bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Long-Term Follow-Up Study on Disclosing Genetic Risk Information (APOE) to Promote Healthy Lifestyles in Finland
Authors: Hietaranta-Luoma Hanna-Leena , Tringham Maaria , Karjalainen Heli , Tanner Laura , Vähäkangas Kirsi , Pietilä Anna-Maija , Åkerman Kari , Puolijoki Hannu , Tahvonen Raija , Hopia Anu
Published: June 2019

Aim: This observational follow-up study was designed to assess the long-term behavioural and clinical effects of receiving personal genetic risk information. The information disclosed was the carrier status of the apolipoprotein E (APOE)alleles, which differentially contribute to the genetic risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Alzheimer’s disease. Methods: This study forms a continuum with a previous 1-year intervention (2010–2011) monitoring the effects of disclosing the carrier status of the APOE ε4risk allele. The follow-up measurements, performed 5.5 years post-intervention, included clinical measurements (blood values and anthropomorphic parameters) and questionnaires (psychological and behavioural factors). The participants were healthy adult volunteers, aged 26–73 years (n = 70) who had participated in the previous intervention, and received their APOE allele status either at the beginning (former test group) or the end of the intervention (former control group). Results: Personal genetic risk information resulted in a moderate health-conscious change in diet and had a slight positive long-term effect on clinical factors, particularly the serum lipids. These improvements were subsequent to the disclosure of genetic information and occurred mainly in the APOE ε4-positive members of the former control group, that is, those who were at increased genetic risk for CVD but had not been informed of their status before the end of the intervention. In contrast, changes in the values and health behaviour of the APOE ε4-positive individuals in the former test group, who had already changed their health behaviour during the previous intervention as a result of being informed of their carrier status, varied more: some continued to improve, some remained at their previously improved level, and some relapsed slightly. Both groups had nonetheless displayed an improvement immediately subsequent to the disclosure of their personal genetic risk. Conclusion: Receiving information on increased personal genetic risk (carrier status of APOE ε4)for CVD provided the motivation for improvements in health behaviour. The resulting changes, while modest, in most cases remained visible even after a number of years.
Utility of Squash Cytology in Spinal Lesions with Special Reference to Ki67 Immunostain
Authors: Chakrabarty Debashis , Chaudhuri Shubhamitra , Maity Priyanka , Chatterjee Uttara , Ghosh Subhasis
Published: June 2019

Background: Squash cytology is of significant importance in intraoperative consultation of central nervous system (CNS) pathology. There are several studies on squash cytology of CNS lesions, and only a few of them deal with spinal lesions alone. Aims: (1) To evaluate intraoperative squash cytology of spinal lesions. (2) To correlate cytological diagnosis with histopathological diagnosis and assess the diagnostic accuracy. (3) To study Ki67 expression on squash smears and determine whether it can assist in grading spinal tumours on cytology. Materials and Methods: A prospective study was conducted on 68 patients with clinico-radiologically diagnosed lesions of the spine. Intraoperative squash smears were stained with haematoxylin-eosin (H&E) stain, Papanicolaou (Pap) stain, and May-Grünwald-Giemsa (MGG) stain. Subsequently, histological diagnosis was made. Ki67 immunostaining was performed on squash smears and histology sections. Results: The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and diagnostic accuracy of squash cytology in spinal lesions were 84.6, 100, 100, 23.1, and 80.88%, respectively. On immunocytochemistry, the mean Ki67 labelling indices for grade I, II, and III tumours were 0, 0.33 and 9%, respectively. Conclusion: Squash smear cytology is a rapid intraoperative technique for diagnosing spinal lesions, with high specificity and high positive predictive value. It is more effective in diagnosing neoplasms than non-neoplastic lesions. Ki67 immunostaining can be done on cytology smears to effectively differentiate between WHO grade I and grade II spinal tumours.
Chitosan Oligosaccharide Exerts Anti-Allergic Effect against Shrimp Tropomyosin-Induced Food Allergy by Affecting Th1 and Th2 Cytokines
Authors: Jiang Tiechao , Ji Hong , Zhang Lirong , Wang Ye , Zhou Hui
Published: June 2019

Background: Shrimp-derived allergen has a serious impact on people’s health. Chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) has anti-allergic action but its function on shrimp allergen-induced allergy and related molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Methods: COS and its degrees of polymerization (DP) were selected to interact with shrimp tropomyosin (TM) and IgE was measured. A mouse model of food allergy was established by receiving shrimp TM intraperitoneally. The models were treated with different concentrations of COS. Fecal and serum histamine, serum IgE, IgG1 and IgG2a, and inflammatory cytokines were measured. Results: The main products for COS were DP2–6 with the contents of 6, 40, 26, 16, and 4%, respectively, and reacted with shrimp TM increasingly when COS DP was increased. Severe symptoms of food allergy were observed in the TM group (diarrhea, anaphylactic response, and rectal temperature). In contrast, COS treatment improved these symptoms significantly (p < 0.05). The sensitized mice were desensitized after they were treated with 1 mg/kg COS. COS treatment significantly reduced serum IgE and IgG1 levels, and increased IgG2a levels (p < 0.05). COS consumption decreased fecal and serum histamine. COS treatment reduced Th2 cytokine (IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13) levels and increased the Th1 cytokine (IFN-γ) level (p < 0.05). Conclusions: COS showed anti-allergy properties by regulating the levels of Th1 and Th2 cytokines.
Chromosomal Localization of 18S-28S rDNA and (TTAGGG)n Sequences in Two South African Dormice of the Genus Graphiurus (Rodentia: Gliridae)
Authors: Milioto Vanessa , Vlah Sara , Mazzoleni Sofia , Rovatsos Michail , Dumas Francesca
Published: June 2019

Classical cytogenetics and mapping of 18S-28S rDNA and (TTAGGG)n sequences by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was performed on Graphiurus platyops (GPL) and Graphiurus ocularis (GOC) metaphases with the aim to characterize the genomes. In both species, inverted DAPI karyotypes showed the same diploid number, 2n = 46, and hybridization of the (TTAGGG)n probe revealed interstitial telomeric sequences (ITSs) at the centromeres of almost all bi-armed chromosomes. FISH with the rDNA probe localized nucleolus organizer regions (NORs), at the terminal ends of the p arms of the subtelocentric pairs 16 and 17 in both species and detected additional signals on GPL8 and GOC18, 19, and 22. The species have similar karyotypes, but their chromosome pairs 18-22 differ in morphology; these are acrocentric in G. platyops, as also confirmed by C-banding, and subtelocentric in G. ocularis. These differences in pairs 18-22 were also highlighted by hybridization of the telomeric probe (TTAGGG)n, which showed the small p arms in G. ocularis enriched with ITSs. FISH of rDNA probes detected multiple NOR loci in G. ocularis, underlining the intense evolutionary dynamics related to these genes. Although the Graphiurus species analyzed have similar karyotypes, the results on the repetitive sequences indicate a complex pattern of genomic reorganization and evolution occurring in these phylogenetically close species.
Urology on Display: Museum, Library and Archives of the DGU Duesseldorf-Berlin
Authors: Moll Friedrich H. , Moll-Keyn Jörg-Michael
Published: June 2019

Within a modern changing academic society, it has become necessary and important for scientific collections and museums as decentralized infrastructures for research, teaching, and education, to define and redefine their missions, their goals, their functions, and their strategies to reflect the expectations of a changing society and the academic world, especially museums of scientific associations as possessing critical resources. For example, the dues of the members are on task for education and promotion of the specials values of these communities under aspects of historical marketing and corporate museums which promote heritage.
PERCEPÇÕES DO FENÔMENO URBANO NO SÉCULO XIX SOB A ÓTICA LITERÁRIA DE VICTOR HUGO EM “OS MISERÁVEIS”
Authors: Maia Amanda Carvalho
Published: June 2019

Este trabalho apresenta reflexões sobre a contribuição da literatura na representação da cidade moderna e na construção do imaginário urbano através da interpretação da cidade de Paris sob o olhar de Victor Hugo na obra “Os Miseráveis”. Paris torna-se modelo da metrópole e a capital do século XIX, representa o progresso do avanço científico e tecnológico e lócus da vida moderna. Através de uma perspectiva imaginária e simbólica, Hugo contempla a cidade como palco e personagem e descreve as contradições das relações e conflitos por meio da representação das mazelas sociais e das novas condições da vida urbana parisiense.
AS MÁQUINAS POLÍTICAS DE LEBBEUES WOODS
Authors: Vieira Bernardo da Silva
Published: June 2019

Este artigo pretender discutir as ideias do arquiteto norte americano Lebbeus Woods e sua atuação orientada para intervenção em áreas urbanas críticas, flageladas tanto por guerras e catástrofes naturais, quanto por contigências políticas, econômicas ou sociais. Uma das características de seu trabalho é uma nova abordagem para a renovação de áreas pós-desastres. Na perspectiva de Woods, a manutenção da integridade física das ruínas é seminal para uma arquitetura que incorpore em sua própria constituicão a possibilidade de uma reflexão acerca de seus modos de fazer enquanto narrativas históricas que, comumente, são negligenciadas pela história oficial. O trabalho desenvolvido por Woods pretende, então, traçar novos paradigmas projetuais nessas áreas degradadas, nas quais os eventos traumáticos e sua aceitação, longe de serem apagados ou negados, são o ponto de partida para o reconhecimento dos agentes transformadores da história. Para isso, o arquiteto advoga a criação de um novo tipo de profissional: o arquiteto experimental.
Interview with Barry Bergdoll
Authors: Ruggiero Amanda Saba , Michael Luis
Published: June 2019

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Modos de vida e modos de habitar na moradia autoconstruída
Authors: Souza Maressa Fonseca e , Stephen Ítalo Itamar Caixeiro , Carvalho Aline Werneck Barbosa de
Published: June 2019

Pretende-se refletir sobre a autoconstrução residencial realizada pela população de baixa renda a partir da análise das relações entre a conformação dos espaços domésticos e os modos de vida e modos de habitar dos moradores. O estudo apresentado aponta uma continuidade de referências rurais nas residências avaliadas e a presença de modos de vida e modos de habitar híbridos, constatando-se a relevante influência das condições socioeconômicas. Observou-se o elevado número de intervenções, o desenvolvimento de atividades produtivas, coabitação nos terrenos, importância conferida à dimensão temporal no processo de apropriação espacial e dificuldades técnicas no planejamento e no processo construtivo.
Que ninguém entre aqui se não for geômetra
Authors: Moraes Rafael Rodrigues de
Published: June 2019

Este artigo é reflexo (e reflexão) de uma trajetória de pesquisa intensa sobre o significado verdadeiro de arquitetura entre textos onde seus contextos se inter-relacionam através dos séculos, realizada como produto de pesquisa sobre a essência do projetar em arquitetura, para o projeto de pesquisa Metodologia de Aprendizagem em Arquitetura e Urbanismo (M.A.A.U.).  A relação de significado e a perda de, encontra-se em torno do sentido e do discurso de uma origem, ou arché, no que denominados de arquitetura, onde a geometria torna-se palavra fundamentadora; e uma questão de ordem. A denominada geometria sagrada aparenta designar o verdadeiro significado de ser do arquiteto, como discurso intrínseco à busca de sentido na arquitetura.
Saindo da ficção: narrativas não literárias
Authors: Azevedo Luciene
Published: June 2019

Considerando o momento inaugural do gênero romanesco e o hibridismo de formas contemporâneas que acolhem gêneros não literários como matéria das narrativas (ensaio, diário e anotações), este artigo objetiva investigar a ideia do romance sem ficção, nomenclatura presente em publicações literárias recentes (De Ville; Cercas), para refletir sobre a dissociação entre a ideia moderna de literatura e o conceito de ficção. Em um comentário sobre El material humano de Rodrigo Rey Rosa, a reflexão explora a relação entre o uso da primeira pessoa (cuja voz é confundida com o autor) e a forma da narrativa, que parece um conjunto de anotações para uma produção futura, a fim de testar a hipótese de que a invasão atual das narrativas pela não-literatura supõe uma cena de escrita em que se expõe processualmente o sujeito que se conta e a elaboração do que se narra, provocando uma mudança no estatuto do que hoje entendemos por literário.
Cenas do rádio em Los Diarios de Emilio Renzi e em Black out
Authors: Gárate Miriam Viviana
Published: June 2019

O artigo propõe um diálogo entre Los diarios de Emilio Renzi, de Ricardo Piglia (2015, 2016, 2017), e Black out, de María Moreno (2016a), a partir da leitura de alguns fragmentos nos quais se põe em cena uma “imaginação intimista” (Link, 2007) ou, recorrendo às palavras de Renzi em seu diário, a “pré-história de uma imaginação pessoal”. A evocação de escutar rádio nos dias de infância e juventude, comum aos narradores de ambos os livros, remete a uma experiência vital, a um imaginário de época e à genealogia de uma poética que busca equacionar registros verbais e gêneros discursivos heterogêneos, e abrir-se à experimentação e à “escuta das reverberações do mundo”, como cita Horacio González (2017), na escrita.
Vida, absurdo e engajamento em César Vallejo e Nicanor Parra
Authors: Lopes João Gabriel Mostazo
Published: June 2019

Este artigo investiga a relação entre a obra antipoética do chileno Nicanor Parra (1914-2018) e a obra do poeta peruano César Vallejo (1892-1938), a partir de temas formais das poesias de ambos, como o verso como unidade elementar do poema, bem como do tratamento que dão um e outro autor à questão da vida popular e do engajamento político. Procura-se, a partir da obra de Vallejo, mais do que identificar uma influência poética, estabelecer o contexto social e político no qual a obra de Parra começou a se desenvolver, e construir, assim, os fundamentos para compreender a ponte entre a poesia pós-vanguardista de Vallejo e a antipoesia de Parra.
Characterization and Gene Expression Analysis of Serum-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Primary Aldosteronism
Authors: Burrello Jacopo , Gai Chiara , Tetti Martina , Lopatina Tatiana , Deregibus Maria Chiara , Veglio Franco , Mulatero Paolo , Camussi Giovanni , Monticone Silvia
Published: June 2019

Patients affected by primary aldosteronism (PA) display an increased risk of cardiovascular events compared with essential hypertension (EH). Endothelial dysfunction favors initiation and progression of atherosclerosis and circulating extracellular vesicles (EVs), reflecting endothelial cell activity, could represent one of the mediators of endothelial dysfunction in these patients. The aim of this study was to characterize circulating EVs from patients diagnosed with PA and to explore their functional significance. Serum EVs were isolated from 12 patients with PA and 12 with EH, matched by sex, age, and blood pressure, and compared with 8 normotensive controls. At nanoparticle tracking analysis, EVs concentration was 2.2× higher in patients with PA (
P
=0.033) compared with EH and a significant correlation between EV number and serum aldosterone and potassium levels was identified. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis demonstrated that patients with PA presented a higher absolute number of endothelial-derived EVs compared with both patients with EH and normotensive controls. Through EV mRNA profiling, 15 up-regulated and 4 down-regulated genes in patients with PA compared with EH were identified; moreover,
EDN1
was expressed only in patients with PA. Microarray platform was validated by quantative real-time polymerase chain reaction on 4 genes (
CASP1
,
EDN1
,
F2R
, and
HMOX1
) involved in apoptosis, inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction. After unilateral adrenalectomy, EVs number and expression of
CASP1
and
EDN1
significantly decreased in patients with PA (
P
<0.05). Additionally, the incubation with PA-derived EVs reduced angiogenesis and induced apoptosis in vitro. Circulating EVs might not only represent a marker of endothelial dysfunction but also contribute themselves to vascular dysfunction in patients with PA.
Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Hemodynamics in Middle-Aged Adults With Overweight and Obesity
Authors: Syme Catriona , Shin Jean , Richer Louis , Gaudet Daniel , Paus Tomáš , Pausova Zdenka
Published: June 2019

High blood pressure (BP) is the strongest modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Overweight/obesity is a major risk factor of high BP. Multiple sex differences exist in mechanistic pathways that increase BP in overweight/obesity. They may result in a sex-specific pattern of BP hemodynamics—males and females may vary in the relative contributions of stroke volume, total peripheral resistance (TPR), and heart rate to higher BP. We investigated this possibility in a population-based sample of middle-aged adults (36–65 years). The total sample (n=618) included 289 males and 329 females; 79% of males and 66% of females were overweight. In all, we measured BP, stroke volume, TPR, and heart rate beat-by-beat during a 52-minute protocol that included changes in posture and mental stress. We assessed the relative contributions of stroke volume, TPR, and heart rate to BP at each minute of the protocol. We observed marked sex differences in BP hemodynamics in overweight/obese individuals: the main determinant of higher BP was TPR in males (49% versus only 35% in females,
P
=0.008), whereas it was stroke volume in females (51% versus only 35% in males,
P
=0.006). These sex differences were most apparent when standing or sitting at rest. No such differences were seen in normal-weight individuals in whom the main determinant of higher BP was TPR in both sexes. Our study suggests that, in middle-aged adults, marked sex differences exist in BP hemodynamics, contributing to high BP in overweight/obese but not normal-weight individuals. As such, this study may contribute to precision medicine in hypertension.
Association of Blood Pressure and Risk of Cardiovascular and Chronic Kidney Disease in Hong Kong Hypertensive Patients
Authors: Wan Eric Yuk Fai , Yu Esther Yee Tak , Chin Weng Yee , Fong Daniel Yee Tak , Choi Edmond Pui Hang , Lam Cindy Lo Kuen
Published: June 2019

The association between systolic blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate these relationships. A population-based cohort of 267 469 adult patients with hypertension but without diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, or chronic kidney disease were identified. Using baseline and repeated systolic blood pressure (average of all systolic blood pressure measurements in the past 5 years), the risks of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease associated with systolic blood pressure were evaluated by Cox regression. Subgroup analyses were conducted by baseline characteristics. Over 1.4 million person-years follow-up (median 6 years), 29 500 cardiovascular disease and 30 993 chronic kidney disease events diagnosed. A J-shape association between baseline systolic blood pressure and risks of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease was observed. Using repeated systolic blood pressure, a positive and log-linear association was identified. There was no evidence of a threshold down to the repeated systolic blood pressure of 120 mm Hg. Increases of 10 mm Hg of repeated systolic blood pressure was associated with a 16% (hazard ratio, 1.15; [95% CI, 1.13–1.16]), 11% (1.11; [1.08–1.13]), and 22% (1.22; [1.20–1.24]) higher risk of composite of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease, individual cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease, respectively. Strength of the associations was similar across different subpopulations. This study showed that hypertensive patients with elevated repeated systolic blood pressure are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease or chronic kidney disease, irrespective of different characteristics. Very low single measurement of systolic blood pressure may be a potential indicator for poor health, but there seems to be no threshold for usual systolic blood pressure.
Are contemporary whiteflies “living fossils”? Morphology and systematic status of the oldest representatives of the Middle-Late Jurassic Aleyrodomorpha (Sternorrhyncha, Hemiptera) from Daohugou

Authors: DROHOJOWSKA JOWITA , WEGIEREK PIOTR , EVANS GREGORY A. , HUANG DIYING
Published: June 2019

A new genus Sinicoselis gen. nov., with new species Sinicoselis weberi gen. and sp. nov. is described from Middle-Upper Jurassic, Daohugou Bed, Inner Mongolia, China. It is the oldest representative of whiteflies placed in the subfamily Bernaeinae. Its morphological features and taxonomic position with respect to other aleyrodids from the subfamilies Bernaeinae and Udamoselinae are briefly discussed.
New genera of brachyceran flies (Diptera: Xylomyidae and Apsilocephalidae sensu auctorum) from mid-Cretaceous Hukawng Valley Burmese amber

Authors: SOLÓRZANO KRAEMER MÓNICA M. , CUMMING JEFFREY M.
Published: June 2019

Two new genera and species from the family Xylomyidae: Pankowskia primera, gen. et sp. nov., Cretarthropeina perdita gen. et sp. nov., and one genus and species incertae sedis, closely related to the family Apsilocephalidae: Kuhwahldyia indefinita gen. et sp. nov. are described from mid-Cretaceous Hukawng Valley Burmese amber. A male Xylomyidae is described for the first time from this amber. The systematic position of each new taxon is discussed.
A new genus and tribe of Cretaceous net-winged beetles from Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Lycidae)

Authors: TIHELKA ERIK , HUANG DIYING , CAI CHENYANG
Published: June 2019

With over 4,600 species distributed worldwide, the net-winged beetles belong among the most speciose elateroid lineages. Despite this, beetles of the family Lycidae are rare in the fossil record. A new genus and species of Lycidae, Cretolycus praecursor gen. et sp. nov., is herein described based on a single specimen preserved in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretolycus praecursor represents the second known lycid from the Mesozoic. A new tribe, Cretolycini trib. nov., is erected for the species, characterised by 11-segmented filiform antennae, 3-segmented labial palpi with an enlarged apical palpomere, and elytra without costae. A catalogue of fossil net-winged beetles is appended.
A new crown wasp in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Stephanidae)

Authors: ENGEL MICHAEL S
Published: June 2019

The crown wasps, family Stephanidae, are generally believed to occupy a distinguished position as putative relicts of the earliest-diverging lineage of apocritan Hymenoptera (e.g., Sharkey et al., 2012; Mao et al., 2015). More recent analyses have cast some confusion over this hypothesis, with the family instead appearing closer to the Evanioidea or even Trigonalyoidea (Peters et al., 2017; Tang et al., 2019). From most analyses it is clear that the family extends well into the Cretaceous, with crown-group Stephanidae estimated to have appeared by at least the Early Cretaceous and a purported ghost-stem lineage extending into the Early Jurassic or even latest Triassic (Tang et al., 2019). At least parts of such a hypothesis are consistent with the number of mid-Cretaceous fossils representing a variety of crown wasps, including species of both the plesiomorphic subfamily Schlettereriinae as well as putative Stephaninae (Engel & Grimaldi, 2004; Engel et al., 2013; Engel & Huang, 2017; Li et al., 2017).  Unfortunately, while such fossil occurrences are of considerable interest, the total available record of fossil crown wasps is poor, with most species documented from the Palaeogene (Engel, 2005; Engel & Ortega-Blanco, 2008), and hitherto only four species from the Late Cretaceous.  Given the potentially long gap between the first divergence of the lineage and the appearance of the crown group (Tang et al., 2019), it is precisely for such a group that early diverging stem groups would be of considerable value in resolving relationships and documenting the appearance of apomorphies within the clade.  Extensive study of Early Cretaceous and Jurassic deposits for stem-group Stephanidae is necessary in order to provide direct evidence into the early evolution of this critical family of the Euhymenoptera.
Vadensea (Icacinaceae), a new genus to accommodate continental African species of Desmostachys
Authors: JONGKIND CAREL C.H. , LACHENAUD OLIVIER
Published: June 2019

The African genus Desmostachys s.l. is split in two, Desmostachys s.s. from Madagascar and the Comoros, with one species, and the new genus Vadensea from continental Africa, with four species. A synopsis of the latter genus is presented, with the necessary new combinations and the description of a new species, Vadensea testui. Desmostachys is characterised by asymmetrical and compressed pyrenes with a bumpy endocarp, petals glabrous inside and free, a linear stigma, a 5-lobulate disk, inflorescences with spirally arranged flowers and bracts present at most nodes, and a climbing habit. Vadensea has the pyrenes symmetrical, not compressed and with a reticulate endocarp, the petals hairy inside and often connate, a capitate stigma, a disk either cupular or absent, inflorescences with distichously arranged flowers and bracts absent or present at the lowest node only, and a usually arborescent or shrubby habit (occasionally climbing in one species).
New species and host associations of commensal leucothoid amphipods from coral reefs in Florida and Belize (Crustacea:Amphipoda)
Authors: THOMAS JAMES DARWIN , KLEBBA KRISTINE N.
Published: June 2019

Six new amphipod species in the genus Leucothoe from the tropical western Atlantic Ocean are described and illustrated. Extensive field collecting and specialized underwater collecting techniques have documented 43 new invertebrate host records for these new taxa. Four of these new species inhabit interior canals of sponges; Leucothoe barana n.sp., Leucothoe garifunae n.sp., Leucothoe saron n.sp., and Leucothoe ubouhu n.sp. A remarkable new species, Leucothoe flammosa n.sp., nestles in the gills of seven species of bivalve mollusks. A single species, Leucothoe wuriti n.sp., appears restricted to the branchial chamber of two species of solitary ascidians. Detailed illustrations and scanning electron microscopy enables comparison of ultrastructure details. More precise taxonomic character morphologies are also presented thus allowing improved taxonomic precision within the family Leucothoidae.
The Maugean Skate, Zearaja maugeana sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae) — a micro-endemic, Gondwanan relict from Tasmanian estuaries
Authors: LAST PETER R. , GLEDHILL DANIEL C.
Published: June 2019

A new species of rajin skate, Zearaja maugeana sp. nov., is described on the basis of specimens from two estuaries in remote southwestern Tasmania. The species, known locally as the Maugean Skate, has been assessed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals based on its rarity and very narrow geographic range. It is also one of the few skates worldwide to occur mainly in brackish water. The Maugean Skate belongs to a group of anatomically conservative, Dipturus-like skates conforming to the currently unrecognized genus Zearaja Whitley. This ancient group, with a Gondwanan lineage possibly dating back to the Cretaceous, contains at least two other species: Z. nasuta from New Zealand and Z. chilensis from South America. The skeletal morphologies of the Zearaja species are compared with typical Dipturus skates and their phylogenetic position discussed.
Euscelus species of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Attelabidae)
Authors: HAMILTON ROBERT W.
Published: June 2019

Fourteen species of Euscelus Schoenherr are recognized from the West Indies: E. armatus (Gyllenhal), E. scutellatus (Klug), E. dentipes (Fabricius), E. angulosus (Gyllenhal), E. scrobiculatus Voss, E. uviferae Marshall, E. pulchellus (Suffrian), E. cribrarius (Olivier), E. biguttatus (Fabricius), E. sexmaculatus (Chevrolat), E. aureolus (Gyllenhal), E. haitensis new species from Haiti, E. postoculidens new species and E. dominicanus new species from the Dominican Republic. Four previously described eusceline species from the West Indies are relegated to synonymy: Euscelus cancellatus Voss, new synonymy; Euscelus callosipennis Voss, new synonymy; Euscelus coccolobae (Wolcott), new synon- ymy and Emphyleuscelus cubensis Janczyk, new synonymy. Specimens were unavailable for Attelabus canaliculatus Olivier, Attelabus spinifex Olivier and Attelabus fornicatus Olivier and they are not included. Lectotypes are designated for E. uviferae and E. pulchellus. A key separating West Indian euscelines is provided and the species are covered in standard taxonomic fashion including habitus images and aedeagal illustrations.KEY WORDS: Attelabidae, Leaf rollers, Euscelus, West Indies
Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical ensign wasp genus Decevania (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae)
Authors: KAWADA RICARDO , AZEVEDO CELSO O.
Published: June 2019

Neotropical species of Decevania Huben, 2003 are revised for the first time. Species in this genus are characterized by having an 8-segmented flagellum, eye relatively reduced, wings frequently large and floppy with reduced venation (M+CU, 1CUa, 1Cub and 2CU), anterior wing with only one cell enclosed by tubular vein (costal), and hind tarsomere 1–3 posteriorly expanded. Thirteen species are recognized, two of which were previously described, D. parva (Enderlein, 1901) and D. striatigena (Kieffer, 1910), and eleven which are described and illustrated as new; D. brevis sp. nov., D. deansi sp. nov., D. destituta sp. nov., D. elongata sp. nov., D. glabra sp. nov., D. hemisphaerica sp. nov., D. nigra sp. nov., D. nuda sp. nov., D. polita sp. nov., D. reticulata sp. nov., D. unidentata sp. nov. Keys for species identification based on males and females are provided.
A catalogue of the types of Limoniidae and Tipulidae (Diptera: Tipulomorpha) in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Authors: RIBEIRO GUILHERME CUNHA , LAMAS CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER , DE AZEVEDO LEISA NATHALIE SILVA
Published: June 2019

Following a recommendation of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a catalogue of the type-specimens of Tipulomorpha (Diptera) held in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, state of São Paulo, Brazil (MZSP), is provided, with information on 118 types (including 72 primary types) of 89 Neotropical (mostly Brazilian) taxa of the families Limoniidae and Tipulidae.
Ardistomis quixotei (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini), a new species from Cuba and Mexico: structural and habitat features of adults, larvae and pupae, comparisons with previously described species, and notes about classification and biogeography
Authors: R. PAVEL VALDÉS
Published: June 2019

A new species of the genus Ardistomis Putzeys, A. quixotei, is described and illustrated from specimens collected in Cuba and Mexico, along with its larva and pupa. Data on natural history and habitat are given for Cuban populations. A key to adults of all species of Ardistomis from the West Indies is included. Among the species studied for comparison, A. elongatulus Putzeys and A. schaumi LeConte seem to be the closest Middle American relatives of A. quixotei, based on features of the male genitalia. Larval features support recognizing the ardistomines (Ardistomis Putzeys, Semiardistomis Kult, and Aspidoglossa Putzeys) as a subtribe of the tribe Civinini. Ardistomis quixotei probably extended its geographical range to Cuba from Mexico during the Quaternary Period.Una nueva especie del género Ardistomis Putzeys, A. quixotei se describe e ilustra a partir de especimenes colectados en Cuba y México junto a las larvas y pupas. Se ofrecen datos de la historia natural y el hábitat para las poblaciones cubanas. Se incluye una clave para determinar los adultos de todas las especies antillanas del género Ardistomis. De las especies Centro Americanas estudiadas para comparar, A. elongatulus Putzeys y A. schaumi LeConte parecen ser las más cercanamente relacionadas de A. quixotei, basado en características de los genitales masculinos. Las características larvales apoyan la clasificación de los Ardistominos (Ardistomis Putzeys, Semiardistomis Kult, y Aspidoglossa Putzeys) como una subtribu de la tribu Clivinini. Ardistomis quixotei extendió su rango geográfico hacia Cuba desde México durante el período Cuaternario.
A new genus of the family Plagusiidae Dana, 1851, close to Plagusia Latreille, 1804 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)
Authors: GUINOT DANIOLE
Published: June 2019

The new genus Davusia n.gen. is established for Plagusia glabra Dana, 1852, from Australia, a species clearly different from the other known species of Plagusia. The new genus is related to Plagusia Dana, 1851 but is readily distinguished from its described species by differences in the morphology of the front, external maxillipeds, thoracic sternum, and the male abdomen. D. glabra (Dana, 1852) n.comb. is characterized by smooth and practically naked body and pereopods
Systematics, distribution and biology of the Australian 'micro-flea' wasps, Baeus spp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae): parasitoids of spider eggs
Authors: STEVENS NICHOLAS B. , AUSTIN ANDREW D.
Published: June 2019

Baeus represents one of the most unusual genera of parasitic wasps in that females are apparently wingless, highly compact and flea-like in appearance. They are endoparasitoids of spider eggs of host families associated with above-ground vegetation and crytobiotic niches such as leaf-litter. The genus has remained poorly studied, with only 25 species described world-wide, with three from Australia; B. dux Girault, B. leai Dodd and B. saliens (Hickman). This study revises the Australian fauna, and describes 17 new species: Baeus arthuri Stevens sp. nov., B. glenysae Stevens sp. nov., B. hallarakeri Stevens sp. nov., B. iqbali Stevens sp. nov., B. jenningsi Stevens sp. nov., B.maryae Stevens sp. nov., B. matthewi Stevens sp. nov., B. moorei Stevens sp. nov., B. murphyi Stevens sp. nov., B. mymyae Stevens sp. nov., B. ocellatus Stevens sp. nov., B. prolatusspissus Stevens sp. nov., B. scrobiculus Stevens sp. nov., B. spirolimbus Stevens sp. nov., B. tropaeumusbrevis Stevens sp. nov., B. tropaeumusdensus Stevens sp. nov. and B. vulcanus Stevens sp. nov. In addition, information is presented on the distribution of species which generally show the greatest diversity along the eastern seaboard of the Australian continent, including Tasmania. The biology of Baeus, its monophyly and relationships within the Baeini are also discussed. The African genera Angolobaeus Kozlov syn. nov. (type species Parabaeus machadoi Risbec, from Angola) and Paraneurobaeus Risbec syn. nov. (type species Paraneurobaeus arachnevora Risbec, from Cameroon) are placed in synonymy with Baeus, and a lectotype is designated for P. arachnevora Risbec.
A new species of Valettiopsis Holmes, 1908 (Crustacea: Gammaridea: Lysianassoidea) from abyssal waters off California
Authors: HENDRYCKS ED A.
Published: June 2019

Deep-sea sampling off the central California coast has provided numerous material of a new amphipod species of the genus Valettiopsis Holmes, 1908. Valettiopsis concava sp. nov. is described from abyssal collections taken from baited traps and sponge stalk communities. Morphological characteristics which distinguish the new species from its congeners are found in the dorsal profile of the body, integument surface, and shape of coxa 2 and basis of pereopod 7. This contribution presents the second recorded species of the genus Valettiopsis described from the north Pacific, the first being the type species V. dentata Holmes, 1908. The new species is fully illustrated and compared with related species. The generic identity of Valettiopsis ruffoi Serejo & Wakabara, 2003 is discussed. A key to Valettiopsis species is provided.
First Neotropical species of genus Azana (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae)
Authors: DE SOUZA AMORIM DALTON , OLIVEIRA SARAH SIQUEIRA , BALBI MARIA ISABEL P. A.
Published: June 2019

The Fourth Edition of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999) stated specific rules for the validity of species name associated, one of them the indication of the depository of the primary type. Particularly, Article 16.4 states that the description “(...) must be accompanied in the original publication (...) by a statement of intent that they will be (or are) deposited in a collection and a statement indicating the name and location of that collection.” Deposition of types is also dealt with in Articles 72.10, 73C, 74D, 75.3.7.
A new species of Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia
Authors: DOUGHTY PAUL , ROBERTS J. DALE
Published: June 2019

Uperoleia is a large genus of small-bodied terrestrial frogs that occur in Australia and southern New Guinea. With nine species, the Kimberley region in northern Western Australia is the most diverse. Recent surveys of the northwest coast of the Kimberley have revealed a tenth species of Uperoleia. The new species is characterized by a combination of small body size, dark and slightly tubercular dorsal skin, basal webbing between the toes, outer metatarsal tubercle spatulate and oriented perpendicular to the foot, possession of maxillary teeth, a broadly exposed frontoparietal fontanelle and the advertisement call is a high-pitched rasp. All specimens collected have been associated with sandstone boulders or escarpments with flowing water or rock pools. The northwest Kimberley is an isolated region of high rainfall and rugged terrain that possesses high biodiversity for many plant and animal groups and is therefore worthy of special conservation attention.
Revision of the temperate South American genus Apiochaeta Czerny, 1903, with synonymy of Alloclusia Hendel, 1917 (Diptera: Clusiidae)
Authors: LONSDALE OWEN , MARSHALL STEPHEN A.
Published: June 2019

Apiochaeta Czerny, 1903, the only genus of Clusiidae endemic to temperate South America, is revised with the description of 16 species from Chile and Argentina. The redefined Apiochaeta includes all former species of Apiochaeta and Alloclusia Hendel, 1917 syn. n., as well as four species described here as new: A. dacryodes sp. n., A. furcillata sp. n., A. lenticula sp. n. and A. mallochi sp. n. Apiochaeta aequalis Malloch, syn. n. is included as a junior synonym of Apiochaeta aterrima Malloch, Alloclusia varia var. claripennis Malloch, syn. n. is included as a junior synonym of Apiochaeta varia (Malloch), comb. nov., and Peratochaetus limbipennis Rondani syn. n. is treated as a junior synonym of Apiochaeta vitticollis (Blanchard), comb. nov.
Deletions from the North American harvestman (Opiliones) faunal list: Phalangomma virginicum Roewer, 1949 is a synonym of Erebomaster weyerensis (Packard, 1888) (Travunioidea: Cladonychiidae), and a note on "Crosbycus" goodnightorum Roewer, 1951 (Nemastomatidae)
Authors: SHEAR WILLIAM A.
Published: June 2019

The harvestman species Phalangomma virginicum was described by Roewer (1949) from Fountain Cave, Virginia, as a member of the family Phalangodidae. Since then, the species has been mentioned only twice, in catalogs (Rambla & Juberthie 1994; Kury 2003), and otherwise has been ignored for 60 years by North American biospeleologists and opilionologists alike.
Description of mature larvae of Allodynerus rossii (Lepeletier), Ancistrocerus auctus (Fabricius), Euodynerus dantici (Rossi) and Symmorphus murarius (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
Authors: TORMOS JOSÉ , POLIDORI CARLO , ASÍS JOSEP DANIEL , GAYUBO S. F.
Published: June 2019

The mature larvae of four species of Eumeninae, Allodynerus rossii (Lepeletier), Ancistrocerus auctus (Fabricius), Euodynerus dantici (Rossi) and Symmorphus murarius (Linnaeus), are described. The mature larvae of A. rossii is characterized by the number, morphology and distribution of sensilla of the labrum and epipharynx. The last instar larva of A. auctus is characterized by having an epipharynx with 14 sensilla. The most apparent differences between the mature larvae of Euodynerus lie in the number of sensilla of maxillary and labial palpi and antennae. E. dantici is characterized by presenting the antennae with four apical sensilla and maxillar and labial palpi with five sensilla on apex. S. murarius is characterized by having the opening into subatrium armed with spines and maxillary palpi with two sensilla at apex. The larval morphology of Allodynerus is described for first time.
A new species of narrow-mouthed frog of the genus Chiasmocleis Méhelÿ 1904 (Anura, Microhylidae) from the Amazonian rainforest of Brazil
Authors: PELOSO PEDRO LUIZ VIEIRA , STURARO MARCELO JOSÉ
Published: June 2019

A new species of microhylid frog of the genus Chiasmocleis from the Amazonian rainforest of northern Brazil, in the states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará and Rondônia, is described and illustrated. The new species is characterized by the combination of: large size for the genus; robust body; finger I well developed; toe I developed; toes of males extensively webbed, of females basally webbed; toes fringed; dermal spines on the anterior portion of chin in males. An osteological description and brief notes on natural history are also given. Tadpole and advertisement call are unknown. The species was found in several herpetological collections misidentified as Chiasmocleis bassleri, C. shudikarensis or C. ventrimaculata, and a comparison with those species and comments on the taxonomy of the genus are provided.
A new species of Trachycephalus (Anura: Hylidae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest in southern Brazil
Authors: KWET AXEL , SOLÉ MIRCO
Published: June 2019

A new species of Trachycephalus is described from the Araucaria plateau of northern Rio Grande do Sul and western Santa Catarina states, southern Brazil, where it occurs in forests from about 550 to 950 m a.s.l. The new species was previously confused with T. imitatrix and might also occur in adjacent regions of Paraná state and Misiones province, Argentina. It is a large sized hylid (mean SVL 77.6 mm in females, 57.2 mm in males) with greenish to olive or brown dorsal coloration in life, conspicuous dorsal pattern of dark ocelli and spots, and broad, black and white-edged transverse bands on limbs. The yellow iris has a characteristic black reticulated pattern forming a radial symmetric network of four light, petal-like spots. The advertisement call consists of a long series of multi-pulsed notes with duration between 470– 760 ms, note intervals between 0.8–3.0 s and note repetition rates of 24–36 per s. The dominant frequency spectrum ranges between 1100 and 1800 Hz, with a peak at about 1550 Hz.
Duellman, W. E. & Chaparro, J. C. (2008) Two distinctive new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Cordillera Oriental with a distributional synopsis of strabomantids in Central Peru. Zootaxa, 1918, 12–25.
Authors: DUELLMAN W. E. , CHAPARRO J. C.
Published: June 2019

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Trichoribates and Jugatala (Acari: Oribatida: Ceratozetidae) from the Central and Southern Alps, with notes on their distribution
Authors: BAYARTOGTOKH BADAMDORJ , SCHATZ HEINRICH
Published: June 2019

The present paper deals with five species of oribatid mites of the genus Trichoribates Berlese, 1910 and two species of the genus Jugatala Ewing, 1913 from high mountains of the Central and Southern Alps. A new species, Trichoribates scilierensis sp. nov., collected from South Tyrol (Italy) is described in detail on the basis of adults. In addition, supplementary descriptions and illustrations of six known species, Trichoribates monticola (Trägårdh, 1902), T. novus (Sellnick, 1928), T. punctatus Shaldybina, 1971, T. trimaculatus (C. L. Koch, 1835), Jugatala angulata (C. L. Koch, 1839) and J. cribelliger (Berlese, 1904) are presented. Trichoribates punctatus is recorded for the first time in Central Europe. The status of old generic names as well as the validity of some species are discussed. The synonymy of T. oxypterus (Berlese, 1910) is rejected and its validity retained. The possible synonymy of Jugatala rotunda Willmann, 1953 with J. angulata is discussed. The distribution of all studied species is discussed.
A revision of the genus Conanalus Tinkham, 1943 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
Authors: SHI FU-MING , MAO SHAO-LI , OU XIAO-HONG
Published: June 2019

A key to species of Conanalus Tinkham is given. Generic diagnosis is revised again. Two species are described as new: Conanalus brevicaudus sp. nov. and Conanalus robustus sp. nov. from Yunnan, China. The type specimens are deposited in Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, China.
Anatomical nomenclature: homology, standardization and datasets
Authors: EDGECOMBE GREGORY D.
Published: June 2019

Strictly homology-based character names have the benefit of a consistent, evolutionary basis but must overcome practical problems in terms of the function that names serve as tools for communication. Character names should be fixed at the level of primary (rather than secondary) homology in order to maintain nomenclatural stability between competing phylogenies and to allow characters to potentially re-optimize with the addition of data. Inconsistent rules determine the priority of names for anatomical structures, in marked contrast to the stability and clarity provided by Codes for taxonomic nomenclature. Standardized anatomical nomenclature is amenable to a web-based, ontology-driven framework. Imagery and associated metadata linked to phylogenetic datasets facilitate character documentation, nomenclatural stability, and repeatability without requiring a formal process of typification.
New Zealand Eriophyoidea (Acari: Prostigmata): an update with descriptions of one new genus and six new species
Authors: XUE XIAO-FENG , ZHANG ZHI-QIANG
Published: June 2019

The New Zealand fauna of Eriophyoidea (Acari: Prostigmata) is updated with a checklist. One new genus, six new species, three new combinations, one new record and some new distribution records of eriophyoid mites from New Zealand are described and illustrated, namely Disella rebeeveri sp. nov. on Kunzea ericoides (Myrtaceae); Cecidophyopsis hendersoni (Keifer, 1954), rec. nov. on Yucca glauca and Y. elephantipes (Agavaceae); Nameriophyes sapidae gen. nov. & sp. nov. on Rhopalostylis sapida (Palmae); Eriophyes bennetti sp. nov. on Fuchsia excorticata (Onagraceae); Eriophyes georgeae sp. nov. on Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia (Asteraceae); Aceria flynni sp. nov. on Kunzea ericoides (Myrtaceae); Aculops propinquae (Manson, 1984), comb. nov. on Coprosma propinqua (Rubiaceae); Aculus corynocarpi (Manson, 1984), comb. nov. on Corynocarpus laevigatus (Corynocarpaceae); Aculus heatherae (Manson, 1984), comb. nov. on Raukaua simplex (Araliaceae), Leptospermum scoparium (Myrtaceae) and Syzygium maire (Myrtaceae); Aculus lalithi sp. nov. on Melicope ternate (Rutaceae). A key to the New Zealand species of Eriophyes is provided.