bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Kaempferol Ameliorated Alcoholic Hepatitis through Improving Intestinal Barrier Function by Targeting miRNA-155 Signaling
Authors: Zhong Wenyan , Chen Jingjing , Xu Guangfu , Xiao Li
Published: March 2024

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect and mechanism of kaempferol on alcoholic steatohepatitis. Methods: C57BL/6 N mice were utilized to establish Binge-on-Chronic alcohol exposure mice model. Kaempferol was given as the interventional drug to chronic alcohol-fed mice for 6 weeks to assess its effects. In vitro, intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells were stimulated by alcohol, and miRNA-155 mimics were used to further study the effect of kaempferol to miRNA-155 signaling in intestinal epithelial cells. HE staining and oil red O staining were used to observe the liver and intestinal tissue damage in each group of mice, and ALT, AST, IL-1β, and TNF-α were detected by kits; lipopolysaccharide (LPS) expression was detected by ELISA kit, and the expression of IL-1β and TNF-α was assessed by qRT-PCR; Western blot was utilized to assess the excessive inflammatory response of liver and colon tissue and the related signaling pathway activation. Results: Kaempferol treatment significantly improved pathological changes such as steatosis and vacuolated lesions in liver tissue of the alcohol diet model group, and reduced serum ALT and AST enzyme activities and liver tissue interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α mRNA expression levels. Kaempferol significantly reduced the expression of miRNA-155 in the intestinal tissue of alcohol-fed mice, significantly increased their cytokine suppressor signaling 1 (SOCS1) protein expression, inhibited the activation of nuclear factor kappa-B and significantly increased the production of the intestinal tight junction proteins occludin and zonula occludens-1. More importantly, kaempferol significantly reduced serum LPS levels in alcoholic steatohepatitis mice. In vitro experiments showed that compared with the control group, kaempferol significantly inhibited the expression level of miRNA-155 in Caco-2 cells under ethanol exposure, decreased the activation of nuclear factor kappa-B, led to an increase in the expression of SOCS1 protein, and increased the production level of occludin protein in Caco-2 cells under the effect of alcohol. In contrast, overexpression of miRNA-155 significantly decreased occludin and SOCS1 protein production and increased nuclear factor kappa-B activation levels in Caco-2 cells, and the administration of kaempferol significantly inhibited this effect. Conclusion: Kaempferol improved the stability of gut barrier function to ameliorate hepatic injury induced by alcohol intake through enhancing occludin protein expression, by targeting miR-155 to inhibit the excessive inflammatory response in the intestine.
Investigating exchange, structural disorder, and restriction in gray matter via
water and metabolites diffusivity and kurtosis time-dependence
Authors: Mougel Eloïse , Valette Julien , Palombo Marco
Published: March 2024

Water diffusion-weighted MRI is a very powerful tool for probing tissue microstructure, but disentangling the contribution of compartment-specific structural disorder from cellular restriction and inter-compartment exchange remains an open challenge. In this work, we use diffusion-weighted MR spectroscopy (dMRS) of water and metabolite as a function of diffusion time in vivo in mouse gray matter to shed light on: i) which of these concomitant mechanisms (structural disorder, restriction, and exchange) dominates the MR measurements and ii) with which specific signature. We report the diffusion time-dependence of water with excellent SNR conditions as provided by dMRS, up to a very long diffusion time (500 ms). Water kurtosis decreases with increasing diffusion time, showing the concomitant influence of both structural disorder and exchange. However, despite the excellent experimental conditions, we were not able to clearly identify the nature of the structural disorder (i.e., 1D versus 2D/3D short-range disorder). Measurements of purely intracellular metabolites diffusion time-dependence (up to 500 ms) show opposite behavior to water, with metabolites kurtosis increasing as a function of diffusion time. We show that this is a signature of diffusion restricted in the intracellular space, from which cellular microstructural features such as soma’s and cell projections’ size can be estimated. Finally, by comparing water and metabolite diffusion time-dependencies, we attempt to disentangle the effect of intra/extracellular exchange and structural disorder of the extracellular space (both impacting water diffusion only). Our results suggest a relatively short intra/extracellular exchange time (~1-50 ms) and short-range disorder (still unclear if 1D or 2D/3D) most likely coming from the extracellular compartment. This work provides novel insights to help interpret water diffusion-time dependent measurements in terms of the underlying microstructure of gray matter and suggests that diffusion-time dependent measurements of intracellular metabolites may offer a new way to quantify microstructural restrictions in gray matter.
Stimulus on the Home Front: The State-Level Effects of WWII Spending
Authors: Brunet Gillian
Published: March 2024

I use newly-digitized contract data on U.S. war production spending over 1940-1945 to analyze the macroeconomic effects of U.S. military spending in World War II. I find personal income multipliers of 0.34 over two years and 0.49 over three years. Personal income multipliers may substantially understate GDP multipliers, perhaps by as much as 50%. Employment estimates imply costs per job-year over the same time horizons of $405,013 and $232,268 in 2015 dollars, suggesting job creation was limited. I also find evidence of negative scale effects: larger positive spending shocks are associated with systematically smaller multiplier estimates.
School Choice, Student Sorting, and Academic Performance
Authors: Munteanu Andrei
Published: March 2024

This study examines the impact of school choice on academic achievement. I use differences in the number of schools across similar Romanian towns, generating variation in school choice for local students, who compete for seats via test scores. I find that more school choice results in increased sorting of students by admission scores across different schools. Sorting widens achievement gaps between high- and low-admission score students. High-scorers having access to better teachers and peer effects are the primary factors explaining these widening gaps. Lastly, between-school competition via school choice does not increase average achievement levels.
Can Competitiveness Predict Education and Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence from Incentivized Choice and Survey Measures
Authors: Buser Thomas , Niederle Muriel , Oosterbeek Hessel
Published: March 2024

We assess the predictive power of two measures of competitiveness for education and labor market outcomes using a large, representative survey panel. The first is incentivized and is an online adaptation of the laboratory-based Niederle-Vesterlund measure. The second is an unincentivized survey question eliciting general competitiveness. Both measures are strong predictors of income, occupation, level of education and field of study. The predictive power of the new unincentivized measure is robust to controlling for other traits, including risk attitudes, confidence and the Big Five personality traits. For most outcomes, the predictive power of competitiveness exceeds that of the other traits.
Two new species of Neophyllobius (Acari: Camerobiidae) from Turkey
Authors: AKYOL MUSTAFA , KOÇ KAMIL
Published: March 2024

Two new species of Neophyllob ius viz . N. sultanensi s, N. afyonen sis are described and illustrated from Turkey.
The caddisfly genus Protoptila in Costa Rica (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae)
Authors: HOLZENTHAL RALPH W. , BLAHNIK ROGER J.
Published: March 2024

Nineteen species of Protoptila known from Costa Rica are revised to include 11 previously described species (P. bicornuta Flint 1963, P. boruca Flint 1974, P. burica Flint 1974, P. cana Flint 1974, P. ixtala Mosely 1937, P. laterospina Flint 1967, P. orotina orotina Flint 1974, P. spirifera Flint 1974, P. talamanca Flint 1974, P. tica Bueno-Soria 1984, and P. tojana Mosely 1954) and 8 new species (P. altura, P. bribri, P. chitaria, P. cristula, P. kjeri, P. jolandae, P. strepsicera, and P. trichoglossa). Illustrations, diagnoses, descriptions, and distribution records are provided for all species.
Nomenclator generum et familiarum Chilopodorum II: A list of the genus- and family-group names in the Class Chilopoda from 1958 through 2005
Authors: SHELLEY ROWLAND M.
Published: March 2024

Between 1 January 1958 and 31 December 2005, 62 genusand 8 family-group names were proposed for extant taxa in the class Chilopoda. All are catalogued herein along with two earlier generic names in the Geophilomorpha that have not been addressed. Accounts include citations and components for family-group names, and citations, genders, type-species and localities, and number of components for genus-group names; all but one typifications are by original designation. The species names “birket-smithi” and “nüeschi,” type-species of Phanothereua (Scutigeromorpha) and Asanadopsis (Scolopendromorpha), respectively, are emended to “birketsmithi” and “nueshi” to comply with articles in the Code prohibiting hyphens and diacritics in modern spellings. An alphabetical index is provided.
On the rotifer fauna of Disko Island, Greenland, with notes on selected species from a stagnant freshwater lake
Authors: SØRENSEN MARTIN V.
Published: March 2024

The rotifer fauna in Moraine Lake on Disko Island was investigated. 24 species were identified, of which 22 are new for Disko Island and three are new to Greenland. The new findings are presented in a species list that summarizes all records of rotifers from Disko Island, including several previously unpublished records. Furthermore, notes are given on the morphology of some selected species, including Eothinia elongata, Mikrocodides chlaena and Resticula nyssa.
Lyonetiidae of Turkey with notes on their distribution and zoogeography (Lepidoptera)
Authors: SEVEN SELMA
Published: March 2024

Five species of Lyonetiidae are reported from Turkey: Lyonetia prunifoliella (Hübner, 1796), Lyonetia clerkella (Linnaeus, 1758), Leucoptera malifoliella (Costa, 1836), Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847), and Leucoptera laburnella (Stainton, 1851). The last was collected from Genista tinctoria in Ordu province and is considered a new pest in Turkey.
Two new species of Choroterpes Eaton (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from Costa Rica
Authors: A. SOCORRO ÁVILA , FLOWERS R. WILLS
Published: March 2024

Choroterpes gregoryi new species (type locality: Maquenco, Costa Rica) and Choroterpes mairena new species (type locality: Cuajiniquil, Costa Rica) (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae: Atalophlebiinae) are described from imagos and nymphs. Both species occur along the west coast of Costa Rica in streams on or near the Nicoya Complex. Choroterpes mairena is adapted to living in temporary streams with long dry seasons, while Choroterpes gregoryi is found in permanent streams. Both species occur in pools with extensive leaf packs.
Redescription of Echinolaophonte armiger (Gurney) (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the Gulf of Mexico
Authors: LEE WONCHOEL , SOH HO YOUNG , MONTAGNA PAUL A.
Published: March 2024

Echinolaophonte armiger (Gurney, 1927) is redescribed from the Texas coast (Gulf of Mexico). The species has a simple but strong dorsal spinous process on the cephalosome and the pairs of minute, spiny processes along the posterodorsal margins of the prosomites and urosomites. This is the first full description of the species since Gurney’s (1927) original report from the Suez Canal. The previous reports of E. armiger are reconsidered based on new morphological characters revealed in the present study. As a result, Echinolaophonte hystrix (Brian, 1928) is revived as a valid species, and the status of closely related species, formerly known as E. armiger, is also discussed.
New records of the milliped order Polyzoniida from Korean Peninsula, with a redescription of Kiusiozonium okai (Takakuwa & Miyosi, 1949) (Diplopoda)
Authors: MIKHALJOVA ELENA V. , LIM KIL-YOUNG
Published: March 2024

Both the genus Kiusiozonium Verhoeff, 1941 and the species Kiusiozonium okai (Takakuwa & Miyosi, 1949) are recorded in the fauna of Korea for the first time. Angarozonium munsunum Mikhaljova, Golovatch, Wytwer, 2000 is new to the fauna of South Korea. Kiusiozonium okai is redescribed based upon fresh material from South Korea and Japan. Remarks are provided for the two species encountered, including notes on the variation of latter species as well as on the position of the penes in Nearctic and Palaearctic representatives of the family Polyzoniidae.
Psammocora albopicta sp. nov., a new species of Scleractinian Coral from the Indo-West Pacific (Scleractinia; Siderastreidae)
Authors: BENZONI FRANCESCA
Published: March 2024

A new scleractinian coral species, Psammocora albopicta, is described. The species forms encrusting colonies which can attain large sizes and has very small corallites with a styliform columella. Calice and columella diameter, colline shape and corallite density on the skeleton surface are the morphological characters that separate the species from the other species in the genus. A high degree of variation in septa shape and ornamentation, as well as collines development can be found within the same specimen. Living colonies are dark brown to dark green and present white patterns on all, or part, of the surface. Type material was collected in the Arabian Gulf, additional specimens were collected in the Gulf of Aden, and the study of museum collections allows extension of the species distribution to the western Indo-Pacific.
Species of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1784 from the Indian and Pacific Oceans and reestablishment of the genus Galacantha A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae)
Authors: MACPHERSON ENRIQUE
Published: March 2024

Sixty-six species of the genus Munidopsis have been studied using specimens collected during numerous French expeditions carried out in the last decades in the deep-waters of the southwest Indian and southwest Pacific Oceans, between 140 and 4400 m. Twenty-five new species are described, and the diagnoses and illustrations of some relatively rare species (M. africana, M. debilis, M. lenzii, M. moresbyi, M. orcina, M. sinclairi, M. stylirostris and M. wardeni) are provided. The reestablishment of the genus Galacantha is proposed, including the descriptions/diagnoses and a key to all species. The genus contains nine species, including three new species (G. bellis, G. diomedeae, G. quiquei n. sp., G. rostrata, G. spinosa, G. subrostrata n. sp., G. subspinosa n. sp., G. trachynotus and G. valdiviae). The number of species collected by station is very small (usually one species), probably related to their low densities. However, in some samples, as many as five species have been found. The highest number of species have been observed in the Banda Sea (Indonesia) and Solomon Islands. The new records of some species greatly extend the previously known distribution range of the species.
A review of the species of Belostoma Latreille, 1807 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) from the four southeastern Brazilian states
Authors: RIBEIRO JOSI RICARDO INACIO
Published: March 2024

The species of the Neotropical genus Belostoma Latreille,1807 from southeastern Brazil are poorly known. Therefore here I review and key for the first time the Belostoma species from these southeastern states: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo. The following 22 species are recorded and redescribed: Belostoma anurum (Herrich-Schäffer), B. aurivillianum (Montandon), B. bergi (Montandon), B. bosqi De Carlo, B. candidulum Montandon, B. costalimai De Carlo, B. cummingsi De Carlo, B. dallasi De Carlo, B. dentatum (Mayr), B. dilatatum (Dufour), B. discretum Montandon, B. elongatum Montandon, B. foveolatum (Mayr), B. horvathi Montandon, B. micantulum (Stål), B. noualhieri Montandon, B. orbiculatum Estévez & Polhemus, B. plebejum (Stål), B. ribeiroi De Carlo, B. sanctulum Montandon, B. stollii (Amyot & Serville), and B. testaceopallidum Latreille. Three new records from this region are reported: B. bergi, B. bosqi, and B. elongatum. Belostoma minor (Palisot de Beauvois) and B. oxyurum (Dufour) probably do not occur in southeastern Brazil. The single record of the first species and the several records of the second one in the region are cases of misidentification. Nine new synonymies are established (junior synonymies within parentheses): B. candidulum (B. amici), B. costalimai (B. truxali), B. cummingsi (B. cachoeirinhensis), B. dilatatum (B. ripicolum), B. ribeiroi (B. lundbladi), B. stollii (B. brasiliensis; B. planum; and B. stolii), and B. testaceopallidum (B. grandicollum). Lectotypes are designated for B. aurivillianum, B. bergi, and B. discretum. Four characters have proven useful for species delimitation: the ratio between the greatest pronotal width and its length in the midline, the aspect of the prosternal keel, the pilosity pattern of the connexivum, and the ratio between the width of the ventral diverticulum and its length in ventral view. Lists with the morphological terms and characters suggested for these species are included, together with synonyms proposed by other taxonomists and morphologists.
Macrobiotus alvaroi, a new species of eutardigrade (Tardigrada, Macrobiotidae) of the polyopus group from Costa Rica (Central America)
Authors: PILATO GIOVANNI , KACZMAREK UKASZ
Published: March 2024

Macrobiotus alvaroi sp. n. is a new species from Costa Rica belonging to the polyopus group; it has two macroplacoids and a small microplacoid, eggs with conical processes joined to each other by thin striae forming a reticular design with hexagonal meshes. It differs from the other species of the group in details of the eggs. From some of them it differs also in some characters of the adults.
A new genus and new species of leucosiid crab from New Caledonia,with a note on the validity of Tanaoa serenei (Richer de Forges, 1983) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
Authors: NG PETER K.L. , DE FORGES BERTRAND RICHER
Published: March 2024

Randallia serenei Richer de Forges, 1983, is shown to be a distinct species and not a synonym of Tanaoa distinctus (Rathbun, 1894). Two other species currently placed in Randallia, R. granulata Miers, 1886, and R. speciosa Chen, 1989, are also transferred to Tanaoa Galil, 2003. A new genus and new species of leucosiid crab, Galilia narusei, is also described from New Caledonia. While superficially resembling species of Toru Galil, 2003, it differs markedly in its very granular carapace, rounded intestinal tubercles, short male chelipeds and ambulatory legs as well as a gently bent male first pleopod. The nomenclature of Randallia pustulilabris Alcock, 1896, is also discussed, and Ihleorandallia Števčić, 2005, a nomen nudum, is shown to be a junior synonym of Toru.
Crocidura hikmiya, a new shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Sri Lanka
Authors: MEEGASKUMBURA SUYAMA , MEEGASKUMBURA MADHAVA , PETHIYAGODA ROHAN , MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI KELUM , SCHNEIDER CHRISTOPHER J.
Published: March 2024

A new species of crocidurine shrew, Crocidura hikmiya, is described from the Sinharaja World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka. The species is diagnosed on the basis of both morphology and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Morphologically C. hikmiya is distinguished from C. miya, among other characters, by having a shorter tail, condyles protruding beyond the margin of the braincase, a posterior edge of maxillary bone rounded (dorsal view), an occipital bone triangularly shaped with an obtuse angle (dorsal view) and slightly flattened on the back; a foramen magnum less deep (ventral view); a dorsal posterior brain case not smooth; and an angular process of dentary short and stout. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that C. hikmiya is the sister-species of C. miya. The uncorrected genetic distance between the two species for the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene fragment is 9.7–10.1%, suggesting species-level divergence. Crocidura hikmiya is confined to the mid-montane forests and lowland rainforests in the southwestern Sri Lanka, while C. miya is confined to montane forests of the central hills.
A new social parasite in the ant genus Ectatomma F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ectatomminae)
Authors: FEITOSA RODRIGO M. , HORA RIVIANE R. , DELABIE JACQUES H. C. , VALENZUELA JORGE , FRESNEAU DOMINIQUE
Published: March 2024

Ectatomma parasiticum Feitosa & Fresneau, a new ant species socially parasitic on Ectatomma tuberculatum (Olivier), is described from gynes discovered in Apazapan, state of Veracruz, Mexico, and reared in the laboratory. Ectatomma parasiticum is the first social parasite described in the Ectatomminae. This species can be distinguished from its host by morphological and behavioral features characteristic of the inquilines known in other ant subfamilies including reduced size, thickened petiole, and agonistic interactions with host species.
Glaucalges tytonis sp. n. (Analgoidea, Xolalgidae) from the barn owl Tyto alba (Strigiformes, Tytonidae): compiling morphology with DNA barcode data for taxon descriptions in mites (Acari)
Authors: DABERT JACEK , EHRNSBERGER RAINER , DABERT MIROSLAWA
Published: March 2024

Typical (re)descriptions of feather mite species are based on characteristics of external morphology and of internal sclerotized structures visible in cleared specimens. We propose extending this standard by including sequence data of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene fragment (DNA barcode region chosen by the Consortium for the Barcode of Life). We describe a method of nondestructive DNA isolation, which leaves the feather mite exoskeleton intact for subsequent morphological analysis. Description of a new feather mite species Glaucalges tytonis (Analgoidea, Xolalgidae) from the plumage of the barn owl Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) (Strigiformes, Tytonidae) is presented as an example of the new procedure that may be implemented both for feather mites as well as for other groups of Acari.
New species of Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo)
Authors: DAS INDRANEIL , LAKIM MAKLARIN , KANDAUNG PIUS
Published: March 2024

A new species of Luperosaurus is described from the Crocker Range Park, Sabah, northern Borneo (East Malaysia). The new species is known only from the holotype (SVL 34.7 mm), and is diagnosable from congeneric species by possession of the following combination of characters: body robust; head narrower than body; auricular opening oval-squarish; subrictal tubercles present; two intersupranasals contacting rostral; rostral in contact with nares; nine supralabials at midorbital position; 14/15 (R/L) supralabials to posterior edge of orbit of eye; 11 infralabials to posterior edge of orbit; dorsal body scales rounded, convex and granular; ca. 104 dorsal scale rows; 45 ventral scale rows; ca. 149 midbody scale rows; 1–3 anteriormost chin scales subequal, larger than those to their posterior; ventrolateral body tubercles spinose; three distal scansors deeply notched; tail fringe with distinct serrations; and pale rounded spots on middorsum.
Velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Algodones sand dunes of California, USA
Authors: PITTS JAMES P. , WILSON JOSEPH S. , WILLIAMS KEVIN A. , BOEHME NICOLE F.
Published: March 2024

The diversity of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) on the Algodones Sand Dunes of southern California is investigated. Forty species are found to inhabit areas on and around the dunes. Sphaeropthalma django is described as a new species. Most of the species are known from males only. In an attempt to associate the sexes of the species, two internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) are sequenced for 11 female morphospecies of nocturnal Mutillidae found on the Algodones Sand Dunes. Their ITS sequences are compared to species known only from males that were also found on these same dunes. Sequences are compared for multiple individuals to assess genetic diversity. As has been found with other mutillids, intersexual sequence differences are much smaller than the interspecific differences. This work results in the matching of 11 females with their conspecific males using molecular data, including: Odontophotopsis arcuata, O. obscura, new comb., O. parva, O. villosa, Sphaeropthalma arota, S. blakeii, S. django, sp. nov., S. difficilis, S. ecarinata, S. militaris, and S. triangularis. Fresh females of O. inconspicua were unavailable, but an association of the female is made using morphological and distributional data. An Odontophotopsis female of unknown identity also is described, but not named. Sphaeropthalma helicaon (Fox), Photopsis lingulatus Viereck, Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) carinata Schuster, Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) helicaon coahuilae Schuster, Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) helicaon diegueno Schuster are junior synonyms of Sphaeropthalma arota (Cresson). Mutilla hebes Melander is a junior synonym of Photomorphus clandestina (Viereck). Mutilla bellerophon Melander (nec Fox) and Mutilla (Photomorphus?) crepuscula Viereck are junior synonyms of Photomorphus bicolor (Blake). Odontophotopsis grata Schuster (nec Melander) is a junior synonym of O. acmaea Viereck. Neotypes are designated for O. obscura Schuster and O. quadrispinosa Schuster. Only Dasymutilla imperialis, D. nocturna and Sphaeropthalma django, sp. nov., were found to be restricted to the Algodones Sand Dunes. Odontophotopsis arcuata, O. parva, O. villosa and S. ecarinata are not restricted to the Algodones Sand Dunes, but can be found in much greater abundance on the dunes than elsewhere. Keys are provided for both sexes.
A revision of the genus Eugorgia Verrill, 1868 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)
Authors: BREEDY ODALISCA , GUZMAN HECTOR M. , VARGAS SERGIO
Published: March 2024

The species of the gorgoniid genus Eugorgia that occur along the eastern Pacific are taxonomically revised based on original type material of all species described until now, and reference specimens from recent surveys and expeditions. The genus Eugorgia is characterised by having a dominance of double disc sclerites in the coenenchyme which separate this taxon from the other gorgonians with similar external morphology such as Leptogorgia. In this revision, 12 species are recognized as valid and one is synonymised, E. forreri. Lectotypes were assigned for two species in order to establish their taxonomic status, and three varieties were established as species, E. alba, E. excelsa and E. purpurascens. All the species are described and illustrated. Based on the morphology of colonies and sclerites and supported by a phylogenetic analysis, we recognised three species groups within the genus Eugorgia: the “ampla-group” consisting of eight species, with slightly raised polyp-mounds and dichotomous branching or irregular variations of it; the “daniana group”, consisting of three species, with prominent polyp-mounds and pinnate-like branching; and the “rubens-group” consisting of a single species, E. rubens, which is closely related to species within the second group. The fauna herein reported does not represent the diversity or geographical range of the species because more surveys are needed and more material stored in museums needs attention to complete the regional assessment.
A new species of Scoposcartula (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) with phylogenetic and biogeographic comments on the genus
Authors: RODRIGUES L. G. N. , MEJDALANI G. , CARVALHO R. A.
Published: March 2024

A new species of Scoposcartula Young, 1977 is described and illustrated based on material from the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro State, Southeastern Brazil. Scoposcartula tentaculata sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from the other 15 known species of the genus by the colour of the forewings (black to dark brown with a very large red area on the basal half) and by the conspicuous paraphysis, which is very long and tentacle-like. The new species was added to a recently published morphological data matrix of Scoposcartula species. Cladistic analysis of these data suggested that S. tentaculata sp. nov. is the sister group of S. lancifera Young, 1977. These sister species belong to a group that also includes S. tobiasi Cavichioli & Mejdalani, 1996 + S. limitata (Signoret, 1953). Hypotheses of vicariance for explaining the present distributions of these four species are suggested. The use of Cicadellinae taxa as models for studies of vicariance in the Neotropics is briefly addressed.
Gekko lauhachindai sp. nov., a new cave-dwelling gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from central Thailand
Authors: PANITVONG NONN , SUMONTHA MONTRI , KONLEK KANOKORN , KUNYA KIRATI
Published: March 2024

A new species, Gekko lauhachindai sp. nov. is described from Saraburi Province in central Thailand. It is a member of the mid-sized Gekko petricolus group and within this group it is probably most closely related to G. grossmanni Günther, 1994, G. scientiadventura Rösler et al., 2005, G. russelltraini Ngo et al., 2009, and G. takouensis Ngo & Gamble, 2010 with which it shares a similar dorsal pattern. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by its moderate size (SVL at least to 98 mm) and slender body, rostral participation in the nostril border, precloacal pores 12–14, femoral pores absent, dorsal tubercle rows 14, snout less than 1.5 times eye diameter, presence of “I” shaped rostral groove, interorbital scale rows 36–40, digit I and IV of pes with 13 and 13–15 enlarged subdigital scansors, respectively, and dorsal pattern of large bright spots dorsally that may be expanded to 5–6 whitish narrow cross bars intersected by a bright mid-dorsal dotted line from nape to sacrum. The new species is one of many recently described Southeast Asian geckos that appear to be restricted to limestone caves. It is the seventh species of Gekko known from Thailand and the third Gekko occurring in sympatry in the karst forests of Chalermphrakiat District, Saraburi Province, central Thailand.
A new species of deep-sea anglerfish, genus Himantolophus (Lophiiformes: Himantolophidae) from the Western South Pacific, with comments on the validity of H. pseudalbinares
Authors: STEWART ANDREW L. , PIETSCH THEODORE W.
Published: March 2024

A new species of the deep-sea ceratioid anglerfish genus Himantolophus is described from a single specimen caught off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. A member of the Himantolophus cornifer-group, based on the absence of a posterior escal appendage, the new species is described and compared with the five previously recognized members of the group. Evidence is provided to confirm the validity of Himantolophus pseudalbinares, a species previously confused with H. albinares.
Revision of Vilargus Theron (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from South Africa
Authors: STILLER M.
Published: March 2024

The South African grass-feeding leafhopper Vilargus Theron is revised. Vilargus pumilicans (Naudé) is redescribed and the specific status of V. campanus (Naudé) is discussed. Seven new species of Vilargus are described: V. bicornicans sp. n., V. budenticans sp. n., V. dentulicans sp. n., V. lobulicans sp. n., V. simulans sp. n., V. triquetricans sp. n. and V. trunculicans sp. n. A key is provided to males and known females of Vilargus. The species of this genus are small, light brown leafhoppers, commonly associated with grass in the Grassland Biome of South Africa, and rarely from the Savanna and Fynbos Biomes.
A new record of the genus Hueikaeana (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) and a new species from China
Authors: WANG GANG , ZHOU XU-LING , SHI FU-MING
Published: March 2024

The genus Hueikaeana Ingrisch, 1998 is reported for the first time from China with the species, H. alia Gorochov, 2004 and a new species, H. albopunctata Wang & Shi, sp. nov.. The diagnostic characters are described and figured. A key to the known species is provided. All specimens (including type specimens) are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University.
A new scale insect genus, Torosaspis (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Diaspididae), with a new species, Torosaspis turcica, from Turkey
Authors: ÜLGENTÜRK SELMA , KOZÁR FERENC
Published: March 2024

On the basis of morphological differences between Acanthomytilus species feeding on woody plants and those feeding on Poaceae, a new genus, Torosaspis, is introduced to take a new species, Torosaspis turcica, off Pinus brutia, and two species of Acanthomytilus that feed on coniferous plants. The adult female of the new species is described and illustrated. In addition, an identification key is provided to separate the three species now in Torosaspis.
A new species of Nazeris Fauvel, 1873 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from Uttarakhand, Northern India
Authors: SHAVRIN ALEXEY V.
Published: March 2024

Nazeris indicus Cameron, 1943, described from the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region of West Bengal (type locality: “Ghum district: Tiger Hill”) [Cameron, 1943:32], is currently the only species of the paederine genus Nazeris Fauvel, 1873 known from India. During a field trip to India in June 2011, I collected a new species of Nazeris from Uttarakhand province, which is described herein.
A new species of Odontosyllis Claparède, 1863 (Annelida, Syllidae) with re-descriptions of O. liniata Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 and O. gymnocephala Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
Authors: VERDES AIDA , PLEIJEL FREDRIK , AGUADO M. TERESA
Published: March 2024

Odontosyllis pentalineata, a new species from California is described. It differs from all other Odontosyllis species in the following characters: colour pattern consisting of five longitudinal black bands along body at median, dorso-lateral and lateral sides, a long pharynx with five large teeth directed backwards, and compound chaetae with short bidentate blades, slightly spinulated. Sequence data from COI are provided for molecular characterization. Additionally, the type species of O. liniata Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 and O. gymnocephala Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 are re-described based on type material.
Primary type status of Perca cirrosa Thunberg, 1793 (Scorpaenidae)
Authors: MOTOMURA HIROYUKI , TAKIGAWA YUKO , OGIHARA GOTA , YOSHINO TETSUO
Published: March 2024

The Indo-Pacific scorpionfish genus Scorpaenopsis was revised by Randall and Eschmeyer (2001), who recognized 24 valid species in the genus. Subsequently, Randall and Greenfield (2004), Motomura (2004a) and Motomura and Causse (2011) described S. eschmeyeri, S. insperatus and S. crenulata, respectively, being new species from the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Ten new species of Cephennula Jałoszyński (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) from Malaysia
Authors: JAŁOSZYŃSKI PAWEŁ
Published: March 2024

Ten new species of the ant-like stone beetle genus Cephennula Jałoszyński (Scydmaeninae, Cephenniini) are described, all occurring in Malaysia: C. densepunctata sp. n. (Sabah), C. gemina sp. n.(Sabah), C. minutissima sp. n. (Sarawak), C. penrissenana sp. n. (Sarawak), C. poringana sp. n. (Sabah), C. sibugana sp. n. (Sabah), C. titiwangsana sp. n. (Pahang), C. medioglabra sp. n. (Pahang), C. micropunctata sp. n. (Pahang) and C. gombakiana sp. n. (Selangor). Habitus and aedeagus of each species are illustrated. Two informal species groups―Cephennula minuta group and Cephennula multicarinata group―are proposed to divide Cephennula into possibly natural lineages; monophyly of these groups remains to be tested.
Back from the dead: The world’s rarest toad Adenomus kandianus rediscovered in Sri Lanka
Authors: WICKRAMASINGHE L. J. MENDIS , VIDANAPATHIRANA DULAN RANGA , WICKRAMASINGHE NETHU
Published: March 2024

Adenomus kandianus Günther (1872) was previously known only from two specimens both deposited in the British Museum,the holotype BMNH1947.2.20.63, and the syntype of A. kelaarti BMNH1947.2.20.62. The only record of A. kandianus sincethe initial description in 1872 was by Ferguson in 1876, who mentions two specimens resembling Bufo kandianus in hiscollection, making A. kandianus the world’s rarest toad. The species had not been reported since, and was considered extinct. Here we report on its rediscovery.
The identities of Cancer arenarius Toreen, in Osbeck, 1765, Cancer arenarius Zimmermann, in Cavolini, 1792, Cancer (Mantis) arenarius Herbst, 1793, and Cancer (Gammarellus) arenarius Herbst, 1793, and other names associated with the genus Ocypode Weber, 1795 (Crustacea: Amphipoda, Decapoda, Stomatopoda)
Authors: LOW MARTYN E. Y. , NG PETER K. L.
Published: March 2024

The binomial name Cancer arenarius has been proposed in five different works for species of Crustacea. The earliestname, Cancer arenarius Toreen, in Osbeck, 1765, is identified with Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772), with usageof the latter name being maintained by a reversal of precedence. We identify Cancer arenarius Zimmermann, in Cavolini,1792, with Eriphia verrucosa (Forskål, 1775). Cancer (Mantis) arenarius Herbst, 1793, is a preoccupied and unavailableobjective synonym of Lysiosquillina maculata (Fabricius, 1793), and we herein designate the neotype of the latter as thesimultaneous neotype of the former to fix the identities of both names. Cancer (Gammarellus) arenarius Herbst, 1793, isidentified with Gamarellus homari (Fabricius, 1779). Cancer arenarius Catesby, 1771, has been deemed not an availablename by the Zoological Commission, but is identifiable with Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787). Cancer eques Aubertde la Chesnaye des Bois, 1759, and Ocypoda ippeus Olivier, 1804 (and its incorrect original spelling, Cancer hippeus),are both referred to Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758), while Ocypoda edwardsi Osorio, 1890, is a subjective juniorsynonym of Ocypode africana De Man, 1881. The authorship of Cancer erythropus (now Dromia erythropus): Edwards, in Catesby, 1771, is also clarified.
A new species of Oecetis McLachlan, 1877 (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae) from Southeast Brazil: Validation of an unpublished species
Authors: QUINTEIRO FÁBIO B. , CALOR ADOLFO R.
Published: March 2024

Oecetis McLachlan is the most speciose genus within the Leptoceridae Leach, 1815. It contains more than 400 species distributed all over the world except Antarctica. The genus is easily recognized by its apparently unbranched M vein in the forewings, a character that McLachlan used to differentiate this genus from Setodes. Milne divided the genus into four subgenera, Quaria being one of them. The males of this subgenus are recognized by their prominent dorsolateral processes from abdominal segment IX in lateral view. Chen, in his unpublished PhD thesis, recovered this subgenus and erected three others based on a phylogenetic analysis. Herein we describe a new species collected in Southeast Brazil based on male specimens. This species was described by Chen but not published. The new species is recognized by its dorsolateral process on segment IX being slender, curved ventrad, and with the same length as the phallic apparatus, and by its inferior appendages each with its distal lobe cylindrical.
Larval morphology of Unionicola figuralis (Koch, 1836), Neumania imitata Koenike, 1908, and N. spinipes (Müller, 1776) (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Unionicolidae)
Authors: TUZOVSKIJ PETR V.
Published: March 2024

Illustrated descriptions of the larvae of the water mite species of Unionicola figuralis (Koch, 1836), Neumania imitata Koenike, 1908 and redescription of the larva of N. spinipes (Müller, 1776) are presented.
Status of Cyrtosia marginata Perris (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) with remarks on the type and new distribution records
Authors: EVENHUIS NEAL L. , DAVID CHARLES
Published: March 2024

The type species of the genus Cyrtosia, C. marginata Perris, is diagnosed and its distribution clarified. Comparisons with closely related species are made and thoracic patterns illustrated to aid in separation. Notes on the type specimens in the Museum National d Histoire Naturelle in Paris are presented and a lectotype is selected. It is recorded from Jersey in the Channel Islands and Germany for the first time.
Taxonomic note on four poorly known Arizona Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)
Authors: FERRIS CLIFFORD D.
Published: March 2024

Adults and male and female genitalia of Eupithecia biedermanata and E. classicata are illustrated. The original descriptions and McDunnough s subsequent generic revision did not provide complete information on these species because of the paucity of material available for study. Based upon their respective genitalic characters and otherwise similar morphologies, E. miamata is proposed to be a junior synonym of biedermanata, and penumbrata a junior synonym of classicata.
Topological Signature of Stratospheric Poincaré-Gravity Waves
Authors: Xu Weixuan , Fox-Kemper Baylor , Lee Jung-Eun , Marston J. B. , Zhu Ziyan
Published: March 2024

The rotation of Earth breaks time-reversal and reflection symmetries in an opposite sense north and south of the equator, leading to a topological origin for certain atmospheric and oceanic equatorial waves. Away from the equator, the rotating shallow-water and stably stratified primitive equations exhibit Poincaré inertia–gravity waves that have nontrivial topology as evidenced by their strict superinertial time scale and a phase singularity in frequency–wavevector space. This nontrivial topology then predicts, via the principle of bulk-interface correspondence, the existence of two equatorial waves along the equatorial interface, the Kelvin and Yanai waves. To directly test the nontrivial topology of Poincaré-gravity waves in observations, we examine ERA5 data and study cross correlations between the wind velocity and geopotential height of the midlatitude stratosphere at the 50 hPa height. We find the predicted vortex and antivortex in the relative phase of the geopotential height and velocity at the high frequencies of the waves. By contrast, lower-frequency planetary waves are found to have trivial topology also as expected from theory. These results demonstrate a new way to understand stratospheric waves and provide a new qualitative tool to investigate waves in other components of the climate system.
Adjusting and validating a procedure for parenteral anaesthesia in neonatal mice
Authors: Goterris-Cerisuelo Rafael , Sanahuja-Irene Sandra , Sánchez-Catalán María J , Martínez-García Fernando
Published: March 2024

For neonatal pups, parenteral anaesthesia is said to be not reliable as low doses induce no anaesthesia whereas high doses render high mortality rates. In this work we have adapted parenteral anaesthesia procedures approved for pups >7 days of age, to anaesthetize neonatal animals (postnatal days 3–4; P3–P4) for keeping them immobile for a long period. In our first experiment we analysed the behaviour of P3–P4 mouse pups for 70 min after intraperitoneal administration of low (37.5/3.75 mg/kg) or high (50/5) doses of a ketamine/xylazine anaesthetic mixture, both in the low range as compared with dosages employed in adults. Pups became immobile in ≈7 min and remained immobile for ≈45 min, irrespective of the age and dose of anaesthesia, younger pups (P3) being apparently more sensitive to the dosage. In the second experiment, we studied the response of P3 pups to mildly nociceptive stimulations, performed with a 4.0 g von Frey filament applied to the dorsal aspect of their paws. These stimuli elicited reaction in 100% of the cases in non-anaesthetized pups. The results indicate that the high dose significantly reduced responses as compared with the low dose of anaesthesia. With the low dose, <40% of the pups were unresponsive to nociceptive stimulation, whereas the high dose resulted in 50–60% of the animals not responding. Mortality was low irrespective of age or dose, suggesting that doses can be further increased if needed for invasive experimental procedures.
Feedforward–feedback-enhanced model-free adaptive iterative learning control with measurement disturbance and data dropout for an autonomous bus trajectory tracking system
Authors: Liu Shida , Huang Wei , Ren Ye , Wang Li , Ji Honghai
Published: March 2024

This article presents an innovative enhanced model-free adaptive iterative learning control approach suited for autonomous bus trajectory tracking systems that may experience measurement disruptions and random data dropouts. Data loss can occur independently and randomly at different times and in different iterations with varying probabilities, leading to successive data dropouts on both the time and iteration axes. The proposed enhanced model-free adaptive iterative learning control controller incorporates a data compensation mechanism to compensate for missing data, ensuring excellent control performance. This data-driven control strategy requires only input/output data for controller design. The convergence and effectiveness of the proposed approach are verified through rigorous mathematical analysis and simulation outcomes.
Reducing the carbon footprint of the textile sector: an overview of impacts and solutions
Authors: Leal Filho Walter , Dinis Maria Alzira Pimenta , Liakh Olena , Paço Arminda , Dennis Karen , Shollo Fran , Sidsaph Henry
Published: March 2024

The clothing, footwear, and household textiles sectors play a significant role, providing employment opportunities on a global scale. However, they are also associated with a considerable consumption of natural resources, leading to high levels of water pollution and emissions of greenhouse gases, contributing to climate change. The carbon footprint (CF) of textiles depends generally on fabric types and production processes. Natural fibers such as cotton, wool, and silk, generally have a lower CF when compared to synthetic fabrics such as polyester and nylon, requiring more energy and chemicals during production. In addition, fabrics manufactured through eco-friendly methods, such as closed-loop systems and sustainable production processes, have a significantly lower CF than those produced using conventional means. Accordingly, there is a perceived need for comprehensive studies that investigate the environmental and climate implications of the textile sector. Considering these concerns, a study was undertaken on the topic, encompassing a literature review and data collection so as to present an overview of the environmental impacts and CF associated with the textile sector. The results from the research show that the resource consumption associated with the textile sector, particularly its CF, demands urgent action in order to reduce its impacts. Also, actionable measures are needed so as to reduce the CF of the textile industry. These are described in the paper, along with the obstacles that need to be overcome so as not only to reduce the CF of this sector, but also to pursue the objectives outlined in the sustainable development goals.
Religious Coping and Well-Being Among Heterosexual Male Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Authors: Isangha Stanley Oloji
Published: March 2024

This study examined the use of religious coping among male victims of intimate partner violence. It was aided by the definition from the RCOPE that Pargament et al. developed and validated. The data were collected through semi-structured, formal interviews with 35 Nigerian male victims. The data were analyzed using content analysis within the framework of category development in the grounded theory method. Different types of religious coping were revealed, while their impact on well-being was examined. Most of the victims used positive religious coping such as pleading for direct intercession and religious reappraisal. This brought some peace and happiness to the victims. Their negative religious coping techniques were used only when positive coping techniques did not achieve their desired outcomes. This made victims sad and dispirited. The study provides suggestions for professionals on how religious coping can be used to best serve male victims.