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Catalogue of the type specimens of Yponomeutoidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the United States National Museum of Natural History
Authors: SOHN JAE-CHEON , LEWIS JON A.
Published: May 2019

The collection of the United States National Museum of Natural History includes 183 type specimens of Yponomeutoidea: 106 holotypes, 24 lectotypes, 2 neotypes and 14 species described from syntypes. The primary type specimens of Yponomeutoidea are catalogued with annotations of their collecting data, specimen condition and, if any, uncertainty involving in the type series. Lectotypes are designated for 23 species comprising six Argyresthiidae: Argyresthia alternatella Kearfott, 1908, A. bolliella Busck, 1907, A. castaneella Busck, 1915, A. furcatella Busck, 1916, A. laricella Kearfott, 1908, A. libocedrella Busck, 1916; two Attevidae: Atteva exquisita Busck, 1912, Oeta comptana var. floridana Neumoegen, 1891; Bedelliidae: Bedellia minor Busck, 1900; two Glyphipterigidae: Abrenthia cuprea Busck, 1915, Glyphipterix semiflavana Issiki, 1930; two Heliodinidae: Lamprolophus lithella Busck, 1900, Scelorthus pisoniella Busck, 1900; three Lyonetiidae: Leucoptera erythrinella Busck, 1900, L. pachystimella Busck, 1904, L. smilaciella Busck, 1900; Praydidae: Eucatagma amyrisella Busck, 1900; three Yponomeutidae: Swammerdamia castaneae Busck, 1914, Zelleria celastrusella Kearfott, 1903, Z. gracilariella Busck, 1904; three putative yponomeutoids: Pliniaca bakerella Busck, 1907, Pl. sparsisquamella Busck, 1907, Podiasa chiococcella Busck, 1900.
A new species of Dactylopius Costa (Dactylopius gracilipilus sp. nov.) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae) from the Chihuahuan Desert, Texas, U.S.A.
Authors: VAN DAM ALEX R. , MAY BERNIE
Published: May 2019

A new species of Dactylopius Costa (Dactylopius gracilipilus Van Dam & May) is described and illustrated. It is morpho-logically similar to Dactylopius tomentosus (Lamarck), but has more gracile truncate setae, abundant simple pores dorsally, and appears to be host-restricted to Corynopuntia Knuth (Cactaceae: Opuntioidea).
New euophryine jumping spiders from Central and South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae)
Authors: ZHANG JUN-XIA , MADDISON WAYNE P.
Published: May 2019

Twenty-two new species and one new genus of euophryine jumping spiders from Central America and South America aredescribed. The new genus is Ecuadattus (E. elongatus sp. nov., E. napoensis sp. nov., E. pichincha sp. nov. and the typespecies E. typicus sp. nov.). The other new species belong to the genera Amphidraus (A. complexus sp. nov.), Belliena (B.ecuadorica sp. nov.), Chapoda (C. angusta sp. nov., C. fortuna sp. nov. and C. gitae sp. nov.), Ilargus (I. foliosus sp. nov.,I. galianoae sp. nov., I. macrocornis sp. nov., I. moronatigus sp. nov., I. pilleolus sp. nov. and I. serratus sp. nov.), Maeota(M. dorsalis sp. nov., M. flava sp. nov. and M. simoni sp. nov.), Soesilarishius (S. micaceus sp. nov. and S. ruizi sp. nov.)and Tylogonus (T. parvus sp. nov. and T. yanayacu sp. nov.). Diagnostic illustrations are provided for all new species. Photographs of living spiders are also provided for some new species.
Comparative larval morphology of Platydracus and Staphylinus (Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Staphylinina) with notes on their biology and redescription of the pupa of Staphylinus
Authors: PIETRYKOWSKA-TUDRUJ EWA , STANIEC BERNARD
Published: May 2019

The mature larva of Platydracus latebricola (Gravenhorst, 1806) is described for the first time and the larva and pupa of Staphylinus erythropterus Linné, 1758 are redescribed. Illustrations of structural features are provided. The combination of characters that allow for distinguishing the known mature larvae of Platydracus, and larvae and pupae of Staphylinus from closely related genera within tribe Staphylinini are given. The mature larvae of Platydracus and Staphylinus are compared and the generic status of the former is confirmed. Life history data under laboratory conditions of S. erythropterus are provided. Two larval instars in this species, a state unique within the tribe Staphylinini was reported.
A new cicada species of the genus Purana Distant, 1905 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), with a key to the Purana species from Vietnam
Authors: PHAM HONG-THAI , SCHOUTEN MARIEKE , YANG JENG-TZE
Published: May 2019

A new species of Purana Distant, 1905 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) is described from Vietnam: Purana trui sp. nov. Photos of the male genitalia and habitus, a distribution map and notes on the biology of the species are provided. A key to the species of the genus Purana from Vietnam is presented.
A new genus and species of Agalliini from China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Megophthalminae)
Authors: LI HU , LI ZI-ZHONG
Published: May 2019

A new monobasic genus and species of the tribe Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) from Guizhou province of China is described and illustrated. Spinoagallia gen. nov. accommodates S. freytagi sp. nov.. The new species can be distinguished mainly by the unique characters of the male genitalia, combining the macrosetae on the outward and spine-like process curved ventrally on the inward pygofer caudodorsal lobe. A key for identification to new genus based on modifying primal key by Viraktamath (2011) is given. A map showing the geographic distribution of the new species is also provided.
Two new species of land flatworms and comments on the genus Pasipha Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 (Platyhelminthes: Continenticola)
Authors: LEAL-ZANCHET ANA MARIA , ROSSI ILANA , SEITENFUS ANA LÚCIA RAMOS , ALVARENGA JULIANA
Published: May 2019

Two new species of Geoplaninae, Pasipha backesi Leal-Zanchet, Rossi & Seitenfus, sp. nov. and P. brevilineata Leal-Zanchet, Rossi & Alvarenga, sp. nov., from southern Brazil are described herein. The two new sympatric species can bedistinguished from each other by differences in colour pattern and the copulatory apparatus, especially regarding the pro-static vesicle. They show similar characteristics regarding the relative position of the ovaries and anteriormost testes inrelation to body length, the position where ovovitelline ducts emerge from the ovaries, pharyngeal morphology and gen-eral morphology of the copulatory apparatus. Comments on the most important morphological characters of the 22 speciesoriginally assigned to the genus Pasipha are presented in order to highlight the heterogeneity of the genus as well as fa-cilitate the comparative discussion of the new species. In addition, based on the current diagnosis of the genus, we propose the placement of G. cafusa into Pasipha.
A re-assessment of Hexapleomera Dudich, 1931 (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Tanaidae), with designation of three new species
Authors: BAMBER ROGER N.
Published: May 2019

The tanaid genus Hexapleomera has long been considered to be monotypic, comprising a cosmopolitan species predom-inantly commensal on turtles, or, more rarely, manatees. Recent discovery of material of a distinct species ofHexapleomera living on the hulls of yachts in south-west England encouraged re-assessment of the literature on this taxon,and re-examination of free-living benthic material from the eastern Mediterranean. As a result, five species are recognizedwithin the genus Hexapleomera; two new species are described, Pancoloides moverlyi is moved to Hexapleomera, and H. robusta sensu Edgar is elevated to specific rank and re-named.
A new species of the Genus Microbrotula (Teleostei: Bythitidae) from Cenderawasih Bay, New Guinea, Indonesia
Authors: SCHWARZHANS WERNER , NIELSEN JØRGEN G.
Published: May 2019

Following the recent revision of Microbrotula (Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2011), an additional nine specimens of the vivi-parous genus Microbrotula (Teleostei: Bythitidae), all caught in the Cenderawasih Bay, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indone-sia, were made available to us. These specimens represent a new species described here as M. geraldalleni. It belongs tothe group of species with 6 caudal and 14 pectoral fin rays and is closest to M. greenfieldi, differing in the higher dorsaland anal fin ray counts (68–73 and 61–65 vs. 62–70 and 58–61, respectively), the presence of 3 posterior mandibular pores(vs. none), 2–3 preopercular pores (vs. none), a connected squamation over the head including cheek, opercle and occiput(vs. 3 separated scale patches) and with a unique scale-less triangular window just above the opercle. Microbrotula geraldalleni may be endemic to the Cenderawasih Bay.
New species of Fissiphallius Martens 1988 from Brazil and notes on the mor-phology of Fissiphalliidae (Arachnida, Opiliones)
Authors: POLYDORO NATHALIA SENA , PINTO-DA-ROCHA RICARDO
Published: May 2019

The seventh species of Fissiphallidae, Fissiphallius orube sp. nov., and the fourth from Brazil (type locality state of Acre,Cruzeiro do Sul, at the Moa river), is described. The new species differs from the remaining species of the family in lack-ing a pergula, having a knob at the base of the rutrum, and the ocularium spiniform projection with apical portion single or divided in two to three parts.
Acrossocheilus longipinnis (Wu 1939), a senior synonym of Acrossocheilus stenotaeniatus Chu & Cui 1989 from the Pearl River basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)
Authors: YUAN LE-YANG , CHAN BOSCO PUI LOK , ZHANG E
Published: May 2019

A detailed morphological comparison of the currently recognized subspecies, Acrossocheilus iridescens longipinnis andA. i. iridescens, shows that there are differences in body coloration of juveniles and some osteological characters, inaddition to the structure of the first branched dorsal-fin ray and the shape of the distal edge of the dorsal fin which arecurrently used to distinguish them. These differences support the taxonomic elevation of the two subspecies to species.Based on examination of the type specimens of Acrossocheilus stenotaeniatus, and comparison with A. longipinnis, it isconcluded that A. longipinnis is a senior synonym of A. stenotaeniatus. Acrossocheilus longipinnis is redescribed. Thecurrent generic classification of the two species is discussed based on the body coloration of juveniles and ontogenetic color change.
Yaoshania and Erromyzon kalotaenia, a new genus and a new species of balitorid loaches from Guangxi, China (Teleostei: Cypriniformes)
Authors: YANG JIAN , KOTTELAT MAURICE , YANG JUN-XING , CHEN XIAO-YONG
Published: May 2019

Yaoshania, new genus, is described with Protomyzon pachychilus as type species. Yaoshania is distinguished from othergenera of Balitoridae by its larger gill opening, a lip lamina at angle of mouth, and the rostral fold with four notches toaccommodate rostral barbels. A lectotype is designated for Y. pachychilus. Erromyzon kalotaenia, new species, is de-scribed from Guangxi, China. It is distinguished from other species of Erromyzon by the very reduced median lobe of therostral fold; the lower lip distinctly covered with melanophores; and the color pattern on the flank. A key to the species of Erromyzon is provided.
A new species of the genus Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), Triplophysa longliensis sp. nov, from Guizhou, China
Authors: REN QIU , YANG JUN-XING , CHEN XIAO-YONG
Published: May 2019

A new species of nemacheilid loach, Triplophysa longliensis, is described from Yudonghe River, a small tributary of PearlRiver in Guizhou Province, China. It can be distinguished from other valid Triplophysa loaches by the followingcombination of characters: body smooth and scaleless; head tapering; lips thin and smooth; posterior chamber of gasbladder highly developed, long, bag-shaped, tip reaching origin of pelvic fin; intestine short, bending in zigzag shapebehind stomach; insertion of pelvic fin posterior to dorsal-fin origin; dorsal-fin origin closer to snout tip than to caudalfin base; caudal fin deeply forked, upper lobe obviously longer than lower one; pelvic-fin tip reaching to anus.
Schistura obliquofascia, a new loach from Uttarakhand, India (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae)
Authors: LOKESHWOR Y. , BARAT A. , SATI J. , DARSHAN A. , VISHWANATH W. , MAHANTA P. C.
Published: May 2019

A new nemacheilid loach, Schistura obliquofascia, is described from Kalsa, a stream near Chanfi, tributary of Gola River,Ganga basin in Uttarakhand, India. The new species is readily distinguished from congeners by the following combinationof characters: 12–14 oblique olivaceous dark bars on the body and three rows of black spots on the dorsal fin; lateral linecomplete with 104–112 pores, dorsal fin with 3–4 simple and 8½ branched rays; 8+8 branched rays in caudal fin; dorsaladipose crest prominent; males lacking suborbital flap; and 10–11 pores in preoperculo-mandibular canal. The sequence of the cytochrome b gene of length 307 base pairs was used for molecular characterization of the species.
Traccatichthys tuberculum, a new species of nemacheiline loach from Guangdong Province, South China (Pisces: Balitoridae)
Authors: DU CHUN-XIAN , ZHANG E , CHAN BOSCO PUI LOK
Published: May 2019

Traccatichthys tuberculum, new species, is herein described from the Jian-Jiang, a coastal river in Guangdong Province,South China. Photo by Bosco P.L. Chan. This new species differs from all other Chinese congeners (i.e., T. pulcher and T.zispi) in interorbital width, caudal-peduncle length, and pectoral-fin length. It, together with T. zispi, lacks the colorpatterns of the dorsal and anal fins in T. pulcher, and differs from T. zispi in preanal length. Traccatichthys tuberculum,together with all other Chinese congeners, is distinct from the Vietnamese species, T. taeniatus, in the shape of the black bar on the caudal-fin base, and the color pattern of the anal fin.
Sexual dimorphism in species of Schistura (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from the Mae Khlong basin and peninsular Thailand
Authors: PLONGSESTHEE RUNGTHIP , BEAMISH F. WILLIAM H. , PAGE LAWRENCE M.
Published: May 2019

Sexually dimorphic characteristics are described for four species of Schistura from the Mae Khlong basin and peninsularThailand. Males of S. mahnerti have a suborbital flap and rows of unculi on the upper surfaces of the pectoral-fin rays.Females of S. mahnerti have a suborbital groove. None of the morphological measurements differ significantly betweenmales and females of S. mahnerti. In the other three species, S. aurantiaca, S. cf. aurantiaca, and S. sexcauda, all indi-viduals lack the flap or groove, but most males have a conspicuous black botch on the procurrent rays of the upper lobeof the caudal fin, a feature absent in most females. Some morphometric characteristics vary between sexes of these spe-cies. Sexually dimorphic traits presumably have a function related to reproduction; however, little is known about reproduction in Schistura, and variation in morphology in relation to habitat or other environmental factors has not been studied.
Rectoris longibarbus, a new styglophic labeonine species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from South China, with a note on the taxonomy of R. mutabilis (Lin 1933)
Authors: ZHU DING-GUI , ZHANG E , LAN JIA-HU
Published: May 2019

Rectoris longibargus, new species, is here described from the Zuo–Jiang of the Pearl River drainage at Jinxi County,Guangxi Province, China. It is distinct from all other congeners in the rostral barbel length and the structure of the gas-bladder. Rectoris longibarbus is further distinguished from R. posehensis by having a slightly papillated posteromedianpatch on the median plate of the lower lip, and from R. mutabilis, as here understood, by having a longitudinal black striperunning along the lateral line on the flank. Taxonomic problems with R. mutabilis are also addressed; it is regarded to bea senior synonym of R. luxiensis. The type locality of R. mutabilis is likely in the Yuan–Jiang (a tributary of the middleYangtze River drainage) in Guizhou Province. The species currently recognized as R. mutabilis is previously unnamed, and possibly represents an undescribed genus.
Schistura tenebrosa, a new species of loach from the Kwai Noi River system, Mae Khlong basin, Thailand (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)
Authors: KANGRANG PUNNATUT , PAGE LAWRENCE M. , BEAMISH F. WILLIAM H.
Published: May 2019

A new species of Schistura is described from the Kwai Noi, Mae Khlong basin, in the Thong Pha Phum District ofKanchanaburi Province in western Thailand. The species is distinguished from all other species of Schistura by a uniformdusky brown color pattern without marks on the dorsum or side of body and with many conspicuous supplementaryneuromasts along the lateral line and on the head. It is further distinguished from other species of Schistura lacking markson the body by its dark brown color, an incomplete lateral line extending only to beneath the dorsal fin, and the origin ofthe dorsal fin located above the origin of the pelvic fin. The species is small, reaching only 46.0 mm SL, 55.1 mm TL, and inhabits shallow gravel and rubble riffles in small streams.
Phylogenetic Relationships of the Genus Homatula (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), with Special Reference to the Biogeographic History around the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau
Authors: MIN RUI , CHEN XIAO-YONG , YANG JUN-XING , WINTERBOTTOM RICHARD , MAYDEN RICHARD L.
Published: May 2019

Species of the nemacheilid genus Homatula are endemic to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of China. Herein we provide phy-logenetic inferences of species relationships based on complete sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (cyt b)and partial sequences of the nuclear recombination activation gene (RAG 1). Both gene trees (and the concatenated dataset) support the recognition of five clades in the genus. These analyses also support the hypothesis that two of the lineagesresolved represent undescribed species awaiting formal description, and, further, that two previously recognized speciesare junior synonyms; both are genetically indistinguishable from other previously recognized species. Divergence timesof the major clades in Homatula are inferred to be Late Pliocene and the Early Pleistocene, and are correlated with themassive geological events associated with the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau occurring at these times. The recon-struction of drainage histories suggests that the fish faunas of the Nu and Lancang rivers are basal relative to other riverinefaunas in the region, and that the Nanpan and the Jinsha rivers share a more recent history than with any other river systems included in our study.
Immatures of Dicrepidius Eschscholtz, 1829 and Dipropus Germar, 1839 (Elateridae, Elaterinae, Ampedini: Dicrepidiina)
Authors: CASARI SÔNIA A. , BIFFI GABRIEL
Published: May 2019

The larva of Dicrepidius ramicornis (Palisot de Beauvois) and pupa of Dipropus brasilianus (Germar) are described. The larva of D. brasilianus is redescribed. The immatures of both species are illustrated. Comparisons among the known larvae of Dipropus species and between the two genera are presented. A provisional key to Dicrepidiina genera with known larvae is provided.
Two new genera and three new species of the Pantheinae from East Asia and China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Contribution to revision of Pantheinae VIII
Authors: BEHOUNEK G. , HAN H. L. , KONONENKO V. S.
Published: May 2019

Two new genera and three species of the Pantheinae are described. The genus Flavala gen. n. (type-species Acronycta flavala Moore, 1867) is separated from Anacronicta Warren, 1909. The new combination Flavala flavala (Moore, 1867) comb. n. is introduced. Two new species, Flavala crypta sp. n. and F. secunda sp. n. are described based on the result of barcoding of mitochondrial DNA. The new genus Xizanga gen. n. (type-species Xizanga mysterica sp.n.) is tentatively placed in Pantheinae.
Lacydonia quadrioculata, a new lacydoniid (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida) from Oahu, Hawaii
Authors: MAGALHÃES WAGNER F. , BAILEY–BROCK JULIE H. , RIZZO ALEXANDRA E.
Published: May 2019

A new species of the genus Lacydonia is described from shallow waters off Oahu, Hawaii. This species is unique amongits congeners by the presence of two pairs of small eyes; other lacydoniids may have either one pair of large or small eyesor no eyes at all. The description of Lacydonia quadrioculata sp. nov., brings the number of valid species within Lacydo-nia to 10 but the taxonomy of this genus is still confusing as most species are very similar morphologically and the ma-jority of the descriptions are based merely on the single type or very few specimens. We discuss the relevance of sometaxonomic characters used in species-level descriptions and provide a comparative table with selected characters of all valid species.Key–words: Lacydoniidae, Lacydonia, new species, shallow waters
Euglossa (Glossura) bazinga sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae, Apini, Euglossina), a new orchid bee from western Brazil, and designation of a lectotype for Euglossa (Glossura) ignita Smith, 1874
Authors: NEMÉSIO ANDRÉ , FERRARI RAFAEL R.
Published: May 2019

Euglossa (Glossura) bazinga sp. n., a species similar to Euglossa (Glossura) ignita Smith, 1874, is described from the central and northwestern parts of Mato Grosso, western Brazil. The new species is the smallest of all Euglossa Latreille, 1802 belonging to the subgenus Glossura Cockerell, 1917 and one of few that occur in drier and more open habitats like savanna and Brazilian Cerrado. Additionally, a lectotype for E. ignita is here designated.
An interesting new species of Nososticta Hagen from southern New Guinea (Odonata, Disparoneuridae)
Authors: MICHALSKI JOHN , RICHARDS STEPHEN , THEISCHINGER GUNTHER
Published: May 2019

Nososticta acuminata, a new disparoneurid damselfly from the Lakekamu Basin in Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea, is described. It is most similar to N. smilodon Theischinger & Richards, but the male has uniquely pointed superior anal appendages.
Tephritis azari, a New Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Iran and Azerbaijan, with a Key to the Tephritis maccus Species Group
Authors: NAMIN SAEED MOHAMADZADE , KORNEYEV SEVERYN V.
Published: May 2019

Tephritis azari sp. nov., from mountains of the northwestern part of Iran and Azerbaijan is described and illustrated. It is closely related to T. maccus Hering and T. urelliosomima Korneyev & Dirlbek based on characters of the wing pattern and aculeus. In addition a key to the species of the T. maccus species group has been provided.
Notes on the systematics of the Triaenonychinae from Madagascar with description of a new species of Acumontia Loman (Opiliones: Laniatores)
Authors: MENDES AMANDA C. , KURY ADRIANO B.
Published: May 2019

Acumontia succinea sp. nov. is described from the Parc national de la Montagne d'Ambre, in the former Antsiranana Pro-vince, Madagascar. Detailed illustrations from all views of the male genitalia of a species of Acumontia are provided forthe first time. Complementary illustrations are provided of the types of the five valid species of Acumontia described by Pocock in the beginning of the 20th century, two of which had never been illustrated before.
Further studies on the fairy shrimp genus Branchinella (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) in Australia, with descriptions of five new species
Authors: TIMMS BRIAN V
Published: May 2019

Branchinella is the most speciose anostracan genus in Australia and is one of a few speciose fairy shrimp genera in theworld. Two new species, B. erosa sp. nov. and B. hearnii sp. nov. live in hyposaline waters in western Western Australiaand three new species, B. herrodi sp. nov., B. anatinorhyncha sp. nov. and B. minmina sp. nov. are described from freshwaters in northern Queensland. Branchinella clandestina is synonymised with B. affinis, so that the total Australian spe-cies of Branchinella is now 39. Significant new distribution records are given for B. affinis, B. compacta and B. simplex.New morphological data is provided for B. compacta and B. wellardi to differentiate them from B. hearnii sp. nov. and B.herrodi sp. nov. respectively. Branchinella compacta and B. hearnii sp. nov. may demonstrate lock and key amplexus, while multiple tumidities on female B. erosa sp. nov. suggest possible sensory selection by males.
Arcofuzia cana gen. et sp. n. (Insecta, Blattaria, Fuziidae) from the Middle Jurassic sediments of Inner Mongolia, China
Authors: WEI DANDAN , SHIH CHUNGKUN , REN DONG
Published: May 2019

Fuziidae is an indigenous Chinese family known from the Middle Jurassic sediments. So far, only three genera have been described from Daohugou locality in Inner Mongolia, China. Arcofuzia cana gen. et sp. n., attributed to the family Fuziidae, is described herein from the Jiulongshan Formation, based on its autapomorphic large body size, distinct forceps-like grasping male cerci, distinct pattern of very wide forewing markings, thick Sc and rich forewing venation with many small but very distinct crossvein-like reticulations.
New species of the genus Troglophilus Krauss, 1879 (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) from Western and Southern Anatolian caves, Turkey
Authors: TAYLAN MEHMET SAIT , RUSSO CLAUDIO DI , COBOLLI MARINA , RAMPINI MAURO
Published: May 2019

In this paper four new species of Troglophilus Krauss, 1879 cave crickets from Southern and Western Anatolia are described (T. alanyaensis, T. fethiyensis, T. ozeli and T. ferzenensis). Considering the other five species already documented from the area, there is now a total of 9 recorded species of Troglophilus that currently inhabit the caves and epigean habitats of Turkey. The occurrence of two new species in the western Aegean region of the Anatolia (Troglophilus fethiyensis sp. nov. and T. ozeli sp. nov. from Mugla and Havran provinces respectively) allowed us to improve considerevely the knowledgements on their geographic ditribution in Turkey, until now limited to the Southern Anatolia and a to a little enclave of Pontic region. The new species are all morphologically homogeneous, showing a clear affinity with the other Anatolian species T. adamovici Us, 1974; T. gajaci Us, 1974; T. escalerai Bolivar, 1899 and T. bicakcii Rampini & Di Russo, 2003 from Southern Taurus caves. The best character that permits to distinguish these groups is the ovipositor shape. Of particular interest is the finding of the new species T. ferzenensis sp. nov. in the Ferzene cave. This species, synoptic with T. adamovici, although morphologically similar to T. escalerai, differs from all the known Turkish species in the different spinulation of the legs, resulting close to the Aegean species T. spinulosus Chopard, 1921 from Crete and T. marinae Rampini & Di Russo, 2003 from Santorini.
A new species of the mole cricket genus Gryllotalpa (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae; Gryllotalpinae) from India
Authors: PRASANNA VIMALANATHAN ARUN , ANBALAGAN SANKARAPPAN , PANDIARAJAN JEYARAJ , DINAKARAN SUNDARAM , KRISHNAN MUTHUKALINGAN
Published: May 2019

Gryllotalpa krishnani new species (type locality: Tiruchirappalli, India) (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) is described from male, female adults and nymphs. This species is found in the wet soil (10-15cm depth) near to kitchen waste dumping area.
A new Mexican species and new taxonomic and distributional data of Strigoderma Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae)
Authors: DELGADO LEONARDO , MORA-AGUILAR EDER F.
Published: May 2019

A new species of scarab beetle, Strigoderma tenebrosa new species, is described from the state of Chiapas, Mexico. The new species belongs to the S. costulipennis species group, and a new key to this group is presented in order to facilitate the identification of this species. Taxonomic comments and new distributional data are given for S. contracta Bates, S. costulata Nonfried, S. festiva Bates, S. longicollis Bates, S. presidii Bates, S. protea Burmeister, and S. teapensis Bates.
Cosa cercano i giuristi nella letteratura?
Authors: Vitale Vincenzo
Published: May 2019

Dopo una rapida carrellata sulle principali teorie che hanno meditato, da alcuni decenni a questa parte, il rapporto fra diritto e letteratura, ritenute non sufficienti, il saggio si sofferma ad argomentare come fra queste due dimensioni non si instauri alcun rapporto – come invece quello che è possibile registrare fra diritto ed informatica, fra diritto e psicologia, fra diritto ed economia – ma sia necessario cogliere una solidarietà profonda e originaria. In questa prospettiva, è possibile affermare che la letteratura altro non è che una dimensione costitutiva del diritto e, alla fine, della stessa coscienza giuridica del giurista. Per questa ragione, il giurista va in cerca di una letteratura che sia capace di svolgere nei confronti del diritto una funzione autenticamente palingenetica. Così, attraverso la letteratura, il diritto rinasce dalle ceneri a cui lo avevano relegato i riduzionismi contemporanei: il formalismo, il funzionalismo, il post-moderno … Due esempi emblematici e di sicuro pregio possono servire ad intendere questa funzione insostituibile della letteratura: un racconto di Stefan Zweig e uno, brevissimo, di Antòn Cechov. Da entrambe le narrazioni, il giurista può cogliere esigenze profonde della coesistenza umana, che lo inducono a fare i conti con la giustizia, che, del diritto, è la piena verità.
Effectiveness of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HEADS UP coaches’ online training as an educational intervention
Authors: Daugherty Jill , DePadilla Lara , Sarmiento Kelly
Published: May 2019

Background:

Concussions are common among youth athletes. Responsibility for the recognition and management of concussion is often put on coaches. To equip coaches with appropriate knowledge and skills, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the HEADS UP: Concussion in Youth Sports online training.

Objectives:

To determine whether HEADS UP coaches’ training improves knowledge, attitudes and behavioural intentions.

Methods:

Knowledge questions were grouped into scales by level of difficulty. Differences between pre- and post-test scores were calculated based on the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test Z-score and effect sizes were interpreted.

Results:

Coaches displayed a high level of knowledge in the pre-test. While lower difficulty questions did not show improvement from pre- to post-test, moderate and high difficulty questions did. Use of the training was associated with improved knowledge about symptom resolution, return-to-play recommendations and under-reporting of incidents of concussion. Coaches demonstrated improvement in five of the seven concussion-related attitude and behavioural intention items post training.

Conclusion:

HEADS UP training improved coaches’ knowledge on select topics and helped them feel more comfortable about responding to concussion among their athletes. This study provides insight into how to better focus future HEADS UP concussion health education efforts to fit coaches’ informational needs.
Assessing Distraction Potential of Augmented Reality Head-Up Displays for Vehicle Drivers
Authors: Kim Hyungil , Gabbard Joseph L.
Published: May 2019

Objective:

To develop a framework for quantifying the visual and cognitive distraction potential of augmented reality (AR) head-up displays (HUDs).

Background:

AR HUDs promise to be less distractive than traditional in-vehicle displays because they project information onto the driver’s forward-looking view of the road. However, AR graphics may direct the driver’s attention away from critical road elements. Moreover, current in-vehicle device assessment methods, which are based on eyes-off-road time measures, cannot capture this unique challenge.

Method:

This article proposes a new method for the assessment of AR HUDs by measuring driver gaze behavior, situation awareness, confidence, and workload. An experimental user study ( n = 24) was conducted in a driving simulator to apply the proposed method for the assessment of two AR pedestrian collision warning (PCW) design alternatives.

Results:

Only one of the two tested AR interfaces improved driver awareness of pedestrians without visually and cognitively distracting drivers from other road elements that were not augmented by the display but still critical for safe driving.

Conclusion:

Our initial human-subject experiment demonstrated the potential of the proposed method in quantifying both positive and negative consequences of AR HUDs on driver cognitive processes. More importantly, the study suggests that AR interfaces can be informative or distractive depending on the perceptual forms of graphical elements presented on the displays.

Application:

The proposed methods can be applied by designers of in-vehicle AR HUD interfaces and be leveraged by designers of AR user interfaces in general.
What if the Huns Come? Imperial Britain’s Attitude Towards Nigerians’ Enthusiasm for Military Service During the Second World War, 1939–1942
Authors: Mordi Emmanuel Nwafor
Published: May 2019

In this article, Britain’s attitude towards Nigerians’ voluntary enlistment as combatants during the Second World War is studied. The historical method is deployed to interrogate previously untapped archival sources on the subject. Against the conventional wisdom, this micro-study posits Britain’s rebuff of Nigerians’ voluntary enlistment in order to preserve white supremacy by not arming and deploying Africans to fight Europeans. Nigerians protested the British treatment of the war as a white man’s war in which Africans had no significant role to play. Pressure on British manpower necessitated a policy reversal. Conscription was, thus, not due to Africans’ refusal to fight for Britain.
Challenges and Solutions to Air Transportation in Guinea: A Case Study on the Revival of the National Airline
Authors: Xu Zhao , Dioumessy Mamoudou
Published: May 2019

After the dissolution of the first national airline in 2002, the Guinean government attempted to set up Guinea Airlines, but it was unsuccessful. This study aims to analyze the current state of air transport in Guinea and to conduct a diagnostic analysis for the revival of the national airline. The objective is to explore the causes of the failures of various attempts to revive the national company. The findings show that air transport has a positive spillover externality to economic long-run growth and the revival of Guinea Airlines could be a major asset to boost the country’s economic growth.
Learning “New” Instructional Strategies: Pedagogical Innovation, Teacher Professional Development, Understanding and Concerns
Authors: Silver Rita Elaine , Kogut Galyna , Huynh Thi Canh Dien
Published: May 2019

Teacher professional development (TPD) through supported pedagogical innovations relies on teacher understanding (TU) of what is proposed, how the innovation can be enacted, and ways in which an innovation might be effectively adapted to local conditions. This article describes evolving TU during a 1-year reading comprehension innovation. Analysis, based on a two-dimensional neo-Bloomian framework, revealed that types of TU aligned with specific strategies used at specific times in the innovation program to some extent. Initial concerns about cultural appropriateness tended to fade as participating teachers came to their own understandings of how to employ the new instructional strategies. Other teacher concerns shifted from hypothetical to more concrete concerns about how to further enhance classroom interactions, evidencing evolving TU. Importantly, while examining in-class practices shows only the outcome of an innovation, tracking teachers’ developing understanding was important for gaining insights into the ongoing TPD process.
Classic Stroop Color Words Produce No Stroop Effect When the Display Characteristics Are Based Upon Emotional Stroop Studies With Subliminal Presentations
Authors: Fisk Gary D. , Haase Steven J.
Published: May 2019

Two forms of the Stroop task have produced contradictory findings regarding unconscious perceptual processing. Emotional Stroop task studies with prime words presented at an objective threshold (i.e., subliminal) produce Stroop-like effects, but comparable studies conducted with classic Stroop stimuli do not produce Stroop effects. We tested the possibility that differences in the display appearance might explain this discrepancy. Color word prime stimuli from the traditional Stroop task were used with display characteristics based upon the emotional Stroop studies. There was a Stroop effect for the relatively long prime stimulus durations (59, 87, or 108 milliseconds) but not for the brief durations (18, 24, or 38 milliseconds). Accordingly, the discrepancy in research findings cannot be attributed to simple differences in display methodology. The failure to find strong evidence of unconscious perceptual processing is consistent with the negative findings from some emotional Stroop studies that use subliminal stimulus presentations.
Asking Survey Questions About Criminal Justice Involvement
Authors: Yan Ting , Cantor David
Published: May 2019

Criminal justice involvement is a multifaceted construct encompassing various forms of contact with the criminal justice system. It is a sensitive topic to ask about in surveys and also a sensitive topic for respondents to answer. This article provides guidance for writing survey questions on criminal justice involvement, starting with a review of potential causes for reporting error and nonresponse error associated with survey questions on criminal justice involvement. Questions about criminal justice involvement are subject to errors that are common to any survey (eg, misunderstanding questions, recall bias, telescoping). Reponses to these questions are also subject to underreporting because of social desirability concerns. We also address strategies to reduce error for questions pertaining to criminal justice involvement (eg, self-administered data collection, wording of forgiving questions, indirect methods). We then discuss common design decisions associated with writing survey questions on criminal justice involvement (eg, type and frequency of criminal justice involvement, reference period,) and provide examples of questions from current surveys.
Church as Sacrament of Yin-yang Harmony: Toward a More Incisive Participation of Laity and Women in the Church
Authors: Brazal Agnes M.
Published: May 2019

The author proposes a development of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conference’s theology of church as a sacrament of harmony, drawing in particular from the East Asian concept of yin-yang unity and integration. In Daoist beliefs, yin and yang are the generative forces of the cosmos whose blending and balancing result in harmony or the unimpeded flow of Qi-Ch’i. Yin and yang are opposite, complementary, non-dualistic, and fluid qualities of beings/things relative to particular contexts. The yin-yang symbolism can be fruitful for reimagining man–woman, cleric–lay, and other dualities in the church as fluid polarities.
Karl Mannheim and the liberal telos of realism
Authors: Hvidsten Andreas H
Published: May 2019

The renaissance of classical realism in International Relations (IR) has highlighted the close historical and conceptual connection between realism and liberalism. In this essay, I consider an underexplored epistemological dimension of this connection using Karl Mannheim’s Ideology and Utopia – an influential work for classical IR realists and an important treatise on political theory in its own right. Based on Mannheim’s argument, I make the case that (a certain kind of) liberalism is the telos of (a certain kind of) realism: that the natural endpoint of the inherent logic of realism is a form of liberalism. I argue that completing the epistemological and political critique that leads to realism by also putting the realist position itself under (self-)examination, unearths a liberal outlook as its foundation. Explicating this dialectic adds a new dimension to the many other points of contact between realism and liberalism that have been explored by IR scholars in recent years, and it provides a new link between this scholarship and the literature on the epistemological foundations of classical realism. Finally, the essay is an argument for a closer engagement with Mannheim in an IR context, both as a philosopher of knowledge and as a political thinker.
Factors Associated With Designation of a Substitute Decision-Maker in Older Asian Americans: The Role of Cultural Factors
Authors: Rhee Min-Kyoung , Jang Yuri
Published: May 2019

The present study examined the prevalence of and factors associated with the designation of a substitute decision-maker (SDM) in a sample of older Asian Americans. Particular emphasis was placed on cultural factors (ethnicity, time in the United States, English proficiency, acculturation, and cultural belief) that might influence on one’s attitudes toward death and dying or end-of-life decision-making. Data were drawn from the 499 participants aged 60 years and older using the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life survey. Twenty-two percent of the sample had completed a legal document identifying a SDM. Results of a hierarchical logistic regression indicated that ethnicity, time in the United States, English proficiency, and acculturation were significant predictors. By examining the role of cultural factors in predicting SDM designation, the present study provided implications for culturally tailored strategies to help older Asian Americans plan their end-of-life care.
Rubber magnets cured with peroxide and coagents
Authors: Kvasničáková Andrea , Kruželák Ján , Medlenová Elena , Dosoudil Rastislav , Hudec Ivan , Gořalík Marek
Published: May 2019

Barium ferrite in constant amount (50 phr) was incorporated into styrene-butadiene rubber to prepare rubber magnetic composites. Dicumyl peroxide was used as a curing agent for cross-linking of the prepared composites. Four different types of low-molecular-weight organic compounds were applied as coagents to enhance the efficiency of cross-linking process and to improve the compatibility between the rubber and the filler on the interphase. The main goal of this work was to investigate the influence of the composition of peroxide curing system on cross-link density, physical–mechanical and magnetic properties of the composites. The results revealed that the type and amount of coagents have no influence on magnetic properties of the rubber magnets. On the other hand, cross-link density and physical–mechanical properties were significantly dependent on the composition of curing system. The increase of tensile strength can be attributed to the improvement of adhesion on the interphase filler–rubber due to the presence of coagents.
Developmental changes in orienting towards faces: A behavioral and eye-tracking study
Authors: Hirai Masahiro , Muramatsu Yukako , Nakamura Miho
Published: May 2019

Previous studies show that newborn infants and adults orient their attention preferentially toward human faces. However, the developmental changes of visual attention captured by face stimuli remain unclear, especially when an explicit top-down process is involved. We capitalized on a visual search paradigm to assess how the relative strength of visual attention captured by a non-target face stimulus and explicit attentional control on a target stimulus evolve as search progresses and how this process changes during development. Ninety children aged 5–14 years searched for a target within an array of distractors, which occasionally contained an upright face. To assess the precise picture of developmental changes, we measured: (1) manual responses, such as reaction time and accuracy; and (2) eye movements such as the location of the first fixation, which reflect the attentional profile at the initial stage, and looking times, which reflect the attentional profile at the later period of searching. Both reaction time and accuracy were affected by the presence of the target-unrelated face, though the interference effect was observed consistently across ages. However, developmental changes were captured by the first fixation proportion, suggesting that initial attention was preferentially directed towards the target-unrelated face before 6.9 years of age. Furthermore, prior to 12.8 years of age, the first fixation towards face stimuli was significantly more frequent than for object stimuli. In contrast, the looking time proportion for the face stimuli was significantly higher than that for the objects across all ages. These findings suggest that developmental changes do not influence the later search periods during a trial, but that they influence the initial orienting indexed by the first fixation. Moreover, the manual responses are tightly linked to eye movement behaviors.
Sideways at the entrance of the cave: A pluralist footnote to Plato
Authors: Ferrara Alessandro
Published: May 2019

The idea of a ‘true’ account of pluralism is ultimately contradictory. Liberal political philosophers often fell prey to a special version of this fallacy by presupposing that there might be only one correct argument for justifying the acceptance of pluralism as the core of a liberal democratic polity. Avoiding this trap, Rawls’s ‘political liberalism’ has offered a more sophisticated view of reasonable pluralism as linked with the ‘burdens of judgement’. His philosophical agenda, however, left some questions underexplored: What is the relation of pluralism to relativism? How can a conception of pluralism (epistemic, moral and political) avoid being either one view among others with no special claim to truth, or a foundationalist claim? If pluralism is a fact, in what sense can it bind us? These questions – crucial for grasping the distinctiveness of ‘political’ liberalism – are addressed by revisiting Plato’s simile of the cave, in order to make it accommodate the groundbreaking Rawlsian notion of the ‘reasonable’.
Human Otopathology of Cochlear Implant Drill‐out Procedures
Authors: Trakimas Danielle R. , Ishai Reuven , Kozin Elliott D. , Nadol Joseph B. , Remenschneider Aaron K.
Published: May 2019

Objective

Human otopathology following drill‐out procedures for cochlear implantation (CI) in cases with labyrinthitis ossificans (LO) has not been previously described. This study uses the high sensitivity of histopathology to (1) evaluate surgical drill‐out technique with associated intracochlear findings and (2) quantify spiral ganglion neuron populations in a series of patients with LO who underwent CI.

Study Design

Retrospective otopathology study.

Setting

Otopathology laboratory.

Subjects and Methods

Temporal bone (TB) specimens from cases with evidence of preoperative intracochlear fibroossification that required a drill‐out procedure for CI electrode array insertion were included. All cases were histopathologically evaluated and 3‐dimensional reconstructions of the cochleae were performed to interpret drilling paths and electrode trajectories.

Results

Five TB specimens were identified, of which 4 underwent drill‐out of the basal turn of the cochlea and 1 underwent a radical cochlear drill‐out. In multiple TBs, drilling was imprecise with resultant damage to essential structures. Two TBs showed injury to the modiolus, which was associated with substantially decreased or even absent neuronal populations within these areas. In addition, 2 cases with inadequate drill‐out or extensive LO of the basal turn resulted in extracochlear placement of electrode arrays into the vestibule due to persistent obstruction within the basal turn.

Conclusion

Otopathology highlights the challenges of drill‐out procedures in cases of LO. Imprecise drilling paths, due to distortion of normal cochlear anatomy, risk injury to the modiolus and adjacent neurons as well as extracochlear placement of electrode arrays, both of which may contribute to poorer hearing outcomes.