bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Contribution to the knowledge of Macrolycini with description of Calcaeron, new genus (Coleoptera, Lycidae)
Authors: KAZANTSEV SERGEY V.
Published: September 2016

The morphology of the tribe Macrolycini of net-winged beetles (Lycidae) is studied. The subtribe Dilophotina Kleine, nom. rev. is revalidated from synonymy with Macrolycini. A new genus Calcaeron gen. n. and five new species: Mesolycus hubeicus, M. nanensis, M. murzini, Calcaeron sundaicus and C. baluensis are described. Mesolycus Gorham nom. rev. is revalidated from synonymy with Dilophotes, while Flabellodilophotes Pic, 1912 and Biphilodes Kazantsev, 2000 are synonymized with Mesolycus. Dilophotes moxiensis Bic is found to be synonymous to Mesolycus ilyai (Kazantsev). M. mediozonatus (Nakane), stat. n. is raised to species level. The following taxa are transferred to Mesolycus: Dilophotes pygmaeus Waterhouse, D. shelfordi Bourgeois, D. discoidalis Pic, D. ater Pic, D. tricostatus Kleine, D. ilyai Kazantsev, D. qinlinganus Kazantsev, D. tibetanus Kazantsev, D. berezowskii Kazantsev, D. sausai Bic, D. laosensis Bic, D. bolavensis Bic, D. jendeki Bic, D. holzschuhi Bic, D. bhutanensis Bic and Flabellodilophotes obscurus Pic. The phylogeny of Macrolycini is discussed and a key to the genera of the tribe is provided.
Omniops gen. n. and two new species of Hydrophilini from Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
Authors: PERKINS P. D. , SHORT A. E.Z.
Published: September 2016

Omniops gen. n. (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilini: Acidocerina) is described for two new species from Papua New Guinea: Omniops fasciatus sp. n. and O. hanseni sp. n. This genus is distinguished from other genera of Hydrophilidae by having the eyes divided into dorsal and ventral portions by an extension of the frons, and by having a row of dense long setae on the labrum. The tribal placement of the new genus and that of Quadriops Hansen are discussed. High resolution digital images are given for each holotype (online versions in color).
New species of Stizocera (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Bolivia
Authors: LINGAFELTER STEVEN W.
Published: September 2016

Two species of Stizocera (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Elaphidiini) are described from Buena Vista, Ichilo Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia: Stizocera delicata, new species and Stizocera ichilo, new species. Comparison of diagnostic features with the similar species Stizocera longicollis Zajciw, Stizocera rugicollis Gu rin-M neville, and Stizocera nigroapicalis Fuchs is presented.
Embolemus kheeli: a new species of Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from the Dominican Republic
Authors: OLMI M.
Published: September 2016

Embolemus kheeli, a new species from the Dominican Republic, is described in this paper. Embolemus subtilis is newly recorded from the Dominican Republic. Changes to the key to the Neotropical Embolemus are proposed.
Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Asellota: Mesosignidae), a new isopod species from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Authors: CHOUDHURY MADHUMITA , BRANDT ANGELIKA
Published: September 2016

Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. is described from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica. This is the second record of Mesosignum from the Southern Ocean, the other known species being M. antarcticum Schultz, 1979. Mesosignum brevispinis Birstein, 1963 from the Pacific Ocean is the most similar species. The most significant difference is the length of the seventh pereonite, which is only half as long as the other pereonites in M. brevispinis, while in M. weddellensis it is as long as the other pereonites.
Description of Parentocirrus brasiliensis sp. n. (Ciliophora: Spirotrichea), a new ciliate protist present in activated sludge
Authors: PAIVA THIAGO DA SILVA , DA SILVA–NETO INÁCIO DOMINGOS
Published: September 2016

In samples of activated sludge obtained from a wastewater treatment plant located in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, we discovered Parentocirrus brasiliensis sp. n., a new species of spirotrichous ciliate characterized as: Parentocirrus measuring about 110 x 75μm, body outline elliptical, with 2–3 buccal cirri and 3–5 posterior frontal cirri of the same size, and 2–4 postperistomial cirri. Nuclear apparatus composed of 4–6 macronuclear nodules and 1–6 micronuclei. Dorsal side shows 6 (rarely 5) kineties, with very few scattered kinetids between kineties 3 and 4. The new species differs from P. hortualis mainly in the configuration of dorsal kineties, the relative position of the posterior frontal cirri, the average number of macronuclear nodules, the number of postperistomial cirri, and the average body size.
Revision of Agrilus acutus (Thunberg, 1787) and related species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Authors: JENDEK EDUARD
Published: September 2016

A revision of the following species of Agrilus is given: A. acutus (Thunberg, 1787); A. dianthus Kerremans, 1892; A. coelestis Deyrolle, 1864; A. acanthopterus Harold, 1869; A. cyaneofasciatus Th ry, 1930; A. paradiseus Obenberger, 1924 and A. mikusiakorum new species. All species are illustrated. The following taxonomic changes are proposed: A. acanthopterus and A. cyaneofasciatus are revalidated; A. dianthus new status is considered as a species; A. acutus (= frater Deyrolle, 1864 new synonym; = menadoensis Obenberger, 1924 new synonym); A. coelestis (= fructus Kerremans, 1896 new synonym; = lombokanus Kerremans, 1900 new syn- onym; = leniens Obenberger, 1936 new synonym); A. acanthopterus (= luzonicus Kerremans, 1914 new syn- onym; = piperi Fisher, 1921 new synonym); A. cyaneofasciatus (= indius Bellamy, 1998 new synonym). Agrilus mucronatus Boheman, 1858 is a synonym of A. acanthopterus and not A. acutus. Agrilus diacanthus Haan; A. diacanthus Dejean, 1836 and A. asphaltipennis Obenberger, 1924 are unavailable names. Lectotypes of nine species are designated.
The caddisfly genus Triaenodes in the Neotropics (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae)
Authors: HOLZENTHAL RALPH W. , ANDERSEN TROND
Published: September 2016

The genus Triaenodes as it occurs in the Neotropics is diagnosed and discussed in the context of the world fauna. Twenty new species are described and illustrated: T. acanthus (Mexico), T. chirripo (Costa Rica), T. clauseni (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama), T. cuyotenango (Guatemala), T. flintorum (Mexico), T. guadaloupe (Panama), T. hodgesi (Ecuador), T. hornitos (Panama), T. kilambe (Nicaragua), T. mexicanus (Mexico), T. moncho (Costa Rica), T. morai (Costa Rica, Nicaragua), T. nicaraguensis (Nicaragua), T. oaxacensis (Mexico), T. tajo (Costa Rica), T. talamanca (Costa Rica), T. tapanti (Costa Rica, Panama), T. tico (Costa Rica, Panama), T. tuxtlensis (Mexico), and T. woldai (Panama). In addition, 4 previously described species are redescribed and figured: T. abruptus Flint 1991 (Colombia), T. anomalus Flint 1967 (Nicaragua, Mexico), T. delicatus Nav s 1924 (Costa Rica, Panama), and T. peruanus Flint & Reyes 1991 (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). The status of Triaenodes columbicus Ulmer 1909, is discussed. The larval and pupal stages of a Costa Rican species and the females of 9 species are described, representing the first descriptions of these life history stages for Neotropical Triaenodes. The genus Ylodes Milne is returned to synonymy with Triaenodes, as a subgenus. A key to the males of Neotropical Triaenodes is provided.
Review of the deep-water asellote genus Notopais Hodgson, 1910 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Munnopsididae) with description of three new species from the south-western Pacific
Authors: MERRIN KELLY L.
Published: September 2016

The munnopsidid genus Notopais Hodgson, 1910 is taken out of synonymy with Echinozone Sars, 1897. The type species Notopais spicata Hodgson, 1910 and Notopais quadrispinosa (Beddard, 1886) are redescribed and three new species described: Notopais beddardi n. sp. collected from Antarctica at a depth of less than 37 metres; Notopais minya n. sp. collected from the south-eastern Australian continental slope between the depths of 429 466 metres; and Notopais zealandica n. sp. collected from the Chatham Rise between the depths of 1386 1640 metres, off the south-eastern New Zealand coast. Notopais is distinguished from Echinozone by three defining characters: the flattened appearance of the ventral side of the cephalon, the presence of pedestal setae on the pereonites and antenna 2 article 1 with produced distolateral angle with prominent spine and distal robust seta. This genus is exclusively found in the Southern Hemisphere and is known from Antarctica and the south-western Pacific.
Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on Myrtaceae in the State of São Paulo, Brazil
Authors: LOFEGO A. C. , DE MORAES G. J. , CASTRO L. A.S.
Published: September 2016

Eighteen predatory mite species of the family Phytoseiidae are reported from three sites of the Cerrado ecosystem in the State of S o Paulo, southeastern Brazil, on seven plant species of the family Myrtaceae. This paper provides a list of those species and compares relevant morphological characteristics of the specimens collected with those of the original descriptions and/ or redescriptions of the corresponding species. A key is provided to help in the separation of the species mentioned in the paper. Some of the species collected have been reported as common predators on dominant crops in the region where the work was done. Their occurrence on Myrtaceae plants found naturally in the Cerrado ecosystem indicates that those plants could represent important reservoirs of those predators.
The non-indigenous stolidobranch ascidian Polyandrocarpa zorritensis in the Mediterranean: description, larval morphology and pattern of vascular budding
Authors: BRUNETTI RICCARDO , MASTROTOTARO FRANCESCO
Published: September 2016

The stolidobranch ascidian Polyandrocarpa zorritensis was detected, for the third time in the Mediterranean, in the harbour of Taranto (South Italy). Colonies develop vigorously on all hard substrata in shallow water and now represent one of the most important elements of the local fouling community. In this article specimens of the Mediterranean populations of the species are described. The morphology of the larva, which differs from that of other Polyzoinae, and a vascular budding mechanism of replication, similar to that known to occur in the Botryllinae, were both observed for the first time.
Chiridota heheva, new species, from Western Atlantic deep-sea cold seeps and anthropogenic habitats (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida)
Authors: PAWSON DAVID L. , VANCE DORIS J.
Published: September 2016

Chiridota heheva new species is described from cold seeps off Georgia and Florida, a shipwreck off Georgia, and an artificial wood-block habitat near Puerto Rico, in bathyal-abyssal depths of 2,200 3,300 meters. C. heheva is similar in some respects to C. hydrothermica Smirnov & Gebruk from Western and Southeastern Pacific hydrothermal vents, but it differs in structure of the tentacles and in color.
A revision of the South African endemic water beetle genus Pneuminion Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
Authors: PERKINS PHILIP D.
Published: September 2016

The South African endemic water beetle genus Pneuminion Perkins, 1997 is revised. The generic limits, habitat preferences and morphological characters are discussed. A key to the nine known species is given. New species described are P. balfourbrownei, P. endroedyi, P. impressum, P. nanum, P. natalensis, P. punctatum, P. semisulcatum, and P. tubum. High resolution digital images of the holotypes are presented (online version in color), the male genitalia are illustrated, and the geographical distributions are mapped.
A new species of Diaphania H bner, 1818 from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)
Authors: VILA ROGER , PIÑAS FRANCISCO , CLAVIJO JOSÉ A.
Published: September 2016

Diaphania yurakyana n. sp. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) is described from the tropical rainforest of Ecuador. This species is closely related to D. argealis (Walker, 1859), D. interpositalis (Hampson, 1912), and D. novicialis (Schaus, 1912). The female, immature stages, and larval hostplant are unknown.Se describe Diaphania yurakyana n. sp. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) de la regi n tropical de Ecuador. Esta especie es cercana a D. argealis (Walker, 1859), D. interpositalis (Hampson, 1912) y D. novicialis (Schaus, 1912). La hembra, las fases inmaduras, y la planta nutricia de la larva son desconocidas.
New species of the gorgoniian genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Pacific Panama
Authors: BREEDY ODALISCA , GUZMAN HECTOR M.
Published: September 2016

Four new shallow water species of the genus Pacifigorgia were found in recent surveys along the Pacific coast of Panama. One of the species was only found in dense patches at two shallow seamount-like localities inside the Coiba National Park, Gulf of Chiriqu . Two other species were patchily distributed at several localities in the Gulf of Chiriqu . A fourth species was widely distributed around the gulfs of Chiriqu and Panama encompassing a broad range of habitats and depths. The new species are described and illustrated in detail with scanning electron micrographs (SEM) of the sclerites, and colour photographs of the colony forms. The suspected occurrence of a particular Pacifigorgia species for this region is confirmed and two other new records are added to the species list. With the new four species, a total of 15 are established for Panama, making 31 species for the eastern Pacific to date.
New species of Hopperia (Nematoda, Comesomatidae) and Metachromadora (Nematoda, Desmodoridae) from Patagonia, Chubut, Argentina
Authors: DE WARD CATALINA T. PASTOR
Published: September 2016

One new Comesomatidae species and one new Desmodoridae species from the Gulfs of San Jos and San Mat as, Chubut province are described: Hopperia patagonica sp. n. is characterized by the shape of odontia on anterior end (one big and two smaller teeth on each); odontia length in relation to the amphid length; values of b and R3, short body length (L: 1370 1500 m) and the de Man s ratios ( b: 10.3 11.7). Metachromadora zaixsi sp. n. is characterized by the absence of pre-cloacal supplements, the presence of four cephalic setae and the de Man s ratios (b: 4.7 7.2). Keys are provided for both species.
Hemiodus jatuarana, a new species of Hemiodontidae from the rio Trombetas, Amazon Basin, Brazil (Teleostei, Characiformes)
Authors: LANGEANI FRANCISCO
Published: September 2016

Hemiodus jatuarana, a new species of the Hemiodontidae from Oriximin , rio Trombetas, Amazon Basin, Brazil, is described. The new species can be readily distinguished from its congeners by the presence of a horizontally elongated dark spot on the caudal peduncle, and by the absence of any other dark pigmentation pattern on the body. Hemiodus jatuarana is readily separated from H. immaculatus, another species without dark pigmentation on the body, by having 25 27 epibranchial and 36 37 ceratobranchial gill rakers on the first branchial arch, and caudal-fin lobes without longitudinal stripes, vs. 14 16 and 21 25 gill rakers, and a conspicuous longitudinal stripe on each caudal-fin lobe in H. immaculatus. The new species is only known from its type-locality, where it cooccurs with H. immaculatus.
Rediscovery and redescription of Tetranychus gigas (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae)
Authors: NÁVIA DENISE , FLECHTMANN CARLOS H.W.
Published: September 2016

Tetranychus gigas Pritchard & Baker, 1955 is redescribed from paratypes and from Brazilian specimens collected from soybean.
Acanthocopinae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Munnopsididae) from the Southern Ocean deep sea with the description of Acanthocope eleganta sp. nov.
Authors: MALYUTINA MARINA , BRANDT ANGELIKA
Published: September 2016

Acanthocope eleganta sp. nov. is described from the abyssal Southern Ocean near the Southern Ocean Peninsula. The new species differs from others in the following: a slender dorsomedial spine on the pleon anteriorly, a pair of short dorsal spines and long ventral spine on each of pereonites 5 and 6; uropods half as long as the terminal spine of the pleotelson and with a minute exopod. A. annulatus Menzies, 1962 is redescribed; A. galatheae Wolff, 1962, previously known only from the Gulf of Panama and from Angola Basin, is recorded from the northwest Weddell Sea.
Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from French Cruises to Melanesia
Authors: BAMBER ROGER N.
Published: September 2016

Seventy specimens of pycnogonid from New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands, collected during cruises from the Paris Museum, are described. No pycnogonids have been recorded previously from the Solomon Islands. Of the sixteen species identified, three ammotheids, Bathyzetes umbrella, Cilunculus cymobostrychos and C. mergus, are new to science. The distinctions of the sibling species Colossendeis pipetta Stock, 1991 and C. sinuosa Stock, 1997 are analyzed morphometrically. The pycnogonid fauna of the Melanesia-Micronesia-Polynesia region is summarized.
Cicindis horni Bruch (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cicindini): The Fairy Shrimp Hunting Beetle, its way of life on the Salinas Grandes of Argentina
Authors: ERWIN TERRY L. , ASCHERO VALERIA
Published: September 2016

Discovery of a large population of the rare and poorly known carabid beetle Cicindis horni Bruch on the Salinas Grandes of C rdoba Province, Argentina provided an opportunity to record aspects of its behavior and life history, and to test several hypotheses previously made about it way of life. This highly unusual species was known in the literature from the description of only two museum specimens and its phylogenetic relationships ambiguous. Adults spend the night in search of food or mates swimming on the water surface of alkaline water bodies. Mid-tibial natatorial setae, tarsal setal fringes, ventral vestiture, and genal/pronotal planing surfaces plus decumbent and very sharply pointed mandibles are specific adaptations that permit adults of this species to behave as swimming superspecialist predators. Therefore, there have been four independent invasions of the aquatic habitat by adephagan Coleoptera. Populations of C. horni Bruch are probably limited by the extent of the great salt flats of Argentina (550,000 hectares) located in north-central Argentina and are further limited edaphically within the overall geographic range.
Four new sympatric species of Tethya (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) from Abrolhos Archipelago (Bahia State, Brazil)
Authors: RIBEIRO SUZI M. , MURICY GUILHERME
Published: September 2016

Four new species of Tethya are described from coral reefs in Abrolhos Archipelago (Brazil). Tethya brasiliana sp. nov. is green or yellow externally, yellowish orange internally, and its micrasters are strongylasters, microspherasters and microoxyasters. Tethya cyanae sp. nov. is dark blue externally; its micrasters are tylasters, oxyasters and microoxyasters. Tethya ignis sp. nov. is orange externally and internally, and its micrasters are tylasters and completely microspined oxyasters. Tethya rubra sp. nov. is red or yellow externally, and it has tylasters and oxyasters with branched and twisted rays. Scanning electron microscopy of microscleres was essential for distinction of Brazilian species of Tethya. The diversity of Tethya from the Brazilian coast has increased from five to nine species. Abrolhos Archipelago harbors the greatest diversity of Tethya in the Atlantic, with four species, three of which are provisional endemics.
A revision of the South African endemic humicolous beetle genus Nucleotops Perkins and Balfour-Browne (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
Authors: PERKINS PHILIP D.
Published: September 2016

The South African endemic humicolous genus Nucleotops Perkins and Balfour-Browne is revised. Nucleotops comprises three species from the Cape Province. Two new species are described: N. endroedyi (Cape Province, 5 km NE Pearly Beach) and N. interceps (Cape Province, Stellenbosch, Krom River). The vast majority of the 1,462 specimens studied were collected by sifting humus, marsh shore debris or moist litter. High resolution digital images of the holotypes are presented (online version in color), the male genitalia are illustrated, and the geographical distributions are mapped.
Taxonomic note on Sarata tephrella Ragonot (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)
Authors: FERRIS CLIFFORD D. , NORDIN JOHN S.
Published: September 2016

The female of Sarata tephrella Ragonot is described for the first time. Variation in males and females is illustrated and discussed. Photos of the habitat are presented, and the larval host is postulated.
A new species of Brachypogon (Isohelea) from arid zones of Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Authors: SPINELLI GUSTAVO R. , CAZORLA CARLA G.
Published: September 2016

Brachypogon (Isohelea) borkenti, n. sp. from steppe areas of the Argentinean provinces of Mendoza and R o Negro is described and illustrated from male and female specimens collected by sweep net and Malaise trap. The species is compared with its congener B. hugoi Spinelli & Grogan, and a key to females and males of the six Neotropical species of the subgenus is included
Ompok platyrhynchus, a new silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Borneo
Authors: NG HEOK HEE , TAN HEOK HUI
Published: September 2016

Ompok platyrhynchus, a new species of silurid catfish is described from the Temburong River drainage in Brunei Darussalam, northern Borneo. Ompok platyrhynchus can be distinguished from all Southeast Asian congeners, except for O. hypophthalmus, O. rhadinurus and O. urbaini, in having 74 80 (vs. 40 70) anal-fin rays. Ompok platyrhynchus differs from O. hypophthalmus, O. rhadinurus and O. urbaini in lacking a distinct nuchal concavity, having a more slender body (13.5 17.7% SL vs. 18.9 24.5), shorter snout (37.1 38.1% HL vs. 39.4 47.5) and maxillary barbels (reaching to middle of pectoral fin vs. reaching to anterior third of anal fin), and more vertebrae (59 60 vs. 47 58).
The types of Chilopoda and Diplopoda (Myriapoda) housed at the Museo de La Plata, Argentina
Authors: PEREIRA LUIS A. , ITUARTE CRISTIÁN , TASSARA MÓNICA P.
Published: September 2016

A complete list of the type specimens of Myriapoda in the collection of the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the Museo de La Plata, Argentina, is given. A total of 757 type specimens are listed. The types belong to 24 nominal species of Chilopoda Geophilomorpha, 2 nominal species and 3 nominal subspecies of Chilopoda Scolopendromorpha, and 8 nominal species and 2 nominal subspecies of Diplopoda Polydesmida. The authorship of taxa correspond to: B cherl (1); Coscar n (4); Pereira (7); Pereira & Coscar n (2); Pereira & Minelli (3); Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri (7); Pereira, Foddai & Minelli (5) and Schubart (10).
Pictorial keys for the identification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) associated with Dengue Virus Transmission
Authors: RUEDA LEOPOLDO M.
Published: September 2016

Identification keys are provided for female adults and fourth stage larvae of the mosquito species likely to transmit dengue viruses in 4 regions of the world. The keys are illustrated with Auto-Montage photomicrographs, allowing optimum depth of field and resolution. Species included for the Afrotropical Region are: Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus), Ae. (Stg.) africanus (Theobald),Ae. (Stg.) albopictus (Skuse), Ae. (Stg.) luteocephalus (Newstead), Ae. (Stg.) opok Corbet and Van Someren, Ae. (Diceromyia) furcifer (Edwards), and Ae. (Dic.) taylori Edwards; for the South Pacific Islands and Australian Region: Ae. (Stg.) aegypti, Ae. (Stg.) albopictus, Ae. (Stg.) cooki Belkin, Ae. (Stg.) hebrideus Edwards, Ae. (Stg.) hensilli Farner, Ae. (Stg.) polynesiensis Marks, Ae. (Stg.) rotumae Belkin, Ae. (Stg.) scutellaris (Walker), and Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) notoscriptus (Skuse); for the Oriental Region: Ae. (Stg.) aegypti, Ae. (Stg.) albopictus, and Oc. (Fin.) niveus subgroup; and for the American Region (North, Central and South America, including the Caribbean Islands): Ae. (Stg.) aegypti, Ae. (Stg.) albopictus, and Oc. (Gymnometopa) mediovittatus (Coquillett).
Acropora rongelapensis sp. nov., a new species of Acropora from the Marshall Islands (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae)
Authors: RICHARDS ZOE T. , WALLACE CARDEN C.
Published: September 2016

A new coral species, Acropora rongelapensis, from the northern central Pacific Ocean is described. On present records, this species appears to be endemic to the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Distinguishing features of the species include sub-flattened branches with widely separated radial corallites born laterally. Diagnostic characters of the new species place it within the Acropora loripes group.
A review of Antillocladius S ther, 1981; Compterosmittia S ther, 1981 and Litocladius new genus (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)
Authors: MENDES HUMBERTO F. , ANDERSEN TROND , SÆTHER OLE A.
Published: September 2016

A parsimony analysis of recently collected species sharing several features such as scalpellate acrostichals, often setae apically on the wing membrane and often strongly extended costa, together with 38 genera show that the collected species can be assigned to Antillocladius S ther, 1981, Compterosmittia S ther, 1981, and one new genus, Litocladius. Nine new species of Antillocladius are described and figured as male imagines: A. calakmulensis, A. herradurus and A. zempoalensis from Mexico; A. venequatoriensis from Ecuador and Venezuela; A. ubatuba from Brazil and Venezuela; and A. biota, A. folius, A. musci, and A. sooretama from Brazil. The female of A. musci, the pupae of A. antecalvus S ther, A. folius, and A. musci, and the larvae of A. folius and A. musci are also described and figured. New records of A. antecalvus S ther from Brazil and Venezuela; of A. arcuatus S ther from Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela; A. pluspilalus S ther from Ecuador and Mexico and of A. zhengi Wang and S ther from Thailand are given. The genus Antillocladius S ther, 1981, originally described from the British West Indies, now includes 15 species from North, Central and South America, Russia, China and Thailand. Keys to all known males, females, pupae and larvae are given. Four new species of Compterosmittia are described and figured as male imagines: C. aberrans from Costa Rica; C. croizati from Brazil and Venezuela; C. pittieri from Venezuela; and C. berui from Brazil. The genus Compterosmittia S ther, 1981, originally described from the British West Indies, now includes 8 to 10 species from North, Central and South America, Australia, Oceania and Southeast Asia. A key to male imagines is given. The new genus, Litocladius, includes a single species, L. mateusi, described as male, female and pupa. The immatures of all three genera are terrestrial or associated with phytotelmata, and notes on their biology and larval habitats are included.
The chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) described by Lundstr m (1915) from arctic Siberia, with a redescription of Derotanypus sibiricus (Kruglova & Chernovskii)
Authors: SÆTHER OLE A.
Published: September 2016

The chironomid material described by Lundstr m (1915) from the Russian polar expedition in the years 1900 1903 is analysed. Derotanypus limbatus (Lundstr m, 1915) (as Ablabesmyia) is a senior synonym of Ablabesmyia quadrinotata Lundstr m, 1915; Orthocladius pubitarsis sensu Lundstr m, not Zetterstedt, 1838, is identical to Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) sokolovae Zelentsov & Makarchenko, 1988; Orthocladius cinereipennis sensu Lundstr m, 1915, is a junior synonym of Heterotrissocladius subpilosus (Kieffer 1911); Orthocladius alpicola sensu Lundstr m, not Zetterstedt, 1850, is identical to Acricotopus lucens Zetterstedt, 1850; Orthocladius marginatus Lundstr m, 1915 a junior synonym of O. (Pogonocladius) consobrinus (Holmgren, 1869); Orthocladius (Orthocladius) nitidoscutellatus Lundstr m, 1915 a senior synonym of O. trigonolabis Edwards, 1924; Chaetocladius binotatus (Lundstr m, 1915) comb. n. probably a senior synonym of C. validus Brundin, 1956; Paralimnophyes trilineatus (Lundstr m, 1915) comb. n. a senior synonym of P. arcticus Brundin, 1956; Camptocladius incertus Lundstr m, 1915 a junior synonym of Chaetocladius perennis (Meigen, 1830); Chironomus lundstroemi sp. n. (= C. staegeri sensu Lundstr m, not Lundbeck, 1898), is described as male and female; Chironomus niveipennis sensu Lundstr m, not Fabricius, 1805, is identical to Chironomus trabicola Shobanov, W lker & Kiknadze, 2002. The following validly named and recognisable species are redescribed: Derotanypus limbatus (Lundstr m) (male and female); D. sibiricus (Kruglova & Chernovskii) (male and female); Diamesa chorea sensu Lundstr m, not Lundbeck, 1898, (female); Orthocladius pallidicornis Lundstr m, 1915 (male and female); Chaetocladius binotatus (Lundstr m) (male hypopygium); Chaetocladius perennis (Meigen, 1830) (male); Paralimnophyes trilineatus (Lundstr m) (male and female); Smittia brevipennis (Boheman, 1856) (female); C. flavoviridis Lundstr m, 1915 (female); C. trabicola (additions to male, female).
Choniomyzon libiniae, sp. n. (Crustacea, Copepoda, Nicothoidae) from S o Sebasti o, SP, Brazil
Authors: SANTOS CYNTHIA , BJÖRNBERG TAGEA
Published: September 2016

A new nicothoid (Choniomyzon libiniae Santos and Bj rnberg, new species) was found on the eggs of the decapod crustacean Libinia spinosa collected at Anchovas Beach (S o Sebasti o Island, SP, Brazil). The material obtained was fixed in formalin, cleared in lactic acid and glycerin, and the different forms of the parasite were drawn with the aid of a microscope and a camera lucida. The parasite eggs were attached to the host's eggs. Nauplii, three forms of copepodids, and adult females and males were found. The 12-segmented first antennae, the segmented urosome, the long and branched caudal setae, the oval form of the female, the lecithotrophic nauplius, a copepodid similar to the one described for Choniomyzon permitted the inclusion in this genus. It differs from the species described (C. panuliri Pillai) by the ornaments of the antenna and of the female legs, also by the presence of three types of copepodids.
Pseudochromis lugubris and P. tonozukai, two new dottyback fish species from the Indo-Australian Archipelago (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae)
Authors: GILL ANTHONY C. , ALLEN GERALD R.
Published: September 2016

Pseudochromis lugubris is described from seven specimens, 38.4 65.9 mm SL, from southeastern New Guinea. It is distinguished from congeners in having the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays III,26 27; anal-fin rays III,14; scales in lateral series 48 50; circumpeduncular scales 20; and caudal fin truncate to emarginate, sometimes weakly trifurcate. Pseudochromis tonozukai is described from two specimens, 62.6 65.9 mm SL, from Weh Island, northern Sumatra, Indonesia. It is distinguished from congeners in having the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays III,25; anal-fin rays III,14 15; scales in lateral series 34 36; caudal fin rhomboid to trifurcate; and upper part of pectoral fin without small dark spot.
A new species of Emersonella (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), parasitoid on weevil eggs (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), from Costa Rica
Authors: HANSSON CHRISTER , NISHIDA KENJI
Published: September 2016

Emersonella curculiovora sp.nov. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is described from the Central Valley in Costa Rica. The species is diagnosed and compared to other species in the genus. It was reared from eggs of an undescribed species of Camptocheirus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), from stems of Cinnamomum cinnamomifolium (Lauraceae). The parasitoid is mainly solitary, but occasionally two individuals emerge from each host.
A new species of Eucyclops Claus (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from Southeast Mexico with a key for the identification of the species recorded in Mexico
Authors: SUÁREZ-MORALES E.
Published: September 2016

Eucyclops torresphilipi sp. nov. is described from samples collected in the state of Chiapas, on the southeastern Pacific coast of Mexico. It belongs to a group of species similar to the presumably cosmopolitan E. agilis (Koch, 1838). The new species is closest to the South American E. delachauxi (Kiefer, 1925); it can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of characters that include a fifth leg with a particularly slender inner spiniform seta that is as long as the outer seta, the caudal rami has spinules covering up to of the outer margin, caudal rami over 4 times longer than wide, the relative length of the dorsal seta, and the proportion of the terminal spines of the third exopodal segment of the fourth legs. Only nine other nominal species of Eucyclops have been recorded in Mexico; nearly half of them are known also from South America. The new species seems to have a restricted distributional range; however, it could be present also in Guatemala. Its morphological affinity with South American forms confirms the influence of the South American cyclopoid fauna in Mexico. A key for the identification of the species of Eucyclops recorded in Mexico is included.
Phylogeny of infraorder Sejina (Acari: Mesostigmata)
Authors: LEKVEISHVILI MARIAM , KLOMPEN HANS
Published: September 2016

Phylogenetic relationships among the families in the infraorder Sejina and the position of Sejina relative to other infraorders of Mesostigmata are re-examined based on molecular and morphological data. Data sets included DNA sequence data for complete 18S, EF-1 , partial CO1genes, and 69 morphological characters. The two families of Heterozerconina consistently group within Sejina, and we propose to synonymize Heterozerconina with Sejina (Sejina s.l). Microgyniina is not the closest relative of Sejina. Rather, Sejina s.l. most often groups with Gamasina. Uropodellidae and Ichthyostomatogasteridae are sister groups and this lineage forms the sister group to Discozerconidae plus Heterozerconidae. Overall, we recognize 5 families within Sejina: Uropodellidae, Ichthyostomatogasteridae, Sejidae, Discozerconidae, and Heterozerconidae.
Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U.S.A.
Authors: REEVES WILL K. , DURDEN LANCE A. , WRENN WILLIAM J.
Published: September 2016

We report on the distribution of 15 chiggers, 31 lice of mammals, and 7 blood feeding hemipteran species in South Carolina. Some of these arthropods are vectors of pathogens to humans and domestic animals. Both Triatoma lecticularia and T. sanguisuga were reported from houses and these bugs are potential vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi. We also report on the continued presence of the bed bug, Cimex lectularius, in homes across the state. In addition we found the lice Haematopinus suis, Neohaematopinus sciuropteri, Pediculis humanus, Polyplax spinulosa, and Trichodectes canis, all of which are vectors or intermediate hosts of human or animal pathogens.
Species diversity and phylogeny of the deep-sea genus Pseudomma (Crustacea: Mysida)
Authors: MELAND KENNETH
Published: September 2016

The mysidacean genus Pseudomma G.O. Sars, 1870 occurs throughout the world s oceans, containing 38 highly endemic and primarily deep sea species. The taxonomic history of the genus and taxonomic status of species currently included in Pseudomma is reviewed. Pseudomma kruppi W.M. Tattersall, 1909 is for the first time recorded from the Pacific Ocean. A comparative study of morphology suggests morphological stasis within the genus Pseudomma, possibly a result of stabilizing selection in a homogeneous deep-sea environment. 71 morphological characters are used to reconstruct Pseudomma phylogeny. The general frequency coding method (GFC) was applied in re-coding 14 polymorphic characters. Fifty-seven conventional characters were treated in separate analyses as either ordered or unordered to investigate how assumptions on character transformation influenced phylogeny. Maximum parsimony searches with both assumptions produced incongruent trees with conflicting branching patterns particularly in deeper nodes. A meaningful interpretation of origin and radiation in early lineages proved to be difficult. Recognition of consistent and more robust branching patterns in several recent lineages suggest monophyletic species groups that are confined within three major geographic areas, North Atlantic, northern Pacific and Antarctic. Branching order could be attributed to speciation events that were in accordance with recent geological history, such as the closing of the Panama Isthmus and establishment of the Norwegian Sea.
A key to Brazilian genera of Plecoptera (Insecta) based on nymphs
Authors: OLIFIERS MARTINA H. , DORVILLÉ LUÍS F.M. , NESSIMIAN JORGE L. , HAMADA NEUSA
Published: September 2016

An illustrated key is proposed for identification of nymphs of Plecoptera genera reported from Brazil: Anacroneuria Klap lek, 1909; Macrogynoplax Enderlein, 1909; Enderleina Jewett, 1960 Kempnyia Klap lek, 1916 (Perlidae), Tupiperla Froehlich, 1969; Paragripopteryx Enderlein, 1909; Gripopteryx Pictet, 1841 and Guaranyperla Froehlich, 2001 (Gripopterygidae).
A revision of the Aphaenogaster phalangium complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
Authors: LONGINO JOHN T. , COVER STEFAN
Published: September 2016

The Aphaenogaster phalangium complex is a lineage of rainforest ants endemic to Central America. The complex is revised and interpreted as two parapatric species, A. phalangium and A. araneoides, with extensive geographic variation. Character variation is discordant within species, but in some cases appears to vary in parallel between the two species, such that both species vary the same way in montane versus lowland sites. Aphaenogaster inermis Forel 1899, A. nitidiventris Forel 1912, and A. canalis Enzmann 1947 are synonymized under A. phalangium Emery 1890; and A. brevicollis Forel 1899 is synonymized under A. araneoides Emery 1890. The complex lacks winged queens and instead has ergatoid queens with enlarged postpetiole and gaster.
Two new Eastern North American species of the Aleiodes coxalis (Spinola) species-group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Rogadinae) reared from Geometridae
Authors: SHAW SCOTT R. , MARSH PAUL M.
Published: September 2016

Two new species in the Aleiodes coxalis species-group are described from eastern North America: Aleiodes itamevorus and Aleiodes maritimus. Both are primary koinobiont parasitoids of Geometridae caterpillars, utilizing hosts from the genera Itame and Semiothisa.
Precipitation over Monsoon Asia: A Comparison of Reanalyses and Observations
Authors: Ceglar Andrej , Toreti Andrea , Balsamo Gianpaolo , Kobayashi Shinya
Published: September 2016

Reanalysis products represent a valuable source of information for different impact modeling and monitoring activities over regions with sparse observational data. It is therefore essential to evaluate their behavior and their intrinsic uncertainties. This study focuses on precipitation over monsoon Asia, a key agricultural region of the world. Four reanalysis datasets are evaluated, namely ERA-Interim, ERA-Interim/Land, AgMERRA (an agricultural version of MERRA), and JRA-55. APHRODITE and the Climate Hazards Group Infrared Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS) dataset are the two gridded observational datasets used for the evaluation; the former is based on rain gauge data and the latter on a combination of satellite and rain gauge data. Differences in seasonality, moderate-to-heavy precipitation events, daily distribution, and drought characteristics are analyzed. Results show remarkable differences between the APHRODITE and CHIRPS observational datasets as well as between these datasets and the reanalyses. AgMERRA generally achieves the best performance, but it is not updated at near–real time. ERA-Interim/Land shows good spatial performance, but when the interest is on the temporal evolution JRA-55 is recommended, as it exhibits the most stable temporal behavior. This study shows that the use of reanalyses for impact modeling and monitoring over monsoon Asia requires an accurate evaluation and choices to be tailored to the specific needs.
An Improved Convective Ice Parameterization for the NASA GISS Global Climate Model and Impacts on Cloud Ice Simulation
Authors: Elsaesser Gregory S. , Del Genio Anthony D. , Jiang Jonathan H. , van Lier-Walqui Marcus
Published: September 2016

Partitioning of convective ice into precipitating and detrained condensate presents a challenge for GCMs since partitioning depends on the strength and microphysics of the convective updraft. It is an important issue because detrainment of ice from updrafts influences the development of stratiform anvils, impacts radiation, and can affect GCM climate sensitivity. Recent studies have shown that the CMIP5 configurations of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) GCM simulated upper-tropospheric ice water content (IWC) that exceeded an estimated upper bound by a factor of 2. Partly in response to this bias, a new GCM parameterization of convective cloud ice has been developed that incorporates new ice particle fall speeds and convective outflow particle size distributions (PSDs) from the NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA), NASA Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling (TC4), DOE ARM–NASA Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E), and DOE ARM Small Particles in Cirrus (SPARTICUS) field campaigns. The new parameterization assumes a normalized gamma PSD with two novel developments: no explicit assumption for particle habit in the calculation of mass distributions, and a formulation for translating ice particle fall speeds as a function of maximum diameter into fall speeds as a function of melted-equivalent diameter. Two parameters (particle volume– and projected area–weighted equivalent diameter) are diagnosed as a function of temperature and IWC in the convective plume, and these parameters constrain the shape and scale of the normalized gamma PSD. The diagnosed fall speeds and PSDs are combined with the GCM’s parameterized convective updraft vertical velocity to partition convective updraft condensate into precipitating and detrained components. A 5-yr prescribed sea surface temperature GCM simulation shows a 30%–50% decrease in upper-tropospheric deep convective IWC, bringing the tropical and global mean ice water path into closer agreement with CloudSat best estimates.
Roles of Remote and Local Forcings in the Variation and Prediction of Regional Maritime Continent Rainfall in Wet and Dry Seasons
Authors: Zhang Tuantuan , Yang Song , Jiang Xingwen , Huang Bohua
Published: September 2016

Seasonal prediction of extratropical climate (e.g., the East Asian climate) is partly dependent upon the prediction skill for rainfall over the Maritime Continent (MC). A previous study by the authors found that the NCEP Climate Forecast System, version 2 (CFSv2), had difference in skill between predicting rainfall over the western MC (WMC) and the eastern MC (EMC), especially in the wet season. In this study, the potential mechanisms for this phenomenon are examined. It is shown that observationally in the wet season (from boreal winter to early spring) the EMC rainfall is closely linked to both ENSO and local sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies, whereas the WMC rainfall is only moderately correlated with ENSO. The model hindcast unrealistically predicts the relationship of the WMC rainfall with local SST and ENSO (even opposite to the observed feature), which contributes to lower prediction skill for the WMC rainfall. In the dry season (from boreal late summer to fall), the rainfall over the entire MC is significantly influenced by both ENSO and local SST in observations and this feature is well captured by the CFSv2. Therefore, the hindcasts do not show apparently different skill in rainfall prediction for EMC and WMC in the dry season. The possible roles of atmospheric internal processes are also discussed.
Being #2
Authors: Grebenau Maury
Published: September 2016

Educational leaders who are second in command face specific challenges. Dealing with these stresses is integral to being successful in such a position. Seconds in command must learn to deal with that “caught in the middle” feeling: They need to accept what they can’t change and change what they can, not get lured into badmouthing their boss, and manage up — that is, push their supervisor to consider different perspectives at times. When seconds in command own their growth areas, push for clear communication, and acknowledge the tensions in their position, they’ll experience less stress and become better school leaders.
The multiple roles of mentors
Authors: Sanchez Sabrina R. , Roegman Rachel , Goodwin A. Lin
Published: September 2016

Teaching Residents at Teachers College (TR@TC) is an 18-month program that prepares teachers for high-needs schools in New York City in two areas: teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) and teaching students with disabilities. Student teachers, called residents, spend a year working with a mentor teacher. Mentors play three roles: teacher, field-based teacher educator, and learner. With the program entering its sixth year, there are several lessons learned. Mentors need guidance on how to teach adults, general education teachers have an important role to play, it’s crucial to identify partnership schools, and positioning mentors as experts enriches the program as a whole.
Styles of Leadership Training
Authors: Passow A. Harry
Published: September 2016

The United States Office of Education includes leadership in its comprehensive definition of giftedness. In this address, Dr. Passow discusses the concept of leadership in general and then shares with the reader his ideas on the specifics of developing leaders in the area of gifted child education. Originally presented at the Office of Gifted and Talented (U.S.O.E.) sponsored Institute on Leadership Training and the Gifted, Chicago, Illinois, June 3, 1978, Styles of Leadership Training is reproduced here for G/C/T's readers.
Life-Cycle: Simulating the Problems of Aging and the Aged
Authors: Chaisson G. Maureen
Published: September 2016

A review of the problems that led to the development of a social simulation game, entitled “Life-Cycle” and an explanation of the objectives of the game and how it is used in the training of health care personnel in geriatrics is presented. Additionally, the results of a controlled experimental evaluation of the game's impact upon participants in terms of change in emotional responses and attitudes toward the elderly is covered.
The Use of Metro-Apex in Health Administration and Planning Education and Training
Authors: Washburn Andrew W. , McGinty Richard T.
Published: September 2016

Metro-Apex is a computerized gaming-simulation designed to give practitioners and students an understanding of the environment of health care delivery systems. The exercise allows participants to explore the interaction of health roles and the health system's interaction with the larger community system. Originally developed as an air pollution control exercise, it has evolved to be a game about communities and how they operate. In 1972, the Department of Health Education, and Welfare funded the Center for Multidisciplinary Educational Exercises (COMEX), of the University of Southern California to modify Metro-Apex for use with health service planners, health care administrators, and students in programs leading to these positions. The game runs in several rounds of from three to eight hours for groups of from 40 to 120 persons. Used in both educational and training settings, Metro-Apex is found to be a flexible addition to the health educator's tools.