: Jin Wei , Song Yan , Fei Xiang
Published: July 2019

Background and Purpose: To evaluate whether body mass index (BMI) has an impact on the outcomes of ultrasound-guided percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). Materials and Methods: The data of 359 patients who required PCNL at ShengJing hospital between June 2013 and July 2015 were reviewed, with the patients divided into 4 groups based on different ranges of BMI: <25, 25–29.9, 30–34.9, and ≥35 kg/m2. Baseline characteristics and outcomes were compared between the groups. Multivariable logistic regressions were used to evaluate the independent contribution of BMI as a predictor of outcomes. The Modified Clavien classification system was used for reporting complications. Results were compared between the groups using the chi-square and multivariate logistic regression tests. Results: No significant differences were noted in the demographic data between the 4 groups. Ultrasound screening time, total operative time, and hospital stay all increased with increasing BMI. No difference was found in the complication rate, stone free rate, or need for auxiliary procedures. Conclusion: Obesity does not increase the incidence of complications in ultrasound-guided PCNL, and the efficacy of the technique for obese patients is similar to that for normal weight patients. The lateral decubitus position was preferred in patients with higher BMI.
Successful Treatment of Afatinib-Refractory Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Uncommon Complex EGFR Mutations Using Pembrolizumab: A Case Report
Authors: Taniguchi Yuri , Yamamoto Momoko , Ikushima Hiroaki , Ohara Sayaka , Takeshima Hideyuki , Sakatani Toshio , Usui Kazuhiro
Published: July 2019

Although there has been significant progress in immune-checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment, it remains controversial whether they should be used in the treatment of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We herein report the case of an NSCLC patient with uncommon complex EGFR mutations (G719S and L861Q) who was refractory to afatinib treatment but who showed a good response to pembrolizumab treatment. A 65-year-old female ex-smoker was diagnosed with right upper lobe NSCLC (clinical stage IVB; cT2bN3M1c). She had received afatinib for two months, but her disease showed rapid progression. Pembrolizumab treatment was initiated because more than 75% of her tumor cells expressed PD-L1. Her tumor responded well to pembrolizumab treatment and it remained effective for more than 1 year. Our case suggests that pembrolizumab treatment is a treatment option for NSCLC patients with uncommon EGFR mutations and high PD-L1 expression levels who are refractory to EGFR-TKI treatment.
Identification of Linear Time Invariant Systems Using FMCW Signals and Stretch Processing Receivers
Authors: Häfner Stephan , Thomä Reiner
Published: July 2019

The paper deals with the identification of linear time invariant (LTI) systems by a special observer. An observer emitting an frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) signal and having a stretch processor as receiver will be considered for system identification. A thorough derivation of the gathered baseband signal for arbitrary LTI systems will be given. It is shown, that the received signal is approximately given by the transfer function of the LTI system over the frequency sweep of the FMCW signal. The proof relies on an infinite large time-bandwidth product of the transmit signal, such that errors remain in practical applications with a finite time-bandwidth product. Monte–Carlo simulations are conducted to verify the approximation and to quantify its accuracy and remaining errors. The findings are important for e.g. calibration or derivation of a device model in FMCW radar applications.
Evaluation of Simultaneous Speech Detection Based on MFCC-DTW with Two-Stage Normalization
Authors: Rusu Alexandru - George , Marinescu Radu-Sebastian , Burileanu Corneliu , Bica Dumitru
Published: July 2019

In Air Traffic Control a serious safety risk is represented by undetected simultaneous transmissions from different airplanes. In this paper, we approach this issue through a speech analysis algorithm, which combines traditional Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients extraction, a new two-stage normalization and widely used Dynamic Time Warping. In this way, we were able to extend the simultaneous speech detection capability in Voice Communication Systems of Air Traffic Control. The results prove that this implementation is suitable for practical applications.
Association Between Long‐Term Exposure to Wind Turbine Noise and the Risk of Stroke: Data From the Danish Nurse Cohort
Authors: Bräuner Elvira V. , Jørgensen Jeanette T. , Duun‐Henriksen Anne Katrine , Backalarz Claus , Laursen Jens E. , Pedersen Torben H. , Simonsen Mette K. , Andersen Zorana J.
Published: July 2019

Background

Epidemiological studies suggest that road traffic noise increases the risk of stroke. Similar effects may be expected from wind turbine noise (
WTN
) exposure, but epidemiological evidence is lacking. The present study investigated the association between long‐term exposure to
WTN
and the risk for stroke.

Methods and Results

First‐ever stroke in 28 731 female nurses in the Danish Nurse Cohort was identified in the Danish National Patient register until the end of 2013.
WTN
, traffic noise, and air pollution exposures were estimated for all historic and present residential addresses between 1982 and 2013. Time‐varying Cox proportional hazard regression was used to examine the associations between the 11‐, 5‐, and 1‐year rolling means of
WTN
levels and stroke incidence. Of 23 912 nurses free of stroke at the cohort baseline, 1097 nurses developed stroke by the end of follow‐up. At the cohort baseline, 10.3% of nurses were exposed to
WTN
(≥1 turbine within a 6000‐meter radius of the residence) and 13.3% in 2013. Mean baseline residential noise levels among exposed nurses were 26.3
dB
(A). No association between long‐term
WTN
exposure and stroke incidence was found. The adjusted hazard ratios and 95% CIs for the 11‐, 5‐, and 1‐year running mean residential
WTN
exposures preceding stroke diagnosis, comparing nurses with residential
WTN
levels above and below 20
dB
(A) were 1.09 (0.90–1.31), 1.08 (0.89–1.31) and 1.08 (0.89–1.32), respectively.

Conclusions

This comprehensive cohort study lends no support to an association between long‐term
WTN
exposure and stroke risk.
Impacts of the Religious Policies Enacted from 1965 to 1980 on Christianity in Indonesia
Authors: Sukamto Amos , Herlina Nina , Sofianto Kunto , Soleiman Yusak
Published: July 2019

Between 1965 and 1980, the Indonesian government issued three religious policies. These had both positive and negative impacts on Christianity in Indonesia. As a positive impact, the Indonesian Council of Churches (DGI) and the Supreme Council of Indonesian Bishops (MAWI) were motivated to work together in lobbying the government. The policies also boosted the growth of local leadership in Catholic churches. However, the policies also brought a negative impact in that it became difficult for churches to obtain an IMB (Building Permit). In mid-eighties, Christianity could still perform religious services in churches without any disturbances, but after the 1990s, churches with no Building Permit were banned by some radical Islamic organizations. Preaching the gospel was considered violation of the law and a Christian could be sent to prison for performing this activity.
What Is Gained and What Is Lost by the Faith-based Organization (FBO) Term?
Authors: Haugen Hans Morten
Published: July 2019

The growing interest in the role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in promoting social development is welcome, but the article nevertheless questions the value of the broad term FBOs. The categorizations of FBOs do not bring adequate clarity. Four justifications for keeping the FBO term are analyzed: (i) highlighting the importance of religion and the size of FBOs; (ii) identifying characteristics of FBOs, specifically extensive networks and stronger local presence; (iii) surveillance of FBOs as potentially divisive actors; and (iv) necessary to map donations. Four justifications for scrapping the FBO term are also analyzed: (i) the term FBO might give connotations to religiously extremist movements – or to Western worldviews; (ii) the emphasis on the “devotedness” inherent in FBOs might directly and indirectly promote behavioral economics; (iii) both religion and FBOs might become “essentialized”; and (iv) research of FBOs is characterized by a lack of rigorous methodological, investigative approach.
The Spirit and the Many-sided Other: Amos Yong’s Pneumatological Re-imagining of Mission Theology
Authors: Anderson Christian J.
Published: July 2019

This article explores Amos Yong’s contributions to missiology through his concept of “pneumatological imagination” – that is, the hermeneutical embrace of Pentecost’s multivalent boundary-crossing potential. Two spheres of mission encounter that Yong has engaged with are examined: the spirit world, and the religions. In the Spirit’s encounter with spirit cosmologies, Yong looks for fruitful lines of continuity rather than radical severance, and develops a theology of “the powers” which connects the spirits to structural realities. In the Spirit’s encounter with the religions, Yong sets out avenues for discerning the Holy Spirit’s presence and activity in settings where Christ is not known or named. In this second, more controversial, area, Yong’s approach is critiqued for blurring the distinction between the Spirit’s sustaining and liberating activity. Concrete examples are suggested for how the Spirit might be seen as missionally active within non-Christian religions in ways that are more verifiably Christo-logical.
The Figure of the Taṇḍa in Old Javanese Literary and Epigraphical Records
Authors: Jákl Jiří
Published: July 2019

This article offers a detailed analysis of the category of men known as taṇḍa. Widely attested in literary records and known from Old Javanese inscriptions, the function and social status of taṇḍa has been a controversial issue. Two views pertaining to the identity of these men have been advanced so far. According to most scholars, taṇḍa were high-status officials, often interpreted as military ‘officers’. According to an alternative view, they were low-status military figures and their function was to oversee markets, or they were low-status figures associated with music and performances. This article argues that until at least 1200 CE taṇḍa were court-based, active combatants, who had troops of their own followers at their disposal and were responsible for the military expansion of Javanese states. By the Majapahit period they were integrated as regular troops into the progressively more hierarchical system of the professional standing army, which resulted in their reduced social status.
Found in Translation
Authors: Downes Meghan
Published: July 2019

Indonesian author Eka Kurniawan achieved huge critical success globally during 2015–2016 with his translated novels Beauty is a wound and Man tiger, which have been praised for their sweeping historical scope, ‘magical realist’ elements, and experimentation with voice and genre. First published in the Indonesian language more than a decade earlier as Cantik itu luka and Lelaki harimau, these novels initially faced a relatively lukewarm reception locally. Only once Eka Kurniawan’s work had been ‘found in translation’ was he taken more seriously in Indonesian media coverage. This article charts Eka Kurniawan’s rise to literary fame, paying particular attention to the shifting tone and content of reviews, marketing, cover art, and media representations, as the translated novels circulated globally. I use this case to examine two key issues: firstly, the ways in which certain genres such as horror and crime are ‘othered’ in the Indonesian literary landscape; and secondly, how processes of translation, distribution, and reception outside Indonesia can significantly impact local interpretations of an author and their work. In doing so, this article demonstrates that the politics of genre and the power relations of international publishing both contribute to complex patterns of inclusion and exclusion from ‘local’ and ‘global’ literary canons.
The genus Pediopsoides Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Macropsini) from Mainland China, with description of two new species
Authors: DAI WU , ZHANG YALIN
Published: July 2019

Four species of the genus Pediopsoides Matsumura are recorded from Mainland China. Among them, Pediopsoides dilatus sp. nov. and Pediopsoides heterodigitatus sp. nov. are described as new, and Pediopsoides kurentsovi (Anufriev) is redescribed. One new combination, Pediopsoides aomians (Kuoh, 1981) comb. nov. (from Oncopsis) is proposed and two new synonyms are revealed, the genus Digitalis Liu and Zhang, 2002 (type species: Digitalis striolatus Liu and Zhang) is synonymised with Pediopsoides, Digitalis striolatus Liu and Zhang is a new junior synonym of Pediopsoides aomians (Kuoh). Images of adults and genitalia of the four species are provided, along with a checklist of the known species of the genus.
Kakadudessus tomweiri, a new genus and species of diving beetle from tropical northern Australia, based on molecular phylogenetic and morphological data (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini)
Authors: HENDRICH LARS , BALKE MICHAEL
Published: July 2019

The diving beetle genus and species, Kakadudessus tomweiri gen.n., sp.n. are described from the Northern Territory (Kakadu National Park, headwaters of Mary River) and north-eastern Queensland (Cape York Peninsula) of Australia. The new species has an elongate, almost flat habitus and elytra with pale yellowish markings. The head has a cervical line between the hindmargin of the eyes and the clypeus is anteriorly bordered. Pronotum and elytra have well developed striae, the latter without sutural lines and accessory striae. The posterior part of the basal cavity of epipleura has no transverse carina, the fairly elongate and narrow prosternal process reaches the metaventrite. The latter is provided with rows of punctures at its midline and the metacoxal lines are longer than the distance between them and strongly diverging anteriorly. The parameres are bi-segmented, very thin, slender and elongate, and slightly bifid apically. The combination of all these characters separates the new species and, thus, also the new genus from all other Bidessini. Morphologically, Kakadudessus resembles species of Leiodytes Guignot, 1936, Limbodessus Guignot, 1939 and Uvarus Guignot, 1939, the parameres resemble those of species of Allodessus Guignot, 1953. DNA sequence data from the mitochondrial genes cytochrome oxidase subunit I (cox1) and the large ribosomal subunit (16S rRNA), however, suggest that Kakadudessus does not belong to any of the known Oriental and Australasian Bidessini genera. Most importantly, recognition of Kakadudessus does not create paraphyly. All specimens were collected in small pools of shaded and intermittent streams and rivers with sandy or gravely bottom and without any vegetation.
A review of the genus Actenoncus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Caraboidea: Orthogoniini)
Authors: TIAN MING-YI , DEUVE THIERRY
Published: July 2019

In the present paper the Oriental carabid genus Actenoncus Chaudoir, 1871 is redefined and reviewed for the first time. The absence of a median tooth on the right mandible is no longer considered a diagnostic character of this genus. Orthogonius foersteri Andrewes, 1931 is transferred into Actenoncus (new combination) and a new species is described from Indonesia, A. wallacei, new species. A key to all known species of Actenoncus is also provided.
Tropidosteptes pacificus (Van Duzee, 1921), another Nearctic mirid in Europe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae)
Authors: AUKEMA BEREND , SCHWARTZ MICHAEL D. , BIEMAN KEES DEN
Published: July 2019

The establishment of European Miridae in North America is a frequent occurrence. Wheeler and Henry (1992) listed 55 European mirids adventive to North America in their synthesis of Holarctic Miridae. The most likely pathway for these introductions is with the importation of nursery stock from Europe. Establishment of Nearctic species in Europe, on the contrary, is very rare and thus far limited to only one species, Tupiocoris rhododendri (Dolling), described from England and also established in The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany (Aukema et al., 2007; Rabitsch, 2008). In this paper, Tropidosteptes pacificus (Van Duzee) is reported from The Netherlands, and represents a second case.
Two new sympatric species of freshwater Gammarus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Southern Zagros Region, Iran
Authors: ZAMANPOORE MEHRDAD , POECKL MANFRED , GRABOWSKI MICHAL , SCHIEMER FRIEDRICH
Published: July 2019

Gammarus zagrosensis n. sp. and Gammarus sepidannus n. sp., both from Gammarus pulex–group, are described from Sepidan County, Fars Province. They inhabit mountainous springs and were found co-occuring in some localities. Many clear morphological differences were recognized, including the setation of the second antenna and pereopods, length of antennal gland cone, postero-inferior protruding lobe and postero-distal corner setation in the basis of P6–7, endopodite/exopodite ratios of uropod 3, dorsal elevation of urosomites, and setation of lower distal margin of epimeral plates 2 and 3. Gammarus zagrosensis is distinguished from G. pseudosyriacus by having setae on the distal segments of pereopod 5–7, a less pointed epimeral plate 2, posterior-inferior corner setae, and the longer setae on uropod 3. The closest species to G. sepidannus are G. balutchi and G. lobifer, the most evident differences of which are the eye size, setosity of first antennal peduncles and flagellum of second antenna, length of gland cone, and uropod rami length ratios. Comparison of the head cuticular micro-structures gives more arguments for separating the two new species from each other, as well as from the previously studied, related species.
Soft-bottom sipunculans in Izmir Bay (Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean)
Authors: AÇIK SERMIN
Published: July 2019

This paper deals with the sipunculan species distributed in Izmir Bay (Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean). Benthic samples were taken at 29 stations between 1998 and 2001 at depths ranging from 8 to 77 m. Six species and 200 individuals belonging to three families were found. Aspidosiphon (A.) mexicanus is newly recorded from Izmir Bay. The majority of specimens were found on a sandy-mud substratum (42%), followed by sand (35%), muddy-sand (19%) and sand (3%), respectively. Among the habitats, Posidonia oceanica and muddy-sand were represented by the highest numbers of species (4 species), followed by sandy-mud (3 species), and sand (2 species). The densities of the species at sampling stations were determined and compared seasonally, based on the data collected in 2001. Brief descriptions of the species and their distributional, reproductive and ecological characteristics are given.
A new soil-dwelling palpigrade species from Northern Italy (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae)
Authors: CHRISTIAN ERHARD
Published: July 2019

Among the 27 palpigrade species recorded in Europe so far, 23 occur in caves or narrow subterranean voids. Eukoenenia gallii n. sp. from a cork oak forest on the Italian Riviera (Liguria) is added to the small group of edaphic European palpigrades. E. gallii is not closely related to the common soil-dweller E. mirabilis (Grassi & Calandruccio, 1885), but to E. subangusta (Silvestri, 1903). Body shape and proportions make the new species look extremely edaphomorphic. All instars are described and illustrated with light micrographs of diagnostic traits.
Reinstatement of the genus Heteroglenea Gahan, with four new combinations, four new synonyms and three new species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Saperdini)
Authors: LIN MEIYING , MONTREUIL OLIVIER , TAVAKILIAN GÉRARD , YANG XINGKE
Published: July 2019

Heteroglenea Gahan, 1897 is reinstated from the synonyms of Glenea (sensu stricto) Newman, 1842, and is redefined. Four taxa are transferred to Heteroglenea: H. fissilis (Breuning, 1953) comb. nov., H. bastiensis (Breuning, 1956) comb. nov., H. momeitensis (Breuning, 1956) comb. nov. and H. mediodiscoprolongata (Breuning, 1964) comb. nov. Glenea mimoluctuosa Breuning, 1968 is considered a junior synonym of H. mediodiscoprolongata (Breuning, 1964). Glenea (G.) palawana Breuning, 1956, G. (G.) guadalcanalana Breuning, 1958, and G. (G.) hamabovola Hayashi, 1975, are considered junior synonyms of H. glechoma (Pascoe, 1867). Heteroglenea vicinalis Lin et Yang sp. nov. from Nepal and India, H. gemella Lin et Yang sp. nov. from Nepal and H. dolosa Lin et Yang sp. nov. from Laos are described. Heteroglenea fissilis and H. mediodiscoprolongata are newly recorded from China. Photographs of habitus and terminalia and a key to the nine valid species of Heteroglenea are presented.
First records of Anisandrus maiche Stark (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from North America
Authors: RABAGLIA ROBERT J. , VANDENBERG NATALIA J. , ACCIAVATTI ROBERT E.
Published: July 2019

Anisandrus maiche Stark, an ambrosia beetle native to Asia, is reported for the first time in North America based on specimens from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. This is the twentieth species of exotic Xyleborina documented in North America. This species, along with three others occurring in North America, were formerly placed in Xyleborus Eichhoff, but currently are assigned to Anisandrus Ferrari. Descriptions of generic characters used to separate Anisandrus from Xyleborus, a re-description of the female A. maiche, and an illustrated key to the four North American species of Anisandrus are presented.
New Neotropical genera and species of Dryobiini and Rhopalophorini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae)
Authors: NAPP DILMA SOLANGE , MONNÉ MIGUEL A.
Published: July 2019

Anisotyma Napp & Monné, new genus, A. soteri Napp & Monné, new species (type species) from El Salvador (La Libertad), are described in Dryobiini, and Potiapua Napp & Monné, new genus, P. antonia Napp & Monné, new species (type species) from Brazil (Espírito Santo), in Rhopalophorini.
Agrilus (Agrilus) sundholmi, a new Agrilus from Australia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Authors: CURLETTI GIANFRANCO
Published: July 2019

A revision of the continental Australian species in the genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825 (Curletti, 2001, and supplements in 2002 and 2003) clarified the taxonomy, described two new subgenera, and described new taxa increasing the known Australian taxa to 47. Subsequently, five additional species have been described (Curletti 2007, 2008). Considering the size of the Australian mainland, and the cosmopolitan diversity of Agrilus (some 2700+ described species), the genus is poorly represented in Australia. Recent field work by entomological enthusiasts in central New South Wales has brought to light another new species, and increases the total number of Australian species of Agrilus to 53.
Revision of the Agrilus cyanescens species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with description of three new species from the east Palaearctic region
Authors: JENDEK EDUARD , GREBENNIKOV VASILY V.
Published: July 2019

The Agrilus cyanescens species-group of jewel beetles is defined to include seven species, three of which are newly described: A. dali Jendek sp. n. (China: Yunnan), A. zhongdian Jendek sp. n. (China: Yunnan) and A. arsenevi Jendek sp. n. (Russia: Primorsky Kray). Three new synonyms are proposed for A. cyanescens (Ratzeburg, 1837) (= italicus Obenberger, 1920 syn. n.; = cockerelli Fisher, 1925 syn. n.; = pooli Théry, 1936 syn. n.). Each member of the group is illustrated and an identification key to species, based on males, is provided.
Three new species of Hemiosus Sharp (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) and new state records of Hemiosus fittkaui Oliva and H. moreirai dOrchymont from Brazil
Authors: CLARKSON BRUNO , FERREIRA JR. NELSON
Published: July 2019

Three new species of Hemiosus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Southeastern Brazil are described and illustrated: H. ater sp. nov., H. frades sp. nov., and H. santosi sp. nov. Hemiosus fittkaui Oliva and H. moreirai d’Orchymont are recorded for the first time from Bahia and São Paulo states in Brazil respectively.
Eriophyoid mites from Hainan Province, China I: Descriptions of three new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea)
Authors: CHENG LI-SHENG , XUE XIAO-FENG , HONG XIAO-YUE
Published: July 2019

Three new species of eriophyoid mites from China’s Hainan Island are described and illustrated. They are Epitrimerus danzhouicus sp. nov. on Ficus gibbosa (Moraceae), Epitrimerus dioscoreaepersimilis sp. nov. on Dioscorea persimilis (Dioscoreaceae), Tegolophus liangyuanicus sp. nov. on Litchi chinensis (Sapindaceae). All the eriophyoid mite species described here are vagrants on the undersurface of host leaves.
Harpactea konradi, a new spider species from Bulgaria, (Araneae, Dysderidae)
Authors: LAZAROV STOYAN
Published: July 2019

A new spider species, Harpactea konradi, is described and illustrated from specimens collected in South Bulgaria (Eastern Rhodopes). The male palps of the species resemble those of Harpactea srednagora Dimitrov & Lazarov, 1999, in having the biforcate embolus, but this is thicker and more massive, and the conductor is tighter and longer. It is known only from the type locality.
Macrobrachium pentazona, a new freshwater palaemonid prawn (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemoindae) from Guangdong Province, China
Authors: HE SHUN-LIAN , GAO JIE , GUO ZHAO-LIANG
Published: July 2019

Macrobrachium pentazona, a new freshwater palaemonid prawn is described and is illustrated on the base of three specimens collected from a Beijiang river, near Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, southern China. It can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of characters that include the rostral formula; the segmental ratios and spination, the arrangement of teeth on the cutting edge of the fingers of the second pereiopod; the segmental ratios of third pereiopod; the wide scaphocerite; the small uropodal diaeresis spine; and with a regular striking colour pattern.
Two new species of Sericosura Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae), and a reassessment of the genus
Authors: BAMBER ROGER N.
Published: July 2019

During analysis of the benthic pycnogonid fauna of the Irish Sea collected by the HABMAP project, a specimen representing an hitherto undescribed species of the genus Sericosura was discovered, representing the shallowest record for the genus, and the first Atlantic record away from oceanic ridges. The new species, Sericosura conta, is more compact than the seven species previously described, and has a much shorter chelifore scape. It is the only species of Sericosura outside the Pacific Ocean to have a nine-articled palp. Three specimens of a second new species, Sericosura hedgpethi, were collected by NIWA from a cold-seep site on the Hikurangi Margin. This New Zealand species has a seven-articled palp, and, uniquely for the genus, is entirely without chelifora. The genus is reviewed, Ammothea verenae is reassigned to Sericosura, and an identification key to males and females of the nine known species is given.
Taxonomic notes on Euglossa (Glossuropoda) with a key to the known species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina)
Authors: NEMÉSIO ANDRÉ
Published: July 2019

Euglossa hugonis Moure, 1989, described from the municipality of Tabatinga, state of Amazonas, Brazil, and Euglossa juremae Moure, 1989 described from the municipality of Vigia, state of Pará, Brazil, were recently considered to be the same species and synonymized under the former nomen. Through examination of both holotypes, I here show that both forms are distinct species. Additionally, it is strongly suggested that Euglossa hugonis and Euglossa rugilabris Moure, 1967 are the same species, and E. hugonis (syn. n.) is here considered a junior synonym of E. rugilabris. A synonymic list of all species of Euglossa (Glossuropoda) is presented, as well as the first identification key for the species of this subgenus.
Three new species of Tubificinae, Oligochaeta, from two plateau lakes in Southwest China
Authors: CUI YONGDE , WANG HONGZHU
Published: July 2019

Three new species of Tubificinae (Naididae, Oligochaeta), Varichaetadrilus vestibulatus n. sp., Aulodrilus apeniatus n. sp., and Ilyodrilus mesoprostatus n. sp., are reported from Fuxian Lake and Xingyun Lake of Yunnan Province, Southwest China. V. vestibulatus differs from its allies by possessing modified spermathecal chaetae and thinner cylindrical penial sheaths. A. apeniatus is unique in the genus by having no penis. I. mesoprostatus is distinguishable from congeners by its prostate glands joining middle portion of atria and having concave, cone-shaped cuticular penial sheaths. Twenty-eight species of freshwater oligochaetes have hitherto been recorded from Yunnan Province, including five endemic species from three plateau lakes.
Review of Austrotritia (Acari: Oribatida: Oribotritiidae), with descriptions of two new species from China
Authors: LIU DONG , CHEN JUN , QIAO GEXIA
Published: July 2019

The oribatid mite genus Austrotritia Sellnick, 1959 (Oribotritiidae) is reviewed. Two new species, Austrotritia didyma sp. nov. and Austrotritia fissurata sp. nov., and one newly recorded species from China, Austrotritia saraburiensis Aoki, 1965, are identified. A checklist of all known species and key to the Chinese species of Austrotritia are provided.
A new spider family record for Hispaniolaa new species of Plectreurys (Araneae: Plectreuridae) in Miocene Dominican amber
Authors: PENNEY DAVID
Published: July 2019

The Plectreuridae is a relatively small, ecribellate, haplogyne spider family consisting of only two extant genera. Kibramoa Chamberlin has seven described species restricted to the USA and Mexico (Gertsch 1958) and Plectreurys Simon is known from 22 species, with similar distributions (Gertsch 1958, Jiménez 2006), but also including Cuba and Costa Rica (Alayón 1993, 2003). In addition, a single fossil species Palaeoplectreurys baltica Wunderlich, known only from the holotype, has been described from the Eocene Baltic amber of Europe (Wunderlich 2004). Additional fossils are known from the Jurassic of China and these are currently being described by Selden (pers. comm. 2009), who also questions the placement of Palaeoplectreurys Wunderlich in this family. Thus, the extant forms may represent relicts of a family more widespread in the past. Little is known about the biology of this family, although they are unusual among ecribellate haplogynes in possessing eight, rather than six eyes. They are nocturnal, hunting spiders, which live in a silken tube that they seldom leave, rather like the closely related Segestriidae (Gertsch 1958). However, males leave their tube upon maturity to go in search of females, at which point they become more susceptible to entrapment in tree resin seeps (Penney 2002). The tibia of leg 1 in males of Plectreurys has a distinctive stout retrolateral process towards the distal end, which bears a strong spine. These coupling spurs, which are absent in Kibramoa and Palaeoplectreurys are presumed to be used for restraining or positioning the female during mating.
Cephennomicrus Reitter (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) of Japan and Taiwan: taxonomic notes, ten new species and comparative morphology of nomurai and taiwanensis species groups
Authors: JAŁOSZYŃSKI PAWEŁ
Published: July 2019

Cephennomicrus Reitter, 1907 (Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae, Cephenniini) of Japan and Taiwan is revised. Four species groups are established for the following species: the nomurai group—C. nomurai (Jałoszyński & Hoshina, 2003) (Japan), C. hobbiti (Jałoszyński & Hoshina, 2003) (Japan), C. disjunctus (Jałoszyński, S. Arai & K. Arai, 2004) status n. (Japan), C. inflatus sp. n. (Taiwan), and C. crucifer sp. n. (Taiwan); the taiwanensis group—C. taiwanensis (Jałoszyński, 2004) (Taiwan), C. iriomotensis sp. n. (Japan), C. nagoanus sp. n. (Japan), C. tsurui sp. n. (Taiwan), C. delicatissimus sp. n. (Taiwan), and C. imago sp. n. (Taiwan); the japonigenus group—C. japonigenus (Jałoszyński & Hoshina, 2003) (Japan), and C. pseudojaponigenus sp. n. (Japan); the fujianus group—C. fujianus (Jałoszyński, 2005) (from China, not treated in this paper), and C. pseudofujianus sp. n. (Taiwan). Three species remain incertae sedis within the genus: C. okinawanus (Jałoszyński, S. Arai & K. Arai, 2004) (Japan), C. cactiformis (Jałoszyński & Hoshina, 2003) (Japan), and C. taitungensis sp. n. (Taiwan). Habitus of all treated species and aedeagi are illustrated. Detailed morphology of the nomurai and taiwanensis species groups was studied, described and illustrated based on disarticulated specimens of C. nomurai and C. delicatissimus. Comparative study suggests a separate position of the nomurai group as a subgenus or genus; however, Oriental Cephennomicrus must be studied in detail before formal taxonomic changes can be made.
A revision the Australian species of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Authors: SHATTUCK STEVE
Published: July 2019

The Australian species belonging to the ant genus Myrmecina are revised. The genus was found to contain thirteen species, eleven of which are described here for the first time. The species include M. alpina sp. n., M. australis Wheeler and Wheeler, M. difficulta sp. n., M. eruga sp. n., M. inaequala sp. n., M. pumila sp. n., M. rugosa Forel, M. silvalaeva sp. n., M. silvampla sp. n., M. silvangula sp. n., M. silvarugosa sp. n., M. silvatransversa sp. n. and M. wesselensis sp. n. The majority of species are found in coastal Queensland with two also occurring in eastern New South Wales and one restricted to the Northern Territory. Several species are known from very limited regions and one is only known to occur above approximately 1000m, making these some of the most restricted and high-elevation specialist ants known from Australia.
The presence of Homoeoneuria s.s. (Ephemeroptera: Oligoneuriidae) in South America with the description of a new species
Authors: SALLES F. F. , FRANCISCHETTI C. N. , SOARES E. D. G.
Published: July 2019

In the present work a new species of Homoeoneuria is described based on nymphs and adults from Southeastern Brazil. Based on cladistics, the new species belongs to the subgenus Homoeoneuria.s.s. Homoeoneuria (H). watu sp. n., besides being the second species of the genus reported from South America, is the first representative of the subgenus from the region. The new species can be distinguished from the other described species of the genus by the following combination of characters: In the adult stage, (1) pronotum with prominent posteromedian pale yellow spot almost reaching anterior margin; (2) abdominal color pattern; (3) shape of penes. In the nymph, (1) head heavily washed with brownish-orange between compound eyes and ocelli; (2) antennal pedicels with short, thick setae; (3) small paired tubercles present on vertex and anterior margin of pronotum; (4) galea-lacinia of maxillae with submarginal row of 20–21 long, spinous setae; (5) abdominal color pattern. Comments on the biology of the new species are also provided.
A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (Class Hydrozoa, Order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species
Authors: PUGH P. R.
Published: July 2019

The last reviewer of the family Sphaeronectidae (Siphonophora, Calycophorae) (Carré, 1968c) considered that it consisted of a single genus, Sphaeronectes, containing five species; three of which had been recently described by himself. For the other two species there had been much nomenclatural confusion in the past, as is herein reviewed. It is considered that for one of these species the name Sphaeronectes koellikeri Huxley (1859) has priority over the name currently in usage, that is S. gracilis (Claus, 1873; 1874). In addition the status of S. brevitruncata (Chun, 1888) is reconsidered and the species considered valid, with S. japonica (Stepanjants, 1967) being considered as a likely junior synonym of it. Three new Sphaeronectes species, S. christiansonae sp. nov., S. haddocki sp. nov. and S. tiburonae sp. nov., are described, and the systematic position of the genus reconsidered in the light of preliminary molecular phylogenetic data.
The type specimens of Corvidae (Aves) in the Museum für Naturkunde at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, with the description of a new subspecies of Dendrocitta vagabunda
Authors: STEINHEIMER FRANK D.
Published: July 2019

The status of all type specimens of crows, raven, jays, magpies, treepies, and choughs (Corvidae) housed in the Museum für Naturkunde at the Humboldt-University of Berlin (ZMB) is discussed, including those specimens considered to be paralectotypes and paratypes. Each entry includes the history of the specimen, and, when necessary, its nomenclature and taxonomy. A brief overview is given of the impact of World War II on the bird collections of ZMB. Nomenclatural changes were instituted in two species groups: Lophocitta ardesiaca Bonaparte, 1850, is synonymized with Platylophus galericulatus galericulatus (Cuvier, 1816), and Platylophus galericulatus malaccensis Cabanis, 1866, becomes the valid name for the birds from the Malayan Peninsula formerly known as Platylophus galericulatus ardesiacus (Bonaparte, 1850). The holotype of Crypsirhina pallida Blyth, 1846, formerly believed lost, was located and identified as a senior synonym of Dendrocitta vagabunda vernayi and must replace the latter for birds from south-eastern and eastern Central India. This leaves the West and western Central Indian population of D. vagabunda unnamed for which a new subspecies name is proposed.
Two new Cumella (Crustacea: Cumacea: Nannastacidae) from the North Pacific, with a key to the North Pacific Cumella
Authors: GERKEN SARAH
Published: July 2019

Two new species of Cumella (Cumacea: Nannastacidae), C. oculata and C. alaskensis are described from shallow Alaskan rocky shores. The new species C. oculata can be distinguished from other North Pacific Cumella by the combination of a large eye lobe, no spines dorsally on the carapace, and carapace without large tubercles. The new species C. alaskensis can be distinguished from the other North Pacific Cumella by the 5 spines distributed unequally on the dorsal crest.
A new species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam
Authors: GEISSLER PETER , NAZAROV ROMAN , ORLOV NIKOLAI L. , BÖHME WOLFGANG , PHUNG TRUNG MY , NGUYEN TRUONG QUANG , ZIEGLER THOMAS
Published: July 2019

We describe a new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus from southern Vietnam, based on voucher specimens collected from Dong Nai and Ba Ria – Vung Tau provinces. Cyrtodactylus cattienensis sp. nov. is distinguished from the remaining Indochinese bent-toed geckos by a combination of the following characters: size small, with a maximum SVL of 69 mm; neck band present, extending to the posterior margin of the eye; trunk, tail and limbs bearing irregularly shaped bands: 4–6 light bands on trunk and 4–12 white bands on tail; 16–22 irregular longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; 28–42 longitudinal rows of ventrals at midbody; lateral folds weakly developed or absent, without enlarged tubercles; tail not depressed, not enlarged at base, scales arranged in whorls; males with 6–8 precloacal pores in angular continuous series; a patch of enlarged precloacal scales present in both sexes; 3–8 slightly enlarged femoral scales on each hind limb in both sexes; femoral pores absent; precloacal groove absent; subcaudal scales small, not transversely enlarged.
Description of a new species of Eumeces (Sauria: Scincidae) from Pakistan
Authors: MASROOR RAFAQAT
Published: July 2019

A new species of skink, Eumeces cholistanensis sp. nov. is described from a very remote area of Cholistan Desert, Bahawalpur district, Punjab Province of Pakistan. The major diagnostic characters of the new species include the presence of 7 dark brown stripes separated by alternating light narrower stripes, extending on to the tail, two azygous postmentals, 54–57 rows of paired, widened middorsal scales, 64–67 scales from postmental to anal scale, absence of postnasal and intercalary scales between subdigital lamellae. This skink, being striped, is sharply different from all of its congeners in several morphological characteristics, a reason that warrants its recognition as a separate species.
A new microbombyliid Mythenteles rameli sp.n. (Diptera, Mythicomyiidae) from Northern Greece
Authors: GIBBS DAVID
Published: July 2019

A new species of the microbombyliid genus Mythenteles, M. rameli Gibbs, sp. n. is described from northern Greece with full illustrations of the male and female genitalia.
New species of Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from Salto Encantado Provincial Park (Misiones province, Argentina)
Authors: ANGRISANO ELISA B. , SGANGA JULIETA V.
Published: July 2019

Seven new species of Hydroptilidae from Misiones province are described, Alisotrichia cainguas new species, Metrichia pitu new species, Ochrotrichia pora new species, Paratrichia acuti new species, Rhyacopsyche garuape new species, Oxyethira tamandua new species, and Oxyethira poapi new species. The genera Ochrotrichia Mosely and Paratrichia Angrisano are recorded for the first time from Argentina.