bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An overlooked hotspot for birds in the Atlantic Forest
Authors: Cavarzere Vagner , Albano Ciro , Tonetti Vinicius Rodrigues , Pacheco José Fernando , Whitney Bret M. , Silveira Luís Fábio
Published: March 2019

Montane and submontane forest patches in the state of Bahia, Brazil, are among the few large and preserved Atlantic Forests remnants. They are strongholds of an almost complete elevational gradient, which harbor both lowland and highland bird taxa. Despite being considered a biodiversity hotspot, few ornithologists have surveyed these forests, especially along elevational gradients. Here we compile bird records acquired from systematic surveys and random observations carried out since the 1980s in a 7,500 ha private protected area: Serra Bonita private reserve. We recorded 368 species, of which 143 are Atlantic Forest endemic taxa. Some 16 and 13 species are threatened at the global and national levels, respectively. If one accounts for subspecies, the number of Brazilian threatened taxa raises to 21. Species composition differs between lower and higher elevations, in which case lowlands harbor Amazonia-related taxa, whereas highlands are the home of Atlantic Forest-related taxa.
Belostomatidae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) held in the Invertebrate Collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil: inventory and new distributional records
Authors: Almeida Thaís Melo de , Stefanello Fabiano , Hamada Neusa
Published: March 2019

Belostomatidae is a family of giant water bugs with 52 valid species in Brazil. Here, we list 33 valid species housed in the Invertebrates Collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, Manaus, Brazil. Of the total species examined, 26 had their distributional ranges increased (new records provided in parentheses): Belostoma amazonum Estévez & Polhemus (Mato Grosso and Roraima); B. aurivillianum (Montandon) (Rondônia); B. bosqi De Carlo (Maranhão); B. candidulum Montandon (Mato Grosso do Sul); B. carajaensis Ribeiro & Estévez (Amazonas); B. dallasi De Carlo (Bahia and Pará); B. dentatum (Mayr) (Roraima); B. denticolle Montandon (Roraima); B. dilatatum (Dufour) (Maranhão); B. discretum Montandon (Rio Grande do Sul); B. elongatum Montandon (Paraná); B. estevezae Ribeiro & Alecrim (Amazonas); B. fittkaui De Carlo (Roraima); B. gestroi Montandon (Pará); B. guianae Lauck (Brazil, in Roraima); B. micantulum (Stål) (Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia and Roraima); B. minusculum (Uhler) (Brazil, in Amazonas, Pará and Rio Grande do Norte); B. parvum Estévez & Polhemus (Amazonas and Roraima); B. plebejum (Stål) (Roraima); B. pygmeum (Dufour) (Pará); B. ribeiroi De Carlo (Mato Grosso do Sul); B. stollii (Amyot & Serville) (Roraima); Horvathinia pelocoroides Montandon (Rondônia); Lethocerus annulipes (Herrich-Schaeffer) (Maranhão, Paraíba and Paraná); L. delpontei De Carlo (Amazonas and Pará) and L. maximus De Carlo (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas and Roraima). In addition, we provide a list of type and non-type specimens of Belostomatidae from INPA’s collection identified to the species level, photographs of these species and relevant taxonomic notes, when available.
A new species of Hoplacephala Macquart (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from Namibia, with a discussion of generic monophyly
Authors: PAPE THOMAS
Published: March 2019

A new species, Hoplacephala oryx sp. nov., is described from Namibia, Khorixas district. The male is characterized by a remarkably elongated pair of straight frontal setae and a tuft of lanceolate marginal setae on abdominal tergite 4. Generic assignment is argued from a cladistic analysis, and the monophyly of Hoplacephala Macquart is shown to be corroborated by the autapomorphic pattern of strong katepisternal setae.
Checklist of the Decapods (Crustacea) from the outer continental shelf and seamounts from Northeast of Brazil— REVIZEE Program (NE III)
Authors: FILHO PETRÔNIO A.C.
Published: March 2019

This study presents a list of 142 species collected on the outer continental shelf and seamounts from northeast Brazil at 24 oceanographic stations in May, 1998. References are provided from which all the present taxa identifications are based on.
Tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida) fauna from chemically reduced habitats—the lucky strike hydrothermal vent system, mid-atlantic ridge
Authors: LARSEN KIM , BŁAÓEWICZ-PASZKOWYCZ MAGDALENA , CUNHA MARINA R.
Published: March 2019

The tanaidacean fauna from the hydrothermal vents in the Lucky Strike Field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is examined. The material reveals species belonging to the genera Agathotanais, Apseudes, Leviapseudes, Sphyrapus, Armaturatanais, Leptognathiella, Mesotanais, Pseudotanais and Typhlotanais. One new typhlotanaid genus, Obesutanais, and five new species, Armaturatanais atlanticus, Obesutanais sigridae, Mesotanais styxis, Leptognathiella fragilis, and Typhlotanais incognitus, are described.
A new species of Palaemon (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from Qatar
Authors: DE GRAVE S. , AL-MASLAMANI I.
Published: March 2019

A new species of palaemonid shrimp, Palaemon khori sp. nov. is described from Qatar. The new species is closely related to Palaemon debilis Dana, but can be distinguished from that species by its rostral shape, the near quadrate fifth pleuron, a wider and less elongate telson, longer mesial telson spines, as well as details of the male first and second pleopods. A number of other morphological features are recorded here for the first time in a species of Palaemon, notably the marginal setation of the distal half of the telson.
Speciation in the "Várzéa" flooded forest: a new Mabuya (Squamata, Scincidae) from Western Amazonia
Authors: MIRALLES AURÉLIEN , BARRIO-AMORÓS CÉSAR L. , RIVAS GILSON , CHAPARRO-AUZA JUAN C.
Published: March 2019

Mabuya altamazonica sp. nov. is described from Peruvian Amazonia. This species is sympatric with M. nigropunctata. Despite their superficial similarity, those two Amazonian species could be differentiated both by cephalic scalation characters and molecular results (12S rRNA). Mabuya altamazonica sp. nov. differs from all Amazonian and Andean species of Mabuya by the combined presence of (1) paired prefrontals and frontoparietals, (2) a single pair of nuchals, (3) four supraoculars, (4) five subequal supraciliaries, (5) seven supralabials with the fifth being the largest and placed under the eye, (6) parietals in contact behind the interparietal and (7) dark palms and soles.
On the osteology of a distinctive specie of the genus Leptodactylus: Leptodactylus laticeps (Boulenger, 1917) (Anura, Leptodactylidae)
Authors: PONSSA MARÍA L.
Published: March 2019

The osteology of Leptodactylus laticeps is described. This species is the most distinctive member of the pentadactylus species group, and possibly of the genus Leptodactylus, based on external morphology, skin secretions and some aspects of its life history. This paper notes some characters that differ from or were previously overlooked in, description of the Leptodactylus. These are: 1) arrangement cotylar type II, 2) sacral diapophyses expanded, 3) nasals contiguos or in contact with frontoprietals, and 4) an anterior ramus parasphenoid which can or cannot reach the palatines. Some characters could be useful for species diagnoses and/or phylogenetic studies, such as elongation of the pars facialis of maxilla, maxillary teeth found almost reaching quadratojugal or extending beyond quadratojugal, nasals with posterolateral projections very prominent, nasals almost or in contact with each other; high number of vomerine teeth, tip of palatines not acute, and an alary process of premaxilla which is oriented slightly postero-dorsally.
Species of Branchiomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from the Caribbean Sea and Pacific coast of Panama
Authors: TOVAR-HERNÁNDEZ MARÍA ANA , KNIGHT-JONES PHYLLIS
Published: March 2019

Six species of Branchiomma Kölliker (1858) from the Caribbean Sea and Pacific coast of Panama are described or redescribed, and a key for their identification is provided. All six have dorsal collar margins widely separate and thoracic uncini with few rows of teeth on the uncinal crests. Branchiomma nigromaculatum (Baird, 1865), B. bairdi (McIntosh, 1885) and B. conspersum (Ehlers, 1887) are redescribed from type material and designated lectotypes. Each has at least two pairs of macrostylodes, stylodes which are longer than their neighbouring pairs, flanking the middle area of each crown radiole. Those of B. nigromaculatum, a large-bodied species, are only twice as long as their neighbours, whereas those of the other two smaller species are more than four times as long. Stylodes are sub-digitiform in B. nigromaculatum, strap-like in B. bairdi and tongue–like in B. conspersum. Branchiomma nigromaculatum differs from B. bairdi and B. conspersum in having thoracic uncini with one row of large teeth on each thoracic uncinal crest (side view), covering less than a quarter of the crest length. Branchiomma curtum (Ehlers, 1901) is described as a new record for the Caribbean Sea. It has a few, small, digitiform stylodes and thoracic uncini with three rows of teeth, covering a half of the crest length. Branchiomma coheni is described as a new species from Naos, Pacific coast of Panama. It has broad, flattened, foliose stylodes, forming fairly even gradations of size throughout the radiole length, and thoracic uncini with two rows of teeth on the crest. Branchiomma iliffei is described as a new species from Bahamas. It has many, narrow, stylodes of similar size, unusually large radiolar eyes, a short crown (a quarter of the body length), short dorsal lips (a quarter of the crown length), long triangular ventral lappets and three rows of teeth, covering about one half of the crest length.
A new wood-nesting Neocorynura (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Augochlorini) from Costa Rica, with notes on its biology
Authors: BROSI BERRY J. , SMITH-PARDO ALLAN , GONZALEZ VICTOR H.
Published: March 2019

We report here on a new species of Neocorynura from southern Costa Rica, only the third in this large (~150 spp.), primarily ground-nesting genus known to nest in wood. We describe the male, female, pupa, and nest of Neocorynura tica Smith-Pardo sp. nov. and provide information on its nest architecture and natural enemies. Neocorynura tica are small (~7 mm long), dark green bees with metallic greenish-yellow highlights and can be distinguished from most other Neocorynura by their small size and lack of metatibial spine, and especially from the allopatric N. rhytis (Vachal) by the lack of sculpturing on the mesoscutum and mesoscutellum. We found the cleptoparasitic phorid fly Megaselia sp. and a larva of a putative mutillid wasp attacking brood provisions of N. tica. Adults of N. tica were caught only in fragments of moist tropical forest, despite intensive sampling in nearby agricultural countryside, suggesting that this species may be forest-limited. We review existing information on nesting, social behavior, and parasitism in the genus, and briefly discuss the evolution of wood nesting behavior in the genus Neocorynura.
Plectrosternus Lacordaire, 1857 (Coleoptera: Elateridae); genus new to northern Western Ghats, India with a description of one new species
Authors: PATWARDHAN AMOL , ATHALYE R. P.
Published: March 2019

A new species Plectrosternus foveatus sp.nov. is described and illustrated. This is the first record of the genus from northern Western Ghats (Type locality: Yeoor, Thane, Maharashtra, India) and the third species from India.
On the generic and specific identity of the holotype of Rana hymenopus Boulenger 1920 (Amphibia: Anura: Pyxicephalidae)
Authors: CLARKE BARRY T. , POYNTON JOHN C.
Published: March 2019

The proposal by Tarrant et al. (2008) to refer the holotype of Rana hymenopus Boulenger 1920 to Amietia fuscigula isrejected. The holotype has been re-examined and, using external morphological and osteological characters, found to begenerically and specifically distinct from A. fuscigula. We refer the holotype to the genus Strongylopus Tschudi as a validspecies, S. hymenopus. The provenance of this specimen is established as South Africa, presented to the British Museumby Sir Andrew Smith, accessioned in 1858, and currently recognised in the Natural History Museum, London as Bouleng-er’s Rana hymenopus holotype. Some consequences of retrieving the name hymenopus from the synonymy of A. fuscigula are noted.
Revision of the Siobla metallica group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
Authors: NIU GENGYUN , WEI MEICAI , TAEGER ANDREAS
Published: March 2019

Twenty-two species of Siobla metallica species-group are revised. Fourteen new species: Siobla bomeica Niu & Wei, sp. nov., S. brevipilosa Niu & Wei, sp. nov., S. caerulea Niu & Wei, sp. nov., S. dian Niu & Wei, sp. nov., S. glabroorbita Niu & Wei, sp. nov., S. glabrotemporalis Niu & Wei, sp. nov., S. leucotarsis Niu & Wei, sp. nov., S. longipennis Niu & Wei, sp. nov., S. maculipennis Niu & Wei, sp. nov., S. obtusiscutellata Niu & Wei, sp. nov., S. rugosipropodea Niu & Wei, sp. nov., S. shennongjiana Niu & Wei, sp. nov., S. sinica Niu & Wei, sp. nov. and S. vardalae Niu & Wei, sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Six previously described species are redescribed. A key for species of the group is given. Distribution records of each species of the group are given.
A new peculiar isometopine genus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from the Eocene Baltic amber
Authors: HERCZEK ALEKSANDER , POPOV YURI A.
Published: March 2019

This joint article should be considered as a continuation of a series of publications on fossil mirids from the Baltic amber (Prussian Formation). Miridae, or plant bugs, are the largest family of contemporary true bugs (Heteroptera) widespread all over the world, with about 1,500 genera and over 10,000 species (Schuh 1995, Kerzhner & Josifov 1999). Recent Isometopinae is a relatively small subfamily including about 190 species, strongly cryptic in habits and rare in world collections. Some are predaceous and may hunt soft-bodied, mostly aphids and scale insects. Most inclusions of fossil plant bugs are usually found in the Eocene Baltic amber, where mirids are mainly represented by the subfamilies Cylapinae, Isometopinae, and Mirinae (Popov & Herczek 2008). These fossil insects were rather scarce only in the first years of their discovery (Popov & Herczek 1992, 1993; Herczek 1993).  Judging from the described and undescribed of Baltic amber mirids known to us just now, the isometopinae are not so rare among other fossil mirids and provide evidence for a considerable diversity at least since Eocene time.
Krobia xinguensis, a new species of cichlid fish from the Xingu River drainage in Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
Authors: KULLANDER SVEN O.
Published: March 2019

Krobia xinguensis is described from localities in the headwaters and in the lower part of the rio Xingu. It is distinguishedfrom the other two species in the genus, K. guianensis and K. itanyi, primarily by deeper caudal peduncle, and details ofthe colour pattern, including contrasting interorbital stripes and a small dark spot anteriorly on each side of the lower jaw.Krobia xinguensis represents a considerable range extension of the genus from the Guianas and northern tributaries of the lower Amazon, into a major south bank Amazon tributary.
Eviota atriventris, a New Goby Previously Misidentified as Eviota pellucida Larson (Teleostei: Gobiidae)
Authors: GREENFIELD DAVID W. , SUZUKI TOSHIYUKI
Published: March 2019

A species commonly identified as Eviota pellucida in the literature has been misidentified and is in fact an undescribedspecies, described here as E. atriventris. Eviota pellucida is known only from the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, Ponape,Mariana Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Eviota atriventris is known from the Ryukyu Islands, Philippine Islands,Palau Islands, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Eviota atriventris differs from E. pellucida in both preserved and live coloration and in pectoral-fin ray counts.
Revision of the Neotropical ladybird genus Parinesa Gordon (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)
Authors: ESCALONA HERMES E. , ŚLIPIŃSKI ADAM
Published: March 2019

The genus Parinesa Gordon is revised, differentiated from the genera Argentipilosa Gordon & Almeida and GlomerellaGordon and placed in Argentipilosini (Coccinellinae), the genus was previously known by one species from The GreaterAntilles. Ten species are recognized in Parinesa: P. whiteheadi Gordon, 1991 (type species), P. gnoma (Gordon, 1977) n.comb. transferred from Glomerella and the new species P. bechynorum sp. nov. and P. carioca sp. nov. from Brazil; P.minuta sp. nov. from Panama and P. ariasi sp. nov., P. jolyi sp. nov., P. lemae sp. nov., P. saviniae sp. nov. and P. anae sp. nov. from Venezuela.
Alloblennius frondiculus, a new species of blenny from the Andaman Islands(Teleostei: Blenniidae: Salariini)
Authors: SMITH-VANIZ WILLIAM F. , ALLEN GERALD R.
Published: March 2019

A new species of blenniid fish, tribe Salariini, is described based on a 23.8 mm SL specimen collected from the AndamanIslands, eastern Indian Ocean. It differs from other species of Alloblennius in having a pinnately branched supraorbitalcirrus about equal to eye diameter in height; lower jaws with relatively large, darkly pigmented labial flap anteriorly oneach side of chin; pectoral fin with 10 or 11 distinct, small dark spots; and anteriormost preopercular pore position with avertical pair of pores. The distribution of the new species is notable because the four previously described species of thegenus are known only from the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. A table comparing the five species of Alloblennius is presented.
A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider genus Aysenia Tullgren (Araneae: Anyphaenidae, Amaurobioidinae)
Authors: MÁRQUEZ MARÍA E. GONZÁLEZ , RAMÍREZ MARTÍN J.
Published: March 2019

The genus Aysenia Tullgren includes 8 species of spiders endemic to the southern forests of Chile and Argentina. Theyhave an elongated body, recurved posterior eye row and third legs directed forward. There are currently five known speciesof Aysenia. The study of all the specimens of Aysenia available in collections showed the existence of three undescribedspecies and the unknown male of A. elongata, all of which are here described. New geographical records are provided forall species, with illustrations and reviewed diagnosis for the genus and the previously known species. Data from the newspecies and the male of A. elongata are used to test the monophyly of the genus, its relationships with other genera in thefamily, and among its species. The phylogenetic analysis using cladistic methods uses observations from 264 previously defined characters plus three characters that arise from this study, scored for 104 species of Anyphaenidae.
Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae) of the Amazon region of Colombia
Authors: M. ALEXANDER FEIJOO , CELIS LILIANA V.
Published: March 2019

The descriptions of three species of terrestrial oligochaetes, family Glossocolecidae, are added to the catalog of earth-worms of Colombia’s Amazon region: Martiodrilus (Maipure) huitoto sp. nov., M. (Cordilleroscolex) mirania sp. nov.,and Periscolex coreguaje sp. nov.). With these new registries, the earthworms fauna of Colombia now contains 136 spe-cies. A key is included to differentiate species of Periscolex, and several observations are given related to the distribution of species and the presence of earthworms depending on changes in land use.
A new species of Parapercis (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae) from Madagascar
Authors: SPARKS JOHN S. , BALDWIN ZACHARY H.
Published: March 2019

A new species of sandperch is described from the shallow nearshore reefs of the Masoala Peninsula, northeastern Mada-gascar. The new species is distinguished from congeners occurring in the region by a unique pigmentation pattern on thecaudal fin comprising two large, oblong black blotches, with the smaller of the two markings located dorsally near the finbase and a much larger and more elongate patch situated ventrally, as well as the presence of numerous smaller blackblotches forming two to three bands distally on the caudal membrane, two longitudinal series of six to nine prominentblack blotches on the mid and lower flank, and the presence of large diffuse dark brown blotches on the snout, lips, cheek and opercle.
A revised nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of parrots (Psittaciformes)
Authors: JOSEPH LEO , TOON ALICIA , SCHIRTZINGER ERIN E. , WRIGHT TIMOTHY F. , SCHODDE RICHARD
Published: March 2019

The last 20 years have seen a resurgence in systematic studies of parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes). Principally but not solelymolecular in nature, this body of work has addressed the circumscription of higher level groupings within the Psittaciformesand relationships among them. Stability has now emerged on many formerly contentious matters at these levels. Accordingly,we consider it appropriate to underpin further work on parrot biology with a freshly revised classification at the taxonomicranks spanned by family-group nomenclature, i.e., between superfamily and tribe. In light of the body of recent work, we advo-cate a framework of three superfamilies among parrots (Strigopoidea, Cacatuoidea and Psittacoidea) within which Linnaeantaxonomy can accommodate present phylogenetic understanding by employing groupings at the ranks of family, subfamily andtribe. Just as importantly, we have addressed numerous issues of nomenclature towards stabilising the family-group names ofparrots. We erect two new subfamily names, Coracopseinae Joseph, Toon, Schirtzinger, Wright & Schodde, subfam. nov. andPsittacellinae Joseph, Toon, Schirtzinger, Wright & Schodde, subfam. nov. We stress that rankings we have applied reflect thestate of understanding of parrot phylogeny and how it can be summarized in a Linnaean system; comparisons with rankings in other groups are likely not appropriate nor relevant.
The systematic status of two enigmatic ocypodoid crabs, "Paracleistostoma" dentatum Tesch, 1918, and "Paracleistostoma" fossulum Barnard, 1955 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
Authors: NG PETER K.L.
Published: March 2019

The systematic positions of two ocypodoid crabs, Paracleistostoma dentatum Tesch, 1918, and P. fossulum Barnard, 1955,have been uncertain because each were described from single female specimens, with Ng et al. (2008) referring them pro-visionally to the Dotillidae and Varunidae, respectively. Števčić (2011) recently established two new genera, Lazarocleis-tostoma Števčić, 2011, and Brankocleistostoma Števčić, 2011, for P. dentatum Tesch, 1918, and P. fossulum Barnard,1955, respectively. He also recognised two new families, Lazarocleistostomidae Števčić, 2011, and Brankocleistostomi-dae Števčić, 2011, for these genera. Examination of the types and fresh material of P. fossulum indicates that while bothgenera are valid, the families are not justified. Brankocleistostoma is a dotillid; while Lazarocleistostoma is a varunid(subfamily Gaeticinae). The tribe Gopkittisakini Števčić, 2011 (type genus Gopkittisak Naruse & Clark, 2009), is also shown to be a junior synonym of Gaeticinae.
The genus Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of thirteen new species
Authors: VILKAMAA PEKKA , HIPPA HEIKKI , MOHRIG WERNER
Published: March 2019

The following species of the genus Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig, 1998 are recognized from New Caledonia, allnewly described: Pseudolycoriella acicula sp. n., P. bisulca sp. n., P. capillosa sp. n., P. latiflagellata sp. n., P. pallidulasp. n., P. senticosa sp. n., P. simplex sp. n., P. spicata sp. n., P. tenuis sp. n., P. tribulosa sp. n., P. trispicata sp. n., P. tumidior sp. n. and P. villosa sp. n. A key to the species is given.
An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
Authors: GHAHARI HASSAN , MONTEMAYOR SARA I. , MOULET PIERRE , LINNAVUORI RAUNO E.
Published: March 2019

An updated list of Iranian Tingidae Laporte is presented and discussed in this paper. For Iranian fauna, there are recordsof 74 species and subspecies of tingids distributed in 20 genera and subgenera, of which 72 of them belong to the subfam-ily Tinginae and 2 species to the subfamily Cantacaderinae (tribe Cantacaderini). In some species we list host plants, in Iran.
Correction to the scientific name of two recently described Brazilian species of crickets (Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae)
Authors: COSTA HENRIQUE C.
Published: March 2019

In a work published little over two years ago, Mews et al. (2009) described some new taxa of Brazilian phalangopsid crickets. Two specific names, however, were incorrectly formed under the articles of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999), leading to the need of justified emendations, according to Article 33.2.2 of the Code (ICZN 1999), which I will give below.
New Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) from California, USA
Authors: KONTSCHÁN JENŐ , STARÝ JOSEF
Published: March 2019

Jedediella horneri gen. nov., sp. nov. is described on the basis of two females and four males collected in California, USA.The new genus is unusual among uropodine mites by the shape and length of chelicerae. A previously described speciesof uropodine of uncertain taxonomic placement, Discourella sellnicki Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1969, is transferredto the new genus as Jedediella sellnicki (Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1969) comb. nov. Two new Trachytes species(T. axe sp. nov. and T. californica sp. nov.) are described and illustrated accompanied with a new key and notes to the Trachytes species of North America.
Checklist of the salps (Tunicata, Thaliacea) from the Western Caribbean Sea with a key for their identification and comments on other North Atlantic salps
Authors: HEREU CLARA MARÍA , SUÁREZ-MORALES EDUARDO
Published: March 2019

In waters of the Northwestern Atlantic pelagic tunicates may contribute significantly to the plankton biomass; however, theregional information on the salp fauna is scarce and limited to restricted sectors. In the Caribbean Sea (CS) and the Gulf ofMexico (GOM) the composition of the salpid fauna is still poorly known and this group remains among the less studiedzooplankton taxa in the Northwestern Tropical Atlantic. A revised checklist of the salp species recorded in the North At-lantic (NA, 0–40° N) is provided herein, including new information from the Western Caribbean. Zooplankton sampleswere collected during two cruises (March 2006, January 2007) within a depth range of 0–941 m. A total of 14 species wererecorded in our samples, including new records for the CS and GOM area (Cyclosalpa bakeri Ritter 1905), for the CS (Cy-closalpa affinis (Chamisso, 1819)), and for the Western Caribbean (Salpa maxima Forskål, 1774). The number of speciesof salps known from the CS and GOM rose to 18. A key for the identification of the species recorded in the region is provided. Studies on the ecological role of salps in several sectors of the NA are scarce and deserve further attention.
On the taxonomic status of Chactas camposi Mello-Leitão, 1939 (Scorpiones, Chactidae)
Authors: OCHOA JOSÉ A. , PINTO-DA-ROCHA RICARDO
Published: March 2019

The true taxonomic status of the chactid scorpion Chactas camposi Mello-Leitão, 1939 from Ecuador is established basedin the recently discovered holotype female, until now considered lost, at the Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. In baseon the analysis of the external morphology, we transfer this species to the genus Teuthraustes Simon, 1878. A detailedredescription and diagnosis according to modern standards are provided. Teuthraustes camposi comb. n. is closely related with Teuthraustes whymperi (Pocock, 1893) from Ecuadorian provinces Pichincha and Cotopaxi.
A new cryptic species of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Amphibia: Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from Cuba
Authors: DÍAZ LUIS M. , HEDGES S. BLAIR , SCHMID MICHAEL
Published: March 2019

The widely distributed grass frog of Cuba, Eleutherodactylus varleyi, is shown here to comprise two species. One, E. var-leyi, occurs in western and central Cuba while the other, E. feichtingeri n. sp., occurs in central and eastern Cuba. The twospecies are sympatric in central Cuba, and syntopic in the vicinity of Sierra de Cubitas, Camagüey Province. A molecularphylogeny of mitochondrial DNA sequences from 18 localities confirms the existence of two well-supported major cladescorresponding to each of these species, and the sympatry of the species. Tympanum size and advertisement call are themost useful diagnostic characters, although the two species are shown to have karyotypic differences as well. Possible character displacement in morphology and vocalization, in the area of sympatry, is discussed.
Discus (Canaridiscus) laurisilvae sp. nov., a species from the laurel forest of La Gomera, Canary Islands (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Discidae)
Authors: ALLGAIER CHRISTOPH , KLEMM MATTHIAS
Published: March 2019

A new endemic land snail species of the family Discidae, Atlantica (Canaridiscus) saproxylophaga Alonso, G. Holyoak & Yanes 2011, was recently described from La Gomera, Canary Islands (in Yanes et al. 2011). According to Rähle & Allgaier (2011) it is provisorily considered as belonging to the genus Discus. This species lives in the laurel forest and has the largest shell of all the Discidae hitherto known from Macaronesia. In the same habitat where D. saproxylophagus lives, we found individuals of similar size belonging to a second species of the taxon Canaridiscus. These two species show clear differences with respect to both shell morphology and genital anatomy, as described herein.
The slim mute crickets, Euscyrtinae (Orthoptera: Grylloidea; Gryllidae; Euscyrtinae) of Taiwan with three new species and lectotype designations of three of Shiraki’s species
Authors: YANG JENG-TZE , YANG CHING-SHAN
Published: March 2019

Three genera and five species of Taiwanese Euscyrtinae possess developed tegmina but produce no sound at all. In thispaper, we report on 10 species in 3 genera including 3 new species, i.e., Beybienkoana splendida n. sp., B. luteola n. sp.and B. gregaria n. sp. Lectotypes of three Shiraki’s species, i.e., Euscyrtus japonicus Shiraki 1930, Beybienkoana formo-sana (Shiraki, 1930) and Beybienkoana karnyi (Shiraki, 1930) are designated. The types are deposited in the collection ofDepartment of Entomology, National Taiwan University. In addition, Euscyrtus japonicus Shiraki, 1930 and Patiscus ma-layanus Chopard, 1969, are recorded are recorded from Taiwan for the first time. The morphology, including the ultra finestructure of metanotal gland, and ecology, including habitats and host plants, are applied in the taxonomy of this subfamily.The structure of the metanotal gland is described in detail using the Scanning Electronic Microscope. In this paper sometaxonomic characters are used for the first time in this group. The definition of Euscyrtinae emended with the structure ofmetanotal glands presented as new character for subfamily definition. A key to genera and to species of Euscyrtinae from Taiwan provided in this paper as well.
Revision of Aciuroides Hendel and Neoacanthoneura Hendel (Diptera: Ulidiidae: Pterocallini)
Authors: KAMENEVA ELENA P.
Published: March 2019

The genera Aciuroides and Neoacanthoneura occur only in Central and South America and are represented by 2 and 12 species, respectively. Eleven new species, Neoacanthoneura apicalis sp. n., N. brachioptera sp. n., N. chiroptera sp. n., N. dryas sp. n., N. geomyzina sp. n., N. goniata sp. n., N. euphrantina sp. n., N. steyskali sp. n., N. subapicalis sp. n., N. trypetina sp. n., N. trupaneina sp. n. are described, and the previously known species are redescribed and illustrated based on type material. The following synonymies and combinations are established: Aciuroides Hendel 1914 = Idanophana Hering 1938, new synonym; Aciuroides gephyra (Hering 1938), new combination (= Idanophana gephyra Hering 1938) = Aciuroides fasciata Hering 1941, new synonym = Idanophana missionarius Steyskal 1971, new synonym; Aciuroides insecta Hering 1941 = Aciuroides plaumanni Hering 1941, new synonym.
Revision of the endemic Hispaniolan genus Asteriza Chevrolat, 1836, with description of two new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Ischyrosonychini)
Authors: SHIN CHULWOO , CHABOO CAROLINE S. , CLARK SHAWN M.
Published: March 2019

The cassidine genus Asteriza Chevrolat, 1836 is redescribed and two new species, Asteriza blakeae Shin, Chaboo & Clarkand Asteriza tainosa Shin, Chaboo & Clark, are described from the Dominican Republic. A phylogenetic analysis and anillustrated key to the four Asteriza species are provided. Asteriza blakeae is diagnosed by the reddish lateral margin of thepronotum and more swollen brownish elytral margins. Asteriza tainosa is diagnosed by the relatively swollen maxillary and labial palpi and dominant yellow coloration of the elytra and pronotum.
A new species of scincid lizard in the genus Caledoniscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from northwest New Caledonia
Authors: SADLIER ROSS A. , WHITAKER TONY , WOOD PERRY L. , BAUER AARON M.
Published: March 2019

A new species of skink in the genus Caledoniscincus is described from the northwest region of New Caledonia. It is knownfrom two locations, one on the coast at Pointe de Vavouto north of Koné, the other on the slopes of the Massif d’Oua-zangou, an isolated mountain 30 km to the north. Typical of all members of the genus, adult males and females of the newspecies are sexually dichromatic. The new species, Caledoniscincus constellatus sp. nov., has a bold, white midlateralstripe, a feature which distinguishes it from most other species of Caledoniscincus except the regionally sympatric C. hap-lorhinus (Günther) and C. austrocaledonicus (Bavay), from which it can be distinguished by a unique pattern of contactbetween the pale midlateral stripe and the ear. DNA sequence data for the ND2 mitochondrial gene identifies a high levelof genetic differentiation between the new species and all other Caledoniscincus, further supporting its distinctiveness asan independent evolutionary lineage. The species is of high conservation concern given its restricted distribution in a re-gion that has been, and will continue to be, heavily impacted by human occupation, and would be ranked as Critically Endangered under IUCN criteria.
Rediscovery of Pseudophilautus semiruber, a diminutive shrub frog (Rhacophoridae: Pseudophilautus) from Sri Lanka
Authors: MEEGASKUMBURA MADHAVA , MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI KELUM , BOWATTE GAYAN , MEEGASKUMBURA SUYAMA
Published: March 2019

Ixalus semiruber Annandale, a diminutive (12-mm snout-vent length) frog originally described from the highlands of Sri Lankain 1913, has not been recorded in the succeeding century and is treated as Data Deficient for conservation purposes. Here wereport its rediscovery in Agra-Bopath, a sub-montane forest reserve. Pseudophilautus semiruber is distinguished by a combina-tion of the following characters: size 12.0–13.4 mm SVL; canthal edges rounded; tympanum distinct; vomerine ridge absent;supratympanic fold feebly defined; throat, chest, belly and underside of thigh smooth. It is a high-elevation (1,750 m a.s.l.) diurnal species that inhabits heavily-shaded leaf litter.
Nomenclatural issues in Rhagovelia Mayr (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae)
Authors: NEMÉSIO ANDRÉS , MELO ALAN L.
Published: March 2019

Nieser & Polhemus (1999) described four species of Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae) from the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil: Rhagovelia ochroischion, R. sbolos, R. trianguloides, and R. turmalis. Nevertheless, these same nomina were used in an identification key by Nieser & Melo (1997).
Catalogue and bibliography of Afrotropical Psychodidae: Bruchomyiinae, Psychodinae, Sycoracinae and Trichomyiinae
Authors: KVIFTE GUNNAR MIKALSEN
Published: March 2019

The Afrotropical fauna of Psychodidae, subfamilies Bruchomyiinae, Psychodinae, Sycoracinae and Trichomyiinae is cat-alogued. A total of 174 species in 27 genera are listed with full bibliographic citations and distributional data. Cryptotel-matoscopus Vaillant, 1982 is placed as a subgenus of Clogmia Enderlein, 1935, stat.nov.; Karakovounimerus Ježek, 1990is placed as a subgenus of Panimerus Eaton, 1904, stat.nov.; Orgaoclogmia Ježek & van Harten, 1996 is synonymisedwith Cryptotelmatoscopus Vaillant, 1982, syn.nov.; and Rhipidopsychoda Vaillant, 1991 is synonymised with ThreticusEaton, 1904 syn.nov. Telmatoscopus flagellifer Freeman, 1949, Mormia soelii Wagner & Andersen, 2007 and Rhad-inoscopus triangulatus Wagner, 1979 are transferred to Hemimormia Krek, 1971, comb.nov.; Telmatoscopus fuscipennisTonnoir, 1920 and Orgaoclogmia caboverdeana Ježek & van Harten, 1996 are transferred to Clogmia Enderlein, 1937,comb.nov.; Telmatoscopus pilosternatus Satchell, 1955 is transferred to Mormopericomiella Ježek & van Harten, 2002,comb.nov.; Copropsychoda bulbosa Ježek & van Harten, 2005, Falsologima verrucosa Ježek & van Harten, 2005, Psy-chana rujumensis Ježek & van Harten, 2005 and Psychodocha khoralkhwairensis Ježek & van Harten, 2009 are trans-ferred to Psychoda Latreille, 1796 comb.nov.; and Psychoda boettgeri Wagner, 1979 is transferred to Threticus Eaton, 1904 comb.nov. All nomenclatural changes are discussed.
On the Relative Sensitivity of a Tropical Deep Convective Storm to Changes in Environment and Cloud Microphysical Parameters
Authors: Posselt Derek J. , He Fei , Bukowski Jennifer , Reid Jeffrey S.
Published: March 2019

Monte Carlo and Morris screening techniques are used to examine the relative sensitivity of deep convective simulations to changes in initial conditions (IC) versus changes to microphysical parameters (MP). IC are perturbed using a set of empirical orthogonal function–principal component pairs obtained from a database of tropical soundings, while MP are perturbed consistent with their range of realistic values. Monte Carlo experiments provide a broad overview of parameter–output response, while Morris screening techniques identify the most significant influences on specific model output variables. Changes to MP produce a similar order-of-magnitude response in convective hydrologic cycle, dynamics, and latent heating as changes to IC. Changes in IC appear to have a larger effect on radiative fluxes than perturbations to MP. The distribution of low-level latent heating reveals that changes in MP have a larger influence on cold pool properties than changes to the environment. The dominant effects are produced by a subset of cloud MP and thermodynamic structure functions, indicating perturbation of a subset of the control factors may be used to produce most of the variability in a short-term convective-scale ensemble forecast. The most influential MP are the autoconversion threshold, the rain particle size distribution intercept, and the ice particle fall speed parameters. The most influential EOFs are those that correspond to variability in lower- to midtropospheric temperature and water vapor, as well as zonal low-level shear. The results have implications for both the understanding of what influences convective development and the design of ensemble-based prediction and data assimilation systems.
Stratospheric Trailing Gravity Waves from New Zealand
Authors: Jiang Qingfang , Doyle James D. , Eckermann Stephen D. , Williams Bifford P.
Published: March 2019

Gravity waves are frequently observed in the stratosphere, trailing long distances from mid- to high-latitude topography. Two such trailing-wave events documented over New Zealand are examined using observations, numerical simulations, and ray-tracing analysis to explore and document stratospheric trailing-wave characteristics and formation mechanisms. We find that the trailing waves over New Zealand are orographically generated and regulated by several processes, including interaction between terrain and mountaintop winds, critical-level absorption, and lateral wave refraction. Among these, the interaction between topography and low-level winds determines the perturbation energy distribution over horizontal scales and directions near the wave source, and accordingly, trailing waves are sensitive to terrain features and low-level winds. Terrain-forced wave modes are filtered by absorption associated with directional wind shear and Jones critical levels. The former plays a role in defining wave-beam orientation, and the latter sets an upper limit for the permissible horizontal wavelength of trailing waves. On propagating into the stratosphere, these orographic gravity waves are subject to horizontal refraction associated with the meridional shear in the stratospheric westerlies, which tends to elongate the wave beams pointing toward stronger westerlies and shorten the wave beams on the opposite side.
Hydrological Responses of Headwater Basins to Monthly Perturbed Climate in the North American Cordillera
Authors: Rasouli Kabir , Pomeroy John W. , Whitfield Paul H.
Published: March 2019

How mountain hydrology at different elevations will respond to climate change is a challenging question of great importance to assessing changing water resources. Here, three North American Cordilleran snow-dominated basins—Wolf Creek, Yukon; Marmot Creek, Alberta; and Reynolds Mountain East, Idaho—each with good meteorological and hydrological records, were modeled using the physically based, spatially distributed Cold Regions Hydrological Model. Model performance was verified using field observations and found adequate for diagnostic analysis. To diagnose the effects of future climate, the monthly temperature and precipitation changes projected for the future by 11 regional climate models for the mid-twenty-first century were added to the observed meteorological time series. The modeled future was warmer and wetter, increasing the rainfall fraction of precipitation and shifting all three basins toward rainfall–runoff hydrology. This shift was largest at lower elevations and in the relatively warmer Reynolds Mountain East. In the warmer future, there was decreased blowing snow transport, snow interception and sublimation, peak snow accumulation, and melt rates, and increased evapotranspiration and the duration of the snow-free season. Annual runoff in these basins did not change despite precipitation increases, warming, and an increased prominence of rainfall over snowfall. Reduced snow sublimation offset reduced snowfall amounts, and increased evapotranspiration offset increased rainfall amounts. The hydrological uncertainty due to variation among climate models was greater than the predicted hydrological changes. While the results of this study can be used to assess the vulnerability and resiliency of water resources that are dependent on mountain snow, stakeholders and water managers must make decisions under considerable uncertainty, which this paper illustrates.
Evaluation of Catch Efficiency Transfer Functions for Unshielded and Single-Alter-Shielded Solid Precipitation Measurements
Authors: Pierre Amandine , Jutras Sylvain , Smith Craig , Kochendorfer John , Fortin Vincent , Anctil François
Published: March 2019

Solid precipitation undercatch can reach 20%–70% depending on meteorological conditions, the precipitation gauge, and the wind shield used. Five catch efficiency transfer functions were selected from the literature to adjust undercatch from unshielded and single-Alter-shielded precipitation gauges for different accumulation periods. The parameters from these equations were calibrated using data from 11 sites with a WMO-approved reference measurement. This paper presents an evaluation of these transfer functions using data from the Neige site, which is located in the eastern Canadian boreal climate zone and was not used to derive any of the transfer functions available for evaluation. Solid precipitation measured at the Neige site was underestimated by 34% and 21% when compared with a manual reference precipitation measurement for unshielded and single-Alter-shielded gauges, respectively. Catch efficiency transfer functions were used to adjust these solid precipitation measurements, but all equations overestimated amounts of solid precipitation by 2%–26%. Five different statistics evaluated the accuracy of the adjustments and the variance of the results. Regardless of the adjustment applied, the catch efficiency for the unshielded gauge increased after the adjustment. However, this was not the case for the single-Alter-shielded gauges, for which the improvement of the results after applying the adjustments was not seen in all of the statistics tests. The results also showed that using calibrated parameters on datasets with similar site-specific characteristics, such as the mean wind speed during precipitation and the regional climate, could guide the choice of adjustment methods. These results highlight the complexity of solid precipitation adjustments.
Apolipoprotein profiling as a personalized approach to the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidaemia
Authors: Renee Ruhaak L , van der Laarse Arnoud , Cobbaert Christa M
Published: March 2019

An elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration is a classical risk factor for cardiovascular disease. This has led to pharmacotherapy in patients with atherosclerotic heart disease or high heart disease risk with statins to reduce serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Even in patients in whom the target levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol are reached, there remains a significant residual cardiovascular risk; this is due, in part, to a focus on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol alone and neglect of other important aspects of lipoprotein metabolism. A more refined lipoprotein analysis will provide additional information on the accumulation of very low-density lipoproteins, intermediate density lipoproteins, chylomicrons, chylomicron-remnants and Lp(a) concentrations. Instead of measuring the cholesterol and triglyceride content of the lipoproteins, measurement of their apolipoproteins (apos) is more informative. Apos are either specific for a particular lipoprotein or for a group of lipoproteins. In particular measurement of apos in atherogenic particles is more biologically meaningful than the measurement of the cholesterol concentration contained in these particles. Applying apo profiling will not only improve characterization of the lipoprotein abnormality, but will also improve definition of therapeutic targets. Apo profiling aligns with the concept of precision medicine by which an individual patient is not treated as ‘average’ patient by the average (dose of) therapy. This concept of precision medicine fits the unmet clinical need for stratified cardiovascular medicine. The requirements for clinical application of proteomics, including apo profiling, can now be met using robust mass spectrometry technology which offers desirable analytical performance and standardization.
Reconsidering Sex-Based Occupational Segregation and Agency Missions: An Analysis of U.S. State Bureaucracies (1987-2015) Using Two Different Thresholds
Authors: Hunt Valerie H. , Rucker Larra , Kerr Brinck
Published: March 2019

We examine Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data (1987-2015) to determine whether sex-based occupational segregation among administrative and professional workforces is related to state agency policy missions. Based on two thresholds, the customary 30% benchmark and the 50% benchmark of parity, the findings indicate segregation is related to policy missions. The 30% benchmark suggests a story of widespread progress across state bureaucracies. The 50% benchmark suggests less progress, especially, in police, fire, corrections, utilities, natural resources, and highways. The authors argue it is important to use multiple indicators to assess the progress of women in the workplace.