bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Berkeley’s Cartesian Account of Volitional Causation
Authors: Migely Genevieve
Published: May 2019

Although the heart of Berkeley’s philosophy is active substance, some argue that Berkeley’s notion of causation precludes human agency, an undesirable result for Berkeley. In the hope of securing the ontological status of finite substance in Berkeley’s metaphysics, this paper seeks to offer a rather different take on the Cartesian influence supporting Berkeley’s views on the causal efficacy of human spirits. After demonstrating the possibility of a Malebranchian occasionalism in light of Berkeley’s views on necessary connection, a close examination of Berkeley’s works reveals his real stance on what type of connection counts as causal. Employing Descartes’s divinely-established natural connection between a finite will and its effects, Berkeley is able to offer a coherent account of finite causation in the natural world that can accommodate free will. This naturalistic interpretation is able to situate Berkeley as one who is influenced by a Cartesian version of causation (though not the one scholars often attribute to him), but is able to legitimately resist the fall into Hume’s metaphysically empty position on causation as nothing but constant conjunction.
Strategies Used in Taking a Computer-Based Speaking Test: A Retrospective Verbal Protocol Study
Authors: Sapsirin Sutthirak , Prapphal Kanchana , Bachman Lyle F.
Published: May 2019

This study investigated the strategies used by examinees when performing a computer-based speaking test. The data were collected from nine university students through a retrospective interview. The results showed that the examinees used several strategies, ranging from goal setting, assessment, planning to communication strategies. These strategies seemed to be associated with the constructs the CBST aimed to measure. It can be concluded that the findings provide evidence that supports the validity of the CBST score interpretations.
Effects of Study Activities on Academic Achievement in University Students in Thailand
Authors: Power John Brian
Published: May 2019

In this paper the influence of study activities on academic achievement at university level in Thailand is examined. Furthermore, the extent to which multitasking and the use of technology have now become determining factors in student study behavior is explored. The study concentrated on a group of 318 students (131 males and 187 females) in their final year at Mahidol University International College (MUIC) in Thailand. Results of this research demonstrate that of the 57 factors assessed, 51 showed no correlation between the activities that students engage in while studying and academic achievement, while 6 factors showed a correlation (Criteria: Sig.< 0.05 Reject null hypotheses). The conclusion highlights the level to which multitasking and technology play a role in study activities at the tertiary level.
Body and Space for Evasion in the Theatre of Samuel Beckett
Authors: Smathakarnagsorakij Nootchanart
Published: May 2019

Stuck between an impossible life and an inadmissible death and condemned to suffer from their empty existence, the wretched protagonists in Samuel Beckett’s theatrical work desperately seek an escape in a symbolic and metaphorical body and space: a foetus in the uterus. Aroused by the nostalgia for mother, they constantly strive to create or live in the conditions analogous to those in the womb: the world absent of excitements, dark, and protective where their idle bodies can curl up serenely in the intermediary state of non-life and non-death until the desired end actually comes.
Landscape and Rhetoric: The Marriage of Native American Traditions and Zen Buddhism in Selected Poems by Gary Snyder
Authors: Chatraporn Surapeepan
Published: May 2019

This paper examines certain similarities between Native American beliefs and Zen Buddhist teachings and demonstrates how Gary Snyder fuses these two traditions in his poetry. Through the analysis it has been found that the Native American wisdom of the interrelatedness of humans and nature has an affinity with the fundamental Buddhist principle of the interpenetration and interdependence of all existence or as Thich Nhat Han calls it “the inter being nature of things.” Gary Snyder has developed his love of nature concurrently with his respect for Native American traditions and his interest in Zen Buddhism. Snyder draws on the primitive oral traditions of chants, incantations and songs to communicate his experiences. Like the shaman-poet of primitive cultures and in imitation of Buddhist teachings, Snyder seeks to restore reverence for nature and reestablish a harmonious relationship with the universe. Apart from emulating certain Native American beliefs and Zen Buddhist principles, Gary Snyder makes use of Zen Buddhist poetic techniques which bear some resemblance to the oral poetic tradition of the Native Americans that precedes the influence of the white man. The precision of tersely worded images reminiscent of imagistic poetry, conciseness, concreteness, simple and ordinary language, as well as an abundant use of nature and animal imagery, which are common characteristics of both poetic traditions, find their way into the poetry of Gary Snyder.
Contact-Induced Vowel Variation: A Case Study of the Short High Vowels /i/ and /u/ in CVN Syllables in Lue and Khün
Authors: Akharawatthanakun Phinnarat
Published: May 2019

This paper presents the variation in the two short high vowels /i/ and /u/ occurring in live syllables ending with final nasal consonants (CVN) in two Southwestern Tai (SWT) dialects: Lue and Khün, respectively spoken in the villages of Nong Bua and Nong Muang in Pa Kha Subdistrict, Tha Wang Pha District, in Nan Province. The data were collected from Lue and Khün language resource persons (LRPs) in three age groups, an elderly group (60 years old and above), a middle-aged group (35–50 years old), and a young group (15–25 years old), with five LRPs in each age group. The data analyzed for this paper come from a total of 30 LRPs (5 LRPs × 3 age groups × 2 SWT dialects).
Significant Features of Northern Thai Cooking Terms and Cooking System
Authors: Panyaatisin Kosin , Prasithrathsint Amara
Published: May 2019

A review of studies on Northern Thai food and culture shows that most of the works are ethnographic and descriptive. They do not provide a deep understanding of the Northern Thai way of cooking. In order to understand truly the Northern Thai cooking system, an in-depth semantic analysis needs to be done. This study thus aims to analyze the categorization of cooking terms in Northern Thai in order to understand Northern Thai people’s cooking system.
Lexical Aspect and the Use of Simple Past Tense by Thai Learners of English
Authors: Sriphrom Suriya , Ratitamkul Theeraporn
Published: May 2019

This cross-sectional study investigated the use of the simple past tense form by twenty Thai learners of English at two levels of proficiency. A cloze test developed by Ayoun and Salaberry (2008) was adopted. The findings showed that the learners in the high proficiency group used the past tense form more accurately than the learners in the low proficiency group. When verbs were categorized according to lexical aspect, both groups of learners were found to use the simple past tense form most often with telic events as well as with states. This did not correspond to the prediction of the Aspect Hypothesis, which asserts that low-level learners tend to use the simple past tense form with telic events first. The distributional bias in the input could account for the pattern found in this study.
Existence of the Communities in Historic Ayutthaya Town, Thailand
Authors: Rattanathavorn Tapanee , Paksukcharern Khaisri , Peerapun Wannasilpa
Published: May 2019

This article analyzes the relationship between the spatial configuration and socio-economic factors to find the existence of the communities in the historical city of Phra Nakorn Sri Ayutthaya, an island area mainly covered with historical monuments. This area has historical structures covering most of the town, so the communities here at present are small. The transportation network in the area is not systematically connected to the town itself and, thus, cannot serve a wide-range of community activities. The activities that do take place are not spread evenly across the area according to its integration value. As a consequence, communities cannot be self-reliant but instead are cross-community reliant and depend on the development of certain relationships to maintain their existence.
Lipaleyrodes emiliae, a new species of whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Taiwan and Hong Kong
Authors: CHEN CHUN-HUNG , KO CHIUN-CHENG
Published: May 2019

The adult male, female, immature stages, and egg of a new species of whitefly, Lipaleyrodes emiliae, are described from Taiwan and Hong Kong. The species has been found commonly on Emilia sonchifolia (Asteraceae). Scanning electron micrographs, photographs and drawings are included with descriptions of immature stages and adults. The immatures and adults of L. emiliae are compared with those of Bemisia tabaci.
Revision of the Oriental and eastern Palaearctic planthopper genus Saigona Matsumura, 1910 (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Dictyopharidae), with descriptions of five new species
Authors: LIANG AI-PING , SONG ZHI-SHUN
Published: May 2019

The Oriental and eastern Palaearctic planthopper genus Saigona Matsumura, 1910 is revised to include nine species including five new species: S. capitata (Distant, 1914) (Indo-China, S.W. China: Yunnan), S. fulgoroides (Walker, 1858) (S. China, Sumatra, Borneo), S. fuscoclypeata sp. nov. (C. China: Shaanxi, Hubei and Gansu), S. henanensis sp. nov. (C. China: Henan), S. latifasciata sp. nov. (S.W. China: Yunnan), S. robusta sp. nov. (C. China: Hubei), S. sinicola sp. nov. (C. China: Shaanxi), S. taiwanella Matsumura, 1941 (China: Taiwan), and S. ussuriensis (Lethierry, 1878) (Russian: Far Eastern Region, Japan, Korea, N.E. China: Jilin, Heilongjiang). Two new generic and one new specific synonyms are recognized: Saigona Matsumura, 1910 = Leprota Melichar, 1912 syn. nov. = Piela Lallemand, 1942 syn. nov.; S. fulgoroides (Walker, 1858) = Piela singularis Lallemand, 1942 syn. nov. S. capitata (Distant, 1914) is recorded from China for the first time. The genus and its included species are described and illustrated. Photographs of the adults of all known species except S. taiwanella are presented. Descriptions of the genus and its included species are provided together with structural illustrations. A key to the known species of Saigona is provided.
Nomenclature of Discoglossus: the status of the nomina Discoglossus hispanicus Lataste, 1879 and Discoglossus algirus Lataste, 1879 (Anura: Discoglossidae)
Authors: CROCHET PIERRE-ANDRÉ , DUBOIS ALAIN
Published: May 2019

The nomina Discoglossus hispanicus Lataste, 1879 and Discoglossus algirus Lataste, 1879 have been previously treated as nomina oblita by Lanza et al. (1986) and as unavailable nomina by reason of Article 8.3. of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (the Code hereafter) (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1999) by Frost (2004). More recently, Lescure (2005) treated them as available and suggested that they are senior subjective synonyms of, and hence the valid nomina for, the taxa currently called Discoglossus galganoi Capula, Nascetti, Lanza, Bullini & Crespo and Discoglossus pictus auritus Héron-Royer (for the systematics of the western Mediterranean painted frogs, see Fromhage et al. 2004; Zangari et al. 2006). As a result, Discoglossus hispanicus appears as the valid nomen of the western Iberian Discoglossus in various documents in the internet, as revealed by a Google search. None of these treatments is correct, however.
Reevaluation of the Genera Compsoneuria Eaton and Trichogenia Braasch & Soldán (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae)
Authors: WEBB J. M. , BRAASCH D. , MCCAFERTY W. P.
Published: May 2019

Compsoneuria Eaton (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) has been placed in both the Heptageniinae Needham tribes Compsoneuriini Wang & McCafferty and Ecdyonurini Ulmer by different mayfly workers. In order to clarify the phylogenetic position of the genus, we examined adult material of its type species (C. spectabilis Eaton), larvae originally described as C. spectabilis, and material of potentially related species. We determined that the larva originally described as C. spectabilis was incorrectly associated with adults and is actually a species of Trichogenia Braasch & Soldán. Herein we name this species Trichogenia ulmeri N.SP. Braasch & Webb. The adults of C. spectabilis possess Ecdyonurinae characters and therefore Compsoneuria and Compsoneuriini are transferred to Ecdyonurinae. In order to maintain the stability of genera within Heptageniinae, we establish Trichogeniini Webb & McCafferty N.TRIB. Compsoneuriella Ulmer and Notonurus Crass are confirmed to be synonyms of Compsoneuria. Heptagenia lieftincki Ulmer is shown to be a member of Compsoneuria [=Compsoneuria lieftincki (Ulmer) N.COMB.]. Compsoneuria is also shown to be distinct from Thalerosphyrus Eaton and several species previously placed in Thalerosphyrus are moved to Compsoneuria, for example T. josettae [= Compsoneuria josettae (Sartori & Elouard) N.COMB.]. The southeast Asian genus Trichogenia is reviewed; Trichogenia hubleyi Webb & McCafferty N.SP. is described from larvae from Celebes and Borneo, Indonesia; and Heptagenia nasuta Ulmer is provisionally transferred to Trichogenia [=Trichogenia nasuta (Ulmer) N.COMB.]
Incorporation of nomina of higher-ranked taxa into the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: some basic questions
Authors: DUBOIS ALAIN
Published: May 2019

Several proposals have recently been published regarding the possible incorporation of nomenclature of higher taxa (class-series nomina) into the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Some basic questions related to this problem are discussed here. Introducing standard endings for the nomina of these taxa would probably be a kind of hara-kiri for LinnaeanStricklandian nomenclature of higher taxa: it would upset nomenclatural stability by introducing many new nomina and abandoning most of the nomina that have been in constant use in zoology for a long time to other nomenclatural systems alternative to the Code. Nomina of higher taxa should rather all belong in a single nominal-series, the class-series. They should not be submitted to a Rule of Coordination (except for identical taxa of different ranks), and their allocation to taxa should not be made through extensional or intensional definitions, but through ostension with a special system combining onomatophores (the conucleogenera) and onomatostases (the alienogenera). This system provides clear, unambiguous, stringent and universal Rules for the nomination of higher taxa in the future, compatible with all taxonomic systems including “phylogenetic” ones, while respecting the freedom of taxonomic thought and actions, as well as the tradition long attached to nomina of higher taxa in zoology.
Psammocoryza vanemdeni, a new genus and species of scaritine beetle from the Atlantic coast of Brazil (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini)
Authors: HOGAN JAMES E.
Published: May 2019

A new genus of Clivinini, Psammocoryza Hogan new genus, and its type species P.vanemdeni Hogan new species (type locality Barra de Serinhaem, Pernambuco, Brazil), is described. Diagnostic features are illustrated by line drawings and photographs. Psammocoryza resembles Halocoryza Alluaud and Schizogenius Putzeys but differs by the peculiar macrosculpture of the pronotum, tuberculate profemora and reduced setation of the gonocoxite.
Anatomical characteristics of two enigmatic and two poorly known Pisidium species (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae) from Southern South America
Authors: ITUARTE CRISTIÁN , KORNIUSHIN ALEXEI V.
Published: May 2019

The shell morphology and anatomy of two enigmatic Pisidium species, Pisidium dorbignyi Clessin, 1879, never re-examined after the original description, and Pisidium lebruni Mabille, 1884, a species not reported again until 1995, are described. The type of P. dorbignyi (new name for Cyclas pulchella d´Orbigny, 1835) is lost, for which, and in order to define the taxonomic status of the species, a neotype is herein selected. Both species share as common features: the presence of only the anal siphonal aperture, only one pair of demibranchs, the inner and the type of nephridium, closed with lateral loop visible from dorsal view, consistently differing in shell morphology. Previously unknown details on the anatomy of Pisidium sterkianum Pilsbry, 1897 and Pisidium vile Pilsbry, 1897, particularly those concerning the type of nephridium and inner radial mantle musculature, are described and illustrated for the first time.
The genus Goera Stephens (Trichoptera: Goeridae) in Japan
Authors: NOZAKI TAKAO , TANIDA KAZUMI
Published: May 2019

We revise the Japanese species of Goera (Trichoptera: Goeridae), and confirm 15 species. Six new species, G. akagiae Tanida and Nozaki, G. dilatata Nozaki and Tanida, G. nigrosoma Nozaki and Tanida, G. shikokuensis Nozaki and Tanida, G. tajimaensis Tanida and Nozaki, and G. uchina Tanida and Nozaki, are described. Goera gyotokui Kobayashi and G. nipponensis Navás are synonymized with G. curvispina and G. japonica, respectively. Goera tenuis Ulmer and G. tungusensis Martynov are newly recorded for the Japanese fauna. Females of G. curvispina, G. kawamotonis, G. lepidoptera Schmid, G. spicata Schmid and G. tenuis are described for the first time
Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Japan. I. Apseudomorpha from the East China Sea, Seto Inland Sea, and Nansei Islands
Authors: LARSEN KIM , SHIMOMURA MICHITAKA
Published: May 2019

The Japanese shallow water fauna of Tanaidacea is examined. One new genus in the Parapseudidae Longipedis and two new species, L. fragilis and Hoplomachus toyoshious, are described. Androgynella nipponicus is herein re-erected. Apseudes nasutus is transferred to Longiflagrum.
Description of last instar larva and pupa of Chaeridiona picea Baly, 1869 and Oncocephala quadrilobata (Guerin, 1844) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Oncocephalini) from India
Authors: ŚWIĘTOJAŃSKA JOLANTA , CHORZĘPA MAGDALENA , GHATE HEMANT
Published: May 2019

The last instar larva and pupa of Chaeridiona picea Baly, 1869 and Oncocephala quadrilobata (Guérin, 1844) are described and figured in detail. Measurements of body and chaetotaxy of head, mouthparts, legs, dorsal and ventral side of the body are given for both the species. These descriptions of immature stages are the first for the tribe Oncocephalini. The larvae of both Chaeridiona and Oncocephala differ from other genera of leaf-mining hispinae in the absence of thoracic lateral scoli and in the structure of the last tergite which seems to be characteristic for each particular genus. The pupae of the described species are distinguished by presence of very long spiracles on the fifth abdominal segment which seems to be adaptation to the leaf-mining behaviour. The shape of apical tergite of the pupae is different for particular species and is probably also a character diagnostic for the genera.
A revision of the gobiid fish genus Trypauchen (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae)
Authors: MURDY EDWARD O.
Published: May 2019

The Indo-West Pacific gobiid genus Trypauchen is diagnosed and revised. Trypauchen is unique within the Amblyopinae in having the following combination of characters: 1) typically four, rarely three, anal-fin pterygiophores anterior to the first hemal spine; 2) pelvic fins small, united, and funnel-shaped with a well-developed interradial membrane; and 3) abdomen scaled. Trypauchen comprises two species: T. pelaeos n. sp., known from Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and China; and T. vagina, distributed from Kuwait, along the coasts of India, ranging eastward to the Philippines, Taiwan, and China. A key to species is provided. Figures and descriptions of each species are also given. Putative relationships of the genus are discussed.
A revision of the Afrotropical species of Hersilia Audouin (Araneae: Hersiliidae)
Authors: FOORD S. H. , DIPPENAAR-SCHOEMAN A. S.
Published: May 2019

This study revises the taxonomy of the most diverse genus in the family Hersiliidae, Hersilia, from the Afrotropical Region. Of the 22 previously known species, 16 species are redescribed and figured, two species synonymized: H. segregata Benoit with H. occidentalis Simon and H. nossibeensis Strand with H. insulana Strand, three species: H. kauderni Strand, H. stumpfi Strand and H. fossulata Strand are listed as nomina dubia and Hersilia corticola Lawrence is transferred to Neotama Baehr & Baehr. A neotype was designated for H. vinsoni Lucas. Hersiliopsis madagascariensis Wunderlich, previously only known from fossil amber, is transferred to Hersilia with the first description of the female. Fourteen new species are described and figured. Eight of these are described in both sexes: H. aldabrensis sp. n. from Aldabra Island Group and Comoros, H. bubi sp. n. from Equatorial Guinea and Uganda, H. furcata sp. n. from DR Congo, H. mboszi sp. n. from Cameroon, H. mowomogbe sp. n. from Cameroon, H. sagitta sp. n. from Kenya to South Africa, H. scrupulosa sp. n. from Kenya, H. selempoi sp. n. from Kenya, and four, H. caronae sp. n. from Ivory Coast, H. eloetsensis sp. n. from Madagascar, H. moheliensis sp. n. from Comoros, H. taita sp. n. from Kenya, and H. tamatavensis sp. n. from Madagascar are only known from males and H. igiti sp. n., from Rwanda, is only known from females. Five species groups are proposed for the 31 recognized species based on genital morphology: H. aldabrensis, H. baforti, H. caudata, H. savignyi and H. pectinata. Hersilia arborea Lawrence remains incertae cedis. Keys to these species groups and the 31 species are provided.
Revision of the genus Sinopalaeocossus Hong (Hemiptera: Palaeontinidae), with description of a new species from the Middle Jurassic of China
Authors: WANG BO , ZHANG HAICHUN C. , FANG YAN , DUAN YE
Published: May 2019

The diagnostic characters for Sinopalaeocossus Hong, 1983, belonging to the Palaeontinidae Handlirsch, 1906, are revised. This genus is remarkably different from others in the fore wing, whose branches of Sc are obscure and antenodal region is square; and in the hind wing, whose M 3+4 is unbranched and arises from stem M, whose M 1+2 fork is more distal and A 1 is absent. A new species, Sinopalaeocossus trinervus sp. nov., is described based on two well preserved specimens from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China; this is the first palaeontinid specimen with complete fore and hind wings articulated.
The first fossil Myopsocidae (Psocoptera) in Dominican amber
Authors: NEL A. , WALLER A. , POINAR JR. G. O.
Published: May 2019

Myopsocus arthuri sp. n. is described from Dominican amber (Miocene?). This first fossil Myopsocidae shows some similarities with the recently described Australian genus Nimbopsocus.
Study of two species groups of Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae) from China, with the description of three new species
Authors: XUE WAN-QI , WANG MING-FU , DU JING
Published: May 2019

Two species groups of Phaonia from China were studied, the P. nymphaearum-group and P. fuscicoxa-group. Three new species are described, Phaonia bicolorantis sp. nov. in the P. nymphaearum-group, and Phaonia hirtiorbitalis sp. nov. and Phaonia nigrifuscicoxa sp. nov. in the P. fuscicoxa-group. A key to the species groups and subgroups of Chinese Phaonia, and keys to the species of the P. nymphaearum-group and P. fuscicoxa-groups, are included.
Chersine Merrem, 1820 and Chersina Gray, 1831: a nomenclatural survey
Authors: BOUR ROGER , OHLER ANNEMARIE
Published: May 2019

In the tenth Edition of his ‘Systema Naturae’, Carolus Linnaeus presented among the species of the genus Testudo (including all the turtles and tortoises, thus corresponding to the present order of Chelonians) the species Testudo graeca (Linnaeus 1758). The reference was the description and the plate published by George Edwards (1751) of a tortoise from North Africa, more precisely from the old fort of Santa-Cruz (presently Djebel Murdjadjo or “pic de l’Aïdour” 35°42’N, 0°45’W, Oran, Algeria). Several hypotheses tried to explain Linnaeus’s choice of the name graeca, one proposing that the species is the tortoise of the old Greek authors. Nevertheless, since 1758, the identity of Testudo graeca is rather well established, with a precise type locality, although the pictured holotype is lost. Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 is the type species of Testudo Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation of Bell (1828).
Phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of gerbil mice Eligmodontia (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in South America, with a description of a new species
Authors: MARES MICHAEL A. , BRAUN JANET K. , COYNER BRANDI S. , VAN DEN BUSSCHE RONALD A.
Published: May 2019

We present a systematic study of the genus Eligmodontia (sigmodontine rodents of the tribe Phyllotini) from Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, based on molecular data. Phylogenetic relationships among 49 individuals were examined using nucleotide sequence data from the entire 1143 bp of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene. Unweighted parsimony, minimum evolution, maximum-likelihood (TrN+I+G), and Bayesian analyses revealed 2 major clades, representing Andean and non-Andean groups, and 6 minor clades, representing E. typus (lowland), E. typus (highland), E. morgani, E. puerulus, E. moreni, and E. hirtipes. E. typus (highland) is described as a new species based on combined data from the cytochrome-b gene, morphology, and karyology. The results indicate that the genus Eligmodontia is composed of a complex of species, most of which correspond to taxa that were described originally and each of which shows molecular cohesion within a limited geographic range. This species complex has relevance to current theories regarding the speciation patterns and the historical biogeography of South American sigmodontine rodents. The biogeographic history of the genus also is outlined.
Review of three little-known monotypic empidoid genera (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae), assigned to Trichopezinae
Authors: SINCLAIR BRADLEY J.
Published: May 2019

The monotypic genera Boreodromia Coquillett, Ceratempis Melander and Sematopoda Collin are reviewed with redescriptions of their respective type species and distributions outlined. The male and female terminalia of B. bicolor (Loew) and C. longicornis Melander are here described and illustrated for the first time. The male terminalia of S. elata Collin are illustrated in detail for the first time. The assignment of these genera to the Trichopezinae is discussed.
Revision of the genera Paramacroxiphus C.Willemse 1961 and Pseudomacroxiphus C.Willemse 1961 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae: Agraeciini)Revision of the Indo-Australian Conocephalinae, part 1
Authors: INGRISCH SIGFRID
Published: May 2019

The genera Paramacroxiphus C.Willemse 1961 and Pseudomacroxiphus C.Willemse 1961 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae: Agraeciini) from New Guinea, previously regarded to be monotypic, are revised. Nine Paramacroxiphus species are described as new: P. armatus sp. n., P. bifasciatus sp. n., P. brunneus sp. n., P. elongatus sp. n., P. irregularius sp. n., P. maculatus sp. n., P. rufus sp. n., P. securiformis sp. n., P. uniformis sp. n.; P. tessellatus (Karny, 1912) becomes a new combination from Nicsara Walker, 1869. A key to the nine species of Paramacroxiphus is given. Pseudonicsara szentia C.Willemse, 1958 is newly combined with Pseudomacroxiphus. Pseudomacroxiphus atrifrons C.Willemse, 1961 becomes a new synonym of P. szentia. Pseudomacroxiphus thus remains monotypic. P. szentia is distributed throughout New Guinea, while Paramacroxiphus species colonise restricted areas, replacing each other geographically, although two localities are known that host more than one species.
A new species of Pseudachorutes Tullberg (Collembola, Neanuridae) from China
Authors: SHI SHIDI , JIANG JIGANG , PAN ZHI-XIANG
Published: May 2019

A new species of Collembola, Pseudachorutes cheni sp. nov. from Zhejiang Province, China, is described. It is close to P. andrei Weiner & Najt, 1985 from Korea and P. anomalus Imms, 1912 from India. However, it could be easily distinguished from them and from other members of the genus by the structure of mandible, maxilla, postantennal organ, unguis and dorsal chaetotaxy of abdomen.
Maritime Provinces Carabidae (Coleoptera): a correction
Authors: MAJKA CHRISTOPHER G. , BOUSQUET YVES
Published: May 2019

Majka et al. (2007) surveyed the Carabidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island).  They reported 21 new provincial records, 6 from New Brunswick and 15 from Nova Scotia. They also checked prior records of the 329 species of Carabidae reported from the region and consequently removed Dyschirius larochellei Bousquet, Dyschirius setosus LeConte, Bembidion basicorne Notman, Myas cyanescens Dejean, and Amara lacustris LeConte from the faunal list of Nova Scotia. Voucher specimens could not be located nor were published records of these species for the province found. As a result they reported 282 species of Carabidae from Nova Scotia.
A new species of the genus Parawenhoekia (Acari: Chyzeriidae) from Montenegro
Authors: SABOORI ALIREZA , PESIC VLADIMIR , HAKIMITABAR MASOUD
Published: May 2019

Parawenhoekia seadi n. sp. (Acari: Chyzeriidae) is described and illustrated from larvae ectoparasitic on adults of unidentified grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and male of Dolycoris barbarum (L.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from Montenegro. A key to the species of Parawenhoekia of the world (larva) is presented.
Rediscovery of Juliomys pictipes (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Argentina: emended diagnosis, geographic distribution, and insights on genetic structure
Authors: PARDIÑAS ULYSES F. J. , TETA PABLO , D’ELÍA GUILLERMO , GALLIARI CARLOS
Published: May 2019

Juliomys pictipes, the type species of this sylvan cricetid genus, remains poorly known. In Argentina, country where the type locality is placed, it is only known from the holotype. Here we report the first new Argentinean individuals, after a gap of 80 years; the new specimens -three in totalinclude one topotype and allow adding two new recording localities for the species. In addition, we refined the geographical location of their type locality and described in detail several morphological traits of this peculiar mouse, producing an emended diagnosis of both the type species and the genus. Molecular data provided in this paper reinforce the identity of J. pictipes and the reference of the southern Brazilian populations of this genus to the type species.
A review of Pseudoleptomesochrella Lang, 1965 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ameiridae), including a redescription of P. halophila (Noodt, 1952) from the Black Sea and a key to species
Authors: SAK SERDAR , KARAYTUĞ SÜPHAN , HUYS RONY
Published: May 2019

Both sexes of Pseudoleptomesochrella halophila (Noodt, 1952) (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ameiridae) are redescribed in detail based on material collected from the Black Sea coast of Turkey. Careful comparison revealed that the Turkish specimens are identical with the northwestern European populations originally reported from the Isle of Sylt (Germany) and the Isles of Scilly (U.K.). Re-examination of the type material of Nitocrella halophila brevifurca Wells, 1961 confirmed its conspecificity with P. halophila. Comparison of the various descriptions indicates the genus comprises two species complexes (Atlantic and P. halophila groups) whose members exhibit only cryptic differences, and that the majority of discrepancies reported in the literature are potentially unreal. Pseudoleptomesochrella pontica Apostolov, 1969 is removed from its synonymy with P. halophila and is reinstated as species inquirenda. A dichotomous key to species of Pseudoleptomesochrella Lang, 1965 is provided.
A taxonomic review of Pachyodes GuenJe, 1858, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae)
Authors: HAN HONGXIANG , XUE DAYONG
Published: May 2019

The genus Pachyodes Guenée, 1858 is reviewed, and two new species are described: P. novata, sp. nov., from South China and P. jianfengensis, sp. nov., from Hainan Province, China. The six previously known species are redescribed, and a lectotype is designated for P. pratti (Prout, 1927). Illustrations of adults and genitalia are presented. The holotype and paratypes of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Larval development in the lutjanid subfamily Lutjaninae (Pisces): the Indo-Pacific genus Pinjalo
Authors: LEIS JEFFREY M
Published: May 2019

The larvae of the two species of Pinjalo are described for the first time based on seven specimens of P. pinjalo (4.3–7.5 mm) and 23 specimens of P. lewisi (5.6–15.0 mm) captured in plankton tows and midwater trawls in the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Identification was confirmed by fin meristics. These deep-bodied, compressed larvae share all the characteristics of lutjanid larvae, and have some of the most well-developed head spination and fin spines of any lutjanids. The robust spines of the dorsal, anal and pelvic fins bear strong serrations. The preopercular spines are particularly enlarged, some bear fine serrations, and the anterior end of the maxilla also has fine serrations: these fine serrations are rare in lutjanine lutjanids. The two species of Pinjalo can be distinguished by the meristics of dorsal and anal fins, the relative lengths of the first spine of the dorsal fin and the spine of the pelvic fin. The larvae have distinctive pigment on the dorsal fin, head and caudal peduncle. The body shape, pigment pattern, fin-spine morphology, and the fine serrations on the head spines of the two Pinjalo species are very similar to the larvae of Lutjanus erythropterus and L. malabaricus, and may indicate a close relationship among these four species.
A large and enigmatic new eleutherodactyline frog (Anura, Strabomantidae) from Serra do Sincora Espinhaco range, Northeastern Brazil
Authors: CASSIMIRO JOSÉ , VERDADE VANESSA K. , RODRIGUES MIGUEL T.
Published: May 2019

We describe a new species of a large eleutherodactyline frog from the mountain rocky meadows (“campos rupestres”) of the Serra do Sincorá, Espinhaço mountain range, Mucugê municipality, State of Bahia, Brazil. The new species is promptly diagnosed from all the other Brazilian eleutherodactylines by its large size (males SVL 40.3–41.1; females SVL 75.2–79.7mm), broad head (head width 43–49% of SVL), presence of frontoparietal crests, pars fascialis of the maxilla deepened, discs absent on fingers, toes with poorly developed discs, first and second toes ridged, and tarsal fold absent. On the basis of these characters the new species is attributed to the genus Strabomantis up to now restricted to southern part of Central America and northwest part of South America.
Orthocladius paratatricus Chernovskii, 1949 a synonym of Heterotrissocladius subpilosus (Kieffer, 1911)
Authors: PRZHIBORO ANDREY A. , SÆTHER OLE A.
Published: May 2019

Heterotrissocladius subpilosus was described by Kieffer in Kieffer and Lundbeck (1911) as adult male and female from Bear Island in the Norwegian Arctic. The larva of this species was briefly described by Brundin (1949) and in more detail by Sæther (1975).
Two new jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from tropical Australian waters
Authors: GERSHWIN LISA-ANN , ZEIDLER WOLFGANG
Published: May 2019

Two new species of scyphozoan jellyfishes from tropical Australian waters are described. The first, Sanderia pampinosus, n. sp., from waters off northern Western Australia, represents the first record of the genus from Australia. It differs from its only other congener, S. malayensis Goette, 1886, in having: (1) almost double the number of gonadal papillae at about half the body size; (2) horseshoe-shaped gonadal rings; and (3) eradial tentacles that are flattened in the oral-aboral direction and have nematocyst clusters on all sides. The second species, Netrostoma nuda, n. sp., from the Great Barrier Reef region, has been erroneously identified in the past as N. coerulescens. Species distinctions in the genus rely on the number and relative position of warts or papillae on the central dome; in contrast, N. nuda lacks warts and papillae, and instead has a large gelatinous knob at the apex of the bell. A key to the species of Netrostoma is provided, along with a synoptic list of previous reports of scyphozoans in tropical Australian waters.
Revision of the Termitinae with snapping soldiers (Isoptera: Termitidae) from New Guinea
Authors: BOURGUIGNON THOMAS , LEPONCE MAURICE , ROISIN YVES
Published: May 2019

Up to now, three described species of Termitinae with snapping soldier mandibles (the Termes–Capritermes group) were known from New Guinea: Termes odontomachus (Desneux), Macrognathotermes errator Miller and Pericapritermes schultzei (Holmgren). Here, we report the presence of seven additional species, among which three are new to science: Pericapritermes parvus, P. pilosus and P. papuanus. The other four, collected in southern Papuan savannas, were previously known from northern Australia: Ephelotermes paleatus Miller, E. cheeli (Mjöberg), Lophotermes aduncus Miller, and L. brevicephalus Miller. We reassign T. odontomachus to Protocapritermes Holmgren. Diagnostic characters andillustrations are provided for all species. The Oriental affinities of the forest fauna of New Guinea and the similarities between Australian and New Guinean savannas are emphasized.
The European Lepidocyrtus Bourlet, 1839 (Collembola: Entomobryidae)
Authors: MATEOS EDUARDO
Published: May 2019

Genus Lepidocyrtus is represented by 25 species in Europe and the correct identification of some of them is difficult to achieve due to lack of diagnostic characters and some published errors description. In this paper I have studied specimens of Lepidocyrtus flexicollis, L. curvicollis, L. monseniensis and L. nigrescens and I have found several diagnostic characters very useful for their differentiation. The total chaetotaxy of fourth abdominal tergum is very informative for these four species and could be for the whole European species. I have consulted the literature that describes the European species and I made a diagnosis of all of them using the best diagnostic characters possible, with which I have elaborated an identification species key. The high chromatic variability of some European species makes the use of color pattern for taxonomy on this region problematic.
Deep-sea ophidiiform fishes collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11o and 23o S
Authors: MINCARONE MICHAEL M. , NIELSEN JØRGEN G. , COSTA PAULO A. S.
Published: May 2019

Collections made by two deep-sea expeditions off eastern Brazil between 11° and 23°S, revealed the occurrence of a rich fish fauna. A total of 94 trawl stations were performed by the RV Thalassa and RV Astro Garoupa, at depths from 200 to 2300 m. The fishes of the order Ophidiiformes are reported upon here, including 23 species from three families: Carapidae (2), Ophidiidae (19) and Bythitidae (2). Of these, 15 species represent new records for Brazilian waters: Acanthonus armatus, Barathrites parri, Barathrodemus manatinus, Dicrolene kanazawai, Eretmichthys pinnatus, Holcomycteronus squamosus, Lamprogrammus brunswigi, Luciobrotula sp., Monomitopus agassizii, Neobythites monocellatus, Neobythites sp., Porogadus catena, Porogadus miles, Xyelacyba myersi, and Cataetyx messieri. Luciobrotula sp. represents an undescribed species. This paper also provides a checklist to and an identification key for all ophidiiform fishes from Brazil, totaling 45 species.
A new species of Paraseiulus Muma from Iran with a key to the known species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae)
Authors: FARAJI FARID , JALAEIAN MAHDI , MCMURTRY JAMES A.
Published: May 2019

According to Moraes et al. (2004), twelve species of Paraseiulus Muma are known worldwide, of which six were recorded in Iran (Kamali et al., 2001; Faraji et al., 2007). The genus Paraseiulus is characterized by the absence of caudoventral setae JV2; ventrianal shield sole-shaped, with two pairs of preanal setae and without preanal pores; sternal shield with two pairs of setae; setae ST3 either located on soft cuticle or inserted on platelets and setae ST4 inserted on separate platelets; calyx of spermatheca elongate-tubular, bell-shaped or saccular; fixed cheliceral digit with two or three teeth; legs without macrosetae or with a short macroseta on basitarsus IV. A new species of Paraseiulus is described in this paper and a key is provided to help in the identification of the world species of this genus. The classification system follows Chant and McMurtry (1994) for Typhlodrominae. The notations used for dorsal and ventral setations follow Rowell et al. (1978) and Chant and Yoshida-Shaul (1991) respectively. All measurements are in micrometers (μm). The type material of slide-mounted specimens is deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands (RMNH).
Report on the two subfamilies Clavatulinae and Cochlespirinae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China seas
Authors: LI BAOQUAN , LI XINZHENG
Published: May 2019

Based on the materials deposited in the Marine Biological Museum of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, the present paper reports ten turrid species belonging to six genera of subfamilies Clavatulinae and Cochlespirinae, including two new species, i.e., Comitas parvifusiformis sp. nov. and Leucosyrinx mai sp. nov., and three species newly recorded from China seas, i.e., Makiyamaia coreanica (Adams and Reeve, 1850), Turricula sumatrana (Thiele, 1925) and Nihonia santosi Shuto, 1969. Comitas parvifusiformis sp. nov. was collected from South China Sea in the depth of 42-75 m, which differs from the similar species C. fusiformis (Hutton, 1877) by the stronger spiral sculpture; Leucosyrinx mai sp. nov. is a deep sea species, collected from Nansha Islands in the depth of 1241 m, which can be distinguished from the close species L. julia Thiele, 1925 by the spire whorls sharply carinated at the middle of each whorl.
A new genus, with a new species, from Brazil (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae)
Authors: DE CASTRO TATIANE MARIE MARTINS GOMES , HEYER JACOB DEN
Published: May 2019

A new cunaxid genus from Brazil, Cunaxatricha gen. nov., is erected and its type species, Cunaxatricha tarsospinosa sp. nov. is described and figured. A key to the genera of the subfamily Cunaxinae, to which this new genus belongs, is provided.
Authors of zoological publications and nomina are signatures, not persons
Authors: DUBOIS ALAIN
Published: May 2019

Vigny (1979a–b) described the mating calls and the larval morphologies of 12 species and subspecies of the frog genus Xenopus Wagler, 1827. Two years later, the abstract of her thesis dealing with this genus was published (Vigny 1981). In the meanwhile and in the subsequent years, Loumont (1981, 1983, 1984, 1992) described the vocal apparatus of the males of this genus, then two new species of the latter, provided data on its distribution, and published a study of the amphibian fauna of São Tomé and Príncipe. Except for those who had the opportunity to meet her or to hear about her, few zoologists will know that all these papers (and others) were written by the same person, named Catherine Vigny before her marriage, and Catherine Loumont after. However, the fact that this is the same person has no bearing on the references of the papers and on the possibility to find them in a database, a library, the tables of contents of the journals, etc., where they appear under the name by which they were signed: the first ones under Vigny, the second ones under Loumont.
Review of Neotropical Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae)
Authors: DISNEY R. H. L.
Published: May 2019

16 new species are described and a key to the males of 27 of the 28 Neotropical species known is provided (the omitted species being only known in the female sex). A partial key to the females is also provided but most are given code letters only until they can be linked to their males.
A review of the Australian species of Ecnomina Kimmins and Daternomina Neboiss (Trichoptera: Ecnomidae)
Authors: CARTWRIGHT DAVID I.
Published: May 2019

Descriptions, keys and a checklist are provided for males of 52 ecnomid caddisfly species, including 35 species new from Australia. These are placed in two genera, Ecnomina s. str. Kimmins and Daternomina Neboiss. Females of 31 species are also described. The new species are: Daternomina alicewellsae, D. bifida, D. birrarung, D. genoaensis, D. hamata, D. ikathan, D. loowa, D. scissura, D. ulltra, D. warrook, Ecnomina alluna, E. anulla, E. attunga, E. beela, E. boogoo, E. bula, E. concava, E. foramen, E. gippslandica, E. gullea, E. incisura, E. kepin, E. lamingtonensis, E. manicula, E. merki, E. ramosa, E. rostrata, E. scutica, E. serrata, E. sheldoni, E. specensis, E. volcella, E. wamoom, E. wanarra, and E. wirromandi. New combinations are suggested for Daternomina trulla (Neboiss, 1982), D. merga (Neboiss, 1982), D. scindens (Neboiss, 1982). Generic separation is based on female genitalic features supported by small differences in wing, head warts and male genitalic characteristics. Of the two genera treated here, Daternomina is endemic to Australia; one species of Ecnomina has been recorded from each of New Zealand and New Caledonia.
Revision of the genus Dziriblatta Chopard, 1936 (Blattodea, Ectobiidae, Ectobiinae) from North Africa, Spain, and the Macaronesian islands. I. The nine subgenera of the genus
Authors: BOHN HORST
Published: May 2019

An initial contribution to the revision of the genus Dziriblatta Chopard, 1936a, formerly synonymized erroneously with Lobolampra Houlbert, 1927, is presented. The species of the genus, hitherto placed in the subgenera Phyllodromica, Arbiblatta Chopard, 1936a and Lobolampra Houlbbert, 1927, of the genus Phyllodromica Fieber 1853, are distributed on the northern Macaronesian Islands, in southern Spain, North Africa, and the Near East (Israel, Cyprus). The genus is divided into nine new subgenera: Autumnoblatta subgen. nov., Blattantis subgen. nov., Discleroblatta subgen. nov., Dziriblatta subgen. nov., Macaroblatta subgen. nov., Monoscleroblatta subgen. nov., Pauciscleroblatta subgen. nov., Sculptoblatta subgen. nov., and Sulcoblatta subgen. nov.. The characteristics of the genus and its subgenera are described including also a determination key which allows the discrimination of the subgenera in both sexes. The presumable phylogenetic position of the genus and the relationships between the subgenera are discussed and shown in cladograms. The described species and their distribution are shown in numerous figures and distribution maps, respectively.Three new species are described: Dziriblatta (Sculptoblatta) prisca spec. nov., Dziriblatta (Autumnoblatta) nasuta spec. nov., and Dziriblatta (Macaroblatta) dendroglandulosa spec. nov. Nomenclatory changes: The species Blatta carpetana Bolívar, 1873, is designated as lectotype for the subgenus Lobolampra Houlbert, 1927. New synonyms: Aphlebia cazurroi Bolívar, 1885, is a junior synonym of Dziriblatta algerica (Bolívar, 1881); Dziriblatta theryi Chopard, 1936a, Hololampra finoti Bolívar, 1914, and Lobolampra adelungi Chopard, 1943, are synonyms of Dz. (Pauciscleroblatta) kroumiriensis (Adelung, 1914); Dz. vicina Chopard, 1936b, is a synonym of Dz. (Monoscleroblatta) merrakescha (Adelung, 1914).