bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Polydom Is an Extracellular Matrix Protein Involved in Lymphatic Vessel Remodeling
Authors: Morooka Nanami , Futaki Sugiko , Sato-Nishiuchi Ryoko , Nishino Masafumi , Totani Yuta , Shimono Chisei , Nakano Itsuko , Nakajima Hiroyuki , Mochizuki Naoki , Sekiguchi Kiyotoshi
Published: February 2017

Rationale:

Lymphatic vasculature constitutes a second vascular system essential for immune surveillance and tissue fluid homeostasis. Maturation of the hierarchical vascular structure, with a highly branched network of capillaries and ducts, is crucial for its function. Environmental cues mediate the remodeling process, but the mechanism that underlies this process is largely unknown.

Objective:

Polydom (also called Svep1) is an extracellular matrix protein identified as a high-affinity ligand for integrin α9β1. However, its physiological function is unclear. Here, we investigated the role of Polydom in lymphatic development.

Methods and Results:

We generated Polydom-deficient mice.
Polydom
−/−
mice showed severe edema and died immediately after birth because of respiratory failure. We found that although a primitive lymphatic plexus was formed, it failed to undergo remodeling in
Polydom
−/−
embryos, including sprouting of new capillaries and formation of collecting lymphatic vessels. Impaired lymphatic development was also observed after knockdown/knockout of
polydom
in zebrafish. Polydom was deposited around lymphatic vessels, but secreted from surrounding mesenchymal cells. Expression of Foxc2 (forkhead box protein c2), a transcription factor involved in lymphatic remodeling, was decreased in
Polydom
−/−
mice. Polydom bound to the lymphangiogenic factor Ang-2 (angiopoietin-2), which was found to upregulate Foxc2 expression in cultured lymphatic endothelial cells. Expressions of Tie1/Tie2 receptors for angiopoietins were also decreased in
Polydom
−/−
mice.

Conclusions:

Polydom affects remodeling of lymphatic vessels in both mouse and zebrafish. Polydom deposited around lymphatic vessels seems to ensure Foxc2 upregulation in lymphatic endothelial cells, possibly via the Ang-2 and Tie1/Tie2 receptor system.
An in Silico, Biomarker-Based Method for the Evaluation of Virtual Neuropsychiatric Drug Effects
Authors: Siekmeier Peter J.
Published: February 2017

The recent explosion in neuroscience research has markedly increased our understanding of the neurobiological correlates of many psychiatric illnesses, but this has unfortunately not translated into more effective pharmacologic treatments for these conditions. At the same time, researchers have increasingly sought out biological markers, or biomarkers, as a way to categorize psychiatric illness, as these are felt to be closer to underlying genetic and neurobiological vulnerabilities. While biomarker-based drug discovery approaches have tended to employ in vivo (e.g., rodent) or in vitro test systems, relatively little attention has been paid to the potential of computational, or in silico, methodologies. Here we describe such a methodology, using as an example a biophysically detailed computational model of hippocampus that is made to generate putative schizophrenia biomarkers by the inclusion of a number of neuropathological changes that have been associated with the illness (NMDA system deficit, decreased neural connectivity, hyperdopaminergia). We use the specific inability to attune to gamma band (40 Hz) auditory stimulus as our illness biomarker. We expose this system to a large number of virtual medications, defined by systematic variation of model parameters corresponding to five cellular-level effects. The potential efficacy of virtual medications is determined by a wellness metric (WM) that we have developed. We identify a number of virtual agents that consist of combinations of mechanisms, which are not simply reversals of the causative lesions. The manner in which this methodology could be extended to other neuropsychiatric conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and fragile X syndrome, is discussed.
Parameter Estimation of Nonlinear Systems by Dynamic Cuckoo Search
Authors: Liao Qixiang , Zhou Shudao , Shi Hanqing , Shi Weilai
Published: February 2017

In order to address with the problem of the traditional or improved cuckoo search (CS) algorithm, we propose a dynamic adaptive cuckoo search with crossover operator (DACS-CO) algorithm. Normally, the parameters of the CS algorithm are kept constant or adapted by empirical equation that may result in decreasing the efficiency of the algorithm. In order to solve the problem, a feedback control scheme of algorithm parameters is adopted in cuckoo search; Rechenberg’s 1/5 criterion, combined with a learning strategy, is used to evaluate the evolution process. In addition, there are no information exchanges between individuals for cuckoo search algorithm. To promote the search progress and overcome premature convergence, the multiple-point random crossover operator is merged into the CS algorithm to exchange information between individuals and improve the diversification and intensification of the population. The performance of the proposed hybrid algorithm is investigated through different nonlinear systems, with the numerical results demonstrating that the method can estimate parameters accurately and efficiently. Finally, we compare the results with the standard CS algorithm, orthogonal learning cuckoo search algorithm (OLCS), an adaptive and simulated annealing operation with the cuckoo search algorithm (ACS-SA), a genetic algorithm (GA), a particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO), and a genetic simulated annealing algorithm (GA-SA). Our simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and superior performance of the proposed algorithm.
Taxonomic notes on Acanthopsis Harv. (Acanthaceae, tribe Acantheae): the group with trifid bracts
Authors: STEYN HESTER M. , WYK ABRAHAM E. VAN
Published: February 2017

In the southern African genus Acanthopsis, the morphology of the bracts is taxonomically useful at the species level. This contribution focuses on the taxonomy and conservation status of those members of the genus characterized by inflorescences with trifid bracts, all of which are confined to arid parts of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Three species (A. dregeana, A. glauca and A. tetragona) and four subspecies are recognised in this group. One new species (A. tetragona) with two subspecies (A. tetragona subsp. tetragona and A. tetragona subsp. pedunculata) and one new subspecies (A. dregeana subsp. longispina) are described. Identification keys to the species and infraspecific taxa of the group with trifid bracts are provided.
Bulbophyllum lipingtaoi, a new orchid species from China: evidence from morphological and DNA analyses
Authors: WANG JIE-YU , LIU ZHONG-JIAN , WU XIN-YI , HUANG JIU-XIANG
Published: February 2017

Bulbophyllum lipingtaoi, a new orchid species from Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. Detailed comparative morphological analyses indicate that this new orchid is distinct from other species of Bulbophyllum in having a single-flowered inflorescence with a scape arising from the node of the rhizome, entire margins of sepals and petals, and lateral sepals twisted near base. Furthermore, molecular phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid DNA (matK and atpI-atpH) support the placement of B. lipingtaoi as a member of section Brachyantha. Section Brachyantha is usually characterized by a 2- to many-flowered inflorescence, hence the solitary flower of B. lipingtaoi should be treated as an apomorphy.
Thismia inconspicua (Thismiaceae), a new mycoheterotrophic species from Borneo
Authors: SOCHOR MICHAL , SUKRI RAHAYU SUKMARIA , METALI FAIZAH , DANČÁK MARTIN
Published: February 2017

A new species belonging to the mycoheterotrophic genus Thismia is described and illustrated. Thismia inconspicua was found in a lowland mixed dipterocarp forest in Ulu Temburong National Park, Brunei Darussalam. It is characterized by its sepia-brown perianth with free equal lobes with very short terminal appendages, two pairs of appendages on connective apices, perianth tube displaced from the ovary axis and short stem. DNA sequence data from commonly studied nuclear and mitochondrial loci are provided. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed the close relationship with other members of section Thismia, subsection Odoardoa. An updated determination key of Thismia species of Borneo is included.
Lacantunia enigmatica (Teleostei: Siluriformes) a new and phylogenetically puzzling freshwater fish from Mesoamerica
Authors: RODILES-HERNÁNDEZ ROCÍO , HENDRICKSON DEAN A. , LUNDBERG JOHN G. , HUMPHRIES JULIAN M.
Published: February 2017

A new family (Lacantuniidae), genus and species of catfish, Lacantunia enigmatica, is described from the Río Usumacinta basin of Chiapas, México. This odd siluriform is diagnosed by five distinctively autapomorphic and anatomically complex structures. The fifth (last) infraorbital bone is relatively large, anteriorly convex and remote from a prominent sphenotic process. The lateral margin of the frontal, lateral ethmoid and sphenotic bones are thick at the origins of much enlarged adductor mandibulae and levator arcus palatini muscles; otherwise the skull roof is constricted and flat. One pair of cone-shaped "pseudo-pharyngobranchial" bones is present at the anterior tips of enlarged cartilages medial to the first epibranchial. A hypertrophied, axe-shaped uncinate process emerges dorsally from the third epibranchial. The gas bladder has paired spherical, unencapsulated diverticulae protruding from its anterodorsal wall. Lacantunia enigmatica cannot be placed within or as a basal sister lineage to any known catfish family or multifamily clade except Siluroidei. This species may represent an ancient group, perhaps of early Tertiary age or older, and it adds another biogeographic puzzle to the historically complex Mesoamerican biota.
Two new species of Indonemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Fujian, China
Authors: LI WEIHAI , YANG DING
Published: February 2017

Two new species of the family Nemouridae, Indonemoura fujianensis sp. n. and Indonemoura masuensis sp. n., are described from Fujian, South China. Their relationships with related species are discussed.
A new species of Stelletta (Demospongiae, Astrophorida) without microscleres from Abrolhos Archipelago, northeastern Brazil
Authors: ESTEVES EDUARDO L. , MURICY GUILHERME
Published: February 2017

Stelletta anasteria sp. nov., a new species of Stelletta without microscleres from Abrolhos archipelago, northeastern Brazil, is described. The new species is best classified in Stelletta due to its growth habit, the shape of its triaenes and oxeas, presence of a cortex and a disorganized choanosomal skeleton. Besides the absence of microscleres, that set it apart from all other species of the genus, it differs from all other tropical Atlantic species of Stelletta in presenting at the same time all megascleres smaller than 590 µm long, the clads of plagiotriaenes smaller than 70 µm long, and those of anatriaenes smaller than 20 µm long. Additionally, anatriaenes with ill-formed and/or additional clads along the rhabdome are common in the new species.
The taxonomy and biogeography of Cuban Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
Authors: FERNÁNDEZ-TRIANA JOSÉ L.
Published: February 2017

A comprehensive study of Cuban Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) was carried out. Nine new species are described: Ophion picocuba sp. nov., Thyreodon alayoi sp. nov., Thyreodon gabrieli sp. nov Enicospilus cheoi sp. nov., E. iangauldi sp. nov., E. grilloi sp. nov., E. hansonorum sp. nov., E. teremariae sp. nov. and E. wahli sp. nov. Five species are recorded for the first time to the island: Enicospilus dispilus, E. gallegosi, E. neotropicus, E. sondrae and E. woldai. Thyreodon sp. (Alayo, 1973) is T. fulvescens Cresson. New biological information regarding host records is provided for E. flavus and O. flavidus. A preliminary analysis of distribution of ophionines within the Cuban archipelago and their relationships with the Caribbean, Florida (USA) and Central American faunas are also discussed.KEY WORDS: Ophioninae, taxonomy, Biogeography, CubaSe revisa la subfamilia Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) en Cuba. Se describen nueve especies: Ophion picocuba sp. nov., Thyreodon alayoi sp. nov., Thyreodon gabrieli sp. nov., Enicospilus cheoi sp. nov., E. iangauldi sp. nov., E. grilloi sp. nov., E. hansoni sp. nov., E. teremariae sp. nov. y E. wahli sp. nov. Cinco especies se registran por primera vez para el país: Enicospilus dispilus (Szépligeti), E. gallegosi Gauld, E. neotropicus Hooker, E. sondrae Gauld y E. woldai Gauld. Thyreodon sp. (Alayo, 1973) es T. fulvescens Cresson. Se aporta nueva información biológica en relación con registros de hospederos para E. flavus y O. flavidus. Se analiza preliminarmente la distribución de la subfamilia en el archipiélago cubano y sus relaciones con el Caribe insular, Florida (USA) y América Central.PALABRAS CLAVE: Ophioninae, taxonomía, Biogeografía, Cuba
Waminoa brickneri n. sp. (Acoela: Acoelomorpha) associated with corals in the Red Sea
Authors: OGUNLANA MAXINA V. , HOOGE MATTHEW D. , TEKLE YONAS I. , BENAYAHU YEHUDA , BARNEAH ORIT , TYLER SETH
Published: February 2017

While the majority of acoels live in marine sediments, some, usually identified as Waminoa sp., have been found associated with corals, living closely appressed to their external surfaces. We describe a new species collected from the stony coral Plesiastrea laxa in the Red Sea. Waminoa brickneri n. sp. can infest corals in high numbers, often forming clusters in non-overlapping arrays. It is bronze-colored, owing to the presence of two types of dinoflagellate endosymbionts, and speckled white with small scattered pigment spots. Its body is disc-shaped, highly flattened and circular in profile except for a small notch at the posterior margin where the reproductive organs lie. The male copulatory organ is poorly differentiated, but comprises a seminal vesicle weakly walled by concentrically layered muscles, and a small penis papilla with serous glands at its juncture with the male pore. The female system comprises a separate female pore, ciliated vagina, seminal bursa, 4–8 weakly sclerotized nozzles, and paired ovaries. Similarities with Haplodiscus spp. as well as features characteristic of the Convolutidae, including similarity in 18S rDNA sequence, warrant reassigning Waminoa to the Convolutidae.
Report of a novel biological association for Paracrias huberi Gumovsky (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) with redescription of the female and description of the unknown male
Authors: METZ M. A. , GATES M. W. , SCHAUFF M. E.
Published: February 2017

The female of Paracrias huberi Gumovsky (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is redescribed and the previously unknown male described from material collected by George B. Vogt near Plummers Island, Maryland. The species is diagnosed and placed within the current phylogenetic concept for the genus Paracrias. Collection records indicate this species was reared from Homoeolabus analis Illiger (Coleoptera: Attelabidae), which is a leaf-rolling herbivore of Quercus spp. and Castanea spp. (Fagales: Fagaceae), thus expanding the potential host guild range of the genus Paracrias and the known biology of the species. In addition, these records report an association with Q. prinus L., a species native to the eastern United States. The implications of these discoveries in relation to the biology of the plant, host, and wasp parasite are reviewed and discussed.
Minibiotus weglarskae, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Mongolia
Authors: MICHALCZYK ŁUKASZ , KACZMAREK ŁUKASZ , CLAXTON SANDRA K.
Published: February 2017

A new eutardigrade, Minibiotus weglarskae sp. nov. is described from a lichen sample collected in Mongolia. This species is similar to Minibiotus bisoctus (Horning et al.) in having ten transverse bands of irregularly shaped pores around the body but differs from it by having a narrower buccal tube, much shorter macroplacoid row length and much shorter claws. The microplacoid of the new species is round and solid whilst that of M. bisoctus is lens-shaped and not solid.
A larva of the eteline lutjanid, Randallichthys filamentosus (Pisces: Perciformes), with comments on phylogenetic implications of larval morphology of basal lutjanids
Authors: LEIS JEFFREY M.
Published: February 2017

The only known larva of Randallichthys filamentosus, a 9.7 mm specimen, is characterized by finray counts of D X,11, A III, 9, ~50 lateral-line scales, an extremely long and whip-like spine 2 of the dorsal fin (80% body length), and very long first ray of the pelvic fin (74% body length). Like all eteline larvae, it is fully scaled at a small size. Within the Lutjanidae, this larva shares the otherwise unique morphological features of very elongate whiplike dorsal-fin spine and very elongate pelvic-fin ray with some species of the apsiline genus Paracaesio. Evidence from larvae supports Johnson’s hypothesis, based on adult morphology, that the Etelinae and Apsilinae are basal lutjanids. The morphology of lutjanid larvae, however, suggests several hypotheses of relationships within basal lutjanids that differ from those based on adult morphology: that the lutjanid subfamilies Etelinae and Apsilinae form a monophyletic group, that Paracaesio is polyphyletic, that Randallichthys and some Paracaesio spp. are closely related, and that Aphareus is closely related to Pristipomoides, not Randallichthys.
Description of the female, redescription of the male, and host associations of the Nearctic species Sphaeropthalma jacala Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
Authors: PITTS JAMES P. , PARKER FRANK D.
Published: February 2017

Sphaeropthalma jacala Schuster, the sole member of the S. jacala species-group, was reared from Trypoxylon, Centris, and Chrysis cocoons collected in Jalisco, Mexico. These are the first host records for this species. This material has also generated a new sex association and the female of S. jacala is described. The male is redescribed based on this new material and illustrations are given for both sexes.
Dacochile microsoma Poinar & Brown, not a tanyderid but a bruchomyiine psychodid (Diptera: Psychodidae, Tanyderidae)
Authors: WOODLEY NORMAN E.
Published: February 2017

A review of the characters used by Poinar & Brown (2004) to place their new fossil fly from Burmese amber, Dacochile microsoma, in the family Tanyderidae conclusively demonstrates that the fly actually belongs to the subfamily Bruchomyiinae in the family Psychodidae.
The crane flies (Diptera: Tipuloidea) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Authors: PETERSEN MATTHEW J. , PARKER CHARLES R. , BERNARD ERNEST
Published: February 2017

The list of crane flies (Diptera: Ptychopteridae, Tipuloidea, Trichoceridae) known from Great Smoky Mountains National Park is updated. Sampling in association with the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of Great Smoky Mountains National Park resulted in the addition of 107 new Park records, bringing the current list to 250 species. This species assemblage is much richer than those of surrounding areas, although similar in composition. Total richness is estimated to be between 450 and 500 species for Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Geographical variation and taxonomy of the snail-eating snake Dipsas albifrons (Sauvage, 1884), with comments on the systematic status of Dipsas albifrons cavalheiroi Hoge, 1950 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dipsadinae)
Authors: PASSOS PAULO , FERNANDES RONALDO , PORTO MARCOVAN
Published: February 2017

The taxonomic status of Dipsas albifrons is revised and geographic variation of external morphology and hemipenis are described. Multivariate analyses suggest that the pattern of geographical variation is correlated with gap sampling, probably indicating a northernward cline in segmental counts (mainly ventral and subcaudal scales). Quantitative and qualitative analyses reveal that the island population (Dipsas albifrons cavalheiroi) is not divergent from mainland populations and, herein, is considered a junior synonymy of Dipsas albifrons. A lectotype of Dipsas albifrons is designated.
Prasmodon zlotnicki, a new Neotropical species of the genus Prasmodon Nixon (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Costa Rica, with the first host records for the genus
Authors: VALERIO ALEJANDRO A. , RODRIGUEZ JOSEPHINE J. , WHITFIELD JAMES B. , JANZEN DANIEL H.
Published: February 2017

Prasmodon zlotnicki, a new Costa Rican species of the genus Prasmodon Nixon, is described and illustrated. In addition, the first host records for the genus are included along with an updated key to differentiate Prasmodon zlotnicki from P. eminens Nixon. Prasmodon is now known to attack several species of leaf-rolling and leaf-webbing Crambidae (Lepidoptera) in rain forest habitats.
Sigmatineurum puleloai (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new species from Pelekunu Stream, Moloka'i, Hawaiian Islands
Authors: ENGLUND R. A. , EVENHUIS N. L.
Published: February 2017

Sigmatineurum puleloai, sp. nov. from the island of Moloka‘i in the Hawaiian Islands is described and illustrated. It is characterized by strong bristles on the middle ventral section of the midleg femur, flattened sternite 4 process, and conspicuous dark pollinose areas on the dorsolateral portions of the abdominal tergites.
Two new species of Aphanogmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae) of economic importance reared from Cybocephalus nipponicus (Coleoptera: Cybocephalidae)
Authors: EVANS GREGORY A. , DESSART PAUL , GLENN HOLLY
Published: February 2017

Two new species, Aphanogmus albicoxalis and Aphanogmus inamicus are described and illustrated from specimens reared from Cybocephalus nipponicus, a cybocephalid beetle that feeds upon Aulacaspis yasumatsui, a newly introduced pest of cycads in Florida.
Synorthocladius Thienemann from China, with a review of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
Authors: LIU YUEDAN , Wang XINHUA H.
Published: February 2017

The orthoclad genus Synorthocladius is reviewed. Synorthocladius bifidus is described and figured based on males from China. Synorthocladius semivirens (Kieffer) is redescribed and illustrated based on Chinese specimens. Synorthocladius conicus (Freeman) is transferred to the genus Bryophaenocladius. A key to males of Synorthocladius of the world is presented, and the generic diagnosis is emended.
Four new species of Desmopachria Babington from Peru (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Authors: MILLER KELLY B.
Published: February 2017

Four new species in the genus Desmopachria Babington are described from Madre de Dios, Peru: D. pilosa Miller, n. sp. (D. convexa species group), D. balionota Miller, n. sp. (D. nitida species group), D. annae Miller, n. sp. (D. nitida species group), and D. tambopatensis Miller, n. sp. (ungrouped). Diagnostic characters, including habiti and male genitalia, are described and illustrated.
A revision of the southern South American stag beetles of the genus Sclerostomus Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)
Authors: PAULSEN M. J.
Published: February 2017

Four species of stag beetles in the genus Sclerostomus Burmeister from southern South America (composing the subgenera Chileistomus Weinreich and Sclerostomulus Weinreich) are redescribed: S. cucullatus (Blanchard), S. nitidus Benesh, S. tuberculatus (Solier), and S. varasi Nagel. A key to the southern South American genera of Lucanidae and species of Sclerostomus are provided to facilitate identification. The classification of the genus within the Lucanidae is discussed. Nomenclatural problems within Sclerostomus are resolved, and the generic concept is fixed through a lectotype designation for the type species, S. costatus [Westwood]. Lectotypes are also designated for S. cucullatus (Blanchard) and S. tuberculatus (Solier). A neotype is designated for S. varasi, a validly described but heretofore misidentified species.Cuatro especies de los ciervos volantes del sur de Sudamérica en el género Sclerostomus (componiendo los subgéneros Chileistomus Weinreich y Sclerostomulus Weinreich Burmeister) son redescritas: S. cucullatus (Blanchard), S. nitidus Benesh, S. tuberculatus (Solier) y S. varasi Nagel. Se proporcionan claves para los géneros de Lucanidae del sur de Sudamérica y para el género Sclerostomus para facilitar su identificación. Se discute la posición del género dentro de Lucanidae. Se resuelven los problemas nomenclaturales en Sclerostomus y el concepto del género con la designación del lectotipo para la especie tipo, S. costatus [Westwood]. Se designan tambien lectotipos para S. cucullatus (Blanchard) y S. tuberculatus (Solier). Un neotipo se señala para S. varasi, una especie válida pero hasta ahora incorrectamente identificada.
Checklist and new species of the Coleophora salicorniae group from China (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
Authors: LI HOUHUN
Published: February 2017

Three new species of the Coleophora salicorniae group (Coleophoridae) are described: Coleophora parilis sp. n., Coleophora varisequens sp. n., and Coleophora innermongoliensis sp. n. All have very large spiniform setae on the first tergum of abdomen. Photographs of adults and genitalia of the new species are provided. A checklist and a distribution map of all known Chinese species of this group are given.
On the taxonomy of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) described from the Palaearctic, part 1: Hydrachnidae, Limnocharidae and Eylaidae
Authors: DAVIDS KEES , SABATINO ANTONIO DI , GERECKE REINHARD , GLEDHILL TERENCE , SMIT HARRY
Published: February 2017

This paper collects taxonomic changes in the families Hydrachnidae, Limnocharidae and Eylaidae which become necessary following revision of material from museum collections and recent field work. The following synonyms are established: Family Hydrachnidae, genus Hydrachna: The subgenera Anohydrachna Thor, 1916, Diplohydrachna Thor, 1916, Rhabdohydrachna K. Viets, 1931 are synonyms of Hydrachna s.str.; H. globosa neumani Lundblad, 1962a, and H. globosa rotundata Láska, 1964, are synonyms of H. globosa (De Geer, 1778); H. halberti Soar, 1908, H. levis Williamson, 1913 and H. levis acuminata K.O. Viets, 1954 are synonyms of H. incisa Halbert, 1903; H. perpera Koenike, 1908 is a synonym of H. processifera Koenike, 1903; H. skorikowi integra K. Viets, 1930 is a synonym of H. schneideri Koenike, 1895. Family Eylaidae, genus E ylais: E. bisinuosa nodipons K. Viets, 1919 is a synonym of E. bisinuosa Piersig, 1899; E. rimosa proceripalpis K. Viets, 1930 is a synonym of E. mutila Koenike, 1897; E. puripons K.Viets, 1930, E. bisinuosa oligotricha Lundblad, 1936, E. planipons novata K. Viets 1942 and E. canariensis Lundblad, 1962b are synonyms of E. planipons Walter, 1924. The following species must be regarded species incertae: Family Hydrachnidae, genus Hydrachna: H. aspratilis Koenike, 1897, H. bivirgulata Piersig, 1897a, H. brehmi Szalay, 1955, H. denudata Piersig, 1896, H. inermis Piersig, 1895, H. levigata Koenike, 1897, H. papilligera K. Viets, 1919, H. piersigi Koenike, 1897, H. regulifera Koenike, 1908, H. williamsoni Soar, 1908. Family Eylaidae, Eylais glubokensis Udalzov, 1907. The geographical origin of Hydrachna extorris Koenike, 1897, probably collected outside Europe, is unclear.
A checklist of parasitic helminths reported from sixty-five species of marine fish from Turkey including two new records of monogeneans
Authors: ÖKTENER AHMET
Published: February 2017

This study provides a checklist of 114 parasitic helminths (87 Platyhelminthes; 16 Nemathelminthes; 9 Acanthocephala; 2 Annelida) reported from 65 marine fish collected from Turkey since 1931, including locations where fish were collected. Two species of microcotylids (Monogenea): Pyragraphorus pyragraphorus (Mac Callum and Mac Callum, 1913) on garrick, Trachynotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Carangidae), from the Mediterranean Sea and Axine belones Abildgaard, 1794 on garfish, Belone belone (Linnaeus,1761) (Belonidae), from the Sea of Marmara are reported for the first time in Turkish coastal waters.
A new species of Allobethylus (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from Australia, with a key to world species
Authors: AZEVEDO C. O.
Published: February 2017

Allobethylus biconcavus sp. nov. from Australia is described and illustrated. This species is easily recognized by having the lateral margins of propodeal disc strongly emarginate medially. Additionally notes on A. virginianus Evans, 1964 are provided. A key to the seven world species of Allobethylus also is provided.
Description of the two new Microserica species from Laos and Thailand (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)
Authors: AHRENS DIRK
Published: February 2017

Two new species of Microserica Brenske are described from the Indochinese region, Microserica panzona (Laos) and M. soppongensis (Thailand). The male genitalia are illustrated and diagnostic characters from related taxa are discussed.
Redescription of two Hexactinosida (Porifera, Hexactinellida) from the southwestern Atlantic, collected by Programme REVIZEE

Authors: LOPES DANIELA A. , HAJDU EDUARDO , REISWIG HENRY M.
Published: February 2017

In this study, two species of hexactinosid sponges from the bathyal southwestern Atlantic (Hexactinosida, Hexactinellida), collected by Programme REVIZEE—Central Score, are redescribed and illustrated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), viz., Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858 and Dactylocalyx pumiceus Stutchbury, 1841. This is the first redescription of A. beatrix based on extensive SEM use. Fourteen species of hexactinellid sponges are now recorded from the southwestern Atlantic, Aphrocallistes beatrix, Caulocalyx tener Schulze, 1886, Caulophacus abyssalis Tabachnick, 1990, Dactylocalyx pumiceus, Euplectella suberea Thomson, 1876, Holascus stellatus Schulze, 1887, Hyalonema schmidti Schulze, 1899, Hyalonema tenue Schulze, 1886, Malacosaccus heteropinularia Tabachnick, 1990, Pheronema carpenteri (Thomson, 1869), Rossella antarctica Carter, 1872, R. nuda Topsent, 1901, R. inermis (Topsent, 1916) and R. racovitzae Topsent, 1901.
Five new species of the genus Tetra Keifer (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from China
Authors: XUE XIAO-FENG , Hong XIAO-YUE HONG
Published: February 2017

In this paper, five new species of the genus Tetra from China are described and illustrated. They are: Tetra suspensae n. sp. on Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl; Tetra lobatae n. sp. on Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi; Tetra japonicae n. sp. on Sophora japonica L.; Tetra formosae n. sp. on Lespedeza formosa (Vog.) Koehne and Tetra lycopersici n. sp. on Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. A key to the species of Tetra from China is provided.
Redescription of Chone americana Day, 1973 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) and description of five new species from the Grand Caribbean Region
Authors: TOVAR-HERNÁNDEZ MARÍA ANA
Published: February 2017

In this study Chone americana Day, 1973 from off the coast of North Carolina is redescribed and five new species are described from the Grand Caribbean region, as part of a revision of the genus. Chone americana is easily distinguishable from the other species by the presence of a pygidial cirrus, a radiolar membrane extending beyond half of the branchial crown length and long-sized radiolar tips. The unique distinguishing features for each new species are as follows: Chone diazi sp. nov. has completely exposed branchial lobes beyond the collar segment. In Chone farringtonae sp. nov. the main fang of posterior abdominal uncini extends beyond breast, and posterior peristomial ring collar length is twice as long as chaetiger 1. In Chone johnstonae sp. nov. the middorsal collar margin forms a broad gap. Chone perkinsi sp. nov. has a glandular ridge on chaetiger 2 broadest dorsally. Chone uebelackerae sp. nov. has a triangular pygidium and long radiolar tips. A taxonomic key for Chone species from the Grand Caribbean is included.
Biacanthus pleuronichthydis (Yamaguti, 1939) gen. n., comb. n. (Copepoda: Taeniacanthidae), an ectoparasite of flatfishes from Japanese waters

Authors: TANG DANNY , IZAWA KUNIHIKO
Published: February 2017

A new taeniacanthid genus, Biacanthus gen. n., is proposed for Taeniastrotos pleuronichthydis (Yamaguti, 1939) based on a redescription of adult female and male specimens collected from three flatfish hosts captured along the coast of Japan. Biacanthus pleuronichthydis (Yamaguti, 1939) comb. n. is distinguished from other taeniacanthid species by a combination of characters that include a horseshoe-shaped sclerotised structure on the ventral surface of the rostrum, an anteromedial projection on the first antennule segment, an uncinate process posterior to each antennule base, a pair of postantennal processes, a sigmoid-shaped maxilliped claw bearing an accessory process, an inner coxal seta on legs 2 and 3, and an inner intermediate spine on the first and second endopodal segments of leg 4. A key to the genera of the Taeniacanthidae females is provided.
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genus Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilini)
Authors: JENDEK EDUARD
Published: February 2017

The following taxonomic or nomenclatural changes are proposed: Agrilus acastus Kerremans, 1913 (= ohbayashii Tôyama, 1987 syn. nov.); A. adonis Deyrolle, 1864 (= falsulus Obenberger, 1924 syn. nov.); A. albopunctatus Deyrolle, 1864 (= nepos Kerremans, 1900 syn. nov.); A. angustulus (Illiger, 1803) (= laeticeps Semenov, 1890 syn. nov.); A. basilewskyanus Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963 correct original spelling; A. birmanicus Kerremans, 1892 (= legitimus Obenberger, 1936 syn. nov.); A. cairnensis Obenberger, 1959 correct original spelling (= cairnsensis Curletti, 2001 unjustified emendation syn. nov.); A. chekiangensis Gebhardt, 1929 (= semivittatus Tôyama, 1985 syn. nov.); A. confutus Obenberger, 1936 (= conjectus Obenberger, 1936 syn. nov.); A. convergens Fisher, 1930 (= japanensis Obenberger, 1935 syn. nov.); A. croaticus Abeille de Perrin, 1897 (= serbicus Obenberger, 1927 syn. nov.); A. cyanipennis Gory & Laporte, 1837 (= ornativentris Saunders, 1866 syn. nov.; = agilis Kerremans, 1894 syn. nov.; = amabilicolor Obenberger, 1936b syn. nov.); A. decoloratus decoloratus Kerremans, 1892 (= afghanistanicus Alexeev in Alexeev, Volkovitsh & Kabakov, 1992 syn. nov.); A. dignus Kerremans, 1912 (= csikii Gebhardt, 1925 syn. nov.; = kayan Fisher, 1930 syn. nov.); A. discicollis Deyrolle, 1864 (= punctiventris Kerremans, 1900 syn. nov.); A. ecarinatus Marseul, 1866 (= gracilicornis Ganglbauer, 1890 syn. nov.); A. erythrostictus Bourgoin, 1922 (= barmensis Obenberger, 1936 syn. nov.); A. fleischeri Obenberger, 1925 (= kurosawai Obenberger, 1940 syn. nov.; = tscherepanovi Stepanov, 1954 syn. nov.); A. lineariformis new replacement name (= lineatus Kerremans, 1899 syn. nov.); A. maculiventris Deyrolle, 1864 (= opulentus Kerremans, 1900b syn. nov., = woodlarkianus Kerremans, 1900c syn. nov., = viridissimus Cobos, 1964 syn. nov.); A. marginicollis Saunders, 1873 (= beppuensis Obenberger, 1936 syn. nov.); A. moerens Saunders, 1873 (= araxicola Abeille de Perrin, 1897 syn. nov.); A. monogrammus Thomson, 1879 (= kabakovi Alexeev in Alexeev,Volkovitsh & Kabakov, 1992 syn. nov.); A. ocularis Deyrolle, 1864 (= bidentellus Obenberger, 1924 syn. nov.); A. paganettii Obenberger, 1913 (= pisanus Curletti, 1980 syn. nov.); A. perniciosus Deyrolle, 1864 (= perniciosus Obenberger unavailable name, = subperniciosus Obenberger, 1936 unavailable name); A. perviridis Kerremans, 1894 (= singaporensis Obenberger, 1924 syn. nov.); A. quadrisignatus Marseul, 1866 (= mongoliae Obenberger, 1922; = lama Obenberger, 1935 syn. nov.); A. sospes Lewis, 1893 (= kinoshitae Obenberger, 1936 syn. nov.; = quadristictulus Oben-
A revision of the Oocyclus Sharp of Thailand with description of six new species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
Authors: SHORT A. E.Z. , SWANSON A. P.
Published: February 2017

The species of Oocyclus Sharp occurring in Thailand are revised.  Seven species are recorded, including six described as new: O. foxae Short & Swanson, sp. n., O. melinoventris Short & Swanson, sp. n., O. namtok Short & Swanson, sp. n., O. sitesi Short & Swanson, sp. n., O. sumatrensis d’Orchymont, O. thailensis Short & Swanson, sp. n., and O. viridescens Short & Swanson, sp. n.  Previous records of an eighth species, O. bhutanicus Satô, need to be confirmed.  Consistent with the known biology of other Oocyclus, all species are associated with hygropetric habitats, including waterfalls and rock seeps.  A key to the species of Thai Oocyclus is given.  Male genitalia are illustrated and digital photographs of the holotypes of O. melinoventris and O. sitesi are provided (online version in color).
Sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Pernambuco State, northeastern Brazil: The presence of species incriminated as vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Amazon region
Authors: BALBINO V. Q. , ANDRADE M. S. , COUTINHO-ABREU I. , SONODA I. V. , MARCONDES C. B. , SHAW J. J. , BRANDÃO-FILHO S. P.
Published: February 2017

A total of 83,499 phlebotomine sand flies belonging to 23 species were captured in CDC light traps and from humans in three areas of the northeastern coastal region of Pernambuco State, Brazil. Two species had not been recorded previously from this region but have been incriminated as vectors of dermal leishmaniasis in the Amazon region. Lutzomyia claustrei, associated with the parasite Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi, and Lutzomyia flaviscutellata, associated with Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis, were captured in a small area of residual forest in the area of Recife. A third species, Lutzomyia complexa, which is considered a vector of Leishmania (V.) braziliensis, was also taken in the same forest, as well as in similar habitats of the municipalities of Amaraji and Paudalho. The commonest species in each locality were, respectively, Lutzomyia umbratilis, Lutzomyia whitmani, and Lutzomyia complexa. All are important vectors of the agents of leishmaniasis in the Amazon region.
Nomenclatural changes in Neotropical Eulophidae, Eupelmidae and Torymidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) relating to parasitoids of Cecidoses eremita (Lepidoptera: Cecidosidae)
Authors: BURKS R. A. , GIBSON G. A.P. , LA SALLE J.
Published: February 2017

Two monospecific genera described by Brèthes (1927) in Eulophidae are newly synonymized under genera in Torymidae and Eupelmidae; respectively, Parasympiesis Brèthes is recognized as a junior synonym of Torymus Dalman n. syn. and Tropimius Brèthes as a junior synonym of Brasema Cameron n. syn. Torymus cecidicolus (Brèthes) n. comb. and Brasema willei (Brèthes) n. comb.  are rediagnosed, and Torymus alegrensis (Brèthes) n. syn. is recognized as a junior synonym of T. cecidicolus. All three species were described as parasitoids of the gall-forming lepidopteran, Cecidoses eremita Curtis (Cecidosidae). Brasema willei is one of 11 species of Brasema described from South America, including B. acauda (Ashmead) n. comb., B. aprilis (Ashmead) n. comb., B. basicuprea (Walker) n. comb., B. chapadae (Ashmead) n. comb., B. corumbae (Ashmead) n. comb., B. peruviana (Crawford) n. comb., and B. proxima (Ashmead) n. comb. from Eupelmus Dalman, and B. cyanea (Ashmead) n. comb. from Zaischnopsis Ashmead.
New species of Raphidascaris (Sprentascaris) (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in Rineloricaria steinbachi (Actinopterygii: Loricariidae) from Northwest Argentina
Authors: AILÁN-CHOKE LORENA GISELA , RAMALLO GERALDINE , DAVIES DORA
Published: February 2017

During a parasitological survey, we reported specimens of a new species of Raphidascaris (Sprentascaris) in Rineloricaria steinbachi from La Caldera River, province of Salta, Northwest Argentina. The new species, R. (S.) saltaensis sp. nov., is characterized by possessing 16 pairs of preanal papillae, lips with lateral protrusions and membranous elevations, and mature eggs rough-shelled with striations. This is the sixth species of the genus described in the Neotropical Region, and the second from Argentina. Rineloricaria steinbachi is reported as host of this nematode genus for the first time. A key to the species of Raphidascaris (Sprentascaris) in the Neotropical realm is provided. Also, zoogeographical and host information of the species, belonging to the subgenus Sprentascaris, is summarized.
Spelaeogammarus uai (Bogidielloidea: Artesiidae): a new troglobitic amphipod from Brazil
Authors: BASTOS-PEREIRA RAFAELA , FERREIRA RODRIGO L.
Published: February 2017

A new species was recently found in a cave from Southeastern Brazil, in the state of Minas Gerais, which is here described. Considering all the species of the genus, Spelaeogammarus uai sp. nov. is very similar to S. santanensis and S. sanctus, although the new species differs mainly in relation to the number of plumose setae in the apical margin of maxilliped inner plate, number of setae in the anterior margin of gnathopod 1 basis and number of setae in the posterior margin of gnathopod 2 basis. Furthermore, the ratio “length/width” of several articles of the new species is higher than in other species. An identification key of the Spelaeogammarus genus is provided, as well as a complemented multivariate statistical approach of the morphometry of the genus based on a previous work of the genus.
Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha) fauna of Greek holiday islands (Rhodes, Crete and Corfu) with first records of three species from Europe and Greece
Authors: CSABAI ZOLTÁN , SOÓS NÁNDOR , BERCHI GAVRIL MARIUS , CIANFERONI FABIO , BODA PÁL , MÓRA ARNOLD
Published: February 2017

A comprehensive survey on aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha) of three Greek holiday islands, Rhodes, Crete and Corfu, was conducted from 2007 to 2010 at 237 localities. In this paper, hundreds of detailed records for 30 taxa in nine families are given. The occurrences of Rhagovelia infernalis africana Lundblad, 1936 and Velia mariae Tamanini, 1971 are confirmed and recorded for the first time from Europe sensu stricto. Additionally, some notes on morphology, taxonomy and distribution of the European species of Rhagovelia and Velia are also given, Velia mariae is recorded for the first time not only from several Greek islands, but from continental Greece and Bulgaria as well. Gerris asper (Fieber, 1860), a common European species, was also found for the first time in Greece. Furthermore, new occurrence data are given for endemic taxa; Sigara nigrolineata mendax Heiss & Jansson, 1986 and Velia rhadamantha rhadamantha Hoberlandt, 1941 (whose distribution is restricted to Crete and small adjacent islands) are very common throughout Crete, whereas Ilyocoris cimicoides jonicus (Lindberg, 1922) apparently is rare in Corfu.
Systematics of a small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Einasleigh Uplands, Queensland: description of a new range restricted species
Authors: BOURKE GAYLEEN , PRATT RENAE C. , VANDERDUYS ERIC , MORITZ CRAIG
Published: February 2017

The tropical savannah landscapes of Australia’s north, though previously overshadowed by the biodiverse rainforests of the Wet Tropics, are themselves now attracting interest for their biological significance and uniqueness. The Einasleigh Uplands region of north-east Queensland is home to a diverse group of mammals and reptiles and was previously recognised for its importance in shaping speciation in birds. Here we add a small saxicoline gecko to a growing list of recently described reptiles that are endemic to this region. Phylogenetic analyses including Gehyra species from the arid zone and the monsoonal tropics reveal that small Gehyra geckos in this area, while closely resembling Gehyra nana from the Top End and Kimberley, form a clade that is geographically isolated and phylogenetically distant from the G. nana complex. Instead, the Einasleigh Uplands taxon is sister to a large, arboreal species within the arid zone clade. It is readily distinguished from all lineages within the G. nana complex, its closest relative G. purpurascens, and all other rock-dwelling species from the arid zone by a combination of its very small body size, few subdigital lamellae, and mid tan to golden dorsal coloration with a pattern of scattered pale ocelli and irregular dark-brown blotches on a stippled background. We therefore describe this taxon as a new Australian species of Gehyra, Gehyra einasleighensis sp. nov., based on a combination of phylogenetic separation, morphological characters and discrete geographic distribution.
Two new species of Indonemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Yunnan Province of southwestern China
Authors: LI WEIHAI , WU LIMIN , YANG DING
Published: February 2017

Two new species of the nemourid genus Indonemoura are described, Indonemoura curvispina sp. nov. and I. spirocornua sp. nov., from the Gaoligong Mountains of Yunnan Province of southwestern China. The taxonomic relationships with related species are discussed.
Revision of Microplitis species from China with description of a new species
Authors: ZHANG WANGZHEN , SONG DONGBAO , CHEN JIAHUA
Published: February 2017

Microplitis bicoloratus Chen 2004 is a synonym of Microplitis prodeniae Rao & Kurian 1950, and is also the junior homonym of Microplitis bicoloratus Xu & He 2003. A new species, Microplitis fujianica sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The new species is compared with its related species from the Oriental region.
Two new species of Adapterops (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) from protected areas of northern Madagascar, with a key to species, and new faunistic data on the genus
Authors: TRÝZNA MILOŠ , BAŇAŘ PETR
Published: February 2017

Two new species, Adapterops mamyi Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov. and A. dimbyi Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov. (Anthribidae: Choraginae: Araecerini), from northern Madagascar are described and illustrated. A key to the species of the genus Adapterops Frieser, 2010 is given. New and interesting faunistic records of the genus are provided. Male terminalia are described for the first time, tegminal process is reported as a unique feature within the family.
Two new species of Huascaromusca Townsend from Colombia, and a new combination for Giovanella carvalhoi (Diptera: Mesembrinellidae)
Authors: WOLFF MARTA , RAMOS-PASTRANA YARDANY , MARINHO MARCO ANTONIO TONUS , AMORIM DALTON DE SOUZA
Published: February 2017

The Mesembrinellidae (Diptera: Oestroidea) are a group of exclusively Neotropical flies, with 38 recognized species distributed in nine genera. A total of 11 of these species, present in seven genera, were known to occur in Colombia. Huascaromusca obscura Wolff, sp. nov. and H. cordillera Wolff & Ramos-Pastrana, sp. nov. are herein described and their male terminalia are illustrated. Based on a prior molecular study of the family, Giovanella carvalhoi Wolff et al., 2013 is transferred to Huascaromusca Townsend. A key to all known species of Huascaromusca is provided.
A new geophilid centipede of the genus Eurytion Attems, 1903 from north-western Argentina (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae)
Authors: PEREIRA LUIS A.
Published: February 2017

Eurytion yungarum n. sp. (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) is described from a specimen collected in north-western Argentina (Jujuy: some 50 Km to the west of Fraile Pintado) in the Biogeographical Province of the Yungas. The new species seems to be closely related to Eurytion lethifer Crabill, 1968 from Peru (Cuzco: Urubamba), in the same Biogeographical Province, from which it differentiates mostly in the shape of labrum; pilosity of clypeal area; chaetotaxy of walking legs; body length; number of pairs of legs and presence of lappets on the coxosternum of the first maxillae.
Two new species of Perlidae (Plecoptera) from Mato Grosso State, western Brazil
Authors: BISPO PITÁGORAS C. , NEVES CLÁUDIO O. , FROEHLICH CLAUDIO G.
Published: February 2017

Adult stoneflies collected in emergence and light traps in central Mato Grosso State are studied. Two new species, Anacroneuria jaciara sp.n. and Macrogynoplax matogrossensis sp.n. are described.
Review of Aferos Kazantsev (Coleoptera, Lycidae), with a note on Staepteron cyanoxanthum (Bourgeois)
Authors: KAZANTSEV SERGEY V.
Published: February 2017

The genus Aferos Kazantsev is redescribed and six new species, A. endroedyi sp. n., A. natalensis sp. n., A. rubellus sp. n., A. silvestris sp. n., A. transvaalensis sp. n. and A. youngai sp. n. are described from South Africa. A key to all 18 known species of Aferos is provided. Aferotini Kazantsev, 2004, syn. n. is synonymized with Slipinskiini Bocák et Bocáková, 1992. Staepteron cyanoxanthum (Bourgeois) is illustrated, and the genus Staepteron Kazantsev is tentatively placed in Flagraxina (Dictyopterini, Erotinae).