bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Understanding Contemporary Use of Thiazolidinediones
Authors: Arnold Suzanne V. , Inzucchi Silvio E. , Echouffo-Tcheugui Justin B. , Tang Fengming , Lam Carolyn S.P. , Sperling Laurence S. , Kosiborod Mikhail
Published: May 2019

Background:

Thiazolidinediones (rosiglitazone, pioglitazone) are oral insulin-sensitizing medications used in type 2 diabetes mellitus that reduce glucose with minimal risk of hypoglycemia and potential benefits on atherosclerosis. However, thiazolidinediones can cause fluid retention thereby increasing the risk of heart failure—a common complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methods and Results:

Data were analyzed from the Diabetes Collaborative Registry, a US outpatient registry of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus that currently encompasses 203 cardiology, endocrinology, and primary care practices and 3074 providers. Among 424 061 US adults enrolled in Diabetes Collaborative Registry who had type 2 diabetes mellitus and were taking ≥1 glucose-lowering medication, 35 018 patients (8.3%) were on a thiazolidinedione, which has remained stable over time. Patients on thiazolidinediones tended to be old (mean age, 69.2±10.7 years), 61.9% had coronary disease, and 17.2% had class 3 obesity. In total, 40.3% of patients on a thiazolidinedione had either a clinical diagnosis of heart failure (23.7%), had an ejection fraction of <40% (7.7%), or were on a loop diuretic (29.9%).

Conclusions:

Although thiazolidinediones lost significant market share after 2007 when concerns arose regarding their safety, thiazolidinediones are still commonly used. At least a quarter, and up to two-fifths, of patients currently treated with thiazolidinediones have some evidence of heart failure and therefore should not be candidates for this therapy. Accordingly, heart failure concerns with thiazolidinediones may be under-recognized.
Risk Model Development and Validation for Prediction of Coronary Artery Aneurysms in Kawasaki Disease in a North American Population
Authors: Son Mary Beth F. , Gauvreau Kimberlee , Tremoulet Adriana H. , Lo Mindy , Baker Annette L. , de Ferranti Sarah , Dedeoglu Fatma , Sundel Robert P. , Friedman Kevin G. , Burns Jane C. , Newburger Jane W.
Published: May 2019

Background

Accurate prediction of coronary artery aneurysms (
CAAs
) in patients with Kawasaki disease remains challenging in North American cohorts. We sought to develop and validate a risk model for
CAA
prediction.

Methods and Results

A binary outcome of
CAA
was defined as left anterior descending or right coronary artery
Z
score ≥2.5 at 2 to 8 weeks after fever onset in a development cohort (n=903) and a validation cohort (n=185) of patients with Kawasaki disease. Associations of baseline clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic variables with later
CAA
were assessed in the development cohort using logistic regression. Discrimination (c statistic) and calibration (Hosmer‐Lemeshow) of the final model were evaluated. A practical risk score assigning points to each variable in the final model was created based on model coefficients from the development cohort. Predictors of
CAAs
at 2 to 8 weeks were baseline
Z
score of left anterior descending or right coronary artery ≥2.0, age <6 months, Asian race, and C‐reactive protein ≥13 mg/
dL
(c=0.82 in the development cohort, c=0.93 in the validation cohort). The
CAA
risk score assigned 2 points for baseline
Z
score of left anterior descending or right coronary artery ≥2.0 and 1 point for each of the other variables, with creation of low‐ (0–1), moderate‐ (2), and high‐ (3–5) risk groups. The odds of
CAA
s were 16‐fold greater in the high‐ versus the low‐risk groups in the development cohort (odds ratio, 16.4; 95%
CI
, 9.71–27.7 [
P
<0.001]), and >40‐fold greater in the validation cohort (odds ratio, 44.0; 95% CI, 10.8–180 [
P
<0.001]).

Conclusions

Our risk model for
CAA
in Kawasaki disease consisting of baseline demographic, laboratory, and echocardiographic variables had excellent predictive utility and should undergo prospective testing.
Patents on Pharmaceutical Products in Fair International Economic Relations
Authors: Mah Jai S.
Published: May 2019

Intellectual property right (IPR) negotiations during the Uruguay Round (UR) negotiations were characterized by significant disagreement between developed and developing countries. For developing countries, the WTO system might have gone too far on patents. It is particularly true for essential medicines critical to human life and health. The Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the WTO includes a few provisions on special and differential treatment (SDT) of developing countries. However, these do not specifically mention pharmaceutical products. Patentability of pharmaceutical products may be analysed in light of fairness. From the viewpoint of distributional fairness, this article derives several policy suggestions for pharmaceutical products in fair international economic relations.
Schweitzer, Lagrange, and the German Roots of Historical Jesus Research
Authors: Giambrone Anthony
Published: May 2019

This study helps critically distance future scholarship from the rhetorical and religious agenda of Albert Schweitzer’s Quest of the Historical Jesus, with the corollary aim of problematizing the widespread ‘Three Quests’ heuristic, so dependent upon it. The pronounced ambitions and strongly marked German Protestant social location of Schweitzer’s project will be exposed by calling to witness a very early, yet widely neglected reception of his work: Marie-Joseph Lagrange’s The Meaning of Christianity according to German Exegesis (1917). The quite different, though no less contextualized socio-religious location of this French Catholic priest will serve to highlight some significant phenomena obscured by the standard picture of the history of Jesus research, above all its deep theoretical roots in the Radical Reformation.
The Aramaic Bible in the East
Authors: Alexander Philip S.
Published: May 2019

This article challenges the assumption that insofar as the Jewish communities of Babylonia were a ‘people of the book’, their book was a Hebrew Bible. Functionally the Bible that most people would have known was the Aramaic Targum of Onqelos and Jonathan. The Bible’s content—its law, narrative, and prophecy—was culturally mediated through Aramaic. Even in Rabbinic communities, where some had competence in Hebrew that gave them ready access to the original, the lack of formal and systematic study of Miqra may have made the Targum the tradition of first resort for understanding the Hebrew. The situation in the Aramaic-speaking east may not, then, have been all that different from the west, where a Greek Bible shaped the religious identity of the Greek-speaking Jewish communities. This essay is offered as a contribution to the neglected study of the role of Bible translation in the history of Judaism.
The Story of Susanna in Syriac: A Preliminary Survey of Diversity
Authors: Marsh Bradley John
Published: May 2019

This pilot study outlines the diverse and at times interwoven textual traditions of the story of Susanna in the Syriac Bible. There are three different versions of the story aside from the Syrohexapla and the revision of Jacob of Edessa, namely the ‘Peshitta’ version, another here dubbed ‘Sinai Susanna’, and finally the so-called ‘Harklean’ version. This paper seeks to describe the kinds of relationships that exist between these textual traditions as well as to suggest what type of critical edition might best display these connections. Additionally, the Sitz im Leben of the ‘Harklean’ version is briefly discussed, reflecting on whether the version’s unique literary features betray a Jewish or a Christian background.
Effect of supplemental feeding on nesting success in the Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
Authors: Gal Adiv , Saltz David , Motro Uzi
Published: May 2019

The effect of food supplement to Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) nests during the nestling period (from hatching to fledging) was studied in two nesting colonies in Israel – Alona and Jerusalem. Our hypothesis, based on diminishing returns considerations, was that food supplement will have a greater effect on fledgling success in the food-limited, urban colony of Jerusalem, than in the rural colony of Alona. Indeed, food supplement had a significantly positive effect on breeding success in both colonies. However, and contrary to our prediction, the decrease in chick mortality between supplemented and control nests in Jerusalem was not larger than in Alona (actually it was numerically smaller, albeit not significantly so). This implies either that additional factors, possibly urbanization associated, other than food limitation, might be responsible for the difference in nesting success of Lesser Kestrels between Alona and Jerusalem, and/or that the amount or the nutritional quality of the additional food provided to supplemented nests (three mice per chick per week), was not enough.
Forest melliferous resources as a sustainable development factor of beekeeping
Authors: Sultanova Rida , Gabitov Ildar I. , Yanbaev Yulai A. , Yumaguzhin Fitrat G. , Martynova Maria V. , Chudov Ivan V. , Tuktarov Varys R.
Published: May 2019

The management of beekeeping on forest lands is a vivid manifestation of the multifunctional use of forests, which is based on its target cultivation. The work shows the development of beekeeping, identifies factors affecting the sustainable development of this industry, sets priorities for increasing the efficiency of utilization of forest honey resources of the Southern Urals, including the main melliferous - Tilia cordata Mill. The nature and characteristics of the influence of weather and climatic factors on the growth of bee colonies, their physiological state, composition, age representation of natural melliferous woody plants, the onset dates and the duration of their flowering were determined. It was found that, of the silvicultural and inventory indicators, the composition and age, density and type of forest most strongly influence the yield of honey. The activities of forest care are close to them in terms of importance. A system of organizational measures has been proposed, through which high efficiency of using forest feed resources and sustainable development of beekeeping can be achieved: keeping an optimal number of bee colonies in an apiary - up to 150 hives, based on providing one bee colony of 50-60 thousand individuals with at least 130 kg of nectar; the location of apiaries in the 3-kilometer zone of growth of forest melliferous plants, taking into account the productive emergence of bees in the 2.5-3.0 km; establishing clear nomadic routes based on a geobotanic inventory of forest and agricultural melliferous plants. Increasing the target indicator - the nectar productivity of forests without a gap in their use both in space and in time - can be achieved by growing multi-tiered forests of different age from Tilia cordata Mill.
Text and Determination
Authors: Messling Markus
Published: May 2019

Protagonists of the ‘philological turn’ have claimed philology to be a self-reflective praxis. The history of modern philology however demonstrates that this can only be understood as a demand. All too often, philological conceptions went hand in glove with a deterministic anthropology. Whereas current research on the nexus between philology and racial thought focus on how biopolitical assumptions could be applied within philological disciplines, the idea of a ‘hard’ anthropological nucleus and a ‘soft’ textual culture referring to it needs to be revised. Because of their methodological potential and cultural strength, European philologies were scientific models up to the second half of the 19th century and relied on the same epistemic assumptions from which ‘modern’ raciological discourses were born. This comes mainly from the relation established since the 17th century between the variety of languages, scripts and textual cultures on the one hand, and rationality on the other. The arguments that stem from this discourse of a challenged universalism were amalgamated with genealogical thought in 19th century philology and an obsession with origins as the biblical narrative faded away. Thus, spiritual or cognitive forms, understood as determining factors in historical evolution, could then be linked to an assumed ‘original’ intellectual or anthropological potentiality. However, raciological conceptualizations have been far from being without alternative. My paper argues that if the return to philology aims to be more than a reaction to the normative loss of textual culture, then the epistemological struggle within the history of philology needs to be reflected in its relevance for any ‘future’ philology.
Jesuits and the Natural Sciences in Modern Times, 1814–2014
Authors: Udías Agustín
Published: May 2019

After their restoration of 1814, the Jesuits made significant contributions to the natural sciences, especially in the fields of astronomy, meteorology, seismology, terrestrial magnetism, mathematics, and biology. This narrative provides a history of the Jesuit institutions in which these discoveries were made, many of which were established in countries that previously had no scientific institutions whatsoever, thus generating a scientific and educational legacy that endures to this day. The essay also focuses on the teaching and research that took place at Jesuit universities and secondary schools, as well as the order’s creation of a worldwide network of seventy-four astronomical and geophysical observatories where particularly important contributions were made to the fields of terrestrial magnetism, microseisms, tropical hurricanes, and botany.
Rak Thi Tong Montra: A Modern Interpretation of Phra Lo in the Rattanakosin Period
Authors: Ruengruglikit Cholada
Published: May 2019

Rak Thi Tong Montra [Magic Love] is written in the form of novel by Thommayanti. The story line of this novel is still the same as that of Lilit Phra Lo, a well-known traditional Thai literature in the Early Ayutthaya Period. Though the plot is kept, many changes are made to suggest the writerʼs new themes and purpose. Thommayanti tells the story by using the younger princess to narrate the story in the form of a memoir. Due to Thommayantiʼs purpose, some changes in characterization are made and some events are inserted.
Faustʼs Self-Realization from a Buddhist Perspective
Authors: Watananguhn Pornsan
Published: May 2019

The aim of this paper is to investigate the differences between “self- realization” within Christian-western philosophy and Faustʼs self-realization in Goetheʼs tragedy as received and interpreted in a Buddhist society. Further, the article examines in what way the author Goethe shows an ironical and critical attitudes towards Faustʼs life and how can Faust be redeemed from the guilt and set himself free from the “karmaʼs” law of cause and effect.
Linguistic Landscapes of Bangkok
Authors: Huebner Thom
Published: May 2019

The effects of globalization of the world economy on English, now the dominant world language, has been well documented. While increasing attention has been paid to its changing form and to issues of identity and power (Phillipson 1992, Pennycook 1994, 1998, Fishman et al. 1996, McArthur 1998, Bex and Watts 1999, etc.), less attention has been paid to the effects of globalization on the use of other languages for wider communication, particularly in large cosmopolitan urban areas in expanding circle countries. The current paper examines over 600 signs found in fifteen Bangkok “neighborhoods” to explore how the use of language in environmental print distinguishes one area of the city from another, and how English may be influencing the varieties of Thai in Bangkok.
The Tai of Muong Vat do not Speak the Black Tai Language
Authors: L-Thongkum Theraphan
Published: May 2019

A word list of 3,343 items with Standard Thai, English and Vietnamese glosses was used for eliciting the Black Tai or Tai Dam language data at each of the twelve research sites: ten in northern Vietnam, one in northern Laos, and one in central Thaialnd. The data collected at two villages in Muong Vat could not be used for a reconstruction of Old Black Tai phonological system and a lexicon because on a phonological basis and a lexical basis, the Tai dialect of Muong Vat is not Black Tai, especially the one spoken at Ban Phat, Chieng Pan sub-district and Ban Coc Lac, Tu Nang sub-district, Son La province, Vietnam.
Philosophical Challenges of Computing Ethics: UNESCO and Information Ethics
Authors: Macer Darryl
Published: May 2019

Ethics and information activities are related in a number of ways. This paper discusses the role of UNESCO regarding information ethics. The main commitment of UNESCO is “free flow of information and access to knowledge sources,” and the organization has held various meetings and congresses to this purpose. Then the author’s project on mental mapping is discussed. The main focus of the project is on the question how interpersonal understanding is possible, and how this question is related to the problem of how human beings make decision in moral dilemma situations. The paper ends with a discussion of what is novel about information ethics in the age of computers.
An Ethical Method for Developing Electronic Voting Systems
Authors: Bowern Michael
Published: May 2019

Recently there has been widespread concern about the use of electronic voting machines to record votes in elections. Although discussions on this technology have taken place in several countries, this paper will focus on the issues raised in the context of the USA presidential elections in 2000 and 2004. These concerns will be considered in the light of practices in Australia.
The Shi’ite Muslims in Thailand from Ayutthaya Period to the Present
Authors: Chularatana Julispong
Published: May 2019

This article aims at studying and analyzing the status and development of the Shi’ite Muslim minority in Thailand from the 16th century to the present day. The Shi’ite Muslims in Thailand developed and are informally separated into two groups. The original ones call themselves Chao Sen, which means Imam Hussein’s followers, and are descended from Indo-Iranian Shi’ite Muslim ancestors who came from Iran and the Shi’ite States of India during the early 16th century. The others, who are called by the original group Chi A Mai, which means new Shi’ites, converted from other beliefs to Shi’ism under the influence of the Shi’a revival after the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979.
Multicultural Aspects of the Mosques in Bangkok
Authors: Raksamani Adis Idris
Published: May 2019

This study is focused on the cultural aspects of the mosques in Bangkok which were influenced from the multicultural background of Muslims from Persia, India, Arab, Cham, Java, and Malaysia.
The Emergence and Transformation Processes of Waterfront Community Markets in Tha Chin River Basin
Authors: Haocharoen Kritaporn , Peerapun Wannasilpa , Paksukcharern Khaisri
Published: May 2019

In this study of “The Emergence and Transformation Processes of Tha Chin River’s Waterfront Community Markets,” the markets that originated generally in the reigns of King Rama V through to King Rama VII have been studied. The objective was to investigate whether or not the transportation networks and the spatial centrality had any association with the emergence and transformation processes of the Tha Chin River’s waterfront community markets. The framework of this study includes the research and analysis of transportation networks that affected the spatial centrality of the target markets. To assist the investigation, it seems reasonable to assume that the transportation networks and the spatial centrality had a direct bearing on the process of emergence and transformation of the waterfront community market within the Tha Chin River Basin area. Therefore, the study is separated into three periods using maps from the Royal Thai Survey Department as a means to demarcate the three different time zones namely, the first period (2436 BE – 2484 BE) which is shown by the map of 2455 BE – 2482 BE, the second period (2484 BE – 2505 BE) which is indicated in the map entitled L7017, and last but not least, the last period (2506 BE –2554 BE) which is illustrated by the L7018 map.
A Reflection of Thai Culture in Thai Plant Names
Authors: Singnoi Unchalee
Published: May 2019

The present study focuses on the plant naming system in the Thai language based on 1) Brent Berlin’s general principles of categorization of plants and animals in traditional societies (Berlin, 1974, 1992) which suggest that it is worthwhile to think about a plant taxonomy system on the basis of plant names since the names provide the valid key to folk taxonomy and 2) Lakoff’s central guiding principles of cognitive linguistics (Lakoff and Johnson, 2003 and Lakoff 1987). Data on plant names collected from printed materials are selectively analyzed. The study examines the linguistic structure, folk taxonomy and conceptualization of plant terms in the Thai language. It is found that there exists in the Thai language a complex and practical plant naming system establishing a relationship between language, cognition and culture.
Language Learning Strategies Used by Thai and Vietnamese University Students
Authors: Khamkhien Attapol
Published: May 2019

Based on several standardized tests, previous studies show that Vietnamese youths have higher proficiency in English than Thai youths in spite of the latter’s social advantages. An explanation for the discrepancy is probably that the two groups use different strategies in learning English. This study reports the results of an investigation into language learning strategies commonly used by Thai and Vietnamese university students, using the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) developed by Oxford (1990) and semi-structured interviews. A comparison of the patterns of language learning strategies used by the two student groups revealed some resemblances and differences, illustrating what teachers and students should know to successfully teach and learn English, respectively. It is hoped that the findings of this study will be of particular benefit to educational planners, methodologists, and classroom teachers; they will not only help them better understand the strategies used by Thai students in learning English, but also facilitate the process of improving English education in Thailand.
A Scientific Reading of the Protagonist’s Tragedy in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’urbervilles
Authors: Uttama Choedphong
Published: May 2019

Thomas Hardy’s novels are known for the portrayal of their protagonists’ ill fortune and tragedies. Attempts have been made to understand the pessimism that pervades his novels through the study of the harsh life of the rural proletariat, the class into which many of his protagonists fall, or of Victorian society itself which, with its forms of social constraint, limited people’s life and was a cause of unhappiness. This paper offers an alternative way of understanding the pessimism in Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891) through a scientific reading of the protagonist’s tragic life. By contextualizing this novel in the Victorian period when advances in science challenged religious belief and by considering the author’s interest in science and his ambivalent attitude towards religion, this paper aims to show that the calamitous life of the protagonist can be explained by the theory of natural selection in which living things are controlled by chance and randomness as opposed to religious belief which holds that God is behind human destiny. This reading also ties in with the theory and power of heredity which denies the individual any real choice, making the protagonist unable to control her own actions. The last approach will look at mesmerism which can shed light on the most important and controversial scene in the novel and which greatly contributes to the protagonist’s tragedy.
The Relationship Between Buddhism and Indigenous Beliefs and People as Reflected in the Names of Lokapālas in Early Buddhist Literature
Authors: Sirisawad Natchapol
Published: May 2019

The purpose of this article is to analyze aspects of the relationship between Buddhism, indigenous beliefs and people through the names of lokapālas in early Buddhist literature, and especially the names of the three great kings, Dhataraṭṭha, Virūḷha (or Virūḷhaka), and Virūpakkha. The study revealed that the name of the three great kings, Dhataraṭṭha, Virūḷha (or Virūḷhaka), and Virūpakkha, may reflect traces of earlier or contemporaneous indigenous beliefs and people who had cultural encounters with Buddhism. The indigenous beliefs consist of the nāga cult, belief in spirits, early practice of urn-burials and belief in the soul or spirit of the dead rising from the grave, primitive beliefs of Aryan people and, nāga as a tribe. Buddhism shows an attempt to incorporate these beliefs and people into the Buddhist cosmology by elevating some local gods, indigenous beliefs and tribal people to divine status, such as lokapālas, who become chieftains of the gandhabbas, the nāgas, and the kumbhaṇḍas, in order to show acceptance of earlier or contemporaneous indigenous beliefs and tribes. These findings may help to improve understanding more of the sociology of early Buddhism.
Film or Flick?: Bundit Rittakol’s Youth Films as a Reflection of Resistance to Socio-cultural Transition in Thailand
Authors: Lopattananont Thanayod
Published: May 2019

Based on the theory that the film medium is of high value in reflecting socio-cultural matters, this research studied ten youth films directed by Bundit Rittakol during the 1980s-2000s in order to provide an understanding of how his films can be associated with the socio-cultural changes occurring at that time. During the 1980s-2000s, Thai society went through a period of economic and social transition with the adoption of a liberalized economy, influenced by globalization and democratization.
Two new Deltocephalini leafhopper genera (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China
Authors: ZHANG YALIN , DUAN YANI
Published: May 2019

Two new genera of Deltocephalini, Yuanamia gen. nov. with Y. anastoma sp. nov. as type species and Wyushinamia gen. nov. with W. bifurcata sp. nov. as type species, are described and illustrated from China.
A new species of Ansonia Stoliczka 1872 (Anura: Bufonidae) from Central Peninsular Malaysia and a revised taxonomy for Ansonia from the Malay Peninsula. Zootaxa, 1327, 1–21. (ERRATUM)
Authors: GRISMER L. L.
Published: May 2019

ERRATUM
Acoela (Acoelomorpha) from the northern beaches of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and a systematic revision of the family Otocelididae
Authors: HOOGE MATTHEW D. , ROCHA CARLOS E. F.
Published: May 2019

Twenty-one species of Acoela, including seven new species and one new subspecies, are reported from the northern coast of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The species include two from the family Actinoposthiidae (Philactinoposthia coneyi sp. nov., P. stylifera brasiliensis subsp. nov.), three from Convolutidae (Amphiscolops evelinae, Convoluta henseni, Heterochaerus sargassi), three from Haploposthiidae (Haplogonaria sophiae sp. nov., Kuma albiventer, K. asilhas sp. nov.), eight from Isodiametridae (Archaphanostoma marcusi sp. nov., Avagina marci, Isodiametra divae, I. vexillaria, I. westbladi, Pseudaphanostoma divae, P. herringi sp. nov., Unnamed Species 1), one from Mecynostomidae (Eumecynostomum evelinae), three from Otocelididae (Haplocelis dichona, Otocelis erinae, sp. nov., Philocelis robrochai sp. nov.) and one from Paratomellidae (Paratomella rubra). The genera Haplocelis and Otocelis from the defunct family Otocelididae are reassigned to the family Isodiametridae.
Elthusa arnoglossi sp. nov. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), a branchial parasite of flatfishes (Bothidae) from the Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia
Authors: TRILLES JEAN-PAUL , JUSTINE JEAN-LOU
Published: May 2019

The cymothoid isopod Elthusa arnoglossi sp. nov., a branchial parasite of Arnoglossus sp. (Teleostei, Bothidae) from the Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia (southwestern Pacific), is described and figured. The new species is characterised by the asymmetric body of the female, always twisted to the right side, antenna composed of 18 articles in both sexes, all female pereopods with a distinctly dilated merus and uropods almost reaching posterior margin of pleotelson in both sexes; males have the body with pereonites 1–3 distinctly wider than pereonites 4–5 and a well developed appendix masculina. Within the genus the species is similar only to E. samariscii (Shiino, 1951), a parasite of Samaris cristatus (Teleostei, Samaridae) from the Indo-Pacific. E. arnoglossi is the first Elthusa reported on fish from the genus Arnoglossus.
Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the southern Chilean Comau Fjord, with reinstatement of Tonicia calbucensis Plate, 1897
Authors: SCHWABE ENRICO , FÖRSTERRA GÜNTER , HÄUSSERMANN VERENA , MELZER ROLAND R. , SCHRÖDL MICHAEL
Published: May 2019

The hardbottom benthic communities of the southern Chilean fjord region are among the least studied worldwide. Within the framework of biodiversity surveys of the Comau Fjord system (42°10’ – 42°30’S), new distributional and biological information on chitons has been obtained. This paper deals with nine species, belonging to four families, observed and collected in shallow water (0–39 m depth) between 2003 and 2005. Photographs of living specimens in their habitat are given for the first time. Radulae and external features are compared. Problematic taxa, such as Chiton magnificus, are discussed. Based on examination of the type material, Tonicia calbucensis is re-evaluated and recognized as a valid species, differing from T. lebruni by a number of characters. For the first time an infection by an endoparasitic nematode is reported in chitons. The species reported herein were already known from southern Chile, but the species composition in Comau Fjord system differs from that of the more exposed Pacific Ocean coast.
Biodiversity of benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) in the Southwest Atlantic between 35ºS and 56ºS
Authors: GAPPA JUAN LÓPEZ , ALONSO GLORIA M. , LANDONI NÉSTOR A.
Published: May 2019

The aim of this study is to provide a synthesis of the present knowledge of the benthic Amphipoda in the Southwest Atlantic between 35ºS and 56ºS, and between the coast of Argentina and 50ºW. The analysis of 107 taxonomic and ecological papers published between 1852 and 2005 produced a list of 227 oceanographic stations/coastal localities with records of benthic amphipods. Forty-three families, 118 genera and 212 species and subspecies were recorded. The sampling effort has been more intense around the Malvinas/Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego and Buenos Aires Provinces. Relatively fewer stations occurred between 41ºS and 47ºS, where vast areas of the continental shelf lacked any published records of amphipods. Species richness is closely related to the sampling effort, but also increases significantly with latitude. Cluster analysis classified the amphipod fauna in 2 assemblages. The Argentine Biogeographic Province is represented by 35 species, ranging from 36ºS to 43ºS and encompassing coastal or relatively shallow shelf areas off Buenos Aires, Río Negro and Chubut. The Magellanic Biogeographic Province is represented by 157 species, ranging from 36ºS to 56ºS and including the coasts of Tierra del Fuego, Santa Cruz and the Malvinas/Falkland Islands. The coastal transition between both faunistic assemblages occurs around 43ºS– 44ºS. On the continental shelf it follows a SW-NE direction around 70–100 m depth. Only 21 species (15.3%) of marine benthic amphipods known to Brazil have also been found in Argentina, suggesting that the Río de la Plata estuary may act as a biogeographic barrier for many warm-temperate species, but most Magellanic species present in southern Chile extend their distribution to the Southwest Atlantic. An up-to-date catalogue of species recorded from the study area is included.
Description of the mature larva of Hydrothassa fairmairei (Brisout) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) and key to the larvae of the genus
Authors: BASELGA ANDRÉS , NOVOA FRANCISCO
Published: May 2019

Mature larva of Hydrothassa fairmairei (Brisout) is described and illustrated for the first time, based on specimens collected on Ranunculus spp. (Ranunculaceae) in Spain. A key to known larvae of genus Hydrothassa Thomson is provided. Diagnostic characters for the identification of species within this genus are number and size of abdominal dorsal tubercles, size of prothoracical setae and number of setae of anterior dorsal mesoand metathoracical tubercles. The larva of H. fairmairei is similar to that of H. marginella (Linné), but is clearly separated by the number of setae of dorsal anterior tubercle of mesoand metathorax. Notes on distribution and host plants are included.
Redescription of the monotypic erigonine genus Oculocornia Oliger, 1985 from the Russian Far East (Araneae, Linyphiidae)
Authors: GNELITSA VALERI A. , MARUSIK YURI M.
Published: May 2019

The holotype male of Oculocornia orientalis Oliger, 1985 (Linyphiidae, Erigoninae) from the Russian Far East is redescribed and its relationships are discussed.
Description of capillariid nematodes (Trichinelloidea: Capillariidae) parasitic in Australian marsupials and rodents
Authors: SPRATT DAVID M.
Published: May 2019

Capillariid nematodes (Trichinelloidea: Capillariidae) parasitic in Australian dasyurid, peramelid and potoroid marsupials and murid rodents are described. Diagnosis of the genus Eucoleus and a key to species are given. Two species are redescribed: E. gastricus (Baylis) and E. rickardi (Beveridge and Barker), comb. nov. Nine species are described as new: E. breviductus sp. nov., E. buckenbourensis sp. nov., E. fluvidus sp. nov., E. longiductus sp. nov., E. parvulus sp. nov., E. perplexus sp. nov., E. plumosus sp. nov., E. posterus sp. nov. and E. pseudoplumosus sp. nov. Three additional species are recognized but not named. Species of Eucoleus occur in a diverse range of epithelial tissue habitats in Australian hosts throughout eastern Australia; one species is known from peramelids in Western Australia. Members of the genus have not been found in any other families of Australian marsupials. Three species are parasites of dasyurids, eight species are parasites of peramelids, two species occur in both dasyurid and peramelid hosts and two species are parasites of murid rodents. Morphologically, species of Eucoleus appear to be reasonably host specific at the family level. Molecular evidence indicates that sibling species of Eucoleus occur in distinct but closely related host species. Baruscapillaria conspecta sp. nov. is described from murid rodents and the potoroid marsupial rufous rat kangaroo, Aepyprymnus rufescens, primarily in north Queensland. Capillaria ornamentata sp. nov. is described from the distal nasal sinus behind the orbit of the eye of species of dasyurids of the genus Antechinus in southeastern Australia. Aonchotheca praeputialis (Obendorf, 1979) comb. nov. is redescribed and appears to occur exclusively in the native Rattus fuscipes. New host and geographic records, and tissue localities of the trichurid nematode, Anatrichosoma haycocki (Trichinelloidea: Trichuridae, Trichosomoidinae) are given.
Description of two new genera and species of Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from southern South America
Authors: KONDO TAKUMASA , HARDY NATE , COOK LYN , GULLAN PENNY
Published: May 2019

Two new genera of Eriococcidae, Intecticoccus Kondo and Orafortis Hardy, each with a new species (I. viridis Kondo and O. luma Hardy), are described and illustrated based on the adult females. I. viridis was collected on Nothofagus antarctica (Nothofagaceae) in Argentina and Chile, and O. luma was collected in Chile on Amomyrtus luma (Myrtaceae). Based on a phylogenetic analysis of SSU rDNA (18S) sequence data, I. viridis and O. luma are placed within the Gondwanan group of eriococcids (sensu Cook & Gullan 2004), which also includes other Nothofagus-feeding genera such as Chilechiton Hodgson & Miller, Chilecoccus Miller & González and Madarococcus Hoy. Major genera within the Gondwanan group that feed on other plant groups include Lachnodius Maskell, Opisthoscelis Schrader and some species currently assigned to Eriococcus Targioni Tozzetti. We consider that I. viridis and O. luma are each sufficiently distinct from other named taxa to warrant erection of two new genera. DNA data do not support a relationship of Chilechiton with the New Zealand genus Eriochiton Maskell. A revised taxonomic key to the adult females of Eriococcidae known from Chile is provided.
Puelchesia gracilis, a new genus and species of Pachydemini endemic to the Monte biogeographic province in Argentina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
Authors: OCAMPO FEDERICO C. , SMITH ANDREW B.T.
Published: May 2019

A new scarab beetle genus and species, Puelchesia gracilis, is described based on specimens collected in the Monte biogeographic province of west central Argentina. This genus is placed in the tribe Pachydemini based on an evaluation of the characters within the context of the current classification of the subfamily Melolonthinae. The distribution and natural history of the taxon is also discussed.
Cnesterodon holopteros (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), a new species from the Republic of Uruguay
Authors: LUCINDA PAULO H.F. , LITZ THOMAS , RECUERO ROBERTO
Published: May 2019

Cnesterodon holopteros new species is described from the río Uruguai drainage. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by: (1) a series of small dark brown dots along predorsal portion of first, second or third lateral scale row, associated with vertical bars along body sides; (2) eight or nine (rarely seven) dark brown vertical bars (from one to three scales in depth) along lateral surface of body in females, which may extend nearly down to belly (i.e., at level of ventral profile); (3) bony style at male gonopodium tip long and gently arched, narrowing towards tip to form a distal filament and bearing a V-shaped membrane restricted to its proximal third; (4) four branchiostegal rays in females; and (5) unbranched pelvic-fin rays.
A partial revision of the Ameerega hahneli complex (Anura: Dendrobatidae) and a new cryptic species from the East-Andean versant of Central Peru
Authors: TWOMEY EVAN , BROWN JASON L.
Published: May 2019

We describe a new species of poison frog from central Peru which has been referred to as Ameerega picta and A. hahneli for the past thirty years. To our knowledge the new species is endemic to Peru and occurs throughout the east-Andean versant between roughly 6 and 10 degrees south latitude. Recent phylogenies using molecular data show that the new species and A. hahneli are not closely related despite being similar in pattern, color, and morphology. Our data suggest that the new species is a sister taxon to A. rubriventris, which is readily distinguishable from the new species by its reddish venter. The new species can be distinguished furthermore from other Ameerega species by possessing white (rather than yellow or cream) dorsolateral stripes, and from the similar A. hahneli by differences in advertisement calls and larval morphology.
A new genus and species of cyproideid amphipod associated with unstalked crinoids on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Authors: LOWRY J. K. , AZMAN B. A. R.
Published: May 2019

Gbroidea dingaalana, a new genus and species of cyproideid amphipod is described from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The species is associated with the unstalked crinoids, Comathus briareus, Comatula rotalaria and Zygometra microdiscus.
Two sympatric new species of Phrynopus (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Yanachaga Chemillen National Park (central Peruvian Andes)
Authors: CHAPARRO JUAN C. , PADIAL JOSE M. , DE LA RIVA IGNACIO
Published: May 2019

Two sympatric new species of Phrynopus (Anura: Strabomantidae) are described from elfin forests and puna grasslands (3363–3589 m) of the eastern slopes of the Andes of Departamento Pasco in central Peru. Phrynopus miroslawae sp. nov. is a medium-sized species characterized by lacking vomerine teeth and tympanic membrane, and by having dorsolateral folds, areolate ventral skin, dorsum gray with black spots, venter cream with small scattered black blotches, and iris bronze. Phrynopus nicoleae sp. nov. is a small species characterized by lacking tympanic membrane and by having vomerine teeth, an X-shaped middorsal fold, ventral skin areolate, dorsum tan with black stripes and bluish tubercles, and iris bronze with black reticulations.
An annotated check list of the Cicadomorpha and Fulgoromorpha (Hemiptera) of the Madeira and Salvages archipelagos
Authors: AGUIN-POMBO DORA , FREITAS CARLOS
Published: May 2019

The volcanic archipelagos of Madeira and Salvages located respectively at 635 km and 373 km offshore of the northeastern African coast are very rich in endemic species. These two archipelagos together with the Canary Ils and the archipelagos of Cape Verde and Azores represent part of the Mediterranean hot spot which is considered the richest area in flora and fauna of Europe. To synthesize the knowledge on these groups, an annotated checklist of Cicadomorpha and Fulgoromorpha of the archipelagos of Salvages and Madeira is presented based on published literature including data on distribution and food plants. In addition 9 new species records are reported: Austragallia caboverdensis, Austragallia sinuata, Balclutha rufofascia, B. hebe, Cicadella viridis, Macrosteles sexnotatus, Recilia angusticeps, Tamaricella cf fasciolata and Zyginidia lineata. The checklist comprises 79 species of 7 different families. Of these species 87% occur in Madeira and 10% in the Salvages archipelago. As a whole 27% are endemic to Madeira and 8% are endemic to Macaronesia. Despite this diversity, knowledge of their habitats and food plants is still very scarce.KEY WORDS: Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, distribution, new records, Madeira, Hemiptera, MacaronesiaMacaronesian archipelagos are included in the Mediterranean hot spot which is the richest area in flora and fauna of the European Union (Médail and Quézel, 1999). The Macaronesia subregion located between Eurasia
The Heliothinae of Iran (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Authors: MATOV ALEXEJ , ZAHIRI REZA , HOLLOWAY JEREMY D.
Published: May 2019

The data on specific diversity, taxonomy, phenology and distribution of the noctuid moths of the subfamily Heliothinae in Iran are reviewed. The fauna of Heliothinae in Iran consists of 19 species belonging to 8 genera. A systematic list of Iranian Heliothinae is presented. The following information is provided for each species: scientific name, citation of the original description, type locality, references for Iran, bionomics, general distribution, distribution in Iran and list of material examined. Each species is illustrated with colour photographs of imago and male and female genitalia. Some observations from a numerical analysis of biogeographic patterns are presented.
Nomenclatural changes for some Orthoptera (Ensifera and Caelifera)
Authors: ÖZDİKMEN HÜSEYİN
Published: May 2019

Three proposed genus group names in the family Tettigoniidae, Euschmitiidae and Eumastacidae are nomenclaturally invalid, as the genus group names have already been used by different authors in other animal groups (Coleoptera and Hemiptera). In accordance with Article 60 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, I propose substitute names for these names.
A remarkable new genus of carnivorous, sessile bivalves (Mollusca: Anomalodesmata: Poromyidae) with descriptions of two new species
Authors: LEAL JOSÉ H.
Published: May 2019

Dilemma, a new genus of sessile septibranch bivalves is described. The new taxon encompasses at least three species, of which two are new: D. frumarkernorum new species, from off the Florida Keys, D. spectralis new species, from off Vanuatu, and “Corculum” inexpectatum Crozier, 1966, from off the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand, known only from its shell. The absence of ctenidia and presence of a septum, size and arrangement of siphons and siphonal tentacles, extensive fusion of the mantle margins allocate the new genus within the septibranch bivalves. A siphonal area with 15 tentacles, a large and eversible incurrent siphon, ostial apertures in the septum, and a hermaphroditic reproductive system suggest inclusion in the Poromyidae. The presence of three paired groups of septal ostia in the new genus is a feature shared with poromyids in the genus Cetoconcha. Unusual symmetry and form constitute the most striking features of the new genus. There is a strong anteroposterior compression and lateral expansion associated with ca. 30º rotation of the largest dimension (height) in relation to the anteroposterior axis. The shell hinge includes a single tooth and socket on each valve, and an external, but deeply sunken ligament. The two new species, mutually distinguishable by shell and anatomical characters, are known from live-collected specimens found adhering to rocks by means of robust byssus, which indicates attachment for life. The presence of ostracod remains in the digestive tract of one specimen of one of the new species and of a cirolanid isopod in the stomach of the holotype of the second new species are evidence of predation. Although predation by infaunal and free-living bivalves is known to occur throughout the Anomalodesmata, in particular within the septibranchs, discovery of the new genus reveals an unusual instance of predation by sessile, permanently attached mollusks.
Cave millipeds of the United States. VII. New species and records of the genus Pseudotremia Cope. I. Species from West Virginia, USA (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Cleidogonidae)
Authors: SHEAR WILLIAM A.
Published: May 2019

The milliped genus Pseudotremia as it occurs in West Virginia, USA, is reviewed, with new records, mostly from caves. Four new species, Pseudotremia handi, P. kerboi, P. fongi and P. schneiderae are described, for a total known West Virginia fauna of 11 species, though additional species are predicted to occur. Pseudotremia species could be useful model organisms for the study of speciation and phylogeography in cave-dwelling animals.
Review of the genus Ceraturgus Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) in North America north of Mexico
Authors: BARNES JEFFREY K.
Published: May 2019

The species of Ceraturgus occurring in the eastern United States and Canada are reviewed. A key to species, descriptions, illustrations of wings and some genitalic features, and distribution maps are presented. Ceraturgus fasciatus is resurrected from synonymy with Ceraturgus cruciatus, and Ceraturgus mabelae is reduced to synonymy with Ceraturgus nigripes (new synonymy). Ceraturgopsis is resurrected, assigned subgeneric rank, and Ceraturgus cornutus is fixed as type species. This work is dedicated to the memory of one of America’s foremost asilidologists, Joseph Wilcox.
New species and records of Liposcelis Motschulsky (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) from Hawaii with first description of the male of Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel
Authors: MOCKFORD EDWARD L. , KRUSHELNYCKY PAUL D.
Published: May 2019

Sampling of arthropods in ground and woody vegetation habitats in highland areas on the islands of Hawaii and Maui revealed six species of psocids of the genus Liposcelis. Three are new and are here described. L. maunakea sp. n. and L. volcanorum sp. n. are closely related and form a small species complex together with L. nasus Sommerman and L. deltachi Sommerman from southwestern United States and northern Mexico. A key to the species of this complex is included. The third new species, L. kipukae sp. n., is a member of group II-C with only 5 ommatidia in the eye. A key to the known species of group II-C with fewer than 7 ommatidia in the eye is included. First Hawaiian records are presented for L. bostrychophila Badonnel, L. deltachi, and L. rufa Broadhead. The first known males of L. bostrychophila are reported and described. This species is very widespread, but generally parthenogenetic.