bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Discourse on the Thai Nation by Progressive Intellectuals from the 1950’s - 1960’s
Authors: Chanamool Sopha
Published: May 2019

A discourse on the Thai Nation by progressive intellectuals in Thailand during 1950's-1960's is discussed. During this period they formed a narrative, and a new meaning of "Chat Thai" or Thai nation. The progressive intellectuals, such as Malai Chupinit, Sod Kuramarohit, Assani Ponlachan and Chit Phumisak debated a new meaning of national identity. They described the Thai Nation differently to the previous elite groups, such as King Rama VI in the 1920's and Luang Wichitwatakan in the 1940's. King Rama VI wrote about the great ancient kingdom of Sukhothai. Luang Wichitwatakan expanded on that to show the greatness of the Thai nation since ancient times, and also that the Thai race was shaped from a pure race and had a unity of Thai culture. Conversely, the progressive intellectuals argued that the Thai nation was not shaped from a pure Thai race, and also that it did not have a unity of Thai culture. According to them the Thai nation was formed from ethnic heterogeneity and cultural diversity. Their ideas about the communities which made up the Thai nation held that Thai people from different regions have their own cultures (their own historical background, their own local languages, their own way of life), which are different to the central Thai culture. Furthermore, they recognised the importance of all Thai people, regardless of class, and. the minority ethnic groups in shaping the Thai Nation.
The Portuguese in Arakan in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Authors: Yimprasert Suthachai
Published: May 2019

In the kingdom of Arakan, there were thousands of pure and mixed-blood Portuguese staying as freebooters, mercenaries, and merchants. They became mercenaries for the king of Arakan. Some of them rose to obtain important status. The main example was Filipe de Brito who became lord of Syriam from 1602 to 1613. The other one was Sebastião Gonçalves Tibau who became the pirate king of Sandwip from 1609. Although the king of Arakan defeated him in 1617, piracy did not cease until they were suppressed in 1666 because the king of Arakan himself supported the Portuguese pirates and employed them to make trouble for the Moghuls in Bengal.
Water Lore: Thai-Tai Folk Beliefs and Literature
Authors: Nimmanahaeminda Prakong
Published: May 2019

Water is essential in the Thai-Tai way of life. Thai people in Thailand as well as Tai peoples outside Thailand depend on water for agriculture, domestic daily uses, transportation and recreation. This paper is a result of an in-depth study of the relationship between water, beliefs and literary traditions of the Thai and some ethnic Tai groups. The findings reveal that the Thais and the Tais have religious beliefs involving water concerning four important water beings: first, the water spirit, known as sua nam (เสื้อน้ำ); second, the water serpent known as nguek (เงือก); third, the great serpent or naga (นาค); and fourth; the river of the dead.
Cultural Hybridity and Dynamics in Hanuman Chansamon
Authors: Phakdeephasook Siriporn
Published: May 2019

The 3-dimensional (3D) animated cartoon entitled Hanuman Chansamon is a presentation of the Ramakian in popular culture style. Cultural hybridity and dynamics make this cartoon appealing for closer investigation. The analysis reveals that hybrid features in Hanuman Chansamon can be categorized into two groups--“omnipresent hybrid feature” and “fractional hybrid feature.” Omnipresent hybrid features are those that can be perceived throughout the show while fractional hybrid features exist in some specific components. The sole yet prominent omnipresent hybrid feature is the blend of traditional story and modern presentation technology. Fractional hybrid features are the co-existence of old-new cultural elements as well as local-global cultural elements which can be found in several components including the overture, dialogues, motifs, characters, and settings. Dynamic features in Hanuman Chansamon include new meaning and emphasis, new behavioral traits of some characters, change in language form from verse to prose, and adaptive eulogy to teachers (bòtwâaykhruu). The commercial purpose and the production policies of this animated cartoon are two significant factors leading to the emergence of cultural hybridity and dynamic features.
‘Miracle Scene’: The Sanskrit Figure of Speech ‘Samāsokti’ in Thai Literary Convention
Authors: Raksamani Kusuma
Published: May 2019

In Thai classical literature there is a kind of description used in portraying love scenes. Disguised in expressions of double meaning, these passages are, on the surface, beautiful descriptions, but are, at the same time, rather risqué. The portrayal is called ‘miracle scene’ after the word ‘āścarya’ (miracle) at the beginning of each passage. The literary device in the description is somewhat similar to the Sanskrit alajkāra, ‘samāsokti’ in which a second meaning is understood because of the epithets common to both meanings.
Life in Agony: The City as Portrayed in Modernist Thai Short Stories (1964-1973)
Authors: Tailanga Irrawadee
Published: May 2019

This study attempts to investigate changes, both in content and form, evidenced in a remarkable number of Thai short stories from 1964 to 1973. These Thai short stories express an estrangement from urbanism as well as hostility towards westernization, the establishment, and dictatorship. The themes of alienation, bleakness, and despair, which are reactions to urbanization, are common. In terms of change in form, rejection of the representational conventions of realism and the disruption of the unity and causality of plot structure are apparent. The works of this period explore the inner self through various techniques. There is also an increase in the use of experimental modes of expression as influenced by the arts. Most works in this period show an interest in sophistication and mannerism. This transformation of Thai short stories reveals the influence of modernist literary works from the West.
The Defiance of Patriarchy and the Creation of a Female Literary Tradition in Contemporary World Popular Fiction
Authors: Chatraporn Surapeepan
Published: May 2019

Laura Esquivel, Mexican, Joanne Harris, British, Fannie Flagg, American, and Isak Dinesen, Danish, are women writers who have written contemporary world popular fiction: Like Water for Chocolate, Chocolat, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, and the short story 'Babette's Feast'. Out of their desire to reflect their female identity, these women writers of four different nationalities have concertedly rejected the long-running male literary tradition, in which male characters rule and dominate and, in turn, have created a female literary tradition in which their female characters not only assert a solid and secure place in the world but also are allowed to display their female strength, resourcefulness and dominance. These contemporary women writers have brought about significant changes in contemporary fiction in which they terminate literary stereotypes and discard traditional female roles and 'untrue ' images imposed on women. These women authors reduce the male role, ridicule male characters and reverse male authority. While lessening the male role, they increase the female role, make female characters the focus of their works, and reverse former traditional practice by portraying male characters as marginal, subordinate or complementary to female interests and desires. Besides, rather than penalizing 'bad girls' these authors reward 'bad girls' and in some cases allow them to prevail in the end. The women writers, furthermore, step over the boundary into the domain of art and create female characters who take the role of accomplished artists. Theme-wise these authors determinedly deal with such distinctive feminine concerns as food, cooking, and nurturing, traditionally treated as trivial and unimportant, by drawing attention to their universal significance and elevating them to serious literary subject matter.
Aesthetics of Khlong in Thai Poetry: Convention and Creativity
Authors: Intaraporn Weerawat
Published: May 2019

This paper aims to illustrate the beauty of khlong (Thai poetry) creatively written and transmitted from the past to the present through a study of the preservation and creation of aesthetics in relation to euphony, and diction, as well as the imitation of words used by previous poets with new meaning in Thai poetry. From the study, it is found that Thai poets of each era have both followed and adapted the traditional style of composition. In terms of euphony, poets from the past to the present put an emphasis on tones at the end of each line, play on different tone levels, and use internal rhymes as seen in both alliteration and assonance. As for diction, puns, either homophones or homonyms and repeated words are employed. Regarding word formation, even though it is obviously seen that poets have imitated the same words employed by poets of previous generations, they have also adapted and developed them to suit the individuality of each poet for the unique aesthetics of both diction and concept. It can be said that the creation of melodious and witty khlongis congruent with the nature of the Thai language since khlong is Thai in its origin and this in itself enhances the effectiveness of Thai poets in making use of the dominant characteristics of the Thai language in the composition of their poetic works from the past to the present.
Comparative Literature: Recent Debates on an Imagined Discipline
Authors: Chotiudompant Suradech
Published: May 2019

Comparative literature is always a problematic discipline. Scholars from different countries and times such as René Wellek, Charles Bernheimer, Susan Bassnett, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, and Djelal Kadir, have attempted to delimit its scope. The variety of definitions have led to ensuing problems of shifting methodologies and frameworks. If, in the early twentieth century, a scholar tended to interrogate and theorise how one distinguished comparative literature, world literature, and general literature from one another, towards the end of that century and potentially continuing well into the new millennium, the parameters surrounding disciplinary formation have significantly changed, leading to a shift in the set of questions. Should comparative literature be differentiated from the relatively recent disciplines of postcolonial studies and cultural studies? If so, what are its scope and defining qualities? These puzzling parameters are what this essay aims to explore, as it is high time we looked inward, thinking of the discipline itself as an imagined community whose terrain is constantly shifting. Following this line of argument, the essay intends to probe into the construction of the discipline and gauge its historical development.
Toward a Way to Balance Conservation and Development in the Ayutthaya Historic Town Centres
Authors: Thaitakoo Doosadee
Published: May 2019

Disagreements about conservation and development in town centres of historic cities may emerge in a society because different interests have diverse wants in city conservation and development. If not reconciled, these can lead to unfavourable effects on historic towns/cities: urban development may threaten their special character and/or conservation restrictions may make town centres unattractive for investment. Observing these difficulties in the Thai historic cities, this research explores how the desires for conservation and development can be balanced in two historic towns in Ayutthaya, a World Heritage site in Thailand. Main points for discussions: 1) Conservation and development in historic town centres 2) Key concepts for balancing conservation with development including sustainability, viability and physical capacity. 3) The issues of conservation and development in Thailand, particularly in Ayutthaya. 4) A way to balance conservation and development in the case studies towns-Hua Ror and Chao Prom. The research confirms that city conservation is a public concern as well as a technical matter. This points to a significant role for stakeholders in increasing the acceptability and practicality of city conservation/development policy and its implementation.
The Settlement Landscapes of the Mangroves: The Indigenous Knowledge on Sustainability and Energy Conservation
Authors: Osiri Navanath
Published: May 2019

It has been proved that mangroves provide a great barrier against the impact of natural disasters, especially that of the tsunami in December 2004. Villages located in mangrove areas reported no major damage. It is apparent that, if the villagers live in harmony with nature, the mangroves protect them in return.
Existence and Succession of Agricultural Land Around Bangkok
Authors: Hinjiranan Pijak , Thadaniti Suwattana , Silapacharanan Siriwan
Published: May 2019

Covering more than 200,000 rai, agricultural land around Bangkok has been put to various uses for more than 300 years. The types of plants grown there have changed over time, and some planting is close to communities. As a result, points worth studying are how this land still exists, what causes the planting of new plant species to replace existing ones, which species can thrive in a suburban area like this, and which species should be promoted in this area. The study is conducted by means of comparing the location of this area with the theory of locating ideal agricultural land, the theory of succession and the existence of communities. The findings will benefit planning to conserve urban green areas. The study reveals that the existence of this land results from economic conditions, types of plants, and the environment. The sequence of agricultural existence ranges from orchids, grass land, kaffir lime vegetables, aquatic plants, flowering plants, paddy fields, and oranges to livestock Traditional orchards cannot survive because of economic factors.
Peace, Ecology, and Religion: Evolution and Buddhism’s Empathic Response
Authors: Jones David
Published: May 2019

It has become increasingly vital to secure some purchase on effecting the requisite changes in the Western Worldview to reintegrate humanity with the natural world. Only two possibilities exist for this reintegration: an affirmation of the evolutionary process and the development of human predispositions that intimately relate individuals to other lives. Such reintegration becomes possible only when humanity re-realizes its animality. This paper argues that these changes are vital to defining peaceful coexistence with not only animals and their environs, but within the human realm as well. By casting the idea of peace in the light of ecological thinking and the hope for creating sustainable environments, a more positive approach to defining peace can be made. Such a definition can lead to designing human habitats, food production systems, and the utilization of natural resources in more ecologically sustainable ways. Such designs and utilizations are known as “permaculture,” a position advocated in this paper because it focuses more on the active roles which humans take in their environments. Such a way of thinking moves away from the ethical environmentalism of Stewardship, which focuses on two emotions: cast in the negative as pity and in the positive as respect. In either emotion, peace is seen as transcendently given in absolute terms. The alternative of Buddhism is presented as a philosophical way out of the conundrum of stewardship. This alternative in itself is not new—these ideas have been in circulation for almost three decades—but what is distinctive in what is advocated is the synthesis of philosophical and scientific ideas such as intimacy, immanence, animality, evolution, empathy, and compassion seen dialectically vis-à-vis integrity, transcendence, stewardship, and pity and respect.
Consumption and Consumer Society as Postmodernity in Contemporary Thai Fiction
Authors: Chunlawong Saowanit
Published: May 2019

This article aims to scrutinize the postmodern concept of consumption and consumer society from the Thai perspective through four Thai short stories written in a period exemplary of economic change including “Hong Thoe Hong Chan Khan Kan Duai Khwam Ngao” (Your Room, My Room Separated by Loneliness), by Paritat Hutangkul; “Pathanukrom Chiwit Chabap Khon Chan Klang Krungthep” (The lexicon of the life of middle class Bangkokians) and “Ching ming” (Tomb sweeping day), by Win Lyovarin; and “Lok Bai Lek Khong Salman” (The little world of Salman), by Kanogpong Songsompuntu. Each represents Thai society as a consumer society where people live between constant dilemma and vital agony. In these four stories, consumption is corrupt eroding social norms, moral values, and human dignity. Since consumption is an apparatus of the system of production, it perpetuates it by exploiting the individual’s needs and desires. People cannot evade a perpetual rise in consumption, and are therefore bound to this socio-economic mode.
Cinematic Forms and the Assembly of Cities: Bangkok Inscribed
Authors: Viernes Noah
Published: May 2019

This article suggests that an aesthetics of contemporary urban life builds new avenues for treating the politics of visibility. Several reasons instigate this new approach. First, art forms illustrate and train a specific way of “seeing,” a camera consciousness, that correlates with changes in the built landscape. A specific configuration, in other words, presents a relationship (an analogy) between the contemporary predominance of urban images and urban subjects that elude preexisting categories. These aesthetic departures can be illustrated by literary and cinematic “sentence-images” within the project that Jacques Rancière (2004; 2006; 2007) calls the “redistribution of the sensible.” This paper's attempt to locate this redistribution according to the appearance of “the urban” in the literature of Prabda Yoon, Wanich Charungkichanant, Siriworn Kaewkan, Parinya Phiphathphorn, and two films by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, explains how Bangkok’s aesthetic landscape is produced by its material “visible” form.
The Antagonist in the Trickster Tales of Trang Quynh
Authors: Jaisa-ard Soratee
Published: May 2019

This article explores the antagonists from the tales of Trang Quynh, which are well-known trickster tales throughout Vietnam. The main antagonists in Trang Quynh’s series comprise those in the royal court, even the king himself, mandarins, rich landlords and even the mother Goddess at the village shrine. The tales of Trang Quynh can be interpreted as the farmers’ way of alleviating their hardship, as an expression of their antagonism towards the ruling class and restrictive social rules. Meanwhile, Trang Quynh, the protagonist in the story, is regarded as the hero or the representative of the people. As a result, the study of Trang Quynh’s antagonists will enhance our understanding of the social context, village culture and the conflict between social groups from the previous time in Vietnamese society.
GIS Application for the Maps of Tourist Attractions and Ethnic Groups of Nan Province, Thailand
Authors: Cheewinsiriwat Pannee
Published: May 2019

This paper describes a GIS-based application to illustrate the maps of tourist attractions and ethnic groups of Nan Province in Thailand under a research project funded by the Thailand Research Fund (TRF). Various distribution patterns of languages and settlements of ethnic groups within Nan are mapped according to the collected village data. A questionnaire was designed to collect information from 902 villages. The questionnaire included questions about village background and environment, interesting cultural elements, village names, village history, local tourist places and schools, population, ethnic groups and languages. Nine-hundred questionnaires were distributed by well-trained staff from the Nan Community who conducted interviews of two or three senior people from each village. The data from the questionnaires was then entered into the village database via a developed user interface. In the meantime, a GIS database had been set up by combining map layers from several sources. The map layer set consists of administrative boundaries, roads, rivers, contour lines, as well as associated locations of the villages. The information of each village in the village database was then linked to its location represented by points in the GIS database. With the customized GIS application, various types of interactive queries about village data, as well as tourist attractions or ethnolinguistic maps, can be accommodated. Logical block diagrams, user interfaces and results are detailed in this paper.
The Use of Journals to Develop Grammatical Accuracy in Writing
Authors: Puengpipattrakul Walaipun
Published: May 2019

The researcher proposes, in this paper, her action research with a quasi quantitative and qualitative design, to provide some important insights into the use of journal writing as a means to improve grammatical accuracy of first-year university Thai undergraduates with no prior exposure to journal writing in English. The data on the undergraduates’ grammatical accuracy were analyzed through their journal entries covering both dialogue-journaling and process-writing entries, while their opinions of journal entries and grammatical accuracy were obtained through their dialogue journaling entries and interview responses. Findings are discussed, and recommendations for future research are made. It is also hoped that journal writing can be another useful learning activity and a teaching alternative to enhance EFL undergraduates’ grammatical accuracy in English.
Planktonic Coelenterates Collected in the North Atlantic Ocean
Authors: van Soest R. W. M.
Published: May 2019

This short faunistic note contains a report on the species of Scyphozoa, Hydromedusae, Siphonophora and Ctenophora that were collected by OWS “Cirrus” and “Cumulus”, R.V. “Tridens” and HMS “Snellius” in the North Atlantic Ocean between 22° N and 66° N. In all, 61 species have been captured. New records for Calycopsis typa Fewkes, 1882, Cunina duplicata Maas, 1893, Sibogita geometrica Maas, 1905 ssp. occidentalis Kramp, 1959, Apolemia uvaria (Lesueur, 1811), Thalassophyes crystallina Moser, 1925 and Crystallophyes amygdalina Moser, 1925, are given.
Simulation Experiments on the Migration of Gammarus Zaddachi and Gammarus Chevreuxi
Authors: Girisch H.B. , Dennert H.G.
Published: May 2019

The migratory activity of Gammarus zaddachi and Gammarus chevreuxi is investigated in a current chamber, in which a tidal cycle can be simulated.

In fresh running water the number of animals drifting with the current is of about the same magnitude as the number of animals actively swimming against the current.

A diurnal periodicity is recorded in the migratory activity. The migratory activity is influenced by the population density and the food supply.

In the current chamber a tidal cycle can be simulated by varying the factors current velocity, current direction, salinity, and temperature. The combination of a decrease in current velocity, followed by a slow current in the opposite direction, an increase in the salinity, and a rise in the temperature of the medium causes a significant increase in the activity of both species investigated. An increase in only one of the environmental factors mentioned above can also produce an increase in the migratory activity, but less pronounced than when all the factors coordinate in simulating a complete tidal cycle.

Both G. zaddachi and G. chevreuxi react in a similar way on the simulation of a tidal cycle. In both species no great differences have been found between juveniles and adults with regard to the migratory activity.

The results of the simulation experiments are discussed in connection with the migration cycles of G. zaddachi and G. chevreuxi as recorded in the field.
Remarks on Gammarus Lacustris G. O. Sars, 1863, with Description of Gammarus Varsoviensis n. sp. (Crustacea, Amphipoda)
Authors: Jażdżewski Krzysztof
Published: May 2019

On the ground of the examination of a large material from Poland and from other countries, the variability of Gammarus lacustris G. O. Sars, 1863, is discussed. Gammarus wigrensis Micherdziński, 1959, is in the author’s opinion an immature G. lacustris

A detailed description of Gammarus varsoviensis n. sp. is given. Some ecological and biological data on both species are discussed, as well as their distribution in Poland.
Vergleich des Agonistischen Verhaltens von Zwei Gruppen Jungfischen (Haplochromis Burtoni) Gleichen Alters
Authors: van Bekkem A.W. H. , Bierhof M.J.
Published: May 2019

When a batch of young of the mouthbreeding cichlid Haplochromis burtoni is divided into two groups of equal size, they show different behaviour. The ones that are caught first are less aggressive than the second, more shy ones. If agonistic behaviour has a positive selection value, it can be an important factor for the rapid speciation in cichlid fishes. In order to investigate this assumption experimentally, one has to bear in mind that early experience, group size and group density can influence the agonistic behaviour.
Some Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) from Madagascar, with Descriptions of Eight New Species and Notes on their Biology
Authors: Blommers Leo
Published: May 2019

The taxonomic portion of this paper discusses 27 species of mites of the family Phytoseiidae known to occur on plants in Madagascar.

Eight new species are described: Phytoseius (Phytoseius) betsiboka. Ph. (Pennaseius) onilahy, Amblyseius (Amblyseius) hova, A. (A.) ankaratrae, A. (A.) boina, A. (A.) sakalava, A. (A.) trichophilus and A. (Proprioseiopsis) tulearensis.

The following species are recorded for the first time from the island: Typhlodromus (Typhloseiopsis) contiguus Chant, 1959, Phyloseius (Phytoseius) crinitus Swirski & Shechter, 1961, Ph. (Ph.) intermedius Evans & Macfarlane, 1961, Ph. (Pennaseius) hongkongensis Swirski & Shechter, 1961, Ph. (P.)amba Pritchard & Baker, 1962, Iphiseius (Iphiseius) degenerans (Berlese, 1889), I. (Trochoseius) gongylus Pritchard & Baker, 1962, Paraphytoseius multidentatus Swirski & Shechter, 1961, Amblyseius (Amblyseius) hima Pritchard & Baker, 1962, A. (A.) deleoni Muma & Denmark, 1970, A. (Proprioseiopsis) sundi Pritchard & Baker, 1962 and A. (P.) peltatus Van der Merwe, 1968. Additional descriptions are given for most of these species. The male of P. multidentatus is described for the first time.

New distribution records are presented for the following species: Typhlodromus scytinus Chazeau, 1970, the T. (Anthoseius) gutierrezi-chazeaui group, Amblyseius (Amblyseius) masiaka Blommers & Chazeau, 1974, A. (A.) bibens Blommers, 1973, A. (A.) rotundus Blommers, 1973, A. (A.) brevipes Blommers, 1973 and A. (A.) tamatavensis Blommers, 1974.

The simultaneous occurrence of spider mites and other small arthropods on the plants on which the phytoseiids were collected is noted.

A final chapter summarizes the results of experiments devised to see whether the collected phytoseiid mites can be effectively predators of spider mites, i.e. of Tetranychus neocaledonicus André, 1933 and sometimes Oligonychus coffeae (Nietner, 1861). Most of these results were negative. Only, Typhlodromus contiguus, Amblyseius tulearensis and A. sundi can regulate population numbers of the first prey species under circumstances of low webbing and/or additional food. Iphiseius degenerans, and possibly Amblyseius rotundus, can control Oligonychus coffeae in their area of distribution.
Sedentary Ciliates from Two Dutch Freshwater Gammarus Species
Authors: Bierhof M.J. , Roos P.J.
Published: May 2019

The sedentary ciliate fauna living on the body surface of Gammarus tigrinus and G. pulex from Dutch freshwater habitats has been investigated. Fourty-seven ciliate species are found, of which 43 belong to the order Peritrichida, suborder Sessilina, 3 belong to the order Suctorida and 1 belongs to the order Chonotrichida. Two new species in the genera Intranstylum and Pseudocarchesium are described.

It appears that there is a seasonal variation in the number of epizoic ciliates as well as in species composition. In general, the species with a contractile stalk are found on external, often fast-moving, body parts. Species with a noncontractile stalk seem to prefer more quiet and sheltered positions. After ecdysis there is a succession of the genera Epistylis and Zoothamnium, the latter becoming dominant on older exoskeletons.
Notes on the Nasal Tract Complex of the Boutu, Inia Geoffrensis (De Blainville, 1817) (Cetacea, Platanistidae)
Authors: Schenkkan E.J.
Published: May 2019

The anatomy of the nasal passage of three specimens of the Boutu has been studied.

The various diverticula appear to be aberrant from those described for other Platanistidae.

The vestibular airsac system has developed into one enormous diverticulum. Except for a narrow region caudal to the blowhole, the total maxillary area caudal to the orbits is covered by this somewhat dome-shaped airsac system.

The dorsal and rostral aspects of the vestibular system are strikingly symmetrical as are also the deeperparts of the nasal passage.

The caudal parts of the nasofrontal diverticula are well developed, rostral parts are tubular and relatively small. Accessory air sacs are lacking and the premaxillary diverticula are broad, but their lumina rostral to the bony nares are nearly completely filled with dorsal swellings of the premaxillary bones when the former are deflated.
J.N.S. Allamand’s additions (1769—1781) to the Nouvelle Edition of Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle published in Holland
Authors: Rookmaaker L.C.
Published: May 2019

Jean Nicolas Sébastien Allamand (1713–1787), working in Holland, wrote 41 articles about mammals which were not, or only insufficiently, treated by the Count of Buffon in his Histoire naturelle. Allamand’s contributions first appeared between 1769 and 1781 in various volumes of a French edition of the Histoire naturelle published by J. H. Schneider in Amsterdam. These additional articles are analysed to recognize the sources available to Allamand. The new information was mainly derived from animals seen at fairs in Holland, at the inn Blauw Jan in Amsterdam, in the menagerie and museum of Stadholder Willem V near The Hague, in the museum of the University of Leiden, and from observations made in South Africa by R.J. Gordon.
The taxonomy and biogeography of the viridis group of the genus Baeturia Stål, 1866 (Homoptera, Tibicinidae)
Authors: de Boer A.J.
Published: May 2019

The viridis group is proposed for a supposedly monophyletic group of seven New Guinean species of the cicada genus Baeturia Stål, 1866. Three species (B. brongersma Blöte, B. rufula Blöte, and B. viridis Blöte) are redescribed and four species (B. furcillata, B. karkarensis, B. lorentzi, and B. turgida) are described as new to science. A key to the males is provided. The phylogenetic position of the viridis group within the genus Baeturia is discussed. The distribution of shared characters suggests a subdivision of the group into two subgroups. One subgroup is restricted to southern and western Irian Jaya, while the other is distributed along the coastal mountain ranges of northern New Guinea, including Karkar Island.
New and little-known cavernicolous species of Chthoniidae and Neobisiidae (Pseudoscorpiones, Arachnida) from Serbia
Authors: Ćurčić Božidar P.M. , Lee Vincent F. , Makarov Slobodan E.
Published: May 2019

The pseudoscorpions of the genera Chthonius C.L. Koch, 1843 (Chthoniidae) and Roncus L. Koch, 1873 (Neobisiidae) from caves in Serbia, Yugoslavia, have been studied. Three new species, Chthonius (Globochthonius)purgo, Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) kemza, and Roncus talason are described. A reanalysis of the type material of three subspecies of Chthonius and Roncus from Serbian caves has supported their elevation to full specific rank: Chthonius (Globochthonius) pancici Ćurčić, 1972, Roncus remesianensis Ćurčić, 1981, and R. timacensis Ćurčić, 1981. All species studied are considered endemics of the Balkan Peninsula. Diagnostic characters of the analysed taxa are thoroughly described or figured. Taxonomic interrelationships and geographical distribution are briefly discussed.
Two new species of Hemicyclops (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida: Clausidiidae) associated with mud shrimps of the genus Callichirus from Brazil
Authors: Kihara Terue Cristina , da Rocha Carlos Eduardo Falavigna
Published: May 2019

Two new clausidiid copepods of the genus Hemicyclops (Poecilostomatoida: Clausidiidae) associated with mud shrimps are described from Brazil: Hemicyclops caissarum sp. n. associated with Callichirus major (Say, 1808) from a beach in Santos and Hemicyclops sebastiani sp. n., in burrows of Callichirus guassutinga (Rodrigues, 1971) in São Sebastião. H. caissarum is closest to H. carinifer Humes, 1965 from Madagascar and H. sebastiani can be easily distinguished from all its congeners by the presence of a thick, densely plumose seta on the antennule segment 2, and the greatly enlarged tergal plate of the 4th pediger. New records of Hemicyclops subadhaerens Gooding, 1960 and Hemicyclops thalassius Vervoort & Ramirez, 1966 from the Brazilian coast are also included.
Description of two new Geissleria species (Bacillariophyta) from Central and West tropical Africa
Authors: COCQUYT CHRISTINE , NDJOMBO EDIT LOKELE
Published: May 2019

During a recently started-up project in the Biosphere Reserve at Yangambi, DR Congo, an unknown Geissleria taxon was observed in a small tributary of the Congo River. This taxon is here described as new to science based on detailed light and scanning electron microscopy observations. Geissleria lubiluensis sp. nov. can be distinguished by the slightly tri-undulate valve margins and the very distinct annulus located at a distance of 3 striae from the apex. The comparison of this taxon with various other Geissleria taxa with resembling valve outline or with resembling annulus structure, led to the description of another new species: Geissleria fogedii sp. nov. reported by Foged from Ghana as Navicula paludosa. This taxon resembles very well Geissleria lubiluensis but differs in the distinct annulus located closer to the apex mostly at the distance of one stria, the broader valves and the denser striation.
New bee species of the genus Monoeca (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini) from Brazil
Authors: AGUIAR ANTONIO J. C.
Published: May 2019

Four new species of the genus Monoeca Lepeletier & Serville are described. Two of them, Monoeca campestris sp. nov. and Monoeca planaltina sp. nov. are from Cerrado savanna, Monoeca mourei sp. nov. is from gallery forests and Monoeca catarina sp. nov. is from the Atlantic rainforest of southern Brazil. A key to Brazilian species of Monoeca is provided.
Review of the genus Onychiurus Gervais, 1841 (Collembola: Onychiuridae) with description of a new cave species from Southern Spain
Authors: ARBEA JAVIER
Published: May 2019

A new species of the genus Onychiurus is described from Málaga caves (Southern Spain). Onychiurus gevi sp. nov. is characterized by the peculiar distribution of dorsal (32/033/44433) and ventral (11/000/0101) pseudocelli that allow to distinguish it from the other congeneric species. A key of the world species of Onychiurus is provided.
Revision of the genus Alyculus Kazantsev, 1999 (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
Authors: PALATA VACLAV , BOCAK LADISLAV
Published: May 2019

The genus Alyculus Kazantsev, 1999 is revised. Four species are placed in the genus, two of them are described here: A. barclayi sp. nov. and A. tujuhensis sp. nov. Male genitalia and important diagnostic characters are illustrated and an identification key to males is provided. The zoogeography and some aspects of ecology are discussed.
Clinal pattern of morphological variation in Sakesphorus luctuosus (Lichtenstein, 1823), with comments on the enigmatic Sakesphorus hagmanni Miranda-Ribeiro, 1927 (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)
Authors: LOPES LEONARDO ESTEVES , GONZAGA LUIZ PEDREIRA
Published: May 2019

Sakesphorus luctuosus (Glossy Antshrike) is endemic to Brazil, harboring two subspecies. The nominal subspecies is widespread in the Amazon region, and S. l. araguayae is endemic to the Rio Araguaia valley. In this paper we investigated the hypothesis that S. l. araguayae represents the end of a cline. We examined 588 specimens housed in Brazilian, North American and European museums and based our conclusions on plumage coloration and morphometric characters. We found no significant differences in morphometric characters between subspecies, except for culmen length, which was slightly shorter in S. l. araguayae, but with wide overlap in measurements. The main proposed diagnostic character between subspecies (length of the white tips to tail feathers) showed clinal variation, with northern birds showing more white on the tail, and southern birds showing less white on the tail, irrespective of hydrographic basin. The other diagnostic character proposed (width of the white edges to the outer webs of the scapular feathers) showed high individual variation and no taxonomic consistency. We conclude that S. l. araguayae is a junior synonym of the nominal taxon. On the other hand, S. hagmanni, known only from the holotype and long thought to be a junior synonym of the nominal taxon, proved to be a unique specimen that should be considered as species inquirenda until further investigations determine its status.
Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) lituanica sp. nov., an unexpected new stem-miner on Salvia pratensis occurring in eastern Europe (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
Authors: IVINSKIS POVILAS , VAN NIEUKERKEN ERIK J. , RIMSAITE JOLANTA
Published: May 2019

Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) lituanica Ivinskis & van Nieukerken, sp. nov., is described from adults reared from stem-mining larvae on Salvia pratensis (Lamiaceae) from Lithuania and some specimens taken as adults in Austria, Sloveniaand Greece. In addition the new species is recorded from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania. Superficially, itresembles Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) headleyella (Stainton, 1854), especially the male, but it differs by male genitaliawith additional cornuti, a unique character for the subgenus, and the female genitalia differ by the larger number ofconvolutions in the ductus spermathecae. It is the only known Trifurcula to make its cocoon partially inside a stem-mine. The synonymy of Nepticula dubiella Hauder, 1912 with T. headleyella is confirmed, but some specimensrecorded under this name from Austria belong to the new species. DNA barcodes are provided and compared with related species.
A new species of the genus Cerviniopsis from Sagami Bay, Japan and reinstatement of the genus Neocervinia, with a report on the male of Neocervinia itoi Lee & Yoo, 1998 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Aegisthidae)
Authors: PARK EUN-OK , SHIMANAGA MOTOHIRO , YOON SUK HYUN , LEE WONCHOEL
Published: May 2019

A new aegisthid copepod, Cerviniopsis reducta sp. nov. is described from the deep sea in Sagami Bay, Japan. The newspecies has superficial resemblance to C. minutiseta Ito, 1983 in the armature formula of swimming legs. However theydiffer from each other in the shape of setae of the swimming legs, the distal margin of operculum, length of caudal rami,and the location of setae on P5 exopod. Also, the male of Neocervinia itoi Lee & Yoo, 1998 is described on the basis ofsamples collected from around the type locality in Sagami Bay, Japan. Sexual dimorphism of N. itoi male can be observedin the fused rostrum, atrophied mouthparts, P5, and P6. The sixth leg is symmetrical and both gonopores are presumablyactive, based on the presence of two spermatophores internally in the genital segment. This paper reports for the first timeon the sexually dimorphic characters in the genus Neocervinia Huys, Mobjerg & Kristensen, 1997, reinstating its generic status with the newly revealed male characters.
Taxonomic validity of Mesoclemmys heliostemma (McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Lamar, 2001) (Testudines, Chelidae) inferred from morphological analysis
Authors: MOLINA FLAVIO B. , MACHADO FABIO A. , ZAHER HUSSAM
Published: May 2019

Mesoclemmys heliostemma (Testudines: Chelidae) was described based on five vouchered specimens and nine live spec-imens from the western Amazon basin. Some authors questioned its status as a valid species, suggesting that it representsa junior synonym of M. raniceps. Here, we report on eight additional specimens from eastern Peru and northern Brazil,and provide descriptive statistics of morphological characters for hatchlings, juveniles, and adults of M. heliostemma, M.raniceps, and M. gibba. We also test for group differences through univariate and multivariate statistical analyses, anddiscuss some advantages of this methodology. Our data suggest that all three taxa are morphologically divergent, and that M. heliostemma is a valid species.
New species of the genera Draconema Cobb, 1913 and Paradraconema Allen & Noffsinger, 1978 (Nematoda: Draconematidae) from the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean, with keys to the species
Authors: KITO KENJI , CHATTERJEE TAPAS
Published: May 2019

Two new species of Family Draconematidae Filipjev, 1918, Draconema andamanense sp. nov. and Paradraconemapachylumbus sp. nov., are described from the coast of the Andaman Islands, India. Both species were extracted from sed-iments among the intertidal macroalgae. Draconema andamanense resembles D. japonicum in having the gubernaculumwith peculiar distal dilation in males. However, it differs from all the congeneric species including D. japonicum by thesmaller number of subventral adhesion tubes (10–11 in male and 12–14 in female). Paradraconema pachylumbus differsfrom all the congeneric species by having the cloacal region remarkably enlarged towards the dorsal side and the conico-cylindrical tail abruptly narrowing. Paradraconema pachylumbus most resembles P. floridense with longitudinally areo-lated annules, elongate loop-shaped amphids, prominent eyespots, subventral precloacal Acan-set and gubernaculum withlateral dilation, but is distinguishable from it by the number of setae on the tail in males and females, and the gubernaculum length and tail length in males, as well as the peculiar feature of an enlarged cloacal region in males.
Compsodactylus, a new South American genus with one new species and two new combinations (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
Authors: FUHRMANN JUARES
Published: May 2019

Compsodactylus new genus and C. scabrosus new species are described and C. martinezi (Frey, 1972) new combination and C. parvulus (Frey, 1970) new combination are redescribed and transferred from Dicrania LePeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828. The new genus is placed in Macrodactylini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) and occurs in the South American Andean and Preandean regions. A key to the species, modification on the recent generic key to Macrodactylini, and distributional map are presented.
The discovery of progenetic Allocreadium neotenicum Peters, 1957 (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) in water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Great Britain
Authors: BRAY RODNEY A. , FOSTER GARTH N. , WAESCHENBACH ANDREA , LITTLEWOOD D TIMOTHY J
Published: May 2019

Progenetic specimens of Allocreadium neotenicum Peters, 1957 are described from water beetles, Hydroporus rufifrons, an endangered species, and Agabus paludosus from northern England and Scotland, and as non-ovigerous metacercariae from Agabus melanarius from southern England. Morphologically, the worms are identical to A. neotenicum described from water beetles in North America. Molecular phylogenetic estimates based on 28S rDNA sequences show these British specimens as more closely related to the North American freshwater fish parasite Allocreadium lobatum Wallin, 1909 than to the European species A. isoporum (Looss, 1894). A. lobatum shows a predilection for progenesis and may be a senior synonym of A. neotenicum. Based on the molecular phylogeny, the genus Pseudallocreadium Yamaguti, 1971 is considered synonymous with Allocreadium and the two species assigned to that genus, P. neotenicum and P. alloneotenicum (Wootton, 1957) are returned to Allocreadium.
Taxonomy of spatially disjunct alpine Teleiopsis albifemorella s. lat. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) revealed by molecular data and morphology —how many species are there?
Authors: HUEMER PETER , MUTANEN MARKO
Published: May 2019

The taxonomy of the European alpine species Teleiopsis albifemorella (Hofmann, 1867) s. lat. is revised. We sequenced mtDNA markers (COI barcode region) of 44 specimens resulting in a full barcode for 41 specimens. We also sequenced five nuclear markers (CAD, EF-1a, IDH, MDH and wingless) of 12 specimens. Molecular data of nuclear genes combined with weak morphological characters indicate two species: Teleiopsis albifemorella from the eastern Alps and the Dinaric mountains and Teleiopsis paulheberti sp. nov. from the southwestern Alps, the Apennines and the Pyrenees. The COI barcode region groups into seven genetic lineages from geographically coherent areas. Four major haplogroups are assigned to T. paulheberti sp. nov. whereas three major haplogroups support the eastern alpine Teleiopsis albifemorella.
A systematic study of the genus Paragavialidium Zheng (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea: Scelimeninae)
Authors: DENG WEIAN , ZHENG ZHEMIN , WEI SHIZHEN , LIN MINPING
Published: May 2019

Taxonomy of a tetrigid genus Paragavialidium Zheng is reviewed. A new species, P. serrimarginis Deng et Zheng, sp. nov. is described. The distribution and an updated identification key to all known species of the genus is given.
Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American Wet Forest
Authors: LONGINO JOHN T.
Published: May 2019

The ant genus Pheidole is a highly diverse lineage of ants that are dominant elements of tropical and subtropical ecosystems throughout the world. Biodiversity inventory projects in Middle American wet forests (southern Mexico to Costa Rica, lowland rainforest to high montane forest) allow an improved taxonomy of the genus in this region. An identification guide to 234 species in the region is provided, using a "bird guide" approach. Species are arranged in order of minor worker head width and scape length, and each species has a fixed layout that includes habitat and microhabitat information, standard views (minor lateral, minor face, major face), and a distribution map. The following new synonyms are proposed: biconstricta Mayr 1870 (= inermis Mayr 1870), carapuna Mann 1916 (= tristicula Wilson 2003), fimbriata Roger 1863 (= soesilae Makhan 2007), insipida Forel 1899 (= fariasana Wilson 2003, mooreorum Wilson 2003), longiscapa Forel 1901 (= cocciphaga Borgmeier 1934), plebecula Forel 1899 (= perdiligens Wilson 2003, texticeps Wilson 2003), nitidicollis Emery 1896 (= chalcoides Wilson 2003), nubicola Wilson 2003 (= cielana Wilson 2003, petrensis Wilson 2003), simonsi Wilson 2003 (= arctos Wilson 2003, gangamon Wilson 2003, thrasys Wilson 2003), striaticeps Mayr 1870 (= chloe Forel 1908), transversostriata Mayr 1887 (= scalaris Wilson 2003), vafra Santschi 1923 (= laticornis Wilson 2003). The following 57 new species are described: ajaxigibba, andersoni, angustinigra, atitlana, balatro, belonorte, besalon, bicornisculpta, brownampla, cahui, caliginosa, carinitida, corniclypeus, costaricensis, cusuco, depressinoda, eosimilis, familiaparra, fincanaranjo, hansoni, hectornitida, hitoy, huarache, imbrilis, indagarama, kasparii, kelainos, lagunculiminor, lamancha, laselvoides, lineafrons, luteagossamer, machaquila, marmor, moskitia, muralla, musacolor, musinermis, natalie, nephele, obturaculum, passivaeferox, perissothrix, platyscapa, probolonotum, rima, rogeripolita, savegre, sensipelada, sepultura, tapanti, tikal, tinamu, tsontekonwei, tuculutan, xiloa, zannia.