bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genera Sarawakita Obenberger and Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae)
Authors: JENDEK EDUARD
Published: March 2019

The following taxonomic or nomenclatural changes are proposed: Sarawakita hewitti (Kerremans, 1912) comb. nov. (= latifrons Obenberger, 1924 syn. nov.); Agrilus subgenus Uragrilus Semenov, 1935 (= Epinagrilus Stepanov, 1954 unavailable name); Agrilus subgenus Robertius Théry, 1947 (type species A. robertii Chevrolat, 1838 by original designation, not A. taylori Théry, 1947) (= Arquagrilus Alexeev, 1998 syn. nov.); A. robertii correct original spelling. Lectotypes of Agrilus hewitti and Sarawakita latifrons are designated. The systematic position of the genus Sarawakita Obenberger, 1924 is discussed. An availability of Agrilus subgeneric names cited in works of Alexeev before 1998 are examined and discussed. The names of infrasubspecific entities proposed in Agrilus are examined for availability.
Caridina xiangnanensis, a new freshwater atyid shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae) from Hunan Province, China
Authors: LIU XIAO-YAN , GUO ZHAO-LIANG , YU HUI
Published: March 2019

Caridina xiangnanensis, new species is described on the basis of specimens collected from Lingxiu Village, Rucheng County, Hunan Province, China. This new species can be distiguished from the closely related species, C. paracornuta Cai & Yang, by the narrower endopod of the male first pleopod, lacking a projection on the proximal region; a longer appendix interna; a shorter appendix interna of the male second pleopod; and the comparatively narrower scaphocerite.
Haematotrephus limnodromi n. sp. (Digenea: Cyclocoelidae) from the Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus (Scolopacidae) from the central flyway of North America
Authors: DRONEN NORMAN O. , GARDNER SCOTT L. , JIMÉNEZ F. AGUSTÍN
Published: March 2019

During a study of the endohelminths of wading birds from the Texas Gulf coast, 5 specimens of an undescribed species of Haematotrephus (Cyclocoelidae) were studied and described. These specimens were collected by Dr. J. Teague Self, former professor, Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma from the air sacs of a long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus, that was collected from the Cheyenne Bottoms, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma on August 3, 1963 and deposited in the Manter Laboratory of Parasitology. Haematotrephus limnodromi n. sp. can be distinguished from all the other species in the genus that lack an oral sucker (H. capellae, H. chengi, H. dollfusi, H. fasciatum, H. kossacki, H. lanceolatum, H. longisacculatum, H. nebularium, H. nigropunctatum, and H. phaneropsolus) by having intertesticular uterine loops. Corpopyrum brazilianum (originally described as Cyclocoelum brazilianum) is transferred as the second species in Selfcoelum, Corpopyrum dendrei is transferred to Neohaematotrephus, and Haematotrephus facioi is transferred to Wardianum. This is the first report of a species of Haematotrephus from a species of Limnodromus.
A new Fulvius species from Azores Islands (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae)
Authors: FRÉDÉRIC CHÉROT , JORDI RIBES , JACEK GORCZYCA
Published: March 2019

The new species Fulvius borgesi is described from Azores Islands. The male and female genital structures are illustrated.
Distinctaleyrodes setosus Dubey & Sundararaj (Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae), a new whitefly genus and species from India
Authors: DUBEY A. K. , SUNDARARAJ R.
Published: March 2019

Distinctaleyrodes setosus Dubey & Sundararaj gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) found on Derris sp. from Kudremukh National Park in Karnataka state of India is described and illustrated. This species is unique in the grossly swollen form of the major dorsal setae.
Three new species of Amphinemura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) with a key to the species from Guizhou Province, China
Authors: LI WEIHAI , YANG DING
Published: March 2019

The genus Amphinemura of the family Nemouridae is recorded from Guizhou Province for the first time. Three new species, Amphinemura cordiformis sp. nov., Amphinemura guizhouensis sp. nov. and Amphinemura malleicapitata sp. nov., are described and keyed. Their diagnostic characteristics are compared with close relatives.
A new species of Alloxytropus Bezzi (Diptera: Scenopinidae: Proratinae) from Israel

Authors: WINTERTON SHAUN L. , KERR PETER H.
Published: March 2019

A new species of proratine window fly, Alloxytropus elias sp. nov., is described and figured from Israel. A key to species of Alloxytropus Bezzi is included.
Revision of Capsaloides (Monogenea: Capsalidae) with a redescription of C. magnaspinosus Price, 1939 from the nasal tissue of Tetrapterus audax (Istiophoridae) collected off Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Authors: CHISHOLM LESLIE A. , WHITTINGTON IAN D.
Published: March 2019

Capsaloides magnaspinosus (Monogenea: Capsalidae) is redescribed from whole mounts and scanning electron micrographs of material collected from the nasal tissue of the striped marlin, Tetrapterus audax (Philippe, 1887), off Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Australia. This represents a new host and locality record for this capsalid species. Capsaloides is revised based on the examination of type-material and published descriptions. We consider 7 of the 10 previously described species to be valid. Some characters, such as depth of the posterior notch of the body, which were used previously to discriminate between species of Capsaloides, appear to be questionable. Careful examination of type-material has led us to propose that C. istiophori, C. marielenae and C. tetrapteri are synonyms of C. perugiai. The possibility that C. cristatus and C. hoffmannae are synonymous with C. sinuatus is also discussed.
Four new species of Diptilomiopinae from China (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Diptilomiopidae)
Authors: XUE XIAO-FENG , SONG ZI-WEI , HONG XIAO-YUE
Published: March 2019

Four new species of diptilomiopid eriophyoid mites from China are described and illustrated: Trimeroptes quercus sp. nov. on Quercus glauca Thunb. (Fagaceae); Diptacus luanchuanensis sp. nov. on Carpinus turczaninowii Hance (Betulaceae); Diptacus persicae sp. nov. on Prunus persica (L.) Batsch (Rosaceae) and P. davidiana (Carrière.) Franch. (Rosaceae), and Diptacus platyphyllae sp. nov. on Betula platyphylla Suk. (Betulaceae). All species described here were found as vagrants on leaf surface. No damage to the host was observed. All type specimens are deposited at the Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China.
New Pireninae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from South-East Asia
Authors: MITROIU MIRCEA-DAN
Published: March 2019

Keesia Mitroiu, gen. nov. is described for K. dorsellata Mitroiu, sp. nov. (type species) and K. tripotini Mitroiu, sp. nov. Also described and illustrated are Zebe darlingi Mitroiu, sp. nov., Z. tabiwah Mitroiu & Darling, sp. nov., Macroglenes kuwatus Mitroiu, sp. nov. and M. sulawensis Mitroiu, sp. nov. All species except K. tripotini, collected in South Korea, and Z. tabiwah from Malaysia (Sarawak), were collected in Indonesia. These are the first records of the subfamily Pireninae in Indonesia and South Korea.
A review of the Tychus algericus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), North Africa
Authors: SABELLA GIORGIO , BESUCHET CLAUDE , KURBATOV SERGEY A.
Published: March 2019

The species belonging to the Tychus algericus group are revised and the group is characterized. Four species are recognized, described and illustrated, and a key for identification is provided. One species is new to science: T. similis Besuchet, sp. n. from Algeria, while three taxa: T. algericus Guillebeau, 1893 from Tunisia and Algeria, T. depexus Peyerimhoff, 1905 from Algeria, and T. vaucheri Jeannel, 1956 from Morocco are redescribed and their affinities and geographic distribution discussed. The lectotype for Tychus depexus is here designated.
Calls of five species of the Scinax ruber (Anura: Hylidae) clade from Brazil with comments on their taxonomy
Authors: MAGRINI LEANDRO , DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA SERGIO P. , BÉDA ARLINDO F. , GIARETTA ARIOVALDO A.
Published: March 2019

As currently defined, tree frogs of the genus Scinax comprises the most species-rich genus within Hylinae. Although in the last decades there have been an increasing number of taxonomic studies on Scinax, populations of several species still deserve further studies to assess their taxonomic status. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the taxonomy and zoogeography of some species of Scinax from Brazil assigned to the Scinax ruber clade through the description/redescription of their advertisement calls. The advertisement call of S. duartei from topotypic specimens and the call of S. acuminatus are described here for the first time. The call of S. duartei is in disagreement with descriptions from the literature what suggests that an unnamed species is hidden under this specific name. Redescriptions of the calls of S. crospedospilus, S. eurydice, and S. hayii are also provided and compared with previous studies. In order to better assess the taxonomic status of species with advertisement calls that present more than one emphasized frequency, as in some species of the Scinax ruber clade, we recommend special attention in the descriptions of the spectral components of these calls.
Onigocia sibogae, a replacement name for a distinct species of flathead fish, Platycephalus grandisquamis Weber, 1913 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae)
Authors: IMAMURA HISASHI
Published: March 2019

A replacement name, Onigocia sibogae, is given for a platycephalid fish, Platycephalus grandisquamis Weber, 1913, being preoccupied by Platycephalus grandisquamis Regan, 1908. Although this species has been considered to be conspecific with Onigocia oligplepis (Regan, 1908), it was revealed that its five extant syntypes include three species and one of them is a distinct species from congeners of the genus, including O. oliglepis. To avoid taxonomic confusion, the lectotype (ZMA 112434, 51.2 mm SL) of O. sibogae is designated here. Onigocia sibogae differs from seven congeners in having usually I+VII-11 dorsal and 11 anal fin rays, eight caudal fin rays, 30–31 lateral line scales, anterior two or three scales with spine, three scales between second dorsal fin and lateral line, no ocular and interopercular flaps, upper iris lappet usually finely crenate, two or three antrorse lachrymal spines, usually no spines on the inner ridge of the lachrymal, 2–5 preocular spines, no notch on the suborbital ridge below the eye, suborbital ridge serrated by 16–26 small spines, and 2– 4 distinct blackish spots on middle and posterior portions of the pelvic fin rays.
A new genus and species of Pleidae (Hemiptera) from Venezuela, with notes on the genera of Pleidae
Authors: COOK JERRY L.
Published: March 2019

A new genus and species of Pleidae, Heteroplea stictosoma is described from Venezuela. The new genus Heteroplea differs from other genera in having a distinct callus on the occiput and an ovipositor without spines, as well has having a variable medial sternal carina. The genus resembles Plea in having three tarsomeres on each leg but appears closer to Neoplea in many other characters. This species was collected from a hydropetric habitat, which is different than other pleid species normally inhabit. With the addition of this new genus, an updated key to the genera of Pleidae is provided.
Bees of the genus Colletes Latreille 1802 of the Asian part of Russia, with keys to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae)
Authors: KUHLMANN MICHAEL , YU. PROSHCHALYKIN MAXIM
Published: March 2019

For the Asian part of Russia 27 species of the bee genus Colletes are recorded. Colletes ravulus Noskiewicz 1936 is recorded for the first time from Russia. Colletes fodiens (Fourcroy 1785), C. similis Schenck 1853, and C. marginatus Smith 1846 are newly recorded from the Asian part of Russia. Colletes kirgisica Radoszkowski 1867 syn. nov. (= Colletes fodiens kirgisicus Radoszkowski 1867) and Colletes fodiens hispanicus Noskiewicz 1936 syn. nov. are recognized as synonyms of Colletes fodiens (Fourcroy 1785). The female of C. ravulus is here described for the first time. Additionally C. edentuloides Kuhlmann sp. nov. is described from neighbouring Mongolia as it hitherto has been thought to be the female of C. ravulus. Illustrated keys to males and females of all species known from the Asian part of Russia are provided.
Twelve new species of Athetis Hübner, [1821] 1816 from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
Authors: HAN H. L. , KONONENKO V. S.
Published: March 2019

Twelve new species of the genus Athetis Hübner, [1821] 1816 sensu stricto (Noctuidae, Noctuidae, Caradrinini, Athetiina) (A. hoengshana sp. n., A. simplex sp. n., A. orthosioides sp. n., A. eupsilioides sp. n., A. tridentata sp. n., A. linzhi sp. n., A. flavicolor sp. n., A. biserrata sp. n., A. minivalva sp. n., A. longiharpe sp.n., A. bicornuta sp. n., A. furcatula sp. n.) are described from China. All new species are illustrated with imagines, and with male and female genitalia.
Notes on some tanypods from Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: SÆTHER OLE A.
Published: March 2019

The Tanypodinae from Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada are listed and taxonomic and ecological notes given. The males of Paramerina fragilis (Walley) and Helopelopia pilicaudata (Walley), and the immatures of Telopelopia okoboji (Walley) are redescribed. The larvae of  cf. Conchapelopia currani (Walley) and cf. Helopelopia pilicaudata are described.
Notes on Canadian Ablabesmyia Johannsen, with keys to known
Nearctic immatures of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: SÆTHER OLE A.
Published: March 2019

x The immatures and males of A. (Karelia) illinoensis (Malloch), A. (K.) philosphagnos Beck et Beck, A. (K.) pulchripennis (Lundbeck), A. (A.) mallochi (Walley), A. (A.) aspera Roback, A. (A.) basalis (Walley) and A. (Asayia) annulata (Say) are redescribed and/or illustrated. A. (A.) basalis (Walley) is regarded as a valid species separate from Nearctic A. (A.) monilis auct nec (L.). Seven species of Ablabesmyia were found from Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, 3 from Marion Lake, British Columbia while other samples from Alberta to Ontario contained no more than one species. Keys are given to Nearctic immatures of Ablabesmyia. The distribution of Ablabesmyia in Lake Winnipeg is mapped and discussed. The separation of larval instars is shown approximately to follow Dyar’s rule.
Contribution to the knowledge of the tribe Mastigerina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae, Clavigeritae), with a description of a new genus from Borneo
Authors: HLAVÁČ PETER
Published: March 2019

A new genus, Longacerus gen. nov., and two new species, Longacerus giraffa sp. n. and Pseudacerus sabahensis sp. n. are described from Sabah (Borneo). The lectotype is designated for Pseudacerus furcatus Raffray, 1895. A key to genera of Mastigerina and a key to species of the genus Pseudacerus Raffray, 1895 are given. A current taxonomic concept of the suprageneric taxa of the supertribe Clavigeritae is provided.
Taxonomic decision as a compromise: Acasis appensata (Eversmann, 1832) in Central Italy—a case of conflicting evidence between DNA barcode and morphology (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
Authors: HAUSMANN AXEL , HUEMER PETER
Published: March 2019

Acasis appensata (Eversmann, 1842) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), distributed from central and northern Europe to eastern Asia, was collected in the Mediterranean (Central Italy, Abruzzi) for the first time. Adults from this region differ significantly from nominotypical populations in external appearance and in the 5’ barcode fragment of the CO1 gene (barcode). However, morphology of male and female genitalia falls completely within the range of variation of A. appensata, resulting in conflicting evidence with respect to its taxonomic status. Considering the striking differences in genitalia morphology between the two European species of Acasis, viz. A. appensata and A. viretata (Hübner, 1799), the population from the Abruzzi is not validated as different at species level but described as the subspecies A. appensata callaina ssp. nov. The habitus and male and female genitalia of European taxa are figured.
A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
Authors: WHITE KRISTINE N.
Published: March 2019

The taxonomy of the amphipod family Leucothoidae has been reviewed and changes are proposed. Currently, there are 139 described species of leucothoids in two clades. The anamixid clade contains 39 species and the leucothoid clade contains 100 species. For the first time in a single work, diagnoses, distributions, and available host data are presented for all extant species of the Leucothoidae. The genus Leucothoella has been suppressed based on morphological similarities to the genus Leucothoe. The genera Anamixis and Paranamixis need revision, as the major defining character of Paranamixis (absence of gnathopod 1) is likely developmental. However, due to lack of available data, the genera currently remain separate. Identification keys are provided for all but five poorly described species in the family.
Catalogue of the type specimens of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) in the Jacques F. Aubert collection at the Musée de Zoologie, Lausanne, Switzerland
Authors: KLOPFSTEIN SERAINA , BAUR HANNES
Published: March 2019

Jacques F. Aubert described more than 600 ichneumonid taxa, mainly from the Alps and the Mediterranean region. His large collection was furthermore used by other ichneumonid taxonomists, who described additional new taxa. The namebearing types of 501 of these taxa are deposited at the Musée de Zoologie in Lausanne. In order to make information about these types accessible to future ichneumonid researchers, we here list all taxa and report the original label contents of the name-bearing types. Additionally, we clarify the status of the type specimens and discuss the availability of names in cases where Aubert’s descriptions do not conform to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.key words: Ichneumonoidea, holotype, lectotype, neotype, nomenclature, syntype, type catalogue
Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity
Authors: STIGENBERG JULIA , RONQUIST FREDRIK
Published: March 2019

The tribe Meteorini includes two genera, Meteorus and Zele, which are koinobiont endoparasitoids of larval Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. More than 300 species are known, about one fifth of which occur in the Western Palearctic. Here, we revise the Western Palearctic species, based partly on traditional approaches and partly on molecular analysis of recent Swedish and Finnish material. For the analyses of phylogenetic relationships and cryptic species diversity, we coded 17 morphological characters and sequenced two markers, 28S D2 (649 bp) and CO1 (665 bp). More than 1 970 specimens representing 54 species of Meteorus Haliday and 5 species of Zele Curtis were studied; of these, 177 specimens representing 41 species were sequenced. Seven new species are described, all from the Fennoscandian material: Meteorus artocercus sp. nov., M. densipilosus sp. nov., M. eklundi sp. nov., M. longipilosus sp. nov., M. sibyllae sp. nov., M. stenomastax sp. nov., and M. subtilisulcus sp. nov. Four new synonyms are introduced: Z. chlorophthalmus (Spinola 1808), syn. nov. for M. pallidus (Nees 1812), M. punctifrons Thomson 1895, syn. nov. for M. varinervis (Tobias 1986), M. melanostictus Capron 1887, syn. nov for M. monachae (Tobias 1986), and M. tenellus Marshall 1887, syn. nov. for M. boreus (Tobias 1986). Meteorus tenellus is removed from synonymy with M. cinctellus. Sequence analysis indicated the presence of at least 12 additional cryptic species but these cannot be separated morphologically at this point and, therefore, we do not describe them here. The phylogenetic results suggest that Zele should be included within Meteorus but we refrain from formal changes of the generic classification until more comprehensive phylogenetic analyses of the tribe can be completed. A key to the known Western Palearctic species is presented.
A new species of glass-perch from Belitung Island, Indonesia (Teleostei: Ambassidae: Gymnochanda)
Authors: TAN HEOK HUI , LIM KELVIN K. P.
Published: March 2019

Gymnochanda verae, new species, a small, colourful and sexually dimorphic freshwater glassperch, is described from the Gantung area of Pulau Belitung, Indonesia. It shares with its congeners a scale-less body, but differs in the males having broad red anal and second dorsal fins, red caudal-fin lobes, and the elongated rays of the second dorsal fin and the anal fin joined throughout their length by an interradial membrane.
Relationships of South American marsupials (Didelphimorphia, Microbiotheria and Paucituberculata) and hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) with distribution of four species of Ixodes
Authors: GUGLIELMONE ALBERTO A. , NAVA SANTIAGO , DÍAZ M. MÓNICA
Published: March 2019

Historical information shows that South American marsupials are irrelevant hosts for South American hard ticks (Ixodidae Murray) of the genera Haemaphysalis Koch, Rhipicephalus Koch and Dermacentor Koch. Twenty two Amblyomma Koch species were occasionally found on Didelphimorphia Gill, but some records are doubtful (i.e., A. dissimile Koch, 1844) and only A. fuscum Neumann, 1907 appears to be a relevant parasite of this type of host. Twelve species of Ixodes Latreille were determined on these hosts, although one of them, I. longiscutatus Boero, 1944, is probably misidentified. Four species, I. amarali Fonseca, 1935b, I. loricatus Neumann, 1899, I. luciae Sénevet, 1940 and I. venezuelensis Kohls, 1953 are usual parasites of Didelphimorphia. These species (I. venezuelensis excluded) have adult ticks feeding mostly on Didelphidae Gray, and sub-adult ticks feeding mostly on Didelphidae and several species of sigmodontine rodents. All parasitic stages of I. venezuelensis were recorded from Didelphimorphia although rodents are also of importance for its life cycle. Records from marsupials and nonmarsupial hosts show that I. amarali is established in eastern Brazil, and I. venezuelensis in Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica. The alleged southernmost record of I. luciae in Central Argentina was found to be erroneous and its southern limit is located in northwestern Argentina and its way northwards includes Bolivia, Peru, western Brazil, French Guiana, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Guatemala, Belize and southern Mexico with unconfirmed but probably valid records for Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras. The distribution of I. loricatus has been historically considered to range from southern Argentina to southern Mexico but southernmost and northernmost records are now considered doubtful along with Venezuelan populations for this tick, while the only records for Panama and Colombia were based on wrong tick identifications. Bona fide populations of I. loricatus range from central-eastern Argentina and southern Uruguay to Paraguay up to north-eastern Brazil. Dromiciops gliroides Thomas, the only member of Microbiotheria Ameghino is the exclusive host of Ixodes neuquenensis Ringuelet, 1947. There is only one record of tick infestation (Ixodes jonesae Kohls, Sonenshine & Clifford, 1969) of Paucituberculata Ameghino, indicating that these marsupials are of no apparent importance for maintenance of South American hard ticks. We speculate that the species of Ixodes feeding on Didelphimorphia and Sigmodontinae Wagner are a clade derived from ancestors feeding exclusively on Didelphidae that radiated after the invasion of South America by Sigmodontinae or their ancestors. Ixodes neuquenensis (established in south-western South America) is considered a relatively new species that radiated from Ixodes parasites of Sigmodontinae invaders in southern South America.
New records and new species of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
Authors: STÖHR SABINE
Published: March 2019

New Caledonia is a species-rich region that has been the focus of biodiversity research for over 40 years. The expedition “Atelier Lifou 2000” collected benthic fauna at the island of Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, in November of 2000. This is a taxonomic account of the brittle stars found. 94 species were identified, 51 of them new for the region, and seven new to science, increasing the total number of species known from the New Caledonia region to 204. New species are described in the genera Squamophis, Astroceras, Astrogymnotes, Ophiochondrus, Ophiomoeris, Ophiozonella and Amphipholis. Three species and a subspecies are revised, one of them placed in a new genus. The taxonomic status of Euryale Lamarck, 1816, a junior homonym of Euryale Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (a medusa), is stabilized by formally establishing precedence over the senior name.
A new species of Greenisca and two new species of Ovaticoccus from Italy (Hemiptera Coccoidea Eriococcidae), with a key to European genera of Eriococcidae.
Authors: PELLIZZARI GIUSEPPINA , KOZÁR FERENC
Published: March 2019

Three new eriococcid species from Italy are described and illustrated, namely Greenisca oreophila sp. n. off Poaceae, and Ovaticoccus exoticus sp. n. and O. agavacearum sp. n., off Agavaceae. Their morphological relationships are discussed and keys to Greenisca and Ovaticoccus species are provided, together with a key to the Eriococcidae genera so far known in Europe. A check-list of Italian Eriococcids is added.
A new species of the genus Iiella Băcescu, 1968 (Crustacea: Mysida: Mysidae) from Malaysia, with notes on I. elegans (Tattersall, 1960)
Authors: FUKUOKA KOUKI
Published: March 2019

Iiella malayensis sp. nov. from Malaysian waters is described here. This species is distinguished from related species by the shape of the rostral plate, the number and length of the subsegments of the first exopodal segment of the third male pleopod, the number of spines on the labrum, the number of spiniform setae on the lateral margin of the telson, and the position of the anterior end of the apical cleft of the telson. Supplemental taxonomic notes on I. elegans (Tattersall, 1960) based on type specimens are provided. A key to the species of Iiella is provided.
The Ophryotrocha diadema group (Annelida: Dorvilleidae), with the description of two new species
Authors: PAXTON HANNELORE , ÅKESSON BERTIL
Published: March 2019

This paper reviews a group of hermaphroditic Ophryotrocha species, here designated as the O. diadema group. This informal group is characterised by its unique P-maxillae and paired mammillate rosette glands. The three members of the group are simultaneous hermaphrodites and have the chromosome complement of 2n = 8. As herein defined, the group includes O. diadema, O. alborana sp. nov., and O. birgittae sp. nov.. The three species can be distinguished by the appearance of their eyes and other morphological and reproductive differences. The species are described, and their life table data is presented.
A second species of Bittacus Latreille, 1805 (Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from Hainan Island, China
Authors: CHEN JING , HUA BAOZHEN
Published: March 2019

Bittacus diaoluoshanus sp. nov., the second species of Bittacidae (Mecoptera) from Hainan Island, China is described from Diaoluoshan National Forest Park. The new species is separated from other hangingflies of Bittacus by two crossveins below pterostigma; four tawny brown spots each at ORs, FRs, OM, and the distal end of CuP; one tawny stripe along apical margin from pterostigma to beyond apex; absence of Av; and male epandrial appendages subquadrangular at lateral aspect.
A taxonomic study of Chinese Empoascini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) (III)
Authors: QIN DAO-ZHENG , LIU YANG , ZHANG YA-LIN
Published: March 2019

Four genera of Chinese Empoascini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) are reviewed. Two of these, Goifa Dworakowska 1977 and Ifugoa Dworakowska & Pawar 1974, are reported for the first time from China. Three genera, Homa Distant 1908, Goifa Dworakowska 1977 and Schizandrasca Anufriev 1972, are redescribed and the differences between each genus and related genera are discussed. Homa sinensis Qin & Zhang, sp. n. from Yunnan Province (S.W. China) is described and illustrated; one new combination, Goifa tangailensis (Ahmed & Samad, 1972) n. comb. (from Paolia Lower), is proposed and one new synonym is created, i.e. Goifa aprocessa Mann & Sohi, 1993 is a junior synonym of Goifa tangailensis (Ahmed & Samad, 1972).
First report of three genera of fairyflies (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from India with description of a new species of Dicopus and some other records
Authors: MANICKAVASAGAM S. , RAMESHKUMAR A.
Published: March 2019

Dicopomorpha Ogloblin, Dicopus Enock and Omyomymar Schauff (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) are recorded from India for the first time and one new species, Dicopus noyesi Manickavasagam, sp. nov., is described from material collected from the state of Tamil Nadu. Gonatocerus bicoloriventris Zeya, G. breviterebratus Subba Rao, G. shamimi Subba Rao and Hayat, Mymar schwanni Girault, Narayanella thornypoda (Narayanan & Subba Rao) and Polynema mendeli Girault (Mymaridae) are also newly recorded from the state of Tamil Nadu.
Description of New Species of Coronostrongylus and Dorcopsistrongylus (Strongylida: Chabertiidae) from Dorcopsis muelleri (Macropodidae) from Kumawa Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia
Authors: PURWANINGSIH ENDANG , DEWI KARTIKA , SMALES LESLEY R.
Published: March 2019

New species of Coronostrongylus and Dorcopsistrongylus (Strongyloidea: Chabertiidae) are described from Dorcopsis muelleri (Macropodidae) from Kumawa Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia. Coronostrongylus hasegawai n.sp .is most similar to C. spearei, the only other species described from New Guinea, in having 24 longitudinal pleats in the buccal cavity and spicules less than 1,400 long. Coronostrongylus hasegawai differs from C. spearei, in a suite of characters including the shape of the cephalic collar, the proportions of the buccal capsule, the disposition of the bursal rays, the length of the spicules and the proportions of the ovejector. Dorcopsistrongylus supriyatnai n.sp differs from all congeners in lacking large anteriorly directed intestinal diverticula. The genus Coronostrongylus is found in Australia and New Guinea while the genus Dorcopsistrongylus appears to be endemic to New Guinea.
A new genus with one new species of Phaloriinae from western Yunnan, China (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae: Phaloriinae)
Authors: CHEN GUANG-YU , XU YUE , LIAO WANG , HE ZHU-QING
Published: March 2019

One new genus, Neophaloria He gen. nov., is established with one new species, Neophaloria dianxiensis He sp. nov., from western Yunnan, China. The characters of this new genus are: long and widened rachis and the epiphallic lobes and ectoparameres curved inwards. COI genes and songs are provided. The type specimens are deposited in Museum of Biology, East China Normal University (ECNU).
Reassignment of 'Triplophysa' jiarongensis (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) to Oreonectes Günther, 1868
Authors: LIU XUAN , DENG HUAIQING , LIU ZHIJIN , ZHOU JIANG
Published: March 2019

Specimens identified as Oreonectes jiarongensis (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) were collected from a karst cave in Jiarong Town and Banzhai Township, Libo County, Guizhou, China. Several lines of morphological and molecular evidence suggested that this species was similar to species of Oreonectes Günther 1868 and not closely related to species of Triplophysa Rendal, 1933. The anterior and posterior nostrils of 'Triplophysa' jiarongensis were separated by a short distance, and there was no secondary sexual dimorphism in male specimens. The Bayesian phylogenetic analysis based on cytochrome b recovered 'T.' jiarongensis in a well-supported clade with Oreonectes daqikongensis, O. shuilongensis, O. furcocaudalis and O. platycephalus, sister to the Triplophysa clade. In addition, the genetic distances between 'T.' jiarongensis and species of Oreonectes were low (O. daqikongensis: 0.114; O. shuilongensis: 0.106; O. platycephalus: 0.180), while distances to species of Triplophysa were higher (T. dorsalis: 0.233; T. yarkandensis: 0.282). Therefore, we reassign 'T.' jiarongensis to Oreonectes. Based on this result, it is now clear that species of both Oreonectes and Triplophysa inhabit the same underground river system in Guizhou. However, as species of Oreonectes are only known from the southern part of Guizhou, it may be that O. jiarongensis inhabits the most northerly part of the range of this genus.
The female of Cyrnus cintranus McLachlan 1884 (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) in France
Authors: MARLE PIERRE , BARNASSON JULIEN , COPPA GENNARO
Published: March 2019

Cyrnus cintranus is one of five Cyrnus species with distribution ranges restricted to western Europe. In this paper, we redescribe the poorly defined female of C. cintranus. We also draw attention to the existence of a previously unmentioned morphological feature that aids significantly in the identification of the female of C. cintranus, separating it from the females of the other Cyrnus species. New data are provided on the distribution and ecology of this species.
The social-psychological process of fearing crime: Developing and testing a new momentary model of victimisation worry
Authors: Chataway Michael L , Hart Timothy C , Bond Christine
Published: March 2019

The current study describes and tests a new momentary model of victimisation worry, based on data collected from a smartphone app. We assess whether a momentary model provides further insight into the situated nature of fear of crime and risk perception. Data were collected from a sample of 72 young adults living in Southeast Queensland, Australia who completed momentary surveys on fear of crime that were administered on their mobile devices. Results suggest that constructs contained in our proposed momentary model of victimisation worry fit the data appropriately and that associations between dimensions of victimisation worry are all statistically significant based on their expected directions (i.e. increased perceptions of victimisation risk in the immediate area significantly predicts increased momentary worry about crime). We conclude with a discussion of the theoretical and practical implications of our findings, limitations of the current study, and direction for future research.
Dexamethasone Associated With Significantly Shorter Length of Hospital Stay Compared With a Prednisolone-Based Regimen in Pediatric Patients With Mild to Moderate Acute Asthma Exacerbations
Authors: Bohannon Kristin , Machen Ronda , Ragsdale Carolyn , Padilla-Tolentino Eimeira , Cervenka Patricia
Published: March 2019

A retrospective chart review was done to evaluate the efficacy of a course of dexamethasone for pediatric patients hospitalized with a mild to moderate acute asthma exacerbation compared with a prednisone-based regimen. Patients were identified based on International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9 and ICD-10) discharge diagnosis codes for asthma and cross-referenced with pharmacy dispense reports during the study period of June 2011 to January 2016. Baseline characteristics were similar among the 2 groups. The median length of hospital stay in the dexamethasone and prednisolone groups were 1.31 and 1.75 days, respectively, with a hazard ratio of 2.5 (95% confidence interval - 2.1-3.1), P < .001. After accounting for significant confounding variables, the difference in length of stay remained significantly longer in the prednisolone group with a hazard ratio of 1.8 (95% confidence interval = 1.4-2.3), P < .001. A course of dexamethasone is associated with a significantly shorter length of stay for mild to moderate asthma exacerbations compared with a prednisone-based regimen.
Characteristics of Children Referred to a Lipid Clinic Before and After the Universal Screening Guidelines
Authors: Selvaraj Kavitha , Olave-Pichon Alicia , Benuck Irwin , Ariza Adolfo J. , Binns Helen J.
Published: March 2019

In 2011, universal lipid screening was recommended for children aged 9 to 11 years; the impact of this recommendation on the lipid clinic setting is unknown. We examined the rate of primary and secondary dyslipidemia diagnoses in a lipid clinic before (2010-2011) and after (2012-2015) the guideline recommendation. We conducted a retrospective study of new clinic patients aged 0 to 20 years seen between April 2010 and April 2015. Chi-square testing was applied. The 345 subjects were 58% males; 48% ≥13 years; 56% Hispanic; and 59% obese. There was no difference in the rate of dyslipidemia diagnoses between periods (before: primary 23%, secondary 73%, no dyslipidemia 4% vs after: 22%, 72%, 6%, respectively; P = .616). There was no significant difference between periods in subject demographics for the total sample, but among those with primary dyslipidemia, pre- to post-guideline percentage of subjects with public insurance decreased (71% to 39%; P = .006). Additional strategies to increase identification of children with dyslipidemia are needed.
‘Stop calling it graffiti’: The visual rhetoric of contamination, consumption and colonization
Authors: Landry Deborah
Published: March 2019

Municipal graffiti abatement approaches in North America have shaped the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves upon these city walls. This article examines how the City of Ottawa (Canada) manages graffiti and murals. In doing so, I demonstrate how those management practices connect to longstanding tensions about unauthorized markings in public places and the criminalization of style. Drawing from extensive ongoing ethnographic research on graffiti and the moral and legal regulation of urban performances, I reveal the aesthetics of security which fosters a visual logic of so-called ‘crime prevention,’ state-sanctioned redactions and racialized dispossession of phrasing and text. To close, I consider how urban art regimes are implicated in the colonizing of public spaces, while also considering the liberating possibilities of graffiti.
Visually exploring social perceptions of environmental harm in global urban contexts
Authors: Natali Lorenzo
Published: March 2019

Building on the visual criminological endeavour, the article describes an ongoing pilot study exploring the potential usefulness of a visual and sensory methodology for investigating the social perception of environmental crime and harm. Given the scarcity of tools with which to approach these dynamic and elusive phenomena, I focus first on the methodological and theoretical positioning that sees the encounter between green, cultural, visual and narrative criminologies. I will do this by considering in detail two techniques to collect qualitative data: interviews-with-visual-materials (also known as photo elicitation) and itinerant soliloquies – a peculiar sociological form of mobile methodology. In doing so, I invite sociologists who work in visual criminology to reconsider the constitutive relationship between our ways of seeing and our ways of sensing and perceiving the environment we live in. Finally, the article reflects on the importance for criminologists and sociologists of deepening and strengthening an organic solidarity among the visual, sensorial and narrative dimensions of environmental crime and harm, as well as looking at the social, cultural and political relevance of human–environment relationships.
Husband-to-wife sexual coercion in cross-border marriage: A relationship power perspective
Authors: Cheung Adam Ka-Lok , Chiu Tuen Yi
Published: March 2019

Despite the proliferation of literature on cross-border marriages, most previous studies have focused on the vulnerability of female marriage migrants due to their immigrant status; few have examined the role of husbands’ power motive in their well-being. To fill this gap, this study investigates the roles of household power structure and the husband’s power motive in husband-to-wife sexual coercion in cross-border marriages in Hong Kong. We hypothesize that as men in cross-border marriages are often socially disadvantaged and stigmatized in the public discourse, they may attempt to use sexual coercion as a form of compensatory masculinity to reclaim power in the private sphere. Using couple-level data from a representative sample in Hong Kong ( N = 871 couples), the results show that cross-border couples have a higher risk of husband-to-wife sexual coercion and that couple power dynamics fully mediate the difference in the prevalence of sexual coercion in local and cross-border marriages. These suggest that men’s high power motive and perpetration of sexual violence are intimately related. Future studies should pay attention to the disadvantaged background and negative labels applied to the men in cross-border marriage when studying the well-being of female marriage migrants and couple dynamics in cross-border marriage migration.
Sandwiched: Exploring role and identity of middle managers in the genuine middle
Authors: Gjerde Susann , Alvesson Mats
Published: March 2019

This article explores middle managers in the professions from their position in the sandwiched middle. Based upon interviews with senior academics in management roles and their subordinates in UK business schools, we investigate this experienced middle through a metaphor that informs one particular subject position: to be an umbrella carrier. This position entails protecting subordinates from what is seen as unnecessary and/or damaging initiatives and information from top management above, in order to allow for good professional work to take place below. This form of countermanagement, which aims to weaken hierarchical pressure rather than enforce or uphold it, is informed by a stronger identification with the profession and subordinates below than with the leader role or the superiors above, and aids the middle managers in their identity work.
Local Prior Employment and Ecosystem Dynamics
Authors: Clayton Paige , Donegan Mary , Feldman Maryann , Forbes Allison , Lowe Nichola , Polly Alyse
Published: March 2019

This article utilizes a unique database (PLACE, the PLatform for Advancing Community Economies) to explore relationships between founders’ prior work experiences and the outcomes of their entrepreneurial firms. The authors capture and compare multiple, intersecting, often overlapping, prior work experiences and assess their differential interactions within a local ecosystem. They augment existing empirical research, which has looked most closely at the impact of prior employment on firm financing and survival, to include labor market effects. Results show important differences in firm-level employment outcomes across prior work experiences, with an advantage accruing to founders with prior work experience in local life science firms.
Who is the True Israel? Community, Identity, and Religious Commitment in Third Isaiah (Isaiah 56–66)
Authors: Schuele Andreas
Published: March 2019

Who is the true Israel? The topic of this essay indicates that, following the Babylonian exile and the return to what was now the Persian province Yehud, there was more than one way of being “Israel.” Third Isaiah (Isaiah 56–66) is a particularly intriguing place to explore the different notions of identity and community. In these eleven chapters, one finds an array of answers, ranging from what today we might call “liberal” to “conservative.” There are two aspects in particular that spark the controversy: the varying views of the relationship between Israel and other nations and the competing claims among different Jewish groups to being the true Israel. It is not only historically but also ethically relevant that Third Isaiah accommodates all these views within one textual framework. There is a sense that in matters of identity, every voice deserves to be heard.
Megaprojects and the limits of ‘green resilience’ in the global South: Two cases from Malaysia and Qatar
Authors: Rizzo Agatino
Published: March 2019

The emergence of the climate change discourse in urban planning emphasises resilience as a key concept to deal with issues such as climate mitigation and adaptation, and urban health. What we have termed in this article ‘green resilience’, the coalescence of technological solutions and resilience thinking to solve cities’ ecological issues, is constantly gaining traction in urban planning research. However, green resilience often fails to take into account the socio-political and spatial processes that pertain to the exploitation of land for urban development particularly in the global South. Based on our latest research on two urban megaprojects, in Johor-Singapore (Malaysia) and Doha (Qatar), in this article we build a critique of green resilience and urbanism by leveraging research in the fields of environmental humanities and urban planning.
Forensic Assessment With the PAI in Correctional Samples: Implications for RNR
Authors: Toop Carissa , Olver Mark E. , Jung Sandy
Published: March 2019

The present investigation examined Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) correlates of Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) scores in a sample ( N = 377) of offenders with diverse criminal histories. It was hypothesized that PAI scales with content reflective of criminogenic needs would be associated with recidivism while those indicative of major mental illness and behavioral disruption would be positively linked to responsivity variables. Several PAI scales predicted general and violent recidivism, particularly those reflective of criminogenic need. More serious profile patterns were associated with younger age, less education, lower cognitive ability, and sexual offense treatment attrition, per the responsivity principle. Finally, an exploratory factor analysis identified four PAI factors: Major Mental Illness, Extraversion, Paranoia, and Antisociality. Antisociality scores were the most predictive of general and violent recidivism. Antisociality and Major Mental Illness scores also predicted treatment attrition. Study findings suggest that the PAI can be a useful adjunct to standardized risk and need measures for RNR-informed assessment.
The Palestinian Diaspora and Latin American Solidarity with the Palestinian Cause: Brazil as a Model
Authors: Bisharat Rasem
Published: March 2019

The Palestinian diaspora and Arab communities in Latin America, especially in Brazil, have contributed significantly to the Palestinian cause in Latin America. The convergence between these communities and union and left parties encouraged the left to include the Palestinian cause on its agenda. Brazil may be considered a model in this respect because of the influence of its Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers’ Party—PT), which led the Latin American left after the founding of the São Paulo Forum in 1992. The Palestinian community has an even greater role to play today, the more so since the PT’s exclusion from power favors Israel at the expense of the Palestinian cause.

A diáspora palestina e as comunidades árabes na América Latina, especialmente no Brasil, teem contribuído significativamente para a causa palestina na América Latina. A convergência entre essas comunidades, sindicatos e partidos de esquerda levou a esquerda a incluir a causa palestina em sua agenda. O Brasil pode ser considerado um modelo nesse aspecto devido à influência do Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), que liderou a esquerda latino-americana após a fundação do Fórum de São Paulo em 1992. A comunidade palestina tem uma relevância ainda maior já que a perda de poder do PT favorece Israel em detrimento da causa palestina.