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Sex ratio and sexual selection in wormshrimps (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Ingolfiellidea)
Authors: Vonk Ronald , Nijman Vincent
Published: March 2019

Small populations of several species of the groundwater dwelling amphipod genus Ingolfiella are found in caves, wells, seabottoms, beaches and riverbed interstitial habitats. To gain insight in the socio-ecology of these elusive species, we used data from collected specimens to explore the relationships between sexratios, display of secondary sexual characters and other morphological features, and habitat use. We extracted data on the sex ratios and the presence-absence of secondary sexual characters of 13 species from the literature and through examination of museum material. We found a clearly skewed sex ratio with a preponderance of females, both in the individual species as in the genus as a whole. However, sex ratio and the display of secondary sexual characters were not correlated, nor did these characters correlate with the amount of sexual dimorphism. It remains unknown why so many ingolfiellids have evolved these costly features.
Phenotypic plasticity revealed by molecular studies on reef corals of Fungia (Cycloseris) spp. (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) near river outlets
Authors: Gittenberger Adriaan , Hoeksema Bert W.
Published: March 2019

On a patch reef off Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia, corals identified as Fungia (Cycloseris) costulata, Fungia (Cycloseris) tenuis and Fungia (Cycloseris) cf costulata were collected down to a maximum depth of 10 m. The corals lived sympatrically. Mushroom coral clones resulting from fragmentation can be recognized by their equal coloration and close proximity. Therefore, to ensure that no clones were collected, corals of dissimilar colors were selected at a mutual distance of 5 m. The corals were kept alive in two 30 liter sea-water aquariums with an air-pump. They were photographed in detail. Using allozyme electrophoresis in a laboratory close to the field area, it was tested whether the separate coral morphs should be considered three species. Eventually it was concluded that there are only two species, i.e. F. (C.) costulata and F. (C.) tenuis, of which F. (C.) costulata has two distinct morphs, one of which may be an eco-phenotype occurring on reefs off river outlets or inside estuaries.
The first Microcharon (Crustacea, Isopoda, Microparasellidae) from the Moroccan North Saharan Platform. Phylogeny, origin and palaeobiogeography
Authors: Aït Boughrous A. , Boulanouar M. , Yacoubi M. , Coineau N.
Published: March 2019

The interstitial stygobites of the genus Microcharon (Crustacea, Isopoda, Microparasellidae) are highly diversified in Morocco, especially in the High Atlas. A new species from the North Saharan platform is described. Microcharon oubrahimae n. sp. is characterized by the original morphology of the first male pleopod which exhibits a concave inner margin of the distal part and a subdistal position of the armature. From a phylogenetic point of view, M. oubrahimae does not belong to the lineage which includes the Moroccan Atlasian species. In contrast, it belongs to the eastern- Mediterranean group of species. It is related to the species of the groupM. orghidani -M. bureschi -M. phlegetonis from Romania and Bulgaria. The two-step model of colonization and evolution provides an understanding of the origin and evolutionary history of this stygobiont. M. oubrahimae derived from marine ancestors that lived in the littoral interstitial waters of the marine gulfs which covered the Errachidia-Boudnib-Erfoud basin within the pre-African trench during the Turonian or more likely Early Senonian. These marine ancestors might have settled in fresh groundwater during the regressive phases of the Turonian embayment or more likely of the brief Coniacian-Santonian gulf.
Marine invertebrate diversity in Aristotle’s zoology
Authors: Voultsiadou Eleni , Vafidis Dimitris
Published: March 2019

The aim of this paper is to bring to light Aristotle’s knowledge of marine invertebrate diversity as this has been recorded in his works 25 centuries ago, and set it against current knowledge. The analysis of information derived from a thorough study of his zoological writings revealed 866 records related to animals currently classified as marine invertebrates. These records corresponded to 94 different animal names or descriptive phrases which were assigned to 85 current marine invertebrate taxa, mostly (58%) at the species level. A detailed, annotated catalogue of all marine anhaima (a = without, haima = blood) appearing in Aristotle’s zoological works was constructed and several older confusions were clarified. Some of Aristotle’s “genera” were found to be directly correlated to current invertebrate higher taxa. Almost the total of the marine anhaima were benthic invertebrates. The great philosopher had a remarkable, well-balanced scientific knowledge of the diversity of the various invertebrate groups, very similar to that acquired by modern marine biologists in the same area of study. The results of the present study should be considered as a necessary starting point for a further analysis of Aristotle’s priceless contribution to the marine environment and its organisms.
Sponge diversity and community composition in Irish bathyal coral reefs
Authors: van Soest Rob W.M. , Cleary Daniel F.R. , de Kluijver Mario J. , Lavaleye Marc S.S. , Maier Connie , van Duyl Fleur C.
Published: March 2019

Sponge diversity and community composition in bathyal cold water coral reefs (CWRs) were examined at 500-900 m depth on the southeastern slopes of Rockall Bank and the northwestern slope of Porcupine Bank, to the west of Ireland in 2004 and 2005 with boxcores. A total of 104 boxcore samples, supplemented with 10 trawl/dredge attempts, were analyzed for the presence and abundance of sponges, using microscopical examination of (sub)samples of collected coral branches, and semi-quantitative macroscopic examination. Approximate minimum size of identified and counted sponge individuals was 1 mm. Literature data were added to the Porcupine Bank results to compensate for a less intensive sampling program in that location. Species richness and abundance were determined at local (sample diversity, pooled-sample diversity, local reef diversity), between-reef (diversity of two reef areas at 15 km distance), and regional scales (diversity of three reef areas over a distance of 200 km). Abiotic and biotic parameters including depth, the presence and cover of live coral, dead coral and sand, local reef, and orientation towards the nearest reef mound summit, were included in a constrained ordination technique (RDA); a Monte Carlo forward selection procedure was used to obtain significant predictors of variation in composition. The results of this analysis were compared with unconstrained ordination (PCA) and cluster analysis. The presence of live coral, depth and the local reefs C1 and C3 proved to be significant predictors of variation in sponge composition. The PCA and cluster analysis confirmed these results. Sample species richness was consistently heterogeneous from zero species and individuals up to 57 species and 90 individuals per (boxcore) sample. Species richness of local reefs determined from pooled samples showed the three localities studied to have similar species richness, namely 105-122 species in each location. Species richness was highest in samples with relatively low live coral cover. As in the RDA, live coral presence and depth appeared to be responsible for most of the variation observed in the cluster results. Cluster analysis of Bray-Curtis dissimilarity values of the pooled samples of all three reef localities using presence/absence data of all available samples indicated that distance appeared to structure the composition of the sponge assemblages of the three reef mound areas, but much less so within and among local reefs. Bathyal reefs of the regions to the west of Ireland were found to have a combined sponge species richness of 191 species, exceeding the richness of individual reef mound areas by c. 38-45%. Sponge presence in CWRs is clearly structured and controlled by biotic and abiotic factors. In particular, live coral presence appears a significant predictor of CWR sponge composition and diversity.
Effect of introduced species and habitat alteration on the occurrence and distribution of euryhaline fishes in fresh- and brackish-water habitats on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao (South Caribbean)
Authors: Hulsman H. , Vonk R. , Aliabadian M. , Debrot A.O. , Nijman V.
Published: March 2019

We conducted an ichthyological survey during the dry season of 2006 on the semi-arid islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao to provide information on species composition, richness and distribution in natural and non-natural aquatic habitats. The dry season species assemblages (N = 9 species) comprised less species than the wet seasons, and these data refine our knowledge of the indigenous fish fauna and its refuge localities during phases of drought and ensuing high salinity. A hierarchical cluster analysis reveals that the three islands have different species compositions with Curaçao being the most diverse, probably due to its having the most habitats and freshwaters present throughout the year. Species richness was unrelated to salinity and species diversity was highest in canalised streams. In the dry season fewer amphidromous species are present than in the wet season. We found no significant effect of human-induced changes on the presence or absence of fish species in the Netherlands Antilles. The presence of exotic species (including Xiphophorus helleri on Aruba, a first record for this island, and Oreochromis mossambicus and Poecilia reticulata occurring on all three islands) did not have a clear effect on the presence of indigenous species, nor did human alteration of the habitats have an influence on the occurrence of fish species.
Diversity and spatial heterogeneity of mangrove associated sponges of Curaçao and Aruba
Authors: Hunting Ellard R. , van Soest Rob W.M. , van der Geest Harm G. , Vos Anne , Debrot Adolphe O.
Published: March 2019

Sponges are major epibionts of mangrove roots in the Caribbean. Mangrove sponge communities in the Caribbean mainly consist of species that are typical to this habitat and community compositions often differ from those found on coral reefs nearby. Heterogeneity in species distributions between locations and within locations between roots is often reported. This study quantifies the diversity and abundance of mangrove associated sponges in the inner bays of Curaçao and Aruba and correlates variability of regional sponge diversity with environmental variables measured along the surveyed sites. Tannin concentrations vary between mangrove roots, and were correlated to sponge cover as a possible cause for habitat heterogeneity on a smaller scale. A total of 22 species was observed. Heterogeneity in species richness and abundance was apparent, and several sponge species were restricted in their depth of occurrence. Statistical data reduction suggests that sponge diversity may be partly explained by the distance towards adjacent reefs and to the degree of eutrophication, in which the latter is comprised of rate of planktonic respiration, total carbon and turbidity. Tannin concentrations did not determine within locality species heterogeneity as a priori postulated, but were positively related to sponge cover for reasons not yet elucidated.
The Parotoplana jondelii species-group (Platyhelminthes: Proseriata): a microturbellarian radiation in the Mediterranean
Authors: Delogu Valentina , Curini-Galletti Marco
Published: March 2019

Seven new Parotoplana species (Proseriata: Otoplanidae) from the Mediterranean, belonging to the P. jondelii complex, are described. They are characterized by the presence of numerous (14-22) copulatory spines. These are characteristically broad, and arranged in a girdle around the distal portion of the ejaculatory duct. In most species, dorsal and ventral spines are distinctly different from the rest of the spines of the girdle. This morphology of the copulatory spines is apomorphic for the genus Parotoplana, and supports a close relationship among these species. The new species (P. axi sp. n., P. crassispina sp. n., P. carthagoensis sp. n., P. gracilispina sp. n., P. ichnusae sp. n., P. obtusispina sp. n., P. pulchrispina sp. n.) are distinguished by number and shape of the copulatory spines, and presence/ absence of bursal spines. Species of the P. jondelii complex are at present only known from their type localities, and, at most, from adjacent areas. Only P. crassispina n. sp. is known to present a wider distribution in north-western Mediterranean, although populations across the range appear morphologically differentiated. The restricted, non-overlapping ranges of most species of the complex are suggestive of allopatric speciation.
Southeast Asia as the birthplace of unusual traits: the Melongenidae (Gastropoda) of northwest Borneo
Authors: Vermeij Geerat J. , Raven Han
Published: March 2019

In this paper the Miocene to recent melongenid species of northwest Borneo are discussed. The recent fauna is poor with three genera represented by one species each. In the Miocene three (possibly four) genera occur with eight (possibly nine) species of which three are described as new species: Melongena murifactor, uniquely characterized by the formation of a septum walling off the adapical sector of the aperture; Pugilina erecta, characterized (along with its close Miocene relative from Java, P. ickei) by a free-edged, erect inner lip; Volema goliath, large for the genus with later whorls progressively covering the upper row of spines of earlier whorls. The apertural septum of M. murifactor is unique within Gastropoda, whereas the erect inner lip of P. erecta and P. ickei is unique within Melongenidae. That these extralimital traits occur exclusively in the Miocene of southeast Asia is consistent with the hypothesis that adaptive innovations are most likely to arise in diverse, productive, shallow-water ecosystems.
Identification of the species of the Cheilosia variabilis group (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the Balkan Peninsula using wing geometric morphometrics, with the revision of status of C. melanopa redi Vujić, 1996
Authors: Francuski Lj. , Vujić A. , Kovačević A. , Ludoški J. , Milankov V.
Published: March 2019

The present study investigates phenotypic differentiation patterns among four species of the Cheilosia variabilis group (Diptera, Syrphidae) using a landmark-based geometric morphometric approach. Herein, wing geometric morphometrics established species boundaries that confirm C. melanopa and C. redi stat. nov. as evolutionarily independent entities or separate species within the previously described C. melanopa species. Seventeen samples of C. lasiopa, C. variabilis, C. melanopa and C. redi from 11 localities on the Balkan Peninsula were analysed. Based on wing shape and size, both species boundaries and intraspecific divergent units were delineated indicating the possible presence of evolutionarily independent units within the analysed taxa. Significant differences in wing size were obtained among the analysed species and canonical variate analysis showed that wing shape was sufficiently different to allow the correct classification of 99.7% and 100% individuals of males and females, respectively. Considerable wing size variation was detected among males and females of conspecific populations of C. melanopa and males of C. variabilis. Contrary to partial discrimination based on the male wing shape among conspecific populations of C. redi and C. variabilis, clear separation of conspecific populations of C. melanopa (for both sexes) and females of C. redi and C. variabilis was observed. The UPGMA cluster analysis based on squared Mahalanobis distances revealed a close similarity between C. melanopa and C. redi, whereas C. lasiopa was the most divergent species. Results presented in this study utilize wing shape and size as new taxonomic characters in delimitating the closely related species and populations of the Cheilosia variabilis group.
Farmland Transaction, Resource Reallocation, and the Rise of Land-Seizing Rural Elites
Authors: Yu Lian , Yuan Mingbao
Published: March 2019

It is widely assumed among economists that farmland transaction, as a means of optimizing the reallocation of resources, contributes to farmers’ income. Unfortunately, farmers received little protection in farmland transaction and the restructuring of resources. Investors, bureaucrats, and social elites were all involved in the reallocation of agricultural resources and competed for the newly available resources injected from the top down, thus becoming new types of entrepreneurial rural elites that controlled farmland-related interests. As farmland, a basic form of social security for decades, was gradually transformed into a transactable commodity, the principles of equity and subsistence intrinsic to the original equal distribution of farmland also yielded to the realities of seizure by force and possession by capital, hence leading to the restructuring of social relations embedded in the farmland. Rural elites of various backgrounds (profiteering investors, rent-seeking bureaucrats, or market manipulators) all sought to seize the resources newly allocated by the state, hence the new phenomena of “the scramble for farmland by the elites” and “profit-sharing” among them.
A Society Coming out of Conflict: Reflecting on 20 Years of Recording Public Attitudes with the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey
Authors: Devine Paula , Robinson Gillian
Published: March 2019

Annual public attitudes surveys are important tools for researchers, policy makers, academics, the media and the general public, as they allow us to track how – or if – public attitudes change over time. This is particularly pertinent in a society coming out of conflict. This article highlights the background to the creation of the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey in 1998, including its links to previous survey research. Given the political changes after the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement in 1998, the challenge was to create a new annual survey that recorded public attitudes over time to key social issues pertinent to Northern Ireland’s social policy context. 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the survey’s foundation, as well as the 20th anniversary of the Agreement. Thus, it is timely to reflect on the survey’s history and impact.
Performativity, Big Data and Higher Education: The Death of the Professor?
Authors: Roberts Peter
Published: March 2019

In his classic work, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, Jean-Françios Lyotard prophesised the death of the age of the Professor. Writing at the end of the 1970s, Lyotard could see that in contexts where knowledge was regarded as a commodity, and where the question of truth was becoming subservient to the question of what sells, the importance of university teachers would increasingly be questioned. In the decades that followed the publication of The Postmodern Condition, many of the trends observed by Lyotard have become cemented in policy and practice. This paper argues that while the age of the Professor is not yet dead, it is dying – slowly but steadily, in a manner that is more evident in some fields than others. Given the dominance of economic goals in shaping educational agendas, the triumph of the performativity principle, and the obsession with measuring and marketing almost everything, support for scholars in the humanities in particular has been progressively eroded. This process of dying is, however, by no means complete, and a rebirth of the age of the Professor, perhaps in a slightly different form, remains a possibility that should not be ruled out.
Confronted by Indigenous Metaphysics in the Academy: Educating against the Tide
Authors: Mika Carl
Published: March 2019

Discussions about indigenous philosophy are always difficult because of identities, chief among these being: what is the primary assumption that coalesces the varied philosophies of indigenous groups that then entitles me to talk about a single “indigenous” philosophy? Although I don’t make this the focus of my paper, I take as a uniting thought the holism which defines metaphysics for several indigenous groups (see e.g. Deloria, 2001; Mika, 2017; Smith, 2012). For this article, I centre on the implications of indigenous holism for both indigenous and non-indigenous students and the indigenous teacher of metaphysics in the academy. This paper often takes a turn for the anecdotal as I consider my experiences in the New Zealand context as a Maori lecturer in philosophy of education who teaches Maori metaphysics to Maori and non-indigenous students. There are difficulties that exist for me as an educator in this area and also for the students, although I have observed that non-indigenous and Maori students encounter Maori metaphysics in quite unique ways. A common feature in both cases, though, is that there is a lack of appropriate language to draw on to describe Maori metaphysics. I conclude this article by suggesting ways that philosophising can take place in correspondence with a Maori metaphysics of things as world-constituted.
Two new species of Tryblionella W. SMITH (Bacillariaceae, Bacillariophyta) from a southern Brazil salt marsh
Authors: BERTOLLI LUCIELLE MERLYM , TALGATTI DÁVIA MARCIANA , NASCIMENTO THAMIRES MARIAH DA SILVEIRA , TORGAN LEZILDA CARVALHO
Published: March 2019

Two new species of Tryblionella are described occurring both in epiphytic and microphytobenthic communities from  Patos Lagoon salt marshes, Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. Tryblionella confusa can be misidentified as T. debilis, since the examination under light microscopy provides few characters, besides that, the later species shows a wide amplitude of characters in the literature interfering in the identification. On the other hand, Tryblionella ornata exhibits more distinguishable features in light microscopy observation, which are reinforced by its singular pattern of ornamentation visible under scanning electron microscopy. The species were observed in all sites and periods studied, undergoing a wide range of salinity and pH. No preference of substrate was observed.
Molecular, morphology and bioacoustic data suggest Bolivian distribution of a large species of the Leptodactylus pentadactylus group (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae)
Authors: JANSEN MARTIN , SCHULZE ARNE
Published: March 2019

During an inventory and ecological study of amphibians in the lowlands of Bolivia, we recorded two populations of a largerepresentative of the Leptodactylus pentadactylus species group (sensu Heyer 1979, 2005) formerly assigned to L.labyrinthicus. However, analyses of morphology, advertisement call, and Bayesian inference of mitochondrial DNA (16S)provided evidence for the heterospecific status in regard to L. labyrinthicus. Using an integrative taxonomic approach weherein assign these populations tentatively to L. vastus. This poses a range extension of more than 2000 km west-south-west and suggests that sampling between the known distribution areas is needed. The signal red coloration of thighs andgroin may be a diagnostic character to distinguish this species from other species of the group. Our results suggest that ataxonomic revision of the whole species group (including Bolivian populations studied herein) is needed. A far morecomprehensive sampling throughout its distribution area and further studies on species boundaries and phylogeography in this group is necessary to actually understand the taxonomy of this difficult group.
Bothriocephalidean tapeworms (Cestoda) of freshwater fish in Africa, including erection of Kirstenella n. gen. and description of Tetracampos martinae n. sp.
Authors: KUCHTA ROMAN , BURIANOVÁ ALENA , JIRKŮ MILOSLAV , DE CHAMBRIER ALAIN , OROS MIKULÁŠ , BRABEC JAN , SCHOLZ TOMÁŠ
Published: March 2019

A survey of bothriocephalidean tapeworms (Cestoda) parasitizing African freshwater fish is provided. Based on criticalevaluation of type specimens and extensive, newly collected material, only the following seven species, instead of 19 taxalisted in the literature, are considered to be valid and their redescriptions are provided: Bothriocephalus acheilognathiYamaguti, 1934 (with 3 synonyms from Africa); Bothriocephalus claviceps (Goeze, 1782) (marginally in Africa);Ichthybothrium ichthybori Khalil, 1971; Kirstenella gordoni (Woodland, 1937) n. comb. (1 synonym); Polyonchobothriumpolypteri (Leydig, 1853) (4 synonyms); and Tetracampos ciliotheca Wedl, 1861 (4 synonyms). In addition, Tetracamposmartinae Kuchta n. sp. is proposed for tapeworms from the catfish Bagrus meridionalis from Lake Malawi. The new speciesdiffers from T. ciliotheca in a much larger body (19 cm versus 3 cm), dorsoventally flattened strobila and numerous (39 versus25–35) and longer apical hooks (up to 98 µm versus less than 50 µm). Kirstenella Kuchta n. gen. is proposed to accommodateSenga gordoni Woodland, 1937 as its type species. The new genus is distinguished from other genera of the Bothriocephalidaeby the presence of an apical disc armed with two lateral semicircles of large hooks, cortical vitelline follicles and large-sizedcirrus-sac. All but one valid species were recollected. Bothriocephalidean cestodes are widely distributed throughout Africa,but only two species, B. acheilognathi and T. ciliotheca, occur in other continents. All but one species (B. acheilognathi)exhibit narrow host specificity, being limited either to one host species (K. gordoni in Heterobranchus bidorsalis and T.martinae in Bagrus meridionalis) or one host genus (I. ichthybori in Ichthyborus spp., P. polypteri in Polypterus spp. and T.ciliotheca in Clarias spp.). Molecular data based on partial sequences of the large subunit rDNA (lsrDNA) show monophyletic position of all African taxa analysed (B. acheilognathi, I. ichthybori, K. gordoni, P. polypteri and T. ciliotheca).
Salamanders from the eastern Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica, with descriptions of five new species (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa, Nototriton, and Oedipina) and natural history notes from recent expeditions
Authors: BOZA-OVIEDO EDUARDO , ROVITO SEAN M. , CHAVES GERARDO , GARCÍA-RODRÍGUEZ ADRIÁN , ARTAVIA LUIS G. , BOLAÑOS FEDERICO , WAKE DAVID B.
Published: March 2019

We describe five new species of lungless salamanders (Plethodontidae) from high mountain habitats along the border betweenCosta Rica and Panama: Bolitoglossa splendida, Bolitoglossa aureogularis, Bolitoglossa kamuk, Nototriton matama, andOedipina nimaso. We also present phylogenetic hypotheses for the new taxa (with the exception of the Oedipina) and their rel-atives based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. The new species were discovered on a series of expeditions to remote areas (primarily over 1000 m elevation) of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica.
Erratum: MALUMBRES-OLARTE, JAGOBA & VINK, COR J. (2012) Redescription of Clubiona blesti Forster, 1979 (Araneae: Clubionidae) with a preliminary molecular phylogeny of New Zealand Clubiona. Zootaxa, 3277, 27–42.
Authors: MALUMBRES-OLARTE JAGOBA , VINK COR J.
Published: March 2019

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Description of two new species of sea bass (Teleostei: Latidae: Lates) from Myanmar and Sri Lanka
Authors: PETHIYAGODA ROHAN , GILL ANTHONY C.
Published: March 2019

Two new species of Lates Cuvier are described. Lates lakdiva, new species, from western Sri Lanka, differs from its Indo-Pacific congeners by its lesser body depth, 26.6‒27.6% SL; 5 rows of scales in transverse line between base of third dorsal-fin spine and lateral line; 31‒34 serrae on the posterior edge of the preoperculum; third anal-fin spine longer than second;47‒52 lateral-line scales on body; and greatest depth of maxilla less than eye diameter. Lates uwisara, new species, fromeastern Myanmar, is distinguished by possessing 7 scales in transverse line between base of third dorsal-fin spine and lat-eral line; eye diameter 4.4‒4.7% SL; body depth 28.4‒34.5% SL; and third anal-fin spine shorter than the second. Despitesubstantial genetic variation, L. calcarifer sensu lato is widely distributed, from tropical Australia through Indonesia, Sin-gapore and Thailand, westwards to at least the west coast of India. Caution is urged in translocating Lates in the Indo-Pacific region as other yet unrecognized species likely exist. The status of the type specimens of L. calcarifer is discussed,and a common lectotype designated for L. heptadactylus and L. nobilis. While Lates vacti (type locality Bengal) may bea valid species, L. cavifrons and L. darwiniensis are considered synonyms of L. calcarifer. Plectopomus Goldfuss and Ptertopomus Goldfuss are shown to be incorrect subsequent spellings of Plectropomus Oken.
A new genus of Cranaidae from Ecuador (Opiliones: Laniatores)
Authors: KURY ADRIANO B.
Published: March 2019

The new genus Zannicranaus is described from the Andes in central Ecuador based on two new species. It is characterizedby a guitar-shaped body, short sturdy pedipalpus, unique strong spiniform process in the frontal hump, sexually dimorphicbasichelicerite (very strong in male), an erect spine on the cheliceral bulla and paired ventral armature on male coxa IV.Zannicranaus monoclonius sp. nov., a species profusely colored in red, yellow and green, is described from ChimborazoProvince (Sibambe). Zannicranaus morlacus sp. nov., a dull-brown colored species, is the first reported harvestman from Azuay Province (Molleturo). The stylar caps, a novel structure, is described in the male genitalia of Cranaidae.
A new species of Halichondriidae, Topsentia vaceleti n. sp. (Halichondrida, Demospongiae, Porifera), collected from coralligenous bottoms of the Aegean Sea
Authors: KEFALAS EFTHIMIOS , CASTRITSI-CATHARIOS JEANNE
Published: March 2019

A new species, Topsentia vaceleti n. sp., was collected from 70m depth, on a coralligenous bed of the Aegean Sea by trawl(sponge fishing gear “gagava”). The specimen is spherical, 8 cm in diameter, with deep surface grooves. It has a totallydisordered choanosome and a tangential ectosomal skeleton, typical of Topsentia, but exhibits a different type of spicula-tion. This species differs from the other members of the genus by possessing both principal oxeas and secondary oxeas,the latter much longer but thinner, bent and in some cases flexuous or twisted. This is the fourth species of Topsentia Berg, 1899 reported from the Mediterranean Sea.
Morphological diversity and phylogenetic relationships within a South-American clade of iguanian lizards (Liolaemidae: Phymaturus)
Authors: LOBO FERNANDO , ABDALA CRISTIAN , VALDECANTOS SOLEDAD
Published: March 2019

With 36 species and at least nine potentially independent lineages (not formally described yet) occurring mostly in theAndes and adjacent Patagonia and Puna plateau areas, Phymaturus lizards represent one of the most endemic vertebrategroups of the arid southwestern region of South America. Phylogenetic relationships among species of Phymaturus areinferred using mainly a morphological data set of 206 characters. Also available sequences of mitochondrial DNA for sev-en terminals were added for a total evidence analysis. Most information is included in the discrete characters block; mostcharacters involve color pattern, osteology and squamation. Continuous characters were taken from body proportions,squamation and skeletons. Among morphological data, binary polymorphic characters were analyzed applying the scaledcoding criteria. Continuous characters were entered in the analysis using standardized ranges, a method that allows a sim-ple optimization to estimate distances/costs avoiding the arbitrary coding as discrete characters. For our parsimony anal-yses we chose the implied weights method, which underweights homoplastic characters. Several runs were madeanalyzing all the information combined and also separating morphological from molecular datasets. Binary polymor-phisms were also analyzed as missing data. All characters affected by sexual dimorphism were analyzed separating thesexes; female information was more congruent with the total evidence analysis. Characters involving continuous and poly-morphic information are relevant for searching and building phylogenetic hypotheses in Phymaturus. There exists signif-icant congruence between the molecular information analyzed in this study and previous published analyses. Within bothmain clades of Phymaturus, northern subgroups are those more recently originated during the genus diversification. Spe-cies belonging to the puna subclade of the palluma group are arranged in two natural groups, one distributed in the north(Catamarca and La Rioja provinces), and the other in the south, La Rioja and San Juan provinces. Within the patagonicusgroup, the majority of the species are arranged in a south-central Chubut clade, eastern-central Chubut clade, central Rio Negro clade and a Payunia clade.
A new species of Caloctenus (Araneae: Ctenidae) from Colombia
Authors: HAZZI NICOLAS A. , DAVILA DIANA SILVA
Published: March 2019

The genus Caloctenus Keyserling, 1877 comprises four species of small (3–7 mm) ground-dwelling spiders found in cloud forests and adjacent habitats of the northern Andes of South America, at elevations between 1800 to 2600 m (Silva 2004). All species apparently have a restricted geographic range and most are only known from the type locality. These spiders exhibit a cryptic coloration having a dark brown body with iridescent scales, sparse white plumose hairs and club-shaped red hairs, an ornamentation pattern that makes them indistinguishable from the leaf litter and hard to find. Recent attempts to find more caloctenine spiders in a Peruvian type locality were unsuccessful and it appears their populations, in general, are declining as fast as are their mossy and humid microhabitats.
Chionea Dalman newly recorded from China with descriptions of two new species (Diptera, Limoniidae)
Authors: ZHANG XIAO , WANG JUNCHAO , YANG DING
Published: March 2019

The genus Chionea Dalman, 1816 is recorded from China for the first time with the following four species belonging tothe subgenus Chionea s. str.: Chionea (Chionea) crassipes gracilistyla Alexander, 1936, C. (C.) pusilla Savchenko, 1983,C. (C.) sphaerae sp. nov. and C. (C.) tianhuashana sp. nov.. A key to the known species of Chionea from Eastern Palaearctic is presented.
Descriptions of Thereza murutinga sp. nov. and Pristocnemis caipira sp. nov., and new records of Caelopyginae (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae)
Authors: DASILVA MARCIO BERNARDINO , PINTO-DA-ROCHA RICARDO
Published: March 2019

Two new species of Caelopyginae are described: Pristocnemis caipira sp. nov. from Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra,Minas Gerais, Brazil, and Thereza murutinga sp. nov., from Parati, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pristocnemis caipira sp. nov. isdiagnosed by shallow grooves on the dorsal scutum, a lower number of tarsal segments, presence of a spine on the anal opercu-lum, large, pointed tubercles on the lateral margins of the dorsal scutum, and an absence of white patches on the dorsal scutum.Thereza murutinga sp. nov. is diagnosed by the combination of the following characters: incomplete median longitudinalgroove on area III and absent on area II, prosoma much smaller than opisthosoma, and a large white patch covering theprosoma and whole areas of the opisthosomal scutum. A cladistic analysis including the two new species was performed toinvestigate their relationship within the subfamily. We obtained 927 trees of 185 steps (CI=0.4, RI=0.74), which corroboratedthe generic assignments of the new species, but infrageneric relationships remained unsolved. In addition, male genitalia ofAmpheres luteus (Giltay) and genera Pristocnemis and Thereza are redescribed, new distribution records for Caelopyginae species are presented, and biogeographical implications are discussed.
New Species of Pista Malmgren, 1866 (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from the Caribbean
Authors: LONDOÑO-MESA MARIO H.
Published: March 2019

Three new species of Pista are described. Pista vossae sp. nov., occurs from Florida to Jamaica and Venezuela.This species is distinguished by uncini having few teeth, and base shaped with a rounded anterior process. Pistalizae sp. nov., is present in Florida, the Gulf of Mexico and Panama. This species is distinguished by having a lobeon the dorsal edge of segment 4, eyespots, and uncini with long posterior processes on the anteriormost threeuncinigers only. Finally, Pista hataam sp. nov., from Yucatan Basin, is distinguished by having two lobes on thedorsal edge of segment 4, separated by a smooth swollen membrane, and all thoracic uncini with long posteriorprocesses. Thus, the number of species of Pista for the region is doubled to six. A taxonomic key for Caribbean species is provided.
Description of a new species of the genus Zimiromus from Argentina (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)
Authors: ZAPATA LORENA V. , GRISMADO CRISTIAN J.
Published: March 2019

The Neotropical genus Zimiromus Banks, 1914 was first revised by Platnick & Shadab (1976) and comprised at that time 21 species distributed from Mexico to Brazil. It was diagnosed by the combined presence of a strongly procurved posterior eye row (Figs. 5, 6), dentate tarsal claws, tarsi without false articulations, three promarginal cheliceral teeth, the male palp with a hook-like median apophysis, and the female epigynum usually with a scape (Platnick & Shadab 1976: 4). Subsequent contributions (Platnick & Shadab 1979, 1981, Platnick & Höfer 1990, Buckup & Brescovit 1993, Brescovit & Höfer 1994, Brescovit & Buckup 1998, Brescovit et al 2008) showed that the genus is more diverse; the current number of recognized species is 40 (Platnick 2012). This genus was traditionally assigned to the subfamily Echeminae (Platnick 1990) or, at least, considered related to the genus Echemus Simon (Murphy, 2007).
Erratum: CARLOS PRIETO & GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ (2012) A new iridescent “elfin” butterfly species of Podanotum (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) from the Colombian Andes. Zootaxa, 3303, 59–64.
Authors: PRIETO CARLOS , RODRIGUEZ GABRIEL
Published: March 2019

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The cumacean Genus Eudorella (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Japanese Waters, Northwest Pacific, and E. suluensis sp. nov. from the Sulu Sea, Indo-West Pacific
Authors: AKIYAMA TADASHI , GAMÔ SIGEO
Published: March 2019

Cumacean crustaceans in the genus Eudorella (Leuconidae) from Japanese waters, in the Northwest Pacific, were examinedand the following 15 species were recognized: E. acuticaudata sp. nov.; E. æquiremis Hansen, 1920; E. bathyalis Vassilenko &Tzareva, 2004; E. bathyhwanghaensis sp. nov.; E. breviflagella sp. nov.; E. dentata Lomakina, 1955; E. emarginata (Kroer,1846); E. fusafusa sp. nov.; E. haradai sp. nov.; E. hwanghaensis Hong & Park, 1999; E. ohtai sp. nov.; E. orientalis sp. nov.;E. parahirsuta sp. nov.; E. ryukyuensis Akiyama & Gamô, 2005; and E. setoensis Akiyama & Gamô, 2006. In addition,Eudorella suluensis sp. nov., was collected from the Sulu Sea, Philippines, Indo-West Pacific, 688–693 m. These speciesinclude 2 groups on the basis of shared morphological characters. Eudorella bathyalis, E. breviflagella sp. nov., E. fusafusa, E.orientalis, and E. setoensis are characterized by a row of simple setae on each side of the carapace, with both E. breviflagellaand E, setoensis also characterized by a short flagellum on antenna 2 in adult males. The other group consists of Eudorellahwanghaensis, E. bathyhwanghaensis, and E. ryukyuensis, from southern Japan, and E. suluensis; with E. hwanghaensis and E. bathyhwanghaensis also characterized by a peculiar secondary sexual character on the tip of the 3rd pereopod in adult males.
Parapercis pariomaculata (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), a new species of sandperch from Lombok and Bali, Indonesia and remarks on the validity of P. quadrispinosa (Weber 1913)
Authors: JOHNSON JEFFREY W. , WHITE WILLIAM T.
Published: March 2019

A new species of pinguipedid fish, Parapercis pariomaculata, is described from seven specimens collected from Lombok andthe southeast coast of Bali, Indonesia. The species appears locally common, having also been photographed underwater in sev-eral other locations off Bali. It is most similar to Parapercis clathrata in morphology, colouration and meristic values, but isunique among the genus in having a combination of dorsal-fin rays IV, 21, anal-fin rays I, 17, lateral-line scales 57–58, vomerwith 2–4 rows of robust conical teeth, palatines edentate, angle of subopercle produced and with small spinules, 10 abdominaland 20 caudal vertebrae, some nape scales weakly ctenoid in males, pelvic fins not reaching anal-fin origin in males, and colou-ration, including two small black spots on the suborbital, one above the other within a triangular reddish-brown blotch, and thearrangement of black and white blotching and other markings on the caudal fin. Comparison of the mitochondrial cytochrome coxidase subunit 1 (CO 1) genetic marker utilised in DNA barcoding produced a significant genetic divergence of about 12.8%between the new species and its closest congener. A lectotype is designated from the two syntypes of Parapercis quadrispinosa (Weber) which is determined to be a junior synonym of P. clathrata Ogilby.
The Cumacean (Crustacea: Peracarida) Genus Petalosarsia (Pseudocumatidae) from the Pacific Ocean
Authors: AKIYAMA TADASHI , GERKEN SARAH
Published: March 2019

The distribution of the cumacean family Pseudocumatidae is restricted to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean and brackishwaters of the Pont-Caspian region, except for three known species of the genus Petalosarsia. The present study describes ninespecies of Petalosarsia from Japanese waters, the Sulu Sea, the North-west Pacific, the Indo-West Pacific, and the Tasman Sea,Australia. The occurrence of P. declivis (Sars, 1865) in northern Hokkaido agrees with the reported circumpolar distribution ofthis species. Four species from the Pacific coast of southern Japan and the East China Sea, P. brevirostris Gamô 1986, P. ovalissp. nov., P. ryukyuensis sp. nov. and P. gamoi sp. nov., are characterized by prominent dorsolateral carinae with teeth anteriorlyand the basis of the 2nd maxilliped with a semicircular plate on the ventral surface. Nine specimens collected from the Sulu Seaincluded five species, P. brevirostris, P. gamoi, P. jonesi sp. nov. P. suluensis sp. nov. and P. longicauda sp. nov. The latterthree species were characterized by no or faint dorsolateral carinae on the carapace. Among them, P. jonesi was similar to P.longirostris from the eastern tropical deep Atlantic. Petalosarsia australis sp. nov. from the Tasman Sea is characterized by onefaint pair of dorsolateral carinae running for the entire length of the carapace. The species richness of Petalosarsia in the SuluSea and the Indo-West Pacific suggests a wide distribution of ancestors of Pseudocumatidae around the ancient Tethys Sea, with the Ponto-Caspian region located near the center. The habitat of Petalosarsia was mostly deeper than 200 m.
A new genus of scolopendrid centipede (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendrini) from the central Australian deserts
Authors: WALDOCK JULIANNE , EDGECOMBE GREGORY D.
Published: March 2019

The first new species of Scolopendridae discovered in Australia since L.E. Koch’s comprehensive revision in the 1980sis named as a new monotypic genus of the Tribe Scolopendrini, Kanparka leki n. gen. n. sp. Its distribution includes theGibson and Little Sandy Deserts in Western Australia and the western part of the Tanami Desert in the Northern Territory.The new genus is especially distinguished from other scolopendrines by the spinulation of its robust ultimate legs, partic-ular the presence of spines on the femur and tibia in addition to the predominantly irregularly scattered spines on the prefe-mur. Cladistic analysis based on morphological characters resolves Kanparka in a clade with Scolopendra, Arthrorhabdus, Akymnopellis and Hemiscolopendra, within which Scolopendra is non-monophyletic.
A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from central Vietnam
Authors: ROWLEY JODI J. L. , HOANG HUY DUC , DAU VINH QUANG , LE DUONG THI THUY , CAO TRUNG TIEN
Published: March 2019

We describe a new species of Leptolalax from central Vietnam. Leptolalax firthi sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners bya combination of the following characters: an absence of distinct dark brown or black dorsolateral markings; toes with rudimen-tary webbing and wide lateral dermal fringes in males and weak or absent lateral dermal fringes in females; most males withwide lateral dermal fringes on Finger II; medium size (26.4–29.2 mm in 21 adult males, 25.7–36.9 mm in 14 females); and nearimmaculate white chest and belly. The male advertisement call of the new species, consisting of 2–5 notes with a dominant fre-quency of 5.4–6.6 kHz (at 18.3–21.2º C) is also unique among Leptolalax species for which calls are known. Uncorrectedsequence divergences between L. firthi and all homologous 16S rRNA sequences available were >10%. At present, the newspecies is known from montane evergreen forest between ~860–1720 m elevation in Kon Tum and Quang Nam Provinces. Theextreme sexual dimorphism observed in L. firthi in terms of lateral dermal fringing, a morphological character often used to dis-tinguish Leptolalax species, highlights the importance of ensuring interspecific comparisons in the genus are performed separately for each sex.
The genus Ampittia in Africa with the description of a new species (Hesperiinae; Aeromachini) and three new species in the genera Andronymus and Chondrolepis (Hesperiinae, incertae sedis) (Lepidoptera; Hesperiidae)
Authors: LARSEN TORBEN B. , CONGDON T. C. E.
Published: March 2019

The genus Ampittia Moore, 1882 is accepted as a valid genus occurring in both Africa and Asia on the basis of a number ofunusual shared characters, a somewhat surprising result since we had expected to describe a new genus. The species A. kilo-mbero sp. nov. from Tanzania is described as the third African member of the genus. Andronymus fontainei sp. nov. isdescribed from the DRC as a probable endemic of the Albertine Rift. Chondrolepis ducarmei sp. nov. is a submontane speciesthat is certainly endemic to the Albertine Rift. Chondrolepis uluguru sp. nov. is a submontane species from the Uluguru Moun-tains in Tanzania; it is yet another endemic of the Eastern Arc Mountains that are one of the most urgent conservation concerns in Tanzania.
A new species of rock-dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, southern India
Authors: KHANDEKAR AKSHAY
Published: March 2019

A new species of the gekkonid genus Cnemaspis is described based on a series of nine specimens from near Sankari in Salem district, Tamil Nadu state, southern India. The new species is diagnosable by the following suite of characters: a small-sized Cnemaspis (adult snout to vent length less than 33 mm); heterogeneous dorsal pholidosis consisting of weakly keeled granular scales intermixed with large strongly keeled, conical tubercles, 9–11 rows of dorsal tubercles, 12–17 tubercles in paravertebral rows; spine-like scales absent on flank, 17–20 lamellae under digit IV of pes. Males with 4–6 femoral pores on each thigh, separated on either side by eight poreless scales from four precloacal pores; precloacal pores separated medially by a single poreless scale; two single dorsal ocelli on occiput and between forelimb insertions, two pairs of ocelli on either side just anterior and posterior to forelimb insertions. Cnemaspis agarwali sp. nov. is the fifth endemic species of Cnemaspis from peninsular India outside the Western Ghats and highlights the rich and unique diversity of this understudied region.