bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
In the Absence of States
Authors: Hashimshony-Yaffe Nurit , Mesghenna Hadas Yaron
Published: February 2016

This article focuses on organizations and social patterns operating within the Eritrean asylum community in Israel. We explore both community-based aid organizations and opposition groups, which together constitute, as we demonstrate, an Eritrean transnational civil society. The Eritrean community was created in Israel during the last few years with the arrival of Eritrean nationals fleeing their homeland and seeking protection. In our analysis, we consider how these organizations have developed as a unified exiled civil society and how they operate in the context of their State of origin (Eritrea) and of their State of asylum (Israel), while both States may effectively be present and/or absent in the community members’ lives, such that the resulting community comprises a unique transnational state.
Beyond ‘Mouridcentrism’
Authors: Sobczyk Rita , Soriano Rosa
Published: February 2016

This paper applies a ‘lived religion’ perspective to analyze how Islam is defined, practised and experienced by Senegalese migrants in Spain. The study enters into a dialogue with the existing scholarship on religion in the context of Senegalese mobility which, to a great extent, has been centred on the Mouride brotherhood. It adds to the general debate on how to analyze ‘lived religion’ by challenging the conceptualization of religion as organizational belonging. It is argued that in migration studies ‘Mouridcentrism’ has contributed to the partial invisibility of the social relations and networks formed outside this Sufi order. The findings show that interconnections among Senegalese frequently play a more significant role than brotherhood affiliation in shaping relations on a micro-level. Religion emerges as a vehicle which frequently serves to reaffirm these community dynamics influencing socio-cultural, economic and political aspects of migrants’ everyday experience.
Eritrean Asylum Seekers’ Lament Ceremonies in Israel as Contested Sites of Identity Formation
Authors: Sabar Galia , Rotbard Adam
Published: February 2016

Based on extensive qualitative research, this paper focuses on lament ceremonies Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel performed in public parks in 2008–2014.1 Specifically, we expose social and political structures of this diaspora, including mechanisms of survival in a context of harsh living conditions, a fragile legal status and a hostile environment. Following Werbner’s analysis of diasporas as chaordic entities, having no single representation and fostering multiple identities, we show how chaordicness underlies this diaspora’s ability to survive and thrive in Israel, and to embrace the unique Eritrean trans-local nationalism. We highlight how these public religious rituals were transformed into contested sites of identity formation following Israeli struggles against them. Finally, we shed light on the role that such ceremonies play in shaping transnational identities, as well as how disenfranchised communities of asylum seekers aim for visibility and recognition in the public sphere.
Erudition and Orthodoxy: John Fell and Patristic Scholarship in Restoration Oxford
Authors: Quantin Jean-Louis
Published: February 2016

The Restoration was the heyday of patristic studies in England, particularly at Oxford under the guidance of John Fell. Fell was not only a good scholar in his own right; he used his patronage to organize collective undertakings and he refounded a learned press. He was able, moreover, to take advantage of the collections of patristic manuscripts, especially Greek, which had been acquired by the Bodleian Library since the 1620s. As a result, an unprecedented number of scholarly works were brought out by the new Oxford press. The ante-Nicene Fathers were clearly privileged, as is shown by most of Fell’s so-called New Year Books, the 1682 edition of Cyprian (his masterpiece), and some aborted projects by Fell’s protégés such as Henry Dodwell and John Mill. This was no accident, but rather the expression of a powerful doctrine of tradition. Indeed, Oxford patristics had an explicit, even aggressive, confessional agenda. It was meant to express and to promote a distinctive confessional identity. Already in Fell’s lifetime, however, the exploration of Christian antiquity began to threaten the orthodoxy it had been meant to buttress.
Bernhard Pez: An Austrian Benedictine Scholar between Sacred Antiquarianism and New Practices of Scholarship
Authors: Stockinger Thomas , Wallnig Thomas
Published: February 2016

The article addresses the question of how to situate a Benedictine scholar of the early eighteenth century in relation to recent research on the intersecting goals of historical-critical scholarship and the search for confessional identities. The Benedictine Bernhard Pez (1683–1735) was among the first scholars in Austria to engage in the systematic collection and critical publication of medieval source texts. He has been long regarded as a pioneer of the historical-critical method though, like many contemporaries, he used it mainly for apologetic purposes, especially in favour of the Benedictine Order. What is interesting about Pez are his attempts to evade the institutional limitations in theology by highlighting the historical nature of church history and to search for Protestant allies in an anti-Roman struggle for a historical view of the antiquities of the ‘German’ church.
Justicia weihongjinii, a new species of Acanthaceae from Guangxi, China
Authors: Tong Yi , Huang Yusong , DENG Yunfei
Published: February 2016

A new species of Justicia (Acanthaceae), J. weihongjinii, is described and illustrated from Guangxi, China. The species belongs to sect. Harnieria and is similar to J. kwangsiensis and J. kouytchensis, but differs by the characters of lower lip of corolla pink, inflorescence bracts leaf-like and margin conspicuously undulate, calyx glabrous with conspicuous membranous margin and capsule longer than the calyx. The new species is endemic to Guangxi and grows on the limestone hills. The conservation status of the new species is assessed as “Data Deficient” (DD) according to IUCN Red List Category and Criteria.
Ramaria subalpina (Gomphaceae): a new edible fungus from India
Authors: DAS KANAD , Hembrom Manoj Emanuel , Dutta Arun Kumar , Parihar Arvind , Paloi Soumitra , Acharya Krishnendu
Published: February 2016

During an exploration in the virgin subalpine forest of Sikkim Himalaya, an undescribed edible mushroom, Ramaria subalpina (Basidiomycota, Gomphales) was gathered along with other macrofungi. It is characterized by the combination of characters: solitary to gregarious basidiomata with stipe (surface) that becomes blood red at base after bruising or on maturity, brownish red to violet brown ultimate branch tips, rarely clamped generative hyphae and putative association with Abies in subalpine Himalaya. Detailed taxonomic information of this novel species is described and illustrated. Morphologically and phylogenetically allied Indian and extralimital taxa are compared. A provisional key to the similar species of Ramaria, previously reported from India, is also provided.
A new species of the genus Hermanella Needham & Murphy (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from Northeastern Brazil
Authors: ALMEIDA EVERLIN , COSTA SABRINA , MARIANO RODOLFO
Published: February 2016

Hermanella angeli sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in MZUSP: Itacaré municipality, Cachoeira Bom Sossego, 14°20’05.2”S, 39°01’27.4”W, 31.VII.2012, Mariano, R, Almeida, E & Costa, S. leg.) is described based on imagos and nymphs from the State of Bahia, Brazil. The new species can be distinguished by the following combination of characteristics, in male imagos: (1) costal and subcostal area of forewing brown (Fig. 5b); (2) thorax and abdominal terga predominantly brown (Fig. 2–3); (3) penes divided in apical 1/8 (Fig. 8); (4) penis lobe with ventral, long, curved spine (Fig. 7); (5) prosternum narrow (Fig. 1). In nymphs: (1) tarsal claws with 2–3 accessory denticles (Fig. 19); (2) mandible without setae near basal articulation (Fig. 13a); (3) prostheca of left mandible with spines on inner margin (Fig. 13b); (4) plate-like gills terminated in a finger-like process (Fig. 11).
First record of Segonalia Young (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from Brazil including the description of S. machadoi sp. nov.
Authors: CAVICHIOLI RODNEY R. , TAKIYA DANIELA M.
Published: February 2016

Segonalia, a previously monotypic genus known from Bolivia, is newly recorded from Brazil and Paraguay based on specimens of S. steinbachi Young, 1977 from Minas Gerais State, Brazil and Paraguay and a new species from Piauí and Pará States, Brazil. Segonalia machadoi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in CZMA: Brasil, Piauí State, Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades, 04˚5’57”S, 41˚42’34”W 193 m a.s.l., 12.II.2013, D.M. Takiya leg.) can be distinguished from the type species by its body length and shape of the male pygofer apex and aedeagus. A diagnosis of Segonalia and comparative notes and illustrations of the type species are given.
Two new species of the Neotropical spittlebug genus Monecphora Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) with key and notes of species of the genus
Authors: CARVALHO GERVÁSIO SILVA , SAKAKIBARA ALBINO MORIMASA , WEBB MICHAEL D.
Published: February 2016

Two new species of the Neotropical spittlebug genus Monecphora Amyot & Serville are described: Monecphora machadoi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in NMW: Brazil, “Natterer”) and Monecphora broomfieldi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in BMNH: Costa Rica, Turrialba, 3–8.VII.1981, W.R. Dolling leg.) and a key and notes to species of the genus are provided. Lectotypes are designated for Tomaspis fryi Distant, Monecphora nigritarsis Stål, and Monecphora semilutea Stål. In addition, two corrections are made to the Cercopid Spittlebugs of the New World (Carvalho & Webb 2005) with respect to figures 70–73 and 193–194 (see Corrigenda).
A new species and new records of Oiovelia (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae) from Brazil
Authors: RODRIGUES HIGOR D. D. , MOREIRA FELIPE FERRAZ FIGUEIREDO
Published: February 2016

Oiovelia currently comprises eight species and has been recorded only from South America. Here, the ninth species, Oiovelia machadoi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in MZUSP: BRAZIL, São Paulo State, Biritiba Mirim, Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, 23°42’16.4”S, 46°02’42.8”W, 725 m a.s.l., 23.VIII.2014, H. Rodrigues leg.), is described and illustrated based on specimens from the Atlantic Forest, Southeastern Brazil. The new species can be distinguished from all other species in this genus mainly by the dark color of the body, absence of the V-shaped pruinosity on the posterior lobe of pronotum, well-defined pruinosity between the cells of the forewing, and presence of a pair of spines on the proctiger. In addition, important intraspecific variations in a population of O. brasiliensis from the State of São Paulo are presented. Finally, the genus is recorded for the first time from Northeastern Brazil based on specimens of O. cunucunumana and O. viannai collected in the State of Bahia.
There and back again: contributions on Pseudevoplitus Ruckes (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
Authors: GRAZIA JOCELIA , BOLZE GISELE JARDIM , BARÃO KIM RIBEIRO
Published: February 2016

Pseudevoplitus Ruckes was recently revised and new species were described. The genus has a Neotropical distribution, with species mainly found in the Amazon. Here, we describe the previously unknown female of P. roraimensis and add localities to its known distribution. Also, a new species, P. angelomachadoi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in MNHN: French Guiana, Acarouany, 15.IX.1998, A. Matocq leg.), from the Amazonia of French Guiana is described; it can be distinguished from other species of the genus mainly by the bell-shaped pygophore in males, and the gonocoxites 8 widely obscuring the laterotergites 8 basally, in females,  a unique character of this species. The key to species of Pseudevoplitus is updated to include the new species and females.
Unusual looking pentatomids: reassessing the taxonomy of Braunus Distant and Lojus McDonald (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
Authors: BARÃO KIM RIBEIRO , GARBELOTTO THEREZA DE ALMEIDA , CAMPOS LUIZ ALEXANDRE , GRAZIA JOCELIA
Published: February 2016

The Neotropical genus Braunus Distant is revised. Based on general morphology, Braunus is transferred to the Pentatominae and Lojus is proposed as a junior synonym of Braunus. The male and female genitalia of Braunus sciocorinus (Walker) are described for the first time. Three new species from the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes and from Colombia are described, Braunus machadoi Barão & Garbelotto sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in AMNH: Peru, Cuzco, 01.XII.2011, C. Weirauch leg.), Braunus gibbus Garbelotto & Barão sp. nov. (Holotype female deposited in AMNH: Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Prov. Caballero, 15–21.X.2001, S. Spector & J. Ledezma leg.), and Braunus prionotus Barão & Garbelotto sp. nov. (Holotype female deposited in MNHN: Colombia, VII.1974, Steinheil leg.), respectively. Also, we describe the internal male and female genitalia of Braunus ocellatus (Thomas) comb. nov. A key to species and comments on subfamilial and tribal placements and on wing polymorphism are provided.
New species and records of Oukuriella Epler, 1986 from the Neotropical region (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: BELLODI CAROLINA FERRAZ , FUSARI LÍVIA MARIA , ROQUE FABIO DE OLIVEIRA
Published: February 2016

Two new species of Oukuriella, O. angelomachadoi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in MZUSP: BRAZIL, Paraná State) and O. plumaterata sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in MZUSP: BRAZIL, São Paulo State), and the immatures stages of O. sublettei are described and figured. The larvae of O. sublettei were collected from submerged woods in low-order streams in the Atlantic Forest. In addition new records of several described species, including the first records of Oukuriella from Mexico and Bolivia are given.
Two new species of Microlia Casey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with comments on obligatory pollen-feeders and the first record from South America
Authors: BORTOLUZZI SIDNEI , CARON EDILSON , SILVEIRA DENISE
Published: February 2016

Microlia Casey, 1910 is a small genus that currently includes twelve species distributed in Australasian and New World regions. Here, two new species of Microlia—M. amici sp. nov. (holotype male deposited in DZUP: Brazil, Paraná State) and M. machadoi sp. nov. (holotype male deposited in DZUP: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul State)—are described and illustrated. M. amici sp. nov. differs from M. meticola by abdominal segments darker, mesotarsus with 5 segments, tergum VII of male without tubercles, and tergum VIII of male emarginated in posterior margin. While, M. machadoi sp. nov. differs from M. pentamera and M. tetramera by curved spine-like in the posterior margin of tergum III. Additional comments on their pollen-feeders habits that are available from morphological and natural history data, and the distribution of the genus is extended in the New World, now including the first time record for South America.
Two new species of Omalodes from Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Histeridae)
Authors: MOURA DANIEL P. , LEIVAS FERNANDO W. T. , CANEPARO MARIA F. C.
Published: February 2016

Omalodes Dejean, 1833 is the largest genus of Omalodini, with approximately 63 species described in three subgenera with an exclusively Neotropical distribution. Currently there are only two described species for the Caribbean, both of the subgenus Omalodes, and among other species they are the only ones with complete apical stria on the elytra. Two new species of this subgenus: Omalodes angelo sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in FSCA: Dominican Republic, Monte Cristi Prov.) and Omalodes kovariki sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in USNM: Dominican Republic, Monte Cristi Prov.) are described. Both species present a complete apical stria on the elytra and a superficial sulcus or impression on the frons. The lateral pronotal punctures are more evident in O. angelo sp. nov. while in O. kovariki sp. nov. they are weaker, only slightly more evident than the ground punctures. Both species have the punctures of the propygidium somewhat sparse. However, in O. angelo sp. nov. the punctures are limited to the sides and slightly in the middle anteriorly. Omalodes kovariki sp. nov. have a wide glandular opening posterad to metacoxae, a character not registered before for the genus.
A new brachypterous genus of Brazilian stag beetle (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) with description of three new species
Authors: GROSSI PASCHOAL COELHO
Published: February 2016

Montesinus gen. nov. is described from Brazil, along with three new species, Montesinus monnei sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in MNRJ: Brazil, Espírito Santo State, Parque Nacional do Caparaó, 2500 m a.s.l., 13.IV.2001, F.O. Correia leg.), M. tatula sp. nov. (Holotype female deposited in CERPE: Brazil, Minas Gerais State, Corinto, 900 m a.s.l., I.1998, E. Antunes leg.), and M. machadoi sp. nov. (Holotype female deposited in MNRJ: Brazil, Espírito Santo State, Serra do Caparaó, Ibitirama, 2600 m a.s.l., 10–12.IV.2012, M.V.P. Simões leg.). This unusual genus is related to Altitatiayus Weinreich, with which it shares the brachypterous condition and also some characters of the male genitalia, being distinguished from it mainly by its punctate flat head and indistinct elytral striae. The three new species are distinguished by their general color, shape of posterior margin of pronotum, tibial armature and elytral punctures. The new species are from two isolated mountain formations, called Serra do Caparaó and Serra do Espinhaço formations. This is the third brachypterous genus of stag beetle found in Brazil, but it occurs in mountains isolated from the Serra da Mantiqueira where the other two genera are found. The habitus, male genitalia and maxillae of the new species are illustrated.
Two new species of Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae) from Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Authors: GROSSI PASCHOAL C. , SANTOS MARIANA D. , ALMEIDA LÚCIA M.
Published: February 2016

Two new species of Cyclocephala constituting a new species group in the genus, Cyclocephala machadoi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in CERPE: Brazil, Minas Gerais State, São Gonçalo do Rio Preto municipality, Parque Estadual do Rio Preto) and C. everardoi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in CERPE: Brazil, Minas Gerais State, 8 km north of Cristália municipality), are here described and illustrated. The only two males known were collected with light traps and have antennal lamellae much larger than other South American species, along with large eyes and a quadrate narrow clypeal apex.
New species and records of Menoscelis Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from French Guiana
Authors: SANTOS PAULA B. , CHURATA-SALCEDO JULISSA M. , ALMEIDA LÚCIA M.
Published: February 2016

Three new species of Menoscelis Mulsant, 1850 from French Guiana are described: Menoscelis angeloi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in MNHN: Point de vue du Bélvédère de Saül, 09.IX.2011, SEAG col.), M. cordata sp. nov. (Holotype female deposited in MNHN: Réserve Naturelle des Nouragues—Saut Pararé 04º02’N, 52º41’W, 08.IX.2009, SEAG col.) and M. flava sp. nov. (Holotype female deposited in MNHN: Montagne des Chevaux 04º44’56”N, 02º26’28”W, 14.I.2012, SLAM, SEAG col.). The male of M. insignis Mulsant is described, and an identification key to the species of Menoscelis is included. New geographic distribution records, maps and a checklist of the species are also provided.
A key to American genus Merobruchus Bridwell (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) with descriptions of species and two new host plant records for the subfamily
Authors: MANFIO DAIARA , RIBEIRO-COSTA CIBELE STRAMARE
Published: February 2016

Merobruchus Bridwell is placed in the group Merobruchus of Acanthoscelidina (Bruchini) being distinguished from all bruchines mainly by the apical projections in the last abdominal ventrite of females and some males. All 25 species of Merobruchus are distributed in the New World, mainly in the Neotropical Region, feeding on seeds of Mimosoideae (Acacieae, Ingeae and Mimoseae). As well as some other bruchine genera, Merobruchus shows considerable morphological variation both in external and in internal (male genitalia) characters. Moreover, some species are very similar to each other in their colour and distribution pattern of pubescence on the dorsal surface, sometimes making species recognition difficult. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to provide a key including coloured illustrations for Merobruchus species to facilitate the process of identification and to avoid misunderstandings. Images of dorsal habitus, male and female pygidium and male genitalia are provided for all species. In addition, M. machadoi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in DZUP: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul State) is described; M. bicoloripes (Pic) and M. pickeli (Pic) are redescribed; and a new synonymy is proposed: Pseudopachymerus pickeli Pic, 1927 = Pseudopachymerus pickeli var. subnotatus Pic, 1927 syn. nov. Two new host plants are recorded for Bruchinae: Parapiptadenia rigida (Benth.) Brenan (Mimosoideae) and Pterogyne nitens Tul. (Caesalpinioideae).
Five new species, one new genus, two synonymies, and new distributional records in Cerambycidae (Coleoptera)
Authors: MARTINS UBIRAJARA R. , GALILEO MARIA HELENA M. , SANTOS-SILVA ANTONIO
Published: February 2016

Five new species, and one new genus of Cerambycidae are described: Drycothaea vulcanica sp. nov. (Calliini), from Ecuador (Holotype male deposited in AMNH: Napo, 29.X.1988, J.S. Miller leg.); Perissomerus machadoi sp. nov. (Neoibidionini), from Paraguay (Holotype male deposited in MZSP: Alto Paraguay, 30.XI.2002, Di Iorio leg.); Cacostola carinata sp. nov. (Onciderini), from Brazil (Holotype female deposited in MZSP: Rio Grande do Norte, IX.2008, D.R.R. Fernandes et al. leg.); Ypomacena gen. nov. (Apomecynini) from Brazil to include Y. monnei sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in MNRJ: Bahia, XI.1970, Roppa leg.), and Y. gibbosa sp. nov. (Holotype female deposited in MNRJ: Rio de Janeiro, 31.X.1969, Alvarenga & Seabra leg.). Dorcasta prolongata Fisher, 1947 is proposed as a new synonym of Bebelis lignea (Bates, 1866). Bisaltes (Bisaltes) fuchsi Breuning, 1971 is proposed as a new synonym of Bisaltes (Bisaltes) buquetii Thomson, 1868. Additionally, sixteen new states records for Brazil, and three country records for Bolivia are provided.
A new species of Chimarra (Otarrha) Blahnik from Brazil (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae)
Authors: CAMARGOS LUCAS MARQUES DE
Published: February 2016

Chimarra Stephens, 1829 is the second largest genus of Trichoptera, with more than 700 extant species worldwide (Morse 2015). Currently 4 subgenera are recognized: Chimarra Stephens, 1829, known from all zoogeographic regions; and Curgia Walker, 1860, Chimarrita Blahnik, 1997, and Otarrha Blahnik, 2002, all of them confined to the Neotropics (Blahnik & Holzenthal 2012).
Three new species of Stactobiinae (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) with the first record of Orinocotrichia Harris, Flint & Holzenthal from Brazil
Authors: SOUZA WAGNER RAFAEL M. DE , SANTOS ALLAN PAULO MOREIRA , TAKIYA DANIELA MAEDA
Published: February 2016

Approximately 300 species are assigned to Stactobiinae, most of them occurring in the Old World. Seven species have been recorded from Brazil, six of Flintiella and one of Bredinia. Herein, three new species are described and illustrated based on specimens collected in Maranhão and Piauí states from Northeastern Region of Brazil: Orinocotrichia angelus sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in CZMA: Maranhão State) can be distinguished by the subgenital plate conspicuous, mesally divided; Flintiella pallida sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in CZMA: Maranhão State), differs from its cogeners by the process of the subgenital plate; and F. harrisi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in CZMA: Piauí State), recognized by the short process of the phallus. The new species of Orinocotrichia is the third species described in this genus and represents the first record of Orinocotrichia from Brazil. Orinocotrichia angelus sp. nov. and F. pallida sp. nov. are the first microcaddisflies species described from Maranhão State, Brazil.
FOREWORD: EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION
Authors: PINTO ÂNGELO PARISE , MONNÉ MARCELA L. , PAULSON DENNIS R. , TAKIYA DANIELA M. , CALOR ADOLFO R. , DUARTE MARCELO , SALLES FREDERICO F. , NIHEI SILVIO S.
Published: February 2016

Since its establishment ZOOTAXA has become not only a rapid journal for zoological systematics but also a respected forum for discussions of all taxonomic matters, and it has gradually attained a distinguished position among other zoological journals by its special issues. These collections of papers treat varied themes such as the Carl Linnaeus legacy (Zhang & Shear 2007, Minelli et al. 2008), cataloguing metazoan life (Zhang 2011, 2013), and promoting and discussing the future of taxonomic sciences, for example modification of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 2008). For these reasons we offer this special issue to celebrate the fruitful career of the eminent Brazilian researcher Dr. Angelo Barbosa Monteiro Machado (“Professor Angelo” to his friends and colleagues).
Description of three new species of Galethalea Butler, 1876 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), with comments on the genus
Authors: PINHEIRO LÍVIA R.
Published: February 2016

Galethalea portoricensis sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in SMNS: Puerto Rico, 20.iii.1974, W. Plathsr. leg.), G. wolfei sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in LACM: Colombia, 1.iv.1995, K. Wolfe et al. leg.), and G. machadoi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in SMNS: Ecuador, 23.x.2000, G. Brehm leg.) are described, all known only from males. G. machadoi sp. nov. and G. wolfei sp. nov. seem to be closely related to G. davidi Dognin, 1889 resur. stat., while G. portoricensis sp. nov. seems closer to the type species, G. pica (Walker, 1854). The three new species, plus G. davidi, are illustrated in habitus and genitalia, and comments on the genus Galethalea are provided, along with a key to the species currently placed in this genus.
Taxonomic revision of the “Pierella lamia species group” (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with descriptions of four new species from Brazil
Authors: ZACCA THAMARA , SIEWERT RICARDO R. , CASAGRANDE MIRNA M. , MIELKE OLAF H. H. , PALUCH MÁRLON
Published: February 2016

Four new species of Pierella Westwood, 1851 from Brazil are described: P. angeloi Zacca, Siewert & Mielke sp. nov. from Maranhão, P. kesselringi Zacca, Siewert & Paluch sp. nov. from Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Sergipe, P. nice Zacca, Siewert & Paluch sp. nov. from Bahia and P. keithbrowni Siewert, Zacca & Casagrande sp. nov. from Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina. Additionally, P. chalybaea Godman, 1905 stat. rest. and P. boliviana F.M. Brown, 1948 stat. nov. are recognized as valid species and not as subspecies of P. lamia (Sulzer, 1776), while P. l. colombiana Constantino & Salazar, 2007 syn. nov. is synonymized to the former. Lectotype and paralectotype of Papilio dyndimene Cramer, 1779 (a synonym of Pierella lamia) and Pierella chalybaea Godman, 1905 stat. rest. are designated. Habitus and illustrations of male and female genitalia are provided for all species, as well as a geographical distribution map.
The dragonfly’s face of the multidimensional Dr. Angelo Barbosa Monteiro Machado: a short bio-bibliography
Authors: PINTO ÂNGELO PARISE
Published: February 2016

In this special issue celebrating the Brazilian researcher Dr. Angelo Barbosa Monteiro Machado’s 80th birthday, I present a very short biographical overview focused on his prolific career as odonatologist. The doctor, professor, children’s book writer, conservationist, comedian, neuroanatomist, and eventually odonatologist Professor Angelo has published more than 110 papers, of which 79 are on dragonflies. He erected 97 new names, an impressive number for a small and relatively well-known order of insects. Here are presented annotated checklists of his publications on dragonflies (from 1953 to September of 2015), and nomina, as well as few comments of his impact on Neotropical odonatology as a whole.
Larva of Palaemnema brasiliensis Machado (Odonata: Platystictidae), from Amazonas, Brazil
Authors: NEISS ULISSES GASPAR , HAMADA NEUSA
Published: February 2016

The larva of Palaemnema brasiliensis Machado, 2009 is described and illustrated based on last-instar larvae and exuviae of reared larvae collected in a blackwater stream in Barcelos and Presidente Figueiredo municipalities, Amazonas state, Brazil. The larva of P. brasiliensis can be distinguished from the two South American species of the genus with described larvae (P. clementia Selys and P. mutans Calvert), mainly by presence of a single obtuse cusp on the labial palp, the presence and configuration of setae in the caudal lamellae, and the proportional length of terminal filaments of the caudal lamellae. The family is recorded here for the first time in Brazilian state of Amazonas.
Redescription of the larva of Gynacantha cylindrata Karsch (Insecta: Odonata: Aeshnidae)
Authors: DOMENICO MARCO DI , DIJKSTRA KLAAS-DOUWE B. , CARCHINI GIANMARIA
Published: February 2016

The ultimate stadium larva of Gynacantha cylindrata Karsch, 1891 is described and illustrated based on fifteen male and female exuviae from Bundibugyo, Uganda. The larva resembles those of the few described African species of the genus but shows a denser coverage of spine-like setae on body surface and abundance of hair-like setae on mouthparts. The female gonapophyses appear to be the longest described in the genus up to now and similar to those of G. villosa, a species included in the same group of African species.
Taxonomic investigations on the Braconinae fauna (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in north-eastern Anatolian region, Turkey, with the description of a new species
Authors: BEYARSLAN AHMET
Published: February 2016

Adult specimens of Braconinae were collected from various habitats of Ardahan, Erzurum, Iğdır and Kars of the Turkish north-eastern Anatolian region between 2011 and 2014. In total, 87 species belonging nine genera are reported for the region among which 10 are recorded for the first time from Turkey: Bracon (Bracon) rhinchiti Greese, 1928, Bracon (Bracon) murgabensis Tobias, 1957, Bracon (Bracon) querceus Tobias, 1986, Bracon (Glabrobracon) karakumicus Tobias, 1967, Bracon (Lucobracon) hylobii Ratzeburg, 1848, Bracon (Lucobracon) irkutensis Telenga, 1936, Bracon (Orthobracon) longiantennatus Tobias, 1957, Bracon (Orthobracon) longigenis Tobias, 1957, Coeloides sordidator (Ratzeburg, 1844) and Glyptomorpha (Glyptomorpha) dispar Tobias, 1986. As well, Bracon (Bracon) selviae sp.n. is described. Thiss brings the total number of species of Turkish Braconinae recorded to 205. The known hosts of each species are also provided.
On the taxonomic status of Ichthyophis husaini Pillai & Ravichandran, 1999 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae)
Authors: KAMEI RACHUNLIU G. , BIJU S. D.
Published: February 2016

Extensive surveys at and around the type locality of Ichthyophis husaini Pillai & Ravichandran, 1999 (an ‘unstriped’ Ichthyophis) in North East India between 2008 and 2014 yielded tens of striped but no unstriped specimens of Ichthyophis. Contrary to the original description, we observed a lateral stripe on the holotype of I. husaini. The holotype of I. husaini is very similar to the holotype of the striped species I. garoensis Pillai & Ravichandran, 1999, which was collected from a locality only 20 km away from the type locality of I. husaini. The holotypes of these two species are also very similar to 12 newly collected specimens of striped Ichthyophis from this area. We conclude that the holotypes of I. husaini and I. garoensis represent but a single species, and we designate Ichthyophis husaini Pillai & Ravichandran, 1999 as a junior subjective synonym of Ichthyophis garoensis Pillai & Ravichandran, 1999. This taxonomic action and newly reported material extends the known geographic range of I. garoensis. It also reduces the number of Ichthyophis species of North East India to eight, and restricts unstriped members of the genus within this region to a single species (I. sikkimensis Taylor, 1960) that is known only from the far west of the region.
Caligus lini n.sp., a new caligid (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) parasitic on the brilliant pomfret Eumegistus illustris Jordan & Jordan (Perciformes, Bramidae) of Taiwan
Authors: HO JU-SHEY , CHENG YU-RONG
Published: February 2016

Caligus lini n.sp., a new species of caligid copepod parasitic on the gill rakers and caudal fin of the brilliant pomfret, Eumegistus illustris Jordan & Jordan (Perciformes, Bramidae), is described from fish caught off Tai-Dong, Taiwan. The new species differs from its congeners by its possession of the following, unique combination of features: (1) middle two elements at the tip of leg 1 simple (without accessory process), (2) innermost element shortest and smallest of the four terminal elements on leg 1, (3) leg 4 exopod with an armature formula of I,III, and (4) complex leg 5 represented by 2 seta-bearing processes, a simple anterior process tipped with 1 plumose seta and quadripartite posterior process carrying 3 setae (1 simple and 2 plumose). The new species differs from its closest congener, Caligus tylosuri (Rangnekar, 1956), in the structure of the middle two elements (simple without carrying accessory process) at the tip of leg 1 and a quadripartite (instead of tripartite) posterior process on leg 5.
Taxonomy and bathymetric distribution of the outer neritic/upper bathyal ostracodes (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from the southernmost Brazilian continental margin
Authors: BERGUE CRISTIANINI TRESCASTRO , COIMBRA JOÃO CARLOS , RAMOS MARIA INÊS FEIJÓ
Published: February 2016

Sixty-five ostracode species belonging to 41 genera and 17 families were recorded in the outer shelf and upper slope off Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states, southernmost Brazil, between 100 and 586 m water depth interval. The ostracode occurrences are hypothesized to be influenced by both, the coastal waters and the Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW). The taxonomy of some species of Bradleya Hornibrook, 1952, Legitimocythere Coles & Whatley, 1989 and Henryhowella Puri, 1957 previously described in the same study area is revised. Bradleya gaucha sp. nov., Legitimocythere megapotamica sp. nov., Apatihowella acelos sp. nov., Apatihowella capitulum sp. nov., Apatihowella besnardi sp. nov., Apatihowella convexa sp. nov., and Aversovalva tomcronini sp. nov. are herein proposed. Trachyleberis aorata Bergue & Coimbra, 2008 is reassigned to the genus Legitimocythere and Bradleya pseudonormani Ramos et al., 2009 has its diagnosis emended. Bythocypris praerenis Brandão, 2008 is considered a junior synonym of Bythocypris kyamos Whatley et al., 1998a. Apatihowella Jellinek & Swanson, 2003 and Legitimocythere species have well-defined bathymetric distributions and are potential paleoceanographic markers for the Quaternary in the Southern Brazilian Margin.
A new species of karst-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos
Authors: LUU VINH QUANG , Nguyen Truong QUang , LE MINH DUC , BONKOWSKI MICHAEL , ZIEGLER THOMAS
Published: February 2016

We describe a new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus from Khammouane Province, central Laos based on morphological features and molecular data. Morphologically, Cyrtodactylus bansocensis sp. nov. is differentiated from other congeners by a unique combination of the following characters: medium size, SVL reaching 74.0 mm; dorsal pattern consisting of four light transverse bands between limb insertions; supranasals in contact with each other; dorsal tubercles at midbody in 14–15 irregular rows; lateral folds present without interspersed tubercles; ventral scales between ventrolateral folds 34–35; precloacal and femoral pores in males 34, separated by four poreless scales in the male holotype and in a continuous row in the male paratype; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales present; postcloacal tubercles 5–7 on each side; dorsal tubercles present at tail base; and subcaudal scales transversely enlarged. Molecular analyses revealed the new species to be closely related to Cyrtodactylus rufford, which is also found in Khammouane Province.
The Microwave Radiative Properties of Falling Snow Derived from Nonspherical Ice Particle Models. Part I: An Extensive Database of Simulated Pristine Crystals and Aggregate Particles, and Their Scattering Properties
Authors: Kuo Kwo-Sen , Olson William S. , Johnson Benjamin T. , Grecu Mircea , Tian Lin , Clune Thomas L. , van Aartsen Bruce H. , Heymsfield Andrew J. , Liao Liang , Meneghini Robert
Published: February 2016

A 3D growth model is used to simulate pristine ice crystals, which are aggregated using a collection algorithm to create larger, multicrystal particles. The simulated crystals and aggregates have mass-versus-size and fractal properties that are consistent with field observations. The growth/collection model is used to generate a large database of snow particles, and the single-scattering properties of each particle are computed using the discrete dipole approximation to account for the nonspherical geometries of the particles. At 13.6 and 35.5 GHz, the bulk radar reflectivities of nonspherical snow particle polydispersions differ from those of more approximate spherical, homogeneous, ice–air particle polydispersions that have the same particle size distributions, although the reflectivities of the nonspherical particles are roughly approximated by polydispersions of spheres of 0.1–0.2 g cm−3 density. At higher microwave frequencies, such as 165.5 GHz, the bulk extinction (and scattering) coefficients of the nonspherical snow polydispersions are comparable to those of low-density spheres, but the asymmetry parameters of the nonspherical particles are substantially less than those of spheres for a broad range of assumed spherical particle densities. Because of differences in the asymmetry of scatter, simulated microwave-scattering depressions using nonspherical particles may well exceed those of spheres for snow layers with the same vertical water path. It may be concluded that, in precipitation remote sensing applications that draw upon input from radar and/or radiometer observations spanning a range of microwave frequencies, nonspherical snow particle models should be used to properly interpret the observations.
Interannual Modulations of Oceanic Imprints on the Wintertime Atmospheric Boundary Layer under the Changing Dynamical Regimes of the Kuroshio Extension
Authors: Masunaga Ryusuke , Nakamura Hisashi , Miyasaka Takafumi , Nishii Kazuaki , Qiu Bo
Published: February 2016

The Kuroshio Extension (KE) fluctuates between its different dynamic regimes on (quasi) decadal time scales. In its stable (unstable) regime, the KE jet is strengthened (weakened) and less (more) meandering. The present study investigates wintertime mesoscale atmospheric structures modulated under the changing KE regimes, as revealed in high-resolution satellite data and data from a particular atmospheric reanalysis (ERA-Interim). In the unstable KE regime, a positive anomaly in sea surface temperature (SST) to the north of the climatological KE jet accompanies positive anomalies in upward heat fluxes from the ocean, surface wind convergence, and cloudiness. As revealed in the atmospheric reanalysis, these positive anomalies coincide with local lowering of sea level pressure, weaker vertical wind shear, warming and thickening of the marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL), anomalous ascent, and convective precipitation. In the stable KE regime, by contrast, the corresponding imprints of sharp SST gradients across the KE and Oyashio fronts on the wintertime MABL are separated more distinctly, and so are the surface baroclinic zones along those two SST fronts. In the ERA-Interim data, such mesoscale imprints of the KE variability as above are not well represented in a period during which the resolution of SST data prescribed is relatively low. The present study thus elucidates the importance of high-resolution SST data prescribed for atmospheric reanalysis in representing modulations of the MABL structure and air–sea fluxes by the variability of oceanic fronts and/or jets, including the modulations occurring with the changing KE regimes through the hydrostatic pressure adjustment and vertical mixing mechanisms.
Doppler Radar Observations of Anticyclonic Tornadoes in Cyclonically Rotating, Right-Moving Supercells
Authors: Bluestein Howard B. , French Michael M. , Snyder Jeffrey C. , Houser Jana B.
Published: February 2016

Supercells dominated by mesocyclones, which tend to propagate to the right of the tropospheric pressure-weighted mean wind, on rare occasions produce anticyclonic tornadoes at the trailing end of the rear-flank gust front. More frequently, mesoanticyclones are found at this location, most of which do not spawn any tornadoes. In this paper, four cases are discussed in which the formation of anticyclonic tornadoes was documented in the plains by mobile or fixed-site Doppler radars. These brief case studies include the analysis of Doppler radar data for tornadoes at the following dates and locations: 1) 24 April 2006, near El Reno, Oklahoma; 2) 23 May 2008, near Ellis, Kansas; 3) 18 March 2012, near Willow, Oklahoma; and 4) 31 May 2013, near El Reno, Oklahoma. Three of these tornadoes were also documented photographically. In all of these cases, a strong mesocyclone (i.e., vortex signature characterized by azimuthal shear in excess of ~5 × 10−3 s−1 or a 20 m s−1 change in Doppler velocity over 5 km) or tornado was observed ~10 km away from the anticyclonic tornado. In three of these cases, the evolution of the tornadic vortex signature in time and height is described. Other features common to all cases are noted and possible mechanisms for anticyclonic tornadogenesis are identified. In addition, a set of estimated environmental parameters for these and other similar cases are discussed.
The Arbitrariness of Market Definition and an Evolutionary Concept of Markets
Authors: Podszun Rupprecht
Published: February 2016

Market definition is highly relevant in European case practice in competition law. Yet the tools and also the concepts are far from being very sophisticated. The critique of market definition by Richard Markovits is far-reaching: not only is market definition arbitrary, but current approaches also have an in-built bias towards a static snapshot understanding of the economy. Yet it would be wrong to give up this important step in antitrust analysis, since otherwise antitrust loses its function as the fundamental set of governing rules for markets. Instead, it is necessary to develop a more evolutionary concept of markets.
Comments on Richard Markovits’s Claim That the Requirement of Possession of Pre or Post Market Power Is Unnecessary in Monopolization and Attempt to Monopolize Cases and a Proposed Second-Best Reconciliation of the Per Se and Conventional Approaches to Dangerous Probability
Authors: Harrison Jeffrey L.
Published: February 2016

Richard Markovits’s view that “neither the pre-conduct nor the post-conduct possession of monopoly power should as a matter of law be required for a Section 2 conviction” could not be more inconsistent with how Section 2 of the Sherman Act has been interpreted. This article examines his view and concludes that, as an economic matter, he is correct. Specifically, in attempt to monopolize cases, market power is used to determine whether there is a “dangerous probability” that a firm will achieve monopoly status. Market power may measure how close a firm is to monopoly status but is not a measure of its capacity to attain that status. It simply confuses the analysis. Nevertheless some readers may believe the “dangerous probability” element of attempt cases is crucial. The article explores possible substitutes for market power as a measure of “dangerousness.”
The Necessary Complexity of Predatory Pricing Analysis
Authors: Wickelgren Abraham L.
Published: February 2016

While I agree with much of what Markovits writes about predatory pricing, I focus on two main areas of disagreement. First, tests for predatory pricing should reflect an optimal balance of deterrence of anticompetitive predation while minimizing the chilling of procompetitive price competition, whether or not this maximizes the accuracy of the tests. Second, while liability based on subjective beliefs (not intent) about predation generate optimal incentives if courts are perfect, an objective test might accomplish this better due to imperfect decision-making. I also expand on a point which Markovits makes with which I agree and is of fundamental importance. Quick screens for predatory pricing are only valuable if they are both substantially less costly than directly evaluating the deterrence/chilling balance and are not substantially worse at achieving this balance. Most tests for predatory pricing, such as the commonly used price-cost test, do not clearly satisfy these criteria.
Colonial Migration and the Origins of Governance
Authors: Pepinsky Thomas B.
Published: February 2016

This article explores the origins of local governance in postcolonial contexts. Focusing on migrant communities in the Indonesian island of Java and the networks of elite political and economic relations that emerged under colonial rule, I develop a theory of social exclusion and competition that specifies the conditions under which trading minorities will forge cooperative relations with local political elites in the absence of well-functioning property rights institutions. These informal relationships under colonial rule affect contemporary economic governance. To clarify the importance of social exclusion rather than other factors that may differentiate colonial districts with large Chinese populations, I exploit variation in the settlement patterns of Chinese and Arab trading minorities in Java, which played comparable roles in the island’s colonial economy but faced different degrees of social exclusion. These findings contribute to recent work on colonialism and development, ethnicity and informal institutions, and the origins of democratic performance.
Dual Citizenship Allowance and Migration Flow
Authors: Alarian Hannah M. , Goodman Sara Wallace
Published: February 2016

What effect does variation in dual citizenship policies of both sending and receiving societies have on bilateral migration flow? Employing a modified gravity model, we use a new dual citizenship database to examine the effects of allowance within 14 Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) receiving states and more than 100 sending states between 1980 and 2006. We show that dual-citizenship-allowing sending states experience significantly more migration than dual-citizenship-forbidding sending states. We also find a significant increase in migration flow in receiving states that allow for dual citizenship, consistent with previous research. Finally, interaction effects reveal highest flow between sending and receiving states allowing dual citizenship and lowest flow between forbidding sending states and allowing receiving states. These findings emphasize the importance of citizenship policy contexts of countries of origin in influencing a migrant’s decision to move. They also suggest that migrants are rational and informed, valuing the “goods” of citizenship—from political rights to security of status and mobility—in both origin and destination states.